CLUB CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2116, 6 April 1914, Page 8

CLUB CRICKET.

s CHAMPIONSHIP FOR IEAR NORTH £ PETOflt TIE Unwonted Cautirn The national ijnwo—ivhaiV :;ani(V;'l i.v better than cricket?— meiry reign at the Basin .on». Saturday?/ and the club Anal - between jNor'thftimij Pctone was not without; interest. At one stage it rathciyjo'okj ccl as if North woiUdcaptura the'Horiq'iiisg but, as it turned ont, the gamo in an . unoxpectetliiwayWThos result of tlio match.was a-championship! tie. On a soaked wicket,' Pc'.oue '.ipfnt f' with lirice and Smyrk,; to Ihe''atiaek of Casey and ontie evident that Casey's;peiiohaiitjfni;. dragging on the line— blcini-Kli on this line cricketer's ' not going to escano .the the umpire. lie was tailed , ' in' his third over, and then ' iti .his' oigiith; ninth, and tenth. There was'one period (eighth over) whom Casey's one maiden, oiio wicket,' oik;.,: tin-ball. Ho repeated exactly the amc'HhillV'in' the following over. . As lime meant everything to his side, Jlri(;o. >liiitUid with unwonted caution.. ■''fijm.yrk judged Southall's length branUfnily, playing back a good deal, and waiting patiently for every odd chance to book the "aero, plane bowler" round t« lejj.' The tail man, however, was kicking a bit, and-, when Petono's total was '29, ho. pushed Southall up into the air» and Quiuiij fielding at mid-oil', made no mistake about" the calcli. "Unlucky thirteen, Tedl" said someone, as the. Potone'man came back, alluding to the batsman's score ; but other trouble was' afoot, fur, not long after, Suit hull bowied,: down. Bricc's leg-stump with a swinging !»/).■. The retiring batsman had hecA, in minutes for 17 runs. . Jvhicli was-ex-, pectcd from Donoghnc, ior ho lias >:a seasons aggregate oS about -150, anil, till t(lis match, tma only once.tailed to reach doublo lignros, but it was not., to bo. Illicit he. had been in eight minutes lie swept Southall in the-direction of the leg-boundary, where' TooUill, going down low, held him safely. Casey now took a hand in the game. Ho sent Barber hack clean bowled, and got Bennett splendidly caught by Manning at point. It was then SoutliaU's turn to come again. ' Hardliam hoisted him over the track, and batted along for ten minutes, but then smacked at a swinging ball on the off, chopped it into his wicket, and left with a gesture, of impatience,. Trcgcar was in at.3.4G p.m., and out at 3.47 p.m.. being clean bowled by the sc-cowl delivery' which | he received from Southall.

Stand pf the Day. 'Iho tide of fortune was running very low lor I'etoue now. '" They bad lost seven wickets for -58 runs; but, all this' time, Cato (who went in "olio down") had baffled every-effort to dislodge him. At first he looked, as if he might go any 'ball. Ho'certainly took the correct course of playing -back as much as possible at Southall, but he alarmed the critics by doing exactly the same thing to Casey's fast ones. Sometimes .lie went right back on his .-wicket. It seems, however, that the tfotoiio wickctkeepcr has a fine eye; so what is'dangerous to another' man is safe to him. It only dawned on the onlookers about 4 o'clock that ho was saving the championship for Peloiio by breaking the clock. He was "10 minutes in getting his first run, and lhr. 9niiu. in climbing up to double figures. At the. end of the innings bo had been in 79 minutes, and retired unbeaten.

A Little Out-Crlcliot. 7 Closo on 4 o'clock Cats was joined by Finlayson. Tho newcomer looked like making runs, but C. G. Wilson hacl evidently marked down the likely way of Setting him. The North skippol' cruised about for some time near the' pavilion fciice, and, presently, tho expected chauce came, Wiison going down on one lcneo to take it. Bold was ninth wicket, a:sd did not belie his, name. 110 top-seorejl with a suocession of reckless strokes, and scat up Petone's century by a "back flier" off Southall over the slips. Then ho shot the same bowler up into tho clouds, and the .catch 101 l awkwardly. Crombie and Wilson gathered under if,'and a collision looked likely, but, ultimately it was left to Wilson, who was cheered when he took it. It was a very fine bit of out-cricket. Powell, the' lastmail, had his bails scattered by tlss best ball of the match.

