CITY CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2338, 21 December 1914, Page 3

CITY CRICKET

SOLID SCORING BY OLD BOYS CENTURY FOR D. HAY Saturday was a • beautiful day for crioket, and the wiokets at the Basin Reserve were in good order. Until well on in. the afternoon both matches played on the central ground were in doubt, and, in addition to this element of interest, the Old Boys batsmen provided a display of solid scoring. On the opening day Central, in their first inningst against Old Boys, had made tho huge score of 527 for nine wickets. They did not continue their innings last Saturday, and Old Boys went to the crease. So well did the ex-Collegains bat that it was very doubtful until late in the afternoon if North would be able to get them all out before the time for drawing stumps arrived. In the event of Old Boys holding the fort for the' afternoon the match would have been drawn, notwithstanding Central's great score. 33. H. Beechey and D. Bay, the opening batsmen, did their share, and more, but Blacklock failed. Other batsmen made runs, and while the score was piling up time was on the wing. Tucker was disturbed at -his business, brought up as heavy artillery, and sent into the firing line when the eighth wicket had fallen. Alas! there were, only two hits, and the second- one was somewhere among the veteran's wickets.. Old Boys' regular army had now fallen (to the last man), and L. M'Kenzie was being sent forward as a substitute for Hindmarsh (who, since last Saturday, has gone into camp at Ayondale), when Hickson, the Central skipper, objected. So the innings closed for 360 runs, 167 runs short of the Central's score. Old Boys followed on, and in their second strike made 57 for two wickets. The result is a win for Central by 167 Tuns on the first innings. The feature of the batting, of course, was D. Hay's 135. He scored more freely than usual,, but had a good many runs up before Robinson, who eventually got him caught, put in an appearance. Central's bowling was, on the whole, far from a strong attack. The fielding, on the other hand, was good, and saved many runs. The catches by Burton and Hickson, which dismissed. D. Hay and E. M. Beechey, were splendid. East had a fairly close call in their match with University. As it was, they won on the first innings by a small margin. On the prsyious Saturday University made 125, and East had 139 on for nine wickets when stumps were drawn. East intended that .Midlane, who was not available on the opening day, should resume ,'the strike on the second day, but it was found that under the ruleß governing substitutes Midlane was debarred from • playing. East, therefore, closed their innings . with a, lead of . only 11 runs.! University went in again, and with seven wickets down for 187, "declared on the off-chance of getting East out" quickly for a very small score. The East wickets fell fast, but Gibbes saved the situation,- and was still at the crease when the match concluded. The excellent bowling of Dickson was the cause of the East failure in their second venture. East, however, won by the 14 runs they had in credit on the first innings. The scores were as follow:— CENTRAL AND OLD BOYS. Central, first' innings 527

Old Boys—First Innings. E. M. Beechey, c. Hickson, b. Dind 40 D. Hay, c. Burton, b. Robinson 135 Blacklock, 1 b. Dind 0 Hales, st. Paterson, b. Dind G3 Comrie. c. Burton, b. Wilson 29 Willis, b. Robinson 11 Thomas, c. Robinson, b. Waugh 38 J. Hay, o. Hicks6i, ,; b.''Dind 4 Tucker, b. Dind i . 0 Marris, not out 18 Extras 22 " Nine wickets for 3GO Bowling analysis—A. Wilson ; jok one wicket for 99 runs; Waugh, or for 63; Dind, five for 72; M'CaTdell, nrjle for 33; and Robinson, two for:7l. . ;• Old Boys—Second Innings. Wills, b. Dind 7 Beechey, b. Robinson 26 Marris, not out ; 20 Thomas, not out 0 Extras 4 Two wickets for 57 . Bowling analysis—Robinson took one wicket for 22 runs; Dind, one for 31. EAST AND UNIVERSITY. University first innings 125 East, First - Innings—l 39. University—Second Innings. Dempsey, b. Nash 34 Broad, b. Henderson. 28 Joplin, run out .....; .....: 22 Birch, b. Nash 4 M'lntosh, <b.' Gibbes 26 Fanning, b. Hickey 10 Dickson, not out 9 Ward, 1.b.w., b. Hickey 0 Caddick, not out 3 Extras 51 Declared, seven wickets for 187 Bowling analysis—Hickey took two wickets for 22 runs; Gibbes, one for 49; Nash, two for 32; Wetherall, none for 8; Phillips, none for 16; Henderson, one for 9.

