WINS FOR PARNELL, AUCKLAND XV. AND UNITED.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 289, 13 December 1897, Page 2

WINS FOR PARNELL, AUCKLAND XV. AND UNITED.

The third series of cricket championship matches was concluded on Saturday afternoon, resulting in wins for Parnell, Auckland XV. and United. The day was a perfect one for cricket, but the hot, dry weather which has prevailed for the past fortnight had made the wickets very hard and somewhat in favour of the batsmen. _ Parnell caused a great surprise by their defeat of Gordon. The first afternoon of j the match left Parnell with a score of 103 for their first innings, while Gordon had made 126 for the loss of four wickets, and the game was looked on as an easy win for the latter. On Saturday, however, the Gordon team, batting one man short, lost the remaining 5 wickets for 33 runs. Parnell were 59 runs behind, but they rapidly put up a score of 118, for the loss of only 4 wickets, thanks chiefly to the splendid batting of Mills and Lawson. At this stage Parnell declared their innings closed, and Gordon, with three men absent went to the wickets with 63 to get within an hour. This they were unable to do, the seventh wicket falling three minutes before j the call of time with the score at 58. Parnell thus snatched a well-deserved victory by four runs. The Auckland XV. won their match with Auckland XI. very easily by 13 wickets. On the first day's play the Eleven made 63, and the Fifteen had lost 10 wickets for !)9. The remaining four wickets added on 25, bringing the total up to 124. In their second innings the Eleven, batting two men short, gave a poor exhibition of cricket, and were dismissed for 81, D. Clayton 28, and T. Neill 24, boing the chief scorers. The Fifteen, requiring 20 to win, succeeded in doing so for the loss of one wicket. The game was continued after being won, and the Fifteen scored 170 for 10 wickets, A. Hill, 46, being the principal run-getter. United continued their first innings against North Shore, and succeeded in making 192 before they were all disposed of. Stemson 77, Marshall 30, were the chief contributors. The game ended in a win for United on the first innings. The following are the scores : SENIORS. PARNELL V. GORDON. Paenell—First innings 103 Gordon—First Innings. Kallender, c Totman, b Lawson ... 68 Seccombe, c Lawson, b Resteaux ... 28 Gould, b Resteaux 2 Kissling, c Resteaux, b Lawson ... 16 Pabst, absent 0 Sawbridge, b Resteaux 12 Kyd, c Resteaux b Lawson ... ... 4 Ansenne, c Mills, b Resteaux ... 12 Ford, c and b Lawson 1 Edwards, not out _ 1 Kelly, absent ... 0 Extras, 15 Total 159 Parnell.—Second innings. Mills, Ibw b Kallender 22 Ohlsen, run out ... 7 Totman, c Gould, b Scccombe 22 Lynch, b Sawbridge 12 V\ roods, b Sawbridge 0 Lawson, not out ... 43 Scagai-, not out 6 Extras .... .... 6 Total for 5 wickets (innings closed) 118 Gordon.—Second Innings. Seccombe, c Brierly, b Lawson ... 3 Kallender, c Seagar, b Lawson ... 13 Sawbridge, st Cromwell, b Mills ... 20 Ansenne, c Thorpe, b Mills 7 Kissling, run out '... 3 Gould, c Ohlson, b Mills ... :... 0 Edwards, not out 6 Kyd, c and b Mills 0 Ford, absent Pabst, absent Kelly, absent Extras 6 Total 58 Auckland xi. v. Auckland XV. Auckland XL, first innings 63 Auckland XV. —First Innings. Ten wickets for 99 A. Harrison, b Clayton 3 W. E. Hackett, not out 7 J. Stewart, b R. Niell 1 G. Dixon, lbw b Clayton 3 Extras 11 Total 124 ROWLING ANALYSIS. