GRAFTON'S GOOD RALLY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 264, 7 November 1932, Page 13

GRAFTON'S GOOD RALLY.

After losing, five wickets for 68, Graftou staged a good recovery, and managed to get together the respectable score of 227 lpr their first innings against Y.M.C.AT In vAγ Sh tnree -quarters of an hour of play, i.M. hit up oo for the loss of one wieket, so the game is in an Interesting position. Kerr and Burke w,ere Grafton's opening batsmen and at first neither looked likely y * ong, bat ac tually the total was taken as far as the forties before a separau^7,,! 8 effected. B-urke's total of 23 included several boundaries, made -by wi^wE 1 °£.? riTes - A rot then set ln . and when the fifth wicket fell at 68 it looked ns li, the ( , ys-hol e side might be out for under three figures. Kerr and Ratcllffe steadied SiSffii "P--however, and the total was can led to 111 before the first named was ,ni"UP e M - err put sever "l balls into the air at the start of the afternoon, but there ™i n ? n ,°,°. ne to get under them. Later lie placed his shots cleverly, and executed some hue off drives and square cuts. He was dropped twice soon after passing the 4(1 mark. Ratchffe's Hatting was sound, and the (.rafton tail-enders gave loyal support, M. Lyon in particular showing good form KnU-liffe, who drove forcefully and was very severe on anything on the leg side reached the eighties, including ten tours in his tally.

Cooper (three for 31) was the most successful of the Y.M. bowlers. T. Lyon got four for 58. and his brother three'for 57. Generally speaking. Hie Y.M. attack was not nt its best, and the batsmen made thp most of the loose balls that came down. In the parly part of the afternoon the fielding was good, but it faded badly and was very patchy in the closing stapes:

In the short time that Y.M. were at the wicket's they scored freely. Frator appeared well set when he went for a big hit and lost his wicket. Good form was shown by Cooper, who was unbeaten at stumps with 20. Scores:—

GRAFTON.—First Innings. Kerr, st. Smith, b H. Lyon ."4 Burke, lbw, b T. Lyon 23 Herspool, c Smith, b H. Lyon 5 Byerlcy. c Smith, b T. Lyon 0 Cowie, b T. Lyon « Angus, c Webb, h H. Lyon 0 Leasing, c Elliott, b Cooper '. ... 9 Riitcliffp. c 11. Lyon. l> Cooper . S*J M. Lyon, lbw, b T. Lyon 27 Everson, not out 3 5 Sloman, l> Cooper 2 Extras , 4 Total , 22T Bowling : T. Lyon took four wickets for 5S runs,* H. Lyon three for 57, Cooper three for 31, Webb none -for 20, Clarke none for 48. Y.M.C.A.—First Innings. Frater, b C. Kerr ' 23 Cooper, not out -'!• Webb, nnt out 1 Extras 0 Total for one wicket 59 PONSONBY GO CHEAP. With the exception of a merry knock by S. G. Smith (40), Ponsonby's first game was a very tame entry into the new season. The whole side were undoubtedly in want of practice,' and lacked confidence. It appeared that, with the exception of Smith, the side was over-cautious to H. G. Vivian, who, the previous week, had skittled all ten wickets for a few runs. Vivian was not bowling as well as on the previous Saturday, but the only batsmen to relish the bowling was the top-seorer, who sent several overs to the boundary.

Parnell should have no difficulty in passing Ponsonby's score-*efore many more wickets have gone. Guiiiey played a sound game for 33, but took a long time to get this amount, and he was at the crease for two hours. Smith took less than half this time to make his total, and picked out any loose to dispatch to the boundary, his knock including seven fours. The brunt of Parnell's attack was capably borne by Vivian, who. bowled 18 overs for seven maidens. ' McCoy bowled well. Parnell, with two wickets down for 9;>, arc in a strong position., Smith skittled Whltelaw with his first ball, although this player got 24, mostly off ..Scarborough, whose bowling- was very erratic, bnedden bawled well, and Parnell were content to let him bowl maiden after maiden, and he had Hay tangled up for a long time. Scores: — ' ".. ~-: j 4..\ ---poK&ONßY—FirstT McLeod, st .Williams, c Vivian .. 10 F. Clark, b Vivian ........_... 7 C. Guiney, c William*, b Vivian...... 33 S. G. Smith, c and b McLeotl 40 L. T. J. Montelth, b McCoy... » T. Clark, lbw, b McC0y........... .... 1 N. C. Snedden, c Whitelaw, b Vivian.. 9 C. Scarborough, b McCoy 0 V. Stewart, not out 1* A. Bell, run out. • " Fletcher, absent..... ,„ Extras' " ' Total • • 132 Bowling.—Vivian took four wickets for 31 runs, McCoy three for 18, Hawke none for 7, McLeod ione for 20, Good-sir none for 44. PABNELL—First Innings. p. E. Whitelaw, b S. G. Smith 24 F.-C. Hay, not out -•••••••• ZZ H. G. Vivian, c Clark, b Bell *l D. Hawke, not out • j> Extras xl

Total for two wickets 95 Messrs. Riddolls and Findlay were umpires.

