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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 108, 31 January 1921, Page 7

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SATURDAY’S GAMES GOOD INNINGS BY PHILLIPS The match between Old Boys and Thorndon was commenced on. the College Grounds on Saturday owing to the Basin Reserve being used for the athletic meeting. Lambert won the toss, and with one eye on the approaching bad weather- and the other On the heavy Outfield, which had not been clipped for a week owing to an accident to the mower, he sent 'Thorndon in to bat. Phillips and Donoghue opened to the bowling of Tucker and Lambert. A slight drizzle had set in, making the conditions unplefeant, and sawdust was called for. Both batsmen were scoring steadily, but the long grass was neutralising the result of their strokes. With the score at 29. Donoghue spooned a ball to Lambert off Duncan. 29—1-41.. De Muth took his place, and, with Phillips, played the bowling with confidence- buccessive changes were made with tno bowling, M'lntosh) Barclay, and KnowlesSmith being tried, but without effect. Marr is came on,' and with hie fifth bait, De Muth. who had compi ed was well caught by Bull. 100-2--9. Christopherson joined Phillips, _ who was still batting steadily. In Harris s tenth over Phillips failed to stop x i ba 1 which turned in from the leg, and off-bail. He had been at the wickets for an hour and twenty minutes, and gave a display in keeping with his qualities ae a batsman. On a keener outfield he would have certainly gone w over the century. His score of 92 only included eight 4’s. and but for two hard chances, was a> pleasant disp ay Prince partnered GJiristopnerson, who rani to Marris, missed, and was clean boi . . I?sX-8. Warne and Prince earned the score to 190 by good cricket, when rain put a etop to the play. Play on the suburban wickets was in tarfered with by the rain. On the Petone ground, where fixture was commenced, Jsorth, electi o £ bat sent in Hiddleston and Brav The former was fortunate m bein„ missed in the field at the second ball ThZ seoro stood at 19 when Bray fell „ victim to Brice. Pulton, the next entrant, survived three delneries, last of which, shooting up from th ii!ch, caught him in the . face.just beone of his eyes, causing an injury which necessitated his removal for medical treatment. It is understood that five stitches had to be put in Ashford joined Hiddleston, who was getting mce]v "set,” and the partnership brought the score to 40, ' when Ashford vas bowled after making 3. At tins rta„e rain stopped the play. Resuming some time later, Patrick joined Hiddleston. A. further 1" had been odded to the tallv, when Patrick gave place to Burton? Two deliveries following Burton s

advent, Hiddleston, who had played a good innings for 37, was caught in the elips by Brice. The tail added a few more runs, and the innings closed for 83. Petone took Qio crease, and after several adjournments on account of the ram had compiled 55 runs at the cost of five wickets. . Apparently the wicket at the Hutt ground suited the batsmen, as Hutt, in their first attempt, made 115, the best contributions being those of Tullett (not out 37). and Aldersley (27). East went in. and when rain necessitated a cessation of play, had compiled 12 without the loss of a wicket. •.Details are as follow:— THORNDON V. OLD BOYS. THORNDON—first Innings. Phillips, b. -Harris 92 Doneghue, c. Lambert, b. Duncan ... 11. De Muth, c. Bull, b. Harris 29 Prince, not out *4 Christopherson, b. Harris ° Warne, not out 1‘ Extras J 2 Total for four wickets 190 Bowling Analysis.—Harris took three wickets for 42 runs; Duncan, one for 3o; Lambert, none for 38; Tucker, none for 10; M’lntosh, none for 13; Barclay, none for 20; Knowles-Smith, none for -1. PETONE V. NORTH. NORTH—First Innings. Hiddleston, c. Brice, b. Finlayson ... 37 Bray, b. Brice ' Fulton, retired hurt Ashford, 1.b.w./ b. Smyrk 3 Patrick, 1.b.w., b. Smyrk * Burton, 1.b.w., b. Smyrk 13 ' Hiddleton, b. Finlayson 7 Quinn, not out ■ Hallam, et. Cate, b. Smyrk 1 Robinson, absent Paterson, absent ■> Extras ‘ Total • 83 Bowling Analysis.—Smyrk took four wickets for 33 runs; Finlayson, two for 29; Brice, one for 14. PETONE—First Innings. H. E. Nicholls, not out 13 Gedye. b. Hiddleston 12 M. Nicholls, run out 2 Finlayson, c. Patrick, b. Hiddleston 9 Cate, b. Hiddleston 5 Borrows, b. Hiddleston 0 Brice, not out er:.--- 3 ' Extras ■f'n 11 Tefal for five wickets 55 , Bowling Analysis.—Hiddleston took four wickets for 14 runs; Ashford, none for 2; Middleton, nene for

