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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 967, 7 November 1910, Page 5

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SOME RATHER KEEN CONTESTS. BATSMEN'S WICKETS. . DEEDS OF THE RANK AND FILE. Batsmen's wickets and pleasant weather.were the order of the day at the Basin Reserve on Saturday. Some knights of the willow! failed to improve the.occasion as they might have done, but, generally speaking, it was a day out for the rank and file. Some y of the best scorers were men who had not hitherto compiled big sootes this season. Fairly good totals' were numerous, notably in the match botween East B and Central A. On the other hand, several batsmen, who usually "do things," were dismissed early, with few runs to their credit. ' East B sutfered a; •"serious loss by the somewhat early dismissal of Crombie, but it was more . than compensated for by tho fins performance of O'Shea and Johnston, who raised the score for the innings to respectable proportions, after the ninth wicket had,fallen. Blamires, for Central A, put in some good work behind the 'wickets, but, for once in a way, did nothing useful with, the bat. For East A, in their match against South, several good 'scores registered, and they established a substantial lead in the first innings... Although the state of the wickets did not favour their efforts, b number of bowlers put in meritorious .'work. Grace and Smith trundled with effect for Wellington' Southland Hickey rendered good service to East A. Hales, in the course of his bowling for East B, took three wickets (two in sue-, cession) in two maiden overs. . Playing for Victoria College, Saunders made 6ome approach to his normal form, taking four wickets for 22 runs. Many •of the batsmen were lured.to their, undoing in the field, and-some of the catching was remarkably good. It was, perhaps; a little premature to extend the time of play on Saturday, for the light, was decidedly pool" when stumps were drawn at half-past six'. .■ "• :' SOUTH AND EAST A. ' Playing : against. East A on No. U ricket at the Basin on Saturday, Wellington South dropped behind rather : badly in the first innings. Of the : first of the _South..batsmen, Burton, after. an innings that just entered double figures, gave a chance, . which was smartly taken by Mahoney, at inid-on. Patrick played a ball into the hands .of M'Gill, and Grace followed suit by " snicking a ball to Hornby, the wicketkeeper. Walters attempted an impossible run.'.■■' Smithy at the other end, held his ground, and .Walters returned, after racing half way along the ■ pitch, to find his \bails removed-; by Gibbes. Smith, after a good, but short, innings, including one mighty stroke' for five, was caught by Murphy jatmid-onin'thesame fashion as Burton -had been, at the beginning of the game. Johnson and Norris, made, in company,' something of. a. stand. .The latter in particular gave a good exhibition. Once with a; long, low .drive he sent the ball almost to. the other end of tho : ground. Johnso l played a quieter fame, but he also got in some good rives. A change of bowling proved fatal to the partnership, for Grimmett, at his. third attempt, 1 carried Morris's wicket. Johnson was not given an opportunity of carrying "on tlie scoring,, for Schmoll, who' replaced Norris, was immediately clean bowled by , South's innings terminated, shortly: after..four;'.o'clock.,, !„.:.. ( -■...,..•"'•.{ _ Midlane and Tucker opened the batting,for East A, and put up a brilliant display, cutting, ' driving, and hitting freely'all,, round-the; wicket.' Patrick and Guthrie, who bowled at the outset, made no impression on either of the partners, but Smith was more fortunate.. Coming on to bowl, he knocked down Midland's off stump in his second oyer. Tucker had bad luck. '. From a fine off drive he safely obtained two runs, but in attempting athird. encountered disaster. Afte- momentary hesitation he ran half-way along the pitch, but M'Gill, who had replaced Midlane, remained in' his crease. . Meantime, the ball.had.been thrown in to Schmollj the wicketkeeper, and the bails lifted. M'Gill was soon afterwards bowled by Smith, with two runs to his credit. Gibbes played a long and productive innings, which gave'him a substantial lead for scoring honours in the match.' Hard driving is his strong point, and he applied it to excellent purpose on . Saturday. lso other East batsman attained a distinguished place, and a number were -' dismissed at slight expense, chiefly as' a result of effective bowling by Grace and Smith. .

