CITY CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 991, 5 December 1910, Page 4

CITY CRICKET.

— a—; ■. ' , FOURTH ROUND, i BATSMEN AGAIN TAKE CHARGE. THE FIRST CENTURY. 'central A defoated Colloga by an Inn|f . Ings and 21 runs. North defeated Central B by 49 runs. Eass B dofeatcd South by 5 wickets, feast 'A defeated Hutt by 9 wickets and i 3 runs. §' A keen wind was blowing at tho asin "Reserve on Saturday, and tho klry'was/ dull, conditions that no doubt accounted for. tlo small .attendance -of Spectators. Cheerless as wero tho jivCa'tier, conditions/ .however; no comjplaint.: could :, : reasonably . bo levelled jigairist ;',tho standard of play. Bats- : in?particular/distinguished themselves;/and,: Central A, ijmd/'thia .honour /ofVcompiling the' first jcehttry?obtained "in: senior cricket " this season. Among bowlers Finlayson, of. th£'North ; team, took: tho palm with a of, seven: wickets''for 33 runs. On niupber; two\iricket ; Central. , A 'played a'dashing game, '. and defeated Victoria' /College :by, .the \ overwhelming margin of an innings and 21 runs, S&raghtpn,'. on the previous playing day, compiled ,66 not .out.'. , Birch hadbeen dismissed for 23, leaving s Blamires.. j)artnered : ;with Naughton. There has pMn-'no.'rnpre'effectivq partnership this season;./"-/Saunders: ancTMonaghan carp'td;ori'itlie.^attack- 'but for a lengthy 6j^>'^di» r )iOAinipr«ssi6n -at. all. Blamires, from:the outset, struck out freely j and, rapidly knocked .' up- a-i score. Narigiitett! was in" equally good fettle.. |\Yhen'he'had'been batting'for. about an hour,, he' square-cut" a ball to the.bounnaiy.:track';. and the. resulting runs carHedvhim. past the century. . Blamires pade : - the "'most -.sensational, hit of the idayi'.^'WitKia powerful drive he propelled the ball, right oul of the ground. !lt/r4boutided on the street, and crashed 'tlirorigh/the:-fanlight of a grocer's shop jb'n .'thcs corner of Kent Terrace., Naughion, when ho had made 103, unexpectedly;, lifted/ an" easy-going ball, pitched jfignt''o'ut,'on:-the off) into tho hands of .Caddick-at mid-off.; - Blamires had.compiled:'. 63, and given a good display when (he; was given out l.b.w. to DempseyU Brace .tbok things Quietly when Blamires' (was, ; at;,the; wickets,"- 'only making,, a joouple of . rnns, while his companion ttadeften''times as many.. ' When Bla-' mires'-had: departed, ' however, .Brjicq .opened out,; and.obtained 43 in . good style; . - - Once, with his. bat . hold shoulder- high, ho drovo a ball over the fence for four. 'Beechy opened 'well Syith for 3, but after adding few:singles, lifted a'catch to Burbidge. Laws made 8 not out.: Having obtained 261 runs at a cost of four wickets, Central declared their' innings closed. ' Jr ,College had:a couple of hours in which: to avert. -a - three-point defeat, but/prov-'ed/uneqnal-to tie call. . Their slender prospects_"wer6 still' fnrt-licr . reduced by the fact. that; Mouaglian had to leave, lieforot-ho innings commenced. In' tho. early/stages' of the,-innings, several likely /catches were. by ~tio",Central fielders. Laws and Boberte colliding in .slips,-' gave Fanning a life just be- , jforo :ho was. clean bowled by. Bruce. flall'Ta' dozen .College. batsmeii,/ reached j"d<rablo but : well within the alPotted- tjme; niiw. wickets -had •, fallen. [Quite / possibly, howeyer,' liad ; Monag-iian's-.serriws - been-vavailabfe/Central [mightlhavei.'.obtained;;only a two-point /victory. {;n .•/ ; -j-:/ North,"on the : previous playing day, Aad completed an: .innings for 171: and [Central\;B /had,/'four .wickets dowri/.for f62:-riinsK .With- the exceptioriof Gourlay [tbe.';rerii'aining Central B. batsmen:': were [dismissed/at:' slightj'cost. •• Gourlajvplayr 'ing'cairtionsly,'£ad''increased"a score; of,' •6 to .44' : (not out) when the' tenth.. fWicket fell; for 122..:. TJpham, with : "fdur" TOckets /fqr'49.