SUBURBAN ASSOCIATION. GOOD OPENING BATTING. HARBOUR BOARD AND INVICTA WITH FAIR TOTALS. The City and Suburban Association opened its season at the Domain on Saturday. Although fine, a Strong wind blew across the field, and conditions were unpleasantly chilly from 5 p.m. onwards. R.V. opposed Mount Albert Old Boys, and with the prominent help of U U. Finlayson, who topped the score with 67 in a total of 193, did fairly well. Mills and V. G. Butler were best bowlers for Old Boys, who slumped, considerably when they went in -to bat, five wickets. being down for 18 runs, four wickets being to the credit of Finlayson. Harbour. Board, with L. Breese making a rock-like stand for 67 m nearly three hours, compiled 245 for their first innings against Ponsonby, who were free to bat at 6.10 p.m., but did not. resume. B. Stallworthy and :Estoe were the best bowlers. ' „ „ , ~ W. Rinimer put up a fine all-round display for 73 runs for Invicta againet Green Lane, and, with E. Watkins, who obtained a steady 58, Green Lane commenced their innings to lose two wickets for 29, against livlcta'e total of 230. Kerr took eix wickets for Green Lane for 72 runs.

Detailed results: — R.V. V. MOUNT ALBERT OLD BOYS. R.V. —First Innings. S. Metge, b Mills .' • • 1? Guiniven, c Butler " Bainbury, c Aickin. b Butler 7 Goldsworthy, c Miller, b Lange is Cloke, b Bntler £ •,■,•«« i? C. G. Finlayson, e Butler, b Mills .... t>7 P. Simpson, b Butler ■ * R Burton, c Miller, b Mills 36 H. Hunt, b Mills ...... ■. • • ° A. Nelson, b Mills « E. Mackie, not out • • • - * Extras '• • ' Total 193 Bowling: Mills took five wickets for 53, Butler four, for-45, Lange one for 3d, Woolloxall none for 22, Ott none for 7, Howell none for 16, Hook none for a. ' MOUNT ALBERT O.B.—First Innings. R C. Alckin b Simpson 3 I. J. Cantley, b Finlayson 2 V C. Butler, st Hunt, b Finlayson . . 0 A. E. Hebden, c Simpson, b Finlayson 0 Lange, i b Finlayson 2 M. Hook, not out J Howell, not out ° • Total for five wickets ...* 18 HARBOUR BOARD V. PONSONBY. HARBOUR BOARD. —First Innings. W. Hendy, b E.- Stallworthy 28 li. Breese, run out .. ■ ■ •• ••••• •• °' R. Stallworthy, c Donaldson, b RobertM. Wetherill, c and b Bennett -^ C. Williams, b Broberg *•> A. Dunning, b Broberg \t L. Martin, c Lewis, b Bstoe £<J N. Martin, not out • ■ • i -- J. Mann, c Robertshaw, b Estoe •••••• if N. Somerville, c Lewis, b E. Stallworthy o W. Cheeseman, c Masters, b l<. Stan . worthy ~ " s Extras ... — ...,.......•••••••••_ ° i Total 245

Bowling: T3robcrg took two wickets for S2, Lonergan none for 9,'Bennett one for 37, E. Stallworthy three for 56, Robertshaw one for 40, Estoe two for 13. INVICTA V. GREEN LANE. INVICTA.—First Innings. W. Rimmer, thrown out 73 J. Stone, c Lonergan, b Hart ....,-.... 14 l<. Cocks, hit wicket, b Kerr 4 N. Hudson, hit wicket, b Kerr ..;... 8 15. Watkins, c Elliott, b Kerr 58 B. Davies, run out : --0 Russell, st Lonergan, b Kerr lo B. Gwilliam, b Kerr 5 Yules, c Lonergan, b Gedye 13 Baxter, c Hayson, b Kerr 2 Heighton, not out 1 Extras 17 Total •• ■ 280 Bowling: Kerr took six wickets for 72 runs, Hart one for '39, Gedye one for 21, Gillesple none for 40, Elliott none for 23, Tomlinson none for 10, Hayson one for 8. GREEN LANE—First Innings. A. Gedye, not out 20 H. Watts, c Davis, b Russell 8 .1. Elliott, b Yates 0 Lonergan, not out ». 0 Extras 1 Total for two wickets .• •• • 20 OTAGO COMPETITION. DON MILLER HITS UP 70. DUNEDIN, Sunday.

