CITY CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 159, 25 March 1918, Page 7

CITY CRICKET

NORTH BEATS EAST &ATSMEN HAVE A POOR DAY Saturday was not a batsman's day on tlio Basiu Reserve, and in consequence of tho rather poor scoring interest in tho games flagged somewhat. One of the features of the afternoon was tho failure of the East side to riso to tho very fine chance presented to them by beating North. On the previous Saturday North had' batted and made 218 runs. Before stumps had beon drawn Dind and Baker had gone to the crease, and at tho close of the day mid secured about a third of tho required runs without the loss of j>. wicket. With tho whole of tho side remaining to get about a century and a half a victory for East looked to be a strong probability. However, the sido failed badly. Baker and Dind did not go on as they had begun, aud, except Condliffo aud J. Hutchings, none of tTie others contributed much to the t tally. Macintosh cleared the creaso ' very cheaply. On these first innings the match was decided, and the points went to North. North'batted again, and Fenton and J. Hutchings bowled tho whole side for 437 runs. Tho top Bcorer was C. G. Wilson, the most consistent bat in the city this season. Trentham comfortably accounted for 'Returned Soldiers. Scoring was low, and the game lacked life. Crawford put up another' good bowling performance, by helping himself to five wickets for 36 runs. ■ Crawshaw took four wickets for Iβ runs. Details of the play follow:— NORTH AND. EAST. North.—First Innings 218 East.—First Innings. Baker, b. Macintosh 30 Dind, b. Hiddleston 38 Walters,-'run- out . 0 Hitchings, c. Barker, b. Macintosh 2 Condliffe,. b. Macintosh 46 J. Hutchings. b. Tuckwell 24 Kenton, b. Tuckwell i 0 Smith, c. Eaton, b. Macintosh y. Church, b. Macintosh , 0 Cowan, run. out 2 Hilton, not out 0 Extras ;..... 19 Total 172 Bowling Analysis.—Hiddlestbn took one wicket for 32 runs; Tuckwoll, two for 42; Mackie, iiono for 7; Macintosh, fivo for 38; Barker, iiono for 12; .Windloy, none for 22. North.—Second Innings. Wilson, c. sub., b. Fenton 36 Tuckwoll, c. Dind, b. Fenton 20 Iliddleston, c. Condliffo, l>. Fenton G Hurtohy st. Condliffo, b. Hutchings 12 Barker, b. Fenton 29 Eaton, ruu oui, 2 Patterson, not out, ' C Macintosh, st. Condliffe, I). Feutoii 0 iWindlej', st. Condliffe, l>. Hutchings 0 Crorabio, c. Baker, b. Fenton ...:.. 4 •Mackie, c. Church, b. Hutchings... 4 Extras 18 Total r ..'. 137 Bowling Analysis.—Hutchings took three.wickets for 23 runs; Fenton, six i'or 52; Smith, none for 28; and Walters, none for 21. TRENTHAM AND RETURNED SOLDIERS. Returned. Soldiers.—First Innings 87 Trentham.—First Innings ' 175 J Returned Soldiers.—Second Innings. ■M'Kellar, b. Crawford 33 Cooper, run out 2 Thomas, b. Crawford 7 I Berry, b. Crawshaw 18 I ■Miller, c. Brooke-Smith, b. Craw- i ford i 7 Boddington, b. Crawford 11 Boulton, b. Crawford 7[ Collie, c. and b. Oravshaw 4 j Halliday, not out .7. . 3 j Collyns, b. Crawshaw 2 i •Cbleman, b. Crawshaw ; ]3 i Extras 31 Total 125 Bowling Analysis.—Crawford took ■five wickets for 36 runs; CrawTinaw, four for 46; and Keys, none for 12. Trentham.—Second Innings. IComnitz, b. Boddington 9 Sandel, not out 20 Kennedy, not out ;' 2 ' Extras 9i i One wioket for 40 ! Bowling Analysis.—Boddington took j one wicket for 5 rune; Berry, none for 8; Miller, none for 9; Cooper, none ■for 9. • Junior Matches. Scots College met Base Records on Ko. i Basin Reserve. At the rail of time the match was in an interesting position. Base Records, batting firstj

scored 141, thero being no fewer than six "clucks." Redmond saved tho side with his contribution of 79. Ho was, well backed up by Eramins (22), O'Brien (not out 13), and Evans (11) being tho only other double figures; Bridge, four wickets for 43 runs; Oreo, two for 31; and Farquhar, two for 34, got the wickets. At six o'clock Scots College bad run up 128 for seven wickets, Mason (36), Gibson (31), and Uttley (38 not out) being the contributors.

