CITY CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1652, 20 January 1913, Page 5

CITY CRICKET.

CAPITAL DAY. ' M'GIRR IN THE BEST OF FORM. WITH BAT & BALL. BLACKLOCK IN SCORING MOOD. / 119 Runs in an Hour! Hunted off the Basin Reserve on Saturday, the cily cricketers made the .best of a bad job, and, as will bo seen from tho figures, tho torch of cricket burnt up rather brightly. M'Girr provided tho chief sensation. Blacklock—than -whom there is none finer-to ratch when he is roally going—also got into ms wonted stride, and wa9 only stopped! two runs short of the century.

Victoria College met East A, (including M'Girr) at Kelburne, and came oil. badly. Separate' mention of M'Girr is necessary to give.a, proper idea of the game, because' the indications were that' if M'Girr had been eliminated, College, would have been only a little way to the bad. As it is, they are in tho doldrums (en far as this' game is concerned, and M'Girr has taken a big stride towards representative honours. His performance was a doublebarrelled 1 one. .While. College were batting he took six wickets for 36 runs. Then in the late afternoon, when tho East A innings looked like petering out for a hundred and a few, he knocked up 105 not out, making. boundary hits galore, and one splendid drive that brought him no fewer than eight runs.

Apart from M'Girr's breakaway,, the game had some of the marks of a genuine contest. College were weak in batting, but strong in bowling. They went first to th.e_ wickets, and completed an innings for 98 in an hour and five niinutes. Only three batsmen made anything resembling, a stand—M'lntosh; Bjirns, and Fanning— and all three fell : victims to M'Girr, before they had gone far. A fast delivery, with a sworve. to it that mado ; the. ball swing' in .from'' the off, was M'Girr's principal- asset,and it operated disastrously in the caso of thobatsiuen named and others.' The College tail went to pieces. It is only fair to add that tho '•wicket gave tho bowlers a certain amount of. assistance—it was a bit rough. Collego recovered some of the ground which' they' had: lost when East went to the wickets. The state of the wicket was then' no better. Hickson and Midlane, though each managed to hold up his wickot 'for a lengthy spoil, were forced to restrict themselves' to defensive, play. Saunders gave a splendid exhibition, varying'pace and turn in a way that was much pleasanter for the spectators than for the batsmen. M'lntosh was less successful, but very few runs were made off his bowling in the early stages of tho innings. Saunders took Hickson's wicket with a beautiful break, and when Midlano had been batting for three-quarters of an hour he j succumbed to a straight, and not very rapid," delivery by HTntosh —a variation frojp tho faster-swerving bowling upon which the attacker had hitherto been depending. Midlane's score was tho unlucky nunfber—l3. Baker and Gibbes livened up the bathing a bit, but neither was permitted to mako many runs.' Baker lifted a tempting ono from. Saunders, an'd was, caught by Caddick in l the dtep-field, and Gibbes lost his wicket to a. bresik from Saunders. Grinunptt did not soore, as Dickson (replacing l[ ( lntosh) dismissed him with a ball that turned in neatly from tho .off and shot off his bails before he knew what: had happened. Wills also went cheaply, his wicket failing to Saunders, and' O'Sherv iwent out l.b.w. to' Dickson,when he lia'd'made half a'dozen. Hickey, as is his wont, opened out boldly, but' was caught'when his'score stood at 12." '

M'Girr caino in sixth, and had mado a. few big strokes , when ..Hickey: departed,'; and at this stago'no one expected to see'., another century added to tho score. Once more, however, it was a caso of that "glorious uncertainty" for which the most wonderfnl of 1 games—cricket—has. always been famous. From the jump he was tho most confident batsman , of the day. Saunders, after sending down 19 Overs, hajl slackened somewhat,. but Dickson was still,in good form. As a whole tho bowling was certainly not to be despised,' and M'Girr had several narrow escapes,' but ho struck out'boldly. Tho drive was his mainstay, and lie lifted,the ball ripht out of tho groiind timo after timej The stroke .that brought him eight runs sent the ball clear! over the pavilion. Ho wa.i ably seconded by Watson, who knocked up 22 on his own account. The partnership netted 119 runs in just about an hour, and both batsmen .were unbeaten when, stumps were drawn.

