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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 759, 7 March 1910, Page 3

CRICKET.

CITY SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. NO BIG SCORES. SOilE ILL-PREPARED WICKETS. Wellington' South, 100, v. Wellington Central, 147 for six wickets. Wellington East A, 170, v. Wellington North, to bat. Wellington East B, 130, v. Victoria Collega, 30 and 9 for three wickets. Petono, 105 and 12 for five wickets, v. Htitt, 51. •

The ninth round of the AVellington senior championships, was commenced on Saturday, three of tho matches being played on suburban grounds and. the fourth at the Athletic Park. The Cricket Association found ■it impossible ■to conclude the eighth round this week, owing to the fact that tho Basin Reserve was engaged .for sports, and the three unfinislied matches will.be resumed.next Saturday. The ninth round will be decided on the suburban grounds a week later. • At Athletic Park two of the leading teams, Central (1G points) and South (U points) met, and Central, for the loss of only six wickets, did considerably better.than the whole of the . South eleven, who batted first.- Two' matches were played on the Petone Recreation Ground, where the wickets were found to be lumpy and slow. They had not been prepared with much care, and one of them, at least, was very bad. East A, who hold 15 points in the championship, were pitted against North, whose total is 10 points. . The former, team remained at the wickets all the afternoon, and when the tenth wicket fell; the score was 170. On the second wicket, Petone made 105 against Hutt, whose first innings yielded 51, four of the team being absent. At the close of play, Petone had obtained an additional 42 runs, with the loss of five wickets. Blaying, against Victoria College, on the Hutt Recreation Ground, East B, who were two men short, secured 130 in their first innings. The College team, who were without tho services of ■; Dempsey, and. who had , had to rely.on a number of young players,made 30, and, following on, added nine runs, at.a cost of three wickets.

, CENTRAL AND SOUTH. Taking first strike, South compiled a scanty 100, finding the bowling somewhat too good for them. The highest individual score was 26, obtained by Dind, who bat ted vigorously, aud was. at last caught by' Birch, off Hawthorn. His score was made up by three fours, four threes, and a pair of singles. Hawthorn took five wickets, and, under the prevailing conditions, was easily the best trundlev for South. Besides taking Dind's wicket, he caught and bowled Burton nicely, and Smith, .Tohnsdn, and Schmoll were all caught off his deliveries. Kinvig was bowling better than usual. .He had only five complete overs (in the fifth .'taking Suckling's wicket), and the first ball of the sixth over scattered Webb's stumps." \ Suckling was beaten by a good length ball, and retired for 25. At the close of tho afternoon's play six Central wickets had fallen, and only Hawthorn and Laws had failed to reach double figures. Hickson (40, not out) and Roberts (35) seemed to have'tho measure of. the attack, and towards the ,end they had the bowlers completely nonplussed. The ecores at the fall of the.wickets were:—South: One for 1, two for 13, three for 16, four for-60, five for C 7, six- for 70, seven for 92, eight for 03, nine for 96, and ten for 100. Central: One for 38, two for 39, three for 53, four for 69, five for 71, and six for 110. The scoring was as follows:—

WELLINGTON SOUTH. First Innings. Burton, 1111232331, c. and b. Hawthorn 18 Varc," c , . , and b. Miller , 0 Patrick". -21311, c. Laws,b.' Miller : *'S Dind, 331433441, c. Birch, b. Haw'thorn % Smith, 11333, c.Kinvig, b. Hawthorn 11 Johnson, 1, c. Laws, b. Hawthorn ...:'.. 1 Suckling, 33223233121, b. Kinvig 25 Tyler, 3, run out 3 Schmoll, 1, c. Laws, b. Hawthorn 1 Guthrie, not out o Webb, 31, b. Kinvig ...... • 4 Extras ; 3

Total ..100 ■ > Bowling Analysis. ,:.Hawthorn, five wickets for 30 runs;' Kinvig, two for 20; Miller, two for ; 30; Laws, none for 17. WELLINGTON CENTRAL. First Innings; Naughton, 11311111112, c. Schmoll, b. ' Patrick u Birch, 11312232321, b. Patrick 21 Beechy, 134211, c. Johnson, b. Dind 12 Hawthorn, 112131, c. and b. Patrick It Laws, 2113, run. out 7 Hickson, 11141111211121131211311142, not out 40 Roberts, 23111131331331341, run out .*....; 35 , Extras 9 Total for six wickets ;.... 147 Bowling Analysis. . ' . . Patrick, three wickets for 48 runs; Dirid, one for 14; Smith, none for 31 j Guthrie, none for 21; Johnson, none for 12; Burton, none for 12.