- and: Find Jay, with' two-. Sbr:-43,/wero the' most successful bowlfes.;/:'//'';:'.:; 1 ,/ '• rv.i JTinlaysbri,-' oiie> of - the /opening bat'sinen/'for. North',./ was stumped , at tie out[M.i; ivit'h,:.-notTiirig : tp'riis:, credit, -but (Blacklock.-' and• Wateirs had ' a , lease. .of. i^wer-o^^!PieV;fornjep.vin ; particular .'put ■ !iip a, display not unworthy of his jschicvement on tho preceding Saturday. for. somo power-, f urcfrirrn e,- but Man sou, Fmdlay, and Pphain-fellreasy victims. -North remained at tliq wickets' for an hour and jthenvdedlared, with' 94 runs in .hand,. at:- a costy o'f... four . wickets. had mado 51 (riot out); '-' j-K ;An.liour'and a half remained for play (-.when ■:Central; B returned. to ■ tlio wick- • and Pattdrson each gave [a; but. Gourlay, wlio m the previous innings, Was['dismis.sed witli only 6 runs in hand. •'Easily': the '■ bpst of tlio: North: bowlers At tho Send of; : hiS!tliiid over ho'-had taken "four [■wickets /for.-6| juns.";;';'Two batsmen, hGourlay. ;and .'Sisson,'."(vcrc dismissed by fFiiiliyMn with successive deliveries. In took for 33 runs. !'Wikfin stumps were draini Central. B. had llo'st: nirio - wickets -a- score f'of 107:^;.TVith: a .little.'.moTe time avail|>ble .Ni'i-th.-would easily iave obtained a '^three-point'win. . 1® jThero:.was ;quito an exciting-finish to, jjheiEast'-B-Soutih match,' concluded on'' i ?fo; T 1' Ground at ; tlio" Basin Re servo i'oa' Saturday. • On thefirst ■!, innings. f^ntli:'were v 93 :runs,'behind and, when ffitumps were ■'drawn-/,thoVpreyious week 'tKejv had , made three runs : in: the secI without tho loss of a wicket, i-pri'ir'esumirigfon 'Sa'tUrday-tko batsmen [■Bhowed' remarkable form in comparison ['to; their 'displays' this. season; [Half a dozen baxsmen reached double pgures.'and.'Jwlien'tlie, score had. reached' |.193 for oigtt-: wickets, .tho/ipnings was i-;declared-closed, 'leaving ; East' B. just '^ahout-sufficient, time -to.: mako '101 runs s iequirfefl to.-'win, . whilo thero was, of [ course, the chance of South obtaining i/yicfory. ~, The/East batsmen'. Wt merfiily.'ibut when-five wickets-wero down f-there/'were'still' 15. runs wanting, and j only seven minutes to go. HaJes tlien pfiaTtnered,/Wills/ arid-off tlio remainiug- ( fonr balls: of-;thq : over, tho now man t r scored . and off the second j.ball'of-.the/nest,, oyer'W'ills made tho . > Jlit"-, witli . a four. Of Uhe South batsmen Walters, Fjpiek'spn}-/-: arid; . all played ['good::; cricket, Walters and Jolmson being :rather more/'dashing 'than Dickie Borijlwho' carefully selected tho balls ho i/iebfed off.; 'Hales bowled well, espcci-. !f/ally ::in. the .early part of the innings. i'/Three men ; were clean bowled in-an atj/tempt:.&' draw him to log, and another t/was out leg-before.: The East B innings s was chiefly, .noticeable .for Wills's score [•of :58 .not out, this' batsman thus mak- [ iug over 140 runs in tho.'match. On [/Saturday he appearQd. to.be rather for(S turiate in surviving a unanimous appeal ['.behind the wickets when, his scoro had (/ just'passed doublo figures. Crombio was rather, peculiarly when ho had i- mcdo 11. In attempting,' to drivo he was caught-at tho wickets, "arid'/th'e-umnire called not out, but'on /■-tho/ umpire at leg being appealed to the i ; batsman 'had to retire. 1 : Midlane, who-:was^not,out tlio'previSaturday, continuedvagainst Hutt. fe-Hei'played: 'a' magnificorit';, . innings - for E? 126, ;: ivben : ho was'caugllt' By : Pilcher,"off F-E Judd. East declaredTwhcn four/wick- [ ; ets'had fallen for. 241.,, Hutt wero disposed- of- for. 155. Bricc (62) was tho r - Drily batsman who made a starid against f. grimmett and Gibbcs. Staples .was un'/tscky, being given out l.b.w. when lio ' -bad'added 12 to the total. Tlie .wicket .• itgain was perfect, ancl: the batting of '■ East was something out of tlio ordinary. ' 1 ..- :