PONSONBY V. GRAFTON.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 26, 1 February 1926, Page 10

PONSONBY V. GRAFTON.

Grafton made rather' a poor attempt at catching the score of 195 required to beat Ponsonb/s first • innings. Having 47 runs on for three wickets, Taylor and Osborne opeped promisingly when they carried on, and they were just on 70 and going well when Osborne was run out in going for a run that his partner declined to move for! C. Hnedden also made a promising start v.ith Taylor, who was batting solidly, but he neglected the warning of one narrow escape from being caught at m-ld-off in..trying to get Smith to the fenced, and played the self-same ehot an ov<»r later, to be caught this time, and five wickets were down with the score at'fll. At this stage Newdick, who had bowled without success for the afternoon, bonded the ball to Snedden, and for Grafton it became a question of pinning their hopes on Allcott getting going with Taj?Jpr. But 'the left-hander failed to score lit-ltt, being -beaten- and bowled by Smith. Pope saw the century up, and then he was out leg-before to Snedden, who had Goodwin caught in the slips the next ball and skittled Dykes two halls later —three wickets in the over. Next over, Taylor, who had played a good innings, was caught at extra midoff off Smith, and the innings closed for 101.

Ponsonby played out time, getting 217 for three wickets in an innings that was .sftcanfl.-wicket parfc nersnip by Snedden and Commons that put on 121. Sneddeiv-agam- played -fine , all-round cricket, and at the end of the day was unbeaten with a score of 111. Details: —

GRAFTON.— Innings. 'Horspool, b Sneddon i 9 Sloman, b Newdiek • 2 Leech, b Newdlek . .1 3' Taylor, c Leech, b Smith 4,5 Osborne, run out X) Snedden, c McLeod, b Smith. 14 Allcott, b Smith 0 Pope, lbw, b Snedden ' ft Goodwin, c Smith, b Snedden ,0 Dykes, b Snedden '■ li sh Jffin#Eililt...w ' 0 • ; ~£xjr.&s-- i. . .-. 6 ']'.'. ■•':'. •; '.'• ~.*.. . 101. '.i-.: r; .; ;■ „.-... 101. "HoVllng.—Newdiek two -wickets for 41 runs, Snedden four for 35, Smith three for' 10, . PONSONBY. ?':'■■,>,'; First innings '..,'],■ 105 Second Innings. • : Snedden, not out .... 111 Brinsden, b Allcott 0 Commons, c Goodwin, b Dykes"!!!"* .i Smith, bL. Taylor ' oi Worth, b Horspool 0 Extras ''" "*' 18 Total 2n Bowling.—Allcott one wicket for 39 runs Leech none for 14, Shea none for 2"' Osborne none for 2fl, Dykes one for 1%, ?ay?rone°f n oVr ** H ° rSPOOI ™fr ~< EDEN'S VICTORY. Eden beat University at Eden Park without difficulty. Upon be<rinnin°. play, 'Varsity, with a total of 47, lost three .early wickets, that of Smeeton (19), fciid^e. two QarrarcT brothers and again the,* nineties, . after Matheadn and Gc6, tjadmiade! a), short stand,-three leaving it to the ninth ''■wicket to hoist the century. When the innings closed, 'Varsity had 118; and Eden's reply to this, with the lons of only six wickets, was a good score of 227 in two;vand; a-half hours. Mills (53) and Whelaii (71) both gave good performances . with ■ the ba.t "and Brook-Smith, Simpson, ■ ' ~Wsii v afid; Cooper all contributed ' double-figure' scores. _ The match ended in a twopoint win for Eden. Scores: — EDEN. i IFirst innings 181 Second Innings. Olills, b W. R. Garrard 53 'Postles, b R. Garrard •< W. Brook-Smith, c Gee, b Wells .... 10 Wbelan, 0 W. K. Garrard, b Burbidge.. 7J. Simpson, c R. 'Garrard, b Wells •'< Weir, not out 15 Cooper, not out . - .... yi Extras j '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'..'. 20 Total 219 Bowling: Wells took two wickets for 41 runs, Burbidge one for 9, W. R. Garrard none for % MtbeSon one for 42 ' Sm eeton "or 14 sJ,"'i Geo none for 15 > Kalfe non jot 11, baunders none for 22.

UNIVERSITY.—First Innings. Wells, run out ... n Smeeton, b Cooper . "."" ,n McDougall, b Buckley ,2 Matheson, c and l> Cooper. .. 5o £; K. Garrard, b Simpson . i W. R. Garrard, b Simpson "/.; I Gee, b Cooper . " Kalfe, b Cooper 15 Saunders, c MOls, I)' Butler""" -,- Bannister,-: nojjout ,v. . *" " 15 Burl>idg-e, Cooper' *-" 1 ■*■' 6 Totnt'^'Js• "Tγ: took two'wicked fo?" 41 runs. BncMev one for 00 r ' CK 2----43, Butler 01$ fo™33. y ' C °° Per for shore WIN again. registered-, another mtn on SatTl«ay,. W hen they defeated Parnell' by a margin of 204 run on the first innmge ; - V ; ; Uje:.fir,sl; aay 'of the; match Shore put together the fine total of 3<"> whilst the visitor scored 20 for the 'loss JKJBket*. ..>Vheu. play .was resumed carried their total to il|, Smith scoring a useful 54 In ithe-tWloiv .'-on, to cave a ■ thrpe r.'n,w

and hit up 27G runs for the loss of four wickets. Badeley gave a dashing display, -coring 154 in entertaining style. Scores: — j NORTH SIIORK. First innings 322 PARNEI.L.— First Innings. McCoy, c Scott, v Player 2 Smith, 1) Daere ". 54 Macallan, run out l.'i Irving, b Johnston .' 6 Bndeley, c Gfirurrl, b Johnston 14 Sumervell, c Fruter," b Dacre -•> uMnnn.' b Coatee • 2 Andrews, not out I Anthony, absent „ 0 Bniberg. b nacre 2 Ilarvip, absent • " Extras 1 Total .: 118 linwlins for Shore. — Pacrc took three wickets for _:;, .I>>lin.-tnn two for ■".", Player one fur :;.",, Coati-s one for 20, Townshend unite for ."i. PARXELI;.—Second Innin?s. Bndeley, <•. Nettloton. b Monteith .... IS* lrvin.3. b Coates '•'■■< 'McCoy, not out 4o Macallan, b Johnston 17 Smit'.i, c and l> Moiueltu - Kxtras .■ 2! ..Total for four wickets 27C Bowling for North .Shore: L'oates took cue wicket for SO, Monteith two for 28, Johnston one for 103, Elliott none for JO, Player none for 28, Scott none for 14, Dacre none for 32.