CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 139, 8 March 1920, Page 8

CRICKET

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

SATURDAY'S MATCHES

. On Saturday at the Basin Reservetho match between Thorndon and Old Boys was concluded. The' match was commenced at Ifelburn Park on I'obruitry 22, when Thorndon in their first inning made 23(i, find Old Boys lost ono wicket for U. Duncan (32) and Bmme (10) continued their innings ftt the Basin, but tho partnership was soon uistfoived. .Dinnie being caiipht out by ar Tl ,n ! elips when the score ints 0-. Barclay joined Duncan at the wickets, but onl) 2 had been added to the score when Duncan, with 59 to bis credit, was caught by prince off Phillips. Barclav was beginnine to score, but Baker, the newcomer to the wickets, fell a victim t o M Kellnr in the slips. Tucker whs the next man, and ho and Barclay gave ail exhibition of some fine cricket. Tucker was lucky, for Carrnthers missed a high catch when he had compiled 24. Tucker heeded not the warning, and a few minutes later he skied another ball into Warnes hands. Barclay was joined by Ronnldson, and the score slowly crept UP. Barclay was playing excellent cricket, hitting the bulls aiui taking no chances, and -Ronaldsqti was 'stonewalling." Before long, however Ronaldson opened out, and the scoring becarno freer and faster. When a total of 305 had been reached Ronaldson hit one off Martin towards the boundary, and Moore held it firmly. Barclay also fell a victim to the Moore-Martin com.bina tion. fTis score of 108 was a pnrtioft. lnrly bright effort. Lambert was the next man to go out, bemtf cnupht ))> Moore in the samo manner. Birch contributed a 4 before lie was clean bowled bv Martin, and a few minutes later Knowles-S'mith was stumped by Prnin, the inninrs closing for MO. The fielding of Thorndon was. on the whole. ■■ excellent-, but Berry allowed nearly every ba to him. The bowling honours fell to Martin with four wickets for 4S runs. i or ah average of 12. , ' The Petone Krcreation Ground wna in excellent condition on Saturday afternobj., when Petone continued their first inning against North and secured a threepoint. win. When stumps were drnwr on the previous dav. North were all out for 101 and Petone. bad five wickets down for IGB. Briee and H. E. flMiolls resumed the battincr, "Rangi Wilson and Middleton being the bowlers. Brice opened by sending "RajR 1 ' I l w V n n c, '\!jl twice for 4, and had added 11 to Ins former of 13 when he played one on from Middleton. ; Robinson replaced Wil=on and Cato took Brice s bat. Play ■brightened for a short while. Cate, with four pretty cuts, scoring 4 before being caught in the slips by Middleton, off Robinson. Nicholls's next partner £ Coles, - and they were together only a few minutes when Robinson knocked the formers bail* about 25 yards behind the wicket. Fanning was next man in. After nlaying st ® a( '" ily for a few minutes Coles started to hit out, sending Middleton to the boundary twine in succession for 4-200 up. The Coles-Fanning combination put in some good work, the board showing 230 after Fanning had liftfiil one of Ryan s over the feneo for six. "Rangi _ went) on Again, and near the end of his over got Tanning's middle stump. M. Nicholas was the last man. and with Cole brought the score to 244, when he missed a fast ball from Ryan, and his career ended for six. -North made only a slightly better display in their second innings than they did in the first, being dismissed for a total of 103 as a result of the effective bowling of Brice and Finlayson. C. -G. Wilson and R.yan opened to the bowling of Brice and Smyrk, and Brice soon found t'he veteran's wicket. Middleton followed, and had compiled a few when he- was well caught by M. Nicholls, off Brice. W, H. Wilson was next, and was l;«wled by Finlayson when lie had a dozen to his credit (including one six). The procession was joined by Wagstaffe, Fiiujyson's first ball accounting for 'Mm, Tno bowler was unfortunate not to g-et tho hat trick. Ryan was caught by Fanning (a brilliant effort), off Finlayson, when he had reached. 53. This closed the innings, leaving Petone victors, by, an innings an,d 40 runs. East had a two-point win over Hutt on the Ilutt Recreation Ground. The position n fortnight ago was that Hutt had two wickets down in their second innings for 50 runs, and Langford and Mnrten were at the wickets when timo was called. These players faced tho bowling of M'Girr and ton, and succeeded in reaching 93 wheff Langford was bowled by M'Girr playing a fast ball on. Tullett joined Mnrten and played on to 153 when tho latter was caught at point by Patrick off Dind after scoring 3i). Aldersley lasted a few minutes, being run out with 1 to his credit. Lusty followed Aldersley and succeeded in carrying his bat for 12. Things became lively when Judd went in and started by sending Dind almost to tho boundary for 2. After this ho scored rapidly and had a total of 19 when ,ho was bowled by Patrick in an attempt to reach the boundary. Ho was succeeded at tho wicket by Ball, who fell an easy victim to a slow leg break from Hutchings,' who accounted for Thomas and M'Donald in a similar manlier. Baker and Dind opened the second innings for East, who wanted 183 to win— an apparently hopeless task. Aldersley and Judd were the bowlers. When 32 was reached Dind was caught by Thomas off Judd after getting 2G. Patrick followed and added 1 before Lusty induced hitu to put up a catch'which C. Judd took. This made amends for an easy one the bowler missed. Baker, who had been scoring slowly, was the next back to the pavilion, run out. Condliffe went in, and with Hutchings brought the score to 45 when he was ruled out behind the wicket on what appeared to be a doubtful catch. Watson followed, and at 5.30 p.m. tho score stood at 50. It was ovident that East were playing out time, runs coming very slowly. Then-Hutch-ings smacked Judd to the fence for 4 and again fjr 3, and a few minutes afterwards 80 was on the board. Fourteen more were added when , Watson was caught by Marten off Tullett a few minutes before time. East consequently won-by 23 runs on the first innings. Following are details-.—

