REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1926, Page 5

REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET

NORTH TARANAKI DEFEAT SOUTH VICTORY GAINED ALMOST ON TIME TEAM SELECTED TO PLAY FOR HAWKE CUP By a margin of six wickets in a two-innings game, North Taranaki defeated South Taranaki in a cricket match played at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, on Saturday. Though North obtained « substantial lead of 91 runs on the first innings and South were compelled to follow on, North gave an unimpressive display in their second innings.’ They required only 38 runs to win, but lost four wickets in making them, and had only three minutes more time to play when the necessary total was reached. The Taranaki team to play Wanganui for the Hawke Cup on December 3 and 4 was selected after the match.

NORTH AT THE WICKETS A THREE MAN SCORE. CLARKE S DESTRUCTIVE BOWLING. North owe their victory to the fine stand made by their three opening batsmen, Lash 26, Nasmith 37 and Kingston 49. The board read 66 when the first wicket fell, and 102 when the second fell, but after that the bowlers met no serious opposition, and the side was all out for 166. Penny bowled well, taking eight wickets for 47 runs. South’s first innings was characterised by the complete mastery of the batsmen by C. G. Clarke, who at one stage had five wickets down for five runs, and finished up with an average of six for 18. The highest score was 14, and the innings realised only 71. Following on, South made a better showing against the trundling of North's change bowlers, and the team compiled 133, Little making 43, Lay 26, Penny 15 not out, McCarthy 12 and Wilson 12. Three-quarters of an hour was left for North to make 39 runs, but wickets tumbled down as energetic batsmen tried to hit not wisely but too w ell. At ten minutes to six one run more was required, but the two steady batsmen of the team, Lash and Nasmith, were associated against accurate bowling, and they took no risks. The last run did not come until three minutes to six. With the exception of the display given by North’s opening batsmen in the first innings, and that of Lay, Penny and Little in South’s second innings, the batting was not inspiring, but several bowlers were in good form. Towards the end of the afternoon, when a few runs were required in a short tipie, the spectators would have liked to see Kingston and C. G. Clarke in action, but neither of these batsmen appeared at the wickets. NORTH MAKE A TODD START. Bottrill won the toss for the North team and elected to bat. Nasmith and Lash opened to the fast bowling of the left-hander Giblin and the tempting slow leg breaks of Wilson. Both players presented a solid defence. Nasmith made frequent use of the leg glide, and scored a number of pretty singles in that direction. Lash scored more freely on the off, and included in his boundaries through slips a delightful shot from Giblin. Fifty appeared on the board after three-quarters of an hour’s play, the only semblance of a chance being a snick by Lash off Wilson past first slip. Cole and Lay replaced Giblin and Wilson, but could not get past the defence. At 67 McCarthy replaced Cole, and the change proved effective, Lash falling to his second ball when he hooked a slow one hard into Cole’s hands at midon. Lash's 24 had been a valuable one. Penny could not strike a length, and Kingston banged him for four fours in his first over. Next over Nasmith gave Iris first chance to mid-off, from McCarthy’s bowling, and the following ball Kingston drove hard back to the bowler, but a hard catch was dropped. Kingston brought 100 u ( with a hearty crack to ' leg from Penny, and almost immediately ; Nasmith lifted an easy one to