■;.; WELLINGTON SOUTH. •■ First Innings. ■ Burton, 231131, c. Mahoney, K Hickey ...;.. '...:.......... ; 11 Patrick, 31, c. M'Gill, b. Hickey ...' 4 Grace, 1311, c. Hornby, b. Gibbes... 6 Walters, 112112. run out ............ 8 Murphy, b. Hickey .'. • 0 Dickson,'3, b. Gibbes '...............;.. 3 Guthrie, 12341,'b. Hickey............. 11 , Smith, 122522, -o. ■ Mahoney, b. Hickey ;......... '.. 14 Johnson, 213144, not out 15 '. Norris, 35141234, b. Grimmett 23 Schmoll, b. Grimmett 0 Extras 12 Total .................................. 107 . Bowling Analysis.' Hickey, five wickets for 42; Gibbes, two for 26; Miller, pone' for 17; Grimjaett, two for 10. ' WELLINGTON EAST A. First Innings. Midlane, 31335133111, b. Smith ... 25 Fucker, 1213433112313322, run 1 out 35 M'Gill, 2, b. Smith';.. : : 2 Mahoney, 112411331211, b. Grace ... 21 Gibbes, 3215314442321143111, b Grace .......... t 46 Collett, '23132, run out 11 Hntchings, .b. Grace 0 Grimmett, .114, c. Burton; b. Grace . 6 Hickey, 33, c. and b. Smith 6 Miller, b. Smith 0 Hornby, 11, not out ..........;. - 2 Extras ;...............'.. : ... 9 ..Total' ';;.:...„.;.:.. 163 Bowling Analysis. Patrick, no wickets for 39 runs; Guthrie, none for 18; Smith, four for 26; Walters, none for 37; Grace, four for 23; Dickson, none for 11. . EAST B AND CENTRAL A. East B made no very promising start in their match with Central A. Play had scarcely opened when Goldfinch sent a catch to Roberts, in the slips. Crombie began well, and quickly had the fieldsmen chasing - towards the boundary, but an uneautious short stroke ' brought bis innings to an abrupt termination. The ball, travelling low, Was taken by Roberts in one. hand. The tide of disaster.continued for-a time. Blamires, behind tho wickets, accepted a catch from Wills, a little later AVilson lifted a ball gently .skyward, which also was taken by tho ready wic- '' ket-kceper after a-forward run of a dozen yards. M'Kay ultimately bowled "by'Bruce, added 19 to.tho score by careful nlay. nnrt Nash contributed an- . icr 25. .' The latter did some big hitting, and, although ho save an "cm-

sional chance, most of his strokes were well timed and directed. Finally he uade a high drive, from which the ball was arrested in its descent, and safely JA, by Roberts. Hales, Pavitt, and Brabin were all dismissed without sehsibly adding to the score. What proved the partnership of the innings was formed when Johnston joined O'Shea after no fall of the ninth wicket. Tho East 3 total then stood at 95. The partners between them lifted it to 160, so that their joint efforts altered the whole complexion of the game. When Johnston was at length led by a delivery from Mason, East B had been two' hours and a half at the wicts. '' Central A, in their turn,- had a disappointing opening, and, on the whole, fared decidedly worse than their opponents. Blamires, after an uneventful, short innings, gave Brabin,' behind tho wickets, an easy catch, and Nash took Hawthorne's wicket with the first ball he sent down. Roberts was another easy victim. He was caught bv Hales in the slips before he had obtained a run. Save fer Birch, Bruce was the only other Central batsman who made anything like a stand. Birch, playing cautiously, held his place until five of his comrades had beeii sent to tie right-about His wicket was finally taken by Hales with the delivery follbwins that which clean bowled Little. Optimistic spectators anticipated the hat trick, but. thenhopes were dashed. When stumps were drawn, Central had seven wickets down for 61 runs,-so that East B, both m batting and bowling, put up' an excellent performance.' WELLINGTON EAST B. First Innings. .• Goldfinch, 21, c. Roberts, b. Bruco 3 Crombie, 312124, c- Roberts, b. Bruce • ■;•••—. ;•• 13 Wilson, '11331134, c. Blamires, b. Hawthorne .:.... li Wills, 31, c. Blamires, b. Mason... 