A.C.A. SENIORS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 39, 16 February 1931, Page 13

A.C.A. SENIORS.

SEMI-FINAL GAMES.

SCORING NOT HIGH. CENTURY BYHORSPOOL. An innings of 137" runs by the Grafton veteran, E. Horspool, was the outstanding individual run-getting effort in a day of low scoring on Saturday, when the semi-final matches of the A.C.A. senior championship were commenced. Thanks to Ilorspool's effort, Grafton put up the highest score of the afternoon, 227, against Eden, who put on 28 runs without loss. University were dismissed by Ponsonby for 161 runs, but Ponsonby in turn lost four wickets for 51. Both these matches amongst the leaders of the competition should be full of interest next week, as each win now is of vital importance to the championship. In the B section Parnell made 163 runs, and Y.M.C.A. in reply put on 56 for three. United Suburbs knocked up 197 against Shore, who have lost one wicket for 20. , • SNEDDEN BOWLS WELL. Runs were hard to come by in the 'Varsity-Ponsonby game on Saturday. 'Varsity batted, and the highest scorer was Leys, with 43. If the batting was slow, however, Snedden regilded his reputation as a bowler with five wickets for 29. The pitch was tricky, and he made good use of it. He was coming in in a deceptive manner, and three of his wickets fell cleanly without the aid of the field. As soon as he went on, when the score was in the early 40's, the rate of run-making was slowed up. At one stage 'Varsity wanted three to the half-century,' and, largely due to Snedden, it took them over 15 minutes to get them. Three bowlers all the afternoon were sufficient. Two of them were slow, Finlayson and Snedden, and the other was Cleverley. Leys' effort was 'Varsity's best. He batted in a convincing manner, and until he played forward to Finlayson, and patted the ball to mid-off, he had given no chances. He got runs all round the wicket, and he seemed to do it without effort. He stuck at the wickets when a stonewaller was badly needed. Matlieson also played a good innings, and ho got one glorious sixer. It skied away up on to the hill, and was only stopped from an invasion of private property by the stone wall. He played a typical innings, forceful while it lasted. Scores were:— UNIVERSITY.—First Innings. Leys, c Fletcher, b Finlayson 43 Matlieson, Ibw, b Snedden 25 Schnaner, c Snedden, b Finlayson .. 0 Garrard, st Hunt, b Finlayson ....;.. 17 Butler, b Snedden 20 Smeeton, b Snedden 2 A. Blamires, b Cleverley ,r;> 6 W. Blamires, not out 15 I/unn, c Cleverley, b Finlayson .... 1 Macklow, b Sneddon 11 Howell, c Fletcher, b Snedden ...... 12 Extras 0 Total .161 Bowling: Cleverley took one wicket for 38 runs, Finlayson four for 85, Snedden five fox 29. PONSONBY.—First Innings. Monteith,- st Lunn, b Garrard 22 Clark, c Macklow, b Butler • 11 Fletcher, b Matlieson '5 5-loare, c Macklow, b Butler 7 Taylor, not out 2 Extras ' 4 Total for four wickets 51 SUBURBS' PATIENT BATTING. With such good conditions and wicket prevailing on Saturday, it is hard to

