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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 133, 1 March 1920, Page 6

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WELLINGTON V. HAWKE'S BAY HOME TEAM OPENS BADLY I The representative cricket match between Wellington and Hawke's Bay, which was postponed from Friday, was commenced at tho Basin Reserve on Saturday afternoon under tolerably fine conditions. Contrary to the general expcctions. the attendance was very fair, some , 50(1 spectators being present. The rain [ which fell in the early hours of SaturI day morning made the wicket very heavy, coming as it did on top of the downpours of the two preceding days. As a matter of fact, the wicket on jvhieh it was proposed to play the match 1 was so muddy that a new pitch was prepared Oil Saturday morning on firmer ground. The day was not a gooii one. for batsmen, as tho heavy state of the outfield prevented many a good drive from reaching the boundary, consequent- . Iv the task before the fieldsmen was not ■ quite so strenuous as it would have been under more favourable conditions. Hawke's Bay's first innings realised 121, top score being made by Stevens, . who put on 38. O'Brien (24) and ChaTles ['&) were the next best manipulators of tho willow. Tho day was good for slow ■ b.owlers. and the result was that tho ma- ; ioritv of tho visitors were caught out, no fewer than eight of them being dis- : missed in this fashion. Middleton, i Smvrke. and Duncan were tic three Wellington trundlers, and the nrstnamed put • up the highest average, taking six wickifa for 5G runs. Wellington commenced to bat at five o'clock, but, to the surprise of everybody, ■ their wickets went down like ninepins, i and. at the end of an hour, they had lost six wickets for 42 runs. Four of i the best men—AV. Baker, Lambert, Bur- ■ ton. and Middleton—achieved tho dubious distinction of retiring with ciphers against their names, and Dind, who is usually reliable as a run-producer, mado only a paltry !). AVarne (16) and Sohrader (13) were the two not-out men. The man chiefly responsible for the damago was O'Connell, who, with his 6low breaks, took five wickets for 15 runs. The teams were as follow;— Wellington —W. Baker. Dind, Lambert, Burton, Sclirader, Donogluie, Middleton, AVarne, Cate. Duncan, a:yl Smyrkc. Hawke's Bav—Patterson, Jacobsen,• O'Brien, Fulton. Crosse. O'Connell, Johnson,.Charles, Steveus. Mills, and Gifford. Hawke's Bay Open Batting. Wellington won the toss, and elected to send Hawke's Bay to the wickets first. Patterson and Jacobsen were the first to bat. the latter facing the bowling of Middleton. Jacobsen snatched a 1 off Middleton's fifth ball, and two minutes later Baker caught Patterson behind the crickets. O'Brien took Patterson's place, | and Smyrko went on to bowl at the southern end, O'Brien losing littlo time in securing a 2. Middleton again resumed tho bowling, and runs began to come a little more quickly. When play had been in progress ten minutes, the visitors had compiled 10. The first-ball of Middleton's third over produced a single by O'Brien, who later on mado a nico drive for 2. Duncan aid not have much difficulty in overhauling the ball closo to the boundary owing to the dead state of the 'ground. Jacobsen then succumbed to Baker, who caught him in the slips off Smvrke. 20—2—9. O'Brien was joined by Fulton, who was not at the wickets two minutes before he gave a chance to Dind, which was accepted. 22—3—2. Crosse was Jie next batsman, and he faced Middleton, who dismissed him witli the fifth ball of tho fifth over. 24—4—0. O'Connell entered into partnership with O'Brien, but the firstnamed lasted for only one ball, being caught by Cate off Smyrke. 25—5—0. lie was followed by Johnson, who played some nico strokes, and commenced to compilo a score. Both Johnson and O'Brien began to make a stand, so a change of bowlers was effected, Duncnn going on in place of Smyrke. The first 3 of the day was scored by O'Brien, who hit a beautiful shot to tho outfield oil Smvrke. At this stage tho partnership between Johnson and t O'Brien was severed the first-named being caught in tho slips by Duncan off Middleton after making 11. -i'2 —6 —ll. Charles went to tho support of OBrien, who banged Middleton to tlie boundary for 4, amidst loud applause. Middleton's eighth over was a maiden, nnd after an hour's play, Hawke s Bay liad made 51, O'Brien having contributed 23 runs to this total. Two minutes after the' hour. O'Brien was clean bowled D}' Middleton. after a very creditable innings. 