mid-on. I His innings of 36 had been an invaluable | or.?, and the board showed 102 for the I loss of two wickets. Jones made I merry during his short stay of I less than an over. At 120 Kingston hooked McCarthy into Cole’s hands at mid-on, but the ball was dropped. The : mistake was expensive, for Kingston ’ scored 12 off the remaining three balls of the over. Earl went for a hit and lifted an easy one back to the bow ler. The game began to assume a new’ complexion. Runs w’ere coming quickly, but wickets were falling fast. Kingston jammed his bat down on a dangerous shooter from Penny, and next ball cocked one high to AJcCarthy's at deep slip. Always enterprising and entertaining in his batting, he was rather unlucky to go when one short of his half-century. The tail of the team failed badly, the last six batsipen adding only 33 runs. Penny, with his break bowling, was destructive. SOUTH DISMISSED CHEAPLY. Clarke gained the upper hand as soon as he came on to bowl against South. Off his second ball Gibson made a smart return from short leg and Kingston whipped off the bails in a flash, Betts being given run out. With his fourth ball Clarke clean bowled Little, and South did not recover from the bad start they had made. In his fourth over Clarke took three wickets in succession without sacrificing a nui. and at this stage the score was only 27 for the loss of six wickets. Two run outs ami two l.b.w. decisions made the innings a particularly unsatisfactory one from tile South point of view. Quickfall was not in form with the ball, and could not take a wicket. On their return to the wickets South opened to the attack of Earl and Gibson. They made a better showing, through Earl clean bowled three of them. Lay played a stylish ami sound innings for 26. ami v.as finally clean bowled by a elinker from Quiekfall that

just nipped the bail. When associated with Penny, Little became enterprising and lifted Earl fat a nice six. He was finally beaten by a big leg break from Kingston, who had handed over the W’icket-keeping gloves to Jones. Bottrill bowled well to secure three for 16. A DISAPPOINTING INNINGS. North’s last effort with the bat was disappointing. Though only 39 runs were wanted, the batsmen were too reckless in trying to make them quickly, and they paid the usual price. It looked at one stage as though the bowlers might go right through the leant for a few runs, but Nasmith and Lash played’ the rock for the fifth wicket. Each had a reputation and an average to maintain in view of the possibility of his chance to play in bigger cricket, and it was reflected in the caution displayed by each. It seemed as though the last run would never come,. and for no less than 30 balls not a run was scored. When only’ three miniites were left Lash ran a short single shaking his hand because of the knock it had received when the ball cannoned from it, and the match was won. The fielding was, generally speaking, good, though several catches were dropped. The South men were sure catchers in the outfield, and a brilliant piece of work was seen when Lash threw down’ the wicket from wide out at cover point. Details:— NORTH TARANAKI. First Innings. C. Lash, e Cole, b McCarthy ■ 26 Nasmith, c Cheevers, b Penny 37 Kingston, c McCarthy, b Penny ...49 Jones, b Penny ■ 5 Earl, c and b Penny 2 Grayson, played on, b Wilson c 9 Bottrill, 1.b.w., b Wilson 13 C. G. Clarke, c Betts, b Penny .4 Gibson, not out 6 Quickfall, e Cheepers, b Penny 1 Easton, b Penny 0 Extras : 14 Total 166 Bowling analysis—Giblin took no wickets for 14 runs; Wilson, two for 35; Cole, none for 15; Lay, none for 13; McCarthy’, one for 28; Penny, seven for 47. Second Innings. Gibson, c Betts, b Penny 9 Grayson, c Giblin, b Cole 3 Quiekfall. b Little : 9 Jones, c Wilson, b Penny 0 Nasmith, not out 6 Lash, not out 7 Extras : 5 Total (for four wickets) 39 Bowling analysis—Penny took two wickets for 19 runs; Cole, one for 4; Little, one for 9; Giblin, none for 3; Cheevers, none for 0. SOUTH TARANAKI. First Innings. Lay. b Clarke 9 Betts, run out .