CLUB CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 30, 6 February 1933, Page 12

CLUB CRICKET.

BOWLERS' DAY.

PARNELL'S WINNING FEAT,

WIN IN ONE-DAY'S PLAY. "With the wickets variously affccted by lieavy overnight rain, and generally on the slow side, the cricket on Saturday, when the second series of matches of the A.C.A. senior competition second round were started, was full of action. It was a great day for the bowlers at Eden Park. Ihe feature of the day was Parnell's effort m obtaining an outright win on the day against Y.M.CA.., who were dismissed for 89 and 33 to Parnell's 148. The winners were assisted by the absence of L. bmith and L. Elliott in the first innings, and of Elliott in the second innings. In the other games University have 120 on for six against Ponsonby's 88, and Grafton have made 96 for four in rayly.to s: 144. At North Shore the Kings Old Boys team stayed the afternoon at the wicket, making 291. No batsman at Eden Park got a haltcentury, though Kerr (Grafton) played an innings of 49 not out, which, in the conditions, was worth a century. At North Shore, the King's batsmen Pearson (/o), McMillan (74) and Lewis (59) played good cricket. The bowlers who had a field day were: Bush (University) seven for 22, Vivian (Parnell) seven for 47, McCoy (Parnell) seven for 67, Burke (Grafton) five for 31, and Cooper (Y.M.C.A.) five for 63. PARNELL AT THE GALLOP. It seems as if Parnell are bent on adding a touch of sensationalism to the competition. A week ago they knocked up 140 in an hour to snatch victory from Gralton, and on Saturday they rode roughshod over YM.C.A. to score an outright win in a single afternoon. By .their recent fireworks the redcaps have made themselves hot favourites ./for the championship. It seemed likely at the start of the afternoon that the advantage would bo with the howlers, and such proved the case, low scoring being one of the features of the game. When Duncan won the toss he sent the .Young Men to the wicket, and the side ' wa« in trouble from the start,, two wickets. • being down with only five runs on the. board. Frater set his side an example bv going for the bowling instead of sacrificing all aggression for defence, and it was due to his effort, with assistance from Webb, that the total wasr taken to 50 for live wickets. Frater s 39 included two straight sixes and three fours, while Webb used his feet well in collecting 15. Later in the innings Webster came along to play stubbornly for 23, scoring well in the region of square leg, but the rest of the side, which was two below strength, fared poorly, and the innings ended at S9 Vivlan and McCoy alone were responsible for the dismissal of the Young Men. Both found the wicket eminently suited to slow bowling, and the only batsmen who troubled them were those who had the courage to ret out of their crease and hit. Bans that kicked up kept the batsmen guessing, and a keen field made runs very hard to -et Vivian, who did best when he bowled round the wicket, took four for 29, and McCoy got two for 52. . „ . Parnell's innings was in striking contrast to that of their opponents. The . banged hard and often, no fewer than four of the side hitting sixes, and the Y M. total was passed with six wickets in hand. Acting on instructions, the batsmen went to the wicket with the object of getting mins in the shortest possible time. The tall-enders practically threw their wickets pway in trying to crack on the P&ee* .J 111 " the tenth picket fell for 148. Scholium top scored with a breezy 41 whichincliided three sixes. Hay forgot all about his usual solid defence and executed some .'