CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 161, 14 December 1914, Page 3

CRICKET.

THE SATURDAY COMPETITION. The Saturday competition was ad-\ ranccd another stage on Saturday, when the various matches were got off in fine weather. United Service secured a twopoint win against Inglewood, on the Recreation Grounds, and still maintain their lead in the competition. New Plymouth, with a two-point victory over Tikorangi, on the conutry club's ground, remain in second position. Albion secured a three-point win over Law at ' Western Park, and advance into third place The bowlers again had the best of the argument, although there were i one or two respectable scores. The best performances were'—

WITH THE BAT. Hcskett (New Plymouth) 73 Eggleton (Inglewood) .... ... ..' " 30 : 'Maekay (United Service), not out .. 29 ' Lash (Law), not out .; „ 28 Bain (United Service) ...... *,' 28 Colvile (United Service) .. .'.' ™ .* 27 McKenzie (Inglewood) '. .', .. 27 < WITH THE BALL. ] Clarke (Albion) .. .. .. ... 4 for n j 'Mason (New Plymouth) .... 7 for 27 1 Monteath (Albion) 4 for 18 1 Clarke (Albion) , 5 for 23 r Osborne (United Service) .. . '. 4 for 29 r Lash (Law) . 5 for 37 J Mcßae (Inglewood) 5 for 00 j; UNITED SERVICE v. INGLEWOOD. Dinniss, the United Service skipper won the toss, and sent Inglewood in to bat. McKenzie and Marsh opened to the I bowling of Bain and Colvile. There was J no sensational scoring, yet the innings closed for the respectable total of 103. to which 'Service replied with 135. Detailed scores:— I INGLEWOOD. I I McKenzie, b Osborne ~ 27 1Marsh, b Bain ....', 2 '* Pullen, b Bain ■■.......',.'.'", 0 I Mcßae, b Osborne '.. .L 3 * Nicholls, b Osborne ,„ 0 B Stratford, c Osborne, b McGie .... 5 B Eggleton, c Stewart, b Colvile .... 30 A Thomas, run out ~ 14 I Harkness, b Bain , 5 Kempthorne, not out 4 Thompson, b Osborne .. 1 Extras , f 10 Total .. , m * . 8 Bowling Analysis: Bain, three for 19; n Osborne, four for 29; Colvile, one for 14; j 'McGie, one for 21; Purdue, none for 10. (UNITED SERVICE. " 1 C Stewart, c Eggleton, b Mcßae .... 16 G Osborne, b Mcßae „ 14 3»: McGie, b Mcßae 6 Bain, b Mcßae 28 Purdue, c Eggleton, b Mcßae .. ~ fl Colvile, b Harkness 27 Maekay, not out 29 Dinniss, b Thomas ~ ~„ 0 1 Ingram, c Harkness, b Eggleton .. 1 Brabant, e Thomas, b Eggleton ~ -«* 4 Mewton, absent .i «r 0 Extras . »» •» 4 *' __ a: Total .. .. .. .. „, „ .. 135 L Bowling Analysis: Thomas, one for 2;; £ Mcßae, five for 60; Harkness, one for J 10; Eggleton, two for 34; Pullen, none " for 20. E b TIKORANGI v. NEW PLYMOUTH. tl In this match, played at Tikorangi, New Plymouth scored a two-point win, beating Tikorangi by 69 runs on the first innings. The wicket was decidedly 1( difficult. Heskett contributed a finely- n compiled 73 out of New Plymouth's 149. *' His innings was chanceless, until he over-1 reached to hit a wide ball on the off, with { disastrous consequences. Both Richards J and Stohr, usually defensive bats, were beaten early, and Nicoll and Chappell were dismissed with fine balls. Lye's catch that accounted for Stainton was a q smart piece of work., Tikorangi's hope n (Roberts) and C. Foreman opened to T Mason and Heskett. Roberts met an early fate in a splendid ball from lies-, t, kett, and C. Foreman and C. Wood were j / both dismissed without scoring. Griffin's g innings was a very valuable one. Mason's seven wickets cost but 27 runs, and to ,j his bowling Tikorangi's downfall was / mainly due. Nicoll's two for 11 included Sarten's wicket, captured first ball with j an unplayable shooter. There were but a few minutes to go when Tikorangi's last T wicket fell, and the concluding overs j were consequently full of excitement. The match was contested in the finest -\ spirit, and the New Plymouth men returned to town highly delighted with the hospitality of the country cricketers, . including the ladies, who so bountifully : supplied afternoon tea. The detailed scores were:— ,■ ■ NEW PLYMOUTH. W. P. Nicoll, b Roberts 0 E. D. Oolson, b C. Foreman 5 ( L. C. Richards, b Roberts 0 1 J. Heskett, c Sarten, b Purdie .... 73 i A. V. Stohr, b Purdie C> .1 A. B. Chappell, b Sarten ■ 2 1 C. G. Bottrill, b C. Foreman 13 I P. E. Stainton, c Lye, b Purdie .... 15 1 lE. L. Mason, hit wicket, b Sarten .. 12 : Sutherland, not out 1 , G. G. Newell, b Purdie 4 I Extras 15 Total 146 Bowling Analysis: J. Purdie, four for 42; E. Roberts, two for 20; Sarten, two for 27; C. Foreman, two for 20; Jupp, none for 13. TIKORANGI. E. Roberts, b Heskett 13 C. Foreman, b Mason 0 C. Wood, c Stainton, b Mason .... 0 J. W. Griffin, c Heskett, b Mason .. 19 Lye, b Mason 2 Purdie, b Mason 1 Jupp, 1) Nicoll 13 V.. Sarten, b Nicoll 0 H. Foreman, b Mason 5 Garner, b Mason 7 G. Foreman, not out 7 Extras 10 Total 77 Bowling Analysis: Mason, seven for 27; Nicoll, two for 11; Heskett, one for * 23; Colson, none for 0. 'TM GLAD I EMPLOYED THE N.Z. N EXPRESS COMPANY. to move my furniture. Look at it now! You would never think it had been out {_ of this room. It makes all the difference when the work is done carefully The men sent knew their work. l't(l delighted." Hundreds of clients write '■ * to us this way.—The N.Z, Express Com?

