Senior.

Fielding a rather inexperienced team for Senior ranks, the Cricket Club did not achieve a great deal of success from the results point of view, but the experience gained by a year's play in the top grade should see these young players greatly improved during the coming season.

Only two games were won by the side, both of them by large margins. The game against Wellington in the first round was won by University by 119 runs on the first innings, good bowling by Harrison and Bagge playing havoc with the Wellington batsmen.

The second game in which the team came out on the right side was the match against Petone in the second round, where the eleven scored 384 in their only innings in the match, Blandford scoring a very good century, and Pacey and he giving the side a fine start of 121 for the first wicket. Petone scored 169, and, following on, 112 for seven wickets.

Old Boys were the only side able to defeat the team outright, a bad performance by the side resulting in Old Boys running out victors by seven wickets.

Against Petone in the first round the team failed by four runs to catch the Petone score of 276, Blandford, Harrison and Bagge putting up good stands for the ninth and tenth wickets.

The lack of one batsman who could consistently score runs was greatly felt by the team, as high scores were rarely compiled against the eleven, Harrison and Bagge, assisted by Macallan and Caldwell, making up a dangerous attack.

In the latter part of the season Blandford struck splendid form with the bat, scoring one century and several scores of above 50, whilst Pacey batted very well on a number of occasions. The inability of the other members of the team to make runs at all consistently, however, saw the team definitely weak in batting, with the result that the good performances of the bowlers went for nought.

For the second year in succession Harrison was the outstanding bowler in the side. In all matches he bowled 243.4 overs for 37 wickets and 887 runs. A very steady type of trundler, he bowled very accurately week after week, an injury to a hand affecting his bowling for some time, else he would have easily passed the 40 mark.

Bagge, who was not with the team for the whole season, was also a big factor in the attack in those games in which he played. He took 24 wickets, bowling 186 overs for 557 runs.

Blandford kept wickets very ably for the side, and his success with the bat and gloves saw him selected to represent Wellington against Hawke's Bay at Napier.

Averages for the side are as follows:—