CITY CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1056, 20 February 1911, Page 7

CITY CRICKET.

-1 ——♦ — ~ A GREAT MATCH. k 1 : ■ ' ' >. • ■EAST A'S BATTLE A/JAINST TIME. '' • '• ■ CENTRAL TpO GOOD.FORTHEM. Ceniral A beat East A by 106 runs. 'Central B beat College hy 89 runs. ; ' North, beat South .by 69 runs. -East B beat Hutt by ,75 rum. •' . -;Teii miailes to' play, aiino wickets J dowii;- and .no. hopo of viotory I Could they i play 'Out timo? East A had com- • Eieiicud batting 1 about 3 .o'clo tk with three arid', a! half hoars to get SCO Tuns-cither / thijt 1 'or a: draw'.' Prospects •of the runs ' lcok gloctny whon' evo wickets wero down for 8 l runs, but *, tliep camo Tnciir' and Mahoney .to ' the rescue. It 1 .was* i". batsman's wicket, but the fielding j Tyas'keen,'and tho bowling gcod, and, thiuiih" the partnars did well and piled j j onvilOO Tun's, it j wtis all, : liaxd work, j : Tticter went atlength,-bat Mahoney ' eosmed immovab.o until hii fourth Part- 1 Her cam© along. Ho took a s ] n ?*. o rlf "' theh, and'thO'lucV'was ogaitist him, as : the ball flew into :an oppontttt s hands. , T,wt) -h6urs to go now, lour wickets to fall,'and no hope runs. ■ Without uotutvl Stonewalling l utchfngs and Orimmctt held up the attack for an'Uour and . ■ more,when Hutchingi,succuiabe.-L Lol- . loit tbilowed .and .opened, woll. Tho'ganio tn rs aow. becoming very oxcitmg. Coutral . ' : had l petbaps stayed al Mio wicsets too l<ine* > Some; "heady" chixngo of style, it * - seemed, would havo to W /uloptsd to win the 'match;'- SoI the flolil. was spycad, . ' nnd,;Blamires: sent, down son>3 very tempting'"full tossers," hut the oatsmen , TieW'iu .theiu with suspicion, nud nothing eamtrorthi manoeuvre. ! y ' 1 '..Justj after 6 o'clock Collett throw can- ' tion to'the Winds, and made a -wild hit at. ?<ne of Laws'o'deliveries, .and -tnew folldived that .-very, .annoying lit lo elick ' of;tlio bails Avhicli .tells a baUmau plainIv .that he t( hasdonetho \\Tong xhing. fiicleyicamo in, made soino heavy hits, ■ knocked up some' runs, , and. had htß , ftlimips Eprehd .outr by 6.20 p.m. . • Bralnn, managed to.jurVivo il.c. two re- i niaiiiing balls 'of the orer and 'then-zhe . Eastvdaptnin i'instru6ted . Qrimnfttt . to - ' strike asxfaras possiblt. ' . < ■ ;■ 'V Brhce was now bowling in plaop oi.Bla-.-ihir<s, and«Qfin>mott drovo.lis .first de- ~ , • llveiy to-ihe ffonco at tho ■ nqrth side of _ thOgrcuud. *It if as an easy three, but. . If it; was,to,bo thtoo only, that would leaM-Cjriuimett awqv from the bowling. I ; ' nnd l so,'tho fourth , run was tried, and . Oriiaiuett, safely goi back. . But alas. J poor, Brabin. ' If'tho'.pitch had only_ been ' ' a vnrd'shorter, he might .havo got home., ( . Buts tho: ball was smartly returned > to , . Brute,*and the wickot' was knockedilown : J ' just i as, the bat : hovered over tho crease. '. . . :"And;so ended what wns for. Central a. J i brilliant victory and for East a doggid • s struiglfi against tho clock,' 1 As tho min-ute-hand slid down the last half/hour Itjsiiemod'.toi bo tho evencst thing nnag- , inatle, and ,do ono could' toll which way end. >But East, iu endeavouring to . play out praotically tho while afteriwibii, were up against a heavy, task. It ! . isfstatisl that, of rccent years, it has only ; 'befcn- twico achieved .in - Wellington—onri bjr Gas Company against Midland. ?and . oil« by Contral A. Be that us. it may, . Saturday's match was . a great "30,—a ' ! fitie battle against time.. ' . jNiitu'rAll.v enough,' the details of tho ; play, aro interesting. At tho oomroencement of tho day's play Central a ; : total" of, 331 (of. fivo wickcts./, Blamires , and Laws, the not-out men. opened brisl:sly..