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The Spike or Victoria College Review June 1914

Senior Eleven. — Matches played, 9; Won, 3; Lost, 6

Senior Eleven.

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

v. Central.—Lost by seven wickets. Central, 206 and 16 for three wickets. College, first innings, 69 (Howe 16); second innings, 152. Birch (41) and Dempsey (35) batted very well. Other scorers were: Beechey 27, Dickson 14, Fanning 13. Fenton took three wickets for 44, and Duncan three for 42.

v. Old Boys.—Lost by 50 runs on first innings. College. 214 (Joplin 66, Beechey 48, Atmore 27, Dickson 13, Dempsey 11); Old Boys, 264 and 52 for five wickickets. In their first innings Macintosh took five wickets for 71 runs.

v. Hutt.—Won by 275 runs on first innings. It rained, and Fanning won the toss. Oh, lucky Jim! Rejoicing greatly, we went to the wickets, and scored 374 for eight wicket, (inning, declared closed). Joplin (116) and Birch (103 not out) batted splendidly, putting on 167 for the third wicket. Other scorers were: Atmore 41. Howe 30, Fenton 28, Beechey 21. Hutt made 99 when they went to the crease. Duncan (three for 14), Dickson (two for 14), and Macintosh (two for 19) bowled well for us.

v. East B.—Lost by 65 runs on first innings. Our fielding was not up to the mark. College, 172 (Beechey 47, Howe 46, Fenton 20, Atmore 16, Duncan 10); East B, 232.

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v. East A.—Won by 89 runs on first innings. We opened disastrously, having lost four wickets for 17 runs. However, Uncle Jim and Atmore smote the bowling cheerfully. It was all alike to them. The crowd especially enjoyed Fanning's "side-steps" to the leg side as he smote the ball heavenwards. We made 198 (Fenning 45, Atmore 44, Macintosh 32, Fenton 27, Dempsey 12, Caddick 11); East A, 109. Fenton bowled splendidly for College, taking eight wickets for 41 runs.

v. Petone.—Lost by two wickets (and bad fielding). College, 114 (Joplin 26, Dempsey 20, Dickson 20, Atmore 13, Howe 11) and 120 (Griffiths 27, Joplin 15, Fenton 20, Dempsey 14). Petone, 153 and 84 for eight wickets. Members are silent as to who dropped those catches.

v. East A.—Lost by 33 runs. Our fielding was again weak. College 81 (Howe 24, Fenton 16 not out); East A, 114.

v. North.—Lost by an innings and 66 runs. This was our worst defeat. College first innings, 115 (Fenton 31, Dickson 23, Birch 12, Dempsey 11, Atmore 11); second innings, 102 (Birch 43, Caddick 16, Fenton 11). North, 273.

v. Hutt.—Won by 3 runs on first innings. This proved an exciting finish. We wanted 50 to win when Howe joined Caddick, eight wickets being down. The latter foolishly threw his wicket away when 14 runs were still wanted, but Duncan and Howe just secured the necessary runs. College 154 (Birch 34, Howe 27, Caddick 23, Joplin 16, Dempsey 14). Fenton (five for 40) again bowled excellently. It seems strange to us that Fenton did not gain a place in the representative team.

Batting Averages.—Birch, 27.36 (11th for Wellington); F. Joplin, 24.7; Atmore, 20.2; Howe, 18.66; Fenton, 18; Beechey, 16.7; Dempsey, 13.5; Dickson, 11.75.

Bowling.—Fenton, 49 wickets, average 14.4; Dempsey, 7 wickets, average 16; Dickson, 25 wickets, average 19.6; Macintosh, 13, average 19.6; Duncan, 13 wickets, average 19.9. Fenton secured the highest aggregate of wickets for all clubs during the season.