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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 337, 26 October 1908, Page 9

CRICKET.

, i*'f' SENIOR MATCHES. Old -Boys bsat Y.M.C.A. by 3 pts. 'rJeWtown boat Wellington by 2 pts. • (Midiand v. Gasworks—a draw. Petoryj beat PhconlX by 3 (its.. . "the -mitial'contests in the first round of Bailor-'matches'were concluded on Saturday aftiSrhbon. There was a fairly large attendancisVflt tho Basin Reserve, where all the gables'; wore played. Fine weather prevailed, btit',after tho,recent rain the wickets were ''doaiL" Jjurliig the-afternoon a couple of 'presentations.; wero made'in.thopavilion, the recipients.- Being Messrs. C. E. Hickey and W. Gihbes;;(of tho Phoenix Club), both of whom - haibjcilned tho ranks of the Benedicts sinco last-season. Mr. George Webb, vice-prcsi-deiitvof the., club,' made - the ; presentations. Mtj. Hickey recoiyed.a silver entreo dish, and MK'Gibbos' if hand-painted fire screen/ Both ofjrthej recipients are. tried, cricketers, Mr. HttkiJy having played senior cricket for eight years' and gained representative h'onoiirkj'and Mr; Gibbcs,' who lias played senior for-.'ttioipast four,years, having been-included in ttlioi'Wellington representative team last .Tho recipients returned. thanks, and wdros'cntliusiastically cheered. .. . .Old' Boys, who, Had a substantial lead over Y r jll&A;" on' the first innings, had little difficulty in disposing of the new aspirants . fdr.fcsiihior - honours in their" second innings for a total, thus securing a 3-point victofy;;.by;' an innings and 77 runs. After an interesting" contest, Newtown'gained' a win on' the'ffirst innings over Wellington. The totals for-the initial innings were:—Newtown, 154 ; 74. .When,they, had made 80 for tHjjljbte of four wickets, Nowtown. declared, tlifeit* second innings closed. . With only an hadj of course, no chtince-.of securing tho number of runs, wliith would , have . given thorn a. victory. Mahoney anfljNanghton had compiled 71 runs between tti&ifr.tyhen stumps were drawn. -jVllfofi interest, centred in the contest between; 'Midland and;. Gasworks, which re-sulted-ih a ,draw. 'On the previous Saturday Midland, who ..went in first,-.had not completed its, ;first. innings. After one over, Midlajidorß' declared their. innings closed— 235:'.fdr 7-*wickots. When time was called Gasjivbrks were still batting, the score reading*: - Eight wickets for 133 "runs: Seeing that,. Gasworks. had, under, the circumstances, rojehtirico of making a higher score than their opponents, great praise is duo to them for turrlitig, an almost certain defeat into a drrt'iv.,, - Tlio. 3-point win for Petone over Phoenix was somewhat. unexpected. Despite the fact that'the wicket was in tho bowlers' favour, it ~iva?.generally, thought that the match would ;,bo decided on the' first innings, when the'-cbtals were—Phoenix 156, Petone 147. second innings, Phoenix made a feeolti: stand, their total when the last wickot fclj-bpihtc'only 27.';'The'Petoneites, who required' 37 runs to win, commenced their seconi'.iiiiiings at 5.30 —half sin hour before call of.'-titrie. Amidst applauscr, they scored the renhiiite number'of runs within -20 minutes, only, olio wicket being down/ If Miller and X/ittlo-had been present to assist Phoenix in itsVaecond innings, it is possible that .the. hoiiotirs of the day would not have fallen to Peto'he: '

