CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 340, 29 October 1908, Page 9

CRICKET.

WEDNESDAY ASSOCIATION. SENIOR MATCHES. Union beat Artillery by 4 points. ' Rivals beat Pakeha by 2 points. Y.M.C.A. boat Oriental.by 2 points., Wednesday cricketers were unfortunate in having bad weather for the opening of-their season, but the conditions yesterday made up for last week's annoyance. A gentle breeze was blowing, and tho sun was bright; although rain threatened all the afternoon. Tho wicket was decidedly tricky, placing everything' in tho bowler's favour, and the ball would riot' roll in the outfield; consequently no 'big scoring was possible. J ARTILLERY v., UNION. - The match' Artillery v;' Union was-resumed on No. 3 wicket. When operations ceased on tlie previous Wednesday Artillory had • secured 47 runs, with the loss of six wickets. When the last of them was disposed, of.the score was 59. Union did, bettor, for-'at theclose of their innings tlicy had 1 82 to their credit. The second innings brought 42 more to the_ Artillery, making a total of 101. It was within half an hour of time,, when Newson and Patrick went in to bat, hut they added 8 and 17 respectively, and with these 26 runs, Union, .with 103,' took.tho match by 10 wickets and 7 runs. .The scoring was as shown below:— ........ artillery; : ■ v First Innings. Smith, caught, b. Bonner ; ....3 Joyce, caught, b. Bonner ... ■... ■ ... 17 Hughes, caught, b. Harris' ... ... 7 Hume, b. Harris ... . ... 2 Weybourne, run out ... ... ... 16 M'Mahon, b. Patrick ... ... ... 0 M'Gill, b. Bonner . ... ••• 1 Sawle, b. Bonner ... ... • ... .' ... 4 Browne, st., b. Harris . .... . .\l.i Douglas, not out ... ... 1 ,4 Thompson, b. Harris ... '3 Extra ... ~, 1 Total ... '... : ... ... 59 Bowling Analysis.—Bonner,: 4' for 20; Har-.. ris, 4 for 19; Patrick, 1 for .3. UNION.' ' . 11 First Innings. Jl'Gill, b. Joyce ... ... 12 Newson, c. and b. Joyce ... ... ... 5 Patrick, b. Weybourne . ... 10 Ogden, b. Jpyce ... .„ ... . ...3 M'Grath, b. Joyce ... ... ... , ti g Harris, b. Joyce ... .... 18. Mollis, c. M'Mahon, b. Joyce ...■ ; ~.. 1 Mills, 1.b.w., b. M'Mahon ... ... ... 13 Bonner, run out ... ... : ... ... 1 O'Sullivan, not out ... ... ... ... 8 Mulford, c. Smith, b. J. Smith ... ! ... 4 Extra ' ] Total ... 82 Bowling Analysis.—Jovce, 6 for- 23;. Weybourne, 1 for 34; M'Mahon,, L-i for 14: Smith, 2 for 5. -. ARTILLERY. Second Inninjs. . ' Douglas, b. M'Gill 0 M'Mahon, b. M'Gill ■... ' .... 8 Hughes, l.b'.w-., b. M'Gill 1.. 4 Ilumo, b. M'Gill 0. Sawle, b. Patrick ... .'.I ; ... 4 Joyce, c. O'Sullivan, b. M'Gi'll ... ... 15 Weybourne, b. Patrick ... .' ... ' 0 Smith, b. Patrick .. ... ' 2 Brown, b. Patrick ... ..... .. .... .0 Thompson, b. Patrick ... . 0 M'Gill, not out ... ~... 7 Extras 2 Total ... ... . ... , ;42 First Innings ...- ' 59 Aggregate ... ■ '.V.Xv-101 Bowling Analysis.—Jl'Gill," five for 21; Patrick, five for 20. UNION. - -s. Second Inninos Newson, not out •• ,8 Patrick, not out . ... . . ■ ... 17 Extra . .... ... 1< Total- • ... ... "26 First Innings < ... . 82 Aggregate .... ... 108 RIVALS v. PAKEHA. Rivals won their match : with the Pakeha team by 16 runs on the first innings. M'lldowney (Pakeha) was the' niost/prominent scorer in tile match/! He was .batting up till almost tho last over of the day, and retired with 38. Had lie been, able;to remain with them, Pakehas might' have managed to get tho runs required. : -' ; Spicrs (six for 19) bowled consistently'for'.Rivals; arid was ahead of any of the others;' of both teams could be improved somewhat". Particulars of the game are as follow.;— ' ■ , RIVALS., . • 1 First Innings, _'.v: Jones, c. and b. Duthie -j,. 18 Pigeon, st. M'lldowney^-b.-Duthie ... 10 Cook, b. Atkin ... • ... ... ... 2 Wyatt, b. Duthie ... /... . ... ..... 4 Anderson, b. Carruthers ... ....' ..... 29 Spiers, b. Duthio, ... 3 Darraeh, b. .Carruthers ■. .i.' . 2 Crouch, b. Carruthers ... ■ ... ... .2 Tyrrell, b. Carruthers 1"... . . 3, Gwilliam, not out ... ,15 Carson, b. Duthie ... ... ... ... - 3 Extras ... ... - ... . ■..: •'... 4 Total ... i' 95 ' Bowling Analysis.—Duthie, five' for 30; Atkin, one for 29; Carruthers, fpur; for 26.PAKEIIA. First Innings. . Atkin, b. Darrack ... 1 ... 14 Abbot, b. Spiers '• ... - .... 2 M'lldowney, b. Spiers ... ..." ... 38 Owen, b. Wyatt ... ... 6 Thomson, b. Gwilliam ... 1 Carruthers, 1.b.w., b. Spiers': ... , ..: .10 Dutliio, c. and b. Spiers ... •, ... . ... 2 Manning, run out ... ' ... ' .... ... 0 Kucli, 1.b.w., b. Spiers ... ... ' ... ; '0 Marshall,' not out ... ... 2 Mills, b. Spiers ...' ... ... ... ; 0 Extrac ... ... 4 Total ...,,79 Bowling Analysis.—Spiers, six for 19; Darrack,'one for 6; Gwilliam, ono.fbr 11; Wyatt, one for 26; Carson, one for'll. RIVALS. Second Innings. ! Pigeon, b. Carruthers ... . ..... 2 1 Anderson, not out ... ... 24 Spiers, b. M'lldownoy ... 20 Wyatt, not out ... 1 Extras ... ... '.(. 2 Total for 2 wickets ... . ... 49 First ■ Innings 95 Aggregate 144 Bowling Analysis.—Duthie, 0 for 16; Carruthers, 1 for 13; Abbot, 1 for. 7; M'lldowney, 1 for 7; Atkin, 0 for 4. ORIENTAL v. Y.M.C.A. Y.M.C.A. and Oriental again met on No. 2 wicket. Y.M.C.A. wero batting when play was abandoned last week, and two wickets had fallen for 50. By 4 o'clock the innings was concluded yesterday, for 154. The best batting was:—Osboru (Y.M.C.A.) 35, and Little (Oriental) 33. Ferkins and Plant, were tho best bowlers for Y.M.C.A. Ferkins took 5 for 6 and Plant 3 for 33. . The fielding was fair, but Y.M.C.A. missed soriie very easy chances. Little (Oriental) batted steadily, reaching 33. Y.M.C.A. won. ljy 57 runs on tho first innings, arid appoint win. Details are as under:— 7.' 1 Y.M.C.A. Fikst Innings. Dyson,. run out ... ... ' ...28 Clapshaw, runout ... 14 Sclatcr, b. M'Konzie ... ... . ... 0. Mullins, b. M'Konzie " ... ... 16 Osborn, run out ... 35 Gini, b. Davis ... ... 9 Gibson, b. Picken ... ''..V ... ... 8 Greenwood, not out .... ... 27 Ferkins, c. M'Konzie, b. Bilhtlan .... 4 Supton,. e. BiUman, b. Mooro .. 1 Plant, c. Donohue, b. Billiiian ... ... 6 Extras '..., ... ... 6 Total ... " ... iu ~..154

