CITY CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2314, 23 November 1914, Page 3

CITY CRICKET

EASY VICTORIES WINS FOR NORTH & CENTRAL FINE FIRST WICKET STAND. City, cricket was less bright and less interesting than usual on Saturday. North and Central won their matches far too easily to make the finishes exciting, and, with few exceptions, there . was not a | great deal of life in, the play. Central defeated East by ten wickets, and North vanquished Old Boys by nine wickets. Tho feature of the afternoon's play was the partnership of S. Hickson and D. Naughton' for Central. On the opening day's play East led by 39 runs, and they seotued likely to secure a first innings victory. However, in their second venture, they failed to survive the attack of Robinson, tho fast bowlor, who, slightly aided by the wind, took six wickets far 22 runs. T.ho East batsmen registered five "ducks," and Midlane and' Baker were in the quintette. Having rattled East out for 85, Central sent Hickson and Naughton in c to wipo out the deficit of 124, and win. This was accomplished without tho loss of a. wicket— Hickson 59, Naughton 58., Except in the early stages of the partnership, the pair had the bowling mastered all the way. Those two batsmen have a great record. for first-wicket 6tands—perhaps greater than any other two batsmen in Wellington cricket. Last season they put up a large number of fine partnerships. Although easily defeated by North, Old Boys put up a very creditable performance in their second innings. " Hales infused some life into his batting, and his 49 included a couple of good sixers. Petone defeated University by 6 wickets and 3 runs at Petone. For the local club, Cate (44)' put up the highest score, and for University, Dickson 27 (not out) was tho best batsmen. Following are tho scores:—

CENTRAL AND EAST, East, first innings 199 Central, first innings 160 East,—Second Innings, Gibbesi b. Robinson 23 Baker, b. Robinson '. 0 Midlane, b. Robinson 0 Phillips, b. Wilson 19 Henderson, b. Robinson '.. ............. 0 Smith, b. Robinson I Nash, c. Burton, b. Dind- 18 France, run out .......:.... 3 Wetherall, b. Robinson' ,'. ; .0 Dooley, not out ......-.,. 0 Donovan, run out 1 Extras ..."....;. 20 Total ; ....... 85 . Bowling Analysis.—Robinson took six wickets for 22 runs; Dind, one for 20; Wilson, one for 22; M'Cardell, none for 1. Central.—Second Innings. Hickson, not.out 59 Naughton, not out... , 58 Extras -... 12 No wickets f0r,... .;. 129 Bowling Analysis.—Gibbes, no wickets for 23 runs; Nash, none for 35; Phillips, none for 22. NORTH V. OLD BOYS. North, first innings • .347 Old Boys, first innings 110 Old Boys.—Second Innings. D. Hay, V Hiddleston 16 Wills, b. Quinn .-. : 35 Tucker, c. Wilkinson, b. Hiddleston .. 26 Blacklock, c, Wilson, b. 50utha11...... 16 F. Beochey, 1.b.w., b. Southall-. 2S Hales, c. Hiddleston, b.. Bray 49 J. Hay, c. Wagstaffe, b. Walters, 5 Comrie, not out .'....... 37 Harris, b. Southnll ......-.....: 13. Hindmarsh, b. Southall. ;...: 0 E.'M. Beechey, absent ' — . ■ '■. Extras 33 Total ' 258 Bowling Analysis—Quinn took one wic-, ket for 32 runs; Bray, one for 35; Hiddles-" ton, two for 46; Walters, one for 81; Southall, four for. 81. ' ' ( . - North.—Second Innings. Hiddles-ton, not out 8 Crombie, c. Hales, b. Tucker :... .9 Bray, not out' 4 Extras 4 Total for one wicket 25 Bowling Analysis.-rTucker took one wicket for 7 runs; ,Marris, none for 14. PETONE V. UNIVERSITY. University, first innings 110 ' Second Innings. ' Dempsey, ,c. Tregear, b. Finlayson ... 22 Ward, c. Rodgers, b. Finlayson ....... .5 Birch, b. Rodgers 1 Broad, b. Brice 14 Dickson, not out ....,...,.,. 27 Joplin, c. Bennett, b. Finlayson 6 Beard, run out 1 Fenton, b. Brice' 0 Caddick, b. Finlayson ..; 2 Burns, b. Barber ~,' 10 Duncan, c. Aldersley, b. Barber 0 Extras 17 Total 105 Bowling Analysis'.—Finlayson took four wiokets for 44 ,runs; Brice, two for 27; Rod?ers, one for 17; Bennett, none for 6; Barber, two for 3. Fetone, first innings , 86 Second Innings. Cate, c. Dempsey, b. Dickson 44 Rodgers, c. Burns, b. Fenton 36 Nunn, b. Dickson 4 Gordon, b. Dickson 8 Brice, not out .<> 16 Aldersley, not out 5 Extras : • 9