53-7-24. Stevens next went to the crease, and 60 appeared on tho board rfter the irnmo had l*en in progress for 70 minutes. Play began to drag a good deal, but a nice drive by Stevens for 3, followed by a cut to the off for 2 by Charles, aroused some interest. Both batsmen now enlivened t,he proceedings by somo vigorous hitting, tho bowling of both Middleton and Duncan being treated with a moderate degree of freedom. . Smyrke changed hands with Duncan on the bowling, nnd Stevens obtained two boundaries in succession. Between them, Stevens and Charles mado 13 runs off Sm.vrke's over, and the score reached 90 after an hour and a half's play. Runs were now coming in fnirly fast, and the century was reached in an hour and 35 minutes per medium of a 2 by Charles, off Smyke. Tho afternoon tea adjournment was then taken. After tho resumption, LanVbert caught Stevens off Smyrke, thus terminating the partnership with Charles, which realised 53 runs, Stevens having mnde 38. 10G—8 —3S. Mills joined Charles, who was notching singles in good style. Finally, Charles, who had compiled 23, lifted ono to Warne at point, off Middleton. 115- -9—23. He was"replaced by Gifford, whose first stroke, off jtfddlcton, produced n 4, and then Hawke's Bay's innings came to a close after two houra and ten minutes' play, Mills being caught in tho slips bv Baker, off Smyrke. 121 — 10—o. Wellinflton's Poor Showing. Baker nnd Dind opened the batting for Wellington at 5 p.m., the former standing up to the bowling of O'Connell. Baker's innings was dramatically short, for the second ball from O'Counell flipped off the tip' of his bat into the hands if O'Brien. wliD fas in the slips. o—l—o. Unibert joined Dind, and Wellington's first scorn came from a leg-bye. _ After ten minutes' play, Dind opened, his scoring account with a smart cut for 1 to the oft from O'Brien. Another couple by Dind followed, and then Lambert sent up a skier to Johnson at long leg, qff O'Connell, and the chance was accepted. o—2—o. Burton followed Lambert, and Dind dispatched O'Connell to the off boundary -.'or 4 Then Burton's career came to an end with the fifth ball of O'Connell's second over; Burton succumbed to his sc«md. ball from O'Connell. The game had only been in progress for 1G minutes when Wellington had lost three wickets for the small total pf 11 runs. ScliTadcr took Burton's place. Four minutes later Dind went down to O'Brien, who look lv's middle stump. 11—)—9. Donogluie was tho next to so in. and he snipped a couplo of singles, Sclirader keeping pace with a 2. Sclirader was batting liicelv, and he cut O'Brien to the boundary' for 4. Donogluie, who had not made more than 2, was next caught at point by Charles, off O'Connell, who had now taken four wickets for 9 runs. Wellington had been batting for half an hour, and they had only made 24 runs for tho loss of five wickets. Middleton was tho sixth man tq go to the wickets, but in a rapidly short time, without obtaining a run, he was dismissed by O'Connell, who took his middle stump. 20—G—fl. O'Conncll's-slow breaks _ were doing damage indeed. Warne joined Sclirader, but the runs d'd not como very ouicklv, although Warne got a 4 off O'Brien. Shortly before the end of the dav. however, the light, which had been liad, improved, and Warne ran his score in(o double fitnires. When stumps were drawn at G o'clock, Warne liad made Ifi. not out, and Sclirader 13, not out, Wellington's score being 42 for tho loss of six' wickets. The match will bo resumed at 10 a.m. to-day. Following are details of the scoring | HAWKE'S BAY. FIRST INNINGS. Patterson, c. Baker, b. Middleton 0 Jacebson, c. Baker, b. Smyrke 9 O'Brien, b. Middleton 24 Fulton, c. Dind, b. Middleton 2 Crosse, b. Middleton 0 O'Connell, c. Cate, b. Smyrke 0 Johnson, c. Middleton ... 11

Charles, c. Warne, b. Mkldloton 23 Stevens, c. Lambert, b. Smyrko 38 Mills, c. Baker, b. Smyrko 5 Gilford, not out 4 Extras 5 Total 121 1 . BOWLING ANALYSIS, ■ Overs. Maidens. Buna. Wkts. Middleton ... 18 2 M G Smyrko ... 11.4' 1 43 4 Duncan 6 1 15 0 '' How tho ivickcts fell One for 1; two '• for 20; three for 21; four for 24; live for s 25; six for 42; erven for 53; eight for 10G; nino for 115; ten for 121. WELLINGTON. n FIEST INNINGS. Baker, c. O'Brien, b. O'Connell 0 y Bind, b. O'Brien 9 ® Lambert, c. Johnson, b. O'Connell ... 0 '• Burton,'b. O'Connell 0 " Schrador, not out 13 6 Donoghue, c. Charlea, b. O'Connell 2 Middlcton, b. O'Connell v. 0 3J Warno, not out 16 Extras 2 o■. Total for six wickets 42 ' Bou'lin? Analysiß.-O'Connell took five ' wickets for 15 runs; O'Brien, one for 24; 11 iind Giilord, none for one.