CITY CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 979, 21 November 1910, Page 6

CITY CRICKET.

; THIRD ROUND. HONOURS WITH THE BOWLERS EAST A LEADING. East A beat' South by an innings and 6. East B beat Central A by 53 runs. College beat North by 54 runs. Hutt Beat Central B by 54 Runs. Fine weather, fine wickets, a fine attendance of onlookers—nothing was lacking at tho Basin Reserve on Saturday, except fino scoring. If there -wcro any lau'rels at all they went to the bowlers. Achievements by tho flannelled fraternity in tho way of batting were remarkably few. . South, playing against East A, went to pieces. Half a century behind their antagonists on the first innings, they were routed by East's attack in the second, when an hour's scratching and poking saw the last wicket down for sO.'This gave East A an easy three-point" win by an innings and C runs, and stumps were forthwith drawn for the day. No. 1 pitch thereafter was a patch of emptiness in a, field otherwise dotted with white. The bowlers prominent in this paralysing onslaught on poor South were Gibbes (six wickets, for 21 runs) and Grimmett (three for. 7). Of the. batsmen whom. they _60 easily .overcame only two made a 6tand worth noticing. Burton had apparently settled down to let the bowlers "dig him out" if they could, but, as sometimes happens, when a man is playing that game, ne spooned one up and Miller snapped it.Norris made 16 in an innings that promised well at times: He drove with stinging strokes once or twice, his best effort sending the ball almost into the street. The others simply came in, were bowled, and went away. Solitary exceptions were. Grace,- who was run out, and Patrick, who skied a ball that was well taken by Hutchings in the. "country" near, the fence. .

East B, in opening tho day's battlo 'with Central A, had good prospects, and it soon became evident that theso would materialise. When Central concluded their first innings after about an hour of play, they were 48 runs behind. East B struck a little trou-blc to begin, with, when Crombie, who appears to be suffering a temporary lapse Irom form, was run out after an undistinguished innings which brought him nine. .Wilson had already lost his wicket for, a single run. Most of the remaining East B batsmen did well, however. M'iCay, who was top scorer with.39, played careful cricket, enlivened by an occasional'\big stroke. • East B closed .their second innings at 6 o'clock with 156 runs in hand. In the brief time remaining for play, nothing eventful happened. Hawthorne- was bowled by Hales when he had Tnado 15, and Blaraires, playing quietly, knocked up'a dozen and was not.out when stumps were drawn..

Victoria College maintained their- winning record by defeating the North' team by 54 runs on the first ■ innings. When stumps were (Irawn on November 5, the College team had,made 158; and North had. live wickets down for 88 runs. On resuming on Saturday, the North men found tho bowling of Saunders and Monaghan very deadly, and tho remaining, five wickets only added 16 runs, none of the last four batsmen being able to make a run. In their . second ■ innings Collego put together 61 runs before the first wicket fell, Fanning and Stainton being the opening batsmen. Tho former had a life fairly early in tho innings. He received a nasty knock on tho- leg from a fast ball, and, stepping out of his crease with the shock, was promptly run out, but was allowed to continue. Eventually he was- dismissed through Kichardson making , a beautiful left-handed catch in the slips, off Findlay. Saunders was dismissed in something tho same way as he was at Hutt a month ago. He called his partner for what proved to bo' an impossible run, and, though tho wicket was knocked down befone they met, he crossed over, and became the victim of tho disaster. North, requiring 180 runs'to 70 runs for six wickets when steumps were drawn,. Blacklock 331 not out, being the principal scorer. There wero good bowling feats on either side. ' Saunders secured nine wickets for- 52 runs in the two innings,, while Upham was again tho pick of the North bowlers, arid, on tho two days, collared ten wickets at a cost of only 04 runs. -' . ■ ■ ■• As was mostly expected, Hutt secured ilieir first win against Central B—a three point one. The wicket was excellent,, and tho fielding of Hutt, although much improved, needs a little more dash to bring , it nearer senior standard. AVilson and. Staples opened Hutt's second innings, and' played confidently. ' Wilson was. dismissed at 19, and.it was left to Aldersley, Staples, and F. Judd to bring the 'aggregate to 235, and allow Judd to declare. Central's fielding had been very poor right through the innings. Brice (who is suffering from an attack of influenza)- was not in good 'for.ni either with the bat or ball.

EAST A AND SOUTH. -Wellington East A. First innings 163 Wellington South. Second Innings. Grace, 22, run out 4 Johnson, 12, b. Gibbes 3 Burton, '-2133111111, 'C. Miller, h. Gibbes w..;. 15 Walters, .2, b. Gibbes ' 2 Morris, 1134121111, b. Grimmett 1G Patrick, o. Hutchings, b. Gibbes ...... 0 Murphy, h. Grimraett 0 Smith, 1, b. Gibbes - 1 Dickson, 3, b. Gibbes 3 Gutnrie, 2, b. Grimmett - 2 Scnmoll, 2, not out 2 Extras 2 Total .....: '. 50 First Innings „ 107 Aggregate.. :...... .....:....- 157 Bowling Analysis. Hickey, no wickets for 20 runs; Gibbes, I sis for 21; Grimmett, thrco for 7. EAST B AND CENTRAL. A, ' Wellington East B—Second Innings. Goldfinch, 121112311331, c. Naughton, b. Laws 20 Wilson, 1, b. Bruco ' ..". 1 Crorabie, 111123,. run out ....<. 9 Wills 21133123, c. Beechy, b. Miller 19 M'Kay, 332213121121211111141211, b. Mason '■■■■■ •• • 39 Nash, 1112232, b.. Mason ;._ 12 O'Shea, 11111131131, c. Eoberts, b. Birch : • - 15 Hales, 332, b. Mason •' 8 Johnson, 3122222111131,' not out 22 Pavitt, c. Blamires, b. Mason 0 Brabin, 23, c. Naughton, 1). Hawthorne 5 Extras C Total 155 Tirst innings 161 iggrcgito 317 , Bowling Analysis. Bruce, ono wicket for 28 runs; Laws, one for 38; Hawthorne, one for 22; Miller, ono for 23; Mason, four for 26; Birch, ono for 6; Naughton, nono for 7, Central A—First Innings. Birch, 111321311111111, b. Hales 21 Dltimircs, 1121,' c. Brabin, b. Johnston 5 Hawthorne, 11331213211, b. KnsH 19 Roberts, c. Hales, t>. Nash .; 0 Bruce, 11331, 1). Hales 12 Little, b. Halos ■•■••••••■•• 0 licechy, c. Johnston, b. Hales 0 Nau"hton, 31124213223112, not. out ... 28 Laws, 12231, 1.b.w., b. Hales 9 Mason, 21122, c. Brabin, b. Hales ... 9 Miller, 1, c. MiCay, b. Hales 1 Extras .;.-. 4 Total • 108 Bowling Analysis. Halos, seven wickets for 51 runs; Johnston, ono for 20; Nash, two for 30. Central A—Second Innings. Naughton, 231423, b. Hales 15 Blamires, 11122131, not out. 12 Extras 1 Total for ono. wicket 28 Bowling Analysis. Hales, one wicket for 8 runs; Johnston, ' none lor 18."