East—Second Innings. -j Baker, b. Dickson 22 Phillips, st. Burnß, b. Dickson 5 Gibbes, not out 56 Smith, b. Dickson 1 Nash, thrown out 2 Hickey, b. M'lntosh 16 Henderson, c. Broad, b. Dickson 3 Collett, not out 15 Extras 3 Six wickets for 123 Bowling analysis—Dickson took four wickets for 53 runs; Fenton, none for 35; M'lntosh, one for 32. PETONE V. NORTH. Petone; scored 348 (first and second innings) ogaini u North, 363, first innings. Brice was best batsman for Petone, putting up 79 not out in the second- innings. 'A striking feature of the game was that 10 Petono players were caught out, four in the firsthand six in the second innings.- The scores wore as follow:— North—First' innings 363 Petone—First Innings. Bennett, 42441111441124, run but 33 Bold, b. Hiddle6tone 0 Finlayson,, 12, b. Hiddlestone 3 Rodgers, 22, Wilson, b. Hiddlestone 4 Donegtaie, 24444414, b. Hiddlestone .. 27 Cates, 4422, c. Wilson, b. Harris 12 Brice, 4121464261G, c. Bray, b. Harris 37 Gordon,. thrown out 0 Aldersley, 414116164124111, not out ... 38 Tregear, 41144, c. Hiddlestone, b. Ley- ' don 14 Extras 16 Total 184 Bowling Analysis.—Southall took no wickets for, 44 runs; Hiddlestone, four for 43; Harris, two for 54; Leydon, none for 27. Petone.—Second Innings. Gordon, 111, c. and b. Leydon 3 TregeaT, 4141112114214, c. and b. Hiddlestone 27 Aldersley, 11, c. Hiddlestone, b. Harris 2 Bold, 221, b. Harris ....• 5 Rodgers, 141441, c. Leydon, b. Hiddlestone 15 Cates, c. Wagstaffe, b. Southall 0 Doneghue, 114314, b. Southall 14 Brice, 11111644444441246112142244141, not out 79 Bennett, 111421, c, Walters, b. Southall 10 Finlayson, b. Waters 9 Extras 9 Total 164 Bowling Analysis—Leydon took one wicket for 45 runs; Harris, two for 23; Hiddlestone, two for 37; Southall, three for 19; Walters, none for 13; Quinn, ono for 18. JUNIOR GRADE. Central II v. Institute Old Boys.—lnstitute, first innings, 290 (G. Render, 102 not out'; Howitt, 27; Guire. 37; Backhouse, 44). Second innings, 158 (tlowitt, CO; Mabin, 41). Central 11, first innings, 221 (Schlaadt, 94 not out; Lowe 08. Lake 18, O'Connor, 14), E, Renne rand Cun-

ningham bowled best. for Institute Old Boys, and Lloyd for Central. Junior Championship. Pobone defeated Hutt by an inninga and 35 runs. Tressider scored 25, Neazor 23, and Aldersley 14 for Hutt. Third Grade. Wellington College Old Boys (171) defeated llarist Bros.' Old Boys (70 and 74) by an innings and 27 runs. .For the former Brialey made. 83 not ou)t, Stace 36, Bonjamin 23, and Bailey 11. Brialey (eight for 53), Stace (five for 39), Staples (three for 27), Tonks (two for 3), and Benjamin (one for 5) took the wickets for College. For Harists, Fitzgerald (10), Hopkins (12), Burke (12), and Coleman (15 not out), batted best, and M'Leod, Coleman, and Fitzgerald wore the chief bowlers. Karori beat Central by an innings and 20 runs. For Karori the chief batsmen were: Myers (35), Spiers (19 not out), Williams (18), J. Russell (10); and the bowlers, Myers (eight for 35), and Edwards (eight for 36). For Central, • Hague (IB) was iop scorcr. Methven made 10. Meithven took six wickets for 62 runs, and M'Kinnon three for 33. Hutt defeated Petone A, and St. David' 9 secured a three-point win against Petone B. WAREHOUSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION. Whitcoinbe and Tombs beat Telephone Exchange at Duppa Street by three wickets and 7 runs. The latter, batting first, made 118—Marshall, 39; Hatchard, 29; Macintosh, 16 not out. Whitoombe and Tombs made 123 for seven wickets—Cameron. 57 not out; Davis, 18; Agate, 10. Bowling for the winners, Gully Itook three wickets for 5 runs; and for Telephone Exchange Nelson took four for 45.

