CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1049, 11 February 1911, Page 12

CRICKET.

; COMMENTS'.ON SIXTH ROUND. /■.;''■ IBr Tnr BnEAKEn.I Cricket nl tho Basin Reserve on Salurrday liit was n. triumph of consistency. '■ Sonio there.may bhvo been who imagined '.that, as tho wickets'.'wcro .wet and slow, 'bowlers would hav6.','a> bad time' and bo ; hit all over tho pla'cn., But. tho fear was V 'groundless.'« Thoso who harboured it alii lowed' too littlo'for tbtf'stubborn consist- :' ency of Wellington batting which pursues : 'tho oven tenor of its-wpy, independent ' .' of• such minor considerations. as weather : and stato of wickots.. Certainly batsmen : (wero offered tempting-/ opportunities on" ; (Saturday but for tho "most part these c 'wero calmly ignored./ majority of ~ the willow-wieldorsi scrdtohed with 1 pru- ' dent patienco as their woy-K and tho few. ■ who pursued moro, violent' '.tactics wero ' glaring exceptions to a rule othorwiso obV.terrcd. < Hales, with; his ..sustained, dash, Maml O'Sbca, with his wondyrful slows. ' ■ aliko reaped their talc of ..wickets and , most of their comrades had similar good ''; fortune.;. < '..[•

[t. Good Fle|d Pjaclno. '-' r -'. "jil, . [.'' .'East B gave an exhibition of field placid ."log and Holding on' Saturday thqt was a I,J model in its way and will bear imitation. {('(The-work of individual fieldsnielt in the J :| team was faulty at times, but often tho f'.* opposing batsmen seemed fairly i ;in.. With fielding at normal, according to p rlocal standards, Wynyard would % have f'6cored a number of twos and threes, in-)-.'stead of his long array of singles.'"' l

1/ A Sturdy Veteran. 'V :" ~: Tho battiug performance of IMchardi.«on on Saturday was worthy of a veteran '.who retains a good deal of his early vigour. Ho sept tho ball to all puints.of |; the compa&s in n <lolitihtfull,Y ireo way, '; but even his most vigorous strokes were [; clean arid uer.t': Ho never hesitates abou,t t.\ going forward la ti ball that demands ngj, grossim treatment and Usually his critqry f, prise is'.rewsrdcd. lb was a mero dip fr that cost him his wicket-in tho North | 7 eecond innings on Saturday. ' E-' Waters a batstuftn of tlio itoady school $ .who makes'runs without taking any y'■ chances worth speaking about,' gave n \? characteristic display. If a moro even f . fight had been on tho boards ho would \: have been of valuablo assistance to his j, tide. As it was nothing mattered much k'to North that day. Storting upon tho t ' task 6f working off a big deficit, unasslst- [?.' ediby Blacklock, its prospects were hope-, i 'less from tho start. '.'"..■,- [■I:;A, Batsman of To-morrow.

"■•.-' In Lambert; North hossccured a bats-i>-man of the most promising type. A youth \- in;years, he already bats wua more than 'ordinary promise. At present he is sonio--.'what, nervous,. but whou •he opens out, .is he' did iu tho North second innings sort Saturday, ho is,a player with' any :■ amount of aggressivo torco and skill: His 'innings was ono of tho brightest features 'in; tho'day's play. :, ■•;

[■; ; A.'Vigorous Trundler. . K Hales ■is a bowler who gives. the bats-V-mea plenty to thiuk about, and does it t all-tno time. .The' nttack -'he': directed [ ; against the North wickets was' splendidly f-vigorous, a iino oxamplo of dogged perk tistoucy, • brightened' by undeniaDlo Exilh !■ M i'hcro,is a (fuaint contrast between tho ('"spirit ■ his attack and tho 'easy-going K.iioilchalanco.with which ho saunters bacK. C to J his starting point with the recovered His leisurely movements betweon ['deliveries aro proverbial. Hales,, with his L-'face to tho batsman, and Hales with his |- back to tho batsman aro two distinct porfpsonages.7;.-' :-f '/■ ■'' !'■'.'■".'.■'■"'.■ •; '.' ~~ : .\\'\'-'