•■ 0 Little, b Clarke 0 Cole, c Kingston, b Clarke ........ 10 Penny, 1.b.w., b Easton 14 Wilson, b Clarke 0 Cheevers, 1.b.w., b Clarke 0 B. Hughes, run out 5 McCarthy, not out 9 Cottier, c Kingston, b Easton 13 Giblin, c and b Clarke 0 Extras 11 Total 71 Bowling analysis—C. G. Clarke took six wickets for- IS runs; Quiekfall, none for 22; F.aston, two for 10; Bottrill, none for four. Second Innings. McCarthy, b Earl 12 Betts, b Earl I Lay, b Quiekfall 26 Cole, run out 2 Cheevers, b Earl ...: 2 Penny, not out ..... 15 Little, b Kingston 43 Hughes, c Lash, b Bottrill 2 Cottier, b Bottrill 6 Giblin, 1.b.w., b Easton 1 Wilson, b Bottrill 12 Extras 10 Total 133 Bowling analysis—Earl took three wickets for 42 runs; Gibson, none for 17; Quiekfall, one for 21; Bottrill, three for 16; Kingston, one for 22; Easton, one for 5. TARANAKI TEAM SELECTED. The Taranaki team to play Wanganui on December 3 and 4 for the Hawke Cup has been selected as follows by the selectors, Messrs. R. L. Cooper (North) and B. McCarthy (South). The selection was to be ratified by the Rev. H. W. Monaghan (South), for whom Mr. McCarthy’ acted:—■ Kingston, Lash, Nasmith, Bottrill, C. G. Clarke, Petty (North), Cole, Lay, Penny, Monaghan, Crombie (South). Reserves: Grayson (North), A. Betts (South). Kingston and Lash have been nominated by the Taranaki Cricket Association lo play’ in the Town v. Country and

Minor Associations v. Wellington matches at Wellington at the end of December. COUNTRY ASSOCIATION TIKORANGI WIN AGAIN. SHALLARD BATS WELL FOR 62. Tikorangi continued their undefeated career on Saturday by defeating Bell Block, at Tikorangi, on the first innings. Bell Block made 78 and 52 for four wickets, and Tikorangi made 199. The feature of the match was a stylish 62 made by W. Shallard. After reaching his halfcentury’ Shallard opened out, and scored two sixes iu succession before being bowled. E. Foreman was not far liehind with a useful 46, while B. Foreman made 25, K. Lye 19, P. Sarten 10 and C. Forcers made 25, A. Giddy 18 and R. Sampson 17. Details:— BELL BLOCK. First Innings. G. Giddy, b Sarten 0 J. Parkin, 1.b.w., b C. Foreman .... 2 A. Sanders, b C. Foreman 25 R. Sampson, not out 17 J. Jeffery, played on, b Sarten .... 2 L. Giddy, b McKenzie 8 A. Giddy, c P. Sarten, b C. Foreman 18 J. Sampson, c Errington, b C. Foreman : 0 H. Haskell, b McKenzie 2 P. Body, b McKenzie 2 H. Sampson, b McKenzie 1 Extras 1 Total 78 Bowling analysis—A. Foreman took no wickets for 20 runs; P. Sarten, two for 10; C. Foreman, four for 31; IL McKenzie, four for 10. Second Innings. R. Sampson, c B. Foreman, b A. Foreman ;... 10 G. Giddy, b O. Foreman 0 K. Parkin, c P. Sarten, b O. Foreman 0 J. Jeffery, run out 34 L. Giddy, not out 5 A. Giddy, not out 1 Extras ..'. 2 Total (for four wickets) 52 Bowling analysis—o. Foreman took two wickets for 18 runs: McKenzie, none for 14; E. Foreman, none for 13; A. Foreman, one for 5. TIKORANGI. C. Foreman, b G. Giddy 10 W. Shallard, b G. Giddy’ 62 O. Foreman, b G. Giddy 1 E. Foreman, c G. Giddy,- b A. Giddy 46 P. Sarten, c Parkin, b *G. Giddy .... 10 K. Lye, c and b J. Jeffery 19 B. Foreman, c Body, b J. Jeffery .. 