Total for four wickets 122 Bowling Analysis.—Fenton took one wicket for 26 runs; Dickson, three for 42; Duncan, none for 25; Broad, none for 15. Junior Championship. North 'were beaten by Porirua by 20 runs. Scores: North 97 and 66 (Hullrns 18, Stratton 16, Leydon 11). Windley took six wickets for 24 runs. Porirua-made 71 and 111 (Morgan 23, Skinner 21, Wallis 20 not out). Thomson, four for 22, was most successful with the ball. Wellington College v. Marist Old Boys. —Marist made 361. College, after a fine fight, weTe all out for 321 (Lambert 97, Morton • 50, Ronoldson 45 (not out), Pilchor 44). - Upper Hutt defeated Lower Hutt', at the latter Recreation Ground, by an innings and 25 runs. ... St. David's defeated Petone by 46 runs and six wickets. The best batsmen were: —For Petone—Miller 46, Taylor 44, MTSwan 22, and Pointon 15. For- St.-David's-King., 34, Wilson 30, Gosney 25 not out, and Ackroyd-15. THIRD CLASS. Wellington College Old Boys (310) beat Central (28 and 52), by an innings and 230 rims. Principal'scorers for Old Boys:— Christie 101 (retired), Hislop 40 (retired), Stace 25 (retired), Briggs 25 (retired), Scott 25 (retired), Tonks 18, Davidson 14, Menzies 13. Hislop and Christie compiled 140 for the first wicket. Tonks took two wickets for 2 runs; Stace, eleven for 27; and Briarlcy, three for 21. Ccntraly. Old Boys.-Old Boys, first innings 91 (Thomas 20, Berry 11, Wilson 11); second innings, 134 (Thomas 24,, Berry 20, Hicks 23, Makeham 23). Central, first innings, 180 (Jackson 42, O'Connor 31, Waugh 18, Porteous 17, Lowe 12, Johnson 11); second innings 46 for three wickets (Waugh 18, O'Connor 11 not out). For central Waugh took four wickets for 16 runs; Wallace, two for 16; Schlaads, two for 3, and two for 15; Haughton, foul for 40; and Lloyd, two for 17, For Old Boys, Lusk, six for 19 (including the "hat trick"), and two for 13, bowled very well. ■ Central won by seven wickets. Petono A defeated Petone B by 66 runs. For A's, Mockeridgo scored 17, Corner 25, Doneghuo' 28, Cowie ; 13. For B's, Wylie put up 10. WAREHOUSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION. Whitcombe nnd Tombs and' Railways B mot at Duppa Street, whore an excellent wicket was provided. The latter, batting first, mode 59 (M'Aually 1U). Whitcombo uud Tombti responded with 163 (Tjl'all 51 roteud, MiUurd 46, Gully. 25, Da?w 15);,

Bowling for Whitcombe and Tombs Gully took live wickets for 13 runs; Tate, two for U; and Hanrotty, two for 16. For the losers Glodhill took three for; 10.

Electric Light and G.P.O. Mail-room.—. Electric Light made. .131 (Fitzgerald 65 not out, Sisson 31, Castles 20). Mail-room: 139 for nine wickets (Churchill 57, Jones 42). Bowling for Electric Light, Castles took four wickets for 42- runs; Fitzgerald, two for 4. For Mail-room, Greig took six wickets for 49. runs; Grindrad, three for 31.

The following is the result of the Telephono Exchange-DoMiNiON cricket match: runs (Binnie , 81, Hamerton 43, Reed 12, Boylo 12, Brown 10, Maysmor 10). Telophone Exchange retaliated with 82 runs for the loss of four wickets (Magcß 33, Hatchard 25 not out. Bates 10). Nelson and Hatchtbrd bowled best for the Exchange. The. gome was drawn. Railway A defeated A. B. Kcraotfs after a very exciting finish by four runs. ■The mutch was played at Duppa Street on an excellent wicket. Kernot's, batting first, scored 141 (Taylor 49, Simin 26 not out, Robinson 15, Midlane 23, Aioken 13). With an hour and half to go and 142 runs for a win. Railway set about getting them.. Three wickets were down for 24 runs whe» A. Comfoot and Dwaoi began a fast-scoring partnership , which realised 102 runs before being broken. The remaining batsmen put on the re-' quired runs with' four to spare, tho last two men being bowled without any addition. Their score was 145 (A. Cornfoot 55 A. P. Dwan 54). Occidental defeated Gollin and Co. Occidental scored ,170 runs for five wickets and Gollin and Co.- 40. The chief scorers for the winners were: Thompson 48 not out, Balks 42, Mooro. 26; Mummery 19 For the losers Greie 22, Chryswill 10, not out. Bowling for Occidental Balks took nine wickets for 13 runs; for Gollins and Co., Greig took two for 27, and Hawthorne, two for 35.

