CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 252, 21 October 1908, Page 7

CRICKET.

, rrhe cricket season opened on Saturday fa beautiful weather, and a large atten£nce was present at Victoria. Park, "Do,j»jn,:and North Shore. Judging by the interest shown in the opening games, __re seems every prospect of strong public support during the season, and there _ absolutely no doubt" that cricket has __iw, a stronger hold in Auckland than lis ever been the case formerly. This _ undoubtedly due in a large measure ii, the excellent coaching of Messrs. A. ji. Keif and S. P- Jones during the past Jew seasons, and the results must be Iji__y gratifying to those gentlemen who Zere responsible for the appointment of two such able mentors. I -The principal match on the Domain on Batnrday was the game between University: arid Parnell, and the showing of the former-team, came as a big surprise to even their most sanguine supporters. The match opened sensationally, Barry . Tbeinff dismissed by Jacobsen with the firstball. CHliff followed almost immediately being caught by Jacobsen off Wallace, each of the outgoing batsmen laving the dreaded blot against his name. Sale and Marcroft made a bit of Vstandythe latter being run out when Je had compiled thirteen. Sale knocked -up: seventeen, arid then tried to pull a .short-pitched one from Jacobsen, and was well caught by Sisam. Hutchings tafayed scratchily for eleven; Wright 'got fifteen; and the veteran Lusk (who went at the howling determinedly) nine, -not,'out, and the innings closed for 86, j_r7: Extras being top scorer with 21. 'University's opening was as disastrous asTPainell's, *w° wickets being down for ■five "when Wallace and Jacobsen got to"gether, arid the pair knocked the bowling about, to some extent, the total leaching 72 before Wallace was well caught in the out field by Wright off JFairburri. Wallace played a fine innings of 37, scoring freely on both sides of the Kicket c During the partnership Sale ' tried no less than six bowlers, but OlfiS was the oily one treated with respect. Gray joined Jacobsen, and the pair played Out time, 'both being unconquered when the bell rang, Gray having 17 and Jacobsen'6l against their names. Jacobsen'gave a fine display, his late cutting "^especially.being very good, and. his insings.was an invaluable one. 7 Jacobsen was the most successful bowler for . University, ■ getting five jrakets f0r.28. runs, but he had a lot of luck;" and some of the balls which got men out were very poor. His length ;. jras very erratic. 7 Wallace, who bowled throughout Parjaefi's. innings. : with Jacobsen, took four ' wickets for 37. Wallace bowled a fine length,, breaking from both sides, and rvath.. a, wicket to suit him should be very-successful. \., -The feature of the game was the fine fielding of -University, and there was, ] not a..'mistake during the afternoon;! tMswos in marked contrast to the dis- . play given by Parnell, which, taken on the. whole, was very loose, even Sale zhemg.very weak., As the game stands, aothmg. but a miracle can save Parnell : iisomf,defeat"." . . _'. 77 I '-In; the-gameTCi'ty 1 v. Eden Colts, the batted first- and were all dismissed or .exactly the same total as Parnell, top scoring with 20. Eden ; Colts hay* lost 5 wickets for 89 runs, -to that-with 3 runs ahead and 5 wickets < $o fall they: appear to have the game in safe keeping. 7 ! Bea^h-bowled finely for Eden, taking 5 wickets for 21 runs, all being clean J»wled77 7j7ates, who scored IS for Eden before keilig caught by McCormick, off Stemspn/ba'tfedfreely for his runs, and is one of the roost promising batsmen seen oat for, some time. Gilmour, who had 27, not oat, to his credit when the bell :iang, alsO gave a good display, H Shonldf Relf decide to play with the Eden Colts it would occasion no surprise ■ffere-they'to be-found well up the list ttt-theend of the season. £i? ? 7 Datch between Grafton and North HMre.'on the Devonport ground, com:»enced on Saturday afternoon, was not A remarkably Interesting game. Graf,|on; secured the first- innings, North following with six wickets before Stamp's were drawn, and of ihe whole ;seyehteen men; only six succeeded in ■reaching double figures. Some of tbe individual play was exceptionally good, ana:had it riot been for the work'of two wifte Grafton men, the average score .» fiat team would have been much.below par:- Shore was in an exactly similar ywtiori, arid Hollingrake's capital perfemance, with 42, a score raised chiefiv gw brflhant driving, was the saving feawre;'/ Considering the fact of the compeneement of the season, there is some Kawn for the mediocre scores put up in .*°;™ ny cases, but the excellence of the *mk*, which was in splendid order, ;«ftott|d have been put to better use by ine batsmen. — . ;, W the bowlirig, the best performances ,*%*6fseof D. Hay (Grafton), fourfor «>v Madden (North Shore) .four for 46; $ |oS*?s < N , ort b Shore), three for -The fop score for Grafton was.,put «? v by Mason, who had amassed the re--IJI7W Of 59 before he was off square leg" off McMahon by nolhngrake. Mason had raised 36 runs sm two successive overs, and.in one over wone put up-three sixes and a two. or •.total, of 20. H6 also managed to Wnr e three fours off Bush. He had a *nang at all the bowling, driving very Bgg and straight, his shots, though full safe. He gave a couple -".possible: chances. . /■jThe paitriership between Mason and E wa s the most, successful on Ke.former took "the field gag the first wicket fell, with the score WSm 7 d 2 ,ble fi^e? * Afep h e ,-w-as -S5 7 Hars P°ol> the two brought the to 10$ before Mason's dismissal. ,™fg»ool partnered three more players, ■"£-'SfW 7 lost Ws after hay- I HR reached 32. ;& T%? c %,* the senior &*** * W f_l NoTth Shore, on Saturday, it ' . to note that the 'finer * TabolsTt; falr P Pl a y were considered U>Z T: spirit of emulation. < for our ' wheD > approach- ■ ||§».fefht the chalfc : line, the ball « *h^Tftl? 7Pnnor player near the end of i ggH um, and rebounded back into play. tte fflti'T- 1^ s not «* e <L but Hadden, ' 'teifS cT ' >M°"**S the in- < ' jeaerously allowed the four. * l-Wfa^ Ti e larger score *• ™ so chosen,, with perfect < refused by -the Devon- * •AiWw 06 "?^ 17 t^i Bea i Boi nfi'i- ? :'>VWasiage, w_o made 118, ' m .ac matci, y: Old; ; ____tei^.-'-

