CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 65, 16 March 1908, Page 7

CRICKET.

EDEN WINS SENIOR GRADE. Ba • v .nctrict cricket championships wore c Til . c i. mirdar. wlieu the eighth ■ MD Twas co^uded.-Eden, hv defeating i£° roon4 was L championship for ; £' £r? for Ten should they lose their nest *£ and their nearest attendants, ™ °f Gra -rl t ° deiUed Ponsonby by 103 runs ■ Jftfci first innings ™ Saturday scoring tol MS to reply to l'onsounys 60. In their eecnrt inniizs. Tonsonhy. playing steadily. f«t four tickets for 86. On the Domain. Graftou beat City, who batted three men S It 53 runs. Giafton scoring 242 and ; CHv 119 and TO. At Dercnport. the home, tel'a vent close to petting a rhree-poiat th lin. having eight Paruell wi,-kets down M in the second Inulngs tor 51 runs. The w . following'table snows the positions of the th

CITY V. GUAFTON. Grafton, with three wickets flown, re- sc Burned their innings. D. Hay knocked up 67 » before he was cieau bowledby Grainger. S. o= Jones compiled a useiul 47, aud was uu- t -' i defeated at the close of the innings. K. U Sloinan, a colt, batted attractively, and m Etaved Tsitb Junes lor some time, eveutn- Ol aily scdrlng 10 before fulling a victim to ''3 Caro. City made a poor stand in their sec- P< ond inninas, and with three men absent. d( ■were all out for 70: Ellis 20. Beechey is. aud llacCormiek 10, biiug the only doub.e figure sc&reis. (jiafton secured a three-point win. -p CITY-—First Innings ll'J J^ GRAFTON—FIRST INNINGS. (J A,.Slcmau. b Graiuger 4 Hi Lawry. Ibw Barry lo ••" Horsjiool, b K. Neill .- -JO 11 frraham. b G'raiager 'JO Si D. H»y. b Grainger b7 2Bey. llecve, c McCormick. b Cossey (5 l! K. Mason, b Cossey !) F ■ fc. Jotes, not out 47 il lii'ey, b Grainier - ai C. Hirr. b Cossey 'A '1\ K. Slouian. b Caro lb G . i Extras 3 i Total 242 le Bon-liag Analysis.—Grainger, 4 wickets c lor 83; Cossey. 3 for 51; isnrry. 1- for 35; i jCeill, 1 for iM; Beechey, o for 0; Caro l lor L ClTY.—cecond Inninss. n Hemra. b D. Hay S j Barry, b Mason o q Graicser, D D- Say <s £ Ehj& c and b Mason 20 j, Beeciey. c Horspool, b Mason .... IS r " Caro, rca out 0 MactormicU. Ibw, b D. Hay 10 Coss?y, not out - i! B. Jieill. absent 0 Extras 6 .Total 70 Bovlii/g Analysis.—D. Hay. 3 wickets g for J3;; Mason, i for 29; Sloman. 0 for g t n ■ ( i EDEN V. POXSOXBT. £ Ken finally settled the destination of the > Senior Championship by defeating Pon- 7 EOiiSy on the first innings. They had a p leal of 16 runs, with 5 wickets in hand, q AVbea the match was resumed to-day, hav-1 - 'ing scored 76 for 5 wickets, in reply to r l'JMFonby's total of 60, the score was talen to 163 before the last wicket fell, lie Mills (40) being the chief contributor. while Stemson made a useful 27. With 105 to make to avert a one innings' de- 1 feit. Ponsonby went in at 4 o"clock. Woods " ard Draitlnvaite opening. They played a ' Ebnewall game, and batted for 65 minutes I" btfo.e ErMtnwaite was run out for S. , ' Gillagher. who followed, was caught behind : \ tie wicket second ball. Woods, after mak- j; fig SO by good but quiet cricket, in an i j tour and a quarter, was caught off Hob- j ' - fan. Robinson made 23. nud when he was , ,v ffisniissed, play was stopped on account of 1 • ■ihe light, Eden thus scoring a 2-point win. 1 J 'scores:— j pOSSOXBT.