SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 139, 9 December 1929, Page 16

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

KILBIRME IN THE LEAD AIREY A CENTURY OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES. BATTING. Mrcy (Wellington) 110 Morgan (Wellington) ; <u» James. (Old Boys) 88 Watson (Hutt) ■ s:i» Baker (Midland) 69 Ellerm (Wellington) , ' «« Aldcrsley (Hutl) ; 43 .' ' ' • Not out. '. - ' BOWLING. Tucker '(Kilbirnie) 5 fur ij" Duncan (Old1 Boys) r. lor «2 Parsloe (Old Boys) 4 for US Judd (Hutt) 4 for 7; The fourth series of senior championship matches in the Wellington Cricket Association's competitions was completed on Saturday afternoon, when the weather was good except for a strong wind. There was little hopo of Wellington scoring a win over Institute at Kelburn Park, the latter having put on 558 runs for six wickets on the first day and declared. A meritorious performance on Wellington's part, however, resulted in the game being drawn, Wellington occupying the creaso throughout the afternoon in making 37(5 runs for six wicUots. To this total Airey, who ."has been in scor,ing mood this season, contributed 119, and his splendid effort paved tlio way for Wellington's success in finishing up with honours equal. Morgan and Ellerm made an extremely valuable stand for their side, and they, too, assisted very materially in making a drawn game of it. Both carried their bats, Morgan requiring only nine runs for a century when stumpts wore drawn. The PetoneKilbirnie match, started at Petone, was concluded on the Basin Reserve, Kilbirnie scoring an easy win on the first innings. Petone had to follow on, but saw to it that they were not beaten outright. University, by declaring their innings closed with 262 for six 'wickets, gave Midland a possible chance of making the runs necessary for a win, but the latter, batting one short, were not equal to it, TJniverstiy winning on the first innings. Old Boys, with James playing a strong hand, gave Hutt their first defeat, the decision being on the first innings. At one stage it appeared as though Hutt would bo beaten outTight, but Watson and Aldersley saved the situation with good batting performances. The scores were:— Institute, 558 for six wickets (declared), v. Wellington, 376 for sis wickets. ■Kilbirnie, 313, v. Petone, 163 ana 115 for five wickets. •University, 262 for six wickets (declared), y; Midland, 220. Old Boys, 257, v. Hutt, 155 and 197. The results of the matches place Kilbirnie at the head of the championship ladder, the points being: Kilbirnie 18, Hutt 17; " University 17, Institute 16. Petono 16; Old Boys 16, Wellington IGJ Midland.l 2. • * KILBIRNIE AND PETONE. Kilbirnie secured si five-point win from Petone by 150 runs on the first innings in the,match concluded on the Basin Reserve. The substantial total o£ 313 set up by' Kilbirnie on the previous Saturday at the Petone Oval left the eight remaining Petone batsmen with a very difficult task, and, although they all played carefully, their first innings, which closed soon after 4, p.m., only produced 163 runs. Not dirt when stumps were drawn at the conclusion of the opening day's play, Spence did; not arrive in time to continue his partnership with Hamilton, but Kilbirne agreed to his continuing his innings when the next wicket fell. Kothevham therefore partnered Hamilton. Hamilton played quietly, but Eotherham was inclined to hit out, and secured one "sixer." Shortly afterwards he attempted another "sixer," and was dropped by Morris. When Petohe's total had reached 45, Hamilton made - a good drive oft" one of Tucker's deliveries, but was brilliantly caught at mid-off by "Ward. Spence then resumed his innings. He succeeded in getting only one more ,' run, however, before he wop clean bowled by Crook. Eotherham followed him to the pavilion wifh a total of 31, after he hud been caught at cover-point by Hepburn off Tucker. H. E. Nicholls and M. Nicholk then set up a useful partnership, which produced 39 runs, and brought Petone's total up to 124. The former batsman ran up a score of 31 before he sent up a catch to Crook off ;i fast delivery by Branilcy. M. Nicliolls did not hold out for longMvheu he was partnered by Tattersall. When Glover joined Tattersall the scoring became very slow, .and at one stage they made only 5 runs off ten consecutive overs by Morris and Bramley. Hepburn, who