MIDLAND AND INSTITUTE.

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 33, 9 February 1931, Page 15

MIDLAND AND INSTITUTE.

Midland batted all the afternoon on the jSTo. 2 wicket at the Basin Reserve on the: first day of a match against . Institute/; Midland haye1 earned the leading position on the championship ladder by consistent' batting right down the list, and the Institute, bowlers never fourid things easy. Standidge early fell a - victim to Henderson, but Baker and D. Morgan were then associated in,a...partnership producing 141 runs scored at a good rate despite many bowling changes. The dismissal of Morgan, however, was followed only two balls j later by that of Baker. Baker's total in- ] eluded nine fours and'eleven of Morgan'sl hits reached the boundary.^ Another fruitful partnership was that of Tindill and Hutchings, who rattled on the runs by free batting, Hutchings being still at the crease when stumps were drawn. Seven bowlers were tried, but none presented serious difficulties to the batsmen, and the fielding was not brilliant. Details:— MIDLAND. First Innings. Baker, c Hankins, b Banks .: 82 Standidge, b Henderson 4 I). Morgan, run out 60 Dustin, c Wareham, b Rogers 9 Tindill, c Banks, b Bilby 44 Shepherd, b Henderson „• 5 Hutchings, not out.. 71 Clarke, run 0ut.'...!. 14 Bryant, not out 10 Extras 10 Total'for seven wickets 309 Fall of the wickets:—One for 9, two for 150, three for. 150, four for 169, five for 151, six for 250, seven for 289. Bowling:—Henderson took two wickets for 71 runs; Dempster, none for 70; Rogers, one for 46; Bilby, one for .39; Oriffith, none for 13; Aitken, none for 33; Banks, one for 27.