CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 186, 5 February 1912, Page 7

CRICKET

LAW v. UNITED SERVICE. One of the best games played this season was witnessed on the Recreation Grounds on Saturday afternoon, when Law defeated Btoited Service by six wickets. Batting first Service, largely by the aid of Perham, made 148 runs in about as many minutes. Considering the perfect conditions the runs should have come faster. Perham,.who opened with Mackay, carried his bat right through until the ninth wicket had fallen, when he was clean bowled by Greatbatch. The later trundler indeed had the very creditable average of two for 3, and undoubtedly Law made a mistake in not putting him on before. Newall, for in-' *tance, should never have been allowed . to compile 24 runs. Service ceased batting at five minutes to five, leaving Law with the task of scoring about 150 runs by 6.30 p.m. Thiß they did comfortably, declaring with the score at 154 and about six minutes still to go. Law played, brilliant cricket, and it was quite like old times. Lash and Paton went in first, the latter being disposed of by Dinniss before he had started scoring. Lash hit out particularly freely while he lasted, but played forward to Ingram and was caught and bowled by that player. The feature play of the afternoon was provided by Bewley and Lawrey, who; hittin? freely, soon ran into double figures, their combined totals aggregating oveT a century. There was much carpet driving and boundary hitting, and at six o'clock Law had about 45 runs to get in 30 minutes. Elliott, the fifth and last man to bat, gave some anxiety at - the -start on account of his slowness in rungetting, but in '* the end it turned out all right. All the same critics were not wanting who were of the opinion that Law were leaving too much to chance, under the special circumstances, in not changing the usual set order of things, and putting in a freer, better and faster run-getter, of whom there were at least two lower down on the list. Scores:—

UNITED SERVICE. Perham, b Greabatch 63 Mackay, b Lash v \ Osborne, b Lash 13 Ingram, b Elliott . 4 Dinniss, c Lash, b Elliott 0 Napier, b Anderson % Sullivan, c Johnson, h E11i0tt...... 9 Collyns, b Paton ........:........ 8 Gore, c Elliott, b Paton 0 Newell, b Greatbatch 24 Weller, not out 0 Extras , 17 Total ...... , 148 Bowling analysis.—Elliott, three for 43; Lash, two for 3<S; Anderson, one for 18; Paton, two for 23; Greatbatch, two for 3. ' LAW. Lash, c and b Ingram., 18 Paton, b Dinniss .'." 0 Bewley, c Newall, b Dinniss ...'.'[' 58 Lawrey, 1.b.w., b Newall \ 62 Elliott, not out jg Extras 5 Total for four wickets ~154 Bowling analysis.—lngram, one for 42; Dinniss, two, for 61;. Osborne, none for I 15; Collyns, none for 9; Mackay, none for 12; Sulhvan, none for 6; Newall; one for 14.