North's Artillery. j ■ In North's attack, Southall bowled 17 overs, Casey 11, and Middiastolic 0. A tribute' to the bowling is disclosed by tho rate at which Petono scored, viz.: In at 2.35 p.m.; 10 up at 2.52 p.m.; 20 at 3 p.m.; 30 at 3.9 p.m.; 40 at 3.34 p.m.: 50 at 3.40 p.m.; GO at 3.48 p.m.; SO at 4.6 p.m.; 90 at 4.10 p.m. 100 at 4.16 p.m. . ..' The shadows were stretching out over the pitch when Petone followed on, but, after losing two wickets, free and natural cricket was played by Smvrk and Cato, who were still at the wicket when the umpires closed the game (fifteen minutes early), on account of the light. Midlane Tops the Aggregates. The interest m the Rasfc A-Nortli match centred on the chances of Midlano making his oiily century this season, after a run of consistent scores. Ho reached the covcted figures at 4 o'clock, and got an enthusiastic clap as lie cam® in. The interesting race between Midlane and Baker is now ended, with tlii) figures standing as followMidlane, .708 runs: Baker, 592 M'Girr gave a capital showing, reaching tho. naif-cen-tury in half an hour. The oiil.v fly in the ointment was that East A prolonged" their innings.so far before closing that; they could not get Old Hoys out in time. Match Out of Town. Rlltt scored 151 in I lie first innings, and Victoria College 154. For the. latter team. Eirch scored 33. Howe 27 not out, Joplin IG, and Caddiek 23.";:-. '

NORTH & PETONE North, first innings 228. I'cfonc.—First Innings. Brice, ll211i'!8113, 'o. Soutbaill7 fcfinyrk, 2281311, c. Quimi. b.Soutbail 13 Cato, 111311111, not out .' 11 Donaghuc, 11, c. Toohill, b. Soutbail .2 Harbor, h. Casey fl Dennett, c. Manning, b. Casey 1 Hardliam, 334, b. Soutbail 10 Tregonr, b. Sontliall 0 .l'inlayson, 11241, c. Wilson, b. Hid-diest-on 9 Bold. 34123314, e. Wilson, b. Soutbail ' 21 I'owell, b. Soutbail 1 Extras 18 Total : 103 Bowling Analysis.—Soulltall took seven wickets for 49 runs; Casey, two for 18; Hiddlestone, one for IS. ■ ' ; Fall of Wickets. I 2 3 4-5 6 7 8' 9 10 27 32 3/ 37 41 54 58 70 102 102 Petono.—Second Innings, : Ravdhani, 111, b. Sonthall ;. fi Doiioglnie, b. Hiddlost.oue Gate, 4112112213212, not out

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f'o\ J U UV\ & WANGANUI. ' j TeiefjraDli.—Press Association.) I Hanganui, April 4. ! • .:T!:p . Havekor Cup challenge match ' Poverty Mar v. Wanganui (holders) commenced at Cook's Gardens to -iky. ■ 'Hie iroather in the forenoon iras. showery, but cleared off in tiro afternoon..?' Holland garo a bright, display, of. hatting, hut throughout M 'Malion hadthe local batsmen tied up. The- watch trill bo continued an Monday morning. S cores: '.f;.. ■ WattESfnui. ' Orttiii, hit wicket, h. M'Mahon 28 Bi.ittenvorth, c. W. J. Gibson, b. ■■ . M'MsAioii' ' J); H.-B. Cavo, b. M'Mahon : f) Saunders, b. M'Mahon 20 Hussoy, p. Olson, h. Catauach 1(J Holland, b. Jones 5.8 i Bernan, b. M'Mahon • 8 i Johnson,; Gibson, b. M'Mahon ... 0 Funic,:.l.b.w.,. b. : M'Mahon 11 Mux-hie, not on; 0 . /■;, i Estras ; 18 •Total I' 1?3. Bowling .. Analysis.---M'Malimi took eight, xviekots for 79 rims: ■ Catanach, one for 20; Jones, one for 24. Poverty Bay, . W! A. J. Gibson', b. Holland 6 Guthrie, b. Bernan 7 Cn.tnsiai-h, i>.. Bernau 'U 4-' M'Mahon, b. Borrmu 31 Olson, e. Furrio, 1 b. Johnson 6 Motive, not out..- 31 Cook, not out ...; 9 Extras• ' ... 14