OUTSIDE ASSOCIATION. Junior Grade. Star ; v. Wanderers—Star 60 and 176 (Alger 47 and 23 not out, Whalley' 28, Creswell 27, Pavitt 20, Anderson 14, S. Lang 13, Warrick 10), beat Wanderers, 133 and 91 (Whitman 88, Hayward 32 and 19, Erskine 19 and 21, Clark 18, Webster 16). Best bowlers for the winners: J. Lang, Gray, S. Creswell, Hayward, and Mills. ' Boys' League. Senior Grade. Y.M.C.A! defeated' Institute by an innings and 31 runs. Institute compiled '51 and 73, to which Y.M.C.A. replied with 155 runs (N. Con-' dor 48 not out), M'Girr 30,' Casey 18. For instituto Bell mado 28i : ■■■■'■'■ '■ - ' Junior Grade.—Y.M.C.A. gained a threepoint win over Marist by five wickets" and 9 ijuns. (Cameron, scored 48). Kilbirnie A defeated Harbour Board by 138 runs. Kilbirnie made 139 in their hist innings (Walters 55, Russell 38), and--148 in the second innings (Walters 28, Russell 36, Higginbottom 24), and Harbour Board made 62 (Dumbleton 30), and S6.(Dumbleton 26, Sullivan'2l). R. Murphy, C. Murphy, and G'arrad bowled best tor iylbirnie, and Dumbleton and O'Brien tor Harbour. Board..' . ' Kilbirnie 'B defeated Chemists by ISO runs. • Kilbirnie made 136 in their first innings (Cotter 25, Phillips .33),-and 179 m the second innings ■ (Mason 55, Ward 34, T. Smith 20). Chemists' made 97 (Goode 17, M'Millan 15, L.Christenson 15). and 88 (C. Christenson 37). Ward and Cotter bowled best for Kilbirnie, and <W. Christenson for Chemists.. : ' _ Thorndon defeated. Star, by seven runs in, the first inning's. 1 Thorndon made 108 runs and took. eight wickets for 72 runs (Borrows 17 and M'Grath 13). Star made 101 (Blenkinsop 29 and Thomas 25). Martin (Thorndon) took six wickets for 31 runs. ...'.-

IN OTHER CENTRES. : AUCKLAND MATCHES. (By Teleffranh.—l'ress Association.) Auckland, November 22. The weather was fine on. Saturday,, when the senior cricket championship was continued. North Shore met'Ponsonby, and .made 152 (Howie 37, d'Acre 37) in the first innings... ..When stumps were drawn-Ponsonby had lost five wickets or 73 runs. (Wilson, 30, Worker 27) in the first innings. , ' University, who were'playing Eden.B, made 204 (Mulgan 72). Eden.B had two wickets down.for 58 (Blair, not out, 37) when stumps were drawn. .'".. ■ Grafton batted all the afternoon against Waitemata, and made 445 runs for seven wickets (MacCormick 173, E. Horspool 74, Caro 57, Slomau 57, Baker 39). ' Eden A made 207 (Smith 52, Cummings 51) in their first innings against Parnell. The latter-have lost two wickets for 98 (Anthony. 51, Dow 32). "MATCHES IN CHRISTCHURCH. Christchurch, November 21. . In the'first grade round Sydenham A made 255'(L. Watson 82) against West Christchurch (198, and 95 for seven wickets)'. ... East Christchurch (236, and 104 for six wickets). declared their . innings against Linwood, 236 (E. Pc-rrin 68), and 61 for eight wickets.- ■. ".■../ (•■:, /', ■: • ■) .-■ Sydenhaim B made 363 for nine wickets (G. C. Wilson 85, R. Patrick 69, W. Skelton 58, not out) against Riccarton (182 and 165). St. Albans, 336 runs, for four wickets, declared its innings against Kaiapoi, 84 and 132 (F. Smith 53).,.- ! '• DUNEDIN CRICKET: Dunedin, November 22. Splendid 'weather : prevailed I for the cricket matches yesterday. Albion, .165 (Duthie 75), drew with Carisbrook A, 165 (Bannerman 34, Reid 34). ■ • . •■-.-■■' ,- Crawford's Colts, £40 (Satterthwaite 42, M'Mullen 40, not out, Chadwick 34), beat Grange, 202 (Graham 44, Holdaway 32). For Grange, Beeby took seven, wickets for 45 runs.

' Dunedin, 129 (Cramond Si), beat St Kilda, 82 (M'Caiten 36). For Dunedin, Graham took five wickets for 15 runs, and for St. Kilda, Livingstone captured seven wickets for 42 runs,

Opoho, 157 (Casey 59), drew with Carisbrook. B, 148 . runs ,' for nine wickets (Tuckweli 50).