, HUTT V. EAST. HUTT—First Innings. • Aldersfby, 1.b.w., b. Smith 27 M'Kay, run out i 6 Nnnn, c. Baker, b. K. Smith 15 Condliffe, b. Bruce 8‘ Glennie, b. Brnce 0 Tullett, not out 37 Neazor, b. Bruce .....' 2 Martin, b. Hutchings 0 Doig, c. Bruce, b. Hutchings 1 Lusty, b. Bruce 1 Styles, c. Smith, b. Bruce 6 Extras 12 Total 115 Bowling Analysis.—Bruce took six wicsecs f0r.22 runs; Hutchings, two for 23; K. Smith, one for 32; Judd, none for 26. EAST—First Innings. Baker, not out 10 Dind, not out 2 Extras g Total for no wickcte 12 Junior A.

Y.M.C.A. A defeated Thorndon by .390 on the first innings. Y.M.C.A. ’made 53h-W>r nine wickets (White 167. Binnie 1.53 not out. Erskine 78, 11. Murphy 54. Buck 27). .Berry and Ryan each secured Jiree wickets. Thorndon’s first innings resulted in 138 (Tilyard 82. Salmon 35), tho last six wickets falling for no runs. A phenomenal bowling feat was perforincd by White and Henderson, each performing the "hat trick” in his lust over. White secured six for 34, and Henderson three for 53.

Y.M.C.A. B were defeated "by Old Boys by 45 runs. Y.M.C.A. compiled 140. The principal scorers were Gaylor 45, M'Lnren 41. Grant 22, Edmond 10. Morton (two for 25) and Morton, junior (four for 57) did th" howling. Old Boys replied with IRS (Kirker 57, H. Morton 50. F. Morton 20). Edmond (six for 69) bowled well for Y.M.C.A. East v. Poneko A. —East in the first innings had made 99. Poneke A, resuming with seven wickets down for 93 (hatting one man short), were all out for 105 runs. East, in their second innings (batting three men short), wore disposed of for 101 runs. The bowlers for Poneke were E. M'Cnrdell (three for 34), H.

M'Cardell (two for 14), Tilyard (one for 1G), and Mitchell (one for 5). Poneke, requiring 96 runs to win, .had lost two wickets for 17 runs when the rain interfered with play. Poneke secured a twopoint win on the first innings. Institute A 137 (Worthington 22 not out, Osmond 20, Nelson 15, Shennan 13, Callaghan 11) defeated St. Paul’s 36 and two for six (Mouat 24), by one wicket and 10 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Institute, Fordham took six wickets for 13 runs, and Bilb'y four for 20. Mount and Norris bowled best fol* St. Paul s. Owing to the rain, play was postponed. Institute, with 26, are now in the lend for the junior championship, St. Pauls being runners-up with 18 points. Junior B. Y.M.C.A. defeated Lower Hutt by 87 runs. Y.M.C.A. made 238. M'lntosh secured 112 with foi-ceful and bright cricket. Philpotts (24), Nightingale (23), and Holt (20) also batted well. Hutt replied with 1.50 (Aldersley 29), Lockett (.36), Ball (25). Milne, with six for 45, and Lewis two for 12, bowled well for Y.M.C.A. In their second innings, Y.M.C.A. declared with 80 runs for three wickets (MTntosh 43 not out, Harper 21). Rain stopped further play. Central Mission defeated Institute by 37 runs on the first’innings. Scores:— Mission, 144 and 192 for four wickets ■(Greig 85, Tidman 57, Hassel 23); Institue, 107 (Calvert 56, Barr 12). Third Class. , St. Thomas’s secured a two-point win over Poneke by eight wickets and 30 runs. Poneke batted first and made Bi, of which H. Tilyard (27), Ernmens (16), and Findlay (10) were the chief- scorers St. Thomas’s first innings realised ill for two wickets (declared), (Fisher not out 66, Turvey not out 45). Bowling for St. Thomas’s, Lawrence took five wickets for 41 runs, Turvey four for M; and for Poneke Cooper did best with one for 6 Miramar defeated Y.M.C.A..by 28 runs Miramar made 83 (Sargent 39 Telford 13). Y.M.C.A. replied with o 5 (Ronan 17), Fourth Class. Y.M.C.A. A defeated Y.M.C.A. B by an innings and 58 runs. Y.M.C.A. z made 114, with Mallett (21), Hancock (17), and Cotter (15) as top scorers. Y.M.C.A. B scored 23 and 03. N o ™” (five for 13), Mallett (three for 9 , Telford (four for 2), and Ward (four for 17) bowled well. BOYS’ LEAGUE. Senior A.—Playing at Karori, Y.M.C.A., batting first against Marist Old Boys A> compiled 107. Of this total ’■ •• Nicholls contributed a splendidly-played 72 not out. The only other double-figure scorer was Lameson (12). JbArist ia< three wickets down for 515 (Keogh 18 _ out, Burke 11, Goff 10), when the rain prevented further play. Bowling for Marist, Johnson took four wickets for 42 runs, Andrews three for 41, x Goff two for 14. For Y.M.C.A., H. Price took ono wicket for 6 runs, Duff ono for D> Nicholls none for H, and D. Price none f °Sonior B.—lnstitute C defeated Marist Old Boys B by 30 runs on the first innings. Institute made <9 13, Keogh 12 not out, Cleverley 12). Marist replied with 49 and 77 for five wickets (Millett 14 and 26. E. D. Smith 10W Smith 12, Johns 20 not out). Bouhn for Marist, Quirk took'six wickets for -<> runs Millett three for 32, Cadwell one for 16. For Institute, Barrow took nine wickets for 29 runs, Cleverley fnc. Junior A.-Marist Old Boys defeated St Thomas’s by five wickets and 21 runs St’. T’homas’s made 80. Marist replied with 101 for four wickets (Reed 4. out, Sharpe 16 not'out, and Cudby 13).