—First Innings 60 i 1 EDEN,—First Innings. W. B. Smith, c White 43 > G. Cnmming, b Jacobseu 1 A. E. Belf. b White 4 C.Elliott, b White 4 Hobson. Ibw. b White 3 Ike Mills, caucht Corner, b White *> G. Mills, c Gallagher, b White 22 W. Stemson, c Young, b White 27 A. .Murdoch. Ibw, b McLellan 7 H Tavlor not out - «ayward. b White 8 Extras s Total 163 BOWLING ANALYSIS. P White* S for 47; Jaeobsen 1 for 55; UcLellan, 1 for 2S. PONSONBY. —Second Innings. ft. Woods, c Murdoch, b Hobson 32 H. Braithwaite. run out ° • H. Gallagher, c Hayward. b Hobson .. O 1 W. Kobinson. Ibw, b Stemson 33' io'ung, not out x _ , Extras l _ , ' total for 4 wictets S6 • • BOWLING ANALYSIS. Stemson, 1 for 23; Hobson, 2 for 21. PASNELL V. NORTH SHORE. TWO POINT WIX FOE SHOKE. ,the first grade tnatca between Parnell mi North Shore elevens was concluded on the North Shore, oval tnis afternoon, the game resaTUng in a two-point win for tile Shore team. Last Saturday the Parneil eleven was disposed of for a total of ninety runs, and when stumps were drawn, the Shoremen bad three wickets down ior 75 runs On Saturday Woodward ani Prime took up the running, but both quickly fell to the bowling of Fairburn, Woodward addiuc 13 and Prime 6 runs to tieir previous scores. Bush and Ralfe were the batsmen to follow on. but the former, after notching three, was run out. How-j 6m filled the'vacancy, and Kalfe was nest clean bowled by Oliff, for two. Wallace I jpinea Ho'wden. and the pair straightway! began to piie up the score. Hrvwden was 1 iv great hittius form, and played brilliantly.: driving lepeaiedly to the boundary. IVaflace began cautiously, but afterwards opened out. and the pair were responsible lor some excellent cricket. A change ci | bowling, was tried without avail, and runs! ■were tit up with remarkable rapidity. ' Within. 40 niimues, Howden compiled nj ■ runs, Sitting eight tourers and one fiver. At the tea adjournment at 4.15. the score! stood at 2011, aud Hadden declared his iuwngs closed, the not-out batsmen, Howoen and Wallace, meeting with an ovation on tfceir return to the iiavilion. .Barry and Carter opened Parne.lVs second .'nuings. with disastrous results. Barry, after a two-bit, was bowled by a tricky oall from Howden. A few minutes later tartar Skied one to Wallace at long-oK. J-fcith he held. An drone joined Breese. *>«v batsmeu treated the bowling with i respect, hut the partnership did not last ! 'ong. Aadreae, after hitting five singles. 1 wae given out l.h.w. to Hadden. Three. Wcfcets had now fallen for 13 runs. Frerl. Murray tilled the vacancy, and bis first tbree hits t-:;.-h found their way to the Boundary. After compiling a useful 17 he was elenu bowled by a fast ball from Howoen. Robiusou next went to the wickets, and with Breese played very carefull v On.-ing tbe 20 minutes he was batting! iSMese scored seven runs, and was tben jaight and bowled by Howden. Foster •JOJied liobinson. but with his very next at the latter was run out. Oliff followed anj was given a "life" on his first bit w J,- Only made a sin Sle. when Howden ih, 1 m off etum - n " itb aa exactly slmai ball to that wwch dismissed Burry \ v J cket s were now down for :,'-' CUff added five to tbe score, and wj Ueu bowled by Hadden. Sale followed, bi bad ""«»«*. "Breed that tbe light was U Yin deC ' area a U '-°- pOir iaruell, Ist innings 5 DEVOKPORT.—Ist Innings. c Oliff, b Fairburn Philson. c Sale, b Fairburu trlme, c Uobinson. b Fairburn c Sale, b Carter " ■ ■ Woodward, b Fairburn : Bueh, run ont Kalfe, b Oliff ....."] Howden. not ont ....". 1 : iWallace, not out . ■ Extras ...'.'.. ;

