CITY CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2601, 25 October 1915, Page 3

CITY CRICKET

CUP MATCHES COMMENCE A DAY FOE THE BATSMEN CENTURY AT HUTT j Tho first of the season's senior cricket championship matches were commenced on Saturday afternoon, and some interesting play was witnessed. On tho Basin Reserve matters went rather in favour of tho batsmen. Fairly good scoring was done bv tho batting sides, and some good individual totals were registered. Trentham Camp sent a team in to meet East, and the match had reached a very interesting stage when stumps were drawn. Trentham made the very useful score of 215, of which two former representatives of Canterbury compiled over half— Hickmott 55, Sandman 56. Trentham were (on the day) not worth 215, but unaccepted catches helped them on their way. East was weak in bowling. M'Girr bore tho burden of the attack, and got six wickets for 49 runs. However, 215 is a score which has often taken considerable beating in two-days' fixtures. Gibbes and Baker have mado a good start for East, and in the hour they had at tho wickets reeled off 104 runs without loss. The other match on the central' ground was between North and Old Boys. Old batted first, made a. very good showing, and North seem to be in a position from which they will find it no easy task to win. There was no heavy individual scoring, but the total mounted to 216, and North'have already lost throo good wickets for 95. Of the 95 Hiddleston, who appears to be in excellent form, contributed 4-2 not out.

The Lower Hutt team playing against Central at Lower Hutt opened tlie season well, for although thev went in for first hit with two men short they succeeded in.knocking up the respectable total of 222. Patten distinguished himself by making 104 not out, and Hughes also put on 40. The two men woro associated for a long time, and their partnership added 88 to the score. Patton was in for just under _ three hours, and he made his century in two hours and a half, not by rapid scoring, but by careful play. A chance was given by him before he reached ten, but from then on his display was almost faultless. Hughes shaped nicely, and scGred with considerable freedom. In liho final eight minutes of the afternoon Central opened their innings with Wilson and Paterson, and when stumps were drawn had fifteen runs to their credit, with no wickets down. . Dind, three wickets for 36 runs, was the most successful bowler, but the bowling as a whole was not strong. Playing against University, Petone ran up 218 in -the firpt innings. University are three down'for 13.

TRENTHAM V. EAST. Treutliani —First Innings. Hawke, c. Gibbes, b. M'Girr 0 Senior, run out 7 Sandman, c. Sweeney, b. M'Girr ... 56 Dempsey, b. Henderson 33 Hickmott, b. M'Girr 55 Naughton, c. Baker, b. M'Girr 9 Bernau, c. Gibbes, b. M'Girr 11 Bennett, b. M'Girr 0 Crosse, run out 1 Cook, not out 0 Saxon, absent . — Extras ... 43 Total . 215 Bowling analysis.—M'Girr took six wickets for 49 runs; Henderson, one for 34; Baker, none for 15; Gibbes, nono for 74.

East.—First Innings. Gibbes 46 Baker 45 Extras 13 No wickets for .'. 104 OLD BOYS V. NORTH. Old Boys.—First Innings. E. M. Beechey b. Hiddloston 17 Blacklock, c. Wilkinson, b. Soutliall 10 Tucker, b. Hiddloston 34 Lambert, run out 0 Borrows, c. Middles ten, b. Soutliall' S Thomas, b. Soiitliall .' 29 Wills, b. Hiddloston 19 Morris, b. Bray 14 Ronaldson. c. Walters, b. Bray 14 Briarley, not out 21 Christie, c. Leydon, b. Sontliall ... 27 Extras 23 Total 216 Bowling analysis.—Hiddleston took three wickets for 62 runs; Sout"nall, four for 75; Leydon, nono for 32; Russell, none for 9; Bray, two for 15. North.—First Innings. Hiddleston, not out 4° Bray, b. Tucker 5 Leydon, b. Tucker 13 Wagstaffe, b. Wills 15 Barker, not out 4 Extras 16 Three wickets for' 95 HUTT V. CENTRAL'. Hntt.—First Innings.

Aldorsley, c. M'Cardell, b. Wilson 14 Staples, b. Schlaadt 12 Patten, not out 104 Ellison, b. Dind 4 Balks, c. Lake, b. Dind 4 Hughes, b. Dind 40 Judd, e. Hickson, b. Bnrton 25 Stiles, b. Burton 0 Mabey, c. aud b. Schlaadt 6 Extras 13 Total 222 Bowling analysis.—Burton took two wickets for 18 runs; Robinson, none for 30; Schlaadt, two for 36; Wilson, one for 41; Dind, three for 36; M'Cardell, none for 26; Taylor, none for 22. Central. —First Innings. Wilson, not out 9 Paterson, not out 6 Total 1°

PETONE V. UNIVERSITY. Petone.—First Innings. Cate, not out 79 Doneghue, b. Smith 0 Rodgers, c. Birch, b. Duncan ... 24 Bold, c. Fanning, b. Ward 5 Corner, b. Duncan 24 Brice, b. Duncan 34 Smyrk, run out) 11 Powell, b. Birch 0 Martin, b. Bums 0 Tregear, b. Dimcan 3 Smith, b. Burns 11 Extras 22 Total ; ,••• 218 Bowling Analysis.—Smith took one wicket for 53 runs; Duncan, four for 56; Ward, one for 31; Condliffe, nono for 14 ;• Fanning, none for 11; Birch, one for 10; Burns, two for 21. University.—First Innings. Birch, not out ® Howe, c. and b. Smyrk 0 Smith, b. Brice J) Ward, 1.b.w., b., Smyrk Jr Total for three wickets 13

JUNIOR GAMES. Wellington College Old Lioys y. Pct£>f\c. —Petone, G-t; Old Boys, 55. I'etoiio (second inning, s), 69. For Old Boys, Lust .(sis for StacQ .(to foi! 10);,

and Ward (four for 26) bowled best.' Taylor (six for 21) bowled best for Pctone. Y.M.C.A.-Hutt Boys.—Y.M.C.A. defeated the Hutfc Boys by 02 to SC. For Hntt, Sullivan 31, Cartpll 19, ar.d Bowers 14, were the highest scorers; and for Y.M.C.A., Christopherson secured 34, Thomas 25, and Binny 15. MfiTSHES IN IITHRISTCHURCH. (By TolCEi'aDh- Freso AsaoclfiMon.) Oliristchuroh, October 23. Results of first grado matches— West ChrLstchurch, 344— H. B. Lusk, 118j P. C. Dwyer, 71 _(not out); W. Poster, 58; D.' Reese, 50 —beat Sydenham (205 ant!" 143 for seven wickets). Riccarton (209 and 137 fov nine wickets) beat St. Albans (204 —Dr. Foster SS, J. S. Barrett 51). Limvood (138 and 55) beat East Chiustchurch (81 and 10S).