understand why United Suburbs persisted in slow batting. It was flattery to the bowlers to say that they always held the upper hand, as at practically any stage of the game the batsmen appeared to be on top. Winning the toss, Webster Md no hesitation in deciding to bat, and opened with Kerr and himself. The pair had only been at the wicket a short time when Coates "skittled" Webster. With the addition 'of six runs, Kerr attempted to pull Wensley to leg, and H. Webb, who was fielding in close, accepted an easy catch. Scholium and Lyon were now associated, and cricket then became very dull. The pair put on 57, when Scholium had the bad luck to be run out. He had given a very solid display, and appeared set for a good score. He did not give one chance. Lyon continued to bat steadily, and had compiled 40 by careful cricket when he was bowled by Coates. Scott did not take long to settle down, and was , the bright spot of Suburbs' innings. He hit five boundaries. Davis, who had not played for two seasons, gave a safe display in adding 24, and was imdefeated at the end. Suburbs were finally dismissed for 197. With a quarter of an hour to go, Shore opened with Webb and Gerrard, but Webb soon lost his wicket. At stumps Shore had scored 19 for one wicket. The scores:— UNITED SUBURBS.—First Innings. Kerr, c H. Webb, b Wensley 16 Webster, b Coates , 4 Scholium, run out- 38 Hendy b Coates . . o Archer, c Bush, b Coates 7 Lyon, st Edmunds, b Saunders 40 SCott, b Coates 31 Hollis, c Bush, b Saunders 13 C. Davis, not out 24 Leikiis, run out 2 Nicholas, b Coates 4 Extras ..... .'1 18 Total 107 Bowling: Coates, five for 49 ; Wensley, one for 41; Saunders, two for 58 ;H. Webb, none for 21; A. Player, none for 10. NORTH SHORE.—Eirst Innings. H. Webb, c Webster, b H. Lyon 6 P. Gerrard, not out tt A. Player, not out 2 Extras 5 Total for one wicket 19 GRAFTON'S RECOVERY. With eight wickets down for 153, at one stage, Grafton's prospects against Eden, on No. 1 wicket at Eden Park, did not appear by any means rosy. The only certain thing about cricket, however, is ite uncertainty, and the ninth wicket added 58 badly needed runs, Allen keeping his end np manfully, to provide Horspool, the veteran representative batsman, with just the partner he needed. Horspool had batted steadily all afternoon, and at this stage lie was nearing his century. He completed it without having given a single chance, indeed, a skied shot to the on after he had passed the three-figure mark, was the only flaw in his innings. His 137 brought his average for the season to 81.5 —splendid figures. He had previously made 234 (against Parnell), and other good scores, "all of which helped." Horspool batted very well on Saturday, hitting the ball crisply, and well on the carpet. He was strong on the leg side.

Newdick bowled well, an early tendency to no-ball being checked. Good work with the ball was also done by Lang-ton and Weir. Scores: — GRAFTON. —First Innings. Sale, e Mills, b Postles 7 Allcott, c Gillespie, b Langton 35 Martin, b Newdick 0 McCorniaek, b Newdick 0 Cowie, b Newdick 2 Horspool, c Gillespie, b Mills 137 Waters, b Langton .... 6 Byerley. b Langton S Sheen, b Langton 0 Allen, not out 23 Itowntree, c Postles, b G. L. Weir 0 Extras 9 Total 227 Bowling: G. L, Weir took one wicket for 25 runs, Tostles one for 32, Langton four for 54, Newdick three for 40 ; Mills one for 23. EDEN. Mills, not out 21 I'osties, not out • 7 Extras 1 Total, for no wickets .......... 29 ANTHONY COMES TO LIGHT. But for the veteran Anthony, Parnell would have been in a bad way on Saturday against Y.M.C.A. Out of a grand total of IG3, he made 70, and he got them in his own individual fashion. He got nine fours, besides innumerable braces, and in his display he gave not one chance. It was lucky for Parnell that Anthony choso that day to come to light. Lyon wae the most successful bowler for Y.M.C.A. He took five wickets for 37, ana Into the bargain he was the one to get Anthony. Scores were:— PARNELL. —First Innings. Ilftj", c Sutherland, b T. Lyon 1 Whitelaw, b Cooper 10 Vivian, c Itiddolls, b Clark 1 Howden, st Smith, b Cooper 7 McCoy, c Frater, b Lyon 30 Stehr, c Clark, b Riddolls 5 Anthony, b Lyon 70 Duncan, c Stewart, b Lyon 22 Newdick, c Riddolls, b Cooper ........ 0 Goodsir, b Lyon 8 Aitkcn, not out 1 Extras 8 Total iIS3 Bowling: Lyon took five wickets for 37 runs; Clark one for 54, Cooper three for 57, Itiddolls one for 7. Y.M.C.A.—First Innings. Cooper, not out 35 Frater, b McCoy 1 Sutherland, c Vivian, b McCoy ...... 4 Burke, b Goodsir 2 Lyon, not out 2 Extras 12 Total for three wickets ........ 56 GIRLS' ASSOCIATION. SENIOR GRADE A. TRAINING COLLEGE A V. TRAINING COLLEGE B. Training College A.—First innings, 71 (J. Howell 28 not out). Bowling: M. Martin two for 19, K. Stewart two for 6, C. Quinn one for 2. Second innings, 127 (I. Stuart 3G, J. Nagle 30 not out, N. Jacombß 40 not out). Training College B.—First innings, 31. Bowling: J. Nagle four for 17, I. McConkey two for 10. Second innings. 87. Bowling: J: Nagle three for 18, P. Norris two for 13. . Epsom beat University in the other senior match. JUNIOR GRADE. Technical beat Y.W.C.A.; Hockey beat All Saints'.