JVlarist Bros, met Munitions oiv the Basin Reserve. Munitions batting first only made 23 runs (Humphries .12), and made 33 runs for five wickets in the second innings (Tilyai'd 13). Marist made 76 (Naughton 22, Waller 13, Hayden 12). Bowling for Morist, Hayden took four wickets for 9 runs and 2 for 12, Naugliton four for 14 and three for 19, while P. Murphy (fivo for 13) bowled best for Munitions.

Third Grade. Boys' Institute Old Boys' A team, 131 (G. Bell 36, not out, Jell 18, A. Spolsky 17,.P. Ward 26, J. Smith 10). Wellington- College B, 47 and 78 (M'Phee 22 and 13, Anderson 31, Tilyard 12).- Bowling for Boys' Institute, W. Hart took ten wickets for 53 runs, J. Smith eight for 51, and J. Benjamin one for 6. Boys' Institute Old Boys won by an innings and 6 runs, securing a three-point win.

BOYS' LEACUE.

THE SENIOR FINAL.

The final match for the cup was continued on Saturday on Kolburn Park. The previous Saturday's scores were .-—Boys , ' Institute A. 104; St. Cuthbert's A, 132 for four wickets. G. Bolt only added 4 runs to his score of 72, not out, when ho was clean bowled oy Tarrant. The remaining principal scorers were: W. 'Purvey ]y, P. Hester, 22 not out, the total score being 177; St. Cuthbert's had thus a lead of 73 runs on the first innings. Boys' Institute in their second attempt scored 1-71- runs. H. Prince batted well for 55, the other players reaching double figures being O. Sol way 14, J. Shanahan 13, F. Murray 28, 'Henderson 13, D. Burt 11, and N. Biug 15, not out. St. Cuthbort's had, therefore, 99 runs to score in order to win the cup. . This. score seemed quite within their' powers, but bo far their start has been disastrous, as four wickets aro/down for 26 runs. G. Bolt 11. J. Shanahan and A. Tarrant were bowling exceptionally well • for Institute. The various bowling averages .were:—St. Oiithbert's: Burke, .four ■■ wickets for 51. runs; Ledger, two' for 13; Turvcy, two for 52; Hutchings, none for 20; Bolt, none for 26. Boys' Institute: Tarrant, four for 34 ; Shanahan, .three for 1.1. Whereas the honours on the first clay's play rested with St. Cuthbert's, the honour's of tho second day's play rested.with Boys' Institute. . The final day's play should prove decidedly interesting, as St. Cuthbert's have six wickets to fall and 73 runs to score- ]n order lo win tho cup.

Junior Boys' Representative Game. At Duppa Street tho representatives of the A and , E , grades tried conclusions, the B grade representatives being successful in winning by 3 runs on the first innings, tho scores being:— A grade team, 67 (Gawno 30/ Oliver 10); B grade team, 70 (S. Dempster 29, W. Harris 13). A grade team, second innings, 82 for six wickets (P. Carey 33, T. Barr 24, O. Johnson !), not out). Bowling for tho A team, W. Tucker took threo wickets for 13 runs; 0. Johnson, two for 13; Gawne, three for 20. Bowling for the B team, S. Dempster took live wickets for 16 runs; A. Ryau, four for 42; W. Hanley, three for 39; J. Banks,' two for 31; and H. Black, none for 6.

I Boys' Institute D team, 90 (W. i Newton 60, J3. Dawe 10); Boys' Ini stitute F team, 72 and 37 (Rogers 28, i'R. Rxton'l2, C. Harris 10). Bowling [ for Institute D, E. Dawe took eleven ! wickets-for 23 runs; AY. Newton, six i for 36; and D. Chandler, three for 9. I Bowling for Instituto F, Rogers took I four for 31. Boys' Institute D secured I u 'two-point win by 18 runs onthe first j , tunings.