CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 110, 3 February 1920, Page 5

CRICKET

— GOVERNMENT LIFE v. A.M.P. . . ■ SOCIETY. ... . The fixturo between tho Government Lifo Insuranco Office .and the A.M.P. Society, which- was inaugurated in 1887, is said to .bo the oldest annual "house match" in New Zealand. This year's contest was hold on the 'Wellington Collego grounds—a close nhd very enjoyable match resulting. Tho "Government" tea in' batted first and quickly lost eight • wickets for 77 (Speuco 23, Choat 10). The "tail" then wagged very effectively, r.nd tho tally was 153 when the. last wicket fell. The scoro was thus doubled by tlirco players, who had all been prolific try-getters in the annual football match, but had not previously blossomed forth as cricketers, il'Lean contributing 40, Murdoch 23. and Sturrock 10 not out. The various' extras totalled 19. Columb (six for .69),. S.' Hickson (three for 33), and Rosingrave (one for 11) bowled best for tho A.M.P. team, whoso innings realised 127 (I'ostor 50, Williamson 21 and Davis 12). Tho two first-mention-ed added a useful 3D. for the eighth wicket. Bowling honours for tho Government men wero divided by Choat (four Spence (three for 37), Murdoch (two for 21), anil Scarborough (one for 11). In playing out time the Government offices' second innings stood at 9S for six wickets (Murdoch 37, Choat 15, Dr.' Gilmer 23, and Cleary 17 not out) when stumps were drawn. The Government team thus won by tho narrow margin of 26 runs on the first innings. Messrs. L. A. Chapman (G. 1.0.) and 6. Halso (A.M.P.) acted as umpires. The tc-ams lunched together at Dustin's, the principal officers of both offices being present. Owing, to war conditions no matches were played in 1915, 191G, 1917, nnd 1918. During this long war gap tho tenuis had-.' tho satisfaction of knowing that "honours were easy," each side having won fourteen games in tho pre-, war days. As tho G.i.O. has been successful in both post-wnr contests they are now "two-up" (IG—l4). An inter-oflice bowling match was also held on Thursday, when the A.M.P. rink (Messrs. Stewart,-Redstone, A'still and Brnckenridge, sen.) carried far too many guns for the G.1.0'. link (Messrs. Marchant, Prentice, S. G. Hamerton and Rose), romping homo by an easy 35 to i 4 hard-earned 5. ,