A Match that was Mainly Blacklock. ; North would appear to havo an easy task ahead of them to gain'a three-point win over Hutt. 'l'ho match commenced on the suburban ground on Saturday, and at tho end of.tho day's play.was much in favour'of North. '• • ' • Batting first, Hutt made a' very poor showing indeed, and at one 6tage had seven jviekets down for!; 37 runs,, but a useful stand by I'atton arid Climie then carried the total to 69 before the next wicket fell. Tho whole, team was disposed of for 7'J runs. All the bowlers who were tried by North gained .good figures. Casey proved most difficult for tho suburbanites to' scoro olf, ,arid out of 15 overs that he •sent down no .-fewer than 10 were maidons. . -North made particularly good nso of their time at tho wickets, and when, stumps were/drawn had put on 246 runs for seven wickets. Chief batting honours fell to J. P. Blacklock, who played a fi llo innings for 98, although he gave some chances in the outfield before reaching half that total. His innings included sixteen fours, nnd ho treated all the Hiitt bowling without Tespect'. 'Crombio also went for tho bowling-from' the outset, though his innings .was marred by an easy chinco (which Isherwood failed to accept off Rodgers) when : his. socre was 9. His rate of scoring'.may >be- gauged _ from the fact that ho made-28 while his partner (Wilson) was adding Sail a dozen. On one occasion he hit Eodgers olean out of the ground. Other 'good batting displays were given by Wilson, (-(G) ana Hiddlestone (25). . . . ,

A Kicking Wlckot and Central and East B commenced a match on tho .Wellington College ground on Saturday Afternoon, and the entertainment they provided was a, dull one". The light was bad, and the wicket was kicking. The scores wero small. Central batted first,, and made only 152. .Hickson,. one of:the first pair in, lost his wiiket first ball. Six wickets were down for G9 runs', when Robinson went in., "Robbie" ;got to work, without delay. .He hit tho second ball' out of the paddock, and from thdn. on gave a delightful exhibition of big hitting. In what seemed but a few minutes .ho hit up 57, and then Dooley bowled liiml Hales 'was in fine bowling form, and got half tho Central team out for 50 runs. East B wore reckoned to have ft chance, but at tho end >of the day they had lost eight-wickets for 70 runs. Bowles tnadoa long stand for his side, but. he only got 24 runs. Ho was, however, unlucky in losing his wicket. lie hit one from Robinson ;very hard and rather high over the bowler's head, but with the air of an extensive arm and a,big leap Robinson held a brilliant catch. Hickson and Blamires made two fine catches in tho slips. Tho light was appealed against at G. 30, and 6tumps were .drawn. This wa3 rather fortunate for East B, who only had ten batsmen available at- the time, Wngstaff haying left tho ground in consequence.of a knock received whilo wicket-keeping during-Cen-tral's' innings. iThe fielding of the Central team was:weak. Naughton, Faterson (wicket-keeper), and Bcechcy deserve special mention for unprofitable field work: South and Petone Very Level. A very strong wind interfered with" the 1 bowling in the Petone-South -match on tho Petono oval.' Cate won tho toss, and Pctoiie batted first. They , could not stand up to the trundling of Fonton. Urice,-however, wag in for a long time, and secured 25. Cato also played carefully. Tho Rov. Father jU'Menamin played a sound innings, for 32, and never gavo 'a chance. • , • AVhen Sotith went in, mattor* looked "easy" for thoui, but Unco, Flnlaysou, and Bennett cot to pork, and, when

