CITY CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 985, 28 November 1910, Page 9

CITY CRICKET.

v FOURTH ROUND. ■SOME BRIGHT BITS OF BATTING ■BLACKLOCK MARKS 91. Brilliant..weather, reisnod on Satur3ay,;nad. its inspiriting influence • was not-altogether thrown away on cricketers. .'The feature of the afternoon was an but welcome, xSeries of creditable batting'; performances that Btbod'put boldly from a mass of mediocre work.. Blacklock, ' of■ Wellington North,.headed tho list with -9;, Wills, of East B, came next.with 83, and Naughton, of Central A', had made 66 not out when stumps were drawn. The next - most noteworthy feature, of the day's work-was the collapse of Wel'ington' South, almost a repetition of the disaster they encountered in ' the preceding round.' ' : ; . Pitted against Central B, Nortli' opened, badly," and lost three.wickets for 12 runs! At this stage, however, B.lack- . lock took things in baud, a'nd his in- , nings~ proved, in tho event, the single important factor in the afternoon's play. At the; outset ho had a, lucky escape. Charging out; iufent 011 a , run,.he was • sent'b.aek, and, in turning, tripped and came down. Clumsy fielding proved bis/'salvation. The returning ■ball was overthrown; and Blacklock escaped what had appeared a certainty of being irun' out.'•'■■'' iHe soon found his form in a 'way that staggered his , opponents. .- He .held his place - at the wickets for. over an ;hour and a'half,'and during. that time nothing seemed to come aniiss to him... His strokes were variousj-biit he was at'his best in clean, bard driving, that sent the ball repeatedly totho vdis..tanfr. limits, of the field. - Finally-- -he pulled -a ■ full-pitched ball round,- and lifted; it high-to tho rear.- It. was, taken,.at deep-leg .b'y Wilkinson. ..The fieldsman had to wait quite a long time, .for the .ball to. descend, but lie made nO'injstake when it arrived. Contrasted with. Blacklock's success, the efforts of: the 'remaining .North' batsmen .were tame. , ,1 .Wynyard displayed some good cutting .and-driving in earning'his score 0f..20.- ;: Manson. was hot at best,, and gave, at least, ono chance before; ho .was bowled by Miller: Sheridan inJ dulged. in. some big hitting, ■ but bis innings came /to'.an abrupt., termination.North .closed their innings at five o'clock with 171 runs in hand. . .' ■ " .:',-■'■'

Wilkinson and Portequs,'who opened 'the; , batting for Central' B, played .with , nlmdsit excessive .caution. ..They held tlKiir ground tolerably welly but their scores were slowly compiled. .""Four wickets had been'lowered'-for 52 runs when, stumps were drawn. r ■ No big scores were won for Victoria College in its' match with Central A.. Fanning,'the first man in, was run out, after a single productive stroke. ; : ton"'. commenced steadily, but .lifted a catch to Bruco at mid-ou'when on.ly 9 runs stood to his credit.. Sfonaghan was the. first rea'ly effective defender: . His'Jcutting. was particularly good, and be .quickly rattled-up a passable. total. Burns seemed likely to join him in an effectiyd.partnership, but after a couple ,of .'strokes,..the last of them a splendid .'° T n, ';S I f ! 3r . fiypj he:gave a .chance to Mugntpn. atmid-off which was instanfc- : ly;; accepted.-; Two fieldsmen were inRtrumental;... in dismissing Monaghan. Hawthqrn essayed, a 'catch, but the , ball slipped .through his IngeVs,: and rose in continued flight...., It was safely arTested,by. Little a.few yards ftfrther on; bapriders showed a disposition; to'gently nat the; ball in. the early part''of his enef innings, and made a few singles. Just before disaster' overtook:him • Ijo hvSnedup a'b'it. .'•.: Wit h: onestrpkoho sent tue.ball to the boundary fence, and .with, the next hit it over tho fence and up-the hill beside the pavilion. -Bruce coming on'to bowl, soon,shifted him, : however ; Tip.;first ..ball: was stopped ,by'the Australian with evident difficulty.lie : next . .scattered the -wickets, wempsey played ; a business-like innings and, \with keen',' sharp strokes, raoidly accumulated a score. . Ultimately, "in a. scurry for a short.run, he was smartly, -thrown-out by Blamires.. N'iveu,'with the only remaining batsman to make a score, of any importance. Jlasily the brightest .feature of " th'o : I l }" 16 batting of Niughton,. ctl W , lti ' B,r *' oPmed the innings for Central A. Hβ mastered the bowling with apparent ease, and hit out freely all round the wicket.. Birch" ably secpnded his efforts for a time, but ultimutely succumbed to a delivery horn CentrarA , sZJIt ii b ? d il the excellent | et °- 97 at the °° st of .a single wib-

