CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2706, 10 January 1910, Page 6

CRICKET.

SATURDAY’S MATCHES. |lf§ After the usual holiday interlude, the "Various competitions under the auspices Hi;: of the Poverty Bay Cricket Association te-wero resumed on Saturday at Victoria i Domain, and on the Taruheru ground. The -weather was fine but dull, and the ||P§light towards the close of the day was |||; none too good, play ceasing a quarter of hour before the time fixed for draw. §fs;'ing stumps at Taruheru. m i SENIOR COMPETITION. m j WJ WANDERERS v. UNITED. / Considerable interest was taken in J the match between these teams at V ictoria Domain on Saturday afternoon. Wanderers won the toss and" batted. They succeeded in totalling 148, McMahon, the captain, nlaving a very sound innings for 51. Babbs, Commons, Moore, and Maude also batted well. United had five wickets down for 66, when fine bowling by Young and Adamson bac'ked up by smart catching by Commons and Maude; dismissed the remaining five wickets without ano. ther run being scored. Young accomplished the hat trick, securing Scroggie, Thodev and Farrell with successive balls. ' Scroggie and Manning were the only United batsmen to make a stand. Wanderers thus finished up the day s play with a commanding lead of 82 runs on the first innings. The following are the scores: — WANDERERS.—Ist Innings. A. Young, e Gibson, b Manning ... 0 H. Babbs, c Farrell, b Darnell ... 1J L. McMahon, c Scroggie b Manning 51 S. G. Glennie, lbw, b Daniall ... o •:S- A. Commons, cJ. 'Lang, b Gibson ho J. Moore* not out 1° \ S. McConnell, c Scroggie, b Manning 0 \ F. Tonks, c J. Lang, b Manning 0 I R. Adamson, b Tliodey - ° H. E. Maude, b Farrell P. S. McColl, b Jclfreys L Extras a Total 148

UNITED. —Ist Innings. TV. Gibson, b Young 0 A. Scroggie, c Tonks, b Young ... 25 H. Why to, c Moore, b Commons 7 J. Lang, c and b Glennie ... & Hallamore, c McMahon, b Glennie 2 Manning, 'c Commons, b Adamson 14 H. J. Thodey, c Commons, b Young 0 F. W. Farrell, b Young 0 .Jeffreys, c Maude, F. 1.-Daniell, b Adamson 0 R. Gallop, not -out' 1 •• .•< 0 Extras ... '••• 10 Total b 6

Y.M.C.A. v. TARUHERU. Barker -won the toss from Lasker, and elected to bat on the good wicket that had been prepared. The first wicket put on 26, but thereafter the batting went to pieces against the bowliucr of Dillon and Davies and the innings closed for 43. Y.M.C.A. batted 8 men only. Taruheru made a good stand in their first venture, the total reaching 182 before the last wicket fell. Stitchbury batted splendidly for his quota of 55, his only faults being a few uppish strokes which, however, fell clear. of the fieldsmen. Davies (33). Lasker (29), Sharpe (17) and Dillon (15) all showed good form in helping to swell the total. With a minority of 140 Y.M.C.A. commenced their second innings at 5.30. The light was very bad, but in spite of this Kissling and Batker put on 42 for first wicket and when stumps were drawn at 6.15 the total stood at 64 for 1. Included in Barker’s score were three “sixers,” one being clean run out. The following were the scores: — Y.M.C.A. —Ist Innings. Barker, c Stitchbury, b Davis ... 17 Mill, c'Stitchbury, b Dav.is ... 9 Kissling, b Davis 5 Dudfield, b Dillon 0 Paku, not out | Nelson, b Davis ... 8 Webster, b Dillon 0 Featon, b Davis ••• 9 Total 43

TARTJHERTJ. —Ist Innings. Hodge, b Kissling 8 Whiteley, b Barker v Stitchbury, b Mill 55 Dillon,‘b Mill 15 Monk, b Barker ° Lasker, b Barker 29 Davisi not out -53 Hooker,, c Dudfield, b Barker ... 0 Monzario, b Mill 0 Sharpe, b Nelson 17 Minnis, run out 0 Extras 20 Total 182

Barker, not out 36 Kissling, b Monzario ' 17 Mill, not out 2 Extras y Total for one wicket 64

JUNIOR COMPETITION. WANDERERS v. UNITED. These teams met on the chip wicket at Victoria Domain on Saturday afternoon. United batted first, and scored ,54. Rigby played a good innings for 22, not' out, but none of the other batsmen reached double figures. Smith (6 wickets for 24 runs), Muldoon (1 for jt'F 9) Winter (1 for 6). and Burrows (1 for 9) secured the wickets. Wanderers totalled. 67, Hogg (21) and Winter (21) being responsible for the bulk of the score. Rigby secured 6 wickets for