< : AVhen Laws had inoreaswl-his score ; . to 20 lie was missed by Collett, off, Hickey, ; : butVih tho next over ho, and ' bowled by" Gibbes, ami Central then "de- - clawed the innings closed, with six wickets doi\?n f0r.359 runs—Blamires 1H not out. ' Jlidlane'and Wills were sent out'to bat 1 . for.'}E4st; * against'the bowling- of Haw-- ; ' thorho' and"Mason. Tho opening , was. . . perisilional.'- Midlano'/'missed'tho first . . ball rfrom Hawthorne suicked..the ; nest inside 'first r slip.- for-4,. and then placed . . thi'next'intffißlamii-cs's hands at ifirst. ; slip. 'Tucker , followed, and got-a fingle, ■ and Wills played out the over. In.the •. seoond over Wills played Mason on with- : ont 'having scored, and 2 wickcts wero 1 down for 8 runs.;. Mahoney joined ;Tuc- ' k«! in what proved to .be a fine.partner- , ' ehlp;' t The fielding was keen, .-and tho ''-toiling correspondingly- slow. ■; Hawthoi'ne's over was a maiden, tlio shcbecding. three overs only yielded two ' ; iiiiil apiece. • Tucker was missed by Haw"i" thorite,"off .Mason, before 'lie had reached double figures, and when ho had niado St<:h« Just ..got home in time from ft «mr.rt return by Naughlon. Sovcral changes' of bowliu(t wero . tried, but the batiimen steadily piled up, the century. •••: 'At .IOS Tucker attempted 'to.hit, Laws , t«vleg,. but the ball rose ill tho slips, . whirl} held it. >, Tucker mado tfetju'ent uso of'tlie latei cut in compiling Lis score of 42; his placing being , viry ocaarate. 'Mauoney continued-, to incrtiise the score," while, Gibbes and M'Gil' came.and went, but with.his own tcoro and tho total at 154. he was'caught byJ-Laws.'off Bruce, 'fho innings was one',oftthe*East captain's best_ perform- - \: flnces.i. 'With the bowlers using" the ott- ' thCiry, lie made a lot of runs by. pulling nni;occhsional: ball to tho on, while his ; idto .cutting reminded one of the- Mnho- " nbyj of old.. Any "loose stuff" that i' oimo; along was trcatwl with'scant, resp6ot, v Uie batsmen several times running ouli and driving Iho .ball hord to tho boundary. ' JJVith. Mahoney gone, tho team had tjvo liotirs in which to get a couplo of hundrid'runs, nnd the chance of. doing it ■ • seemed remote as. tho scoring' became slaver. Hntchincs and Grimmett added COJfor the seventh' wicket, both playing nsl'fnt cricket. When Hutchings -had made. 28 he 'snicked ono to tho slips off Blrnce, .and. Blamires, reaching outwards, . niode' n' great catch low down. Collett , ■ atid Hickey followed, and tho score read _' Bin*, jvickets for 250 runs. Jl'heroiwas only ten*> minutes to go ~ : whtn, Brabin joined'Grimmett, and much . ' tpioulafion took placo as to whether ho ■ would bo able to play out. time. Ho v ' playrf out tho over, and Grimmett then dWivo 'the first ball of,' the' next over to . tho north .side of tho ground, with tho rwult stated above.'. 1 : Por Central Laws rccured the best, bowl- ' inft figures.'' Ho gave tho batsmen trouhlc throughout, and cent, down fivo middens in 13 overs, obtaining threo wic-' kbls for 29 runs. Central's fielding was fairly},good, Naughton, Blamires, nnd Littlo doing sorab very smart work. 'The contest between North and South on No.-2 wickct. resumed tamely, • Graco ! »rid. Guthrio each sending down a couplo of ineffectual maiden overs, to Blacklock niid Hannay, who carricd on the batting fdf Isorth. Blacklock nt .length opened . wore aggressive, tactics by -bitting Grace to.tho.boundary for threo; '.110 followed on' with: a run of similar strokes, and lifted his score from 20, at which it stood tt,hen. stumps wero drawn a week earlier to j 44,- ;b«foro his wicket fell to a yorker seat down by Grace. Most of tho remaining North, wickets were cheaply bought and for a time the team stemeil in some dsngir of losing on the.' innings, but Waters rose to the occasion in commendnWe style.' 