In cricket matches played on SnUrday Mastertoii defeated Featherston and in ates beat Waingnwa.

THE AUSTRALIAN VISIT

EFFECT ON LOCAL CRICKET

The final selection of the Australian team.' which arrives on Tuesday week, consists of tho following players:-) . Richardson. I’dlc-w (South Australia), \ . Ransfoid. Lampard, Liddicutt. Ironmonger. Moyes (Victoria), Dr. Bog e, Ratcliffe, Waddy, Asher, Kippax Hornibrook (Queensland), and How aid (manager). . , , Mr F C. Ranhael, chairman of the New’Zealand Cricket Council, who is at present on a visit to Wellington in connection with the visit of the -• m>tralian cricketers, when approached foi an expression of opinion m regard to the team, said that the final selection is much stronger than Hie first one, and a very well-balanced side. Mi?.'™ 11 .'- was disappointed that C B. Willis could not make the trip, but. Moyes, ))ho h. . replaced him, is a splendid bat amt made'243 lost week in a match at Melbourne. Mr. Raphael is very much impressed with the keen interest taken not only' in Wellington, but throughout New Zealand in tho forthcoming tour .which promises to be one of the, most successful the council has' yet Undertaken. “You can fake it from me, said Mr. Raphael, “that New-Zealand cricketers are going to give « good account of themselves. Jhe standard oi cricket, especially in Wellington and Auckland, is most promising, and augurs well for the matches which will eventuate against the Australians. I here are rome likely Test cricketers playing under the minor associations and the match which is to lie played nt Wellington against the visiting team should prove a big success. Altogether, lam very optimistic regarding the complete success of the tour, which will give local cricket a big lift- ’ PLAY pTaUSIRALIA ENGLAND V. GEELONG FIFTEEN. (Rec. January 30, 5.5 p.m.) Melbourne, January 29. The match between the English cricket team and a Geelong fifteen was drawn. In the first innings England made 4.>7 „ UIS (Rhodes 68, Makepeace 98, W addnig- ! ’J) G ee long in the first innings 10-t S S 2«V (Sharland 102, Just 39). —Press Assn,

SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCHES. Sydney, January 29. Armstrong heads the. list of players inthe Sheffield Shield matches with a nttina average of 132. Bardsley s averbatt ms ' Mailev heads the bowling v S ! Jrth "fl wickets for 404 runs, averSS; Wddicut took 12 for 190, average 15 4-s Armstrong, seven foi 118, average 16 4r5.-i-Prcss Assn.