25 A. Foreman, b L. Giddy 8 R. McKenzie, not out 5 A. Bannister, b J. Jeffry 0 C. Errington, b J. Jeffrey 7 Extras 6 Total 199 Bowling analysis—G. Giddy took four wickets for 69 runs; L. Giddy, one for 58; J. Jeffrey, four for 46; A. Giddy, one for 21. EGMONT VILLAGE DEFEATED. WIN FOR BRIXTON. By a margin of 25 runs on the first innings, Brixton defeated Egmont Village in a match played at Inglewood owing to the sodden state of the Egmont Village ground. Brixton made 95 and the Village 75. Egmont Village were without the services of Gibson and Powell, though their bowling strength was reinforced by a new player in the person of Taylor. The outstanding success of the day was gained by Jury (Brixton), who made 20 runs and took five wickets for 19 runs. Details:— BRIXTON. F. Andrews, c Little, b Morton .... 15 L. Jury, c Marsh, b Taylor 20 D. Irving, b Crush G Gilmore, c Thomason, b Morton .... 12 H. Giddy, b Crush 0 Le May, b Taylor 3 R. Giddy, not out i... 10 L. Longstaff, b Crush 0 A, Irving, b Taylor 12 G. Fulton, b Taylor 3 Extras 9 \ _ Total 95 Bowling analysis—Taylor took four wickets for 31 runs; Crush, four for 35; Morton, two for 17. EGMONT VILLAGE. Stapleton, b Gilmore 9 Marsh, b Jury 12 Taylor, b <fury - 3 G. Gibson, b Jury 15 Crush, st. Jury 15 Morton, b Gilmore 0 Gy de, b Jury 0 Bowbrick, c Irving,,b Gilmore 1 Thomason, not out 3 Little, b Jury 1 Somerville, c and b Gilmore 1 Extras 15 Total 75 Bowling analysis—Jury took five wickets for 19 runs; Gilmore, four for 25; Longstaff, none for 15. JUNIOR DIVISION MC UTHER N DIVISION. TECHNICAL BEAT SCHOOL B. Playing at Avenue Road, Technical School secured a three point win over High School B in a two innings match. Technical made 25 and 68 runs, and School 17 and 24, Technical thus winning by .52 runs. In Technical's first innings Sadler took four wickets for 5 runs and Hetherington four for 18. In their second innings McKeon was the only double figure scorer with a meritorious 42. Sadler took five wickets, Hetherington two and Halligan two. In School's first innings Hughes -took five wickets for four runs, and McKeon four for 12. In their’ second innings Hughes took six wickets for 10 runs, and McKeon four for 19. WAITARA DEFEAT OLD BOYS. Chiefly through the fine score of Taylor, who scored a century earlier in the season, Waitara defeated Old Boys on the first innings In a match played at Waitara. Old Boys made 70 and 53 for eight wickets, while Waitara made 109. In Old Boys’ first innings Collilrge made 16, Gray 16, Baunton 10 and Rock

10. Wilkins took six wickets for 24 runs, Jones two for 13, Hawkins, one for 20 and Taylor one for 9. In their second innings Gray made 10, Wilkins taking three wickets, Taylor two and Jones 3. For Waitara, Taylor made 63 not out, Maudsley 19 and Powell 10. AVENUE ROAD BEAT NEW PLYMOUTH. Avenue Road secured a three point win over New Plymouth at the Tukapa ground. New Plymouth batted first and made 75 (Des Forges 17, Stevens 18, Smith 14). Beu took five wickets for 13 runs, Harvey three for 8, Richards two for 20. Avenue Road replied with 116, to which Sharpe contributed 33, A. Clarke 30 and Les. Richards 14. Bell took three wickets for 10 runs, Hodges two for 25, Des Forges two for 20, and Smith one for 15. New Plymouth's second innings realised 41, bringing their total to exactly the same as Avenue Road’s first innings score. Hodges made 12 and Smith 11, Harvey Taking three wickets for 8, Beu two for 12, Osborne two for I, and Sharpe one for 16. Avenue Read made the necessary one run for the loss of one wicket. PARK DEFEAT COUNCIL A. A rather unexpected victory was gained at Tukapo, where Western Park defeated Borough Council A by eight runs on the first innings. It was a lucky win, for in the second innings only time saved Western Park from a reversal of the verdict. Council batted first for 56, Rixpn taking most of the wickets. Western Park replied with 64, Hooker making 39 and V. Duff 16. Hodges took six wickets for 12 runs and Lee two for 27. In the second