4 M'Kay, 31112332111, b. Bruce 19 Hales, b. Hawthorno 0 Nash, 11244331112, c. Roberts, b. Laws 2o O'Shea, 1112113431111122, not out... 25 Pavitt, 1, b. Bruce 1 Brabin. 1, st. Blamires, b. Laws 1 Johnston, 1112112313312331132111, b. Mason •-, 3J Extras • 16 Total - - 160 Bowling Analysis. Miller, no wickets for 24 runs; Bruce, four for 40; Mason, two lur 29; Hawthorne, two for 26; Laws, .two ,'for.27. '■- ' | WELLINGTON CENTRAL A. . '.. First Innings. Birch, 11132131i1111111, b. Hales... 21 Blamires, 1121, c, Brabin, b. Johnston .„...'. 5 Hawthorne, 11331213211, b. Nash... 19 Roberts, c. Hales, b. Nash ...' 0 Bruce, 11334, b. Hales , 12 Little, b. Hales ...-. 0 Beechy, c. Johnston, b. Hales 0 Naughton, 3, not out : 3 Extra ;..,....... 1 Total for seven wickets... 61 • Bowling Analysis. Hales, four wickets for 31 runs; Johnston, one for 16; Nash, two for 13. HUTT AND'CENTRAL B. The wicket fqr the Hutt-Central B fixture was in better playing order than it has.been this season. There was a practical evidence of the presence of the lawn mower in the outfield, which eased the minds of batsmen considerably. Wilson and Staples went 1 to the wicket .first for Hutt, the former knocking up .34 in confident, liis score stood at 9, however, Staples lifted one into the-hands of the bowler.- Hickson made a good stand, and got top score with ; - : 36, -succumbing at last- to'-a straight medium-paced ball from Mitchell. Aldersley smote' several good "boundaries," but Mitchell lowered his off stump when'his score was 17. Central's bowling was fair. Central B?s highest individual score was 15, by. Porteous, and A. Wilson is .not ont with 10. Tho remainder could not stand up to the trundling of Brice, who was in great form. ■ As the match stands now Hutt should secure a-three-point win, provided they can give as good a showing in' the second innings. Details are as follow: —

i ■ ' . HUTT. First Innings. Wilson, 431111111111311111122211, b. Gourlay 34 Staples, 111222, c. and b..Gourlay... 9 Hickson, 111114411114112113411, b. Mitchell'.:....: :.' 36 Brice, 111113, c. and b. Gourlay ... 8 Aldersley, 113234111, b. Mitchell ... 17 Simpson, 11, c. Gourlay, b. Wighton 2 G. F. Judd, 14, b. Mitchell 5 Bennett, 1111, b. Wighton ' 4 Pilcher, 221, not out 5 E. Judd, b. Wighton ...;.'.'. .;. 0 Cringle, b-., Mitchell 0 Extras 11 Total '.....:......................,.... 131 Bowling Analysis. Wilson, no wickets for 14 runs; Mitchell, four, for 40; Gourlay, three for 26; Stephenson, none for 32; Wighton, three for 8. . ■ CENTRAL B. First Innings. Schlaadt, b. Brice •• •— 0 Wilkinson, 2211, c. Wilson, b. Brice 6 Sisson, 1, c. Brice, b. Pringle ...... 1 Gourlay, 1, c. Pilcher. b. Pringle ... 1 Patterson, 112, c. Pilcher, b. Brice 5 Haines, 42, 1.b.w., b. Pringlo ...... , 6 Stephenson, 1, b. Brice 1 Porteous, 1213148, b. E. Judd 15 Wighton, 2, b. Brice 2' Mitchell, 22, b. Brice ' 4 Wilson, 232111, not out 10 Extras .61 Total .......: .'. 57 Bowling Analysis. Brice took six wickets for 27 runs; Pringle, three for 14; E. Judd, one for 10. COLLEGE AND NORTH. • When stumps were drawn at the Basin on Saturday the match between Victoria College and Wellington North (played on No. 1 wicket) had assumed quite an interesting phase. Victoria College were all out for 158 runs, and their opponents had five wickets down for 88. Monaghari, with 54, was. the principal scorer for College. He opened his innings in fine style, but after making 20 he gave a possible chance, while at 31 ho was badly missed by Finlayson off Upham. Upham also dropped a soft catcli off his own bowling a minute later. Monaghau then gave two other chances which were not accepted, and finally Upham clean bowled him. Saunders, who was the opening batsman for College team, compiled 17 in