1 His opening play might almost bo described as feeble, but the way iii, which he altered as lie warmed to his ' whrk-;was a transformation. Ho completely mastered tho bowling, hit tho ball | all over tho place, and rapidly .compiled . Tims; North played wtih ono man short, Im--1 lay being absent. When the eighth wicket fell tho score stood at 210, nnd Waters win still in the full tide of success-. 3fanson came in last, and tho North total seemed' likely to be lifted still higher, but the event turned . otherwise . for Waters was immediately • afterwards clean bowled by Murphy. Ho had made 79 runs.' a performance that meant to North tho dilferenco between defeat and victory by a substantial majority of runs. • With obout nn hour remaining for play Routh' went again to' the wickcts, but - North, deprived of Findla.v's services had no clianco of obtaining a three-point win. South had mado 78 at tho cost of threo wickets when play ceased. :On No. 3 wickct College continued bitting in their match with Central B. 'Panning, who had made 25, not out, on the previous playing day, was the only bitsuinn who made a stand of any importance. Steady play nnd nn occasional giod stroke enabled him to lift his wore to 41 before ho was run out. Tho play of-th» remaining College batsmen was poor. 'Of the attackers Stephenson, a slow bowler who breaks well from cither side of the wicket, was very successful, and obtained the creditable re-

cord of fivo wickets for 16 runs. Robinson, 'although ho was bowlinj much faster than in previous appearances at the Basin, was less effrctlvo titan usual. Central B declared their second inninjs closed with three wickets, down for 38, and sent College again to I lie wickcts, hut dkl not como within measurable distance of obtaining a three-point win. • The groat feature of the; match at the Ilntt was tho gallant attempt of Iho Ilutt batsmen to win against time. East fportin?!)- declared' with eijht. wickets down for 02, leaving llutt 90 minutes to obtain 165' runs. llrico and Cates sot to work, and speedily captured the bowling, both hitting out freely. Tho wickct was first class, but tho hall kept down rather too much to fit Hutt's circumstances. AVith 110 up and 15 minutes to go tho excitement vrns intense* but &hortly aftcr■wards Cates lost his wicket in trying to drive Baker, Climio replaced htm, and the runs continued to conic rapidly. But it ivas of, ho use. tinio boing called when Ilutt wanted nine to win. Another over would have altered the result. llrico gavo a slashing display of batting.. ■ In with the cricket at the Basin Reserve on Saturday ■it may bo mentioned that a promising young colt rained playing in'the P r ""° n'ntch, Wellington Kast v. Wellington North, topped tho season's records for individual scores. In tho courso of an aggressive inning* he hit up 156, not out. Tho total included ono 6, five 5 s. thirteen 4's, and one very powerful stroko which brought him 9. IT* was at tho wickets for about an hour and a half. , Tho following are tho detailed ecores; CENTRAL A AND EAST A. Central 'A-First Innings. : Birch, 1131111, c. Mahoney, b. Hickey 12 Naughtou, 4131311131, st. Brabiu, b. Gibbes .. 19 Bcechv, 5111121311114111311115111, c. _ Midlane, b.' Gibbos Bruce, 13131053135331333331313121111311, ' ■ c. Griinmett, b. Ilickey ............... "5 Blamires, 111114111111111111111342311111 ! 1154431141341133112511131311, not out 114 Hawthorne, 314111211411111133121.311341 431, o. Grimmott, b. JI Gill 58. Lars, 3113421311, c. and b. Gibbes ... 20 . Extras ; . Innings declared closed 359 Bowling Analysis. • Gibbes, 1 threo wickets for 98 runs; Jlickev, two for 85;M'Gill. ono for 26; Grimmett, nono for 51: Collett, nono for 32; Tucker, none for 23; Hutchings, nono for 15. East A-First Innings. Jlidlane, 4, c. Blamires, b. Hawthorne 4 Wills, b. Mason . '•■•••• ° Tucker, . 131U1133443333111111, c. Blamires, b;-Laws' ••••.••' 12 Maionev, 111131331332122313112111311131 2311335332113, c. Laws, b. Bru'co ... 