HEATHCOTE-WILLIAMS SHIELD

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 282, 27 November 1919, Page 5

HEATHCOTE-WILLIAMS SHIELD

KING'S V. GRAMMAR. KINGS BAT .FIRST. The Heathcote-Williams Challenge Shielo match between King's College (challengers} and Grammar School (holders) was commenced at Eden Park to-day, Messrs. G. Cummings and E. C. Beale officiating as umpires. The wicket was in good order, and IPhilips, captain of King's College, wini ning the toss, elected to bat. THE OPENING. King's opened with iFarquhar and Murray. ; , the former taking strike to .Burns, bowling I from the pavilion end, the opening being disastrous. E'arquhar turning the -first ball Ito leg, 'Badc-ley holding the catch. 0 —1 —0. , J Philips ailed the vacancy, opening the ' I scoring by turning his second for a single. | Dunning bowled £rom the Kingsland end, ' (twelve coming off the over, nine to Philips ' i and three to Murray. Twenty came up as .ja result of eight runs, including four byes jolt" 'Burns. Runs came slowly, Dunning ; j missing a hot chance in the slips from j Philips, off Burns, both bowlers sending down a maiden. Eventually 30 came up ;as a result ot Murray getting Burns • through the slips to the boundary, and then , swinging him to the leg chalk mark. Forty . was hoisted through each batsman getting Dunning to the leg boundary, Philips reaching the twenties by square cutting Burns , to the fence. Jaggs replaced Dunning with 48 on the ; .board, a single to Philips being the ontr - debit against him. A maiden to Burns. • then Mnrray raised the half century" by driving Jaggs for two. and got into the . twenties by a similar stroke on the on-side for a single. The "bowler then had his revenge, bowling Murray off his pads. ; 52—2—22. Mnrray bad batted nicely for . his runs. 'Gee was the newcomer, only to lose his wicket through a run out, through a misunderstanding. 52—3—0. Heard followed, opening his tally by driving Burns to the ; fence, and 60 tben came up through the . agency of four byes. Heard reached double figures by square cutting Jaggs for a brace • nnd driving him for rhrp:-. Dunning '• replaced Burns at the pavilion end. Heard ; getting his leg in front to his second ball. I 65— i —10. Keegan filled the vacancy, opening his tally by swinging Dunning to the leg boundary, ami then for three, two for 1 an overthrow, and 70 was boisted. Keegan . got into double figures by getting Jagg** •to the leg boundary. At 79 Keegan went t lbw to Dunning. 79—5—11. Colv'ille was neijrt. "Philips bringing up Sft ■ with a single off Jaggs. ColviTle opened ! his score by square cutting Jaggs nicely . for a brace; then, after a single to Philips. Colville brought up 90 by getting Dunnine through the slips, and then to the le? • . mark, and also drove the same bowler fo; ■j n brace, which made him double figures. _ j Philips got into the thirties by drivinc j Jaggs for a elngle. his nintli in succession! Another misunderstanding saw Colville mr i out. 03—6—12. ; Caughey came in. only to "be clean bowlet by lila second ball from Dunning. 03 —7—o. ' Johnston filled the vacancy, scoring a single from his Brat ball, and then another singlrj i and a leg boundary to the same batsman, , and the century was in sight, the three. . figures coming hy Phili-ps driving Jaggs tar • a single. Johnston got into doable figure- - • by getting Dunning away for a brace twicv -in succession. Philips had a life, Strettot missing -him in the outfield, off Jaggs, ssingle resulting. The score crept alonj- ■ principally in singles, 110 being holstect through a couple of byes. Philips reached . the forties, and brought up 120 by twie* driving Dunning to the boundary, the bowler getting back on him "by clean bowling him - with his next. 122—S—«. Cox toot . Philips' place, only io be yorked first balL . 122—9—0. iE&dowes was the last man, getting » - single and the luncheon adjournment wai I taken. - On -resuming after lunch Jaggs bowled tb Eddowes. three coming off the over. Dun- ™-* took up the attack from the pavUioc end, and 130 was hoisted. Eddowes drove Jaggs hard to the boundary twice and thei(for a single, and he was in double figures, , -with 140 up. The next ball, however, savt- . the Innings ended. Jaggs clean "bowlin-r ilohnson, who had batted well for nii rnns. GRAMMAR AT THE WICKET. . ™9? ammar opened with. Siaggs and Badelev i Philips bowling to *h» former, a maiden reI salting. Heard bowled from tbe Kingslanc; . end, Badeley starting the scoring by squarej cutting him for a brace, and tben tnrniniihim to the leg boundary. Runs came - slowly, and with the total at 14 PliSip*--3 ended the partnership, Jaggs putting tip . one to Farquhai- at mid-off. 14—1—1. At three p.m. Grammar had lost one wicket for 30 runs. 1 KlNG'S.—(First Innings. . Farqnhar, c .Badeley, b "Burns C J Murray, b Jaggs » 2£ t Gee, run out . (_ ; IHeard, lbw, b Dunning ........I IC . Keegan, lbw, b iDunning ... _ Colville, runout :._.„...._.." is 1 Caughey, b Dunning .. (. Philips, b Dunning .... . ~,, ...*"* 45 t Cox, b Dunning „. „..";.* £- _ Johnson, b Jaggs ".'.'.'.'.'. 1.1 'Eddowes, not out ' 1--1 Extras „ „• * ij ' Total ~mc 5 Bowling: Dunning took five wickets for s «9 runs, Jaggs two for 35, Burns one for 24.