CRICKET NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 12, 14 January 1919, Page 7

CRICKET NOTES.

(By ACT AEON.) The positions of the teams in the ohampion«hi[> competition now are: — r*hnm.p. Plrt. Won. I.osi. 1-is. r-niTowlty :: :', - - 7 l'..ii«mliy :: - i - i:r-.id,ju :: - 1 j H.len :; | j _j .Nortli >Sh,>re. . . :: l v Parnrll :; :; - - I'ONSONRVS IMRST I."^-.

I'otißonhyV effort on Saturday to "' w trievp the position after their tin-t innuif~ fariure the, |irevioue week was a poor) i>!ie, hut in sonir it easily Lav,. b.-en betlfr. ' For instance, i]uite a considcratile number uf runs wr-r- thrown away early .t: the innJEUr' by want ~; alertn«» bftwtvn tie wickets, ami this at a time when the liaturriPti simiid have heen every *-harv-e a r :i>i. Then airuin. when the ni-onii£ ha.l up and a lead of 100 had been obtain ex], the baU-men mijrht have been t>pped to loosen up ana fon-i' the pace »uh a view to trying t" up anot he.r :n> m hali iui hour, pven at the n.-k of lotiinp several wi.-ket-. to <jet the r-lojiure applie<l ;n pood tune. <>t cour.-H-. this would have ad.l<-,i x>< tiie of loßirig the extra point by the other side a little more time, and v f.v less ruins to make. But the pro.] ot having to p't the runs- in the time would Have teinptj'd the.m to tajse rhance' which would have in-eu to the advantage "f the !'oQ>onby atta.-k. In the lifTlit of after event*, one t- tempted u> believe thjt I'i.nsorriiy postponed their .losiire to<. lonj;. and" that it would not been such an 'a»f;i' risk" had they declared twenty , or Utiirty ininutiti earlier.

Spver'ti inniup* ot 11 J wa." ;i one.! marked by n»e shots U'liukl point. | lo ie;;. and liefore the wicket, the only we-uktie-*, noticeable bein^ r un ovniuional farlure to judfje a ball wilt down directly on hi* lt-_:s. It »-d.- obvioib- that Jie «>' forcing the pa<t u!nj\e his natural wnrj:ait. wrtli an P yo to the side'? requirements rather than personal conBiilvration-:, and the effort was not thP lent; niiritonou.s in that I'onsonny just failed to -pull the gsmr out of the fire. | Kichton i6:ii. who i-ollaboratod wiiu >peer in a tnurUi-wicKPt partnership tiiat put on IJO runs, h-.us the i-hamrter-Lstiv (■•» injr of the left-hander, and hia runs werr nuuie in the breezy rash.on. In fait, jt «ar- his tirit-k co-o[M'ration uith SpferV N-* fur.fful play that gaveI'onsoitby th<? [lOrieiMf i-hance oi" a rreovery. and hi> in Mini.'- «a.- proportionaWly valuable. ("ulliuiori' i.till made tawj runs in nicp et.vle, Imt. like >pe.-r in the early part of tut" frame. In- ni-jrlevli'd l' , " , short Bingleti too frequently. < raijr i3l i, on thp other hand, tthotrk up hL-< partner to better apprei'iat urn of the pains to be made on the Mnjjies, while lie put sonif L'lnfrf-r into ins batiuu. makiiif; some partu-ulariy nn-e shot* on the l«-p side. He wa* playing the proper puni , for the day. vhen he fell into a ~le<;-before" tnip. The nicket tic one for the baJjfmen. and Brwoker -/ot two wickets for 17 nios when jnit on late, Nixon's p«?r[ormaiKv waj* the more valuable in tha-!-at a time when Speer and K:jr*uon were welj set and knocking irp runs qok-klv. he drove them back to def.-rw-v tor a

I critical luilf hour that » a.> fatal to 1'on- ; sonby'g tiriu.l chiui<x>. I (Jrafton, with 184 run* to mikf in 75 i . minuter-, in order to K p t tne three- ' ' point win, djd irnt seriously paretic the t>ig win. But when Smith K. Hors I pool at Jti. and Mo Math bowled Bev«r- ---'. < idpp at _'S. it looked a-- if I'on*.onl>y ■ ! m:gtt ypt ymil it off. Thi N prospect j ' brightened v Uiibly when Mc Math hail | '. Sloman taken nt the wicket at 4.% ajia 1 8mjth tompU'J Diion u> a. fatal hiph drive at 4y, the latter bowler having pre | viousiy disposed of Hopkmson. It war - not to b< , , however, for F. Horspooi. iMuaJlv a hitter of the virulent type. '' developed ;i ("toady «treak. wrhfle ' Brooker. too. displayed an uneipertect . ju.i<jment ill picking the ball to hit, and I the pair stayed together till -within ton niinute* of drawing tune, Horsp>R>l beinjj \ tne parting jtji*l. Hugh**, a left hander, with a nice, free style. acoounKnl ' for the remainder of the time and I"- , ■ runt., in company -with Brookrr. who ■] ! -was bowled by Smith jusa -within a T niin:ite or tuo of time, after having made 25. iJrafton +m.d thu» lost seven * wickrta for H'l runs, ami pot the w'.n s on the lirM while }"oiE>o»oy s I mitiioi] the reroery by a narrow mftr- ;• p\n. mfferra; thvir -irct di-fea.t of tne • season.