ALBION v. LAW. There was nothing sensational in this match, which was won by Albion by eight wickets. Detailed scores:— ' LAW. First Innings. 'Lash, not out i ~ 28 Bewley, b Monteath .......... 10 Little, c Green, b Clarke 1 Hughes, c O'Donnell, b Clarke .... 10 Billing, b Clarke 1 Johnston, b Clarke ............ 0 Ron. Quilliam, c Wadman, b Clarke.. 3 R. P. Quilliam, b Girling 0 Harle, run out 0 Anderson, run out 1 Reid, b Girling 13 Extras ....... „.....: .. 1 Total 08 Bowling Analysis: Monteath, one for 18; Clarke, five for 23; Girling, two for 10. ALBION. First Innings. Green, c Bewley, b Lash .. .. .. 19 i Monteath, b Lash 5 1 Sutherland, b Billing 0 ; Martin, c Billing, b Anderosn .... 10 ''. Clarke, b Lash , .. .. 17 j Wadman, c Reid, b Lash .., ... v ... 0 Hardwick, 1.b.w., b Billing .. .'. .. -JO Girling, not out 23 ( O'Donnell, c and b Lash ....„...- 11 '. Danks, run out ....,,.,...„... 1 ' Sheppard, b Billing .. ~ 3 i Extras 5 ( \ ._ ] Total 104 1 > 1 Bowling Analysis: Lash, five for 37; 1 Billing, three for 43; Anderson, one for 12; Johnston, none for 7. I 1 LAW. i i Second Innings. 1 Billing, 1.b.w., b Monteath 11 3 Bewley, c Sutherland, b Monteath'.. 1 1 Hughes, c and b O'Donnell 0 1 Lash, c and b Monteath 9 Johnston, b Clarke 7 ' Little, c Green, b Monteath 6 c Reid, c Girling, b Clarke 1 R. H. Quilliam, c and b Sheppard .. 8 T R. P. Quilliam, b Clarke 0 Anderson, not out 5 a Harle, b Clarke ; 0.1 Extras 7 1 Total 61 s n Bowling Analysis: Clarke, four for 11; ? Monteath, four for 18; Sheppard, one for j 8; O'Donnell, one for 9; Sutherland, none for S. ALBION. 8 ■v Second Innings. 9. Clarke, b Lash 12 J Girling, not out 7 Monteath, b Billing 0 Extras 2 Total for two wickets .... 27 WELLINGTON COMPETITION. By Telegraph.—Per Press Association, Wellington, Last Night. The senior grade matches were con- 1 tinned on Saturday. North met Petone, J and made 363 (Bray 79, Hiddleston 01, ii Leydon 58 not out, Wilkinson 54)'. Brice * (five wickets for 91 runs) bowled best, t Petone have lost two wickets for 12 in 11 their first innings, Hiddleeton accounting ii for both at a cost of 2 runs. I University knocked up 125 against a East A, Birch (36) and Dickson (35) n being the highest scorers. Nash took fi three wickets for 12, and Wetherall four t for 32. East A had 139 on for nine 0 wickets when stumps were drawn, Phil- I lips (64, not out) being the best score, p Central gave Old Boys a great time at v leather-hunting, knocking up 528 for t nine wickets (Burton 170 and McCardcll a 141, not out). t 1 0 AUCKLAND MATCHES. n Auckland, Last Night. The fourth round of the Auckland B Cricket Association's senior grade matches was completed yesterday in fine j: weather,, Tile .results were as follow: — * Waitemata, 110, and 80, was defeated J by North Shore, 299 for seven wickets (declared), (C. Dacre 130 not out, Howie ? 02). •> Ponsonby, 216 (Mason 69), defeated c . Eden A, 111 and 139 for four wickets ] (Hemus4B). } Grafton, 266 (MacCormick 81 and } Kingstone 70), and 14 for no wickets, 1 defeated Eden B, ISB and 87, by ten c wickets. c University, 101, and 97 for six wickets, £ defeated Parnell, 123 (B. Reese 59). c

Palker took five wickets for 18.