team was disposed of for 65 runs, the Sα n-'i men to rea ch double-figures 12 out 15 ' and Wflten elips by Hales before he. had made 10. Hales, and Johnson bowled unchanged ; thro. U ghon.t,the innings; and. thejoraer.came out.with the excellent averf:, o! ..Wt wickets for 32 runs. -At : the fall of tho,fourth wicket Hales's figm-es. were three for 15. >His nest three .wickets only cost, four runs,' but ■?v° :p l roTed more esS tf>ough : none o f the batsmen, appeared to have any .confidence when •facmg:'-his .dehveries. When East B opened their mniDgs, it looked as if toey; would have an easy task, to estab-J ■KtrSl t a °? the da y' s P la y, but, Patnck at ou S e ehowed. good form with the ball, and the wiekets fell regularly mtfl seven were down for 78 runs. By this time, however,' Wills/, who was fourth man in, had.become set, and when he was partnered by Hales -there followed some fine free hitting, and before Hales was caught at 28 the score had been increased t0.150. Wills, after being, missed in the outfield at 43, carnod his innings on to 83, which • included one five fi TO fours, and ten" dismissal was brought about by Wagstaff.making a iino catoh oifaatrick, just insido the boundary Patrick obtained the respectable average 01 six wickets for 55 runs. . Sohmoll and Johnson opened Wellington South's second injiings and in tho five minutes succeeded in keeping their wictets: intact.' ■- ;

Hutfc are faced with a heavy proposi-tioa'-ravEast-A, and judging V the ecores-/their chances are almost liopcJess./..1h0 wicket was excellent. In fact, it was almost too good if snch a thing.is possible.- Hickey, whose howling .average has been good all the season;-found it littlo to his' likingalthough ho got wickets. Gibbes bowled Teally well, Brice, although ho kept ■runs down, did no good bo far as taking wickets was concerned. However ho made 28 nicely. To Midlan'e must be given the credit of a splendid innings for 81, not out. Most of his score was compiled by boundaries and big hits, his leg hits-and cutting being a pleasure to witness.' •> ■ ' .

NORTH AND CENTRAL B. Wellington North. First Innings. ■JESnhyson, 11, c. Patterson, b. Wil-. . son 2 Phillips, 1, c. Miller, b. Wilson ... 1 ElacMock, 21125252124511131215111 113122224111233411213, c. Wilkinson, b. Wilson 91 Qninn, 1, c. Stevenson, b. Gourlay 1 Wynyard, 1111111112211131, c. Scldaaat, b. Wighton 20 ■Waters, 2, b. Miiler 2 Hanson, 1112123, b. Miller ...• 11 Sheridan, 11331131, b. Stcphenson 14 Upham, 111331, c. Porteous, b. StcpheiiEon : 10 Luetic. 1211. not out 5

Findlay, 1421, b. Stephenson i...5. 8 Extras 6 Total ;....; In , Bon-ling Analysis. Wilson, three wickets for 41 runs; Gourlay, one for 43; Miller, two for 44; Wighton, one for 22; Stephenson, three for 15. Central B.' First Innings. Wilkinson, 211112112111312, b. Finlayson ..■; '..21 Porteous, 21121111111111, c. Blacklock, b. Quinn. ...;... Jβ Gourlay, 11112, not out 6 Patterson, 211, c. Blacklock, b. Luetic 4 Sisson, b. Upham 0 I&tras • 5 Total for four wickets 52 .-. Bowling Analysis. . ■ Upham, one wicket '. for 14 runs; Findlay, none for 16; Quinn, one for 4; Finlayson, one- for 11; I/uckie, one for 2. . '; COLLEGE AND CENTRAL A. . Victoria College—First Innings. Fanning, 2, run out '. 2 Stainton, 212121, c. Briice, b. Mason. ;....'....... 9 Monaghan, 1132241313131!, c'. Little, b. Mitchell ......,.....:..... 27 Burns, 35, c. Naiighton, b. Mitchell 8 ,S.aunders, 2U11123, b. Bruce 12 Dempsoy, 33111311221," thrown out 18 Niven, 11133213231, b.' Mason .:.... 21 Berendsen, 1211, b. Brucb 5 Caddick, 221, not out ■...._, 5 i'Burbidge, b. Mason , 0 Griffiths, 12323, c. Mason, b. Haw-, thorn -.- 11 Extras ...19 •Total 137 Bowling Analysis. Laws, no wickets for 27. runs;' Mason, three for 32; Mitchell, two for 12; Hawthorn, one for 23; Bruce, two for 24. .:' . '. Central A—First Innings. Naughton, 1211252212111112312231. ■ : 224322321313, hot out ....:.....'66 Birch, 1121111111142113, b. Saun- '• : dors 23 Blamires, 113, not out .... ; ;... 5 Extras ......... \ 3 Total for one wicket ..,......, 97 Bowling Analysis,- ■ Monaghan, no wickets for 28 runsSaunders, one for 37; Niven, none for 8; Stainton, none for 8; Fanning, 'none for 13. ; ' ■ , ■■ . ■ •"■•••■; .--.

