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The Spike: or, Victoria College Review, June 1915

Cricket

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Cricket.

The past season has been one of varied fortunes for the Cricket Club. The Senior team, on the whole, has had a very successful season. Out of ten matches played, two were won, two drawn, and six lost; but, with the exception of the second match against Petone, none of these defeats was a serious one. In fact, it was generally conceded that University would provide any of the Senior teams with a good game. On the other hand, we lost both the inter-College games by large margins, though this may be accounted for by the fact that we were not able to put anything like our strength in the field for these two matches.

We have again to record a depressing lack of interest in the Club's work by members of the Club. For the last three or four years a committee, consisting of four, has managed the Club's affairs. These four players, for various reasons, will not be available next season, and if the Club is to continue to exist, it behoves the younger members to assume responsibility, and take over the reins of office.

Following is a record of the doings of the Senior team for the season:—

v. Central.—Won on the first innings by 41 runs. College 159 (Fenton 15, Fanning 16, Dickson 33, Dempsey 13, Caddick 28, Burns 11, Duncan 11 not out) and five wickets for 173 (Fanning 11, Broad 38, Caddick 221 Dickson not out 38, Stainton 24, Burns not out 18). Central, 1st innings, 118. Bowling: Fenton, six for 47; Dickson, fcur for 60.

v. Old Boys.—Lost on first innings by 55 runs. University, 215 (Fenton 16, Broad 29) Stainton 64, Caddick 17, Ward 31). Old Boys, 270. Bowling Analysis: Fenton, two for 84; Dickson, four for 89; Duncan, one for 25; Caddick, one for 28; Broad, one for lo; Dempsey, one for 22.

v. Petone.—Lost by six wickets. University, 110 (Broad 12, Birch 30, Joplin 23, Beard not out 11, Ward 15) and 105 (Dempsey 22, Broad 14, Dickson 27, Burns 19). Petone, page 75 96 and 122 for four wickets. Bowling: Fenton, 1 for 33 and one for 26; Dickson, eight for 50 and two for 42; Dempsey, one for 5.

v. North.—Lost on first innings by 221 runs. North, 436 (Fenton, one for 94; Dickson, four for 95; McIntosh, one for 85; Dempsey, two for 65; Ward, one for 15. University, 215 (Dempsey 38, Birch 14, Joplin not out So, Macintosh 42, Duncan 12).

v. East A.—Lost by 14 on first innings. University, 125 (Dickson 35, Birch 36, Ward 11) and 187 for six wickets (Dempsey 34, Broad 28, Joplin 22) Macintosh 26, Fanning 10). East, 139 (Fenton four for 38, Dickson two for 34, Macintosh three for 36) and 123 for six wickets (Dickson four for 53).

v. Petone.—Lost by an innings and 113 runs. Petone, 307 for three wickets (Fenton one for 73, Dickson one for 74, Broad one for 39). University, 74 (Dickson 30, Fanning For 11, Dempsey 12) and 120 (Fenton 11, Broad 13, Birch 16, Dickson 47).

v. East.—Drawn game. East, 437 for nine wickets (Fenton next four for 78, Dickson one for 115, Caddick two for 41, Broad one for 26, Dempsey one for 53). University, 410 for eight wickets (Broad 125 Joplin 199 not out, Dempsey 10, Dickson 42, Fanning 26, Caddick 18, Macintosh 18, Birch 10, Fenton 27).

v. Old Boys.—Won by an innings and 51 runs. Old Boys, 131 (Macintosh seven for 50, Fenton two for 54) and 144 (Dickson two for 36, Fenton two for 47, Broad one for 32). University, 326 (Joplin 24, Caddick 30, Macintosh 113, Birch 51, Fenton 42, Burns 15).

v. Central.—Drawn game. University, 197 for nine wickets (Joplin 20, Fanning 59, Broad 17, Burns 32, Dempsey 12 not out). Central, 112 for five wickets (Macintosh two for 49, Fenton three for 46).

v. North.—Lost by 72 runs on first innings. University, 57 (Broad 16, Fanning 12) and 197 for six wickets (Broad 33, Joplin 34, Fanning 35, Caddick 14, Birch not out 43, Burns not out 13). North, 129 (Fenton three for 46, Macintosh four for 20, Caddick two for 21, Dempsey one for 18).

