CITY CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 94, 14 January 1918, Page 9

CITY CRICKET

THE SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

RAIN DELAYS PLAY

Saturday was an uncertain kind of day, and until late it was doubtful whether cricket would be postponed at gone on with. it was decided to play, but the period of play was brief. The match between North and Returned Soldiers was concluded. It ended in North's favour by an inningvS and over 600 runs. Trentliani scored a three-point win over Old Boys, and East defaulted to Petone. Details of play on .ihe Basin Reserve follow :— OLD BOYS AND TRENTHAM. Old Boys, first innings Go Trentharo,-first innings 77 Old Boys,- second inniugs 109 Trentuam—Second Innings. Kenny, b. Garrod ~ 1' Kemnitz, st. Beechey, b. Harris ... 19 Sneddon, not out f5 Crawford, b. Marris 0 Bruce, not out .' Jo Extras 13 Three wickets for ~; 101 Bowling analysis: Tucker took no wickets for 27 runs; Garrod, one for 23; Lambert, none for 19; and Marris, two for 19. NORTH AND RETURNED SOLDIERS North batted on Saturday, January 5. and made 633 runs for seven wickets. They then doclared their innings closed. Playing six men short, Returned Soldiers macle 18 runs in their first innings and ten in their second innings. Returned Soldiers.—First Innings. Hastings, b. Hiddleston 2 Coleman, b. Hiddleston 6 Boulton, b. Mnckie (I Cooper, not out 1 Collins, b. Hiddleston 9 Total 18 Bowling Analysis.—Hiddleston took three wickets for 13 runs, and Mackie one for 5. Second Innings. Cooper, b. Windley v '. 1 Collins, c. Barker, b. Windley 2 Hastings, c. Tuekwell, b. M'lntosh ,i Coleman, c. Hiddleston, b. Windley 2 Boulton. not 0ut....... 0 Total :.... 10 Bowline; Analysis.—Windley, three wickets for 4 runs; M'lntosh, one for 6. ' Junior Championship, A great deal of interest was.shown in the match for the junior championship between Hutt A' and Marist Brothers, two unbeaten teams, which was played at the Hutt Recreation Ground. Hutt A won the toss and elected to bat, compiling 152 runs, the largest -scorers being Aldersley 30, M'Kay 20, Parker 20, Hughes 17, Maboy 16 not out, Patton 12. Lusty li). Marist Brothers' best bowlers wero: Hoyden, four, for 36; Leydon, threo for 30; Mulligan, two for 34; Mooney, ono for 19. Marist. Brothers made 52 runs in their first innings (Schrador 10,. Leydon 10), and 67 runs _ men short), in their second innings (Hayden, 37, being the ouly doublefiguro scorer). Bowling for Hutt, Aldersley took six wickets for 19 runs and ono for lb', Lusty six for 23 and none for 10, M'Kay three for 12 and none for 21. Tho Hutt A thus won by mi innings and 33 runs, and retained their unboaton record.

Hutt B played Ordnance at Hutt, tho result ucina; a throe-point win for Ordnance by 87 runs. Scores:—Ordnance, first innings, 176 (Butler 55, Hill 36, Ford 22, "Doug." M'lntyre 19, "Don." M'lutyro 17); second innings, 188 (liutlof 97, M'lutyro 41, M'lntyre 19). Hutt B, first innings. 77 (Martin 33, Sullivan not out 13); second innings. 200 (Mollis 87, Lusty 62, Slater 12). Howling for Ordnance, M'lutyro took five wickets for 26 runs and two for 51, Bowkcr three, for-34, Hunter one. for 12, Hill seven for 86, Butler none for 63; nnd for Hutt B. Martin two for 50, Lusty two for 24 and two for 45, Mollis one for 24 and ono for 11, Hansen threo for IB and one for 41. North defeated Munitions _ Department by an limine!) and 71 runs. ScoroSj:—North, 253 Armstrong 73, Wood 43. Morlims 32, not out, Wohster 29, W. L. Wilton 25. B. J. .Wilton 211. Munitions: First innings, 11$ (Elliott 49. Murphy 30); second innings. 64 (with six men only), (Salmond 21, Tilyard 17).

REPRESENTATIVE TEAM

TO MEET OANTEE.BUK.y. Tho following Wellington representative team lias been selected to i>lay the Canterbury' eleven on Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday next: — W. S. Brice (captain), J. W. Condliffe, W. Baker, A. Dind, H. Lambert, B. Marris, A. Bennett. W. Garrod, H. E. Burton, J. F. Hiddleston, C. CI. Wilson. Tliis is tbo same eleven as played Christchurch at New Year time.