innings Council A declared with five wickets down for 56 (McClymont 18, Kinsella 14, Hoden 11). Rixon and Morris were the most successful bowlers. Western Park needed 49 runs to win, but at 6 p.m. they had lost three wickets for 4 runs, and at 6.30 p.m., when stumps were drawn, seven wickets were down for 15 runs. Hodges took fourwickets for 11 runs, Hoden two for 3 and Lee none for 1. PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ GRADE. Central defeated Inglewood by an innings and 29 runs. For the winners, whose total was 81, Simpson made 29, Mace 15 not out, and Clegg 11. Inglewood's scores totalled 19 and 33, the best contributors being 12 by Blackburn. Hughes, Simpson and Shaw were the best of the Central bowlers, and Blackburn and Evetts for Inglewood. Fitzroy defeated Vogeltown by one innings and 93 runs; Fitzroy making 122 in the first innings and Vogeltown 18 and 13 respectively. Hadler took foui’ wiekets and Page 8. For Fitzroy Burr made 58 and Thcrkleson 9 for Vogeltown. West End had a three point win in their match with Moturoa, whom they defeated by 39 runs in a two innings game. The scoring was 23 each in the first innings, but in the second West End made 65 (Gilbert 16, Morris 12 not out and Newell 11), and Moturoa made 28, Lewis with 16 having the best score. Morris and Gayton were the West End bowlers, and Carr and Woods for Moturoa. WESTERN DIVISION. OKATO BEAT SCHOOL A. A two point win by 41 runs on the first innings was gained by Okato over School A on the Tukapo ground. School made 95 and Okato 136. School batted first, Hughes making 33 not out, Moverley 17, S. Batger 12 and Palmer 11. Colman took four wickets, Rutherford three, Jenkin one and Brooke one. In Okato’s innings Rutherford made 41, E. Andrews 33, A. Andrews 17, and F. Jenkins 10 (retired). S. Batger took five wiekets, Allen two, Palmer one and Ewart one. COUNCIL B DEFEAT BAND. Victory by an innings and 46 runs was secured by Borough Council 11 against Band in a match played at the Tukapo ground. In their innings Borough B made 93 runs, as against Band’s 23 and 24. Borough batted first (Hamblyn 39, Jones 14, R. Hawkins 13, Priar 10). Taylor took six wickets, McEwen two wickets, and Morris one wicket. In Band’s first innings McEwen made 13 runs and Batten took four wickets, Priar four wickets and Jones two wickets. In the second innings Priar took five wickets, Jones four and Batten one. FRIENDLY MATCH. HIGH SCHOOL BEAT TOWN TEAM. In a friendly match played on the High School ground, the School first eleven defeated a town team by 23 runs. In School’s innings of 97, K. Fookes made 25, Petty 16, Fletcher 14, Ewart 13 and Larkin 12. The bowling honours were fairly evenly divided. For the town team Sheppard (17) was the only double figure scorer. Petty and Ewart secured good averages, the former taking four wickets for 25 runs and the latter five for 29. Details: HIGH SCHOOL. Beck, b Nicoll 0 Hayward, 1.b.w., b Kinsella . 0 Ewart, 1.b.w., b Norgate : 13 K. Fookes, c Nicoll, b Clarke ....... 25 Fletcher, 1.b.w., b Jones 14 Petty, c Saunders, b Allen 16 Larkin, c Kinsella, b Jones 12 Galbraith, b Alien 2 Watson, b Allen 0 Medley, b Kinsella 1 Harris, not out 5 Extras 9 Total 97 Bowling analysis —Kinsella took two wickets for 13 runs; Nicoll, one for 7; Clarke, one for 12; Norgate, one for 22; Jones, two for 13; Allen, three for 18. TOWN TEAM. Cottier, b Ewart 0 Papps, c Fletcher, b Ewart 8 Nicoll, b Petty 4 Churton, cK. Fookes, b Ewart .... 8 Kinsella, b Petty 4 Sheppard, b Petty 17 Jones, b Ewart .-*• 0 Allen, b Petty 0 Norgate, not out 7 M. D. Clarke, run out .. 5 Saunders, b Ewart 3 Extras 17 Total 74 Bowling analysis—Petty took four wickets for 25 runs; Ewart, five for 29; Watson, none for one.