THORNDON V. OLD BOYS. j Thorndon.—First Innings 236 I Old Bovs.—First Innings. Duncan, c. Prince, b, Phillips 59 Stainton. c. Warne, b. Phillips 8 Binnie, c. M'Kellar, b.-Warne 18 Barclay, c. Moore, b. Martin 108 Baker, c. M'Kellnr, b, Warne 5 Tucker, c. Warne. b. Phillips 31 Ronaldson. c. Moore, b. Martin G3 Lambert, c. Moore, b. Martin G j Knowles-Sinitli, st. Prain, b. Martin... 3 Birch, b. Martin 4 M'Coll. not out' : 9 Extras 21 Total 338 Bowling Analvsis.—Martin took four wickets for 4S runs,- Warne,.two for U; Phillies, three for 76; Carruthers, non« for 49: Christopherson, none for- 9; Gell, nono for 12; Berry, nono for 15; M'Kellar. none for 32; Prince, none for 30. PETONE V. NORTH. PETONE—First innings, Godve. b. Robinson 36 Doneghue, b. Ryan 51 Smvrk. run out G Finlavson. c. Kobinson, ]>• Ryan O'Bonohue. b. Eyan 9 Brioe. b. 'Middleton 21 Nicholls. b- Robinson .....; 19 Cate. c. Middloton, b. Robinson 5 Coles, not out ... ; 21 Fanning, b. A. Wilson 18 M. Nicholls. b. Ryan 6 Extras 25 Total 211 Bowling ' Analysis—Robinson took three wickets-for 59; A. Wilson, one for 57: Rvan. four for 78; W. 11. Wilson, none for 19: Middleton, one for 30; C. G. Wilson, nono for 1. j NORTH. v .. | First Innings 101 Second Innings. C. G. Wilson, b. Brice 9 i llvan. c. Fanning,' I). linlaysoii 53 j Middleton. c. M. Nicholls, b. Brice ... 8 „ W. 11. Wilson, b. Finlayson 12 , Wagstaft'e. b. Finlayson 0 j Patterson, b! Brice 1 A. Wilson, b. Bvico 0 i Robinson, b. Brico 5 >