ADEN'S EASY WIN. The prvond day d( the ixleni'arnell match on No. _ wickot, Eden Turk, turned out <-ompara.uve.ly uninteresting Kden nad made L'Oti on the first d.o an-i their opponents, after a little ovor two hours .it the wH-ketw. were dismissed for 13i'i. Kd»-n thus j»ol a two-point , win by * b><z niar^iii. Parn.-H had umronrtuonlv t.ad llli-U at the etart. loajns three wicket* before the total was th. Breese wat< taught h'- ,- hind by Kountreo, ri:mps-i>n was sLump.'d and Hemue was lx>wled by liUir, noin- <»f tneui liavinf; <rot to double tifrures. Duncan and McU-od stopped the rot with a fairly steady partner>ihip for -'7. It end«-d when D*um-an was .iiuirlit by the I bowler 1 Itlairl in very prmd for -"- ' Moore joined who »:us ! well, and this partnership put on a onupk of dozen, niacins the total up to 72. wj<on MoLiHui wae taken in the slips * oiT Blair for .lA (top s<-orei. Turbolt , had a short life, but V. Badeley. the next man. .toon {rot to work, though lie pave a fair < han« - e in the slips. Moon- ftho , had alsn given a {r° o d chance, was i stumped at length off L. Taylor for i".

1 through an attempt at forcing tactic* when the time \vat< not quiU- opporume. Heard failed to wore, and Andrews bsd been in only a little while •when Badeley was bowled by K. Taylor for 19, the in--1 ninps closing. j Rouutrtt's exhibition behind tire wickets was the most noticeable leature of the mnings. He stumped three m*n, stud c.aught a fourth, and had a lot to do with keeping extras down to the siiiM.ll total of four. His appeals were rather frequent. JSluir irot four wickets fur 43, and L. Taylor three for IS. Eden played on fur practice for about an hour, and the I'arnell ix/wters succeeded in showing that on the wicket things were not bo very uneven after all. Of the first four Eden batsmen— R. Blair, Irving, Heijrhway, and R. Taylor, only Heigh way made double ti<rure». BUvir being bowled by Simpson and the other three by Andrews. Gillps-pie and Eountree stood up to the to the o.x'tent of 23 runs, Gillespie making 10. Brooke-Smith saw Rountree through to a total of 33, including a six-hit off Andrews. Stampe were drawn Cooper j had been bowled by Moore, the hoard j showing 76 for eeven wjrtpte. Ronnj tree lop scoTe -was a good effort, for he ! showed a pood deai of dash, and aiso I was canny when matters -srcje not to his

UNIVERSITY'S THREE-POINTER. To University on Saturday last fell the laurels for establishing the first three-point victory of the season, and despite the fact, that their opponents. North Shore, were one player short, the win was well merited. The remainder of the team that Sitore mustered made tittle material alteration to the result of the first day's battiiif:, and were all difiposed of withui half an hour. There was nothing particularly brijjht about the students' r.e<-ond venttrre at the Coate=. the sea.-iders fast ar.uwk. [■roving consistently troublesome to the luKnien. When N'arnity's last v ioket fell Shore required t.> top the second century to .-fTr-cj a victory with about nn niinutet. available for play. Obviuiiwly \ iir-iity were pretty well assured of a t-Af. pouit win. while there was JUM v possibility of a three-pointer jmncj to either tram. Tirid ihajlks to the at tuck of .laeobsfii and (Jamird. the honours fell I'nivt-niitv.

Of the individual battmp. Crofie ami W. lioj-ranl were the only Va.TH»t,f player? to display anything approaching ffiKid form, the latter in particular e_x nubitinp: a knowledge of thp finer point* of ihe jimp, and thouph not rejristennc a> hip a total a.s on ihc previous Saturday, he ha.T,u-d more freely. < Josnell >va.~ the backbone of t.he Shore team on each ncrasion they liatted. He pot hi* runs quickly and in p>od style, and had Darn- not been unlucky onotifrh to play hte third bull on to the wickei the pair mi<rhi have put ;i different complexion on thp irame. The hnwliiii; honours of thp aftornnon an , due to Cox. who accounted f.ir spvun of th.- Shore batsmen in the first effort at a cost of <H5 run-. Jacobsen and <ia.rranl aJso met with success for the students, gpttmjr four wickets apipcc in the second Innings. (oarp* again proved invaluable In the Shorv attack, and though sending down a moderates- fa<<i ball, manai'fd tn make the same conn in considerably from the off. with tin- result that he claimed ."• of the students' wickete at a cost of seven runt; <-arh. In our report c,f this fixture on iUy several of the decision* were re ferred to as doubtful. and from trie press stand they apparently were. At thp same time it was nnt intended to cast any reflection on the umpire.-., to whom the Association and public pener ailv are deeply inde-bted. 'Hie umpires were in the Utit position t.i determine the decisions in question, and evident!} thpir opinions were wt-Jl founded. PWYBBS TO PRACTICE. The practice* arranged for thp player? chosen to take part in the ""Colt*" v. " KeprpscntaAives ; ' on the 29th inst., start this afternoon, and will continue on Wednesday and Thursday of the »cvk: on Tuesday, Wmlmcduv and Thursday of next week, and the Tuesday of the foUtrwinjr w»»ek. The practices ehould prove invaluable to the players penerallv. more especially to the members, and it is to be hoped those chosen will avail themselves of the opportunities a.rroji«red. and attend at the net«j in larpe numbers. Th<- examinations wh:ch bnpm next vrpot. may affect some of the boys. i>ut with the othrrs there should -be no excuse for nonattendance.