•tinging drives in collecting 23 in Quick time. On at least four occasions he narrowly escaped being stumped when lie went down the wicket to meet the ball. Wilson and McCoy each got 21. the lastnamed hitting two sixes. Vivian lifted two sixes in a contribution of 20, and Hawke got one in his tally of 11. Cooper's slow bowling won him wickets for 63. while Lyon's faster deliveries earned him four for 83. The latter s iicrures were knocked about a lot Dy Scholium, who took 14 runs from him in ° n y.M% second innings was sensational. Although they had one more man tnan in the first innings, they could do nothing with the Parnell slow bowling, and a dismal procession went out of the picture when the innings closed in the last oyer of the day for 33 r lea'vln'g Parnell the winners l.y an "innings • and 26 runs. Once again Frater tried to show his side that aggression was the best defence, and he was the < ulv batsman to reach double figures, f I'.therland. w"ho wss unlucky in being run out in both innings, got. 9. In the fir?t innings it was ivian who returned the best., bowling, figures, but in the second McCoy, who tossed the ball up well and turned it sharply, recorded the i'ne average "»f ' fi.ve for 10. \ ivian got *Y:M. wicket went down almost en the call of": time, to give a fitting finlsli to a sensational match. Scored>7-* > I First Innings. ,T Smith, c McCoy; b Vivian 6 Sutherland, run out • £ r-ooper. c Whitelaw. b Vivian ...... « Froter, c ' Wallace, b McCoy ..... . ->9 Webb, c Duncan, b Vivian ........ JStowell, b Vivian « •Webster, c Wilson, b McCoy 23 Airey, run out . . ~. H. I/von, not out „ 1,. Smith, .'absent » O Elliott, absent" .'• , w Extras 2. To'tal'i 7 -; • •'• ' 89 Bowling: Vivian took four wickets for 29 rurfs, McCoy two for 52. Second Innings. ; .t. Smith, c Wilson, b Vivian 2 iiiutherland, run out 2 .''eopei*. lbw. b Vivian 0 iFrater, b McCoy 13 Webb, c Hay. b McCoy 0 Stowell. c Vivinn. b McCoy 0 Webster, b McCoy - . Airev. 1) Vivian " t.. Smith, c Duncan, b McCoy Lvon. not out 0 Elliot, absent X ' Extras JJJ V Total 33 Bowling: McCoy five for 15, Vivian three for IS. PARNELL —First Innings. .Whitelaw, c Webb, b Lyon 0 ■Vivian-, c Sutherland, b Lyon McCoy, c Stowell, b Cooper -1 ;Hay, c and b Cooper iJlawke, c Webb, b Lyon '••• " Vi'ilson, b Cooper Zi Scholium, c sub., b Lyon « Wallace, not out ° Duncan, run out • ' Stehr, st Webb, b Cooper ..» « Goodsir, st Webb, b Cooper « Extras Total • •'•••• Bowling: Cooper took five wickets for 63 'runs; Lyon four for S3. KING'S GOOD START. With' the wickets considerably affected bv the rain of the previous nlglit, Dacie j-nd no hesitation in sending King s OM T.ovs into bat when he won the toss at on Saturday However the T i""-s team rose to the. occasion nobly. ;vul" in compiling: easily the highest score ,i.i' (lie ilay's senior cricket, them selves in a great position, as North •have been failing badly of late with their 'hatting. The opening pair, kewis and McMillan, took matters very quietly in the p'iriv stages, and were quite content to wait for loose balls to augment the score, it was not until 104 had been put on that J 4 ™La?ion was ejected,' Lewll having the bad luck to be run , out when lie -"peared well set. Lewis had given - n eharceless display, his placing of the hall b-'iu-' esreci-Uly neat. . Tli.e newcomer., Vimnson did not" last long.' hut Pearson 'then became associated witl\ '-McMillan m another great partnership, the total reaclii c 174 before McMillan turned a rising bill from Webb for Bush to accept the chance McMillan had been lucky in the early part of the innings, but at the end was shaping in great' style. He is a very slow scoring batsman, but the wicket on Saturday did not allow the, taking of risks, kloiinson -liad a brief bur : the wicket: it was one of the blight spots '■HX'iot the" innings. He was a very surprised iTtaii when - riven out lbw. 1 earson con■t 4 , to score steadily, and it was not ■ -until seven wickets had fallen that he _ AWs - dismissed, being clean bowled by Dacre. Like McMillan and Lewis, Pearson