v,: , ; PHOENIX V. PETONE. The .match between Phoenix and. Petone was continued on' No. 1 wicket.' On tho previous. Saturday, Phoenix, in their first inningsj' made 156 runs, and Petono, in-their firlt-bllort, had lost two wickots for 31 runs. Continuing, Petone made-in all 147 runs, the total -at,the fall of each'wicket being as follovt'B :t-li for 8, 2 for 9, 3 for 54, 4 Kir 80, 5 foi\BbM3 for 87,- 7 f0r.92, B,for 111, and 9 f0r,;122.' The chief, contributor, Bruce (51), gave! a fine display. Waters, who was fields insf'at' deep. mid-on, effected his dismissal off a £w6ak r stroke. ' Isherwood, the second highest; scorer,' secured, most. . 0f.,-his ruh£-:bj'- 10g... .strokes.; 1 Joyce, who '.was' a thifd rgrado, player last ;by steady, cricket. For Phoenix, Hickey, , 3 for .the, most' successful triindler.,, In thoiri'se'eondninnings, phoenix;. batting „. : twb men Bhort, i.went all to ; pieces, - their aggregate being 27, the only one to get into double figiirbs .being; Gibbes, who knocked up 12 rulis.y The-;total at tho ,fail of, each wicketwas.as follows:—1 for 1, 2 for 17, 3 for 21, 4 forss,; 6 fori26, 6 for 26,. and 7 for 26. For Poton?, Connolly took 5 wickets for 12 runs, and'Cobcroft 3 for 13. Requiring; 37 to! win, and, with only half an hour to play,. Petone seii'fcyoiit Brice and Isherwood. When each hauj/ffiado 3 Isherwood was caught, Taylor filling .the' vacancy.. Runs were ..now scored inrgroat style, 13 being made off "Ranji" .Wjlsoiijs first, over and 16 . off his second. Ten/.'taihutes before -call of time Brice so-ou'ted-.the",winning;hit,by lifting Wilson over the fence.. Following wore the scores;— ' „".; J PETONE. " !

■ First Innings. Cdfeoft, 312, c. Waters, b.''Hickey . 6 IsHerfrdod, 111113211212311311114. •b. Wilson -1- ... ... ... 33 Bdnjery 1,-o. Gibbes, b. Hickey ... ... 1 linos; ' 11141111111133344231131143, c. , b." Hickey ' ... 51 Jotfcej 33431211342, 1.b.w., b. Dixon ... 27 Tajl6r>li; b: Gibbes. ... "... 2 Tfe&ear, 11, 1.b.w.,- b. Wilson 2 Smyrk.H., Gibbes ;.. ...' .... ... 0 Cato,: 1; riln out'*:i.. ... 1 Greenu 12321, o. Saunders, b. Gibbes"! 9 Connolly,'llll3s, not out 12 ■ Extras ... >' 3 Total-.v, 1 -' ■ ... ... " '... ... 147 > v --.Bowling Analtsis; Overs. Mdns. Runs, Wkts. Hickey 12 2 31 3 Gibbes' '22 5 62 3 Dixoli- 5 1 20 1 Wilton./ ". '"8 ' — ' 31 2 • PHOENIX. < -t' • Second Innings. M'Lciinan, 1, b. Connolly ... • ...-, 1 Dixon/211, c. Smyrk, b. Cobcroft ... 4 Gibbes, 211311111, ■b. • Cobcroft; ... ... ,12 Burtoh, 111, b. Connolly ... 3 Waters, 111, b. Connolly ... ... . ... 3 Hpniby, ■1, - st. Cate, b. Cobcroft ... ,1 Hickey; b. Connolly ... 0 Saiinders, ,1, b.- Connolly .>. ... ],]'i Wilson, not out ... q Millorj. absent ~, ... . . ... 0 liittlo;. absent ... ... . ... . 0 Extras ... ... 2

