CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 77, 31 March 1924, Page 9

CRICKET.

THE FINAL MATCH. "NORTH SHORE V. THE REST. \[ * J i CHAMPIONS DISMISSED CHEAPLY, i] _ The final senior match of the Auckland ■ j cricket seuson was started at Eden Park 11 on Saturday afternoon, when a large attend-1' ance of interested spectators were present i ] to see how the season's champions, North , j Shore would fare against a strong teamij selected from the other clubs. After over- j j night rain the wicket proved to be soft, i < favouring the medium-paced break bowler, IJ and N. C. Snedden on winning the toss sent ], North Shore out to bat. C. Dacre and , | Frater at once got tv work, despite the;, fact that both AUcou and Snedden were:] breaking a deal, and 20 runs went up in quick time, including a six by Frater off Allcott. At _3, however Dacre was caught | from n miss-hit off Allcott, and at 30 i Snedden clean-bowled Frater. Contes wns , sent in to take a chance with hitting, in.. the hope that he might stay and the wicket j, in the meantime improve for the steadier j ; bats, but after having hit up 11 by uppish .; shots he was beaten and bowled by Sued-! den, while Monteith went without scoring, 11 and Nettletou was unluckily run out with 1 , the score at 44. Elliott and Gerrard made ; a stand, and saw 60 up before Gerrard _ was run out, while Elliott continued to play , a good fighting innings, in company with ; Scott, till at SO he pulled one from Allcott , on lo his wicket, having played an excel- , lent innings for 28. The remaining wickets ; j went quickly, and the innings closed for | 97. • |. After having been rolled the wicket | J showed improvement, and Metge and llors- I pool gave The Best a good start, the latter I giving a tine exhibition of picking the right ball to hit, and knocking 10 off one of ' Dacre's overs, while Metge also played ' freely till at 50 he rather foolishly ran himself out. Mills was beaten early by Wood- : roffe, hut Horspool and Bannister saw North ' Shore's total passed before the former was i caught in the outfield after having knocked up 59. It was at this stage thnt regular < ; bowling changes brought Townshcnd ou for > t the second time, and he started to get wic- ' kets, with the result that Snedden and , Player went cheaply, while Woodroffe got : Burton early. Bannister, who hnd put on | 27 freely, wns caught in the outlield, and seven wickets were down for 15S. McLeod held the bowlers up, and he and Allcott were together when stumps were drawn with ltil for seven wickets. Scores :— NORTH SHORE.—First Innings. Dacre, c Burton, b Allcott _7 I Fruter, b Snedden 13 j Gerrard, run out 10 Monteith, c Snedden, b Allcott 0 Coates, b Snedden 11 Nettleton, run out 1 Elliott, b Allcott 2S Scott, b Player 5 Woodroffe, b Allcott 0 Park, not out 0 Towushend, c Player, b Allcott 7 Extras _ Total 97 Bowling: Allcott five wickets for 49 runs, Snedden two for 30, Player one for 13. THE REST.—First Innings. Horspool, c. Elliott, b Dacre 59 Metge, run ont 2S Mills, b Woodroffe 4 Bannister, c Woodroffe, b Townsheud 27 ' Snedden, b Townshend 2 Burton, b Woodroffe 7 McLeod, not out 17 Player, b Townshend 0 Allcott, not out 1 Extras 10 Seven wickets for ___. _. 161 THIRD GRADE. NORTH SHORE V. GLEN EDEN. The final match in the Third Grade Championship, between North Shore and Glen Eden, was played on No. 2 wicket, Eden Park. North Shore batted llrst, and after making a bad start the tall waggled and Improved the position. Six wickets were down for .49, but then Eyre and Wilson got together, while Wells, the last man, also put up a good partnership with Eyre. The innings closed at 111, McNeil taking six wickets for 50. Glen Eden's llrst pair commenced well, putting on 2S before they were separated. After that the innings was a procession, and the side was dismissed for GO. In their second innings Shore lost four wickets for 25. North Shore.—First innings: Wynn, h McNeil, 2; Smith, c Hepburn. 13; .lay, c McNeil, 0; Rankin, c Hepburn, 2; T. Smith, b McNeil. 4; Eyre, not out, 38; Fantham, h McNeil, 5: Hipkins. b McNeil, 0; Wilson, b McNeil, 18; Moore, b Belsham, 6: Wells, c Belsham, 40; extras, 3; total, 111. Bowling for Glen Eden: Hepburn two wickets for 47, McNeil six for 50, Belsham two for 14. Glen Eden. —First Innings: McNeil, c Wynn, 14; Vella. run out. 10; J. Belsham, b Eyre, 1; Hepburn, c Eyre, 6; Kent, b Wynn, 8; A. Belsham, str Eyre, 0; Cochrane, c Wynn, 0; Spearpolnt, not out, 4; Herring, b Wynn, 0; Clark, b Eyre, 5; Jonkers, b Wynn, 6; extras, 12; total 60. Bowling for North Shore: Ilipklns no | wickets for 9 runs. Jay none for 14, , Eyre four for 13. Wynn five for 12.