CITY CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2433, 12 April 1915, Page 3

CITY CRICKET

PETONE THE CHAMPIONS CENTURY BY BRICE The championship of Wellington was at stake when tho last of tho season's cricket matches were continued on Saturday' afternoon, but in a couple of hours the issue bad been settled, and Petono were being congratulated as the champions. . Potone resumed the battiug with 143 runs to obtain and nine wickets to get them with. The position really was that if they, obtained those 143 runs during the innings in progress thoy won the championship, 'lhey accomplished tho undertaking easily, and continued the batting until late in the afternoon. When they retired they still had five wickets to fall, and they had compiled 300 runs. Brice played the innings of tho day, and his partnership with Gordon was a very fine one. It produced some excellent all-round batting. Brice was in great form, as his score of 115 indicates. Potone were heartily applauded on returning to tho pavilion. The victory will be welcomed by all good sportsmen, particularly those who remember that only ill-fortuno provonted them from winning tho championship outright last year, instead of being bracketed with North. North aro the rumers-up this season —two points behinu Petone. North are a strong team, and Petone have done well to complete the season ahead of .them. The other senior matches resulted in North defeating University on the first innings, and Central dealing similarly with Old Boys. By his score of 115, Brice brought his batting average up to 51 runs for each of his 15 innings daring the-season. Bowling, he has taken forty wickets at an average cost of 15.52 runs per wicket. Robinson, by securing fivo wickets for 50 runs, got his half-century of wickets for'the season,-and slightly improved his average. He has talen 51 wickets at an average cost of 13.8 runs per wicket. In batting, ho has an average score of 31.5 runs for his ten innings. PETONE AND EAST. East, First Innings 181 Petone. —First Innings. Brice, st. Baker, b. Hutchings 115 Senior, b. Nash 4 Gordon, c. Lambert, b. Baker 47 Rodgers, b. M'Girr 18 O'Donoghue, b. Baker ; 14 Cate, not out ; 35 Aldersley, not out 26 Extras 41 Five wickets for ~-. 300 Bowling Analysis.—Nash ' took one wicket for 48 runs; Hutchings, one for 50; M'Girr, one for 46; Henderson, none for 2'3; Baker, two for 46; Smith, none for 14; Lambert, none for 32. NORTH AND UNIVERSITY. University, First Innings 57 North, First Innings 129 University.—Second Innings. Broad, c. Wagstaft'e,. b.' Walters ... 33 Joplin, b. Walters 34 Fanning, c. Walters, b. Southall ... 35 Caddick, b. Southall 14 Birch, not out .; 43 M'lutosh. b. Southall : 5 Fenton, c. Wilson, b. Quinn, 4 Burns, not out 13 Extras 16

Six wickets for 197 Bowling Analysis.—Southall took three wickets for's2 runs; Hiddleston, none for 28; Harris,. nono for 32; Barker, none for 33; Walters, two.'for 15; Quinn, one for 21. v CENTRAL AND OLD BOYS. Central, First Innings 47 Old Boys, First Innings 32 Central. —Second Innings. Porteous, b. E. M. Beechey 0 F. Paterson, b. E. M. Beechey 7 Wilson, c. Tucker, b. E. M. Beeehoy 47 O'Connor, o. Berry, b. Tucker 9 Norris, b. E. M. Beechey 2 A. Paterson, 1.b.w., b. E. M. Beechey 10 Dind, o. Staples, ,b. Norris 21 Burton, b. E. M. Beechey 27 Schlaadt, not out 30 M'Cardle, b. Norris 10 Robinson, b. Staco .: 24 Extras 21 Total 208 Bowling Analysis.—Tucker took. one wicket for 47 runs; E. M. Beechey;'six for 74; Staples,, none for 31; Norris, two for 35; Staco, one for 0. Old Boys.—Second Innings'. . E. M. Beechey, b. Robinson 25 D. Hay, b. Robinson 7 Blacklock, c. sub., b. Dind 21 F. Beechey, st. Paterson, b. Robinson 15 Borrows, not out 25 Thomas, b. Robinson ;.... 9 Staples, run out 7 Norris, c. sub., b. Robinson 4 Berry, not out 3 Extras 26 Seven wickets for 142 Bowling Analysis.—Robinson took five wickets for 50 runs; Dind, one for 42; and Schlaadt, none for 24.