CITY CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2676, 24 January 1916, Page 9

CITY CRICKET

OPERA COMPANY V. "THE PICTUBES."

G9OD WIN FOR EAST,

NORTH BEATEN Cricket 011 the Basin Reserve was not over-interesting on Saturday; the fate of the teams engaged had been sealed in the previous week. -East's strong lead over .North resulted in the win which was expected to t>o the outcome oi the match. East established themselves in a fairly safe position 011 the day the game was commenced. They scored 212 in their first innings, and North replied with only 101. North followed on, and made 178, so that East required only 08 for a win. These they secured with a loss of two wickets.

North's chief hopo o£ pulling the game out of the fire lvas Hiddleston. Ho did well, but the team as a whole failed.

Central secured an easy victory over University.

At Lower Hutt the match was Tesum«d between Old Boys anil Hutt. Last week Old Boys, who went first to the .wickets, put together 290, to which Hutt responded j vith 9i) runs for the loss of sevou wickets, j hen stumps were drawn. On Saturday, |

Hutt were unable to avert a follow on, :he total being- carried only to 12!) when ;he last wicket fell. Of tliis score, Hughes jontributed 52, not out. In their second sffort (with four batsmen, absent), only iO runs were scored, ancl Old Boys therelore won the match by an innings and 11? runs. Pctone defeated Trentham by- three rickets, thus securing a three-point, win. 4. feature of the match was the excellent ill-round play of Sandman, for Tren:ham, who took all the wickets in Pc- ! ione's second innings.' Gate's wicket- j keeping was very solid for Petone. The i total scores were:—Petone, 266; Trentham, >59; EAST AND NORTH. East, first innings 212 North, first innings 101 North.—Second Inuings. Crombie, b. Gibbes 3 Southall, c. M'Girr, b. Gibbes " Bray, b. Gibbes 3 Hiddleston, c. Sweeney, b. Gould 73 . Wagstaffe, b. Gibbes H Wilkinson, c. Baker, b. Hutchingß 1 Wilson, b. Gould 20 Eaton, b. Gibbes 16 Barker, not out i Extras 40 .178 Bowling Analysis.—Gibbes took five wickets for 31 runs; M'Girr, none for 33; Hutchings, one for 64; Gould, two for 20. Bast—Second Innings. Baker, not out 33 Gibbes, b. Huddleston 7 M'Girr, c. sub., b. Southall 3 Hutchings, not out 21 Extra H Two wickets for 75 Bowling Analysis.-—Southall took one wicket for 24 runs; Jliddlestou, one for ID. CENTRAL V. UNIVERSITY, University, first innings 64 Central, first innings : IE9 University.—Second Innings. Birch, b. Taylor —' 9 Smith, b., Taylor 30 Condliffe, c. sub., b. Schlaadt '27 l'enton, b. Burton 49 Bennett, c. Hickson, b. Taylor 0 M'«lntosli,'run out 6 Duncan, c. sub., b. Burton 6 Pope, not but 21 Copeland, b. Burton 0 Boesley, c. sub., b. Burton 2 Burns, c. Blackmore, bi Schlaadt 2 Extras ....' 12 ' Total 164 Bowling Analysis.—Burton took four wickets for 22 runs; Taylor, three for SS; Schlaadt,' one for 39; Hickson, none for 9; Robinson, none for 9; Wilson, none for 6; Dind, none for 12; Blackmore, none for 11. Centra].—Second Innings. Paterson, b. Ecnto'n. 1 Blackmore, c.-Burns, b. 'Duncan 1 Burton, not out <*.<•».... 23 Taylor, c. Burns, b. Eenton 4 Schlaadt, run cut X) S. Hickson, not out 8 Extras 4 Four wickets for 41 Bowling Analysis.—Duncan took one wiclwt for 22 runs; Fenton, 2 for 11; and M'lntosh, nono for 4. OLD BOYS AND HUTT. Old Boys (first innings) 290 Hutt.—First Innings. Glennie, c. Lambert, b. Beechcy 10 Hughes, not out i 52 'Patton, st. Thomas, b. Tucker 2 Aldersley, c. aiid b. Lambert 22 Kitto, b. Lambert 0 Neazor, st. Thomas, b. Tucker 3 Davis, b. Lambert 9 Balks, c. Wills, b. Lambert i Hall, run out 0 Stiles, c. sub., b. Harris ; 6 Mabey (absent) — Extras 21 Total ! 129 Bowling Analysis.—Lambert took four wickots for 13 runs; Tucker, three-for 39; Harris, one for 24. Hutt.—Second Innings. Hughes, c. Wills b. Harris 4 1 Aldersley, b. Wills 15 Patton, 1.b.w.,/b. Wills 9 SuTes, c. Harris, b. Wills „.... 0 Neazor, not out 4 Ball, c. and b. Wills 0 Kitto, b. Harris .' , 10 Glennie, Balks, Mabey, and Davis (absent) — ExTras 8 Total 50 Bowling Analysis—Wills took four ■wickets lor 16 runs, and Harris two for 26. . PETONE AND TRENTHAM. Petone, first innings 145 Trentham, first innings, 130 Trentham—Second Innings. Sandman, st. Cate, b. Eodgers .' 70 P. A. Smith, c. Eodgers, b. Smyrk ... 9 Gibson, b. Brice ; ( .. 0 Howe, c. W. M'Ewan, b. Brice 0 Naughton, b. Brice- 32 J. 11. Smith, b. Brice 15 Kinvig, st. Cate, b. Brice 0 M'Lean, b. W. M'Ewan 3 Clark, not out 0 Richards, absent' 0 Houlihan, absent 0 Total ! 129 Bowling Analysis.—Brice took five wickets for 72 runs; W. HTSwau, one for 3; Smyrk, one for 25; Eodgers, one for 29. Innings. Cate, c. 'substitute, b. Sandman 4 Tregear, b. Sandman 30 Eodgers, b. Sandman 18 Corner, 1.b.w., b. Sandman 21 Brice, not out 11 Smyrk, c. and b. Sandman 26 J. 'M'Ewan, c. P. A. Smith, b. Sandman *••• W. M'Ewan, not out 2 Martin, b. Sandman i 1 Extras .' ■> Total for seven wickets 121 Bowling Analvsis.—Sandman took seven wickets for 60 runs; Kinvig, none for 44; Naughton, none for 14. JUNIOR GAMES. In the junior championship, Tretitham defauTTed to Lower Hutt Institute Old Boys defeated Marist Bros, by nine wickets. Marist Bros., first innings, 146 (Hopkins 53, Deniuth 34); second innings, IU2 (Demut-h 52 not out, Hopkills 39). Institute Old Boys, 222 and one for 37 (Ciiriftopheison 56, J. Eenner 42 not out, B. Hnbin 42}. W. Garrod, ten for 68, bowled best for Institute, whilst Murphy,, five for 6S, bowled best for Marist Bros. In the Boys' League, a representative match between Wellington and Hutt. 'failey was played at Lower Hutt, and resulted in o. win for the Hutt Valley by six wickets and 25 runs.

A mnlcli has been arranged for this afternoon at the Basin Reserve between members of J. C. Williamson's Royal Comic Opera Company and a team representative of the Combined Picture Theatres of Wellington. The mutch should prove interesting, seeing the splendid Mrformnneej the visitors have put up in the provii\cip.t centres tUty lmvo played in, Pl&s .will commence at L3A mn.