had been doitu; some fine field work, finally caught : Tattersall off Tucker—his third catch at cover-point during the afternoon. The last man in (Hope) made 6 runs ,before -he was clean bowled by Tucker, leaving Glover to carry his bat for 0. Having dismissed Petone for the very moderate total of. 163, Kilbirnie decided hi favour .01 'attempting nn eight-point win, and sent Petone back to the crease. Hamilton and M. Nicholls, who opened, batted cautiously, taking half an hour to secure 20 runs. They continued to score slowly ■until 'M. Nicholls was bowled by Griffiths. Smallwood, who replaced Nieholls, opened out a little, and the game became more interesting, but Hamilton made no attempt to liven up and' was bowled by Crook. Smallwood, Glover, and Eotherham lost the next three wickets for small totals, - arid when the game closed H. E. Nicholls and G. Nicholls were at the crease, with respective scores of 19 and 12. Details . follow:— KILBIENIE. : First innings : 313 . PETONE. First Innings. . Smallwood, b Crook 2 Hamilton, c Ward, b Tucker 22 G. Nicholls, b Crook 0 ■ Ritchie, lbw, b Tucker 5 Spence, b Crook ... 3 ; Rotheiham, c Hepburn; b Tucker 31 ■: H. E. Nieholls, c Crook, b Bramley .. 31 '.■ M. Nicholls, c Hepburn, b Morris ]7 . Tattersall, c.Hepburn, b Tucker ](i :'; Glover, not out g ; Hope, b Tucker G ';- Extras 21 ■;■ Total "103 Pall of wickets: One for 5, two for 17, . three for 22, four for 45, five for 47, six '. for 85.-seven for 124, eight for 128, nine \ for 153.. •: Bowling Analysis.—Crook three for 40, .; Tucker. five for 02, Morris one lor 17, \_ Bramley one for 7, Griffiths none for 11. ; Second Innings. ■ Hamilton, b Crook 23 .J M. Nicholls, b Griffiths '...'.'.'..'. 25 " Smallwoo'd, b Ward 15 i' Glover, c Virtue, b Crook ' .. s .'. If. E. NichoHs, not out ]g . Kotherham, b Crook ] I ••■ (Jr. Nicholls, not out 12 '■. " Extras 5 Total for five wickets US !'• Fall of wickets: One for 44, two for 61, three for 72, four for 76, five for 85. j'- Bowling Analysis.—Crook three for 36. !' Tucker none for 17, Christopherson none . for 11, Ward one for ]3, Bramley none ;■ for 15, Griffiths one for 21. ! HUTT'S FIRST DEFEAT. ' Hutt, previously unbeaten, had their colours lowered by Old Boys, who, chiefly ; to"' a good score by James, defeated them ■by 102 runs on the first innings. Hutt's r. first innings realised 155, while Old Boys in reply had 97 for five wickets down. .Bull (0) and James (15) continued Old '! Boys' iuhings. The Hutt bowlers were in good form, and kept the scoring down. With the rrrtirfif*" of James, liobinson )• (30) and Browne (24) wei» the best scor--1 «rs. James hit out fro« the start of ; the afternoon's play, and remained ..* «*~

wicket till the last man joined him, when he gave a catch to Aldersley. He had contributed SB, more than one-third of the side's score. Hutt, in their second innings made a very bad start. Wickets fell last, the third, fourth, and fifth going while the score remained at 19. Parsloe and Duncan were mainly responsible for the procession of batsmen, which was not stopped until Aldersley and Watson became associated. Both gave displays which created enthusiasm amongst the spectators, Aldersley running to 43 before his wicket fell to Parsloe, and Watson carrying his bat for a brightly-hit and well-deserved 83. The innings closed for 197, of which the greater part was contributed by the "tail." Details arc:— HUTT. First Innings 155 Second Innings. Ross, lbw, b Duncan 10 •Biggar, b Parsloe 1 Birch, run out 8 P. Judd, b Parsloe 0 Roberts, b Duncan 0 Nunn, lbw, b Duncan : 0 M'Kenzie, c Parsloe, b Duncan 3 Aldersley, b Parsloe . 43 Watson, not out 83 M'Sherry, b Parsloo 11 IS. Judd, b Duncan : 22 Extras 16 Total ..,.■: ■. 197 Fall of Wickets.—One for 0; two for 17; three lor 19; four for 19; five for 19; six for 25; seven for 35; eight for 82; nine fcr 12S; ten for 197. Bowling Analysis.—Duncan took five wickets for 62. runs; Parsloe four for 68; Lambert none for 29; Lamason none for 22. ■ ' OLD BOYS. First Innings. Dustin, c Biggar, b E. Judd 35 Reynolds, c Nunn, b E. Judd 7 Lamason, lbw, b Nunn .■ 21 Parsloe, b Aldersley ...... 30 Bull, lbw, b E. Judd ]J James, c Aldersley, b Koberts 88 Lambert, lbw, b Aldersley 4 Duncan, b E. Judd 9 Browne, o and b Watson 24 Elliot, run out 6 Robinson, not out 30 Extras 8 -Total 257 . Fall of Wickets.