81 Gibbes, 1331, b. lilamires 8' , M'Gill, 111, c, Roberts, b. Bruco ...... 3 Hutching!!,' J33131121313U3, c. Blamires, b. Bruco 28 Grimmott, -111131111413111312143, -: not *- 1 out, .'. 40 ,Collett, 4351, b. Laws 13 Hickey, 131, b. Laws . ; '. 5 Biubin, run out ,0 Extras 20. Total 253 Bawling Analysis. Laws, threo wickcts for 29 runs; Bruce, thret* for 37; Blamires, one for"33; Mason, ono for: 43; Hawthorpo, ono for 65; Mitchell, none for 20. , , NO3TH AND.SOUTH. • Wellington South.—First innings 171 ■ •'•< Second Innings. ' Walters,' 11122331121, c. Phillips, b. ':' Twohill. 18 Murphy, 'b. Twohill- 0 | Johnson. J2121121232, st. Hatinay, b. •* Twohi"; 18 Burton, 3<i!2213, not out ......... 16 Morris, 23131141, not' out 16 ,; Extras . ; 10 Total for three wickets ................ 73 Bowling AiialyiH)' .Twohill took three wicfeets for 25 runs; Blacklock, nono for. 13Manson,' nono for 7; Phillips, nono for r Wellington North.—First Innings. : Richardson, 111322, thrown 0ut,......... 10 Lambert, 1235213313243121, u." Walters, b. Grace .'. ....I 37 Blacklock., 214323313121323325, b. Graco 41 Hannay, 11112112112, c. WagstafT, b. Graco '. 14' Wynyard. 11; b. Grace 2 Waters, 2222141132513113213314231312312 12112114, b. Wnltcrs .- 79 Phillips, 231121334, b. Walters 20 Sheridan; I,' run out 1 Twohill, 2211412, "c. Walters, b. Murphy .:..'.«v ••••• 13 Manson, not out 0 Extras / '. 20 Total 1 ;... 240 Bowling Analysis. . Grace took four, wickcts for 46 runs;' Dickson, none for 17; Guthrie, nono for 71; Burton, nono for 13; Walters, two for' 63;."WagstafT, nono for 2; Murphy, ono for 8. ( COLLEGE AND CENTRAL B. ■ Victoria College.—First Innings. Fanning, 23124123313231231133, run out 41 Ward, 11, b. Robinson 2 Do la Mare, 3142, c, Schlandt, b. Rob-' inson •< 10 Dempsey, 13343, c. Wilson, b. Stephenson '.... 14 Burbideo, b. Stephenson • 0 Caddick, c. Sisson, b. Stephenson ...... 0 Stainton, 311111, run out 8 Burns, c. Wilson, b. Stephenson 0. Bcrondcen,. : 3131, c. Patterson, b. Haines l '. 8 Ilowdon, 21, c. and b. Stephenson ...... 3 Saunders, not out 0 Extras - 17 Total 100 Bowling Analysis. ' Wilson took no wickots for 29 runs;' Robinson, two for 27; llaincs, ono for 17; Stephenson, fivo. for 16. , Second Innings. ' Stainton, £3211, b. Robinson 9 Do la Mare, 33131112112, 1.b.w., b. ' .Stephenson 1!) Burbidgo, 122121211121423113, b. Wilsoa 31 Howden. 11313131144, run out ' 23 Burns, 1311, not out fi Caddick, run out 0 Dempsey, not out 1 Extras 2 Total for five wickots 91 ; Bowling Analysis, Robinson, took ono wicket for 29 runs; Stephenson,.ono for 27; Wilson, one for 21; Haines, nono for 13. Wellington Central B.—First innings 195 Second Innings. Wilkinson, 12224121, b. Saunders 15 Porteous, 212321311131, c. Saunders, b. Howden 21 Sisson, st. Bcrendsen, b. Howden 0 Patterson, 1, not oilt l ' .Extra 1 Total 38: ■ . Bowling 'Analysis. Saunders took ono wicket for 14 runs; Caddick, nono for 10; nowden, two for 13. HUTT AND EAST B. Wellington East, first innings 159 Second Innings. . Wilson, 423, b. Fringlc D ; C'rombie, 11, l.b.w:, 1). Pringlo 2 , Baktfr, b. I'ringlo II . Johnson, 13.11112, b. Pringle 15 O'Shea, b. Brice 0 Howe, 2, b. Brico 2 : Hales, 1411113114, c. l\ Judd, b. Brice 18 i Goldfinch, 3114UUU21, not out 18 . Hickey, 21, b. Brico 3 , Extras 25 Total for eight wickets 92 ' Bowling Analysis. ; Brice took four wickets for 25 runs; 1 Pringle, four for 29; Judd, none for 13. | Ilutt, first innings 80 Second Innings. 1 Brice. 411222122441446411111112213121131 214, not out si 1 Aldersley, 4, c. Crombii', b. Hales 4 ' Cates. 4121111421111134121312, b.Pavitt 41 j Climie, 122241, uot out jj | Extras is ' Total for two wickots 158 Bowling Analysis, i Johnson, no wickets for 27 runs; Pavitt, • one for 39; Hales, one for 51; Baker, none . for 18.