The Batting averages for the Senior Championship games were as follows:—

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Joplin 46.6
Dickson 26.6
Macintosh 22
Birch 21.5
Fanning 18.7
Broad 14.3
Caddick 13.7
Dempsey 13.2
Ward 11.2
Burns 11.2
Fenton 10.6
The main bowling averages were:—
Dickson 20.9
Macintosh 23.9
Fenton 25.9

University v. Otago University.

This match was played on the Wellington College ground on 26th and 28th December, and as has been said, resulted in a win for Otago by an innings and 27 runs.

Otago Batted first, and made 249, Smith batting very solidly for 80 not out. The bowling honours were fairly evenly divided. In our first attempt we could only make 568. The second innings opened little more hopefully, but the tail wagged to some purpose, and the innings closed for 154. We congratulate Otago on their win and trust we shall be ableto recapture our lost laurels next Christmas.

Following are the scores:—
Otago University: 1St Innings.
Tweedy, run out 37
Adams, b Broad 42
Alloo, b Martin 36
Smith, not out 80
Reid, c Dempsey, b Joplin 14
Graham, lbw, b Joplin 6
Price, c Joplin, b Martin 0
de Beer, c and b Martin 0
Paterson, c Ward, b Dempsey 6
Simpson, b Broad 1
——
Total 249

Bowling: Dempsey one for 40, Martin three for 56, Broad two for 51, Joplin ione for 15.

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Victoria College.
1st Innings. 2nd Innings.
Dempsey b Alloo 8 c Smith, b Alloo 20
Broad, c Smith, b Tweedy 8 run out 11
Joplin, F., b Alloo 0 b Adams 1
Ward, b Alloo 2 b Alloo 12
Fanning, b Tweedy 19 run out 6
Caddick, lbw, b Tweedy 2 b Reid 22
Joplin, C., b Alloo 1 c Alloo, b Tweedy 16
Graham, b Alloo 6 c Reid, b Tweedy 2
Martin, c and b Alloo 0 not out 24
Duncan, b Alloo 15 b Alloo 14
Willis, not out 2 b Tweedy 0
Extras 5 Extra 26
—— ——
Total 68 Total 154

Victoria College v. Canterbury College.

This match was played at Hagley Park, Christchurch, on Easter Monday and Tuesday. We went to Christchurch with a weak team anticipating a defeat. We were not disappointed.

We batted first and made 171. Caddick (70) and Crump (45) were primarily responsible for this score. Canterbury replied with 423. Crawshaw played finely for 134, and the tail was very effective, the last two wickets adding nearly 200 runs. Our second innings was not as successful as our first, and realised only 117. We were thus beaten by an innings and 135 runs.

Victoria College.
1st Innings. 2nd Innings.
Broad, c Barnett, b Guernsey 14 b Crawshaw 2
Dempsey, st Twyneham, b Luttrell 20 b Beale 25
Caddick, lbw, b Beale 70 c Moor, b Crawshaw 22
Crump, b Beale 45 b Luttrell 10
Gibbons, b Beale 11 b Beale 32
Martin, b Beale 0 b Crawshaw 0
Joplin, C., b Beale 0 not out 13
Duncan, c Guiney, b. Crawshaw 1 b Beale 0
Gini, c Moor, b Crawshaw 0 b Crawshaw 0
Chapman, not out 2 b Crawshaw 0
Extras 8 Extras 13
—— ——
Total 171 Total 117
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Canterbury College.
A. Guernsey, b Duncan 0
Luttrell, c Duncan, b Broad 22
Blank, lbw, b Broad 7
Crawshaw, b Duncan 134
Beale, c Broad, b Dempsey 38
Moor, lbw, b. Crump 18
F. Guernsey, b Crump 0
Guiney, not out 78
Twyneham, c Dempsey, b Broad 10
Kincaid, b Duncan 56
Barnett, c Martin, b Duncan 27
Extras 33
——
Total 423

University Second Eleven Report, Season, 1914-15.

Matches played: 9; won 1; lost 7; drawn 1.

As the above figures indicate, the Junior team did not have a successful season. When it is stated that only two men played in every match, that no less than 24 players took part in nine games, that only three or four of last year's team were available, and that in consequence, the team took the field short of its full strength more often than not—when all these facts are taken into consideration, the wonder is not that a better record was not achieved but that the eleven fulfilled its programme without once defaulting.

In the earlier part of the season, when the best players were available, faulty fielding spoilt the chances of victory. Later on an improvement vv as made in this respect but by then the batting strength had greatly diminished.