Bowling Analysis.—Picken, 1 for 39; M'Kenzie, 2 for 48; K. Boulton, 0 for 24; Little, 0 for 8; Davis, 1 for 12; Billuiaa, 2 for 8; Mooro, 1 for 9. ORIENTAL. First Innings. S. Boulton, b. Dyson 11 K. Boulton, b. Plant ... ... . ... 4 Little, c. and b. Ferkins ... 33 Picken, b. Dyson ... 1 Moore, b. Ferkins 30 M'Kenzio, b. Plant ... 0 Billman, b. Ferkins 1 Cook, ,b. Ferkins 3 Burley, b. Plant 1 Davis, b. Ferkins ... ... ... 0 Donohue, not out 1 Extras ■ ... 12 Total ... ... ... ...97 Bowling analysis.—Plant, 3 for 33; Ayson, 2 for 33; Ferkins, 5 for 6; Gibson, 0 for 9'; Osborn, 0 for 4.' JUNIOR. .In the match Oriental v. Union, played 011 No. 4 wicket, Basin Reserve, Oriental had 5 wickets down for 62 at the close of plav on the previous Wednesday. Yesterday they concluded tlieir innings for 86. The top scores for the innings were: —Gayford 22, Dunoan 6, Aslier 14, and Cusack, junr., 12. The best • bowling average \yas Ellison's—s for 48. Union ran up a score of 101 (Hoar 23, Taylor 16, A. Williamson 16, Johnson 10). Coleman, bowling for Union, took 7 wickets for 16. When time was called, Oriental had reached 45 (Ellison 27) iu their second innings. The match, therefore, was won by Union on the first innings, by 15 runs. This is a two-point win. On Athletic Park, Vivian v. Y.M.C.A. match was concluded. The scoring was: — V":M.p.A.: First innings, 80; second innings, IS; total, 98. Vivian, first innings, 33; second innings, 73 (for 2 wickets); total, 106. Vivian thus, won by, 8 wickets and 8 runs, and established a 4-point win. , Dairymen beat Pctolie at Athletic Park. Till scores were:—Petone: First innings, 33; second innings, 44; total, 77. Dairymen: First innings, 40; second innings, 40 (for .4 wickets); total, 80. SCHOOL CRICKET. FIXTURES AND GROUNDS. The president of tho Headmasters' Association has been informed by the chairman of tho Education Board that the request of the Public Schools' 'Cricket Association to be allowed to play school matches on Friday afternoons, commencing at 3 o'clock, has been approved. School championship matches' will therefore commence to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, grouuds having been allotted aa follow:—

