WELLINGTON'S WIN

Evening Post, Issue 51, 2 March 1931, Page 13

WELLINGTON'S WIN

AN EXCITING FINISH

MIDLAND STILL LEAD

; OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES. ■:'"' . • ' . BATTING. Crook (Kllbirnlc) - H9 '.i, Baker (Midland). , 74 I'aotz (University) 71 '■'■ Boss • (llutt) 71 AiSdt (University) 62* •Cousins (Wellington) 58* Cleave- (Institute) ; 52 •Hamilton (Petone) , • 'IS' ..' ♦Not out. . BOWLING. ■■'■ Newman (Midland) "for 53 •Harrison (University) 0 for 68 . gymes (Wellington) 5 for 28 ••: Henderson (Institute) 5 for ]08 Blundell (Welllnßton) 4 for 2u Morris (Kllbirale) 4 for u3 '■■■'■\ One of the features of senior cricket ■championship matches on Saturday after- .. noon was the action of the Wellington captain in making a declaration that was ' rather daring. Realising that eight-point .''.■ wins were of the xitmost value to his side, ■ -he set out for one against Petone, and at the same time gave Petone the sporting ' chance of placing an "eight-pointer" to their credit. The match was played at Petone, and Wellington led by 82 runs on '•■■' the first innings. Eapid scoring was indulged in by Wellington in their second innings, and when only 112 runs had been scored for the loss of six wickets, It. A. Whyte, the Wellington captain, caAed ' upon Petone to htive a second strike. Pc- ". tone made a spirited response, and, faring much better than in their first innings, they made a great effort to win outright. When''stumps were drawn their total was only 10 ■'short of the number required for V: a win. This type of cricket gives added '■ zest to the game. Kilbirnie pegged away solidly against Institute at Kilbirnie, and, ■./[although failing to reach the Inslitute toTtal of 339 for eight wickets (declared), they succeeded in" sharing honours-so far as championship points were concerned. To Kilbirnie's score of 279 for seven wickets Crook made a line contribution of 119—a hand which was very valuable in more . than one respect. Henderson bowled well for institute. Old ■ Boys made but a poor showing against Midland on Kelburn Park. They were not set a great task, font against the bowling of Newman they failed to make much headway, this bowler gathering in seven wickets at a cost of jebs than eight runs apiece. Hutt were hard pressed to register a win on the first innings against University, and it was Boss who brought success to the suburban ■team by a fine batting effort. Paetzand iArndt did some good scoring for University in their second innings, and Harrison bowled with considerable success for.University. The matches, which were the first of the second round, resulted as follows:— Wellington, 152 and 112 for six wickets '(declared), beat Petone, 70 and 185 for six wickets, on the first innings. , Hutt, 208, beat University, 182 and 16:; tor four wickets, on the first innings. 1 .Midland, 106 and 170 for six wickets, beat Old Boys, 122, on the first innings. Institute, 339 for eight wickets (defclnied), drew with Kilbirnie, 270 for seven pickets. / .....' With two series of matches to be played, the championship points are: —Midland 30, ■'•Hutt 36, Kilbirnie 35, Old Boys 32, Petone ■31, Institute 29, University 28, Welling- . ton 20.