stumps wore drawn, South were four runs I behind, with a wicket to go. Burton "gave a splendid display with the. bat. Ho was brilliantly caught by Tregear in the out-field just before time., Walters also did well with 22 to his credit. Tho fielding of both teams was not-up to standard. COLLEGE & EAST A. Victoria College—First Innings. Birch,,l4, c. Watson, b. M'Girr 5 Howe,'3, b. M'Girr J Dickson, 1331, 1.b.w., b. Hickey 8 Deinpsey, 43, run out " M'lntosh, 2131333, b. M'Girr '..... lb Burns, 31333421, b. M'Girr 20 Fanning, 134333, b. M'Girr 17 Caddick, 131, run out .. •> Miller, b. M'Girr J Saunders, 4, b. Grimmett » Griffiths, 211, not out ....■ -J Extras _J Total' : 98 Bowling analysis—Hickey _ took ono wicket -for 43 ruo; M'Girr, en for 36; Grimmett, one for 10. East /,1 —First Innings. Hickson, 21141, b. Saunders jj Midlane, 14233, b. M'lntosh " Baker, 33344, c. Caddick, b. Saunders 17 Gibbcs, 3331411, b. Saunders IB Grimmett, b. Dickson •••••• ® M'Girr, 34313431321353348333434351415113 43, not out 1™ Wills, 12, b. Saunders » O'Shea, 123, 1.b.w., b. Dickson « Hickey, 5313, c. Bruce, b. Dickson ... 12 Watson, 331311111331, not out 22 Extras Total for eight wickets •» 232 Bowling.—Saunders took four wickets for 59 runs; Dickson, three for 63; Caddick, none for 30/ M'lntosh, one for 51.. NORTH & HUTT. Hutt—First Innings. . Staples, st. Berendson. b. Southall ... 0 Aldersley, 43, run out \ Rodgers, 1, c. Southall, b. Casey J Isherwood, 4311, 'Ife Southall 12 Empson,l, b. Case A...;.. 1 Patton, 214111121131121, st. Bcrendson, b. Hiddlestone « . •••••••• 23 Turner, 2, c. Hiddlestone, b. Southall 2 Hollis, b. Southall •*• " Climie, 1U1211142,, o.\Berendson, b. Luckio » Bock, 22, b. Luckio * Stiles, 1, not out -J Extras ;. V M Total 1 •» Bowling.—Southall took four wickets for 39 runs; Casey, two for 17; Luckio, two for 5; Hiddlestone, one for 8. - ' . North—First Innings. Phillips, b. Rodgers 0 Hiddlestone, 11212111411441, 1.b.w., b. Eodgers — — ?a Wilson, 111411143411112111111)41121, c. " and b. Bock •• ™ Crombie, 1441416214, b. Isherwood 28 . Blacklock, 141144114.44214214111411143421 31431442111, c. Bock, b. Aldersley-... 98 Bray, c. Staples, b. Bock 0 Wilkinson, 111131211, c. Patton, b. Empson 1Luckie, 111114121, not out 10 Casey, 41, not out 5 Extras 1® Seven wickets for v : 24G (Bowling.—Eodgers took tw;o wickets for 5" runs; Bock, two for 21; Aldersley, ono for 15; Isherwood, one for 28; Empson, one for 28; Patton, none for 81. | ,

