MR. D. REESE'S ELEVEN

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2121, 13 April 1914, Page 3

MR. D. REESE'S ELEVEN

AT THE BASINs WELLINGTON'S FINE OUT-CRICKET. SOME STIRRINC FEATS*

Some unusual play was seen on Saturday, when tho inatcli between Wellington and Mr. D. Heeso's team wis continued. The surprising feature was tho unprecedented collapse of the usually solid batting phnlaiiyx of tho Canterbury mou. Brilliant work in the outheld by tho homo men and deadly bowluig by Southall nero -rosponsibto for this. The conclusion of I'riday's play saw Wellington with 225 runs tor seven wickets, and fifteen minute after the resumption at noon on Saturday they were all out. Orawshaw and Beal opened tho Canterbury innings, and by tho Inach'eon adjournment tho scoro stood lit 28 for no wickets. About five miiuitee after resumption Crawshow was clean bowled by Southall. Hickmott, who was destined to remain longest at tho wickets, succeeded, but was never comfortable, and after lie .departed none of flic others stayed long. Tho' homo team gave the visitors absolutely no chance in tho field, and -Itobinson, Howe, and others snapping up every semblance of a chance- that came their way. The ,v P , s ? was imleed a. remarkable one. _ Wellington went in after the tea'adjournment, and after Howe's dismissal Hiddlcstouo joined Midlaiio, and the duo batted steadily. Sixty-sis was up on tho board before Hiddlestono Rave a catch to Boxshall behind the wickets. iU Gut replaced him, and the runs mounted until Patrick took the ball, end in his second over he succeeded in clean bowling Midlane. Gibbes joined M'Girr, but was caught before ho tad made more than 2 by Bennett at mid-on. Burton followed, but the partnership between ho and M'Girr did not last long, and the latter wae caught by Sandman. The light was bad how. and it probably contributed to the down* fall of Burton and Brice. Befh *ete clean bowled, the former by Patrick and the latter by Bennett. ' ; Wellington.—First Innings, J F. A. Midlano, 1422111222261122144 ' 1223222214244, b. Bennett 72 I G. Howe, 4244411, b. Sandman 20 J. S. Hiddlestone, 1424441424, J 1.b.w., b. Patrick 30 H. M'Girr, 1113412112, b. Bennett J. 7 W. B. L. Gibbes, 21, b. Bennett 3 H. E. Burton, 11211222312214252, not out ~ 34 W. S. Brice,'4, c. Boxshall, b. Hick- . mott .' ■, ~ 4 C. .V. Grimmett, 1411442241212, c, ißain, b. Sandman 29 C. W. Robinson, 214431115, b, Bennett 22 T. It. Southall, run out 1 J. V. Saunders, c. Reese,'b. Bennett 0 Extras 6 Total 238 Bowling Analysis.—Bennett took fivo wickets for 56 runs; Sandman, two for 61; Patrick, ono for 16; Hicfcmoti, one for 45; Beal, none for 17; Craw&haw, none for 15; Williams, lione for 10: Bain, none for 12. How the Wickets J?ell. 123456/ 8 <> 10 32 00 121 135 148 153 IDS'- 235 236 238 Canterbury.—First tnnings. Boal, 14441, st. Howo, b. Southall 14 Crawshaw, 114141, b. Southall ... 12 R. G. Hickmott, 1211342441, e. Southall 03 W. R. Patrick, 21, c. Southall, b. Saunders 3 Sandman, c. Howe, b. Sauiidors ... 0 D. Ree.se, 1621231, c. Robinson, b. Southall : 16 J. Bennett, 1114, st. Howe, b. ' Southall '. 7 Bain, e. Midlaiie, b. Saunders- Q J. Barrett, 4, not out 4 Williams, b. Southall f) Boxshall, b. Southall 0 Extras ; 13 ■ Total 97 Bowling Analysis.—Southall took seven wickets for 32 runs; Saunders, three for 20; Hiddlestono, none for 6; Robinson, none for 21. How the Wickets Fell. 1 2 345 6 7 8 2 10 ,82 43 56 60 78 89 93 S3 97 97 Wellington.—Second tnntngs, Midlane, 322144116433121. b. Patrick 08 G. Howe, 322, b. Hickmott 7 Hiddlostpne, 41342141, c. Boxshall, b. Crawshaw 20 M'Girr,, 443111241, c. Sandman, b. Bennett , ...„ 21 Gibbes, 2, c. Bennett, b. Patrick ... 2 Burton', 121, b. Patrick 9 W. S. Brice, b. Bennett 0 I Extras , 18 Seven, wickets for , 10.9 Bowling Analysis.—Patrick took three wickets for 11 runs; Bennett, two for 28; Hickmott, one for 5; Crawsna-n , , 0110 for 12; Williams, nono for 4: Beal, none for 12; Sandman, none for Iff. How tho Wickets Ml. 12 3 4 5 0 7 17 66 89 101 103 103 109

