OUR CRICKETERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 257, 5 November 1897, Page 2

OUR CRICKETERS.

' -o The second series of championship matches commences to-morrow afternoon, when the following games will be played : —Seniors : Gordon v. United, Parnell v. Auckland XL, North Shore v. Auckland XV. First Juniors : United v. V.M.C.A., North Shore v. Onehunga, Gordon v. Auckland, Wanderers v. Parnell. Second Juniors : A Section—North Shore (A) v. Parnell, V.M.C.A. (A) v. Ponsonby (A), St. Alban's (A) v. Auckland, Surrey v. Belmont (A). B Section—Giles's College v. West End, Gordon v. Melrose, Ponsonby (B) v. St. Alban's (B), North Shore (B) v. United, V.M.C.A. (B) v. Belmont (B). The teams are as follows :— SENIORS. Gordon I. v. United.—Gordon : Kallender, Pabst, Ansenne, Edwards, Kelly, Kissling, Ford, Kidd, Read, Sawbridge, and Gould. United: Brown, Hay (3), Labatt, Lusk, Marshall, Stemson, Todd, Walton, Watts. Parnell I. v. Auckland XL— Parnell: Mills, Ohlson, Woods, Seager, Totman, Brierly, Cromwell, Richards, Resteaux, Thorpe, Lawson. Auckland XL *. Arneil, A. M. Beale, Clayton, Holland, Neill (2), Nicholson, St. Paul, Stone, Thomas and Quinn. North Shore v. Auckland XV. at North Shore.—North Shore: Ball, Bell, Beck, Burgess, Butler, Hume, Hardy, Mills, Wynyard, Reid, Warren. Auckland XV. : Allen, E. C. Beale, Colwill, Cato, D'Arcy, Darby, Hill, A. Harrison, Hutchings, Hackett, Kenderdine, Lundon, Dr. Maitland, Stevenson and J. Stewart. Town players requested to catch 1.30 boat from town. FIRST JUNIORS. Gordon 11. v. Aucklandll.—Gordon 11. : Williamson, Cullurne, John, Stanley, Moore-Jones (2), J. Seccombe, Hume, Dr. Egan, Thomson and O'Halloran. Emergency, Bradley. Auckland 11. : Airey, Bottrell, Bollard, Grindrod, R. Harrison, Mulgan (Captain), Milne, O'Keeffe, C. Stewart, Shepherd, and Warm. Parnell 11. v. Wanderers. — Parnell: Brookes, Totman, Lynch, Ricketts, Young, Leahy, Murdoch, Warne, Roberts, Stubbs, Edmonds. Wanderers .* Waddingham, Wakely, Whelan (2), Mills (3), Hobson, Walker, Stinsou, Robertson and Fletcher. Onehunga v. North Shore 11. (at Auckland Domain).—Onehunga : Beaver (2), J. Brenan, Gatland, Harbutt, Jackson, Layer (2), W. N. Mcintosh, T. Smith, Lyell. North Shore: Bartley, Chapman, Denby, Hennah, Hyland, Newton, Patterson, Pitts, Smith, Swanson, Valentine. United v. V.M.C.A.—United: Craig, Holden, Jowitt, Lees, Mackie, Sims, Sloman (2), Saunderson, Walton, Inglis, Crawford. SECOND JUNIORS. Parnell 111. v. North Shore A. (at North Shore).—Parnell : Kilgour, Hutton, Brown, Dinnison, Moon, Walsh, Speight, Sheriff, Moses, Wright, Bowden. North Shore : Bunby, Cullens, Dacre, Jones, Jamieson, McKenzie, Dr. Roberts, S. Cave, Sutton, Smith, Walker ; emergency, Kenrick. West End v. Giles' College. —West End : Clark, Anderson, Grindrod (2), Strong, Aldridge, Brown, King (2), Dixon, Ward ; emergency, Keats. North Shore (B) v. United 111. (at North Shore). —North Shore : Cave, Cameron, Dyson, Feltham, Fogarty, Holland, Homer, Lipscombe, Pitt, Pitts, Roberts. Emergencies, Crosher, Kett. United: Dnnningham, Spratt, Sioman, Cardno, McGregor, Graham, Nolan, McCoy, Stainton, Hemus, Leonard.

Gordon 111. v. Melrose.—Gordon 111. : McGerney, Coles, Wright, Moore-Jones. Ward, Jones, Madill, Palairet, Heigh way, Keesing, L&urie. Emergencies, Murphy and Coles. Melrose : Gunn, Jones, Jackson, Hoare, Loggie, Preston, Mills, Nicholson (ca.pt.), Williams. Walker (2). Emergencies, Preston, Young, Garey, Dempsey. St. Albans (B) v. Ponsonby (B).— St. Albans (B) : Bellamy. Carson, Gavin, T. Hewson, Fielder, iNyberg, Smithyman, Reid, Williams, Wilson, Hinton. Emergency : Miles. Ponsonby : Blincoe, Cummings, Baddiley, Noton, Mclnnes, Osmond (2), Sanders (2), Jackson, Ryan, Menzies, Tattersall.

Belmont (A) v. Surrey. — Belmont: Parker, Gillespie, Thomas, Wesley, Moore, Wilsted, Molloy, McKillop, Gillespie, Potter, Chester, Don.

Belmont (B) v. V.M.C.A. (B.)—Firth, Johnson, Gillespie (3), Craig, Callaghan, Hill, Hyman, Stichbury, Beid, Evers, Donovan, McGuirk.

Ponsonby (A) v. V.M.C.A. (A.)—Ponsonby : Wallace, Williams, Service, Sanders (2), Noton, Robertson, Plummer, Darby, Kemp, Langsford. Auckland 111. v. St. Albans.—Auckland 111. : Brassington, Broadfoot, Duulop, Greville (captain), G. Hill, Hamerton, Hole, Hesketh, McCormick (2), and Plummer.

J. Wiseman and Son v. Kauri Timber Timber Company.—Wiseman's : Hawkins, (capt.), Dempey, Linden, Brown, Sudles, Rawlinson, Hancock, Flynn, Goldsborough, Tilly, Herrick and Hoverd. Kauri Timber Company: McGregor, Bleakley, Johns, Gibbons, Bichdale, Swain, Hedley, Morrow, Doyle, Radford and G. Sowdeh.

Smith and Caughey v. Otahuhu (at Otahuhu). — Otahuhu : Goodwill, Grey, George, A. Harper (2), Taylor (2), Wliiteley, Spurway, White, Walker.