EAST ,B AND SOUTH. ' .--■"■ Wellington South—First Innings.' Grace,. 41,. c. Wills, b.' Ha1e5....... .is WagstafF, 332, b. Johnson '... 8 Burton, 13131, b. Hales 9 Patrick, 221, c. Nash, b. Hales ... .5 Norris, b. Hales 0 Johnson, c.M'Kay, h. Hales'.... 0 Walters, 11412111, b. Hales ... \ 12 Dickson, 2121113112, not out .:.]...„ 15 Guthrie, l,;c'., M'Kay, b. Hates „. 1 Smith, 3, c. Crombie, b. Hales 3 Sehmoll, c. Wilson, b. Johnson ...... 0 Extras „ 7 - Total : .... ~S~& . \ Bowling Analysis. ' ..' Hales,'..eight wickets for 32. runsJohnson, two for 26. . ■ ! Wellington South—Second Innings. Johnson, not out 0 Schmoll, not out ......; .0 Extras ■ 3 Total for no "wickets ....:. 3 East B—First Innings. , Goldfinch, 3133, c- Walters, b. Pat- ■■• rick ' ■.:;....;.;.; :..'. .;;;■.:»/' 10' i Wilson, 4111122, c. and b. Patrick 12 Crombie, 411, b. Grace -.■A-.v;: : .:v!i--' : - '■•& Wills, 1111342141132111353i43412ir^'^ : 3313123114311, c. Wagstaff, b. Patrick .: 83 M'Kay,' b:'Patrick' :;..."..'....v;..;""'- p '0 .Nash, 12143, c. Grace, b...Patrick 11 O'Shca, 1, 0. Schmoll, b. Guthrie 1 Johnson, c. Guthrie, b. Patrick... 0 Hales, 11321111211141331, c. Walters, b. Guthrie 28 Miller, 2,- run out - % Brabin, not out , 0 ' Extras :.,, 5

