ON SOFT WICKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 252, 24 October 1932, Page 11

ON SOFT WICKETS.

LOW SCORING GENERAL THREE senior matches. a HARVEST FOR THE BOWLERS. The opening of the Auckland cricket 6 eason on Saturday, in blustery weather and on slow wickets, was a field day for the bowlers. Scoring generally was ] o w, and there was no individual century recorded. The highest teani score of the day was 252 by University against Y.M.C.A. at Eden Park No. 2 wickct, which played unexpectedly well. At North Shore, where C. C. Dacre was welcomed tack to his old club, the wicket was tricky, and the day's event was a hardhitting innings by Byerley to save Grafton from a collapse. The Ponsonby and King's Old Boys match was not played, owing to the caretaker declaring the wicket unfit for play. North Shore made 133 against Grafton, who lost six wickets for 84. Eden got Parnell out for 149, but they in turn struck 'trouble, and lost seven wickets for 63. University, sent out to bat by Y.M.C.A. when the latter won the toss, stayed at the wickct all afternoon in compiling a score of 252. The only batsmen who got past the half century were P. Wliitclaw, who knocked up an invaluable 70 for Parnell, and A. M. Matheson, who hit up 76 for University. Bowling figures all round were good. Mcßae (Mount Eden) took six for 31, Vivian (Parnell) got seven for 21, M. Lyon (Grafton) secured three for 30, and Saunders (North Shore) six for 35.