EAST A AND NORTH. : On : Hutt ground, East A, playing against North, made good use of the bat, and the side were at the wickets all the afternoon. North had full four hours of leather-hunting, and when the last wicket had been taken, evening had come, and North returned to town with 170 runs against them. The scoring was slow, and the only batsmen who. attacked the bowling with much vigour were Tucker, and Hutchings. Tucker' was at home on the , wicket, and hit powerfully, carrying his bat for 44. Hutchings, who made 2li,' was more restrained than the voteran Tucker, but he showed some good strokes, and his confident style did much to take tho sting out of the bowling. Midlane, of whom Wellington expects, a good deal in the coming test match, niado 18, and Dickson put together a careful 21. The totals at the, fall of the wickets were as follow:—One for 9, two for 42, three for 60, four for 69, five for 71, six for 97,' seven for 133, eight for 151,. nine fpr 162, and ten for 170. The details of the play are:— . ■ WELLINGTON EAST A. First Innings. Bowles, 31, c. and b. Charlesworth... 4 Dickson, 111112212213111, c. Phillips, b. Charlesworth 21 Midlane, 21U122231U, c. Williams, b. Finlayson 18 Mahoney, 11311232, b. Finlayson 14 Berner, 211, b. Twohill J Tucker, 1212121131313113132313112, not ■out U Hutchings, 2221321131323, c. Williams, ■■■•]). Twohill' 26 Gibbes, 31111, c. Blacklock, b. Luckie 7 Wills, 221, c. Manson, b. Finlayson 5 Rickey, 3211, run out 7 E. 0. Hales, 3, b. Twohill 3 Extras ; 17 Total 170 Bowling Analysis. Twohill, three wickets for 29 runs; Finlayson, three for 53; Charlesworth, two for 34; Luckie, one for 37. EAST B AND COLLEGE. Wellington East B went to the wicket first, which was slightly wet, but improved as the. innings progressed. M'Gill (Hast) open«l and kept his wicket up right through. Ho gave but one chance, finally retiring with 59, not out. Griinmett got 21 by good orickot. The College bowling was little better than (heir batting, which, to put it mildly, was mediocre. . Miller (Bast) worked havoc with tho Collegians' wickets, and for tho day's play secured eight wickets for Iβ runs. The wickets in each innings fell as under. East B, first innings:— One wicket for 53 runs, two for 7G, three for 92, four for 111, five for 124, six-for 125. seven for 125, eight for 130. Victoria' College, first innings:—One wicket for 7 runs, two for '7, three for 9, four for 12,

five Cor 14, six for 25, seven for 29, eiprht for 30; second inning*, one for 1, two for 5, three for 5. Detailed scores:— EAST B." First Innings. M'Gill, 1111111122221114223122112111 1111111111112212', not out ; ED Grimmett, 111122112122211, c. Niven, l>. Stnintoft ..-. 21 Wilson, 22141, c. aud b. Stainton 10 Colletr, 12212211, c. Monaghan, b. Findlay 12 Nash, 12212211, c. Broad, b. Findlay 13 Cluridge, 1224, c. and b. Niven 9 A. K. Wilson, 1. b. Findlay 1 Miller, run out 0 Niven, °ct Jameson, b. Niven 0 Extras 5 Total ; 130 • Bowling Analysis. Findlay, three wickets for 39 'runs; Stainton, two for 20; Miller, none for 26; Niven, two for 40. S VICTORIA COLLEGE. First Innings. Stainton, 112, o. Grinimet, b. Miller... 4 Griffiths, 12, c. sub., b. Miller ;i Monaghan, c. M'Gill, b. Grimraett ... 0 Niven, ,12, c. M'Gill, b. Miller 3 Berendsen, 12, c. Wilson, b. Miller ... 3 De la Mare, 21111, c. sub., b. Grimmett 6 Jameson, 12111; c. and b. Miller (S Findlay, 111, b. Miller ;) Miller, 1, c. Collett,-b. Miller 1 Broad, not out '. o Dempsey, absent — Extras ' 3 Total 30 Bowling Analysis. Miller, seven wickets for 10 runs; Griinmett, two for 17. Second Innings. Miller, 1, c. sub., b. Grimmett ~ 1 Broad, b. Miller 0 Griffiths, 21, c. and b. Grimmett 3 Stainton, 1, not out ..: .1De la Mare, 12, not out 3 Total, for three wickets ..'. S Bowling Analysis. Miller, one wicket for 6 runs; Grimmett, two for 2. PETONE AND HUTT. Playing on their own ground in their first. innings, put up twice as many runs as Hutt, Bricc compiling 38 and Powell 20. Hutt batting four men' short made as good a show as possible under the circumstances. The fieldin? on both sides was not up to senior form. The wickets fell as under—lntone, first innings: One- wicket for 17 runs, two for 24, three for 37, four for 42, five for 47, six for 71,' seven for 78, eight for 03, ninefor 102, ten for 105; second innings, one for 9, two for 17, three for 17, four for 32, five for 32. Hutt, first innings: One for 5, two for 25,-three for 31;" four for 31. five for 33, six for 81. Details are as follow:—

