CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 54, 6 March 1922, Page 8

CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THREE TEAMS EQUAL. DAY OF LOW SCORING. I'WU-POINT WINS THE RULE. SHORE BEATS PONSONBY. The continuation of the games com- I nienced a fortnight ago provided nothing i .it all sensational for the spectators at ! Eden Park. Remuera. and North Shore I i>n Saturday. Scoring generally was | rem—rkably slow. I The results on Saturday make an , Interesting position. Grafton, Parneil, j and North Shore all being equal in the I lead, with seven points each. Eden A j are next with six points. Ponsonby have one point to their credit. University sro minus 5, Eden B minus S, and V.M.C.A. last with minus 15. The wickets at Eden Park were described by batsmen as being easy, yet tha : scoring was both very slow and very j low. The green was drying well, with the consequence that the later batsmen were more favoured by cireumstanc" than were those who defended their wickets earlier in the afternoon. On No. 1 wicket at Eden Park Eden A secured their two-pointer over Parneil, though they' failed in the effort to increase their" win to a three-pointer. Parneil completed the first innings for 131 against Eden A's 162, which the home team followed with 223. They thus won with two points. A similar result occurred on the No. 2 wicket, where Universit3' (four wickets for 106) finished their innings for 133, just over half of Grafton's 260 compiled on the first day of the match. And the students' chances of getting the required 128 runs in their second effort looked very bad when R. Garrard and Saunders made a good seventh-wicket partnership, building up the score and refusing to be shifted for an - hour and a-half. The innings ended almost on time at 144 runs. On the Remuera ground Eden B also won a two-pointer, defeating V.M.C.A. by 15 runs on the first innings, the game being uncompleted at the call of time. The game between North Shore and! Ponsonby, played at Devonport, was full; of excitement, and ended in a three-point j victory for North Shore by three wickets and four runs. The home team wiped off the 70 runs required to overtake Pon-! >onby's first innings total, and carried their score to 214. In the visitors' second innings C. Dacre proved very destructive ! on the treacherous wicket, and they were all disposed of for 84, leaving North Shore the task of compiling 48 for a three-pointer. They lost seven wickets in accomplishing their object. EDEN A V. FARNT-LL. With five of the ten wickets down and just orer half of the 163 runs required to defeat Eden A on the first innings, Parneil continued their strike on No. 1 wicket at T.den Park. But they had the disadvantage • •!' u-oius first to a drying wicket, and whether it was thi_ cine—l—Stance or whether the Parneil batsmen were not altogether up to previous form (probably a little of botbr" they did not succeed in getting the 80 runs they needed. 131 was the result of the funings, and tbe men of Eden A filled in the remainder of the afternoon in compiling 223 for a second iunUigs, that was completed rieht on time. The best of their batting was Bennett 69 not out, and Whe—.tt l.b.w. ,"H3, while at the top of Pa—ell's •bowling Moore with ftor wickets for 43 runs. Scores were:— EDE* A. First innings 162 EDEN A.—Second Innings. ,'Camcron. b Moore 0 Harvie. c V. Badeley, b Moore 27 R. Taylor, b Moore 4 Jackson, b McLeod 3 Heighway. run out 15 Bennett, no' ont 69 Whelan, ibw., b Moore 9 «i_espie. ran out 56 C__ui_gs, c Badeley, b Spenee 0 t,. Taylor, b C. Badeley 11 Brooke-Smith, c Dow, b Somervell .... 20 Extras 9 Tr>tal 223 Bowling: Moore took four wickets for 49 runs, McLeod one for 29, Hill none for 29, Tnrbott none for 21, V. Badeley ncne for 26. Spenee one for 28, C. Badeley one for 10, Dow none for 10, Somervell one for .'.!. PARNELL.—First Innings Anthony, ran out 7 Moore, not out 22 V. Badeley, b R. Taylor 3 McLeod. b Jackson 19 Spenee, c Gillespie, b R. Taylor 2 Somervell, c Heighway, b Harvie .. 