?. ; Slew Vaudeville.' •■■ ' ; ■ 1;; fri'-'-'To O'Shca belongs tiio' undisputed . hon•Vour'of fitting d cheerful 'fiualo totho -(Contest.between North,and East B. . I'm iV gaino, hud grown a little dull: when he I'camo on'to bowl slow, vaudeville, but he >Vchanged, all that without' delay,' A\ atcrs issbioto his.opening ball to the the Afield, but afterwards'O'Shea got his length, vi or ■whatever it was that enabled, him to Vdo it;-and. tho Kbrth'"tail" inejtsd swift--r ly: : away.'' Vl-'ivo of ,■ tho 1 Eix iwickcts .that fi North still had t0 , 1b56..1e1l to ..O'Shea's v'ihdividual share and' tht>y were obtained r;tt ' tho cost. of only 19 : runs. _ The de- ? liyerie's'that proved so destructive bobbed i'inl slowly, in an ' apparently harmless p} way. ' Tho ball that dismissed Sheridan, ■':; and' ended the match, was a beauty.

L;-Do'ath on' Extras. :'• '•, '' ;, P ; --Howe/ of East 8,, is a wicketkeoper i:V with ■'•abilities that seem likely-to dc-l-velop.- In the North innings only two Mbyes got past him, and in: tho, second i, 'innings none, at 'all. Extras in the secFjord innings totalled exactly one. from,a fTec-bye. Tno catch with which Hawo.disji 'missed Wynyard was smartly taken and S'the stjlc in< which' he stumped Richard-, f son and Slanson was very commendable.' f-' Pavitt is -a man: with: cast-iron, shins., I" 'He thinks nothing of stopping a tolernblv f4hot Tcturn ball with-them. It must bo I useful, to have shins liko that, but rat'vitt ought.to use his hands/ :■■ y. ■<>•};> <-*

[>''Dull' Play, but .Rattling Finish. V' f "The game between South and Central '-'iB-iirits continuation on Saturday, was a !' ■ dull- ' spectacle ' "throughout the " greater iv-part ot the afternoon; and tho fact that i.'.a victory for South' was, from -the h 6et, -a foregone conclusion, did noj add lo i .'its interest. Grace, who took four.Ceri-l-'tral wickets for 25, rind Quthrie, who f ; captured-three for tho same number of l ! runs; met with no'very I- -In contrast toi its earlier features, tho j closing sceuo in tho. mulch gavo rise to • an all-round awakening, and was one of s.'the liveliest bits of'play that has been ?'• ecen.in senior cricket this season.. Both !'i.sides, figured creditably in , the'contest, i: end I ,South obtained- tho extra point, ?:•' which was the stake at issue, by the | -narrowest of margins, its batsmen woke f- up just in time.'Wallers-and Murphy t had beeji, taking things easy, when tho f.-'r fact Mas* suddenly impressed • on them t.'itliat thev would have- to hustle if they )'wanted that extra point. Thereafter they It played with reckless dash;rr, policy that 1 was amply.justified, for at that moment T-runs'had to bo obtained at any cost, f Half ; tho runs, required wero secured ?.'- at the cost of two' wickets, those' of I Murphy, and Walters. An exciting situa- !','. tion reached its climax when Burton i • made his winning drive for five, and j saved his wicket by a lmirsbreadth on the fifth run. The dismissal of Wng«.taff was on unnecessary tail-piece, for ! tho issue had then been alrcadv decided. '.■There was no fault to bo found with the fielding in'-'this concluding epi- |- H)de. On the contrary, lhe fieldsmen livened uo admirably, and their returns |'i were qnick and clean. ,They gave South , ,a lot cf trouble in obtaining the much f desired ten runs. j. l.'l.East, A and Victoria Collcnc f 'On the resumption nf flic Victoria Coli.: Irge-Etist A match on Saturday last, C. '■• Hickev. of -thn East team, showed re- !■ linnrka'bln form with tho ball and before ' the game had .been in progress a quarter ' -a! an hour he had clean lxiwled . four '■ -members of tho College team for less than '■ n dozen runs. Ills average at tho close nf the inninga was six wickets for 39 and •' in both innings ho secured altogether ten : -n-iclicts for 59 rnns. Burbldge, who made ; 22 not out for College, gave two'difficult j rl-.anecs off Hickey before ho got into i dcuble figures and had tho bowler beer "—lucky enough to have had cither ol ' those chancss accepted, his average would ; have been still better. The'nther bowler; "■' <wero Qibbes, Grimmott and M'Gill. Then ; wn« nothing wrong with tho deliveries oi ' flibbes. but he was out of luck for, tho day !' and could not find, tho wickets. Grim i .tnett sent down a lot of easy stuff, bul ! : lie secured tho last wicket when 14 rum ■■ had Ixvm scored against him. M'Gill onlj I limrlci! for ono ovor. ■ 'Tho onlv interesting featuro of tho Vic tnria Coliege batting, last Saturday w.t i' the fit,ind. mado by Bnrbidgo and Cad ':■'• ilick for tho last wicket. Salmond vu i ; ' : absent and wlien Caddick joined Bur t-.bidge/'the 6coro was eight wickets for 63

