CITY CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 53, 26 November 1917, Page 7

CITY CRICKET

SOME GOOD BATTING TWO MORE CENTURIES The Wellington cricket championship contest was advanced another stage on Saturday. The weather was beautiful, and there was a fair attendance at tho Basin Keserve, whero some rather interesting cricket was witnessed. East scored'a very comfortable three-point win over tho Returned Soldiers, and Old Boys were defeated by North on the first innings. Several Old Boys' hatsmoj' did well at tho wickets. Beechey topped tho half century by attractive batting, and Tucker and Harris put up a 115 partnership. Tucker was in excellent form, and scored 138. Ho gave a chance at soveu and another late in his innings. The Petone-Trontham match concluded at Potone, and resulted in a win for Trentham. Details of the play follow :— EAST AND RETURNED SOLDIERS. Returned Soldiers—First Innings 113. East.—First Innings. Baker, c. M'Kellar, b. Longhurst... 103 Dind, b. Berry 127 Nash, c.'Fisher, b. Berry 10 Condliffe, o. sub., b, Hatchard ... 64 Christopherson, b. Hatchard 22 Hutehings, not out 9 Bock, c. Harrison, b. Berry 6 Extras '•• 37 Declared: Six wickets for 378 ■Bowling Analysis—M'Kellar took no wickets for 40 runs; Fisher, none for 61; Thomas, none for 21; Hatchard, two for 17; Hicks, none for 18; Harrison, none for 19; Bonlton, none for 16; Longhurst, one for 50; Hastings, none for 39; Berry, three for 70. Returned Soldiers.—Second Innings. Berry, b. Hutehings 18 Hastings, b'. Hutehings 2 M'Kellar, h. Fenton 1 Hicks, b. Dind 13 ■Bell, c. Condliffe, b. Fenton 1 Hatchard, b. Dind 12 Harrison, b. Nash ;••• . 9 Longhurst, c. Hutehings, b. Dind 6 Boulton, b. Dind 10 Fisher, 1.b.w., b. Dind 4 Thomas, not out 5 Extras .'. 3 Total 84 Bowling Analysis—Hutehings took two wickets for 22 runs; Fenton, two for "22; Dind, five for 23; Nash, one for 14. OLD BOYS AND NORTH. Old Boys.—First Innings 108 North.—First Innings 246 Old Boys.— Second Innings. Lambert, c. Wagstaffo, b. Windley. 11 Beechey,' c. Hiddleston, b. Mackio 59 Tucker, b. Mackie 138 Marris, b. Barker 56 Blacklock c. and b. Barker 0 Trott, b. Hiddleston 0 Thomas, h. Barker 0 Lusk, b. Barker" , 4 Garrad, b. Hiddleston 0 Binnie, not out '.. 11 Hayward, b. Burton t 0 Extras 27 Total ....; 306 Bowling Analysis.—Hiddleston took two wickets for 105 runs; Windley,one for 43; Maokie, two for 61; Barker, four for 56; Eaton, none for 21; Burton, oflo for 3. PETONE AND TRENTHAM. Pctone — First Innings 109 Innings. Cate, 1.b.w., b. Sneddon ;.... 8 Brice, b. Sneddon 21 Hamilton, b. Crawford 4 Nicholls, run out 11 Parrant, c. Sneddon, b. Crawford... 1 Bold, c. Lu9k, b. Crawford 1 Wylie, b. Crawford 1 Bennett, 1.b.w., b. Crawford 8 Stevens, c. Crawford, b. Sneddon ... 9 Senior, c. Lusk, b. Sneddon 6 White, not out 0 Extras 12 Total 80 Bowling Analysis.—Crawford took five wickets for 34 runs; Sneddon, four for 34. Trentham—First Innings. Sandal, b. Brice 1 Lusk,-b. Bennett .' • 33 Woods, c. Bold, b. Brice 7 Crawford, st. Cate, b. Bennett ... 138 Sneddon, 1.b.w.. b. Stevons „ 27 Bruce, 1.b.w., n. Brice 80 Schofield, c. and b. Brico ' 2 Patterson, not out 1 Extras 11 ..Total for seven wickets 300 Bowling Analysis.—Brico took four •wickets for 94 runs; Bennett, two for

148; Stevens, ono for 27; Bold, nono for 18.

