ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1723, 14 April 1913, Page 7

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

\ CRICKET. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. tiORTH LOSE & WIN. BAST'S FIRST INNINGS VICTORY, HICKEY BOWLS WELL. : For tlte first time this.eeason the.NOrtV Cricket .Club has suffered defeat. Tills yrai oil Mlifday at the Basin, Reserve, .where th 6 last iliAtcli in the senior chaintiidiiship ff&s brought to a close. Tho pille was styled the championship final, but even had Bast A £4iii«d a ,3-poiiifc win over N&rtll tlie i'esixlt would only liave been to malte the tednis level in total poifltS. A§ it -was, East won on the first innings,, and North (although Ibeaten) win the championship by one point,. CWiiig; chiefly to. tlie. coiihtei 1 - attraction thd Dreadiidiight, there wA6 little' interest ft tlis Watch, fcnd only a 'eoiipld of ilofcefi spectators ivere fries§nt. , Bast had thA luck with them, having •to batsitian's wicket on the first ' day, when, theytiok strike, and findtfig A IbOfrWp's tfifikefc 6ii .fStitilfday last, when went in. >0n the opening day, East compiled tho creditable total of 203, iiM North's.,reply to this -was a paltry. 75, which necessitated ,ii follow-to. The only, batsriien (o ihaka any show at all against the-bowling df.C. Hickey were CaSey and Wilkinson, alld had ihey not put on over thirty fdt- the eighth wicket,the North total would have bteii poor indeed.. Eventually Hickey got both batsmen with successive balls. His Average at the find Of the intiiiigs •if is sefM .ivickets for 33 rutis. In their second, visit td tho wickets, North" did much better t aiidtfh&i play was stopped oil' account of the' light, shortly before halfrpast flv'e o'clock, tho Bcore was 105 fdf five Widkets. Hickey,' however, iviis still in' forni, and :by his wotk' in (He second innings he finished the day irith, au average of ten wickets for 60 runs—one of the best 'performances of the season.' Wellington East A. First inilings 205 . Wellington Ndflh. First Itihiligs., ■ Phillips, 1, b.: Hickey ......... l Hiddlratone, 211) b, Hickey 4 Manning, c.'Hickey, b. Gibbes ! 0 lllckie, 113, run iOtlt 5 Bray, 92, b. Hickey j 5 Blacklock, 3, I>. Hickey 3 Wynyatd, 12, b, Hickcy ■ 3 .Wilkinson, 33431111, c. -Baker, • b. Hickey 23 Casey, 133323, b. Hickey. 18 Bereiidsou, 1, not out 1 Southall, st. Cullen, b. Grimmett ...... 0 Iktris 12 Total : 75 Bowling analysis.—Hickey - obtained seven wickets for 33 runs;'Gibbss, cue'for 23; Grimmett, one for 7. Second Innings.. Br&y, IU, b. Hickev 8 Phillips, 21311j O.JfGii'f, b. lliekey ... 8 Hiddlestone, 3533311, b. Hickey 19 Blacklock, 21233)13, c. Tucker, b. M'Girr 16 'Manning, 1341313313, not out 23 (Wilkinson, 1, not olit 1 : Extrai 32 Total .for'-five'wickets*'-105' fowling analysis—Hickey obtained shr'6d WifiketS ffti 1 27 runs,' M Girr, 6ile for di; Grimmett, lione for 21; Gibbs, none tor 7,., .... ... ... ■' , SOUTH & HUTT. ThS season elosed in the Hutt Valley on Baturd&y, wheft fjouth teat- Huict on the innings by 39 runs. On the opening.day S6uth ,put on 165, and Hutt, on the second daji*s play, scored 126. The setftiid innings was not taken scridusly. Wellington South. "First Innings j. 165 Hutt.—First IHnings. iHollis, b. Carter 0 Staples, ; 11311313111111111111114 b. " Btlrtoh' 37 lAldersley, 1.b.w1, ,b. Burton , 0 Isherwood, 2131, c. Alderton, b. Carter 7 Eddeers, 234222111112411111111111, b. Carter 52 Stiles, 1111, c.. Burton, b. Natightoa ... 4 Bock, 11, b. Carter 2 Uttdd, c. sub., b. Naughton 0 'Baumber, 311131, b. Carter 10 ißdwers, 2, not Out 2 iPaton, absent.,, 0 Extras 12 •.Total ; 126 ' p ftwling Analysis.—Carter took five irickets for 39 runs; M'Gowen, none for S3; Walters, nohe for 21; Burton, two for i\7: Naughton, two for 8.