PETONE. . ■ . '. First Innings. Briee, 2213212251144212, c. and b. Rod- . gurs ; 35 Joyce, 11, c.', fudd; b. Kodgers 2 Cate, 1, b. Judd „ l Bold, 13, b. Kodgers 4 Dalgleish, 121, st : i Hey, 111424, u. sub. b. Simpson 13 Median, 11112211, b; Simpson ....: '10 Wilks, 22121, c. Wilson, b. Bodgers 8 Powell, 22111132313, c. sub. b. Matthews OQ Bennett, c. sub., b. Eodgers "o Southgate, • not put 0 Extras ','.. g Total 105 Bowling Analysis. Rodgers, five, wickets for 27 rnns; Judd, two for.'32; Matthews, one for 18; Simpson, two for 21. '' , HUTT. ' First' Innings. Wilson, 313221, -b. Joyce 12 Climie, c. Bold, b. Brice 1 :.:: 0 Staples, 111311, b.Bricx! .....: 8 Judd, 2212, c Cate, b. Brice 7 Rodgers, b. Joyce .'....-. o Matthews, 211, not out "' i Simpson, 321112, c. Powell, b. Joyce- 10 Pringle, absent -.' o Aldorsly, absent ..;..:i,..;. ;„„' o Pilcher, absent '. nHollis, absent ' ( o ■ Extras .'..''."'"".' in

Total . ; ' 51 Bowling Analysis. Brice, three wickets for 25 runs; Joyce three for 18. , i . ■ ,•■:.. . ..PETONE. , : . , >■>■■' ■■•■■ : Second Innings. ' • ■ Cate, 13, e. siib., b. Jndd 4 Brice, .41123,' st 11 Joyce, 11, b. Bodgers 2 Powell, 12112112, b. Judd. 11.Sonthgate. 13U32, not out H Hey, .b. Eodgers 0 Extras 4 Total for five wickets 40 , ■ ■ Bowling Analysis. Judd, three wickets for 24 runs; Rodgers, one for 18. ' JUNIOR MATCHES. The game, Central juniors v. Wellington College, was played on the College Ground. Central batted first, autt compiled 190 runs, the' principal scorers being: Dry, 74, not out; Murphy, 32; Gourlay, 19; Stevenson, 16; and Andenwood, •10. .When stumps were drawn College had made 71 for the loss of two pickets. In the match Victoria College v. Johnsonville the former were disposed of aftei making n total of 57 runs. Johnsonville have so far lost seven wickets for (iG runs. . . Hutt v. East was played at Hutt. Hutt s first innings yielded 78, Harris °0 and Allsop 15. East replied with 99. In the second innings Hutt, when stumps were drawn, were two wickets'down for JUNIOR ASSOCIATION. , The following are the results of the J unior Association games played on Saturday afternoon:—; Selwyn A,, 53 (Buck 14, Harris 13), v ■Jlvans Bay; 51 (Carswell 12), and eight wickets for 3(i (Kershaw 15). Bowling for Evans Bay Hay (three for 6), Keegan & v ;V for ' n h Wuck ( el S h t.for 22) and M intyre. (six for 16) bowled effectively for Selwyn A. ' Thorndon 211 defeated Selwyn B 24 Harbour Board beat Wanderers bv 4!) runs. Albion 71 (Winter 27, Clark 15), and « for five wickets (Fnrrell.l2), v. Temp. ■Jars 47. Gregg (five for 19) and Dooley (three for 22) bowled best for Templars as did Sauvarin and Farrell for Albion Julbirnie defeated Berhampore by an innings and 10 runs.

BOYS , /LEAGUE. The following are the' results of matches played under the auspices o£ the Wellington Boys' League:— Senior grade: Jlarist Brothers beat Y.M.C.A. by 15 runs on the first innings. I.M.C.A. B won by default from Northland. Telegraph won by default from South Wellington. . Junior grade Northland • beat Y,:M.C.A. by seven wickets. St. Alloysius beat Y.M.C.A. B by ten wickets and ■1 runs. Wesley won by default.

OTHER GAMES. At Newtown Pork on Saturday tho literary staff of The Dojunion beat "the rest of the House" on the first innings by two runs. The form shown by both teams was moderate. Hall, for tho literary stalf, contrived to obtain the following remarkable bowling average: 4 overs, 4 maidens, five wickets. Whitcombe and Tombs defeated Kilbirnie A by 35 runs on the first innings. Whitcombe and Tombs compiled 84 runs, Jackson contributing 29 and Tickle 14. In their second innings they knocked up 7(1, Gully 30, and Davis IS. Kilbirnio hit up 49, Emery scoring 19, and M'Leod 10. Howling for Whitcombe and Tombs, tiiillv look six wickets for 21, including the "bat trick." Jn the match Porinm Asylum v. Catholic Club the former compiled 9,1 rims, as against !)l of tho latter. For the winners Bolton scored 31, Morgan ](i and Hicks 15. For (lie losers J. ll'Grath made 25, Warm; 23, and Leydon 12. Bowling for the winners, Riddick took four wickets for 29. Warne secured four for 19 for the losing team, '