MID-WEEK CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1340, 18 January 1912, Page 6

MID-WEEK CRICKET.

« BOISTEROUS DAY. THE FIFTH SERIES BEGUN. Drenched with the rain which swept over the Basin Reserve yesterday, the cricketers were obliged to draw stumps at ii.s-1, and play terminated for tho day. A. boisterous "old man northerly" also blew across the ground, and some of tho bowlers, usually known as "plain straight men," developed rather wonderful and quite unexpected swerves. It was, en the whole, a bowler's day. Chief batting honours fell to Rivals, who kept Vivian in the field all the afternoon. Davis, M'Kenzie, and George proving difficult men to dislodge. T'ost and Telegraph shaped fairly against Union, knocking up 133. but this was largely the work of two uien. The meeting of Oriental and Artillery produced an interesting match, and, as the scores stand, the former seem to have somo chance. A feature in this"game was tho bowling of Ryan, who got quite a lot of work on deliveries, which were also fairly fast. On account of a holiday occurring on Monday, the mid-week matches will not be continued until the following week. UNION AND P. AND T. P. and T.—First Innings. Sclater, c. M'Gill, b. O'Sullivan _. 1 Greig, c. sub., b. M'Gill 7 Toms. c. sub., b. O'Sullivan - 0 Vvvatt, b. Bonner - 28 Plimmer, b. M'Gill ,•■•• -1 Grindrod, b. M'Gill 0 Touison, c. Bonner, b. O Sullivan ... it Bale, b. Whelan '50 Tvrrell, b. Whelan 0 Carrad, not out 0 Extras _J7 Total 133 Bowling Analysis.—M'Gill, three for 42; O'Sullivan, three for 38; BoDner, one for 27; Whelan, two for 9. Union.—First Innings. ■ M'Gill, not out 22 Driver, b. Bale 20 Barrie, not out - * Total for one wicket 52 Bowling Analysis.—Plimmer, none for 24; Bale, one for 27; Greig, none for 1. RIVALS AND VIVIAN. Rivals.—First Inning 3. Hull, run out 9 Anderson, b. Hill 18 Pigeon, c. Dempsey, b. Sullivan 9 Davis, b. Read « Howe, c. Dempsey, b. Sullivan 12 Pickering, c. Carson, b. Cording , 4 M'Kenzie, c. Castles, b. Carson ; M Mollinson, b. Hill 11 George, b. Read 22 Clouch, not out 6 • Extras 23 Total 193 Bowling.—Hill, two wickets for 52 runs; Dempsey, none for 20; Sullivan, two for 15; Cording, one for 11; Carson, one for 28;. Bromley, none for 21; Read, two for 6; Huddlestone, none for Id. ORIENTAL AND ARTILLERY, Oriental.—First Innings. Gourlay, c. and b. Cooper 9 Spence, c. M'lntyre, b. Bailey . 9 W. Little, c- Smith, b. Cooper 1 Truscott, b. Bailey 4 C. Little, b. Bailey 0 Alpe, b. M'lntyre 1 Ryan, c. Cooper, b. Robinson 31 jf'Eldowney, run out 39 Billman, c* Cooper, b. Robinson 2 Ellison, not out ; U Extras -. 6 Total 125 Bowling.—Bailey, threo wickets for 41 runs; Cooper, two for 16; Robinson, two for 34; 'M'lntyre, one for 12; Smith, noho for. 16. Artillery.—First Innings. Major Hume, b. Ryan 9 Cant. Robinson, b. Ryan 3 Major Hughes, b. Ryan 5 Smith, not out 26 M'lntyre, )>• Ryan 6 Extras 7 Total ■ 56 Bowling.—Gourlay, no wickets for 30 runs; Ryan, four for 19. JUNIOR MATCHES. Artillery v. Post and Telegraph.—Artillery, in their first innings, made 31 (Porter 1"). Post, and Telegraph made 56 (M'Natty 16, Christophcrson 12). Bowling for Post and Telegraph, Christopherson took five wickets for 16 runs and Jones four for 8. For Artillery, Porter took six for 23, Milroy two for 13, Corlett one for 6. Union v. Red Cross.—Union, first innings, 139 (Wicks 41, Tassie 36, Williamson 21, Shand 13). Red Cross, playing eight men, were all disposed of for 46 (Leaman 22, Woods 11). Y.M.CA. v. Oriental.—Y.M.C.A., first innings, 137 (Whiteman, not out, 39, M'Kay 26, Bolton 18, Page 13). Oriental, first innings, three wickets for 57 (Christopherson 21, Marshall 15, Kinnear 14). Bowling for Oriental, Kemple took four wickets and Kinnear three. For Y.M.CA. M'Kay took three for 11.