0 C Badcs'ey, b Camer<__ 37 Tnrbott, b Whelan 12 Dow, b Cameron 10 Hill, b Harvie 1 Extras 18 Total for nine wickets 131 Bowling: Cameron took two wickets for runs. Taylor two for 28. Harvie two for 24. Jackson one for 15, Smith none for 7. Whelan one for 13. EDEN B V. T.M.C.A. Eden B secured a win on the first innings by 15 runs in their match with V.M.C.A., which team compiled 146 in the initial .strike, their opponents responding with 161 ; in their second innings on Saturday afternoon Eden B put up a fairly solid front, -unning ou 106 runs. Postles, in a valuable innings, accounting for 87 against the full bowling strength of the V.M.C.A. trundJers. V.M.C.A. played out time, losing three wickets for 75 runs. Results:— V.M.C.A.—First Innings. Badeley. b Nixon' 6 Oorrle, hit wicket, b Nixon 8 (>ull'_Qore, c Mills, b Nixon 19 Bold, b N—en O Miller, b Postles 34 Cooper. 1., run out 8 Junes, b Saunders 18 l.'hrist ian, b Bennett 24 Hilton, not out 10 Cooper. F., b Bennett 2 Bicknell. run out 1 Extras 16 Total 146 Bowling: Nixon four wickets for 43 runs, Bennett two for 25, Broberg none for IS, Saunders one for 28, Postles one for 16. EDEN B. First innings 161 " Second Innings. Gillespie, b F. Cooper 16 Holmes, b Bicknell 4 Postles. c Gorrie, b Badeley S7 Blair, b Cullimore 11 Mills, b F. Cooper 2 F. Horspool. run out 7 Bennett, b I. Cooper 28 Saunders, b Bicknell 12 Davis, not out 17 Broberg, c and b Bicknell 2 Extras 10 Total 196 Bowling: Bicknell took three wickets for 30 rnns; Badeley one for 27. I. Cooper one for 55. F. Cooper two for 31, Innes none for 5. Cullimore one for 22, Christian none for 16. PONSONBY V. NORTH SHORE. The uncertainty of cricket was fully demonstrated in the Ponsonby-Shore fixture, for even though it was anticipated that the home team, with six wickets in would knock off the 79 runs necessary to pass Ponsonby's first Inning's total, It was hardly anticipated that they would get a three-point victory. Though Shore carried their score to 214, there was always a doubt whether they would reach their opponents 177. A partnership between Scott and Bottrell took the score to 162 before Scott's (the seventh) wicket fell. There were still some anxious moments in tbe eighth wicket partnership, but a big hit for six by Doble settled the matter. The innings did not last much loger, and then Ponsonby went in again, but they could do nothing on the treacherous wicket. In a little over an hour they were all disposed of for S4, C. Dacre getting eight wickets for 3_. Included in this performance was the hat trick; in fact the Shore trandier took four wickets In the over. After having a catch missed otr Roberts he' clean bowled that "batsman next ball, the second of ths ever.

and with his fourth, fifth and sixth balls accounted for Elmbranch, Leikis. and Parke?. When Short went in to bat again about •" | o'clock they wanted only 48 runs for a three- ] pointer, but this apparently easy task proved much more difficult than anticipated, and it took seven wickets to get the runs. It was a coincidence that the eighth wicket partnership got Shore the advantage iv both innings. - and singularly enough it was a six-stroke that • placed Shore ahead in each innings. L. Dacre ; made the winning hit. Scores: — NORTH SHORE.—First Innings. Hemus, b Hamilton 3 C. Dacre. b Snedden 35 Elliot, c Hutchinson, b Smith 37 ! Frater, c Leikis, b Snedden 0 I L. Dacre, b Snedden 16 ! r'arfc, b Snedden 2 | Bottrell, not ont 44 j Doble, c Roberts. I) Ilamiton 14 I Scott, b namiton 27 | Coates. c Elmbranch. b Hutchinson. ... 9 I Arblaater, b Hamilton 1 | Extras 26 [ Total 214 ; Bowling: Hamilton took four wickets for I 55 runs. Smith one for 01. Suedden four for 51, Hutchinson one for 21. Second Innings. Elliot, b Snedden 7 Hemus, b Hamilton 9 Frater. b Hamilton 0 1 C, Dacre. lbw.. b Hamilton 17 ; Bottrell, c Roberts, b Snedden 3 I Scott, c Smith, b Il—niilton 2 Park, c Roberts, b Snedden I I_ Dacre. not out 12 Doble. not out 0 ' Extras 1 Total for seven wickets 52 Bowling.