A. E. Kernot's defeated Occidental by 57 runs. Kernot's scored 156 and Occidental 99." Taylor (25), Simm (27, retired), Wright (28 not out), Robinson (23), Aiken (19), Midlane (U), were tho chief contributors for the.winners; and C. Mummery (51), Carrad (16), Thompson (11), for tho losers. Bowling for Kernot's, Wright took seven wickets for 20 run 9; Simm, two for 29; and for Occidental, Leddy took three for 39; ICemple, two for 14; Carrad, two for 39. ! Railways A met The Dominion team. The Dominion, batting first, compiled 83— Kinnear, 43 not out, being the principal scorer. Railways replied with 108—Boyd 32, and Watson 32, being the chief scorers. OUTSIDE JUNIOR ASSOCIATION. , Wanderers beat ICilbirnie B by 59 runs. Wanderers made 129 and 147. Erskine (51 and 58), Walley (16 and- 29), Clarke (29), and Hayward (21) were winners' highest scorers. Kilbirnie made 118 and 99. C. Russell' (18) and Harris (20) scored best. Whalley bowled successfully for Wanderers.

Kilbirnie A defeated Star A by 105 runs on the first innings. Kilbirnie A declared with five wickets down for 357, while Stara were all out for 252. Batting for Star, E. Christopherson made 62, V, Chriatopherson 42, and J. Blenkinsop 45. Keys bowled best for Kilbirnie, with four wickets for 82. C. Murphy took three wickets .for 26.

Thorndon, batting against Evans Bay, declared at 326 for seven wickets. Among the scorers were: Martin, 44; Carruthers, 34 not out; Moore, 19 not out. Bradley and Miller were the best bowlers for Evans Bay, who made 98 (Smith, 42 not out; Kershaw, 12), and 90 for eight wicketa (Bradley, 41; Butler, 24; Tedman, 12; Enting, 11). Martin (five for 37, and four for 37), Borrows (three for 24), and Carruthers (two for 18), bowled best for Thorndon, who won by 228 runs on the first innings. Selwyn were defeated by Thorndon by 156 Tuns on the first innings. The scores were: Thorndon, 186; Selwyn, 30 and 211 for oight wickets. IN OTHER CENTRES. (By Teleeraph— Presi Association.) Auckland, Deoemlier 20. The fifth round of tho Auckland Cricket Association's senior grade matches was commenced on Saturday in fine weather and on good wickets. The results are as follow:—Ponsonby, against Grafton, made 256 (Wilson 48, Brinsden 47, Mas«n 40). Baker took five wickets for 42 runs. Parnell, against North Shore, made 239 (Anthony 67, Doble 45). Howie took five wickets for 40 runs. Waiteniat-a, against Eden B, made 288 (A. Young 119 not out, K. Moller 42), Eden A made 145 (Hemus 43) against University, 58 for seven wickets.

Christchurch, December 19. The' first-grade cricket matches were continued to-day, the results being as follow:— Linwood, 137 and 187 for seven wickets, beat Sydenham A, 103 and 223. Riccarton, 585 for nine wickets (E. R Caygiir 152, A. C. Fuller 121 not out, C. Evans 81), beat Kaiapoi, 208 and 90. East Christchurch, ■ 265, beat Sydenham B, 48 and 108. St. Albans, 196 and 238 for one wicket (H. A. Bishop 120 not out, L. R. Brunton 90), beat AVest Christchurch, 160 and 214 (D. Reese 104).

Dunedin, December 20. The cricket matches were continued yesterday in splendid weather. Colts, 239 for six wickets (Alloo 74, Galland, 59 not out), beat St. Kilda, 92. For Colts Crawford took five wickets for 36 runs, and Alloo thr£e for 28.

Opoko, 122, beat Dunedin, 74. For Opolio, Eckhoff took seven wickets for 33 runs, and for Dunedin Johnston took five for 40 and Given four for 39.

Carisbrook B, 202, for eight wickets (Watson 47, Ramsden 45, Dnimm 36), drew with Albion, 177 for eight wickets (Baker 60, Joe Marks 44). ■ Grange, 178 for nine wickets, beat Carisbrook A, 172 (Siedeberg 76). AUCKLAND' V. WELLINGTON. NORTHERN TEAM SELECTED. Auckland, December 20. The Auckland representative cricket team to play Wellington at Christmas is as follows:—Rountree, W. Harvie, Sneddon, Anthony, Howden, Hemus, L. Taylor, MacCormick, Sale (captain), Dacre, Mason. Emergencies: 1 Worker, Horspool, W. Brook-Smith, Honeycombe. SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH. By Telegraph—Press A<soclation-o>pyilght (Rcc. December 20, 5.5 p.m.) Adelaide, December 20. Playing against New South Wales for the Sheffield Shield, South Australians in their first innings made 151. Pellew made 30, and Cooper 25. New South Wales' second innings, five wickets for 211 runs. Cranney made 45, Davis 32, Taylor 35, Minnet 27, and Bardsley 42.