CRICKET GAMES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1588, 4 November 1912, Page 6

CRICKET GAMES.

FIRST ROUND OVER. LAST YEAR'S PREMIERS BEATENFREE PLAY BY NORTH. Hutt beat Central; 10 'runs oit first innings. Petoiie beat Collego; nine wickets, Bast A beat South; 84 runs on first innings. , North and East B unfinished. Big hitting was a feature of the match between East B and North, which commenced at Kelbnrno Park on Saturday. The game had originally been set down to bo played with other senior fixtures on October 19, but owing to the conditioil of tho ground that day no pliiy took place, East B had first sfoko on Satttr* day, but could only compile S3, Curry, Stephenson, and Wighton being the double figure scorers. Casey, 'who was in great form with tho ball, secured sis wickets at a cost of 29 runs.

Crombio anil Bray opened for North, but tho former was caught by Wight/in oft Hales before any score appeared. Wilson then, partnered Bray and the pair indulged in some lively bitting 'and knocked tip/53 foT the second wicket before Wilson left the crease. Huddlestone was Bray's next partner and the paco became still faster, tho third wicket adding 75 runs. This was the best partnership of . the day, though Wynyard and Lambert put together over GO runs for the sixth lvick^h

East tried six bowlers—Hales, -Nash, Hutchings, Stephenson, Smith and AVifr.liton. All were treated with scant respect by the batsmen and - on more tliaii one occasion the game had to be stopped because a North batsman hit the ball over the bank into Talavera Terrace. Bray's score of G9 included one seven, a, six, a five, and five fours, Blacklcck hit- a seven; a six and • two fours in making 27, while Wynyard's score 'also included a sis. .Wilson and Lambert were also lively, kit. their efforts were in the direction of the "four" boundary. The soores, as given below, seem to indicate that the East bowling .was not very effective.

The Surprise at the Hutt Gfflund. Surprise cf a substantial sort was created by Hutt beating the formidable Central ■eleven. The match was continued ?t Htrtt in good cricket weather, though tomcwh'at gusty. Hutt resumed their first ihhings. At tho close of the play on the. first day Central had stood with 99 runs .to credit for their first innings, and Hiitt had a total of 70 for six wickets. Jshcrwocd, batting for tliem, had 18 runs on, but on continuing he had only added oix when he was bowled by Blamircs. Bock subsequeiitlv made a decided stand.' He played carefully, and only hit out once, on which occasion he scored a six. Hutt were all out for 109, .thus bang 10 runs to tho good on the, first innings.

Central's second innings was interesting. Pnterson at onco began to lay on the wood with • confidence, and .he and who went, in -first wicket down—showed that they meantjbusiness, They gave, the field plenty of \votk, and the fpectators some pretty cricket. Soon after this partnership had been, broken Central declared, their innings closed,, with five _ wickets down, for I'll tuns, and put Hutt in again. The hopes whiell i;o doubt Central had entertained after sucli a bright- display by t\yo of their ineh.vtre speedily clouded when Staples and , Patten—the two first men in for Hutt—began,to settlo down and do likewise, Though not quite po good aS MaisoiVand Blamires, they managed, to total 57 between. tlieiUi That stand settled ...and sealed, the result, for, when limo.'was ..called oniy'.four Hutt wickets were down for 85 .run;;, Cfentral thus losing' oil the first innings. ' East A and South. - East A have commenced the .Season with a victory, Saturday's play,oH .the College groufld ending in their defeating 5 South.' The niatdh calls for. little'.comment, except that (JriiUniett's bowling jgemed to trouble South $ good deal in the first innings. It may also be added, that Easfs. fielding was far from good. Handsome Win for Potons.

Petotte Secured tr three-point win over Victoria College by the handsome margin of nine wickets.' When play. was Msuiii.on Saturday,. Barber, who had.® good, score on from aliening- day, was dismissed after adding six. Tregcar and Hard* haiil gave a good display.,.and ,-uWetl fifty. Bennett aiidM'Kensiie did not bat owing to the territorial parade, and Petone had. to manage Aviili nine nit'H at the ivickoto. Saunders, although howling well, was kept on far too long, and changes were not effected till it was too Me. Atlien College went in for tlio second innings, Birch, and Jfawe made . a . very' good stand; which was imitated by Dickson awl Saunders later on.* At; 5.35 .p.m., however, College were all out, and Petone needed onlv 31 runs to secure a threepoint wiiu which thy, did vtith the loss o.f on.o wicket. * ' • Finlayson bowled excellently, and kept runs down. Nuiiu was ft- "surprise p.ack» et." his slow leg4)reaks coming off in nue style. The College, fielding was good, but Petono's was painful. a ■