COLT GETS CENTURY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 76, 31 March 1930, Page 13

COLT GETS CENTURY.

!•! North Shore made their beet effort of the season on Saturday afternoon, when, batting on" an excellent wicket, 'they collared the Eden attack and ran up the sizable tally of 235. The cricket was brighter than has been seen for ■ some time past at-Deyonporty and fthw fact was in a great measure due to the innings of. R. Smith, who carried his hat for 100 dead/ This; waa his first century in big cricket, and, although his innings : was not chanceless, he i deserves high praise. for his sparkling j display. At no. time was, his batting ; dull, and hie crisp, well-timed, strokes sent the ball to the boundary on nfteen More'at home to the slow stuff than to the'.' 'faster- variety •■■-of bowling, Smith-thrived on leg deliveries; although his off shots were at "times brilliant. With coaching he should develop into a batsman of more than /ordinary ability." ' • ' '..' *' Of the other Shore batsmen, Frater Was most S conspicuous. I Opening with Gerrard, he. -played a characteristically: forceful innings ior 33. Gerrard 'was | going well when Newdick cut short his ■ jcareer at 14. and Naismith Iwere the only remaining Shore; men to /reach double figures. "A big factor in '(Shore's total was the tally- debited •jagainst "Mr. Extras," which' at 34 just ] 'beat Frater for the..place ot second -.highest scorer. " "'■ j -,"' , ... !;! The Eden, attack ' has never been classed as formidable, and this was well ,|proved on: -Saturday. Gillespie, howUever, might hawe. done: better had. he •| made more bowling changes. As it was ijhe came on Mmself only at the end |'«'of the innings ajnd secured the beet, aycr-!-age -with two wickets for seven rune. i'Newdick With four for 43 trundled well '■:; under the circumstances, and - Butler, :!three for I^"^ .' throughout the freei part of the after--

noou. Langton was ipell pasted by Smith and did. not achieve conspicuous success. The Weir brothers were also tried, but neither took, a wicket. If the Eden bowling ; is not formidable, their batting is stprQng and given good weather and a reasonable amount of luck they should be» able to catch Shore's total if they can:- speed up their scoring rate. NORTH SHORE.—Fi est Innings. Frater, c Thakabau, b Butller 33 Gerrard, b Newdlck ..... 14 Player, b Butler ....... «. 7 Smith, not out 100 D. Webb, c Brooke-Smith + b Langton 2 Macindoe, b Newdick 7 H. Webb, lbw, b Butler 0 Saunders, c Gillespie, b Nfewdick .... 12 Naismitli, b Newdlck ... 12 Wheeler, c G. L. Weir, b Gillespie .. 8 Coates, c Butler, b Gillesr pe 6 Extras ............. 34 Total ~235 Bowling: Gillespie took two wickets for 7 runs, Butler three for 417. Newdick four for 43, Langton one for 54, G. L. Weir none for 33, A. Weir none for ]|!T. . ' ; EDEN.r—First linings. Lawrie, . b 11. Webb 4.. 15 Postles, not out 1 G. L. Weir, not out 0 Extras .. .. ...i. 2 Total for one wicket . W 18