j Total ... ... ... ... 27 ■ Bowling Analysis. . 1 ■ .'■r . ' Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Cobcroft 11 3 13 3 Connolly 1(| ■ .4 12 5 - f; . PETONE. • • ■ ' Second Innings.: -tice": 3424113414, not out ... ... .... 27Ishorjvood, 3, c., Burtofi, b. Gibbes ' ...\ 3 ■laylor, 111131, not out '8 . iiXtra • .;. ..; , ;... . . _ ... 1 ■ Total, for .1 wicket . .39 Bowling Analysis. For. Phoenix Gibbes took 1 wicket' for 0 ruhs, and Wilson 0 for 29. . ,}"■■■ ' .. , ' . • /NEWTOWN v. WELLINGTON. The. position in this match at the close ji play on the previous Saturday was:— Petqno (first innings) 154, Wellington 5 ' A'ielifcti for 36. Resuming, Wellington mado 74, the wickcts falling ns follow: —1 for 0, 2 fdr'yo, 3 for 8, 4 for 23, 5 for 28, 6 for 43; 7' for 68, 8 for 74, arid 9 for 74. Of the. [remaining batsmen, . Nash (17) and Qiiipn (14) wcro the only ones to get into double figures. Both batted very quietly, especially the latter. For Newtown, Alpe, who* was not tried on the previous Saturday,"bowled well, his figures reading:—6 overs, 14 maidens, 2 runs, and' 3 wickcts. When;, Newtown had made 80 runs for the loss."of 4 wickets they • declared their inniiigs closod at 5.30. A. Claridgo, who was top scorer with 21 runs (not out), formerly pl.tjed as a junior for Wadestown. His exhibition gave promise. of' better things. The ■ biggest: hit • of. the innings was a straight drive by . Laws for 5. Little of tho' Wellington bowling' was' above mediocre. Luckie, bowover, securing 3 wickots for 24

runs. When time was called, Mahonoy and Naughton, who had gono out to bat for Wellington, wero not out with 22 and 42 respectively. Newtown thus won by 80 runs on tho first innings. Following aro tho details :— NEWTOWN. First innings ... ... ... 154 Second Innings. Alpe,' .321131, b. Pavitt ... ... ... 11 Laws, 2151132, c. Nash, h'. Luckio ... 15 Goldspring, 3, c. Willis, b. Luckio .... 3 Claricfge, A., 11211111311124 (not out) ...21 Schmoll, 111213, o. Mahoney, b. Luckio... 9 Day, A., 1222221 (not out) 12 Extras ... ... ... ... 9 Innings declared closed, 4 wickets for 80 - Bowltno Analysis. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Luckio '. 8 2 20 . . — Pavitt : 9 1 21 - Nash 6 — 25 — Quinn 10 1 32 6 llichardson • • 5 1 17 1 Hickson 9 — 26 , 2 WELLINGTON. 'Fntsi Innings. Naughton, c Claridge, b. Laws ... 0 Richardson, 231, run out . ... • 6 Murphy, 212j b. Keys 5 Dakin, 12, run out 3 Mahoney, 111123321121112, 1.b.w., b. Laws ... ' ••• ••• 23 Hickson, 2;'b. Keys... -2 Nash, 211112112131, c. Day, b. Laws ... 17 Quinn, 12111121211, b.'Alpo 14 Willis, 11, c. Laws,.b. Alpe 2 Pavitt, c. Claridne, b. Alpe 0 Luckie, not out ... 0 Extras ... ' :. 2 Total 74 Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Laws 19 4 45 o Keys -14 4 2,5 2 Alpe 6 4 2 3 Second Innings. Mahoney, 22141112121121 (not out) ... 22 Naughton, 321112212223212131212221 (not out) 42 Extras - ... 7 Total for no wickets 71 Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Laws 5 — 19 — Alpe 6 — 21 — Goldspring 2 — 4 — Keys 2 — 13 — Day 1 — 7 — Y.M.C.A. V. OLD BOYS. Old Boys and Y.M.C.A teams finished their match on No. 2 wicket. The Old Boys had an easy task, and established a win by an innings and 77 runs. This gives them three points. At the close of play on the previous Saturday, Y.M.C.A. were oil out for 89, and five wickets of the opposing team had fallen for 164, On resuming the match, Old Boys went in to complete their innings, the total being raised to 192. Only 31 additional runs, wero mado, not