—Snedden took three wickets for 28. Hamilton four for 23. i' PONSONBY. | First innings *~* I. Second Innings. Snedden, b Dacre IV - Flinn, c Elliott, b Dacre 14 ; Righton. c Scott, b Coates 0 Smith, c Arblaster, b Dacre 31 Hamilton, lbw., b Dacre 8 Roberts, b Dacre 5 J Elmbranch. b Dacre Oj Leikis. b Dacre 0 | Parkes. b Dacre 0 Grant, c Parkes, b Arblaster 0 1 Hutchinson, not out 0 Extras 17 Total S4 Bowling: Co3tes took one wicket for 29 rnns, Dacre eight wicuets lor :jo. „r_tastes one for 2. i GRAFTON'S TWO-POINTER. j The completion of the match between Graf- 1 ton and Unive%_ity on the second wicket at j •Eden Park on Saturday afternoon was re- . markable for three things. The University batsmen made very poor success of the f : Grafton bowlers, of whom Allcott was easily ! the most successful. The Grafton fielding , was very keen at the beginning, but faded ; ! away a little towards the end of the day. j , There seemed to be very little hojie for Cni- ! versity when R. Garrard (52) and Saunders I j (47). with a splendid, though not altogether j I chanceiess partnership, staved off the antici- | • pa ted three-pointer, and enable:! ihelr side ;<> i play out time. This made nue of those turns j of fortune that characterise all games, anil, i truth to tell, it was the only interlude in the I i afternoon's play that approached liveline.s at all, at anyrate so far as the batsmen and the spectators were concerned. AUcott's bowling average of four for 41 in the first innings, and four for 36 in the second making eight for 77 on the game, is a distinctly good one. especially as he was bowling for the major portion of the game. SECOND GRADE. Ponsonby beat North Shore 11. by nine wickets, a three-point victory. This is the first time North Shore Iras been defeated this season. A SECTION. GRAFTON UNITED V. EDEN. Eden.—First innings, 184. Second innings, 44 (Harris 32). Bowling for Grafton: Adams four wickets for IS, Barber two for 24. Grafton.—First Innings 229 (Catterall 79, i Bcveridgc 66. Bowring 20). Grafton United i won by an innings and 1 run. a three-point I win. THIRD GRADE. ONEHUNGA V. NAPIER STREET 0.8. . Onehunga.—First innings 144 (V. Wil- ! liams 56, C. Williams 3S. J. Beaver 15). ; Napier Street O.B.—First innings 59. , Second innings 72. . Onehunga won by an innings and 13 J runs—a three-point win. J GLEN EDEN V. GRAFTON UNITED, j Glen Eden.—First innings: 56 (C. Coeh- ' rane 17). Second innings: 114 (Shepherd 57, C. Cochrane 13). Bowling for Grafton: ' Bennett nine wickets, Nicklin ten. Cum--1 ming one. Grafton.—First innings: 87 (Bennett 25, Dacre 10, Dean 10, Nicklin 10). Second innings: 67 (White 14, Nicklin 10, Mills 111. Bowling for Glen Eden: Jeffries ten wickets. Shepherd seven, C. Cochrane one. D. Cochrane one. Glen Eden won by 16 runs—a threepoint win. EDEN V. PARNELL. Eden.—First innings, 165 (Gillespie 35, , Angel 34 not out, Mlell 21, Hayhow 22). ; Second innings, 88 (Ward 36, Angel 17, J Miell 10). , Parneil.—First innings, 226 (Robinson 12, J Hardwlcke 40, Lee 25. Dingle 20). Second ; Innings, 174 for six wickets (Lee 53, Robin- , son 48). • A three-point win for Parneil. NORTH SHORE V. TECHNICAL I COLLEGE OLD BOYS. North Shore.—Fiiet innings: 124. Second - innings: No wickets for 6. Technical College.—First innings: 66. • Second innings: 05. A three-point win for Shore. FOURTH GRADE. TECHNICAL OLD BOYS V. GRAFTON. Technical.—First innings 126 (Rabbidge 54, Murphy 20). Bowling for Grafton, Davie took seven wickets. Birch three. Grafton.—First innngs 38 (Horspool 12 not out, Hawkes 7). Second innings 84 i (Peck 25, Davie 16, Jones 10). Bowling . for Technical. Adams took eight wickets. Carter five, orteous three. Murphy two. Technical Old Boys won by 88 runs on the first innings—a two-point win. PONSONBY B V. GORDON. • Gordon.—first innings, 50 (Soiomon 10, I Campbell II). Second Innings, 38 (Mitchell , 12). Bowling for Ponsonby: Malcolm five, , Newdick six. Parris Dine. Ponsonby.—First innings, 33. Second j innings, 27. Bowling for Gordon: Mitchell , five for 7, Seagar three, Campbell ten, Solomon two. I P. AND T. V. PONSONBY A. • P. and T.—First innings, 29. Second ; innings. 51 (Joy 11). Bowliug for Ponsonby • A: Foley took sis wickets, Cnllen four, A. ; Warueford six. ' . Ponsonby A.—First innings, 79 (Cullerne , 29. McManus 22). Second innings, 5 for no , wickets. Bowling for I*, and _.: Walters five wickets, Joy three. Ponsonby won by ten wickets. 1 SUBURBAN ASSOCIATION. I A GRADE. I BROTHERHOOD V. REMUERA. ■ Brotherhood.