Total for'five wickets 108 Bowling Analysis.—Bernan took three wickets for. 28 runs; Johnson, one for lS;-fHolland,''ono for 39.other matches. OCTSJDK ASSOCIATION. The senior grade final between tho Harbour Board and Thorndon Clubs was concluded on lvelburno Park en Saturday, when the latter team won, with seven wickets. lo spare-. Thoriidon's first -innings concluded for 2G-1, thrco runs only being added to the. previous Saturday's - score. Harbour Board's second term at - the wickets produced 13G rnirs, Hamilton batting soundly .tor 51. Martin (fiva for 80) and l'lrttiek (four for 3G) bowled practically unchanged fot Thorndon. Requiring 30 runs to win, the latter lost three wickets in obtaining them. Borrows was aggressive 'in getting 20, not out. Scores: Harbour iisuud (sccon'd Innings).— Dumbletou, b. I'uttick, 13; Clark, b. Martin, 21; Hamilton, b. Martin, 51; Johnson, c. Buck, b. Martin, O; Sullivan, e. Staples, b. Martin, 4; Ryan, b. I'uttick, 16,* Thomas, b. Puttick, J. ; O'Brien, llot out, 1.; Pluukett, b. Puttick, ,17; Trevethick, b. Mai-tin, 7; Flack', absHiit, 2. Extras, 0; total, 136; total for ifirst innings, 157. Aggregate, 293.

Thorndon (second innings),—Staples, b. Ryan, 0; Wilson, c. Ryan, b. Bumbirton, 2; Martin, not out, 7; Borrows, not out, 20; Cording, e. Trovcthick, b. Kyan', 3; extras, 2; total for three wickets, 34; first innings, 261;- aggregate, 298. :V- ---' Ryan .tools one -■ wicket. foi 10 runs, and Pumbloton two for 22. . ISAILWAY MATCH. Representatives of tha Wellington Hallway Club journeyed to • Palmerstoii on Saturday morning, and played the latter club on the Recreation Ground in the afternoon. An enjoyable game resulted, though the visiting team were not victorious. The team was hospitably entertained, by the Palmerston North Club. During the progress of the match afternoon tea was provided by the home tfeani. and, in the evening, iho visitors were the guests of the club at a smoke concert. Credit is due to Mr. W. ,H. Kelly, secretary of the Palmersjon Club, for the manner in which he ' worked to make tho outing a success. Wellington, kitting first on a ■ very' 1 wot wicket, could only score 53—Winters, 22, . being top scorer. I'almwston, on a much-improved wicket, scored 88 (J. Cornish 14,-R. JmM 12, G. drew 18, F. Gushing K>, Kerr 10). Wellington,'in a second innings, wielded tho bat', to' better advantage, scoring 119 (A. Corivfaot ii 7 not.iout, Winters 33). .Timo did not permit of the l'nlm■crston men. having a second innings. Bowling -for Wellington, Cprnfoot took four "wickets for 25 runs, Cf! Corn* foot four for 22, and Winters two for 30. . j?or Pahnerston. Greer took ten for n, -Judd six for SB, Ailioglam two for 29, ■ Wsikclin,-;' one for 17, and M'Vicar one for 23. Tho Wellington team returned by tho Auckland exnress, which reached Wellington at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. • Institute defeated l'oknip .by 209 t.o 171 rnns, thus., winning tho junior clmm» pioushin. •. For the winners G. Rennet 23, Guise 13, and E. Henries- 11 were tho highest., scorers, whilst Bolton 18, Dalizioisli 23, and Abbott 13 were, the best' batsmen for Petono: ...