To avert an innings defeat for tho team, tho tiro batsmen would have had to add 53 ruus ami thoy made a great effort to do this. llurbldge opened cautiously at the start nud exhibited a fair amduut of caution nil through, hut Caildielc rondo tho anost of his timo nt the wickets and though ho did nit toko any risks with Eickey's'bowling, his efforts lo hit Grinimett to the boundary were laudable. In the end ho lost his wicket through jumping out arid missing (Jrimmott, Brabin accenting the chance to stump. Sonio of Burbidgo's strokes . wero attractive enough, his cutting especially being pretty to watch, i He appeared to be thoroughly .sot when ho lost his partner. Hutt Players Retired. . Tho Hutt team have lost the services of Stan. Hickson, who. has definitely retired for the season owing to an injury to his leg. This is indeed hard luck for tho Hutt team, and unfortunate for Hickson, as ho is very keen on tho gamo. Another from, tho Hutt ranks is .Wilson, who, also .lias retired for th 6 teason. His duties as judge of the- Nativo Laud Court necessitalo . a lot of travelling. , WEDNESDAY SENIOR COMPETITION. THE AVERAGES. The following aro tho averages in tho Wednesday senior competition at the conclusion of the Brit round:— ■ ; .•'.-'■;-.'... BATTING. ' . '