a very good performa-, ance.' Monaghan, with, 27 to his credit,' failed to secure any more runs. M'Gill, however, added 11, and brought his score up to 2(5. The remaining players went out quickly, without a very good snowing. Blacklock was the only batsman who made a double-figure score on Saturday, and he went out'for 13. For the first innings of the season, however, 192 is a-very fair aggregate. Y.M.C.A. had a poor second innings—all butfor '26. When they went in, there was little hope of glory for them, as they were 103 runs behind. .Tho wickets went down rapidly, according to the following table:— 1 for 0, 2 for 0, 3 for 6, 4 for 7, 5 for 7,, ,6 for 21, 7 for 21, 8 for 24, and 9 for 26.' M'Kay was absent, with an injured arm. Y.M.C.A. wero! out before 4 o'clock. . When Midlane, Wilson, and Atkinson had been disposed ot, the end drew near quickly. Midlane had managed only 4 when ho was caught by Blacklock, witli a ball from Tucker. Tilyard was caught off Monaghan, and Wilson-Went out next. This was Wilson's first ball and-, Monaghan's second wicket, run-;, ning. Tilyafd;'one ot the best bats of the'team|' was caught by Blacklock at square-leg,'and ■ Wilson dropped one into Ileechy's hands in almost the samo place, close in. Monaghan's bowling was quite up, to the mark, his average being excellent—7 for 8. For Y.M.C.A, Horlihy and 'Grimroott wore the bowlers. They both did'pretty well, Herlihy had four overs, with no maidens, and: ' took two wickets for 13 ■ runs. His average for.the match was six for 55. The scoring is shown below:— Y.M.C.A. ' First innings ... ■ 89 OLD BOYS. E. Beech}' 1111114131, b. Herlihy ... 15 Birch, c. Grimmett, b. Herlihy 0 Tucker, 2114211121222111111111111112, -c. Midlane, b. Herlihy, ... ... 38 Lomax, 123, b. Horlihy ... ...' ... 6 J. P. Blacklock, 121111542311131411311, 1131, c. Wilson, by Midlane ... 45 H. W. Monaghan, 11121113411232111, c. Midlane, b; Grimmett ... ... 27 M'Gill, 1121531111122211, run out ... 26 C. P. Blacklock, 11212123, c. Cornfoot, b. Horlihy 13 Wills, c. Midlane, b. Herlihy ... - ... . 0 Jacobs, 11,-not out' ... 2 Mason, 1, c. Jones, b. Grimmett 1 Extras ... ... 19

Total ... 192 Bowling Analysis. Overs.Mdns, Runs. Wkts. Herlihy 20 1 55 6 . Grimmett' ... .12 — 54 2 Cornfoot ... 6 — 22 — Brett ... ... 5 — 30 — Midlane ... 4 — 12 , 1 Y.M.C.A. Second Innings. Midlane, 121, c. Blacklock, b. Tucker ... 4 Tilyard, c. Blacklock, b. Monaghan ... 0 Wilson, c. Beechy, b. Monaghan ... .0 Atkinson, 221111112, c. Wills, b. Monaghan ... 12 Brett, 1, b. Monaghan 1 Greonwood, b. Monaghan 0 Cornfoot, 21111, b. Monaghan 6 Grimmott, b. Monaghan 0 Herlihy, 111. not out ... 3 Jones, st. Blacklock, b. Lomax ... ... 0 Total ••• ••• ••• 26 Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Monaghan. ... 7 3 8 7 Tucker ... ' ... 5 — 15 1 Lomax ... 