, -CENTRAL & EAST B. Central—First Innings. Na'ughton, 123, b. Stephenson 0 Hickson, b. Hales ® Bla'mires, 31231332131112, c. Wighton, b. Halos 27 Beechey, 1, I>. Hales 1 Kinvig, 3223112232, b. Hales 21 Smith, 21211, c. Hughes, b. Hales ,7 Schlaadt, 23121111, c. Wagstaffe, b. • Dooley . 1Robinson, 243322343413113433131, b, Dooley ■»•••• 57 Nelson, 1, c. Barker, ;b.. Wighton ... 1 Pntcrson, 31, b. Wighton •: 4 Mitchell, not out . 0 Extras . Total —••••••• 153 Bowling.—Hales took fivo wickets for 50 runs; Stephenson, ono for 29; Hutcliings, none for 39; Wighton, two for 6; Dooley, two • for 12. .' . ; East B—First Innings.. ' ' Hughes, 1231114, b. Robinson 13 Collott, 11311, c. Blamiros, b. Mitchell 7 • Hutcliings, o. Blamircs, b. Kinvig 0 Bowles, 21123313111113, c. and b. Robinson j 24 Stephenson; b. Kinvia 0 Barker, b. Robinson 0 Doolev, 2121, e. Paterson, b. Mitchell G Wighton; c. Hickson, b. Robinson 0 Hales, 111111111, not out • 9 Cullen, 1, not .out 1 Extras. ...A........... .....A ._l6 Eight wickets for 76 PETONE & SOUTH. v Petone—First Innings. Dalgleisb, 4111111, b. Smith 10 Meehan, 411121, c. Blenkinsnp, b. Fen- ' 1A

ton I" Brice, 12421111144111, c. Fenton. b. Blenkinsop"'.. 25 Finlayson, b. Fenton 0 Tregear, b. Fenton '0 Jl'Kenzio, 11, c. and b. Fen tort ... 2 tßarbw, 442112, c. Barber, b. Kejg 11 Hardham, .1, 1.b.w., b. Keys,.... 1 M'llonamin, 411114G1214141, b. Laws ... 32 Bennett, 1, not out ; '.........J. 1 Gate, 14111411111411111211, o. Burton; b. Xavrs ....'.. ; .80 Extras . ..10,

Total »135 Bowling.—Fenton took four wicket's for 41 ; runs; Smith, one for 41; Keys, two for, 15; Laws, two for 7; Blenkinsop, one for 21. . South—First' Innings., :. Walters, 42112241122, o. Tregear, b. • Bennett i 22 Laws, 122442, c. Dalgleish, .b. Bennett 15 Burton, 1414111114111114211144142, c. Tregear, b. Finlayson 52 Smith, 22111, 1.b.w., b. Finlayson ...... 8 Fenton, 41, o. Cate, b. Brice 5 Greig, 1, 1.b.w., b. Brice 1Blenkinsop, 11, c. M'Kenzle, b. Bennett ) 2 Schmoll, 13111, b. Brice ; 7Carter, 24111, not out 9 ICeya, 1, b. Brice 1 Extras 9 Total for nino wickets 131 Bowling.—Finlayson- took two wickets for 34 runs; Brice, four for 52; Bennett, three for 29. -

OTHER GRADES. THE JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. The fixture between St. Mark's and Victoria College took place on a good wicket on the college ground. The former won tho toss and ..elected to bat, and compiled 272 (Cording 69, Dumbleton 54, V. Harris 23. Ferguson 21, Binnio 20, f. Harris 17, Houghton 17, not out, G. Harris 16). Duncan and Broad bowled well for Victoria College. Victoria College replied with CO (Duncan 17, Atmore 11, O'Shea 11, Oastlo 10). Bowling for St. : Mark's, V. Harris took fivo wickets for 26 runs; Houghton,' four for 17, which included the hat trick"; and Cording, ono for 26. , Third-class Matches. At tho Hutt, North, playing with six men, defeated Hutt by 6 runs on tho fir*t innings. The scores were North, 138 (Huntington 14, Berry 41, Webb 50 not out, Hanratty, 23), and thrco wickots for 58 (Huntington 19, Berry 12, Hanratty 20. not out). Hutt, 132 (Glennie 78) and 117 (Glennie 61). . , Karori defeated T.M.C.A. by an innings and 46 runs. Karori made 145 for four wickcts nnd T.M.C.A. made 56 and 40. Tho chief scorers for Karori were: Iked, 59, not out; Coate, 35; Tarr, 18, not out. Bowling for Karori, Tarr took fivo wickets for 23 runs and four for 15; Edwards, two for 18, For Y.M.C.A., Roberts majlo 11, Hodgo 10 and 17, Thompson 10, Adair 10, not out. Thompson bowle<l best for Y.M.C.A. Petone beat St. David's by six wickets, For Petone, Smith mndo 43 and 21, and Powell' 2-1, not out. Vincent knocked up 45 niul Parrant 15 for St. David's. Bowling for Petone, Wilkes took eight wickets for 17 runs. Outside Association. Berhamporo (195 for nine) defeated Un-; inn (C 6 and 70) by an innings and 50 runs. For Berimmpore, M'ljcnnan (80), Christie (52), and Thompson (22, not out) batted best, while Lees (four for 20) did best with the ball. Kenny (30) was Union s highest scorer. Cutholio Club v. Anglican.—Anglican, first inniigs, 101 (Thompson <3, jwfc cut.