'■. . « 3 " ■ . O O o g Water i (Union) ... ■ 333 lOi 0 0 55.5 Blamires (Artillery) 100 ■ ISO 3 0 55.1 11*11 (Tramway)- ... 337 50 7 0 48.1 Knapp (P. su d T.) 210 G3 0 1 42.0 M'Gill (Union) ...... 232 ' 72 0 0 38.G liramlcy (Tramway) 187 40 7 2 .37.* Dempsoy (Vivian) 253 75 9 1 31.5 Miwcm (Artillery)... 88 22 G- 3 28.2 Mulfonl (Union) ... 140 30 7 2 28.0 •Wcybouria (Artili) 103 57° 7 1' 27.1 M'lvny (P. and T.) 187 '75,- 8 1 20.5 Darroeh (Rivals) ... 120 35 5 0 24.0 GMrtfo (Rivals) .... 143 49» 9- 3 2.1.5. Little (Oriental) ... 208 50,10 1 22.8 O'Sitllivan (Union)' 133 37 0 0 22.1 iM'Kcnzio (ltivals)' 153 .51* 0 : 2 22.1 Stainton (Rivals) ... 15.4- 50* 8- 1 22.0. Toms (P. and T.)... 110. 35 .8 3 ; 22.0 Wilkinson (Orien'l.) '87 "38* 5 1. 21.7 Cording (Vivian) ... 193 . 75 '9 0 21.4 Davis (Rivals) 140 79 8 1 20.0 Marshall (Tramway) 81 22- G 2 20.2 Thompson (Tra'ni'y) 193 45. 10 0 19.5 JTIntyro (Artillery). 137 71 7 0 19.4 Tyrrell (P. and T.) ' 1S8 78 10 0 18.8 Hoy (P. nnd T.) ... 94 32 5 0 18.1 Plimmer(P. nnd T.) 91 23 . 0 1 18.1 M'Eldowney (Oricn.) 144 86 10 2 18.0 Driver (Union) 106 !)2» 7 1 17.G Anderson (Rivals) S7 43 G 1 17,2 IJontloy (Oriental) 34 22 2 0 17.0 Wyatt (P. and T.). 150 38 ,9 0 ICG Tolhurst (Rivals ... 101 HI 3 7 1 10.5 Caterer '(Vivians).... 110 51° 8 1- 15.5 Smith; (Artillery)... 107 42 7 • 0 15.2 Gilmer (Artillery) \:"28 20 2 0 14.0 Ml)dnald (Train.) 14 14 2 1 14.0 (Tram). :. 81 32 7 1 13.5 M'Evedy. (ltivals)... : 79 49 GO. 13.1 Carfoii ..(Vivian) ...118 .48. 9.' 0 13.1 Boultbn-:'. (Oriental)',' 38 30 3'0 12.0 Whcla'n i(Union) ... 02.. 32 .5 0/12.4 Greis (P.Vnnd T.) • .-7G • 31° 9-. 3 12.4 Billiuan : (Orientnl)' 99. '65:8 0-12.3 Mnlmnricllo, (Vivians) ;37. 12 .'8 .5 12.1 Harris" •.(Union)..'..'.. " 47 ■ 30'■■.. 4 0 11.7 Shand (Oriental) ..,:• 100 41,10, 1 11.1 Truscott .'(Oriental) : 77 -as'18 1 11.0 Clark (Tramway)... -' 77 31* 8 1 11.0 Brnnz (Artillery)... G3 20 0 0 10.5 Robinson (Union) 31 30 3 0 10.3 Bonner (Union) ... .40 26 5 1 10.0 •iru'/fj'i'i.i u\ ■ ■'' *N.ot pn,t.'iu.> janf'W''' .'...-.' Rowling. ■ *- . -"■•• li ' ', /-,. Aver,.f ! : Wkts. Runs.' age. Darroch :Rivais)>..;.;'. 11 i ; '■"■■-. 63 '- ' 5.7 George (Rivals) '...... 17' -131;' 7.12 M'Intyro (Artillery) 30 ,"'330 9.6 Howe (Rivals) 13: U125.; 9.8 Rodgors (Tramway) 12 120 10.5 Harris (Union). .22 -'-•■2<2, ; 12.3 M'Gill (Union) 18 230 12.7 Toms (P. and T.) ....,20 ..258.. 12.18 O'Sullivnn (Union) >'l2. 1G3.' 13.5 Little (Oriental) ....'! 18 216, •' 13.G Bramley (Tramway) 12 - 170. . 14.1 Stainton- (Rivals)-... -JO. , 142" 14.2 M'Evcd}-' 1 (Rivals) ... ,!G :--. : ' 230V"14.G Plimmer (P.'nndT.)'lO -196 .";. • 15.1 GreigitP.nnd' T.')',"... lir ■. 182 '. , 1G.G Shand (Oriental)-;>r.'•ll'-' f-m■;, 1C.7 Bailey .17.13 Billnian r (Artillery),,-' 12 •' A249'. ■- 20.7 Thompson UVivian) 12 291-24.3 Thompson'(Oriental) 10 • : 267 • 2G.7