OUR CRICKETERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 20, 25 January 1897, Page 2

OUR CRICKETERS.

The Cup matches wero continued on Saturday ab the Domain in bhe presence of a largo number of spectators. In the senior competition bhe matches commenced were Gordon v. Auckland and Parnell v United, bub except in Auckland a '™InK B bhe batting was somewhat poor./°"« lder * mo- the excellent wicket provided. Auckland's firsb inninga realised 243 runswhMh makes the fourth inning oi over 200 runs which Auckland have compiled bhis season, the figures being -cO7, •*l'*V f~j and 243. In the only other comple ed innings their score was 193, bub only ten men ba*tod. Tho chief, contributions noZds the 243 were made by D- Claytpn (67), R. Neill (43), J. Arneil (_>7) and l. Neill (32), each of whom showed some firstclaes cricket. At the present stage Gordon have loss 3 wickets for 31, amongst bho dismissed bevng J. A. Kallender. In the United-Parndl match the former v.ere dismissed for k>he poor score of lib If-' f**/ Tabatt 53, C. Hay 26, nob out, and K. We* Fherson 22). while Parnell could do no bettor than make 23 for the loss ol no loss than 5 wickets, Stemson taking 3 wickets for 9 runs and D. Hay 2 for 8. hoitbfit match is of much interest according to the present state of the competition, and it Auckland and United prove victorious, the meeting of thone teams in the nexb series will decide tho Cup winners. AUCKLAND V. GORDON. Auckland/who were tho first to bat, made another capital exhibition, putting up 243 runs before the lasb wicket fell. D* Clayton was again in fine farm with the bab, and made 67 by means of a good display of vigorous hibting. This is the third time Clayton has exceeded the half century this season, and only two other batsmen, D Hay and Lababt, have exceeded it on two occasions. R. Neill (43), J. Aroo.l (37), and T. Neill (32) also batted in a style thab was much admired by the spectators. At the withdrawal of stumps Gordon had lost three wickets for 31. The following are bhe scores :— Auckland.-—Firsb innings. R. Neill, lbw, E-iwards ... .. ™ Thomas, c and b Edwards 7 Clayton c Williams, b Kallender ... 67 Arneil, b Ball 37 Stewart b Ball ... ** Stone, b Ball ... _\ T. Neill, b Edwards 32 Wynyard, b Williams ... ... ■■• 16 Reals, b Ball & St. Paul, bKissling 4 E. C. Beale, nob.oub 3 Extras I*-*: Total ... 243 i BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Kallender ... 12 1 47 1 Edwards ... 17 2 60 3 Williams ... 10 0 00 1 Reed 4 0 32 0 Ball 10 1 28 4 Kissling ... 2 0 3 1 Gordon.—First Innings. Kallender, b Clayton ... 10 Williams, sb Thomas, b St. Paul - ... 4 Reed, b Clayton ... 1 Killing, nob oub 15 Edwards, nob out ... 0 Extras .' .*. 1 Total for three wickets ... ... 31 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs. Mdns. Rune. Wkb;* Clayton ... 4.3 0 ■ 14 2 St. Paul ... 4 0 16 1 UNITED V. PARNELL. The former in their first innings made 14fc,, the small score being chiefly owing to the'ellec-ivo bowling of I. Mill**, who came out with the line average of six wickets for 66. Of the total. Labatb batbed well for 53, O. Hay for 26 nob out, and R. Me* Phertioa. for 22, but of the. others no less than four made "ovals." In the half-hour remaining Parnell cub a sorry exhibition before tbe bowling of Stemson and D. Hay, five wickets falling for 23 and of that number seven were extras, The following are bhe scores:— United. —First Innings. D. Hay* lbw, I. Mills ... ... ... 0 Cuff,.lbw, I. Mills .*.. ... 16 Lababt, c Gardiner, b Lawson 53 Stemson, b Law.<on . ... 1° Wabts, b I. Mills 0 McCormick, b I. Mills 0 Lut-k, c Gardiner, b Lawson ... ... 0 McPherson, b I. Mills 22 j C. Hay, not oub 26 Brown, c Wright, b I. Mills 9 Exbras 0.... 4 Total 146 BOWLEG ANALYSIS. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. I. Mills ... 221 5 66 6 Lawson ... 31 , 9 49 3 Woods ... 11 * 3 27 0 Parnell.—Firsb Innings. Wright, c sub., b D. Hay 3 Toyman, b Stemson 6 King, c sub., b Stemson 0 Seagar, b Stemson 0 Gardiner, b D. Hay 0 Lawson, nob oub ... ... ... ... 6 Ohlson, nob oub 1 Extras 7 Tobal for live wickets ... 23 BOWLING ANALYSIS, Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkbs. Stemson ... 6 2 9 3 D. Hay 6 3 8 2 FIRST JUNIORS. Auckland v. Newton—ln bhis match Auckland secured an easy victory by ten wickets. Newton's first innings closed for 91, and Auckland, who had scored 99 for the loss of eight wickets on the previous Saturday, concluded their innings for 106, Choyco contributing 23. Newton's second innings realised 44, Burlace (17) being the only doable figure scorer. For Auckland, Allen took five wickets for 26, and Kender'dine four for 12. Auckland obtained the 30 necessary to win for the loss of no wickets ; Allen 21 (nob oub), and Selby 10 (not out). United v. North Shore.—The latter won by nine wickets, the scores being . United 46 and 99 (Craig 29, Dunningham, 15, P. Hay 14), and North Shore 95 and 53 for one wicket (G. Mills, nob oub 23, Hume nob oub, 25). Licensed Victuallers v. Bklmont.— The former won by an innings and 57 runs. Belmont were 99 runs behind on their firsb innings and had to follow on. With only eighb men they made 42. OTHER MATCHES. . Cousin and Atkin v. Cousins and Cousins.—The cricket match played in the Domain between bhe employees of Messrs Cousins and Abkin and Cousins and Cousins resulted in a win for the labter team by an innings and 136 runs. Gash made 31, Tonkin 30, llowe 31 and Callaghan 23 for the winners aud Bruce 22, Buck 28 for the losers. J. Wiseman and Son v. Smith and Caughey.—This match resulted in a win for the former on the first innings by 69 runs. Tlbe scores were: Smith and Caughey 44 (Atkinson 14 and C. Worsley 9), Wiseman's 109 (Dempeey 46, Hawkins 21 and Linden 12). Dempsey bowled with great success, taking the whole 10 wickets.