Junior Matches. North v. Old Boys.—Continuing their first innings, Old Boys made 77, Suckling contributing 28, Coleman 21, Smyth 14. Morling took six wickets for 36 runs, and Ward thrco for 17. North sent Old Boys in again. In this innings Old Boys played much bettor, making 186 in a short time. Tho highest scorors were:—Dalton 51 (not out), Coleman 32, Warwick 25, Bay 22, Boosloy 16. The Dalton-Wanvick partnership added 72 to the score, ana tho Coleman-Bay stand added 61. Bowling in the second innings for North, the honours wero divided between Wood, Ward, and Morjing. Tho gamo resulted in an easy win for North by an innings and 65. Marist Old Boys v. Base RecordsBase Records, first innings, 150 runs (Redmond 71, and Valentine 27). Marist, first 1 innings, 180 (Schracder 87, Leunon 22, Mulligan 19, Walter 13, and Moffitt 10). Base Records, second innings, 88 runs. Marist wanted 59 runs to win, and went in at 5.55 p.m., and hit up 83 runs in 35 minutes for the loss of three wickets (Moflitt 25, Schraeder 20, Hayden 29). Mulligan took seven wickets for 12 runs m Base Records' second innings. In the third grade Boys' Institute Old Boys B team scored 91 and 47, and Banks College 218 (Foster 88, Atkinson 73). • Banks College won by an I innings and 80 runs.

SENIOR BOYS' LEACUE. Boys' Institute B, 69 and 91 (Swanwick 15 and 42. Arnold 2.1, Rusterholz 19 not out). Kilbirnie, 55 and 63 for seven wiokets (Lane 28, Lewis 32). Institute won by 14 runs on the hrst innings. Thorndon defeated • Instituto A on Anderson Park after a very close finish by one run on the first innings. Thorndon 84 (Morgan 32, Dalrymple 27) and no wickots for 18 (Morgan not out 10). Instituto, 83 (Higgms 21, Smith 19, Solway 13, Tarrant 12. Bowling for Thorndon, O'Neill took four wickets for 5 runs; Dalrymple, three for 38. For Institute, Prince took two wickets for 6 runs; Solway, three for 25; Mills, three for 35. St. Cuthbert's v. Institute C, at Wakefield Park.—St. Cuthbert's, 166 (H. Charles 40, W. Turvey 37, F. Eton 16 not out. B. Gibson 16, G. Bolt 14, W. Burke 12). Institute C, 25 and I'. Bowling for St. Cuthbert's, W. Turvey took ten wickets for 15 runs and G. Bolt took nine wickets for 26 runs, while for Institute' Tucker took six wickets for 33 runs. . St. Cuthbort s won by an innings and 124 runs. Junior Grade. Boys' Instituto A, 70 and 72 (T. Barr 41 not out and 13, Caroy 10 and 15,-Aitken 21). St. Cuthbert's, 52 and 57 (L. Warwick 22 and 13, Tilyard 12, Greig 11, Reeves 10). Institute won by 33 runs. , , . ~ Boys' Institute B won by default from Marist A team. Boys' Institute C,.104 (S. Dempster 56, R. Cunningham 14). Marist T, 21 and 23. Bowling for Institute, J. Banks took seven wickets for 7 runs; R. Cunningham, six for 11; S. Dempstor, two for nil. Institute team won by an innings and 60 runs. . Boys' Institute D, 14 and 26. Marist B, 33 and 64 (Davis 14, Ryan 16, J. Reid 16). Marist won by 57 runs. Boys' Instituto E, 38 and 53 (J. Cunningham 14). St. Patrick's College D, 40 and 18 (B. Devino 15). Instituto won by 33 runs. '•,,,, , Scots' College B were defeated by Thorndon by an innings and 126 runs. Scores! Thorndon 156 (D. Nickless 35, H Nickless 37, Wonnocott 23, Epson 20). Scots College, 10 and 20. Y.M.C.A., 99, beat Porirua, 23 and 30, by an innings and 46. Batting for Y.M.C.A'.. M'Phee made 31 and Wilson 22. Bowling for Y.M.C.A., Almao took nine wickots for 16, including the "hat trick," and three for 13, and Wilson seven for 13. Y.M.C.A. B, 110, beat Institute F, 53 and 53, by an innincs and 4 runs. D. Price 33 and Ward 26 were the highest scorers for the Y.M.C.A. Dwyer 22 and 17, Pry 16, and Whitburn 12 wore the highest scorers for Institute. D. Price, six wickets for 20; Jenkins, four for 14, and Christensen, three for 7, bowled best for Y.M.C.A.