Bowling.—Fairtmrn. 4 wictets for 59 runs; •ncr, one for 20; OliS, one tor 47. PARXELL.—2nd Innings. Tj\ b .. ? - •ter. c Wallace, b Howden 4 Ireae, Ibw, b Haddon 5 rray, b Hovrden 17 ese. c and b Howden .._ 7 )inson, run out o ;ter, b Howdeu 1 ?, b Haddon 5 c. not out 1 irburn. nc« \out O Extras 4 Total (for S wickets) 51 tolling.—Howden. 5 for 27; Haddon, 2 17; Woodward, 0 for 5. SECOXX GRADE. EDEN 11. v. GRAFTOX 11. sraftou last Saturday compiled 274 in ;Ir first innings. Eden were all out for this afternoon, and had to follow on th their second innings. Following were 1 scores:— ■Men. First Innings.—Beale. b Eastgate, l'reeruau. b Kobiuson, 19: Clarke, b Koboii, 7: Jeukius, b Kobiuson, 3"<>; Somevie. b Itobinsou. 0; Bridges, c llorspool, b well. 4; Cavanagb. b Uobinsou, 1; lirowu, jtobinson, 5; Mills, b Ilowell, 0; Buckley, Howell, 3; Williams, uot out, 0; extras, Total, SG. 2den, tfeeoud Innings.—Beale, b Robin1. 1: Williams, b Howell, 0; Clarke, b 7: Jeukius, c Kubiuson, b Hill, Mills, b .lark, !); Brown, run out, 02; ranagh, lj Howell, -4: Bridges, Ibw, v wed, 14; Buckley, b Kobinson, 0; Freeu, c Hill, b Howell, r>; Soiniuerville, not ~ 1U; extras 15; total 175. Graf ton won an innings aud 13 runs, scoring a threent win. aud iullictlng ou Eden their first cat o£ the season. PA R.NELL A. V. ED EX B. ■"arnell.—First innings, 226. B.—First innings: S. Yates 3. M. iiy 2, F. Brown 9, K. Gordon S, C. Freeu i). A. O. llorspool 4, A. Freeman 0. R. more 5, Kiatter 14. J. GUniore 20, Beach it out) S, extras 17: total, 90. Bowling llysis: C. Kesteaux took live wickets for runs; V. Mareroft. three for 41; C. L-d. one for 0 L Second iuuings: M. Gray It. Gordon 17. I. Freeman 14. F. Brown A. O. liorspool 29. H. Gilniore 1, C. peman 5. flatter 4. J. Gilniore 5, Beach )t out) 0. extras 7: total 126. Bowling ilysis: W. M.ireroft took two wickets for runs: 11. Waltou, two for 21, E. J. eville. four for 20. Darnell won by an innings and 10 runs, •uring a three-point win. and are now ding br oue poiut lor the second grade impionship. PARXELL B. V. CITY. Parnell B.—First innings, fiS. Second inlgs: F. Wicks 11. F. L. McDonagh 24, Hardwick 2, V. Woods O, J. F. Airey N. llobertshawe 14, R. Dingle 0, E. j. Ltland (not out), 0: extras 1: total 63. itted three men short. Bowling ana;is: Russell took four wickets for 33 ns; Harvey, three for 24. ~ity.—First inuings. 133. City won by an iuuings and 2 runs, secur- ; a tliree-poiut win. I THIRD GRADE. Farnell v. Eden B.—Parnell. first innings, 2. Second innings: J. Williams 0 E. J. hofield 36. B. Doble 29. G. Sale (not out) B. H. Moss 7 (innings declared closed), ree wickets for 77. Eden B—First lungs: Cooper 0. Snedden 4, J. Alexander 3S Alexander 1. W. Francis 27, Hall 5, iimilton (not out) 1. Ryan 1, Inwood 0. >sbit 0 (batted one short), extras 2: total. Second innings: J. Alexander 0. Hall Francis 0, Hamilton 4. Ryan 2, Inwood Xesbit 1. Snedden 1. Cooper (not out) extras 3: total IS. Parnell won by 134 ns. securing a three-point win. OTHER MATCHES. St. Peter's v. Ponsonby ll.—St. Peter's on by 16 runs ou the Ist innings. Poninby batted first and compiled 55. the lief scorers being Cornwall IT) (not out) id Kemp 12. St. Peter's replied with 73 . Stainton 22. Tongue 151. Bowline for nusonby Beetsnn took 7 wickets for SO. id Piumnier 2 for J3. For St. Peter's :>ng;ie took 4 for 13. Hamilton 2 for IS, nitb 1 for 4. and Iledluud I for !"l St. John's v. lvnnboe.—St. John's'won on t innings by 47 runs. St. John's.—lst inngs nn (H. Blineoo S3 O. Strange 1°) id innings f>3 (H. Blinroe IS.C. Strange 2(h. . Horslej- 14. Ivauhoe.