LOOKING ON, A MEMORABLE AFTERNOON. The gate for tho two days was £63 195. , Play resumes at noon to-day. One and all who were at the Basin Reserve on vSaturday bad only good things to say for tho fine sporting spirit shown by Mr. Reese and his rncn in coming up to aid the imnncliil fortunes of a sister province It, raity not bo generally known that n number of the Canterbury men aro actually , pitying tlipir own expenses. That this hno sido was dismissed in two hours for 97 runs was dimply astonishing. It was tho most astonishing bowling and astonishing cntchiwg that we have scon in Wellington tin's season. Two of tho catches—Robinson's in the outfield and Midlatio'H nofir tho leg-boundary—wero elcolriwl frffort.'t. It was pointed out by kikkl during tho afternoon that tho Welling ton eleven at presont miifid \m ono <'f the strongost bowling niita I,lml lias ever taken tho field.in tins history of New Zealaud provincial cricftct. No fewer than nine of tho men itr« firsj,class bowlers. Three of throw—J.lobirison, Brice, and M'G'irr—aro fast, f.liddlestono and Grimniett can bowl tlio googlie, Saunders and SottthnU nrc excellent left-handers, and then there 's Gibbcs, who has quite a. stylo of hia own. Southall onco more demonstrated that tho superb form which ho showed against tho Australians was no mere flash in tho pan. Ho sent down only 13 overs, took a wicket in his second over, one in his fourth, one in tho ' tenth, two in tho twelfth, and two in : the thirteenth. His efforts wero well backed up by Howe, who, as wicket- : keeper, did his share with ekui and dis- i tinction. I For some littlo timo Brieo must havo been in doubt us to what his host artillery actually was. ■ Ho tried a number of changes boforo lunch. In tho afternoon, however, ho handed over tho whole attack to Southall ami Saunders. Bcal was out at 2.88 p.m. H« jumped right in to Soutball, and Was four yards down tho wicket w3ten Howe stumped him. A stand was looked for when Hick-