RAILWAY v. AVENUE ROAD. A friendly match between Railway and Avenue Road was played at Avenue Road (New Plymouth) on Saturday, Avenue Road winning bv 89 runs to 32. For Railway Roper made 11 runs, the top score, Harvey took seven wiekets and Sharpe one, whilst Rampton caught two. For Avenue Road. Beu made 32 runs, and Sharpe 22. Roper took three wickets, Shadbolt two and Harris and Hooker one each. SOUTH TARANAKI PLAY b 0... DEFEAT COUNTRY. AN UNINTERESTING .MATCH. The Town v. Country match played at Hawera on Saturday did not prove so interesting a game as was anticipated. It resulted iu a win for Town by the narrow margin of four runs, Town making 106 and Country 102. Altogether it was a more or less colourless display relieved only by the batting of Sugden and McKenzie and the fielding of Seagar, who took four fine catches, the one which dismissed Hughes in the slips being a brilliant effort. The detailed scores are: — COUNTRY. Crawford-Watson, b Kirwin 4 Hobday, c Kirwin, b Sugden ...... 12 D. Crawford, b McKenzie 0 H. D. Hughes, c Seagar, b McKenzie 3 Le Fleming, b McKenzie 3 Edwards, 1.b.w., b McKenzie 0 Betts, not out 7 Priest, c Seagar .................. 13 Harrison, b Kirwin 5 Barclay, c Seagar, b Sugden 15 Extras 17 Total 102 Bowling analysis.—McKenzie took four wickets for 20 runs; Kirwin, two for 27; Sugden, two for 11; Inch, none for 7; Monaghan, one for 10; Seagar, one for 12. TOWN. Thomas, b Crawford-Watson 7 Neilson, 1.b.w., b Hughes 0 Sugden, run out 25 Monaghan, b Le Fleming • 4 Vowless, b Crawford-Watson 22 McKenzie, not out 29 Treweek, c Edwards, b Harrison .. 1 Jennings, b Harrison 0 Seagar, c Crawford, b Hughes .... 1 Inch, a Barclay, b Priest 9 Kirwin, c Atkins, b Hughes 6 Extras 2 Total 106 Bowling analysis.—Priest took one wicket for 36 runs; Hughes, three for 19; Le Fleming, one for 10; CrawfordWatson, two for 28; Harrison, two for IL JUNIOR RESULTS. TECHNICAL SCHOOL MATCH.’ In the southern division junior competition Stratford Technical High School defaulted Hawera Technical High School A. DEMPSTER PLAYS GREAT CRICKET. AVERAGE OF 201 RUNS. By Telegraph.—Press Assoclatina. Wanganui, Last Night. The promotion of Technical College from junior to senior grade cricket has invested the game with a new interest, the inclusion of Dempster in the team being an attractive feature. Quite a large number of spectators were drawn to Cook’s Gardens yesterday afternoon to witness the Technical College at the wickets against Wanganui, one of the strongest local teams. On the previous Saturday Wanganui compiled 225 runs and Technical bad registered 100 runs with an intact wicket when stumps were drawn. The two not out men, Dempster (53) and Kerr (41) resumed yesterday. The pitch was a bit bumpy as the result of heavy rain on Friday night and Saturday morning, though it was delightfully fine for the game. Before the partnership was severed by Kerr being taken nicely in slips, 132 runs had been produced. Waters and Fairburn in turn joined Dempster, who brought his score up to 100 amidst applause, the score at this stage being 162. Frequent bowling changes kept the scoring rate down, but Dempster gave some fine hits such as the public enjoy. Fairburn had been at the wickets for an hour when bowled for 22, the score having mounted in the meantime to 217. Although the gaps continued to be filled all kinds of bowling were tried