CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 159, 31 March 1919, Page 9

CRICKET

SATURDAY'S CITY MATCHES PARTNERSHIP RECORD BROKEN 'At tho Basin Reserve on Saturday afternoon three -senior .cricket matches— Old Boy 6 v.. East, North v. Potone, and Hutt v. Returned Soldiers—were commonced. '' : ' The most'interesting match,' inasmuch as upon its result the senior championship depends, was that opened by Old Boys against East. Old Boys, on Saturday' completed their first; innings, and compiled a total of 247 runs, tho chief contributors being G. Baksr (62,' i not out) and Knowlcs-Smith (50).- Hatchings took four wickoto.for 51 runs, alio: Bind, one for 10, .making the best, averages_of the bowlers for East:. 'Tho position is.that if East wins' tho match'or'Make a'draw of it', they secul'o tho championship; on tho-other hand, Old Boys may secure it by a two-point will. . East opened their first, innings, on. Saturday just Wore stumps were drawn, and made nine without any casualties. 1 : • Batting- for North in the' first innings against Petone,, lliddlestoii and . Wagstaffo easily broke the Wellington record for a partnership -. score. . The . ; record (254)- was made by -Wilson and-Tuckwoll against Trentham two- seasons, ago. Hiddleston ana'. Wagstaffe on Saturday got : well -ahead of;this with their 307 runs. At the. fourth yricket North's score was 96. When-tho fifth wicket.(Hiddleston'sl fell it was 403.. - Hiddlestop made 240 before he was- caught by -Doneghue off Brice, ' He thus-came very near to reaching tlie record individual score, for Wellington, which, by a-curious coincidence, is tho same as the. record partnership score. When stumps were drawn .Wagfitaffe had made. 118, not out, and North, were credited' with 403 for five .wickets, The fact that only eight extras-were included in North's.big total.was due principally to tho masterly wicketkeeping of, C ln-the match ,Hutt v. Returned. Soldiers, -Hutt went-in first and made 168 runs. The principal (scorers were Locket(36) aud Hughes (35). Returned Soldiers replied with 121 for three-wickets-Pat-rick-.41 and Allardyce (not out) 39. . • All three matches will be concluded on Saturday next. .. -Following are details of the scoring',, -.etc,;—,. ...

OLD BOYS V. EAST. | Old Boys—First Innings. Beeohey, b; Hutchings 30 Birch, b. Fentoiv ; 1 Lambert, 1). 51'Girr .......... 4 Marris, b. Fenton ; 0 Tucker, b. Fenton 24Hay, b. Hutchings 4 Binnie, c. M'Girr, b.Bind 7, Blacklock, c. Condliffe,- b. • W. Baker - 25' Knowles-Sniit.il, c. - .Schroeder,-<b. Hutchings: 56 Baker, G., not out :C2-. Graham, b. Hutching* 13. Extras '• 21 Total 247 Bowling Analysis.—M'Girr took two wickets for 71 runs; Fenton, threa for 55; Hutchings, four for 51; Dind, 'one for 10; Baker, orio for 39. " " ■ East.—First Innings. Hutchings, jun., not out 3 Schroeder,' uot out 1 Extras 5 Total . ••■ 9 NORTH V. PETONE. North.—First liinings?. ■ Wilson, b. Brice 0 Hiddleston, c.' Doneghm b, Brice ... 210 Burton, c. Stevens, b. Brice 26 Middloton',. et. Cate, b. Smyrko 11 Patrick,' b. Smyrke 0 Wagstaffe, not out 118 Extras : 5 Total for five'wicket® 403 HUTT V. RETURNED SOLDIERS. 1 ." Hutt.—First Innings. .. 'Aldersley, TV. A., c. Stiller, b: Clap- ' sliair •'•••• 15 Naughton, b. Clapshaw IS Hughes; c. Bobertsi-b. ■ Goou; i.i.;...v... "35 Dukeson, b. Good\.y. 2 Baumber, b. Patrick 12 Parrant, 1.b.w.,' b." Patrick 1 '3' Locket, run out ...» 36 Aldersley, R.', st. Prain, b.' Roberts 12 Lusty;' b. Miller -7 Burt, not out ....' .•li.yvS Extras 27 Total : : ; 168. Bowling Analysis.—Miller took one Wicket for 28 runs; Clnpshaw, two for. 27; Good, two for 30; Patrick, two'for 29; "Roberts, one'for 15; Berry,- none for 5; Hntchiird, none for 7. . Returned Soldiers'.—First Innings. ■"' Patrick, c. Naughton,- b. Aldersley ... !41 Roberts, b. Aldersley .19 Good, c. and 'b. Aldersley 0 Allardyce, not out 39 Miller, not out '• .13 Extras ■■ #. Total for three wickete. 121 JUNIOR. CHAMPIONSHIP. . By securing a two-point victory/over Thorndon,. Hill's Pipe Works are, undefeated for the season, .and thus win the junior championship.. Y'ith two men out for 68, Hills" continued batting on