Eccves 15). Catholic Club, first innings, 133 for seven wickets (Hopkins 40, Bradley 30, M'Grath 22, Newton 13, not out). Bowling for Anglican, Vare took threo wickets for 45, and Wetheral two for 15. For Catholic Club, Knapp took five wickets for 38, Hopkins two tor 5, Carruthers two for 24.

Catholic Club B v. Wanderers.—Catholic Club, 221 U'ooto 101, P. Galvin 32, Carroll 19, O'Connor 14, D. Galvin 11, Heapliey 11). Wanderers, 75 for nine wickets (Rogers IG, Trevethick 16, Chiswell 14): Bowling for Catholic Club, Fouhy took >fivo wickets for 40, and Carroll three for 34. Thistle defeated Kirkcaldio and Stain 3 by 40 on the first innings, the scores being:—Thistle, first innings, 137; sccond innings, 99- for no wickets (M. Bariiett, 52, not out, D. Moore, 36, not out). KirkcAldie and Stains, first innings, 88; sccond innings, 57 for four wickets.

Playing in n stiff northerly, breeze, Kilbirnie, in their first innings, put on 173 (C. Murphy 60, O. Johnson 3G, J. Johnson 10, Cowan 13). Miramar have lost three wickets for 41 runs (A. Day 29, not out). For Miramnr, Staples took two wickets for 10 runs, Gambrill ono for 7, G. Day two for 36, and Nutt one for 46. j

Evans Bay r. Wades town, tit Newtown Park.—Wadestown batted first, and were nil disposed of for 58, J. Hay (22) and H. Ashworth (10) being tho only ones to reach double figures. Evans "Bay haVe 184 to their credit, with nin'o wickets down (Hawthorn 76, Tyler 22, Wrigley 20, Burns 10). Bowling for Evans Bay, Hawthorne took threo wickets for 13 runs, M'lntyro three for 22, and Burns two for 4. .

Owing to pressure of work on tho wharves, Harbour Board could only muster four men against Athletic and scored 55 runs (O'Brien 28, not out, Clarke 10, Haughton 10, and Marshall 7), and in the second innings 89 runs (O'Brien 45, .Clarke 42, not out). Athletic scored 79 runs in their first innings (Madden 27, Hoare 25 not but). Bowling for Harbour Board, O'Brien secured six wickets for 29 runs, and for Athletic, Mills two for 18 and Hoare three for 4, were the best. Tho match..frill bo continued next Saturday. Warehousemen's Association. Levin and' Co. met Gollin and Co., at Newtown Park. Tho former mado .225 (Waters 102, retired, Morrah 28, retired, Mason 35, Pearco 21). Gollin and Co. responded ■ with 64 (Dennehy 16, Hawthorne 22). The bowlers for .Lovin and Co. were Mason, six for 29, and Smith three for 9. The match Kcrnot's v. Railways was won by'the latter by .9 runs. KernotV batted first and made 58 (Greig 18, Midlane 10). Railways replied with 81 (Duff 19, Williams 19).' Kernot's second innings realised 59 (W. T. Midlane 26, C. T. Midlane 22). Railways, ;in : their second innings made 45. Hoare, six for 25; Williams three for 27, Duff, five for 2; Lambert, two for 9, bowled best for Railways. i • Luck'was on the side of Dominion in their match with United, which was won on the tick of time by one run, after a very exciting finish. With five minutes to go. Dominion required 8 runs to win, and four wickets to fall. Three of these fell rapidly in trying to make them, and tho last just managed, to mako the winning hit on tho sccond last ball of the day. Tho next ball (required to finish the over) bowled down Dominion's last wicket. United'hatted first and put together 91 runs (Schulcnburg 31, Whitman 14, Davis 13). Bowling for Dominion, Whitclaw, Kinnear, and Tow captured tho wickets. Dominion's score was 95 (Beu 28, Kinnear 20, Whitelaw 11). The wicket-takers for United were Westerley, Whitman, Eaton, Cresswell,' and Vickcry. The last-named would probably 'havo altered the result of the match if (as captain) ho had put himself on to bowl earlier in the day.