—lst innings 52 Irindrod 121: 2nd innings, a for 60 (Clark 1. Dixon 30 not outi. Bowling for St. nhn s. 11. Blincoe took 5 for Ifi, and for i-anhoe. Griudrod took 9 for 62. TEAM FOR THE XORTH. The following Auckland eleven will try onclu Sl ons with the eleven of Northern tmroa at Dargarille to-morrow. St Patirks Day:—E. c. Beale. A. Browii, R .ilmore. R. Gordon. A. O. Horspool. N ncobsen. A. Otterson. L. Prime. E V Sale B - s P p JKht. F. Taylor. The players ?nre by the 4.40 p.m. Kaipara train this vening. WAIHI ASSOCIATION. .. . WAIHI. Saturday. ,At a meeting of delegates of the Wailii ricket Association last evening. Mr Stewirt in tho rhair. it was decided to close he cup matches after the completion of he present round, ajid to arrange for wwT J, H H th ° Morri «nd V.M.C.A. Auckland! teams, on the 2Sth inst and -aster baturday respectively. The secrearv was directed to write to the Thames md Tanrnntm Clubs with n view to aransing matches for April 4. the Thames natch to be played at Thames, and that gainst Tauranga at Waihi. If possible iiTn-iirenier.fs trill also bo made for a natch with a team to be formed hy Mr r i°" at WafhX 6f AuCk!and ' on Gooa Fri'this dnv. At a meeting of the Waihi Cricket Aseomtiou last m;ht it was decidi-d that no urtber cup matches should lie pl.ived nfter ompletion nf th." third round, the Mnrinsville match was fixed for the *>Sth i'ist nd a marcM with V.M.C.A.. at Anckland! ii Easter Monday. The secretary iras in-trnct.-d 1.1 write to the Thames'and Tanauga. with a view to arranging matches, he Thames match to be played at Thames nd the T.inranga mntch at Waihi—both to c played on April 4th. It was also deci.l------d to try and arrange a match with Mr "on lc Hyde's team, to be played on Good r ri<lay. and. if not. the rep." team is to lay the next fifteen. SOUTHERN COMPETITIONS. CriRISTCHTRCH. Sunday. West Christchurch and Sydenham, the wo lending teams for the championship, oDciuded (heir match yesterday, when the ormer won hv seven wickets, the scores 'Pins: Sydenham. ?.!) and 107 (Ackroyd 24. Jemiett and Gasson 211. and West Christ hnrch, 103 a'jrl 4."> for three wickets. Wosf Mirisi church thfis Bernred the Champion*ip. in the match St. Alba us v. East "bristchurch. which was commenced on Intorrinr. the former occupied the wicketill the afternoon, and established a great lerformance. When time was called thej tad only lost four wickets for 4fiK n>m Ford 101. Frankish 84. T. W. Reese S4 r. P. Baretli not out 74. B. B. Wood 57 md Dr. O'Rri»n not out :wi. Riccnrtou I'.ide 151 (Anthony 42 and Cnveill 3fi). in heir first innings a<ri'nst I.i'iwood thi after responding with 142 (G. Kinvig 30). Dr.VEDIN. Sunday. Roisterons wenthpr prevailod for the eric ;et mnt>-hps yesterday. In the senior gradi "range seeiirprl a win over Carishrook A ifter nn excitinjr finish. Grange's two inn ngs produced S7 and r.7 runs respectively while Cnrlßhronk was disposed of for S! md r>l. In the latter's second inning! ■ Jownes took six wickets for 12 runs. an. Oavis three for 31. Opoho secured theiJret win of the season by defeating Dune Iln by eight runs on the first innings, tin scores being 18fi and IS" respectively A! jvion rlefeated Carisbrook B by 100 runs oi mc first innings, the scores being: Albioi wi and 50 for eight wickets, and Can's hrook 71 and 132. With one match to I* Played Grange is leading by one poiu for the championship. Carisbrook A bein' second, and Albion third.

clubS: " Played. Wou. Eden s b City • •• *• * Gnifton S ■» Korlh Shore .. b 4 raraell S 3 Focsonby s l Lost. o 4 4 4 Points. IS in 10 0 s 3 h b b