2 — 3 1 MIDLAND V. CAS COMPANY. It was an interesting match on wicket. No. 3 between Midland and Gas Company. Tiro former,had a scoro of 230 when time was called on the previous Saturday, and seven wickets were down. They showed wisdom, therefore, in discontinuing the innings last Saturday. Marison and Wighton went in, played an over, and tho innings was declared closed, with a score of 235. Manson came out with 51, having added two, and Wighton got a two and a one, bringing him'up to 5. Gas Company then went in to bat. A 6 play went steadily on, it was seen that tho batting team could not reach their opponents' score, and tho game settled down to one of persistent stone-v/alling. Ashbolt (30), and Drcdgo (31) both batted stolidly, while Hodge and Hull, each with 17, also helped to hold up tho wicket against time. The team deservo a word of praise for tho afternoon's performance'. They played cautiously all tho while, and lasted the time well. Nor did they permit many chancos to go,' for with six o'clock brought a respite they had 133 runs for eight wickets. Tho playors wero disposed of as follow:—One for 6 runs, two for 8, thrco for 13, four for 52, five for 53, six for 106, seven for_ 112, oiglit for 112. By playing as they did, and drawing out their innings until time was called, tho Gas Company mnde the gamo a draw, whereas had they been less careful it could not have finished other than favourably for Midland. Ashbolt was at the wicket about an hour and twenty minutes, getting his 30; and Hull and Topp, who wero batting at tho close, had been together for about half an hour. Their combined runs total 21. Tho team's performance has all the more merit in that the day was one for the bowlers, and the

man at the wickot liatl to bo very suro of his strokes. Tho Company's men were heartily applauded when returning to tho pavilion. Mitchell bowled first for Midland, and came through with an averago of four wickets for •13. Upham did well —three for 13 —and Stephenson took the other wicket. Particulars arc as follow:— MIDLAND. First Innings. Wynyard, 133112133311112122, b. Gour- ' lav. 32 Upham, 31333, run out 13 Bruco, 12311111131111122113313126222433 222314, c. M'Kay, b. Topp ... ... 75 Sheridan, 42114323131, 1.b.w., b. Miller 24 Sisson, 11114114, c. : Ashbolt, b. Miller ... 14 A. B. Williams, 1, b. Aliller 1 "Jlanson, 2131212111333112333311123111, not out ... 51 Stephenson, 221213213, c. Hodge, b. Hull 17 W. Wighton, 1121, not out ... ... 5 Byes ... 3 Total for seven wickets ... 235 Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Hawthorn ... 10 — 50 — Ashbolt 1 — 2 — Topp 13 5 32 1 Miller 16 1 37 3 Gourlay ... 14 1 41 1 Hull ... ... 9 1 33 1 M'Kay ... ... 6 1 31 — GAS COMPANY. ' First Innings. Waters, b. Mitchell ... 0 Waugh, 121221, c. and b. Mitchell ... . 9 Hawthorn, 2, b. Mitchell ■ ... 2 Hodge, 1122111111212, c. Upham, b. Mitchell 17 Gonrlay, 1, b. Stophenson 1 Hull, 2212213211, not out 17 Ashbolt, 21111121142112123111, c. Stophenson, b. Upham 30 Dredßo, 1333213131321121, c. Sisson, b. Upham 31 Topp, 1111, not out 4 M'Jiay, c. Mitchell, b. Upham ... ... 0 Extras ... 22 Total for eight wickets ... 133 Bowling Analysis. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Stophenson ... 17 5 23 1< Mitchell ... 21 5 43 4 Wighton ... 2 — 7 — Ryan 8 4 9 — Upham 14 8 13 3 William ... 5 1 11 — Sheridan ... 3 — 6 — '■ JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. Victoria College A v. Petone.—Pctone, first innings, 55; Victoria College, first - innings, 102; Pctone, second innings, 71 (Nunn, 26) j Victoria College, second innings, 25 for 5 wickets. Victoria College thus won by 5 wickets.