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Arneil 6 2 11 0 Stone 15 4 28 1 R. Neill ... 15 3 49 S St. Paul ... 4 I 15 0 Shepherd ... 2 I 0 1 Clayton ... 3 0 4 2 Auckland Xl.— Second Innings. T. Neill, c Stephenson 24 J. Arneil, c Steward, b Allen 0 D. Clayton, st Stewart, b Stephenson 28 J. Nicholson, not out 17 E. Neill, b Beale 0 0. Stone, b Stephenson 1 H. Thomas, c Selby, b Stephenson ... 10 A. J. Shepherd, csub., bStephenson... 0 M. St. Paul, b Stephenson 0 D'Arcy, absent ... 0 W. H. Quiim, absent ... 0 Extras 1 Total ' 91 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs. Mdns. Huns. Wkts. Allen 4 0 21 1 Beale 11 3 31 1 Stephenson ... 7 0 2)5 6 / Auckland XV.-—Second Innings. W. Thompson, c and b Clayton ... 6 A. Selby, not out ... ' 10 11. D. Hill, not out 7 Total for one wicket 23 FIRST JUNIORS. V.M.C.A. v. North Shore.—V.M.C.A. first innings, 67 ; second innings, 8 wickets for 136 (Steele 19, Wheatlev 17, F. Hay 24, Schofield not out, 40). "North Shore first innings, 138 ; second innings, 6 wickets for 66. The latter won by 4 wickets and one run. United II v. Gordon ll.—United, first innings, 76 ; Gordon, first innings, 269 (Seccombe 64, Cullerne 22, Stanley 62, Moore-Jones 68). Gordon won easily by 193 runs. Wanderers v. Auckland ll.—Wanderers first innings, 251 (J. Stinson 97, S. Rowe 25, T. Mills 44, S. Mills 17, .1. Wakely 24). Auckland, iirst innings, 125 (Grindrod 47, Airey, not out, 19). Second innings, 3 wickets for 88 (O'Keefe 30, Archibald, not out, 34). Wanderers won on the. first innings by 12ft runs. Onehunga v. Parnell.—-Onehunga, first innings, 169. Parnell, first innings, 57; ' second innings 42. Onehunga won by an innings and 70 runs. SECOND JUNIORS. Ponsonby (A) v. Belmont (A) : Ponsonby, (Ist innings), 166 runs—Sanders 44, Kemp 32, Noton 31, Langsford 26, Wallace 15. Belmont, (Ist innings), 61.— Potter 22. 2nd Innings, 69—Dorm, 35. Ponsonby won by an innings and 36 runs. V.M.C.A. (A) v. Parnell (A): V.M.C.A., Ist innings. 98—C. H. Bottrill 21, P. Totman, not'out, 22, A. M. Bell, 19. 2nd Innings, 5 wickets for 40— R. Walton, not out, 13. Parnell, Ist innings, 90. 2nd Innings, 37—Brown 21. G. Totman bowled splendidly, securing 7 wickets for 11 runs. The same bowler also did the hat trick. A. F. Burton, 2 for 23 runs. V.M.C.A. , won by 5 wickets and 1.1 runs.

West End v. V.M.C.A. (B).— West End: First innings, 104; second innings, 139 (C. B. King not out 55, P. Grindrod 22, I. Clarke 19, W. Anderson 18). V.M.C.A. j First innings, 34; second innings, 100 (Ryburn 23, C. Johnston 19, W. Cowan 18). West End won by 109 runs. Giles' College v. Gordon Hl.—Giles': First innings, 121 (R Mason 82); second innings, 6 wickets for 46 (R. Mason 25). Gordon : First innings, 102; second innings declared closed at 6 wickets for 64 (Keesing 31, Palairet 22). Giles 5 College thus won by four wickets and one run. Auckland 111. v Surrey.—Auckland won by 47 runs. ' First innings, 107; second innings, 118 (Greville 64, Dunlop 27). Surrey : First innings, 62; second innings, 116 (Higott 36, Bruce 38, F. Wilson 23). United 111. v. Belmont (B).— United : Firsb innings, 34; second innings, 36. Belmont: First innings, 140. The latter won on the first innings by 106 runs.