The second round of cricket matches was concluded in showery weather. Christian Brothers, 235 and two for 70 (Blair 30 not out), beat Carisbrook, 231 (Dunning 34, D. Smith 4!), Moloney 50, Napier 37). McIlroy took four wickets for 07 and Cusack three for 48. Dunedin, 100 and live for 213 (Caviinagli f)3, Couplaml 30), was defeated by Grange, 274 for seven, declared (Chettleburgh 101). Kaikorai, 215 and three for 40. defeated University, 199 (Priest 79, Hurt 51, S win ton 34). Badcock took live wickets for 75 and Stewart two for 24. Old Boys, 170 and 119 for five (Dickinson 47 not out), were beaten by Albion. 191 (Don Miller, ex Y.M.C.A., Auckland. 70, Duncan 33). For Albion Silver took three wickets for 24, and for Old Boys Alloo took six wickots for 04. CANTERBURY CONTESTS. JACKMAN TOrS THE CENTURY. CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. The senior cricket competition was co.n--flnned yesterday in jine weather. West Christchurch ninde 110 and Riccarton 104 for three wickets (Stringer 37 not out, Powell 30 not out). For Riccarton, Rix took five wickets for 30 and Roberts two for 10. Sydenham made 109 (Shackel SO, Riley 45), and St. Albans, four for 72. For St. Albans Mprritt took five wickets for 57. Old Boys made 191 (Moffatt 44, Burns SB), and Lancaster Park ■ five for 85 (Smith 44). Old Collegians made 257 (Lester 42, .Tackmnn 101), and East Christchurch throe for 41. GAMES AT WELLINGTON. DEMPSTER MAKES A HUNDRED. WELLINGTON, this day. Senior cricket results :— Institute, IGS (Hankins 55, Calvort 34, Owen 34). Morris took four wickets for 38, and Griffiths three for 49. Kilblrnie, 53 for four wickets (Fortune three for 28). Wellington, 113 (Foley 49). Browne took six wickets for 39. Old Boys. 79 for eight (Du Chateau 44 not out). Blundell took five wickets for 34, Symes three for 38. Hutt, 227 for eight wickets (Biggar (11, Warnes 42, Champness 34). Williams tookfour for 80 for University. Petone, 187 for five wickets (Dempster 105, May 32). O'Neill took three wickets for 38. for Midland. OTAHUHTJ ASSOCIATION. The official opening of the cricket season took place on Saturday afternoon when games were played on the four grounds controlled by the association. Quite a festive air prevailed at the Challenge ground when Mr. B. Trezise, captain/ of the Challenge team, introduced Mr. W. Cassels Brown, manager of the Challenge Phosphate Company, who handed over to the association the use of the new concrete pitch which had been laid down by his company. He stated that he was very pleased to be associated with the game, and wished the association every success. Replying on bejialf of the Otahuhu Cricket Association, Mr. F. W. Grey thanked Mr. Brown for his company's generosity, and said that it was the help given by such gentlemen as Mr. Brown and Mr. Rugg of the municipal abattoir,/that had in a very large measure contributed to the highly successful season which the association had experienced last year. The match between Abattoir and Challenge was opened by Miss- Cassels Brown who sent down the first ball of the season. During the afternoon a large number of guests, including many ladies, were entertained at afternoon tea in the new pavilion, which had been erected by the Challenge team.

Following are results of the games played :—

ABATTOIR V. CHALLENGE,

Challenge.—First innings, 100 (Clarke 28, Hynes 14). Second innings, 10 for no wickets declared. Bowling: Pilcher two wickets for 0 runs, G. Miller two for 11, R. Miller two for 24, Campbell two for 28, Stanaway two for 36. Abattoir.—First innings, 30. Second inings, 37. Bowling: Bright 13 for 44, Connors four for 52, Brimble two for 5. Challenge had a six-point win. KEMPTHORNB, PROSSER V. PASSENGER TRANSPORT CO. Kempthorne, Prosser. —First innings, 110 (\V. Nield 21, Searle 18, P. Nleld 17, Marflitt 14, Clayton 12). Bowling: Duneen six for 38, Melrose two for 9, Carter one for 10. Transport Company.—First innings, 80 (Duneen 41, Murray 13). Bowling: Kemplay seven for 32, Gargon one for 7, Clayton one for 22. Ketnpthorne gained a fourpoint win on the first innings. ST. JOSEPH'S V. RETURNED SOLDIERS. St. Joseph's.—First innings, 93 (Brady 29, McNield 20). Second innings, 116 (Maher 42, C. Brady 14). Bowling: Coppins nine for 54, Harrison two for 28, McLaren seven for 72, Smith two for 22. . Returned Soldiers. —First innings, 64 (Harrison 18, Smith 13, Sefllt 11). Second innings, 74 for four wickets (Eustace 43, Capp 20). Bowling: Brewer four for 23, Pierce five for 50, C. Brady two for 28. St. Joseph's gained a four-point win on the first innings. RAILWAY WORKSHOPS V. BOROUGH. Railway.—First innings, 106 (Hankin 45, Mayne 13). Second innings, 56 (Clarke 20). Bowling: Taylor 11 for 47, Bacon six for 39. Borough.—First innings, 50 (Twidle 36). Second innings, 09 (Cornelius 23, Adams 10).. Bowling: Kerr six for 29, Rankin six for 45, Mayne three for 18, Llpscombe three for 4. Railway gained a six-poiut win.