St. .John's defeated AVcllington A by 3 wickets and 1 run. The gamo was very keenly contested, the scores being:—Wellington A, first innings 56, second innings 32 (Wagstaff 10). St. John's, first innings, 58; second innings, 31 for 7 wickots (Thomas 17). For St. John's, J. Wright bowled very well, securing 8 wickets, for 24, and 9 for 15 in the first and second innings respectively. The match Phoenix v. Gas Company was brought to a conclusion on Saturday, . Phoenix declaring their second innings closed with six wickots down for SI, and eventually winning with 116 runs to spare. The scores were: — Phconix, first innings, IS9; second innings: Hickey 13, Connolly 1, Lambert 0, Newbold 4, .M'Donagh' 13 (not out), Browman 5, Sanders 10 (not out), extras 5, total 51, grand total 240. Newtown, first, innings: Sullivan 31, Carruthcrs 2, J. Day 23, Castles 2, Esford 6, Pickard 1, Maplesden 15, Riggs 2'(not out), Viekory 0, Smith 6, Parkins 1, extras 3, total 92. Second innings: Maplesden (run-out) 0, Sullivan 0, Day 4, Riggs 5, Castles (run 0ut),.0, Carruthers 17, Parkins. 0, Esford 0, Pickard 0, Smith 0, Vickery (not out) 0, extras 6, total 32, grand total 124. Bowling for Phoenix, Connolly took three wickets for 7 runs. ' . Y.M.C.A.''tui'ned the tables on Old Boys in tho secoiid innings, and won the .mat-eh by. s'oven wickets. In the first innings Old Boys compiled 116, against Y.M.C.A.'s 69, but their second turn at the wickets closed for Go, three men not batting, while Y.M.C.A. secured the necessary runs for the loss of three wickets, Tho'scores wero: —Y.M.C.A., first innings 69; second innings: M'Girr 41, Roberts 26,-Timperley 20, Phillips (not out) 17, Wilson (not out)' 3, extras 9, total 116, grand total 185. Old Boys, first innings, 116; second innings: Dempsey 15, Goldfinch 0, Beechey 1, M'Lcan 2, Suclding 5, Jacobs 22, M'Gowan 17, Wilson 2, extra 1, total 65, grand total 181.

Wadestown had an easy over Gas Company B. Their first innings yielded 123 runs, and their second was closed when five wickets were down,and 170 runs notched. Gas Company made 33 in their first attempt at the-wickets, and 22 in their secoiid. The scores were as follow:—Wadestown, first innings, 123; second innings: D. Hay 41, Roberts 4, Moffatt 9, Burns 16, Withers (run out) 0, Collet (not out) 43, Bowles (not out) 49, extras 8, total for fire wickets 170, grand total 293. Gas Company, first innings 33; second 'innings: F. Wcthcrall 2, Nicholl 3, J. Stevens 0, F. Stevens I,'Ott 0, H. C. Smallbone 0, C. Wetherall (run out) 7, .Chant (not out) 3, H. Smallbone 0, extras 6, total 22, grand total 55. Bowling for Wadestown, in tho. first innings Burns took five wickets for 10 runs, and R. Moffatt four for-9, and. in the second Burns secured six for 12, and Moffatt two for 4, all very creditable performances. • ' JUNIOR ASSOCIATION. Tho Harbour Board commenced their first fixture of the season • against Trinity at Newtown Park on Saturday. Harbour Board .compiled 99 in the first innings. Williams 24, (not out) r.nd M'Lcod (21) were tho principal scorers. Trinity replied with 74 for 9 wickets (innings declared closed). R. Ostcn (25. out out) and Derbyshire (16) also battea well. Clarke, Pike, and M'Leod bowled well for Harbour Board, as did Ostcn and Harris for Trinity. Victoria College B made 94 and 60 in the match against Wellington B, the latter knocking up 190 in their siugle innings, and thus winning by an innings and 36 runs. Tho scores were: Victoria College B, first innings, 94; second innings: Gray 13, Lowe 6, SI.