CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 15, 13 October 1919, Page 7

CRICKET

OPENING OF THE SEASON

HEAVY WICKETS AT THE BASIN RESERVE

Contrary ""to the _ prognostications of the morning, glorious conditions prevailed for; the opening of tho cricket season on Saturday afternoon.' Unfortunately, the wet weather during the week bad a bad effect on the ground, and tho wickets; at the Basin Reserve were very heavy and ,ooad.\ This was rather hard on the batsmen, who had, difficulty in getting the'ball away, but thoy fieldsmen gained 'a 'compensating benefit, for thoy did not havo to do a great amount of chasing; As decided at the ■ annual meeting of Wellington Cricket Association, .eight-ball overs were played, and the opinion of bowlers generally was" that the innovation .was, distinctly good; ' Changes not being :So frequent, they had' a better opportunity of getting : ''set'' 'than nnder'the old system of sending down six balls to tho over, and no greater difficulty than formerly was experienced' in keeping down the.'scores. East bowlers spoke well :of the idea, and averred , that it. did hot cause them, to tire unduly. . - Two senior' matches were begun at tho Basin Reserve. In the match East r. Thorndon, East' went-in to bat first, and piit together 189 runs before they were dismissed. Baker and Dind opened to the bowling of Plant, and after the lapse .of about twenty minutes Dind succumbed to . Berry. The top, score of the side'was made by J. Hutellings,, who rattled on 16 tuns, before being caught bv Brisbane. ■ Schrader '(36), Condliffe (21), Patrick (17), M'Girr (15), and Baker (11) wore the other double-figure scorers. The ball which terminated Baker's career was bowled beautifully by Plant, and appeared to pause last Feason's champion batsman a good deal:of surprise. Plant bowled exceptionally well during the afternoon, and he took six wickets for.'s6 runs. . After,,- a little over 'two hours' play, East were and Thorndon went in. By' the time stamps were drawn Thorndon had compiled 43 runs for the loss of three wickets, Moord and Berry being not out with 12 and 10 respectively. Playing against Hutt' North scored 111 in the first innings, Tiickwell; (13), Smith (33 not out), and • Burton (12) being the only - batsmen, to get' double figures. Mr; C. G. Wilson, the Dopular cricket veteran, was again playing for North.'imd was caught by Langford, off Stvles, after putting on 8. Langford and Judd put up the best bowling averages.' the former-taking three'wioketg for 22 runs.-and the latter, two for 15. Hutt commenced thoir first innings, and produced 63 runs for the loss of one wicket, Naughton' (42) and Dukeson (13) being the'two not-out men ' 1 For the'sake of the public-who patronise the pavilion at the .Basin Reserve it would be a good' thing-'if some sort of supervision, were exercised over 1 the iuvenile element. : Last year children proved to be an ' intolnrable ' nuisance w,jth their shouting and, jumping over nejats in the stand, and this 1 season they bid. fair to be a similar 'annoyance to, the spectators. ' ' , 'At Petone a game was nlayed between Old Boys and Petone. ■' The- local team has secured several new members, -and promises to hold its,-own in championship fixtures. It' was impossible to guage the batting ability of. tho batsmen of either eleven on Saturday. The ground' was too, heavy for the compiling of large scores, and the