Seniors, at Athletic Park.—Thorndon 7, Brooklyn, No. 1; Terrace v. To Aro, No. 2; Newtown v. Kilbirnie, No. 3; Clyde Quay v. South Wellington, No. 4. Juniors—Roseneath v. Te Aro, Basin Reserve ; Newtown v. Karori, Karori; Clyde Quay v! Wadestown, Basin Reserve; Johnsonville, a bye.

REARRANGEMENT OF FIXTURES. ,

Owing to the withdrawal of Mount Cook from the senior and junior championship, and of Island Bay from the junior, championship, the original draft of fixtures has been slightly altered. Senior teams will note that there are now no byes in the senior division j the team which had a bye in each round will, until further notice, play in tho fixture ■ originally cast for Mount Cook; viz.:— .

1, Brooklyn' v. Thorndon; 2. Hutt v. Terrace; 3, South Wellington v. Hutt;A, Clyde Quay v. Brooklyn; 5, Petone v. Newtown;'6, Newtown v. South Wellington; 7, Thorndon V. I'etoile; 8; Te Aro v. Clyde Quay; 9, no alteration. Mount Cook having been originally cast for a bye; 10, Terrace v. Kilbirnie; 11, Kilbirnie v. Te Aro.

The Public Schools' Cricket Association desires to record its gratitude to the Wellington Cricket Association for its'courtesy with regard to wickets, and to the . Wellington ltugby Union for grounds at the Athlctio Park.

The: chairman of tho Technical School Board (Mr. J. P. Luke) has approved of the matches being played on Friday afternoons, subject to the provision that the manual ana technical instruction grants aro not interfered with;' '