-ck.iy 22, Burbidge 0, Sprott 1, Broad 7, Tate 0, Blake 0 (not out), Toms 1. Randrup 2, extras 5; total, E0: grand total, 154. Wellington B: W. O'Brien 32, Boycs 6, Woon 0, Webb 65, Hutchen (run out) 1, T. O'Brien 31, Aaams 26, Howe 4, Harris (absent), Halse 1, Hannify 0 (not out), extras, 24; total, 190. Boycs, bowling for Wellington, secured 7 wickets for 24 runs. THIRD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP. Templars v, Midland. —This match resulted in a win for the 1.0. G.T. representatives by 15 ' runs just before time. The scores were:' Templars, 49 (Parris 15, H. Wright 13), and, batting one short, 53 (Newson 11, H. Wright 10); Midland, batting one short, 33 (M'Ardle 19), and batting four short 51 (Bock 18). In tho bowling, for the winners Dooloy • (6 for 15 and 4 for 33) and Poole,v (2 for 6 ajid 1 for 12) did best work, as did Bell, Carpenter, and Williams for Midland. . Old Boys boat Wellington by 23 runs. Old Boys, 96 (Linklater 24, Colo 18, Hyams 11, Wilson 10) and, batting three short, 57. Salmon ("6) and Pye-Smitli (23) played well, coming together with 4 wickets down for 5. Wellington made 65 (C. M. Bay 27, Mullen 11) and 65 (Von Sturmer 27, Mullens 19). Martin, for the Old Boys, took 4 wickets for 20 and Pye-Smitli 4 for 3 in the first, innings, and Martin 5 for 16 and Colo 2 for 5 in tho sccbnd. Hawthorne v. Newtown.—This match rosultcd in a wiu for Newtown by 8 wickets, tho scores being Hawthorne 24 and 52 and Newtown .17 (Kilby 15, Berg 10) and 30 for 2 wickets (Russell 12, not out). The bowlers for Newtown were Russell 7 wickets for 20, Bowcn 7 for 27, and Kilby 4 for 9, St. Patrick's College made 98 and 30 against Petone's 27 and 17, and thus won bj 84 runs. Playing against St. Mark's at Petono, St, John's B made 94 in the first innings and 35

in the sccond, a total of 129. G. Williamson (38)- and Mooro (15) wero their highest scorers. St. Mark's replied with S6 for tho first innings (Bray 29, Smith 21, Kitchiug 10), and 54 for five wickets in the second (Bray 13, Smith 13 not out) thus winning by five wickets. Jones, Charlton, and Morrison bowled well for St. Mark's. FOURTH CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP. St. Mark's mado 34 and 24 in their match against Petono Baptists. Tho suburban team mado 84 in their first innings, thus winning by an innings and 26 runs. Powell (32 not out) and Wilkes (15) were the highest scorers for.tho Baptists, and Wilkes also topped the bowling average. BOYS' LEAGUE, JUNIOR. Taranaki Street defeated Trinity by 9 wickets and 4 runs. Tipling, B. Stokes, and Fauvel wero most conspicuous for Taranaki Street, while Flockton and Richards shared the honours for Trinity. MISCELLANEOUS. ■ A friendly gamo was played on the Basin Reserve between teams representing Read and Fenwick's and Odlin's, and resulted in a win for tho former by an innings and 57 runs. Odlin's scored 13 in tho first innings and 31 in their' second attempt, making a very feeble showing to tho bowling of Sauvarin and Farrell. Read and Fenwick's scored 101 in their single innings, Sanvarin 39, Farrell 32, Vincent 9. Logan fielded brilliantly for Read and Fenwick's, securing 4 catches in one innings. IN OTHER CENTRES. (BY TEI.KCIiArn—I'ItF.SS ASSOCIATION.! Auckland, October 25. Tho first round of the Auckland Cricket Association district championships was concluded yesterday in weatlier conditions the revorse of pleasant, rain falling at intervals during tho afternoon. The following were the results of the senior grade matches:— Eden A v. Ponsonby: Edon, 218 for six wickets (declared); Cummings 57, Elliott 62. Ponsonby, 10 and 54. Eden won by an innings arid 64 runs, thus scouring a threepoint win. .North Shore v. Grafton: North Shore, 223 for 8 wickets (declared); Holingrako 42 and Bush 51. Grafton: 160, and 20 for no wickets. North Shoro won by 63 runs on the first innings. City v. Eden Colts: City, 86 and 139 for 5 wickets (Rose 40). Eden Colts, ,128. Eden Colts won by 42 runs 011 the first innings. Parnell v. University: Parnell, 8G and 115 for four wickets (Hutchings 47 not out). 'Varsity, 186 (Jacobsen 18). 'Varsity won by 100 runs on the first innings. Christohurch, October 24. Another round of the first grade cricket competition commenced to-day, tho results being:—St. Albans 112 v. East Christchurch 85 for 7 wickets. Riccarton, 54, and 12 for 1 wicket, v. Sydenham, 60. West Christchurch, 252 v. Linwood 26 for 2 wickets.