CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 274, 10 April 1911, Page 8

CRICKET

THE SAT SRDAY CHAMPIONSHIP. WON BY UNITED SERVICE. Cricket, as far as cup matches arc concerned, concluded here on Saturday, when United Service succeeded in defeating Law by 23 runs, thereby gaining the Saturday championship. Law, with six wickets down for 103, continued their innings on a howlers' wicket. The ( last four wickets could only add 14 ) runs, and left the team CO runs in i arrears. The first six wickets in Ser-j ( vice's second venture only realised 35 ] runs. The tail, however, wagged freely, and brought the total to 82. Law required 143 runs to win, and commenced their innings at 4.15 p.m. Lash lost his wicket in the first over for none. Bewley and Paton put on 39 for the next wicket, but took 45 minute* in doing so. The other batsmen forced the pace some, and when the last wickei fell they were only 23 runs short. Tke last eighty runs were put on in fifty minutes. Harding and Elliott, the two not out men, faced Mackie and Bain on a wicket that suited the bowling. Mackie's first over produced four runs, and then Bain bowled Harding. Paton followed, and played out the over, a maiden. In Mackie's next over Elliott was caught by the bowler. Ilill followed, and with the assistance of extras, ten runs were put on the board before Mackie shifted his stumps. Johnson left next ball, the innings realising 117. Bain's figures for the day read: Three overs, two maidens, one wicket, one run. Mackie's: Three for ei!ght. Mackay and Bain commenced Service's second innings to the bowling of Elliott and Hill. The first ball of Hill's second over was fatal to Mackay, with the score at 11. Bowles followed, but three runs later Bewley held a hot one from Bain. Girling filled the vacancy. At 10 Bowles gave a chance in the slips, Ilill just touching the ball. At 10, Girling was finely caught by Newell off Elliott. Napier followed, and the score reached 29, when Lash relieved Elliott with the ball. At 31, Hill took Napier's bails with a beauty. Mackie followed, and added one run, but the first ball of Lash's second over got lis wieket. Sullivan was next, and four singles came, when Hill got amongst Bowies' timber. The score board now read 35—14—6, and Law's hopes wero rising. But Dinniss and Sullivan made a fine stand, the latter hitting 12, including one sixer, off Lash in one over, and 57 was on the brmrl before Sullivan, who had scored 18, lifted one from Hill to Newell, a boy, who fielded well throughout. Ingram followed, and runs still came freely, 82 being on the board before Dinniss was well caught by Hill in the slips off Lash. Hill's first ball got Ingram without any further addition to the score. Law made a disastrous start, Lash playing Bain on without any score. Paton and Bewley became associated, and a good stand ensued, both batsmen playing very carefully, and the score mounted slowly—very slowly— to 39 | when Paton was caught by Napier off Bain after compiling 19. Clapham, wh followed, immediately enlivened matter by hitting Ingram for a four and a two Next hall, however, the bowler had hi revenge by clean bowling him. Great batch immediately got going, and with the assistance of a sixer and a four from him and a few careful hits from Bewley, 60 was up before Bain bowled Bewley for 28, and Lawrey came in. With the score at 09 for four wickets, Law's chances looked fair. Greatbatoh, after playing carefully for a few ball 3, began' hitting out at anything, and fell a victim to Ingram. Hill followed, only to] see Lawrey stepping out to Dinniss and! being smartly stumped by Bowles. Six for 84. Hill was the only other batsman to make a stand, and by judicious hit-1 ting put on 26 runs while the other batsmen could only add nine between them. The innings terminated on tima for 119, just 23 short of the number required to avert defeat. Scores were as follow:

UNITED SERVICE. First Innings..... 177 Second Innings. Mackay, b Hill 7 Bain, c Bewley, 1> Hill 5 Bowles, 1) Hill 14 Girling, e Newell, b Elliott 3 Dinniss, c Hill, b Lash 15 Sullivan, c Newell, b Hill 'lB Mackie, b Lash 1 Ingram, b Hill 13 Napier, b Hill 4 Hoby, not out 0 Osborne, absent Extras 2 Total 82 Omul total 25!) LAW. First Innings. Bewley, b Bain Lasli, b Mackie Clapham, c Napier, b Ingrain 22 Lawrey, b Osborne 13 Greatbatcli. b Osborne 39 Elliott, c and b Mackie !■. 1 Hill, b Mackie 3 Paton, not out Harding, b Bain 2 Newell, b Osborne 2 Johnson, b Mackie 0 Extras 21 Total 117 Bowling analysis.—Bain, two for 28; Dinniss, none for 8; Mackie, four for 17; Ingram, one for 19; Girling, none for 12; Osborne, three for 12. Second Innings. I'll ton, c Napier, b Bain 1 Lash, b Bain Bewley, b Bum 2 Clapham, b Ingram Creatbatch, b Ingram 2 Lawrey, st. Bowles, b Dinniss Hill, not out 30 Elliott, e Mackie, b Dinniss Newell, b Ingram Harding, run out 1 ■Toilinson, b Bain Extras Total jjg Grand total 230 Bowling analysis.—Bain, four for 36- < Mackie, none for 12, Ingram, three for! 1 S3; Dinniss, two for 5. j,

On Good Friday the United Service cricketers will travel to Patea to try conclusions with the Wiinganui Post and Telegraph team.