CITY CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 176, 15 April 1918, Page 9

CITY CRICKET

CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY TRENTHAM TUCKER HEADS BATTING AVERAGE BOWLING HONOURS GO TO ISRICE Tho cricket teason was brought to a close on Saturday attornoon. Tub result of tho season's piny is Uwt Me cliiiDipionsliip honours fco to '.lrentliaui, : who concluded with a tcoro ot ueuny thmy point*, leaving- their tienrest ..opponents almost twenty points in tho rear—a remarkably good performance. The camp team, of course, includes firet-clasa urickoters from various parU of the ilominion. Thair most useful player has beon J. N. Crawford, whoso bowling; and batting has been of considerable profit to the team. Tho batting average for. the season goes to K. Tucker, of the Old Boys' eleven. Tuoker has been prominent in Wellington cricket for many years, and is still very effective with both the bat and the ball. Another of the older oricketers to finish well up in the batting' list is C. Ci. Wilson, who struck form early in tho season, and gave some of tho nicest exhibitions of batting seen on the Basin. Tho greatest number of wickets was • fnken by S. Bride,, the Pefoiie alf-roim-1 dor. .7. N. Crawford was n close second, and both npnroachwl (ho century. j | Details of .Saturday's play follow •— TRENTHAM'V. OLD BOYS. ' Trentham-First Innings .......: 167 j Trritt, -run out •■•■— 1B Birch, c. Kemnib:, b. Lusk v.... 0 | Beechey', b. Crawford ....■•• ••• 9 Lambert, b. Tancred ■■■■■ Man-is,' b'. Crawford ;.......'...... 2li Blackloct,..q; i Kenney, b. Crawford ... 0: Thomas-, b.Lusk- .■........,....'...'..-..-.. 7 1 Carrot),, not "out ■ 36 Binnic, )>. Crawford -.- ■ •• U LnsJf, b, Cran-ford 3, liocsley, c.Biuley, b.'Crawford - 7' Total ' :. - : " si Bowling Analysis:-Crawford • took six wickets for '41 thus;'Lnsk iwp for .35; Tancred,. one for 37; Brooke-Smith, none j for 18. ' . ... . NORTH V, RETURNED SOLDIERS. Returned Soldiers-First. Innings .... 54 ■ ' North.—First Innings. Windley, b. Thomas .......'.-.'..'...."..'..' 6 Maekie, run out "• ■<■-. M'Kellar, b. Miller 9 Macintosh, b. Miller -j Barker, hot out '■••■• •" Burton, b.' Thomas ■'■ • G Wagstnffe, 1.b.w., b. Thomas 0 Tuckwcll, c. Harrison, b. Miller U •Hiddleston, c. Boddington, b. Miller 18 Eaton, b. Thomas •> Wilson, b. Hatchard ..;.....» -.....:.» 26 Extras ..- .• • 6 ■ T0ta1....". - W Bowling Analysis-Thomas took four wickets for 56 runs; Miller, four for 67; Harrison, none for 9; Boddington, • none for 9; Hrttchard, one for none. Eoturned Soldiers.—Second Innings. Harrison,'c. Windley, b. Hiddleston 5 M'Kellar, thrown out • 2 Allardyce, c. and b. Hiddleston 1 Miller, c. Tuckwnll, b. H.iddleston ... 0 Thomas, c. Barker, b. Macintosh ... 9 Boddington, <\ Hiddleston 1 Hatchard, c. Patterson, b. Hiddleston 0 Coleman,-K Macintosh 0 Boulton, not out • 18 Halliday, absent :■' — Collyns, not out I ;.Extras ....,..., .• : ._J Total. '■ •■' 10 Bowling Analysis—Hiddleston took five wickots for 11) runs;(-Mackie, none for 8; Macintosh, two lor 9; Windley, none for S.