The public school competitions are now fairly' under ■weigh, and keen interest is being taken by tfie lads of the various schools in their matches. in some of the matches, however, considerable wrangling takes place, and on Saturday last one of the games would have stopped altogether, but for the tbpaely arrival of a teacher. In' this conhee-.l tion. the teachers in the different schools j would' assist greatly if they -were to encourage the boys by their presence on I a Saturday morning. At present the work is left to a few, who, although',! they do their best, cannot do impossibilities. .- JUNIOR CRICKET. The second grade fixtures were* mostly family affairs, as six ou,t of the' half score of teams in the competitions were engaged in A and B matches. With six wickets down for 18, Eden A looked like coming to grief. Great credit must be given to A. O. Horsppol for a finely made 58, and N. T.' Williams for a most useful 34- The two batsmen put an entirely different, aspect on the state of. the innings, which closed with a total of 144. Buckland (19). and.Hplden (13 not out) also added materially to the total. Five batsmen failed to. score. ... Tbe B's opened much better than the A's, and have five wickets down for 62. Woods carrying his bat for 20 not out. At North Shore the A's hold the better position with 143 on the slate. Coleman topped the list, with a carefully contributed 40; while Brown (26), Spence (21), and Carson (22) all opened the season favourably. B's have six. wickets down for 63. Andrews and Jeffrey, with 14 and 15 respectively, kept their wickets intact until the call of time. Miller and Coleman, with two wickets I a-piece, were the best of the A's bowling | talent. Like Eden and North Shore, Parnell A I met their B team. The scoring on both I sides was low at the first venture, resulting in a tie. In the second the I B's did much better, getting 63 for eight ■ | wickets. Sale (21 not out) was responsible for almost half the total, and War- , ncr just managed double figures. The j batting of the A's was riot very flattering, and, with the exception of extras, only one double figure appeared on' the score-sheet. The ball triumphed over the bat, and Burnsdale, with 5 wickets in each innings, and Resfeaux, -with 3 in | each, bowled well. Grafton met the newly-formed University Club, and finished up the day, with an innings a-piece, in favour of the students. Four bailsmen on each side failed to increase the total. Lepine played a steady game, most of bis' Tuns coming from the leg side. Jack hit out for Ifi. Fenwick. who took first change, was the most successful bowler, getting 4 for 27. With the exception of Wilks, who batted quietly for a well made 35. and Fenwick, -who was lucky in notching 12, none, of the others reached double figures. Gilmore's bowling ' proved very troublesome, and with Eastgate and Russell, he shared the bowling , honours for Grafton. ' Ponsonby have set City a pTetty substantial task in scoring three , short of two hundred. Beeston helped himself to 57. arid"' Young contributed 49 before being dismissed. Haddock - also made 21 nicely. With one:or two j exceptions, the City fielding -was rather I slack. Dr Hardie Niel was tbe most successful bowler for City, capturing five ' wickets at a cost of six runs a-piece. In the third grade Grafton finished off Parnell' in the one day, winning by 54 runs. . Bowling for Ponsonby against Eden B, Speed took six wickets for 18 runs. 'Varsity innings only realised 17 I against North Shore, Jackson securing ' five wickets for nine runs. An occurrence which is probably ' | unique in the annals of Auckland cricket ' • happened on Saturday last in the imior match Eden 11. A v. Eden. 11. B A. Freei man. batting for the latter side, was I caught C. Freeman and bowled A. H. Freeman. Let brother!v love continue! I The draw for Saturday's matches of the Auckland S.S. Cricket Association in the junior grade is as follows:—Church of Christ v. St. Luke's (Domain), St. David's v. Devonport Holy Trinity (Domain), AU'Saints' v. Devonport Presbyterian (Devonport).