CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 294, 7 December 1908, Page 3

CRICKET.

KATUUUAY CIOiIPETITIU.NK. POSITION OF THE TEAMS.

The position of the teams ia the Sat- | uiuay competitions is ay follows: .. .Played Won. lost pts. *Ne\v Plymouth .. u 5 1 l(j | L'nitcil Service A .. (i 4 2 y j United Service 13 .. 0 3 ;j (j j High .School .. ~ 0 3 3 li ligmout Village .. U 3 3 0 Fire Brigade ..8 0 0 0

| EtrMONT VILLAGE v. FIRE BRIGADE

Played 011 tile Egmont Village ground, this match was won by the home team by 12 runs. Winning the toss, the Village elected to hat, compiling 05 nnis. O'Byrne (21)) and T. Kinsella (17) were the only batsman to attain double figures. I"ire Brigade made 53, Richards (17) being the highest scorer. Details are:— EGMONT VILLAGE. T. Kinsella, I) Richards J? | R. Harsh, b Richards 1 0 Byrne, b Richards 2!) Wellington, 1.b.w., b Richards '. . 3 Gibson, 1.b.w., b Richards ........ 0 0. Kinsella, b Prior , [ g P. Oisen, c Coluian, b Richards .. 2 Gyde, not out 1 G. Marsh, b Richards 0 H. Olsen, b Richards 0 W. Olsen, b Richards 3 Extras ' 3

Total us Bowling analysis—Richards, nine for 10; Hooker, none for 11; Prior, one for 19; Billing, none for t4. FIRE BRIGADE. Bullot, b O'Byrne 4 Hooker, run out .. .. ~'' 3 Bray, b O'Byrne .. ') Billing, b Marsh [ q Prior, b Jlarsli 0 I Richards, b Marsh " jj Coleman, c Kinsella, b O'Byrne .. !. 0 Sadler, c and b Marsh ' 5 Roeh, li O'Byrne 4 Way, not out 4 Wrigley, b O'Byrne fl Extras 2 Total 53 Bowling analysis—R. Marsh, four for 25; OByrne, live for 24. NEW PLYMOUTH v. UNITED SERVICE A.

r There was a good deal of interest manifested in the above, match, which [ was played on the Kecrcation Sports . Ground on Saturday. The Service team won the toss and elected to bat, compil- . ing 110 runs. Mackay (12) and Wood (37) displayed nice cricket for their runs. McLaren was the most successful bowler for New Plymouth, securing five wickets at an average of six apiece. The fielding of New Plymouth was very poor, New Plymouth in their innings compiled 208 runs for eight wiuKea. Williams (50) batted very well for his runs, and Muldoon (41) opened his Bhoulders to good effect. "'Air. Extras • was the next highest score, with 20 to his credit. Crawshaw was the most successful bowler for the Service team, securing three wickets for 20. Scores:— UNITED SERVICE A. Hartigan, b Lash 18 liocock, b Lash 4 Mackay, 1.b.w., b McLaren 12 Lawry, b McLaren 5 Colvile, b Lash o McCord, b McLaren .. .. o Wood, c Weston, b Williams .... 37 Pott, b McLaren ' o Crawshaw, not out 8 i Fletcher, b McLaren 0 Stafford, b Williams 3 Extras 8 Total Ill) Bowling analysis—Baker, none for 19: Lash, three for 41; McLaren, five for 30; Williams, two for 12. NEW PLYMOUTH. Lash, b Colvile 0 Cook, c Wood, b Colvile 2 Williams, b Crawshaw 50 • Muldoon, c Mackay, b Wood .... 41 McLaren, c Crawshaw, b Hartigan 14 Weston, b Colvile 14 Johns, b Crawshaw 10 Baker, 1.b.w., b Crawshaw 0 ■ McAllum, not out 1!) B. Stohr, not out 20 ] Extras 20 ,

Total for eight wickets 20S Bowling analysis—Colvile,- three for ■'2; MeCord, none for Kl; Hartigan, one for 20; Wood, one for 34; Crawshaw, three for 20; Mackav, none for .'18; Stafford, none for 13.

IlKill SCHOOL v. UNTI'KD SKRVICI"B."

This match was played at Tukapa ground on Saturday last, and after a -'t exciting finish resulted in a win for High School by two runs. I'or the winners, firev hatted fairly well. War.l aiel Severne sharing bowling honors. I 'or the losers, Napier and Seabright made a good efi'ort to hit. oil' the run-, required, but just failed. Dixon ami Southall came out with the best bowling averages. Seores: High School.—Severne. h Southall, 5-: firev, 1.1i.w., h Dixon, 12: Sinclair, c Dinniss. b Southall. 3; McArtlmr. b Dixon, 7; Ward, h Southall. I); Tuoliv, b Dixon, 8; Glasgow, b Southall, 2: Wills, e Preshaw, h Dixon, 7; Wright, c Dinniss, b Southall, 0; Baily, e Napier, b Dixon, 5; Clarke, not out, 0; extras, 3—total, 52. Bowling—Southall live for 23, Preshaw none for 7. Dixon five for 19.

United Service "1!." Dinnis, b Severne, 1; Preshaw, b Ward. 0; l'fankticli, c MeArthur, b Severne, 2; Dixon, b Ward, 1; Simmons, e Baily, b Severne, 4: Southall. b Severne, 7; Napier, c Glasgow, b Severne, 13; Tresside", h Severne, 2; Seabright, b Ward, 13; Brabant, b Ward, 4; Wiggs, not out, 2; extras, I—total, 50. Bowling—Ward four for 27, Severne six for 22.

AUCKLAND COMPETITIONS, By 'felegiaph.—Press Association. Auckland. Last Night. The fourth round of the Auckland Cricket Association's championships was concluded yesterday afternoon in fine weather. In the senior grade City beitt University by llil runs on the first innings; City, 300 (MacCorinick 102 not out), University 205. Parnell and Grafton played a draw. Resuming with three wickets down for 337, Parnell dt ■ dared their first innings closed at 302 for four wicket's (Hutching 00 not out), and Grafton made 290 for nine -wickets (Cottcll 93, Jones 54, aud Mason 30 not out). Ponsonby beat Eden Colts by IS runs on the first innings; Ponsonby 200, Eden Colts 191 (Keif 87). North Shore beat Eden A by 47 runs on the first innings; North Short 200, Eden A 153 (Cummings 54). Going in again North Shore made 1(18 for four wickets (K'Ulendcr 44). Bowling for North Shore Iladden took live wickets for 37 runs. There were no three point -wins secured in the senior grade matches.