nice stylo, and then sent ono of Findlay's deliveries into the air at micl-off, and Blacklock, running' in, made a nent catch. Fnnning andDempsey wore the only other- College batsmen to make double figures. ■ Veteran Upham was in good form with the ball, and secured five of the College batsmen for a total of 36 runs. Findlay was also effective. Phillips and Wynyard opened North's innings to the bowling of Monaghau and Saunders.' Wynyard was bowled by Monaghau when lie had made 5, and Blacklock partnered-Phil-lips. Blacklock commenced vigorously, but w".ien ho had made 18 was clean howled' by Saunders, and the latter, who caused the batsmen great trouble, finished the dav's play with four wick-

ets for 22 runs. Phillips, however, was still unbeaten with 29 runs opposite his name. Appended arc the details of the play:— VICTORIA COLLEGE. First Innings. Saunders, 1111143311, c. Blacklock, b. Findlay 17 Stainton, 111, b. Findlay 3 Burns, b. Findlay 0 Monaghan, 31313131323112323131111 12111111111, b. Upham 54 Dempsey, 41311, b. Upham 10 Niven, 3311, b. Finlavson 8 Caddick, 11112, b. Upham , : 6 Fanning, 1311223313, c. Manson, b. Upham 20 Burbidge, 31111, b. Upham 7 Griffiths, 3, c. Upham, b. Findlay... 3 Berendson, not out • 0 Extras 30 ' Total 158 Bowlnig Analysis. Upham, five wickets for 36 runs; Findlay, four for 47; Finlayson, one for 27; Luckie, none for 18. . WELLINGTON NORTH. First Innings. Phillips, 3133133311111211, not out 29 Wynyard, 14, b. Monaghan 5 Blacklock, 41123331, b. Saunders... 18 Williams, 13131313, b. Saunders ... 16 Manson, 1.b.w., b. Saunders 0 Finlayson, 114121, b. Saunders 10 Richardson, not out ...'. 0 Extras ' 10 Total for five wickets 88 Bowling Analysis. Saunders, four wickets for 22 runs; Monaghan, one for 40: Niven, none for 16. , THE OTHER CITY GRADES. JUNIOR MATCHES. Wellington North v. Victoria. College.—ln the- first innings North made 162, and Victoria College 57. The best scores were:—Wellington North: Lamzert) 44; Hobbs, 17; Standidge, 16; Bragge, 15; Hannay, 14. Victoria College: Broad, 15 (not out). Bowling for Wellington North, Twohill got six wickets for 21 and Bragge two- for 17. Broad, for Victoria College, took three wickets for 26. Y.M.C.A. v. Wellington College.— Wellington College made 117 (Childs 44, Henderson 18, Joplin. 17). Y.M.C.A., six wickets for 238 (Scott 70 not out, M'Girr 44, Murphy 40 not out). Third Crade. i Wellington College B v. Wellington South.—Wellington College B defeated South by 58 runs. Wellington Collego B, 109 (Davies 26, Burke 16, Thomas 17, Renner 22). South made 51 (Nelson 10, Robinson 11). Bowling for College, Renner took 6 for 16 and Davies 2 for 13. For South, Ryan took 2 for 4. Wellineton College A v. Wellington North.—North defeated Colleee A bv 53 runs. North 96 (M'Kenna 46, Bradlev 11). College A, 43 (Brodie 16). Chnrlosworth took 4 of the Colleoo wickets for 21 and Proud 6 for 16. Bowling for College, Stainton took 1 for 11, Brodie 4 for 19, and Leys 3 for '27. Temolars v. Catholic Club.—Templars met the new asnirants for third-class honours, the Catholic Club, at Pctone, and were defeated by 18 runs. Catholic Club, 107 (Reade 29, Thorns 24. Levdon 24). Templars compiled 89 (Lambert 27, Blenkinsqo 23; Dooly 12.) Bowling for Catholic Club. O'Doud took 6 wickets for 35 runs. For Templars. Patterson secured 3 for 8,. and Blenkinsop 4 for 26. Wellington East v.. Karori.—East defeated 'Karori, bv three wickets and 3 runs. Karori, 108. (Brooker 20. Read '14, Atkin 13. Lowe 12,. Spiers 12, Coates 10.) East, 111 for seven wickets (Prain 48, not out, Clark 16, Sponco 11.) Central v. Y.M.C.A.-Y.M.C.A. defeated Central by 3 runs. Central 111 (Newman. 28: Lowe, 24: Chnnman, 21: Bates, 10.1 Y.M.C.A. 114,(Hodce. 10; Mabin, 69.) Bowling for Y.M.C.A. Mabin took five wickets for 43.