Saturday, and made 288, of which the highest contributors were Binnie (107) and E. Murphy (91). Binnie played a very attractive innings, while Murphy was very unlucky in' having to 'retire hurtwhen bo close to the century. None of the other batsmen stayed particularly long. Thomdon, in 'heir second vonturo at .tho. wickets; did much better, and their batting was quite bright.- Hylton, Warns, and Humphries all did well. There-was a lack of keenness about the Thorndon fielding, while Moffat's (Thorndon's wicket-keeper) ffilure to appear considerably -handicapped the side, ,as "Mr. Extras" added f'eely to th e score. Detailed scores are as follow:—

HILL'S PIPE WORKS. V, Harris, b.. Plant 6 R. Murphy, retired, hurt 91 C. Murphy, c. Salmon, b. Warne ... 8 H. Murphy, st. Roberts; b. Hylton... 13 I Binnie, c. ■ and b. Hylton 107 Church, b, Elliott ■■■■•■■ S M'Kny, b.'Murphy 11 P. Harris, thrown cut 4 Love,''c.'Hylton, b. vl-'lant 0 Castles, ndt out- 1 Morrison; I>. Hylton 0 Extras ...' 44 Total • 288 Bowling Analysis;—Warne took ono | wicket for 52 runs; Elliott, one for 14; ! Plant, two. for 70;lurphy, one for 32: Hylton, three for 45. •' .. . THORN'DON. First, innings. : -....128 ■' Second-Timings. " ■' Wariie, b. "C; Murphy 34 ;. Hylton, not out -. 33 Mnore b. C;' Murphy--...... 2 Elliott, not put 17 Humphries, c. Morrison," b. M'Kay .; .20 ■Extras 8 Total'for "three-wickets 119 Bowling Analysis..—o. Murphy took two wickets for 40 inns; M'Kay, one for 29. - - : ; : OTHER~MATCHES. In the third-grade fixture, Petone v. ■Hutt, the,game resulted in.a three-point-victory for .the .former :team. Petone went in to,bat.and .declared at a total of 179 runs for three wickels—lnglis. 97, Barber (not out) 53,'nnd Shanahan 22. Noazor, for Hutt,. took two wickets for ■85 runs, and . Burt oiie for 38. Petone tc«ok tho field" and dismissed Hutt for a /ital of 50 runs, Burt's. 19 being the beat score. Hutt went in again, and this time compiled 59 rnnß—Aitken' 19 atiu Neazor. 10. Howling for Petone in both innings, Shanahan'took eleven wic- . kete for 31,. Rodger three for 8, Ingli3 : three for 38, and Hunter one for 11. Tho junior game Pctono v. Y.M.C.A. was continued at Petone on Saturday (first innings, Petone 196, Y.M.C.A. 74) i 'Y.M.C.A. went in to bat and made 126 <runs. Thus Petone required five runs 'only to gain a three-point win. The they accomplished without the loss of a : wioket—Smith 53, Wilson 21, Norling' 28, 'Auld 20. Auld and Norling bowled well for Y.M;C.A., : while Corner'and H. and R.'Parrant did-tho trundling for the local team. ' ' '

THIRD CLASS. Boys' Institute beat College (3) by 79 runs. . Institute ntada 89. and 111 for' .eight,wicket?,', College, made 70 arid .43.; Batting for Institute, Chapman made. 50 (not out), Solway 22 tnd 14, .Ward ,22,.! and Beale 17. Batting for College, Beard made 20, Port 14 (not out), and O'Connor 12. Bowling for .Institute, Ward'took, nine wickets for 35 runs and five for 4; Solway, ono for 30; Herd, three for 33; and Chapman, none for 11. Bowling forCollege, Price took six wickets for 43 and six for 21; Johnston, one for 30 and none for s Hain, three for 0 and one for 25; and Beard, one for 42. A mntcji Avas played at Anderson Park on" Saturday between the 'senior and : junior'boys of the Boys' Cricket' League.' Senior boys, 173; junior boys, 221— E. Dawe 74, E! Davies 41.