nipu:,and (he iiinions.>Patrick were jiniK'd. Neither " was'? coniiorlable. l.'iitrjek had bevn in for.-17 minutes tor II runs when SouthnJl snapped him low iii tile slips off Snuiidci'B. ■ ;'■-,' y- I ''.■'■"■'. ' Hickmott reigned for 37 minutes'." At liuivs ho |)la.yod very far fonvaid both to Southait and Saunders, missed, ami only the tii) of hi's too insitta tlie-c'rojise saved liiin_, lor ilo««.i. w,is m'cnpitnl stumping form. Eveiiti.wlly.tlK> , young Cnntabrinn ran right out io'liit; South-., all raiitle a yorker of a'...short-i>itclicd ball, au<l whs clean bcnvlwi,- tho "ball. taking the brass of tho 'miduiehand,. leg-' stumps. ■"■■:■:■'!:■■;'-.- ■' : ■■■:- ■i'A'-'H'&f&'S'&'A' A iot had been expected from" Saiulmnu, but tho reality'.was dilferent. As soon as he came in .Samiders pushed out a uouplo of iii-oit on the odgo of t!so outfield, but these sentinels wore not called on, for tbo Canterbury mnii just touched one of the .Victorian's ■ leg-breaks, and tlio watchful Howo liad.it iiuiuedi-. atc!y. . . .■■';-..:' v.:. .; ■ At this stago Dsn Reese became "sometiling like the boy in the- well-known cricket picture—tho hopo. of his side. Ho began with characteristic vigour, jilting Southall into the shrubbery at tbe- southern end for six. Next ball he skied to the long field, and tho fleetfooted Robinson, covering 25 yards in great style, all but had him. Then the fine length which the Wellington bowlers were maintaining slowed him down. Hβ w.is LI minutes in reaching doublo figures, and six minutes later Robinson brilliantly judged ono of his fullobltided drives, and held him on the very edge of tho long-iic-Sd—a memorable catch- ... Never was batsman more uncomfortable to bowling than Bennett was. His first two baSis he missed altogether, off the third he was nearly stumped, tho fourth ho missed, the fifth he cocfc cd up in the direction of mjd-off, and ■so on. After batting 13 minutes ho reached far forward at 0110 of Southall's feg-brcaks, and Howe had the bails off like a f!a.sh. ■ ■■' Tho other Canterbury' nien went rapidly. Some hope centred on Boxshall. He has been known to knock up his 40 or 00 when all the rest of the- side had failed—lie did so against Warner's team—but this time it was not to be, Southall clean bowled him third ball with a delivery which was practically straight. .. ■ _Some of the visitors did not !ik© tho wicket.. It was what wouid bo called, in_ Wellington ''good ordinary," considering the recent' rain, but was ovidwitly not'so favourable to correct timing us tho Cimstdjurch wictets usually are. In an afternoon which was full of Rood fielding, the pftlm must be awarded te Midlane for the catch which. sent Bain back. Mkilsne was fielumg near the pavilion fence at the time, and had to run 20 yards at right angles to the Might of the ball. Ho got it, ono hand, and-about a foot from tho ground. In the fading light, Wellington lost quite a 1-ot of wickets towards the close of tho day, but Midlane played a typical innings, lasting 08 minutes, and the opinion was very general along the benches that ho is now at tho top of his form. M'Girf, as usual, was vigorous, but was handicapped by the light, which was very bad even when 1» wont in.

"Dan" Beese- was contemplatively gazing from tho dressing-room door across tho deserted Basin when seen afterwards. Tho interview was short. "Our batting? Well, shocking! And tho fielding—the overthrows! Bub it into them. Why there's there, who out of tho thirteen runs scored by "Wellington this morning, gave there eight." Ambidexterity in. returning tho ball from the field lias ever been nu. art of achievement in -some member of.a Canterbury cricket team. Ruwbr ''Tommy" Maloao was in his heyday a notable adept iu throwing in cither left or right hand when jjla.yiug representative crieket- for Canterbury, Sandman is the leading espomuit nowadays. It may perhaps have been, noticed that be-Ureon innings a. multitude of ffiiittlf frays and elderly enthusiasts deem it a-faoundon duty as self-appointed assistants to John \ f '; Saundors and staff to push tjio small roller over tho wicket k. as to reduce any inequalities. That stylish Wellington batsman, Hiddfo* stone, apparently has but little faith in thoir efforts at producing an even surfae-s, though. Immediately on going in ho' saunters along "tlw pitch -and , with rouaded side of the- bat battens down tho hills and mountains of his vision.; after taking centre lie again assaults a .spot __ where an indiscreet njtishroom is showing a snowy crest; the first ball negotiated, he flattens'a blade of grass which has dared to grow with unseemiiig haste; and so on he plays havoc with tho products of the earth as opportunity before and after each Ball occurs. CIVIC STAFF MATCH. CHRISTCHURCH & WELLINGTON.' Tho cricket' match between teams representing tlw piiristchurcli and Wellington Corporation start's was concluded ' at £elburne Park on Saturday after- j noon. The result was fi win for Wellington, by an innings' and 20 runs, The following aro tjtc scores:— Wellington, first innings—E. Beediey, l>. Willis, U; H. Buddie, ran out, 8; W. 0. Beck, 1.b.w., b. Crop,'), 41; li. Laughkn, b. Horwell. 11; j. O'SUea, ic. Tinims, b. Horwell. 0; L. M'Kcnzio, b. Willis, 26; W, H. Morton, b. 'I'imms, 3; C E. Castle, c. Timms, b. Cropp, 7; A. P. Cbimolc, c. Timma, b. Crepp, 0; N. Griffiths, b. Da-we, 63; E. N. Mayer, not out, 17; extras, 9. Total, 201. Bowliag' analysis.— Cropp took three wickets for 45 runs; Willis, three for 83 i James, nono for 24; Horwell, two