21 runs Bentley 1 for 12, and Button 2 for 18. United could only register 30 in their second innings, Smith, Burrows. Hogg, and Muldoon being in good, bowling trim. -Wanderers hit off the 18 runs required to win for the loss of one wicket, Hogg (13) and Winter (8) both batting well, and being unbeaten at the close. Wanderers thus secured' a 3-point win - by nine wickets. Y.M.C.A. V. ALHAMBRA. This match, was played on* the concrete wicket, and resulted in a threepoint win for Alhambra. Y.M.C.A lost the toss and were sent in first. Their ten men were quickly disposed of, however, for the small total of 24 runs. Hutton (6), Dick and Winter"(s each), and Jones (4) being the principal scorers. Alhambra only had two bowlers on, and the result was excellent for them, Sim getting five wickets for 11 runs and West 5 for 10. Alhambra on going in- made 55, Gorman (29) and Somervell (9) being the principal scorers against the bowling of Edwards (6 for 25) and Jones (3 for 27). Y.M.C.A. in their second innings made 42. Munro (10), Winter (10), and Jones (9) being the chief contributors to the .score. The opposing bowlers -were West ( for 19), Sim (5 for 17), and Lawrence (1 for 2). Want, ing 12 runs to win Alhambra went in again, and secured the desired number for the loss of two wickets. THE PLUNKET SHIELD—AUCKLAND v. CANTERBURY. J Per Press Association.! AUCKLAND, Jan. S. The Plunkot Shield cricket match between Auckland and Canterbury was continued to-day in fine, but dull weather. There was a large attendance. The day’s play opened in an interesting manner, the score being carried, before the last wicket fell, from 198 for 9 wickets, to 275, the batting of Sneddon being mainly responsible. Canterbury batted tlie rest of the day, and when stumps were drawn were 214 for nine wickets. W. Carlton’s batting was the feature of the innings. He went in after the fall of the first wicket, and is still not out with 78 to his credit. Rolf was the most successful bowler. The following are the scores: CANTERBURY. —2nd Innings. Patrick, c Howden, b Relf ... ... 2 Reese, c Olliff, b Howden "... 16 W. Carlton, not out 78 Lusk, st. Good, b Howden 17 Orchard, c Sneddon, b Olliff 36 Crawshaw, lbw; b Olliff 26 T. Carlton, b Relf 1 Hayes, b Olliff 3 Addison, lbw, b Relf 4 Bennett, c and b Relf 17 Boxshall, not out 4 Extras 10 Total for nine wickets 214 BOwling analysis.—Rolf 4 wickets for 39 runs, Hadden 0 for 22, W. B. Smith 0 for 4, Olliff 2 for 54, Taylor 0 for 31, Howden 2 for 54. CANTERBURY MATCHES. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 8. The fifth round of the grade matches commenced to-day in fine weather. Play was robbed of a certain amount of interest owing to the absence in Auckland of the representative Mayers, but most of the teams left places for their crack players, who will be available next Saturday. In the first grade St. Albans nut up a good score against West Christchurch, compiling 219 (T. W. Reese 61, Bishop 30, Ackroyd 37), having 138 up for the second wicket. Milne also made 36 not out, and Willson 26. West Christchurch responded with 100 for 6 wickets. Linwood fared' badly against Riccarton, being dismissed for 143. of which Howell made 40, R. Ridley 35, Owen 22. The first pair for Riccarton, Alf Norman (69), and E. R. Caygill (73 not out), put on 126 for the first wicket, and at the call of time Linwood had made 170 for three wickets. Sydenham and East Christchurch played a very even game. East Christchurch 101. and 67 for 4 wickets in the second' innings, to Sydenham’s 105. Sims (East Christchurch) made 52 (not out). DUNEDIN MATCHES. DUNEDIN, Jan. 9. The cricket matches, wHich were commenced on December 18, were continued yesterday in fine weather. Albion (182) defeated Grange (60 and 83) by an innings and 39 runs. In the latter’s second innings Wordsworth took 5 wickets for .27, and McFarlane 4 for 20. Ca.risbrook A defeated Opoho by 9 wickets. The former closed the first innings with 246 for 9 wickets (Fisher 70, Rutherford 42), and made 33 for one wicket in the’ second innings. Opoho made 124 and 153 (Higgins 63). Carisbrook B beat Dunedin by 37 runs on the first innings. The former made 232 in the first innings (Macartney 93, Drumni 49, Austin 42), and 96 for throe wickets in the second innings (Godfrey 40 not out). Dunedin made 195 in the first innings (McKenzie 52, Wilson 31) It is understood that if Auckland retains the Plunket Shield 1 in the match against Canterbury, Otago will challenge the holders, the match to take place next month. NEW SOUTH WALES v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. United Press Association— Copyhicht. (Received January 9, 5 p.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 8. New South Wales in their first innings against South Australia made 92 (Waddy 32, Diamond 12, Hopkins 13). Whitty captured 5 wickets for 43 runs. , South Australia has lost 9 wickets for 84 runs (S. Hill 15. Mayne 16, Woolcoek 18, Whitty 28 nor l out).

Bowling Analysis. f 0. M. R. W. Manning ... 13 4 25 4 Jeffreys 7 0 14 1 Farrell ... 7 0 26 1 Daniell 5 0 24 2 Gibson ... 7 0 41 1 Thodey ... 3 0 10 1

Howling Analysis. 0. M. It. w. Young n 2 2 12 5 Adamson 6 8 2 Commons 3 1 2 1 Glennie 9 2 15 2 Babbs 6 2 15 0 McMahon 1 0 o 0

Bowling Analysis. 0. M. It. W. Davis ... 10 2 34 5 Dillon 9 3 9 2

Bowling Analysis. 0. M. R. IV. Barker ... 14 2 53 4 Kissling ... 4 0 23 1 Mill ... 9 2 44 3 Dudfield ... 3 — 18 0 Palm ... 4 — 19 0 Nelson ... 2 — 5 1 Y.M.C.A.—2nd Innings.

Bowling Analysis. 0. M. n. W Davis 4 .— 13 0 Dillon ... 3 — 11 0 Monzario ... 4 .— 9 1 Las'ker ... 2 1 1 0 Hooker ... 1 — 1 0