Hutt (92) ■ defeated Victoria College (71) bv 21 runs. Chaplain (25) and Everton (17) were Hutt's top scorers, and Bruce (18) and Robinson (11) batted well for College. Petone v. St. Mark's.—Petone made 94 (Bolton 19, .M'Connell 16). St. Mark's replied with 59 (Brogan 25, Weir 17). Petone thus wgn by 35 runs. Burdekin took two wickets for 1 run and Morgan three for 15. Junior Association. Kilbirnie v. Thorndoh — Kilbiruie, 91 (Derbyshire 19, Helliwell 15 not out, Thomas 11, Hatchard 10). Thomas, 9 for 25, and Pooley, 5 for 11, did best with the . ball. Thorndon made 23 arid 60, arid Kilbirnie thus won by an innings and 8 runs., Petone v. East.—East, 132 (Howe 49, Watson 27, Lennox 14, Humphreys 12). Petone,- 88 (Barber 36, Nunn 29). Caldow took three wickets for 24runs, M'Cardell three for 19, and Baker four for 24. ' ' Central and Hutt.—ln their first innings Central made 82 (Smith 49, Halse 10). Hutt- replied with 77 (Carty 20 and Alsop 14). J. Robinson, for Centra], took eight wickets for 22. runs, and Boreland, for Hutt, six wickets for 33 runs. When stumps were drawn Central, in their second innings, had eight wickets down for 40 runs (J. Robinson 12 and C. Bay 12). Williamson (Hutt) took five wickets for 9 runs. Match at Kelburne. A match, • Kangaroos v. Ocean Accident Insurance Co., played at Kelburne, resulted in an easy win for tho Kangaroos by an innings and 48 runs. _ Insurance Comnany, in their first innings, made 61 (Caldwell 13, Johnson 12). Kangaroos compiled 161 for the loss of eight wickets, and declared the innings closed (Rowe 36, Steel 25, Barry 40, not out, Corbett, 18, not out). The Insurance Company, in their second innings, . mado 53. Trundling for the Kangaroos, Dakin secured three wickets for 6 runs; Corbett, two for 0; and Hanify, four for 16. , MATCHES ELSEWHERE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, November 6. The second round of the Auckland Cricket Association matches was concluded yesterday afternoon in finewea--tlier. In the senior grade tho Grafton, Eden, and North Shore teams each secured two-point wins. The results are as follow {—University v. Grafton; University, first innings, 169; Grafton, first innings, 283 (MacCormick 92, Shaddock 35, E. Horspool 38, Gleeson 35, Gray 30, not out). Grafton won by 114 runs on the first innings. Eden v. Ponsonby: Eden ( first innings, 267; Ponsonby, first innings, 200 (Snedden 45, Woods 32, Kavanagh 31). Eden' won by, 67 runs on the first innings. Paruell v. North Shore: Parncll, first innings, 176; second innings, 89 for ono wicket (Andrcae 43, not out), North Shore, first innings, 211 (Dr. Howden 68, retired, Farquharson 34). North Shore won by 35 runs on the first innings. The Central Cricket Club's smoke concert' is to be' held at tho Hotel Windsor to-morrow night, not to-night as stated in Saturday's issue. Cricketers should not fail to see the stock of cricket requisites at Laws and Unrminp's. Courtenay Placa.*