for 22; Tinim.s, none for 25; Smith, sipiao for 23; Dawe, 4110 for 20. ' Christchnrc'h, first innings, 109 runs, i Second innings.—C, Tiiunis, c. Griifitiis, b. O'Shea, 7; F. H. Willis, b. O'Slien, 1.7; W. C. Cropp. b. O'Slteai 4: H, Dunn, run out, 1: W, Esseiborao, c. i Beeohoy, b, Griffiths, 23; J. Niven. b. O'Shoa-, 6; D. Smith, e. Bock, b. i O'Shea, 1; A. Batten, b. O'Shea, 2; C. A. Dawe, b. Castle. 1; 0: James, c. Beochey, b. O'Shea,' 2;- 0. Horwell, not otit, 1: extras, 7. Total, 72. Bowling analysis.—O'Shna took seven wickets for 4!) rnns; M'Kcmzie, none for 10; Griffiths, one for 16 j Castle, one for 0. On Saturday evening the teams v;ei - e entertained at a dinner at .the Kolburu© Tea Kiosk, the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) presiding. Several toasts were honoured, ami musical items were contributed. The visiting team returned home by tho late Lytteltoft boat on Saturday. MISCELLANEOUS, ' PETONJE & HOHOWHENUA. , Tlio siiateh Pct-o.no .v. Horowhenua I was eoßcludod bii Saturday at i'ctone, and resulted in a win' for tho latter, who scored 21.8 runs in their first inniHgs, against the visitors' aggregate of io6, lui! of which wero get ior nine wickets in tho second innings. Of those, Tremmvan j.B, Buttersvorth 12, 0. Judd IC, and Whibley M, reached double iigures. Bowling " for P«iojie, Biiuuott took three wickets f0r , 22 runs. FBIENDLI' MATCH. A match was played at Anderson Park on Saturday between Marist Brothers Old Boys (Wellington) v. Shamrock (Blenheim). , The former w<lll by ili runs oh th-e first innings. Scores: Marist Bros. OW Boys: First innings—Fitzgerald, b. Bowling, 11; Mills, b. BrawiK!, 0; Alncaulny, c. Ferry, b. I'aton, 82; Du Slutli, st. und b. Ferry, 16; Marshall, b. Beed. 4; Jlnrehmwit, e. MorHs, b. Ferry, iS; o'Driscoll, b. Benning, 13; 'Luybuni, c. Browne, b. Moms, 15; Boyd, c. and b, fienniitg, 0; Wnlsii, .-not out, 4 ; Batnott, \s. Beiinuig, 8;. extras, S; total, 189. i . ■ . . Sliittiimck: < Fiwt ' iftniiigs—Benniiifj, at. Laybuxn, b. Do Muth", 32; Stead-

man, I). Marshall, 7; T. Ferry, not out, 31 j Hew!, h. \ie Mutli, 0: Morris, si. Hoyd, b. Dα Mutli, 20; feykwfc, run out, I); I'uUm, 1.b.w., b. Ijaybiim, 10; J{;hl.(l, «t, .Fitsiguriild, b, Laybuns, 1; G. ferry, l>. 'hnrn\\n\\, 0; iJrowne, 1). SlareJmli, 6; 0. O'Nes'll, b. llarshall, 1; extras, t; total, 119. Mnrist Bros.: Second innings—Dβ Jhii.li, I), I'nlon, 2-1; Aloca-ulay, i.b.iv., b. J'atoii, i!; Marslmicnt, b. Helming, 8; Fitzgerald, o. and l>. i'titon, 0; Lnyl.mni, c. ami li. Itndd, 21; O'lA'iftcoll, ,not-out, 12; Mills, c. Morris, Ij. Rood, I); Marshall, not out,C; extras, 3; total, for'.sis wiek«ls, 83.