MID-WEEK CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1887, 23 October 1913, Page 9

MID-WEEK CRICKET.

SEASON OPENED. PLAYER TOPS THE CENTURY. Tho mid-week players opened the season yesterday alternoon. The wicki et-s were all in favour of tho batsmen, being rather on the heavy side, and getting very dami) towards the end of tho day. Tho light was bad during the j last hour's play. In tho Oriental-Union match M'Girr 1 scored the first century. Ho took an hour and 36 minutes in reaching tho coveted score. The first 100 runs in thel 1 match was put together in an hour and ten minutes, and Warne played iiico cricket for his 45. Oriental, so far, liavo lost ono wickot for 53 runs. In the match Artillery-Rivals, Artillery put on 144. Major Hume was top scorer with a lucky 55. Wilson was unfortunate in getting out l.b.w. So far Rivals have lost three wickets for 27 runs. HONOURS BOARD. Batting. Bowling. M'Girr 102 M'Mahon 3 for 15 Major Hume 55 George... 3 for 21 Warne ,45Kinvig... 6f0r49 Wilson ....... 29 Cording... 3 for 29 Dempsey (not Gourlay... 4 for 47 out) ' 27 UNION & ORIENTAL. Union —First Innings. M'Gill, b. Billman 11 M'Girr, c. Osborne, b. Cording.. 102 Warne, b. Cording ...,, 45 Williamson, b. Gourlay 0 Taylor, not out 7 Mulford, o. Castas, b. Gourlay ... 4 Bonlier, b. GoUrlay 0 Whelan, b. Gourlay 0 Barry;, b. Cording 3 Extras 3 Total .:.... ; 181 Bowling Analysis)—Gourlay, four wickets for 47 runs Billmah, ono for 27 Cording, three for 29 Wyatt, nono - for 23; Dempsey, none for 34; Mills, none for 18. Oriental—First Innings. Dempsey, not out 27 Gourlay, b. Warne 13 ' Cording, not out 5 Extras *8 Total for one wicket 53 : Bowling Analysis.—M'Girr, no wickets for 26 runs; M'Gill, nono for 12; ] Warne, oho for 7. 1 ARTILLERY & RIVALS. ; _. Artillery—First Innings. ; Major Humo, q. Tyrell, b. Georgo 55 M'Mahon, b. ICinvig 0 ' Owlos, c. Kinvig; b. Dr. Tolhurst 12 1 Wilson, 1.b.w., b. Dr. M'Evedy 29 ' Smith, b. George 7 Houlihan, c. Rev. Bartlett, b. ' George 4 : Cilllon, c. Rev. Bartlett, b. Kinvig 16 1 Major Hughes, b. Kinvig 0 ' Beard, b. Kinvig 0 1 M'Gavin, c. Rev. Bartlett, b. Kin- 1 . vig : 12 ! Dr. Gilmer, ilot out 1 1 Extras 5 j ■ Total 144 £ Bowling Analysis.—Kinvig, fivo wick- 1 ets for 49 runs; Greig, none for 11; Dr. Tolhurst, one for 13j? Burke, nono for 16; Dr. M'Evedy, one for 19; Darroch, none for,loj George, threoifor 21. Rivals—-First'lnnings. Kinvig, not out 8,. Greig, 1.b.w., b. M'Mahon ....! 2 Darroch, b. M'Mahon 5 Tyrrell, b. M'Mahon 11 Dr. 'Tolhurst, not put 0 Extras 1 Total for.three wickets 27 Bowling Analysis.—M'Mahon, three wickets, for 15 runs; Beard, nono for '10; 'fiouliliaii, uoiio'for 1 ' ; ' juniorlTatches. Union v. Georgo and George.—Georgo and GeoTga, batting first, mada U7 I (Ward 28, Clarko I'/*, Olapshaw 11). t Union, in their first inningsj made 74, t Bay being tho only double-figure, scorer, 1 with i 5. Bowling for UniOn, O'Brien took t four Wickets for 85 ruiis. Bowling for, ? Georgo and Georgo, Ward took four 1 wickets for lG runs. V.M.C.A. !v. Wardell's—Y.Jl.C,A., J batting first, made 160 (Sclater 32). r M'Kay 30, Paget 29, Gamble 21, Ward t 12). Duck, bowling for Wardell'si took 1 six wickets for 22 runs.; Wardell's havo c lost nilio Wickets for 44 runs. , s Artillery v. (Newtown "I Park).—Artillery, in their first innings, " made 101. Patoh (60) was tho only c batsman to reach, doublo figures. Ori- " ental made 52 (Marshall 14). Bowling ? for Artillery, Taylor took five wickets {' for 7 runs, while for Oriental, Hayden 'and Kenlple each took five wickets. }; , Chemists v. St. Patrick's College.— !' St; Patrick's College, batting first, scored 58 runs (Father Bartley 23, Flan- 0 naghan '14). . Chemists, in their first ® innings, made 77 nuts (M'Ken'zie 29, Simpson 19, Masters 12). Bowling for ? Chemists, Masters took foiir wickots S for 15 runs, and M'Kenzie three wickets for 28 runs. 'For St.'Patrick's Collego f O'Donoghu© (four wickets for 31 runs), bowled best. '