against Dempster without effect, except for scoring purposes, and eventually, to the delight of the crowd, the double century appeared on the board. This figure was augmented by another seven when, in his aggressiveness, Dempster tried to hook from Williams, and was clean bowled. With Dempster out of tile way the other wickets fell rapidly, the innings closing for 323, or 98 runs in excess of Wanganui’s. Dempster, in his previous strike against United, was unluckily caught when 195, only five off his double century. Yesterday, by hitting up 207, he yielded an average of 201 for the two innings. To register an average of two centuries over two games is an achievement that is rather uncommon. Technical College has come into great prominence by defeating in succession two of Wanganui’s crack teams. MATCHES IN CHRISTCHURCH. Christchurch, Last Night. Iu the cricket competitions on Saturday Riccarton scored 206 in the first innings (O. Gorrie 60, W. Guiney 35, J. Powell 49). East Christchurch made 105 for seven wickets (G. Gregory SS, T. Mullan 16). For East McEwan took five wickets for 75. Playing against St. Albans, West Christchurch made 162 in the first innings (A. R. Blank 27, F. Jarrett 19, J. L. Findlay 43, C. A. Cocks 33). St. Albans put on 89 for four wickets (F. Woods 34, C. G. Crawford 31). For St. Albans D. McK. Sandman took six for 60. Sydenham, in their first innings against Linwood, madp 145 (J. Robertson .37, W. R. Patrick 19, W. Olli ver 22, E. Gasson 13). Linwood have lost six for 61 (M. Boon 33). For Linwood ’Read took four for 43 and Kennedy four for 29. Old Collegians, in their first innings against Old Boys, made 115 and the latter 85 for seven wickets. For Old Col-

legians Bruges made 39 aud Jackman 23. For Old Boys Mortlock made 24 and Dowell 19, while Burrows took five for 39 and Powell three for 31. WELLINGTON MATCHES. Wellington, Last Night. The senior cricket matches were continued on Saturday. Midland v. University—Midlands made 123 in their first innings and in the second 102 (J. Hutchings 33). University made 268 (Hollings 195). Bowling for Midlands Hutchings took four for 44 and Judd four for 85. For ’Varsity Veitmeyer took three for 31, Tripe three for 32 aud Hollings .two for 20. The result a four point win for Varsity. Old Boys v. Thorndon.—- The latter, in their first innings made 258 and Old Boys 264 (James 54, Lambert 50, Patrick 44, W. Austin 32). Bowling for Thorndon L. Foley took three for 89, Ellern three for 95. The result was-a three point win for Old Boys. Hutt v. Institute.—lnstitute made 48 and 133 (Calvert 80). Hutt made 155 and none for 28. Bowling for Hutt in the first innings, Beard took four for 14 and McGirr five for 13. In the second innings Aldersley took three for 21. Num three for 54, McLeod three for 53. The result was a four point win for Hutt. 1.M.0.A. v. Kilbirnie.—Y.M.C.A., in their first innings made 109 and in the second 164 (Westbrook 56, McGirr 37). Bowling for Kilbirnie Badcock took eight for 67. Kilbirnie made 101 and five for 25. A four point win for Jlilbirnie. Petone v. Wellington.—The latter, In their first innings made 94. Petone in their first innings made IS3 (Brice not out 51. H. E. Nicholls 33). Bowling for Wellington Tucker took three for 21 and O’Connor three for 31. Wellington in the second innings have no wiekets down for 44 (Wagstaffc 26). A three point win for