Junior Eleven.

Matches played, 9; Won, 3; Lost, 6.

The Junior Eleven, so far from obtaining the fine record of the previous season, finished eighth on the Championship list. The cause of this falling away from grace is not hard to seek page 67 Faulty fielding lost three matches, and irresolute batting another.

Lack of practice was responsible for much of the failure. Our batsmen are good enough, but too uncertain in form to create much confidence. The bowling figures would suggest a weak attack; but in reality the bowlers would have done well enough but for that particular bete noire of dropped catches. The slip fielding in particular was on many occasions too bad for words.

v. East.—Won by six wickets. College, 84 and 73 for four wickets. Longhurst 35 (not out) and 22, Stott 14 and 10, Graham 19. East, 94 and 56 (four men short second inings). Bruce (three for 22, and Martin, three for 27) bowled well.

v. Porirua—Lost by four wickets. Faulty fielding threw the game away. Porirua, 187 and 42 for six wickets. College, 72 and 156 (Ward 36, Graham 32, Broad 30, Bruce 20, Longhurst 17). Broad took four wickets for 34, Martin three for 22, and Duncan three for 17. A good recovering was made in second innings, but four chances were dropped while we were in the held the second time. Alas! Likewise—er, yes!

v. Petone.—Lost by an innings and 28. Unlike the Seniors, we lost the toss, and fielded all the afternoon in the rain. College, 43 and 197 (Caddick 70, A. Miller 31, Broad 30, Morton 16, Stott 16, Ward 15). Petone, 268. Longhurst took six wickets for 68. The lost toss meant a lost game;

v. Artillery.—We were no match for the team that ultimately won the Championship, and lost by an innings. Artillery, 212. College, 59 and 72 (Ward 26 not out, Broad 14, Caddick 10, Longhurst 10). Ward took three wickets for 16.

v. Old Boys.—Lost by six wickets after leading on first innings. Our batting utterly broke down on the second day. College, So (Bruce 35, A. Miller 11) and 69 (Martin 20 & not out, Ward 11). Old Boys, 63, and four for 90. Martin (five for 28, and G. Miller (three for 52) shared the bowling honours.

v. Brooklyn.—Won by 88 runs. College, 187 (C. Joplin 53 not out, Broad 40, Ward 20, O'Shea 17, Le Grove 11), and eight for 149 (Joplin 54 not out, Broad 22, Ward 20, Morton 20). Brooklyn, 98 and 151. Wickets were obtained by Ward (six for 60) and G. Miller (eight for 65).

V. Wellington College.—Lost by 97 runs on first innings. Fielding again! We made 145 (Ward 27, O'Shea 20, G, page 68 Miller 30, Martin 13 not out), and 201 (Broad 50, C Joplin 47, Longhurst 20, Willis 24). Wellington College made 242. Bruce took six wickets for 70.

v. North.—Lost on first innings by 19 runs. Still the tale of the dropped catch! North, 148 and 264 for three wickets. College made 129 (Willis 23, Castle 23 not out, Bruce 17, Broad 15), and 96 for five wickets (Castle 36, Broad 20, O'Shea 12).

v. Hutt.—Won by an innings and 43 runs. In this game the team played as it should always have done. College, 263 (Castle 63, O'Shea 49, Salmond 44, Broad 20, Bruce 33, Ward 15). Hutt, 117 and 102. Martin (five for 43, O'Shea (six for 69), and Ward (six for 46) bowled best for us.

Batting Averages.—Joplin, 81; Caddick, 22; O'Shea, 21; Broad, 18.17; Castle, 15.2; Ward, 15.13; Willis, 14.7; Longhurst, 14; Bruce, 10.5.

Bowling Averages.—Ward, 18 wickets, average 12.8; G. Miller, 29 wickets, average 13.7; Broad, 15 wickets, average 15.9; Martin, 22 wickets, average 18.9; Bruce, 10 wickets, average 22.8.