CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 78, 1 April 1922, Page 18

CRICKET.

(By AOTAEON.) lute-resting reference to two Am-k----hlnders is made in the course ul a re- \\{'\\ of past e-ricket in Wellington, with special reference to the olel Midland club. Tin- writer. A. V. Wiren. says: — A few month* after the return of the Mauri fui. t. mil team to 5.7.. "Tab" \\ "y ovarii settled in Wellington anil lived in the same ''baelr' with Nic-holls and Moorhouse, prominent Poneke footballers. who belonge-el to different cricket clubs. "Tab" never talked much cricket, and it was understooel that it was his brother 'Pie who was an adept at the summer games. One evening Nicholle invited Wynyard to a practice, and at once discovering his ability, got him to join the Midland club. The delight of Moorhouse, who was keen on looking out for new blood, ran bo pictured for "Tab"' gainetl re-pii'-ontative honours. 1 referred in the Wellington club report to a splendid catch WynyatJ made. He was very polished in his play, and a line all-round athlete wearing Auckland and Wellington colours at football, cricket and running. Another ex-Aucklander and an excellent batsman was Billy Gardiner, ex-captain of the Parnell club, who has played for both Auckland and Wellington". SECOND GRADE. The match to elccide the premiership commenced at Eden Park last Saturday afternoon under variable conditions, which made the spin of the coin an important fae-tor. Fortune favoured the North Shore skipper, anil as the Tesult of the occupation of the wicket until the ringing of the bell succeeded in amassing the substantial total of 341 for the loss of seven wickets. The chief contributor to the wholesome, state of the register was Nettlcton. who attained the coveted century. The opening overs were a source" of anxiety to the North Shore ■batsman, and before settling down gave tlie opposition a chance. However, after getting the measure,of the wicket and the bowling he- treated the latter in a light-hearted manner, and scored freely on both sides of the wicket with good strokes, and it was only after the hunelreil was posted to his credit 'that he displayed recklessness at almost anything that was sent down. He eventually lifted the ball to the outfield, where*, .i good running catch terminated a valuable innings as far as North Shore were concerned. Included in Nettleton's score of 134 were two sixes and fourteen fours. Foster (."i?) played a line, free innings, marred by a couple of blemishes, and willi Nettlcton added 120 runs before a separation was effected. Frater (41 not out) showed much freedom, and was batting well w-hen time was called, Hotter (2fl), and Rankin (22) also lent material assistance. Manning. who sonewalleel against University on the previous Saturday, notched 12 not out.

Of course the rain during the afternoon made matters difficult for the bowlers, and Allison did well to obtain three wickets at a cost of thirteen.runs apiece. St. John's, who usually execute good work in the field, did not rise to the occasion in this respect.

L'nivcrsity unfortunately missed taking part in the decision of the final match by the narrow' margin of one run. and it may be stated that, in balancing the score sheets it showed a discrepancy of eight.

runs. The students met Beresford, who were short-handed, and the latter had first hand at the wickets, but after compiling 42 runs Stace clean bowled X. Shaw, and then the. Beresfordians collapsed against the bowling of Waddingham, and the innings terminated for 75. ('. Mills (40 not out I carried his bat through the innings, compiled by good strokes, although he experienced a piece of good foTtune on more than one occasion. X". Shaw's score (15) resembled a picket fence, comprised of all singles. Wadilingham performed well with the ball, -and was responsible for the sudden departure of Beresford. He bowled five. overs for eight runs, with two maidens, nnd took five wickets. Jones sent down seven overs for nine runs. University replied with 2(iS for six wickets, after losing the first wicket for two runs. Bannister (70) gave a capital, free display. and in attempting to hit a six from a full off I. Mills was well taken by C. .Mills. Weir (05 not out) commenced scratchily. but soon settled down and featured a nice off-drive. Maeklow (2(3 not out) batted in his usual manner. Waddingham (21) was foolishly run out, while Speight collected 23 quietly. At the end of the day's play, owing to their hopeless position. Itcresford decided not to continue the second day's play, therefore the students obtained a threepointcr. PRIMARY SCHOOLS' NOTES. The chief feature of last week's games was the extraordinary number ot innings victories. Bayfield. Beresford Street, Newmarket, Newton East, Epsom. Stanley Bay and Moadowbank all got. away with this margin ahead, while Richmond Road secured a tenwicket advantage. Consequently many very poor showings with the bat were recorded.

Maungawhau made their best stand of the season against the weak atta.ck of Grey Lynn, and topped the century lor the loss of six wickets. Grattan with 45 not out and Wildman 24 proved the backbone of the side. Middleton was the only Grey Lynn batsman to shape promisingly.

Hobson and Moore did the scoring that gave Vermont Street, an easy win over Devonport, while Gow's average of five for S shows how destructive he was among the Shore batsmen.

Bayfield showed to much better advantage against Mount Eden than during their previous appearances. Philpot and Raines proved so deadly with the ball that Bayfield's small total ot 44 was still sufficient to give them victory by an innings and 13 runs.

Edendale put it all over Mount Albert. Their batsmen collared the bowling, and only the fact that they did not have first strike saved the losers from an innings defeat.

Grafton collapsed badly against Beresford Street, their two innings producing only 29 against the bowling of Catlin and Waterworth. The only double figure scorer of the game was Collins, who made 17 foT 'the victors.

With precisely the same total as Bay-j field, Newmarket secured an even j stronger win over Newton 'West, who I went for 11 in the first strike and Li in the second. i Richmond Road on the day proved too , good for the usually solid S'elson Street! eleven. Grubb was their star trundler. j and secured the only recorded "hat" ! trick of the week. Rtidling's innings of 59 not out was :i fine one. and Estoll's I stand helped him considerably. " Onehunga showed up quite well] against Newton Past in tiie iirst i innings though they were 23 behind.! In the second venture, however, they : went alt to pieces, and were dismissed j for 14. Hetherington and McKearney! reached double figures in the loser's first | innings, while Dawn, Callaghan. Jones and Kennedy secured similar distinction! for Newton East. j With a total of 10 in each innings' Ellerslie went down badly to Meadow-! bank, who, through the efforts of Fisher. I Bridges and Tipping reached a total ofi 00. i There was quite an exciting struggle! between St. Helier's and Cornwall Park.; The efforts of Welsh and Little brought! the second innings score of the former' side sufficiently up to give them al chance of winning, but Cornwall Park finished with an advantage of 5 runs.