—One for 12; two for 41; three for 52; four for 64; five for 93; six for 115; seven for 131; eight for 174; nine for 215; ten for 257. Bowling Analysis.—E. Judd took four wickets for 71 runs; Aldersley, two for 30; Roberts' one for 10; Watson one for 4(i; Nunn one for 67; Ross none for 15. UNIVERSITY BEAT MIDLAND. By declaring without adding to their first day's total of 262, University gave Midland a fair opportunity of winning the match at the Kilbirnie Reserve on Saturday. Midland, however, after batting almost the whole afternoon, were not equal to the task, and they failed by 37 runs to head University. Owing to the absence of Cutts, Midland only batted ten men. ... ■ Baker and Doneghue opened for Midland, but the latter went at 11. Roberts and Tindill, who followed, each made IS, but the scoring was slow. Baker was playing a fine fighting innings, and although he was scoring slowly, lie played the bowling with far more confidence than the others. Baker went with the score at ICO for six wickets, and Midland's chance, which at no time had been particularly rosy, was now considerably reduced. Baker had batted for three hours. Standidge and Hester each made an attempt to stop, the latter taking advantage of the slack University iieldiug to run Some smart singles. For the first two hours the University fielding was good, and many runs were saved, but towards the close the standard fell off considerably. M'Leod's slows kept the Midland batsmen quiet all the afternoon, and he did the best of the bowlers by getting three for 36. Bagge bowled consistently, while Nelson also got three wickets, and Aim, a' fast bowler; two. Details:— UNIVERSITY. I First Innings. Total for six wicketß (declared) ..... 262 MIDLAND. First Innings. Baker, c M'Leod, b Aim 6G Doneghue, c Caldwell, b Nelson .... 6 Roberts, b Bagge : 18 Tindill, st Blandford, b Aim 18 Whitwell, lbw, b M'Leod C Liiwtcn, c Macallon, b Nelson .... 17 Standidge, b Nelson 2£ Hester, c Dormer, b M'Leod 32 Bryant, b M'Leod 3 Robertson, not out S Cutts, absent < Extras 31 Total for nine wickets 226 Fall of Wickets—One for 11; two for 47; three for 92; four for 92; five for 141; six for 100; seven for 102; eight for 201; nine for .220. Bowling Analysis.—M'Leod took three wickets for 36 runs; Bagge one for 25; Nelson three for 65; Macallan none for 29; Aim two for 16; Caldwell none for 24. WELLINGTON'S GOOD EFFORT. Faced with the big handicap of 558, scored by Institute for the loss of five wickets on the previous Saturday, Wellington put on 376 for the loss of six wickets at Kelburn Park, and thus made the game a draw. The feature of Wellington's innings was the partnership of Airey and Morgan, who put'on 110 for the fourth wicket. Airey, whose omission from the Wellington team to meet the Englishmen has been the subject of some controversy, added another century to his list of performances this season, reaching 119 before he was snapped up behind the wickets off a ball from Henderson. Although he made a number of excellent shots, Airey was not at his best, and he failed to connect with a lot of loose balls on the leg. Some of his strokes were inclined to be uppish, and once or twice Airey was lucky not to be caught. Morgan, a seventeen-year-old colt, gave a particularly sound display in scoring 91 hot out, and it was unfortunate for him that time prevented him from completing his century. Morgan showed a very sound defence, and he took heavy toll of anything at' all loose. Included in his tally were fifteen shots to the boundary. Other Wellington batsmen who did well were Hollings (26), Goodwin (20), and Ellerm (43 not out). Apart from Henderson, who bowled well all" the afternoon, the Institute bowlers were never dangerous. Henderson and Dempster (whose slows tempted the batsmen) secured a couple of wickets apiece, and Rogers and Prince shared the others. Details follow: INSTITUTE. First Innings. Total for five wickets (declared) ... 55S WELLINGTON. First Innings. Airey, c Aitken, b Henderson 119 Hollings, b Rogers 20 Wiren, b Henderson 0 Robertson, c Bilby, b Dempster 35 Morgau, not out 91 Jennings, b Dempster 0 Goodwin, b Prince 20 Ellerm. not out 43 Extras 33 Total (for six wickets) 376 Bowling Analysis.—Henderson took two wickets for 81 runs, Fortune none for 33, Dempster two for 70, Rogers one for 37, Exton none for 39, Prince one for 46, Foley none for 27. Banks none for 10.