SENIOR CUP.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLVIII, Issue 12366, 5 December 1904, Page 5

SENIOR CUP.

MESSRS. H. I. JONES AND SON'S CHALLENGE CUP. VICTORIA V. BRITANNIA.

Th/s long-talked-of match betweenr two of tho Wanganui Club teams camer off on Saturday. Victoria were short of: •theiir full strength by W. B. Cave, andl Britannia were minus A. N. Cave and! K. H. Cave. Both sides were confidenfe of winning., and the match attracted is, fair number of spectators. Caldwell beat Francis in the toss, and decided to-, bat, sending in G. Gordon and Maftm; to th© bow'i'ing of Nelson, and Francis.: Tho former, however, was .off colour,;, and di!ld not bowfi anything Ilk© as well asu. ha usually doe®. Only five runs hadV been made when Watt snapped up Martin at point, Letting in Armstrong, who* has been in great form this season. Gordon retired shortly after from- a. ba'leifrom Francis, and then Armstrong a,radl Smithies made a fair stand, necessitating a change in the bowling. The new boAvler—Jßockel—^got Armstrong caught: in. his third over, and clean bowlad. McKay in hiy next. over. A. Cave :andf'.. Smithies then became associated, aiicE, made the best stand of th© innings,. Smithies playing carefully and' A. Cave», playing freely, and punished AshwelM. who had beengiving Francis a spells Smithies then ran himself out, and Rad— ike well caught Cave at th© wickets,, and thereafter Oaldwell (who did not seem quite as mudi at horn© as usual)* was the only .batsman to .get double fig— urea, and till© innings closed for 95—not;: a large total considering th© circumstances. Francis secured the bulk oft" tlie Victoria wickets at a small! cost. He* was, hoiwever, apparently in error ins. persisting quit© so long with Nelson, who* was obviously off colour. Th© fielding: of th© - Britannias was a decided improvement on that shown in their earliermatches. With." 96 to ge>t to win, the*Britarinias; -who have a strong battin.gside, commenced tlieir innings withoutith© sliightest doubt of securing the runs 7 . but a 'change quickly came over the^ spir'tb of their dreams, for ' Martin-, boAviing in excellent form,v quickly disi--posed ot Howarth, Martin/ Esson, antt Nelson, and. with McKay keeping a goo<l.length, th© othjer end five' wdekets werftdoAyn for only 16,: and naturalliy the Victorias were confident. With, the advenfc of W ratt aiid-vAsh!w'e)H the gam© underwent a complet© change, and thought, both batismen.had their sliare of luck,, they added over. '60 ruijs for th© pai-tineo*— ship, practicailly putting the result of the gam© beyonid doubt. Watt parti— cu'larly pla-yed'a fine innings, meetc'ng; the. ball with-th©;full face of thebbar.t r . and treatoing .'anything loose unmercifuil'i,y. Ashwelil comtented 'himself witte pljaying steiadiily wh"ils.t 'he had Watt asi a partner, but after the latter had beear. bowled by Brown, Ashwedl opened out^ and mad© some fine hits, mostly to leg~ The Victoria;: tota;! was passed Avith onlysix wickets down, But the innings was^. fini^ed, out, Mind Francis and Radikeiseeured douwies, the latter .plaj'ing freely -andy well for his 20. Armstrong sejCured.. th<3;" beefc,^^bowMng average for th'S*Wii^fcWas",.though, Martin, in diismissing; ■Hhoeai-'li^.cracks was of more service to--his sid©;' , McKay also bo.wled remark— ab'!y well,1 and had decidedly bad luck.. The innings closed for 138, or 43 aheadMr. T. S. Hendexf-on kindly umpired" duning the aftea^noon. The following are the scores: — VICTORIAS. G. Gordon, b. Francis .8* Martin, ci Watt. b. Francis . 4/ Armstrong, c. Nelson, b. Rockel ... 14Smithies, run out IT McKay, b. Rockel 1' A. O. Cave, c. Radikt?, b. Francis... 23; Caldwtfil, b. Francis : .. 12-. Varney, 1.b.w., b. Francis & .Smiith, c. Ashwellil, b. Francis .;.. 0r» Reed, b. Gibson • 6^ BroAvn, b. Gibson 2^ Treadwell, nob out • O Extras STotal 95Bowiing Analysis.—Francis, 6 for 22,., Gibson 2 for 4, Rockel 2 for 13, Ash well none for 9, Nekon none for 39. : •;.... 'BRITANNIAS..;.. , ■ ;'■■;,_ Howart, b. Martin/ ..-.. •'•••. -.-IJ. C. Martin, b. Martin :.. 2r Esson,' b. .Mai-tin ..,.:• .& '.- RockeL, c, Smith, b.:.McKay • . 0* Nelson; b.- Martin ......,.;.;....,.......- -. CX" Watt, b. Brown ...,,.;,..;..-....'■,.*•....,..•••• 4-5^ Ashwelil, c Gordon, b. Armstix>ng ... 40^ Francis, b. Vamey ' 2C^ Radike, b. Vamey 2O Thompson, b. Armstrong '■ 0' Gibson, c. McKay, b.-Armslt-rong ... O Eden, not out C£ Extras 12:; Total : 13S« Bowing Adialy&is.—Martiin 4 for 31.,.. McKay on© for 30, Brown 1 for 16,, Smithies none for 19, Armstrong 3 foi--20, Vamey 2 for 10.