Whitoombe and Tombs beat Post and Telegraph -Stores, scoring 148 t0,21. For tho winners, Davis made 41, Cameron 38, Gully 2-1, and Wetherall 23. For Post and' Telegraph. Stores, Benson (15)' was tho only ono to reach double figures. Bawling' for Whitcombe: and Tombs, Wctlierf.il took seven wickets for 4 runs, and Davis three for 19. For the losers, M'Kenna took four wickets for 32 runs, Kelly four for 33, and Catos two for 28.

MATCHES ELSEWHERE... ■ FINE SEASON FOR HORSPOOL. (By Telegraph.—Prc63 Association.} ; ; \Aucklar.d, January 19. V After an interval of four weeks, cricket competitions were resumed ,this afternoon. Tho weather was perfect, and the wickets wero all in favour of tho batsmen. In- the senior competition Olliff and Horspool scored centuries, the former's innings being chanceless. Horspool has now scored threo centuries in senior matches this season, his average being 102. In tho Pa'rnpll-University game Somervell knocked up 41 in quick time, and then had the misfortune to, sprain his ankle. Ho will bo unable to play against Canterbury. ScoresParnell, 312 (Olliff 133, Grenier/81, Somervell 4.4, Brown 38); University, 23 runs for two wickets.. For University Taylor took five wickets for 40, inciuding tho "hat trick." Ponsonby mado 227 against North, Shore (N. C. Snedden 34, Woods 28, V. Kavanagh not out 77; Shepherd 19). North Shore made 17 for three wickets. For North Shoro Howden took'five wickets for iS rim?; Bush, two for 32. Grafton mado- 312 against Eden (E.\ Horspool 119, D. my 20, Mason 52, Sloman 26,. W. Horspooll 23, - Patterson 20). For Eden Cumings - took three wickets for 42, and Taylor four for 71. . _

Dunodin, January 19. ■■ Hot but showery weather prevailed yesterday for v the cricket matches. Carisbrook B defeated Opoho by 85 runs ort' the 'first innings. Tho former made 242 (Tuckwell"ss),. and Opoho replied with 207 and 93 for four wickets (Higgins 34).; Tuckwell' took two wickets for 0 runs. Carisbrook A. beat Grange by 55 runs. Carisbrook made 161 and 06 (batting nino men), and Grange responded with 95 and 139 (Downes 39, Bell 38). For Carisbrook Hopkins took four wickets for 15, and, for Grange, Downes secured four for 31. Dunedin beat Albion by seven wickets. Dunedin made 97 and 203 for tIITCO wickets (Johnston 79 and Bryden 36). Albion mado 107 and 172 (Shepherd 70). (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) Masterton, January 19. In senior cricket' matches yesterday, l Martinborough- easily defeated Masterton A, and Carlton.proved too good for Masterton B.