Total ..,..;......:.,..;..;...;..,..... 168 Bowling Analysis. .: Patrick,, six wickets for-'55 runs'; Grace, one for 33; Smith/ none for 25: Guthrie, two for 20;Dixon, none for 20. HUTT AND EAST A. : Hutt —First Innings. Wilson, .'.111212111, c. Mahony/1). Gibbes .....;.... n Staples,. 41, b. Hickey' ......; .?. 5 ; Hickson, ,st. Hornby, b. Hickey ... 0 Brice, 111111141241111411, c. Watson, b. Gibbes 98 Aldersloy, 112, b. Gibbes 4 Simpson, 111111321441111, b. Hickev 24 G. F. Judd, c. Collett, b. Gibbes... 0 Climie, 2112421, ■b.;M , Gill •. IS' IPileher, 1411, b. Mickey f I.E. Judd, 112341, not out 12 Pringle, 12, b. Hiokey „ 3 . Extras ....................... ,,, m 14 ; Total ..;......„....,..;: ..121 : ■■" Bowlmg Analysis. ■ '" . Hickey, five wickots • for 61 runs: Gibbes, four for 24; Grimmett, none for 13; M'Gill,onofc-r 9. . ' '■■ ■ East A—First Innings. Tucker, 21211112411241131, c. Brice, b. E: Judd ..'..........: 29 ■ Midlano,.. 1313312131334141341121321 3113444111122, not out 81 Watson,' 2312112,. 1.b.w., b. 6. 1?. , Judd . 12 Gibbes, 2212121111111, not out .'.'. 17 Extras 10 Total for two wickets „ 149 Bowling-Analysis. ■ ■ Brice, nono for 29; G. F. Judd, one for 24; Alders'ley, none for 27; Pilcher, none for 16; E. Judd, one for ' 30Simpson, none for 13. ' OTHER CITY MATCHES. JUNIOR GRADE. ■East v. Victoria College.—East won by 101 runs. ■ In' their second innings East made 137 (M'Cardell 39, Lennox 15, and Humphreys 14). Salmond secured the bowling honours for College, who batted one man short in their second strike, and only made 61 (M'Kay 16 and Broad 13). M'Ctrdle, bowling for East, secured four wickets for-23, and Caldow four for 2. . East have had three three-point wins sinco losing to Johnsonville at tho opening of tho round. Petone (204) defeated Y.M.C.A. (76 and 107), by an innings and 21 runs, a three-point win. Y.M.C.A.'s best scorers were: M'Girr 60, Atncave 10, and Edwards 10. Potono's best bowlers wore:. Bennett, ■ fivo wickets for 48 runs; Powell, two for 13; Nunn, onofor 7; and Barker, one for 35. Hutt (192 and 33 for one. wicket) v. South (64 and 160).—The Hutt team secured a three-point win from South by nine wickets. For South Murphy knocked up 52, Johnston 33, and Bowen 26. . Hutt's best bowlers were: Borland, eight wickets for 50; and Williamson, fire for 84. Third Glass. ' College A T. Karori. —Karori made 217 for six wickets, Atkin (retired) 56, Lowe 44, Spiers 34, and Read 26 being top scorers. College A made 99(Brodie 25, Taylor 25, Findlay 12, and Stainton 11 not out). Karori thus won by 118 runs. Bowling for Karori, Atkin took five wickots for 23 runs. College B v. Central.—Collcgo B in their first innings inado 114, Daviejs9 and Burke 20 being tho highest scorers. Central made 43, Bay (15) alone reaching double figures. College B won by 71 runs. East v. St. Mark's.—East in their first innings compiled 121. Prain 46,

Clarke 38, and Kennedy 18 were the top scorers, Clarko playing a very fine, free innings. St. Mark's were all out [or 60,-Tandyll and Biirdekin (10 each) being tho highest scorers. East won on the first innings by 60 runs. South v. Templars.—South defeated Templars by 49 runs oil tho .first ilk nmgs. South's score was 77 (Nelson 54). Templars wero dismissed for 28, Dooley (8) being the highest scorer. I , or South, Nelson secured seven wickets for is. Bowling for Templars, Blenkiusop took four wickets for 20, and Patterson one for 20. Catholic Cluh defeated Petono by 105 runs on the first innings. For tho winners, Toms 56 and Rcade 23 wero principal scorers in a total of 158. Potoue made 53 (Steinemuller 14), and 66 for six wickets (Bold 19 and Gosney 25, not oat). Successful bowlers for the Catholic Club were: Carroll, five for 22, and O'Dowd, four for 21, while Bolton and Gosnoy got the wickets for Petone.