The bowling suffered from lack of variety, and was not generally very well supported by the field. Only two had averages under 19 a wicket, yet only twice was the second century put up by our opponents, which shows that most of the bowlers were inconsistent in their form, because of neglect of practice. The ground field page 79 ing was for the most part slovenly in character. Very few fieldsmen seem to take an intelligent interest in this department of the game, or to keep in their proper positions The result of this was that if a ball was played a little either side of a fieldsman there having been no effort to anticipate the stroke, a boundary hit resulted where there should not have been even one run

However under the circumstances in which the game was played during last season, it is not very profitable to spend much time in criticism. There certainly was this compensation for all shortcomings, and that was, that those who played at all regularly had quite an enjoyable season, and that after all is the main object of the game.

Details of the matches played are given as under:—

v. Old Boys.—University (2 short), 125 (London 23, Crump 37, White 12, Mackay 10, Martin not out 10) and 181 for seven wickets (Joplin 47, Crump 39, Graham not out 25, Rowntree 19). Old Boys 182 (White three for 33, Martin three for 41, Mackay two for 25). Lost on 1st Innings.

v. Central.—After losing five for 50, the tail played up so well that the total reached 195 (Gibbons 41, Graham 40, Blake 38, Martin 32, Joplin 11). 2nd Innings six for 83, declared closed (London 23, Bruce 19, Crump 14, Graham 11). Central 119 and 138 for seven (Martin four for 34, Mackay three for 9 in 1st innings, and White three for 17 (including "hat trick") and Gibbons three for 35 in 2nd innings, were the most successful bowlers. The finish was very exciting, as at call of time Central required 22 to win, with three wickets to fall. Won by 76 runs on 1st innings.

v. Institute.—University 128 and 147; Institute 152 and 127 for five wickets. Blake 38 and 40, Hobbs 42, Martin 22. Graham 27, White 15, London 13, Pigeon 11, were the most successful batsmen, while with the ball, Blake six for 63 (two innings), Crump two for 18, Martin three for 32, did best. Lost by five wickets.

v. Marist Bros.—Our team batting one short made 80 (Gibbons 21, Hobbs 13, Longhurst 12, Joplin 13), and 167 (Hobbs 39, Gibbon 29, Joplin 25, Mackay 15, Longhurst 11). Marist Bros. 107 (Martin eight for 36 and five for 160. Blake three for 39. Lost by five wickets.

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v. North.—No fewer than a dozen chances were dropped during North's innings, which closed for 206. Martin four for 61 and Mackay three for 39 came out with the best figures. College 121 and 113 (Graham 28 and 13, Blake 36 and 15, Duncan 16 and 12, White 15, Gibbons 13). Lost by an innings and 67 runs.

v. East.—East made 243 (Miller four for 32). Hobbs (87) and Martin (43) added 122 for first wicket in under the hour, but the rest of the team, except London (34), Duncan (17), and Dr. Pigeon (10), went to pieces, and we lost by 9 runs on 1st innings (234). East 2nd innings 133 (Martin three for 28, White two for 26). College required 143 to win in 55 minutes, and had lost four for 115 at time (Caddick not out 42, Duncan 31, Martin not out 17, London 11).

v. Porirua.—Against the champion team we could only muster 8 men on each day, several of the best batsmen being away. Porirua 152 (Duncan four 45, Martin four for 60, Gibbons two for 18). University 49 and 56 (Gibbons 16, Fletcher not out 15, Henry 12, Martin 11). Lost by an innings and 47 runs.

v. Wellington College.—University 90 and 78 (Sandel 22 and 16, Graham 23 and 19, Duncan 12, Blake 14, Martin not out 12). College 176 and 131 (Martin six for 35 and four for 41). Lost by 139 runs.

v. Old Boys.—College made 136 (Sandel 66, Martin 16, White 15, Duncan 14, Pigeon not out 10). Old Boys five for 109 (Fletcher two for 10). Drawn.

Batting Averages.
Hobbs 24.5
Graham 21.1
Blake 16.2
Martin 16.0
Gibbons 15.0
Crump 14.4
London 13.6
Duncan 12.7
Joplin 11.5
Fletcher 10.0
Bowling Average.
Martin, 42 wickets 12.7
Mackay, 12 wickets 12.8
Blake, 19 wickets 19.1
White, 10 wickets 21.6
Duncan, 15 Wickets 22.7
Gibbons, 13 wickets 23

To qualify in above lists, five innings must be played or five innings bowled in.