Third-Class Championship. Templars secured a two-paint win over Wellington Central by 38 runs on (he first innings. Central put up 82 (Donaldson, 31, Robinson 22); and 81 (A. Bay, not out, 22, Smith 20, C. M. Hay 13, C. C. Hay 11). Templars/ first innings realised 120, Lambert 39 and Dooley 35, each playing round cricket. With the leather for Central, Newman, Hnlss, and Mnlteden divided honours. For the winners, Brown secured three wickets (or 18 runs, and fivo for 11, and J. lllenkinsop four for 37 and threo for 31. Playing at the Basin ltoserve, Wellington l<ast secured a rather easy two-point win over Wellington North. North's total was 126 toward which Moffat contributed 27, Riddick 20, B. Thompson 10, Bradley 11, and Tustin 10. Clarke, Forrester, Love-ridge, Cnsack, and Kennedy bowled for East. East replied with 200 for seven wickets, the principal contributors being Frnser 150, not out, Spcnce 31, Forrester 28, Prain 14. and Cusack 12 not out. Thompson. Itiddick, and Hamilton bowled best for North. Catholic Club defeated College B by 90 runs on the first innings. Catholic Club made 112, of which number Warno contributed 79 not out. College replied with 48, and in their second venture had wickets down for 72 runs. The best scores for College were: llarlo 19,' Staples 14, Little 11. Bowling for Catholio Club O'JJnwil got fivo wickets for 31 runs, including the "hat trick," and threo for 31. Carroll got threo for 13 and two for 19.' For College .Morton (four for 21) and Rentier (two for 37) bowled best. . \__ OTHER CITY MATCHES. • JUNIOR GRADE. Wellington East v. Johnsonville.—East in their first innings made S9 runs, and Johnsonville replied with 84. The best scores for East wero M'Cnrdell 31, Currho 17, Masterton 11. Bowling for East, C'onnollft took seven wickets for 35 runs, and Caldow three for 22. East, iu their second innings, havo lost seven wickets for 87' runs. • • ' Petoue v. Hutt: Pctono had four wickets dowu for-227 runs, and then declared, and, at the call of time, Hutt had. lost one' wickot for 54 runs. Tho best scores •on each side were:—Potono: Dalgleish73, Thompson-54, Barber 34.' Hutt:. Brown 22, G. Pringle 19. ■ Y.M.C.A., playing against St. Mark's, on the Hutt Recreation Ground, niado 04 (Atneavo 23 and M'Girr 12), Bowling for St. Mark's, V, Hnnis obtained sovon wickets for 11, and iSmith three for 21. Upon going in to bat, St. Mark's made 238 for seven wickots (Mason 52, F. Harris 7G, V.'Harris not out 42, and Cording 30). . ■ ' . '~•'■ Junior Association. Kilbirnie A v. Evans Bay A.—Kilbirnie, ,47 (Russell 14) and 8G (Tilyard 27, Plimmer 20, Hatchard 11) defeated Evans Bay by 3.1 runs. Evans Baymiudo 25 and 76. Kilbirnie B v. Evans Bay B.—Kilbirnie, 42 (Cowan 18,' Church 13) and 109 (Higinbottom' 15,' Gilchrist 14, Hcliwell 19) defeated Evans Bay B by 2G runs, the Evans Bay-scores being 45 and 80. Miscellaneous.' ' Odlin's Cricket Club beat n railway team nt Duppa Street on Saturday by an innings and 23 runs. The scores were: Odlip/s, 100 (Rinuer 53, Hickson 21); Railway, 32 and 31 (Wakclin 11, Jones 11). The best bowlers for Railways wero Reynolds (two for 11), Stephens (three for 17), while with the. ball for Odlin's Keys (nine for 15), Renncr (four for 12), and Beck (four tor 12) did best. Kangaroos beat Telephone Exchange by 155 runs. The scores were:—Kangaroos, seven wickets for 218 runs, and Tclephono Exchange 03. Tho best scares on each side wore:—Kangaroos: Spottiswood, 105 not outj. Xare,, 35; Thompson, 27. For Telephone Exchange Ryalls ,(30 not out), was tho best scorer. . " ' • ', , MATCHESELSEWHERE..'