had taken his time to get runs, but it was very pleasing to see him maintain his form, for, when at hie best, he is one of the most reliable batsmen in the senior competition. The last two men did "not last long, and King's were finally dismissed for the excellent total of 2SI just on time. North Shore are & very inconsistent team, but the odds greatly favour King's Old Boys at this stage of the game.

Scores: — KING'S OLD BOYS.—First Innings. Lewis, run out 59 Simpson, run out 7 McMillan, c Bush, b Webb 74 Johnson, Ibw, b Webb . 29 Pearson, b Dacre 76 Jackson, run out 6 Wilson, not out 1 Andrews, c Shepherd, b Saunders 6 Coates, b Saunders 10 Halliwell, not out 11 Palmer, c Webb, b Saunders 0 Extras ' 12 Total 281 Bowling: Saunders three for 127, Webb two for"- 43, Coates none for 1, Nicholas none for 26, Shepherd none for 22, Dacre one for 26, Bush none for 11. PONSONBY'S POOR SHOWING. Having made only 88 in the first innings, Ponsonby's chances of beating 'Varsity could not be considered bright, particularly as the opposition had already got 120 for six wickets down. A lot depended on the turn of the coin on Saturday —and 'Varsity were lucky. Added to that, No. 1 at Eden Park was in a very poor state, i being really too soft for cricket. As it was both teams . had to wait half an hour after 2 o'clock before they could start. On the day, the batting team made a very poor showing, Monteith, with 20, being top scorer.: He batted briskly, got two con- ; secutive fours, and a six, but he was stumped. Nobody else did anything worth chronicling. With seven wickets for 22, Bush had a | day. out. Bowling the off theory, most of his "wickets were taken with the aid of the field, though he rooted out P. Clark's off stump cleanly enough. He did not seem to be bowling with deadly venom—the pitch was too dead to allow a bowler to do much in the way of spin—but ho kept a good length all the afternoon. He sent ■ down .16 overs, of which sis ' wera maidens.. Be it said, too, that "in his first over ho bowled one no-ball; but the pitch was in a funny condition then. In fact only a liberal us« of sawdust allowed the bowlers to keep their feet. Not a great deal can be said about .'Varsity's fielding. They had so little to do. Bush took Cleverly nicely, falling with tho ball; and Pickmere, -vyno has taken Lunn's place as. wicket-keeper, seemed to shape all right. He stumped Monteith and Williams. On a dav on which nobody could bowl fftst, though he stood a fair way back from the stumps. 'Varsity did better when they went to bat,, though,' of course, the wicket was dryer. .Matheson, after poking about for a bit. got settled, and made a decent 36, which included one six off Snedden, and six fours. It-was a relief to see someone have a go. He got most of . Ills runs •in front of tho wicket. Probably on the day it was dangerous to try to do much with the off balls in the way of scoring behind the stumps. Garrard has made 22, and is still in. When stumps were drawn he was going strong. • Ponsonb.v hud more to do in the field than 'Varsity. Snedden took a brilliant onehanded catch in the slips to dismiss Leys, and altogether the fielding was fairly clean. Scores were :—• PONSONBY.—First Innings. McLeod. b Matheson 9 P. Clark, b Bush 14 Snedden, c Leys, b Bush 15 Smith, c Grove, b Bush 4 Monteith, st Pickmere, b Garrard .... 20 Stewart, c Garrard, b Bush . 0 Scarborough, c Grove, b Bush 2 T. Clark, c Schnauer", b Bush i> Cleverley, c Bush. b s Garrard 8 Williams, st. Pickmere, b Bush 5 Bell, not out 1 Extras 5 Total 88 Bowling: Matheson one for 2,", Schnauer none for 9; Bush seven for 22, Garrard two for 27. VARSITY. —First Innings. Spence. c Stewart, b Smith . 13 Leys, c Snedden, b Bell 8 Schnauer, c F. Clark, b Bell J 12 Bush, c Stewart, b Bell 2.. 0 Garrard, not out 22 Matheson, b Smith 36 Pickmere, c Smith, b Bell 19 Extras 10 Total for six wickets 120 RUNS TO LANGTON. A tricky wicket puzzled all batsmen in the game * between Eden and Grafton at Eden Park. Throughout the afternoon the bowlers were on top and modest scoring was the general order. Mills and Postles set Eden on their way, but with the total at 17 a good throw-in by Ellis upset the wicket and had Postles run out. With Vivian as«iis partner, Mills increased his scoring rate, but the first named never got properly set and was skittled by Kerr. When lie had reached 29, Mills mis-hit a ball pn the off side and was caught. Gillespie . decided that the conditions were not .in favour of defensive cricket and attacked the bowling with vigour, with the result that he' collected 87 in fairly quick time. The best fireworks of the afternoon were provided by Langton, who put plenty of wood behind his strokes and included two sixes and five fours in his top score 0f.41. Langton has a good eye and when he gets a sight of the bowling he can make runs in fast time. The Eden tail was tied in a knot by Burke, with the result that the whole side were out for 144. Burke trundled well to take five for 31, although not a single one of his victims ■was clean bowled. Kerr made use of the wicket to turn the ball a lot and finished up with four for 02. Three other bowlers were tried without success. Everson, the Grafton wicket-keeper, stumped three men. After scoring 22 for the opening wicket, Grafton got into difficulties and four were down for 43. Then Kerr, one of the opening batsmen, and McCormick stopped the rot and at stumps the total had been advanced to 96 without further loss. Kerr s 49 not out probably saved his side from a total collapse, while McCormick showed good defence in holding up his end. In the 40 minutes that' he was at the wickets he scored 26. The game at present is in an interesting position, Grafton, with six--wickets still in hand, requiring 49 runs to get Jhe first innings lead. With a better wicket on Saturday next, the black and whites should make a good effort to get the advantage. Scores: — EDEN. —First Innings. ■ Mills, c Ellis, b Burke 29 Postles, run •• out - 1 " Vivian, b Kerr * A. F. Wfcir,* b Kerr ■> Gillespie,,b Kerr j" Wilkinson, b Kerr Langton, st Everson, b Burke .;... 41 McKne, st Everson, b Burke O Newdick, c Angas, b Burke ........ o not out « Maher, st Everson, b Burke O Extras • o Total 144 Bowling: Cowie took no wickets for 8 runs, Kerr four for 62,' Horspool none for 28, Byerley none for 12, Burke five for 31. GP.AFTON, —First Innings. Ellis, st Maher. b McEae 10 Ratcliffe, c Wilkinson, b Langton . . 2 Horspool. c Postles, b Langton .... 2 Burke, c Vivian, b McNab 0 Kerr, not out 49 McCormick, not out 26 Extras 7 ■ Total for four wickets ~.......96 CANTERBURY CONTESTS. CHRISTCIIURCH. Sunday. r The eighth round of matches in the cricket championship series commenced yesterday afternoon in overcast but dry weather. Sydenham, the leading team in the competition, was dismissed by West Christchurch for the small total of 99. West Christchurch scored 124 for three wickets. Riccarton, against Lancaster Park, scored 122 (Jacobs 33). Yates took three wickets for 49. Lancaster Park made 74 for six wickets. St. Albans, playing East Christchurch. scored 161 (Anctus 30, Graham 47 not out). Ellis took four wickets for 20 East Christchurch replied with 81 for two wickets (Brosnahan 36. Kennedy 30 uot out). Old Boys scored ISO (Escott 61, Harris 3S) against Old Collegians. Bowling: R. O. Talbot four for 34. Old Collegians: 77 for two wickets (Chrystall 48).