Kangaroos beat Whiteombo and Tombs. Kangaroos 133 (Vare 44, Spottiswbod 32, Gordon 13, Barry 12, Coybett 10). lii bowling, Gordon lookfour wickets'for'3 runs, Vare three for 25, Hanify one for 17, and Barry 0110 for 20). Wbitcombo and.Tombs made 90 (Davis 33, Hanratty 14, Agate 15). In bowling, Davis took five for 54, Gully two for 29, Milford ono for 25. At Kelburno Park, Milligan's Cricket Club defeated Ea-sson's Cricket Club by 64' runs oh tho. first innings. For the winners, Herron made 46 runs and secured fivo wickets for ■ 15 runs, whilo "Warne- was also successful, making 28 and securing four'wickets for 14 rtiiis. Junior Association. The fourth round of matches, under the auspices-of the Junior Cricket Association, was. commenced . last Saturday, with the following results: — Albion (80) ,v. Kilbirnie (104 .for sis wickets).—Farrell (29) and' Waters (20) for Albion,; and Tilliford (37), Thomas (29 not out), Derbyshire (14), and Masters (13) for Kirbirno, wore,the best scorers... The best, bowling averages were secured by Wintered, of Albion (threo wickets for 21), and Thomas, of Kilbirnie (five for 24). . ' Evans Bay v. Harbour Board.—Evans Bay,, first innings, 238. The best scores wero: Carswell .97, Smith. 47, Keegan 20 not out, E. Claridge and Bennett 19. Harbour Board's bowlers were Williams (six wickets for 96), Becker (two for 22), and Hamilton (one for 38). Wesley-(21 and .41); v. .Evans Bay (25 and 36). : —Wesley won by two runs. •Beyer"(10) for Wesley.ah'd'Kerr (8) for Evans Bay, wero the best scorers. The. best • averages. were: For Evans Bay, Colo sis for 9; O'Shea two for 10, and Kerr two for 10; for.Wesley, Emen'y four for' 10,.M'Lcod three for 9, ; and Beyer threo for 5. . ' . Wanderers v. Kilbirnio B.—Kilbirnio defeated. Wanderers by 2G rims, Kilbirnio making 52 (Hickenhottom 1 22). Wanderers made 26 (Hunter 9). Bowling for AVandcrers, Wallace took' six wickets for 20, and Cornish 1 four for 16. For Kilbirnie, Russell secured sis for 16, and Cowan four for 7. MATCHES ELSEWHERE. A'PIECE OF DEADLY BOWLING. j (Br Meeraph.-Pross Association.) • I , '"!:' Dunedin, Novembor-27. I Cricket matches were continued yesterday 'in splendid weather. The most remarkable game was that' in which Opoho met Grange. The former mado IC3 in their first innings .(Higgins 51), and then disposeil of- Grange for 11, the. score being> made thus:—Popplo 3, C. Chadwick 2, L. Cliadwick 1, extras 5. Casey took five wickets for 2, and Callaway five for 4. In their second innings Grange lost seven wickets for ■92, rEckforil , •"bagging" six wickets : for-. 28. runs.. Carisbrook A plaving B made 304 (Hopkins 133, Rutherford 68). Albion made 106 against Dunedin, the latter compiling- 104 ..for eight, wickets.

. Ghrlstoiinrch, November 26. . The-rweather was fine for tho commencement of.the fourth round grade ofniatches.. ...Sydenham created a surprise by dismissing the unbeaten St' Albaiis team for 124, Bennett getting six wickets;for;'34..' Sydenham replied with 212, Bridges playing a fine innings, for 68. West,' Christchurck only made 194 against lticcarton, Donnelly being top scorer with a well-played 67; and Turner getting. 46; BiccaHxjiv re-' plied with 120 for one wicket; A. Nor-' man keeping up his run of big scores with a finely-played 69, while Cave made 4.5, not out. Linwobd put up 260 agamst •. East Cliristchurch. Tho veteran A. E. Ridley made 60, and A. W. Thomas made 51, both playing capital cricket., East Christchurch replied with 94 for two ivickete/Carlton (the coach) ecorins 50. ,■• .. Auckland, November 27. .Tho fourth round of the Auckland Uickot Association's .district championship matches' was commenced yesterday on soft wickets! this- being the result of heavy rain in tho morning. In tho senior grade Ponsonby, playing against Parnell; made 87 (F. A. Pearson 11, Kavanagh 27). Warner took six wickets,for 37 runs. Parnell made 146 for four wickets (Anthony 63, not out, Sale 36, not out). Pearson took three wickets for 79. tTniversity playing against Eden, made 113 (Wallace 41, Fraser 27). Eden mado 92 for three wickete (Hemus 52). North- Shore, playing against Graf ton, made 143 $ us k ? 3 ' A - M - Howden 29, Hadden Kallender 2.1).' Mason took five wickets for 33. . Graf ton made 88 for seven wickets (E. MacCormick ■tiowden took four wickets for 40, and Hadden three for 37.

Masterton, November 27. Cricket matches were continued here Irom last Saturday. In the senior grade Masterton (133 and 54 for fivo wickets) beat Carterton (61 and 126) South Wairarapa (190) beat Carlton (68 and 82—A. Hoar 30, Styles 12) In the junior , grade St. Matthew's A (47 nnd seven wickets for 131) beat Masterton (70 and 103). The St. Matthews scores in the second . innings were, Moersch 44, Stewart 41, not out Wilkio_26, Berry 14. Tho Masterton• scores in the secoud innings were, Lett 20, Francis 28, R. Williams 12, and Iggulden 15. . . •