.';,'. ;ill , ;>II NORMAN SCORES .351. V '!''• (ByTolccraph'.-l'reS!! Association.) y'-i • , , Chrlstchurch, February 18; ■ The ninth roupd of grade cricket commenced to-day in fine weather. Tho'chief attraction was tho match between tho two leading teams—Sydenham'and' St. AU' bans—which was' witnessed by n' crowd of spectators which, would havo'dono credit to n representative match. St. Al-1 bans did well in getting their opponents out for 131. Patcrson (41) was top-scorer. Sandman got eight wickets for 43 runs. St. Albans havo mado rather a shocking start, losing fivo wickets for G3 runs. Ric-' carton met West Christchurch and thanks chiefly to a magnificent innings, by , the Canterbury representative Alf'.Norman, who made 151, the totaL reached 322. E. R. Caygill (60), and Arthur Norman also batted well. When stumps wero drawn West Christchurch had lost two wickets for 12 runs. Linwood, playing against East Christchurch, dismissed tho lastmentioned team for 133 and then passed that total with tho loss of five wickets. NORTH SHORE ON TOP. ''.'...' ■ Auckland, February 19. The eighth round of tho Auckland Cricket Association's district championship matches was. concluded in fine weather on Saturday. North Shore, iu defeating Ponsonby, have practically won tho championchip. - The results are:— Grafton v. Eden: Grafton, first innings, 309; Eden 251 (Hcmus 81, Curamings 24). Harvey took six wickets for 02 runs. Grafton won by 58 runs on the first innings totals—a two-point win. Parncll v. University; Pnrnelf, first innings, 304; University, first innings, 114 (Wallace 51), \\arner took five wickets for 32; second innings GO for four wickets (Eraser 22 not out). Parncll won by 190 runs on the first innings totals—a two-point win. Ponsonby v. North Shore: Ponsonbv. first innings, 131; second innings 159 (W. Robin*"! 39.8. Woods 34); North Shore 135 (O. Miller 10). Pearson took four wickets for 50 runs, and N. C. Snedden fonr for 62. North Shoro won by ono run—a twopoint win. DUNEDIN. Dunedin, February 19. . iine but'dull weather prevailed for ■the cricket matches yesterday. Carisbrook B ploying against Cnrisbrook A made 251 for' four wickets (Austin 110, Hamsden 55, Watson 48 not out). Grango disposed of Opoho for 88 (Callaway 33) and compiled 172 (C. Chadwick 10, L. Chadwick 39). Dunedin met Albion and compiled 145 (Condlill'o 33, Stevens 32 not outj. Albion responded with 187 for four wickets (Baker 57 not out, Duthio'4s). (By Teleeranli.-Special CorrcßoonaonU Masterton, February 19. Cricket results on Saturday wero as follow:—Senior grade—Carlton, in their first innings, made 106 (Hoar 28, Wnugh 21), Carterton's total, for seven wickets was 145 (Hart 67. Phelps 24, Thompson 20). Junior matches—Masterton in their first innings mode 48 and Mauricovillo 61;. St. Matthews A made 40 nnd 43 for seven wickets nnd St. Matthews' B 36 and SO. Crickoters should not fail to see tho stock of cricket requisites nt Laws and Mannins's, Courtehay Place.* ■ —