Athletic Sports.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 10, 7 October 1907, Page 6

Athletic Sports.

■ CRICKET. / OF THE SEASON. ; ' , .• Tho cricket 'season was opened on' Saturday afternoon, when a start was made with tho first set of Senior grade matches. Tho new management committee of the Cricket Association has lost no time in getting to work. The annual meeting was only held at the' beginning of last week, and by Wednesday tho senior fixtures had been announced. Some doubt was expressed as to whether the committee would be able to carry out tho fixtures, but when, tho team's entered the arena 011 Saturday afternoon everything was in readiness. The Basin Reserve was in remarkably good order, and, considering the quantity of rain that had fallen, tho wickets were satisfactory. There was nothing exceptional in the day's cricket, but the all-round play was surprisingly good, in view of tho fact that the team's had been unable to have more than • ai couple of evenings' practice. A cold wind swept the playing area, and towards six o'clock the light became very bad. OLD BOYS v. PETONE. A good deal of interest was taken in the Old Boys-Pelone fixture, the suburban .team being new to tho Senior grade. Old Boys went to tho wickets first and compiled IG2—seven of the eleven batsmen reaching double figures. The best partnership of the innings was J. P. Blacklock-and Monaghaii, who put 011 50 runs before they wore separated. Petono were sent in to bat in a failing light, and when stumps were drawn had lost 2 wickets for 27. Tucker's' bowling puzzled the suburban men. Of tho six overs, ho sent down, five were maidens. The following are the scores:— Old Boys.—First Innings. Tucker, c. Green, b. Price 13 Beechcy, b. Cobcroft ... ' ... ... 0 M'Gill, c. Mason, b. Cobcroft ... t Jacobs, 8., b. Brice 0 Blacklock, J. P., c. Jacobs, b. Brice 33 Monaghan, b. Barber ... 2G Blacklock, C. P.. b. Barber 22 Wills, 1.b.w., b. Barber 1G Birch, not out 15 Jacobs, S., c. Cobcroft, b. Barbar ... H Dickson, h. Smyrkc !) Extras' 20 Total ... IG2 Bowling Analysis.—Cobcroft, 18 overs, 3 maidens, 11 runs, 2 wickets: Brice, 1G overs, 0. maidens,' 27 runs, 3 wickets; Barber, 1G overs, 3 maidcus, 42 runs, t wickets; Green, 5 overs, 1 maiden,' 1G runs, 0 wickots; Isherwood, 3 overs, 11 runs, 0 wickets; Smyrkc,'-1 overs, 5 runs, 1 Wjicket. Pktone.—First Innings. Dalglcish, b. Tucker ... .... ... 1 Cobcroft, not out 11 Smyrke, c. B. Jacobs, b. Bccchey ... 12 Mason, not out' 3 Total (for 2 wickcts)... 27 Bowling Analysis.—Monaghan, 7 overs, 21 runs, 0 wickets: Tucker, fi overs' 5 maidens, 3 runs, 1 wickot; Bcccbnjy, 1 uvcr.. 8 rusw, 1 vicksO.

MIDLAND v. WELLINGTON. . j The Midlanders commenced badly against Wellington, the first seven wickets falling for '50 runs. At this stage Upliain came to .the rescue, and the score- gradually rose until the last " wicket foil with a- total of 113, to ?r ini uce i a t nni • contributed , ■, he , onl y othcr ecoi-oi' to reach double figures was Patrick with 11. \\ eilingtun made as poor a start i'& their opponents, the score at the call j of time being 5 for' 43. Richardson contributed 17 and Mahoney 27 not out. 1 Midland—First Innings. Hickson, c. Richardson, b. Ilales 7 ' Patrick, e. Fisher, b. Hales .. li Williams, 'b. Hales g ' Barron, c. Nash, b. Fisher 1 Bruce, e. Taylor, b. Luckie 34 1 Cunningham, b. Fisher- ...' 4 ' Murphy, c. Richardson, b. Hale= 1 Wilkinson, b. Fisher " g Sisson, c. Nash, b. Hales ... "'0 1 Upham, b. Luckie ... j;] 31 Mitchell, not out ... ... j" g ' Extras .... j" n i Total, n,' ; Bowling Analysis.—Luckie, 7.3 overs. 1 maiden, 10 runs, 2 wickets; Hales, 10 1 overs, 37 runs, 5 wickets; Fisher, 11 overs, 2 maidens, 32 runs, 3 wickets' Nash, 3 overs, 17 runs, 0 wickets. ' . Wellington. First lininxgs. Richardson, b. Patrick 17 Mahoney, not out... ...' ... 07 Quimi c. Brice, b. Patrick, ... ""1 Waters b. Patrick ... 0 Luckie run out, ... ... 0 Taylor c. Upham, b. Mitchell, ... 0 ■_' Total for 5 wickets, ... '45 Bowling Analysis.—Mitchell, 7 overs, 1 maiden, 23 runs, 1 wicket; Upham, 9 overs, 2 maidens, 17 runs, 0 wickets; Patrick, i overs, 1 maiden, 15 runs, 3 i wickets. NEWTOWN v/'PHffINIX. ' This match was watched with considerable interest. Newtown batted first, compiling 129 runs. The innings occupied a little over two hours. - F. Alps and A. Day, the initial batsmen, \ver( ■ ' associated, for forty-five minutes. Ths partnership, which produced, 58 runs, was dissolved by Laws, whp sent 'downs ball which beat Bay, whose score stood at 18. 111 the succeeding over, Alpe, who had made 31 runs, was brilliantly caught ill the long field by M'Kay, off Hickey, Several wickets then fell for comparatively few runs. When the seventh went i down, Newtown bad only SO to, ita ' credit. Tilyard, who carried his ,bat, ' and' Turner subsequently made valuable > contributions to the score, compiling 21 i and 10 ,respectively. Of the bowlers, Hickey was tho most successful, securing six wickets at the expense of 52 runs. ' Law's average, three for 35, wa salso , very creditable. The fielding was very fair. The scores are as follow:— ; Newtown.—First Innings. .'lVank Alpe, c. M'Kay, b. Hickey .:. 31 .A. Day, b.: Laws .. ... 18 ' 'G.. Day, c. and b.. Hickey „, ,„ 0 i J: Day, b. Laws ... ... ... 8 ; Smith, b. Lavs ... ... ... 4 ; Maplesden, b. Hickey ... "■ ... 7 i Turner, b. Moore ... ... ... ... 19 Carruthers, c. Moore, b. Hickey ... G ! Tilyard, not- out ... ... ... ... 21 I Carter, b. Hickey ... ... ... ... 3 > Eyan, b. nickey ... . ... 2 ! Extras ... . ... ■... 10 J 1 ' Total : ...123 ' j Bowling Analysis—Laws, 15. overs, 3 • • maidens, 35 runs, 3 wickets.; Moore, 10 : overs, 30 runs, 1 wicket; Hickey, 18 overs, 1 maiden, 52 runs,, 0 .wickets. Piicenix.—Fikst Innings. ' i R.. G. M'Lennan, b. Ryan ... ... 2 i •F. Laws, b. Smith ... "... ... 5 \ Burton, sen:,'not out ... 24 '' V. Waters, b. Ryan ... ' ... ... ] Burton, jun., not out 10 t Byes, 7... ~.. 7 : - Total (for 3 wickets)... 5? : Bowling Analysis.—Ryan, S overs, 'J maidens,'2l runs, 2 wickets; ..Smith-,' 5 overs, 20 runs, 1 wicket; F. Alpifc, ? overs,' 10 runs, 1 0 wickets. / .