Ouinn. b. Finlayson 1 Crombie. not out 4 Burton, absent 0 Extras 7 Total /. 103 Bowling Analysis.—Brine took five wickets for 53 runs; Smyrk, none for 22; Finlayson, four for 18. HUTT V. EAST. HUTT. First innings 71) Second Innings.... Hughes, c. Watson, !>. M'Girr 1,1 W. A. Aldersley. I). M'Girr 2!) Langford, b. M'Girr IS Mnrten, c. Patrick, b. Dind 39 Tullett. b. Dind 42 It. Aldersley, run out 1 J.usty, not nut 12 E. .Titdd, 1). Patrick -. 19 J). Ball, b. Hufehings 2 Thomas, b. Hutchings 0 M'Dnnald, b. Hutchings 2 Extras 28 Total 205 Bowling Analysis.—M'Girr. took three wickets for G4 runs; Fenton, none for 52j .Hutchings, three for 30; Dind, two for 20; Patrick, one for-i. EAST. First innings ]02 Second Innings. W. Bakrr, mn out 7 Dind, c Thomas, b. .Ttnld 20 J. Patrick, c. Judd. b. Lusty 1 Ifiitchings, riot out 25 Condliffe, c. Ball, b. Tullett 1 Watson, c. Marten, b. Tullett 17 Extras i 17 Total for five wickets 91 1 Bowling Analysis—A. Aldersley took no wickets for 31 runs; E. Judd, on,e for 33; Lusty, one for 3; Tullett,- two for 11. JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP.

Thorndon defeated East on Ifelburn Park by 97 runs on tho first innings. East made 191 (Wighton 82, A. Gibson not out 53, G. Gibson 21) and eight wickets for 78 (G. Gibson 33, O. Sullivan 14, Hutchings 12, B. Gibson not out 10). Thorndon replied with 285 (King 118, Salmon 53, Aston 3G, Humphries 22, Brisbnne 21). King, four for 53 and four for 17, Tilyard two for 13, and Humphries two for 4 bowled best for Thorndon. Wighton, four for GB, and Cunningham, two for 40, were East's most effective bowlers.

In the Y.M.C.A. v. College A match, College batted first and made 08 runs (M'Phco 19, Button ;4). Henderson, bowling for Y.M.C.A., secured ten wickets for 30' runs. Y.M.C.A. niado 189 (Henderson ■ 57, Smith 49, Wilson 27, J. Henderson 23, Blythe 16V College in their second innings made 7.5, Henderson, five wickets for 22 runs, Smith, three for 12 runs, bowled well for Y.M.C.A. Cliilds 26 and Banks 15 reached double figures for C<Oge. Y.M.C.A. won by an innings and 36 runs. Petone secured a tnree-point win over Ivilbirnie by nn imiings and threo wickets. Kilbirnie batted first and made 54 (W. Christopherson 23, Algar 18). Petone replied with 124 for seven wickets fSlmnalian 32, Martin 32, Parrant 14). Kilbirnie in their second innings were disposed of f0r,24 runs. The Christopherson brothers bowled well for Kilbirnie, whilst. Borrows threo for 18. Wylie five for 15, and Corner four for 7, were Petone's best bowlers. • ~ Lower Hutt and Institute concluded their mutch at the Lower Ilutt Recreation Ground, the former winning by 31 runs. Neazor (30), Parrant (18), and Kerr scored double figures for Hutt, and Guise (45) and Ward (10) performed similarly for Institute. The best -fowling averages were: For Hutt, Kerr took six wickets for 35' runs, Lockett. two for 24; for Institute, Andrews, eight for 34 and Griffiths one f0r.30.

SENIOR BOYS' LEAGUE. Y.M.C.A. B v. Institute A.—The- former opened the batting and were disposed of for 103 runs (Prince 2G. Goff 20, Sutton 1«). Institute A followed and declared with eight wickets down for 221 (C. Reeves 88, K. Richardson 4J, retired, H. Loftley 22, pot out). Y.M.C.A. again went to the wickets, and were soon out for 4-3. Bowling honours were shared by T. Barr, who performed the "hat trick," seven wickets for 39 runs, W, Tucker, threo for 18, and IC. Richardson, two for 8. Institute won by an innings and 75 runs. . . ' Playing nffainst Y.M.C.A. in the Junior B grade, Marist won by five wickets and 144 runs. Y.M.C.A. made 42 and 17 (Crosse, 14 not out. being the only player to rencfe double figures). Marist replied with 65 and 138 for four wickets (Burke 30 and 100 Barton 14, Quirk 12). Bowling for Y.M.C.A., Hague took eight wickets (including the "lint trick"), Cross two, and Milne and Leggett one each. For Marist, Andrews. took ten wickets, Burke four, and Millett two. .