players, although keen,- were not in batting- form. Petone opened badly, ; and lost eight wickets for the small total of 39' runs. The last two batsmen added 61 runs, and" the Petone-ites were all disposed of for a century. Old; Boys-did'not j faro any better and. have lost six wickets for 71 runs! ; Details of,the matches are as follow:— EAST AND THORNDON. East—First Innings., , ; Baker, W. A., b/Plant ~ ..11 Dind-,;A.,: o;Jsub.iv!b.:rßcrry ~ , 9Hutchings; J.,- c.' Brisbane, b. Plant 46 Oondliffe. ■ W. r - J., c. Berry, b. Plant; 21 M'Girr, H. W.; c. Brisbane, b. Plant 15 Schrader, not out • 36 Patrick, o. ; and b. Berry ... 1J Garrod, W., c. Plant, b. Warne 6 ■Baumber, J., c. Plant " 9 Wilson, c. Warne, b. Hylton .. 8. Fenton, A., b. Plant : < • ... 3 Extras 8 ■ Total ......... 189 Bowling analysis: Plant ,took six wickets for 56 runs; Berry, two for 85; flnmithcre, nope'for .21; Hylton,. one for 31; Warne, one for 13; Brisbane, none, for 19. ■■ ' , . ". • " Thorndon—First Innings.Hylton, b. Garrod ; '2 Carruthers, c. Patrick, b. Fenton-... '11 O'Donovan, b. Garr0d'......... 0 Moore, not out 12 Berry, not out 10 Extras .8 .. Totahfor three wickets ,43 NORTH AND HUTT. ; ■North—Frst Innings. Tuckwell, c. and b. Lusty 13, Patrick, c. Naughton; b. Styles 1 Burton, b. Judd 12 Quinn, b. Styles ..; 9 Wagstaffc, c. and b. Judd 1 Smith, not out ;. ;.... 33 Wilson, c. Langford, b. Styles 8 Eyan. c. Styles, b. Langford ......t... • 0 Wilkinson, 1.b.w., b, Langford ......... • 0 Eaton, b. Langford 8 Patterson, b. Lusty s ' Extras 21 Total ; 114 Bowling analysis: Langford : took three wickets for 22 runs; Styles, three for 67; Judd, two for i 5; Lusty, two for 19. . Hutt—First Innings. . .' 'Aldersley, ,c. and b; Patrick 0 Dukeson, not out 13 Naughton, not, out 12 Extras ......V. Total, for one wicket 63 Bowling analysis: Patrick' took one "wicket for 17 runs; Byan, none for 23; Quinn, none for 8; Eaton, none for 7. OLD BOYS v. PETONE. Petone—First Innings. Doneghue, b. Tucker S Inglis, b. Tucker ....". 20 Gate, o. J. Blacklock, b. Tucker ... 0 Gedye, c. J. Blacklock,, b. Duncan ..., 2 Brlce, c. Harris, b. Tucker ' 0 Finlayson, b.' Tucker i 0 O'Donohtie, c. Duncan, b. Lambert ... 32 Smyrk, c. C. P. Blacklock, b., Lambert 0 Fanning,'b. Tucker 2 Nicholls, c. Harris, b. Tuoker 16 Coles, not out ...., 16 Extras ; 9 Total ;... 100 Bowling analysis: Tuoker, took seven' ■wickets for 16 runs; Duncan, one for 13; Lambert, tv/o for 13; Turvey, none for' 2; Marris, none for 12;, Benjamin, none for 5. Old Boys—First Innings. Birch, b. Finlayson 4 Binnie, 1.b.w., b. Brice 3 Marris, b. Brice 3 Lambert, ,b. O'Donohue '38 Baker, c. 'Cate, b. O'Donohue 13 Blacklock, J. 8., 1.b.w., b, Brice 1 Benjamin, not out 1 2 Turny, not out "... o Extras 4 Total for six wickets' 71 Bowling analysis: Brice took three wickets for 21 runs; Finlayson, one for 21; Smyrk, none for 16; O'Doiiohue, two for 2. Junior Games. In tho North v. East junior match, East in the first innings made 135 (B. Gibson 39, Osborno 21, J. Hutchings 20). North lost ono mieket for 58 (Ward not out 31, Shaw not out 21). Third Class, In a two innings' match St. Thomas's defeated Potoc by 5 runs, thus securing a three-point win. Petone batted first and made, 39 runs. Bowling for St. Thomas's, Faber took four wickets for 7 runs, Lawrence four for 12, and Greenside one for 11. St. Thomas's first innings realised 19 runs, Faber's scoro of