—First innings, 196. Second ' innings 04 (Uowe 37. Flatt 12) J Remuera.—First innings, 101. Secona : Innings 48 (Campbell 16). > RAILWAY V. KOHL ) Railway.—First innings, 125 (Dee 50, . Elliott 26). Second innings, 163 (Marshall 5 30, Thomas 33, Booker 29, Rankin 22). Kohl. —First innings, 00 (Bouskill 28). ; Second innings, 239 for three wickets r (Lonergan 107, Hendy 71, Bushili 30). ; A three-point win for Kobi. B GRADE. UNITY V. BROTHERHOOD. Unity.—First innings: 136 for four wickets, . declared (Austin BS, Somers 19, Lewis 10 not : out). i Brotherhood (four men short).—First I innings: 23. Second innings: 6. Bowling for , Unity: Austin eight for 11, Somers five for 8. HAMILTON COMPETITIONS. s (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) i HAMILTON, Saturday. ' The local competitions were continued on ', Satnrdav. Following are the local results:— i Warwick: First innings, 115 (H. Johnston 42. ', I. Johnston 17 not out, Blaekle 20. Ttams i 10). Fran-ton: First innings, 89 (Hawke 37, • Lentfer 12. Bonthron 10). Old Boys: First • Innings. 210. Ngaruawahla did not bat. B grade results were:—Old Boys, 95. v. ■ St. Paul's, 145 for seven wickets; Ctaudei lands. 111, v. High School, 110; Frankton ; (first innings 37. second Innings 44), v. Nga- , | ruawahia (first innings 82). ._ I

PRIMARY SCHOOLS. A GRADE. BAYFIELD V. PONSONBY. Ponsonby.—First innings: S3 (Conway 1?, Armltage 6 not out). Second innings: 74 (Conway 12, Cole 27, Armmitage 14). Bowling for Bayfield: Rayoes five McLeay five. Rajnes did the "hat-trick" in the first over of the match. Bayfield.—First innings: 75 (Smith 20. Raynes 33). Bowling for Ponsonby: P. Jamieson seven, c. Jamieson one, Cole one, Holt one. Bayfield won by 52 runs on the first innings. B GRADE. ROLLER MILLS V. E___RS_lE. Roller Mills.—First innings, 43 (McGnire 14). Second innings, 67 (Mnnu 18). Bowling for EJlerslie: Baxter ten for 36, Peebles eight for 51, Stanley two for IT. Kllerslle.—First innings, 46 (Whtte 11 not out). Second innings, two wickets for 22. Bowling for Roller Mills: McGnire six for 17. C GRADE. NORMAL V. NORTHCOTE. Northcote.—First Innings 15 (Kelly S). Second innings 10. Bowling for Normal. Power took ten wickets for 12 runs. King five for 7. Finney three for 11. Normal. —-First innings 54 (King 15, Power 14, Allen 11). Bowling for Northcote. Kelly took five wickets. Simmers two. Normal won by an innings and 23 runs. VAUXHALL V. MEADOWBANK. Vauxball.—First innings: 71 (Simpson fit. Second innings: 30 for seven wickets iJowling for Meadow bank: Fisher took five cickets, Tipping seven, Menzles three. Mcadowbank.—First innings: 40 (Fisher |30 not out, Bridges 11). Second Innings: ;57 (Mcnzies 30, Barlow 16). Bowling for Van—ball: Simpson took fifteen wickets for 33 runs, Hansen four. Cooper one. I Vnuxhall won by three wickets and four runs. I ROTORUA V. MATAMATA. SOME REMARKABLE BATTING. ' (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) ROTORUA, Saturday. Rotorua played a return cricket match to- I day against Matamata. The visitors In tbelr tirst innings scored 46. Dr. Hocken secured I six wickets Tor 10 runs, and Mitchell three J for 2. Bailey made '-'- runs. Rotorua in I their first Innings scored 290 for nine ] wickets. Dr. Wallace 38. Godsalve 19, Lewis 11). ; Tbe last two batsmen in Rotorua's flrsi . ' innings made a phenomenal stand. Royal ■ being 100 (not ont) and Diogl? 67 tnot out!, i iAt 201), after Royal made tbe century, the miliums was decmred closed wUh v score | lof 299. Matamatas second Innings closed i for a total of 54. Rotorua defeated Mara-1 1 mata last week. MANIAPOTO CRICKET. j I The clnb competitions were resumed on ' Saturday on the Te Kulti Domain. The . Te Kultl team suffered its first defeat this : seasou. I United.—First innings. 107 (Campbell 10. I Reed 170, Gongb 28. Kittos 30). Bowling for Te Kuiti: Burton six for 3S, Lusk one i for 21, Hamel one for 21, Stcadman two for 15. WAIRARAPA. MASTERTON. Saturday. The Wairarapa Cricket Association's senior matches were continued this afternoon. United, 152 and two for 31, beat Carlton. 143 and 37, by eight wickets. Masterton. 151 (Collins 65) and three for 86 (Collins not out 56, beat Pirates 151 and 90. by seven wickets.