CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 42, 20 February 1933, Page 11

CRICKET.

THE CLUB GAMES.

LOW SCORES GENERAL. ' MOST RUNS BY KING'S 0.8. Low scoring was the general order of the day in the A.C.A. senior matches on Saturday". North Shore got Eden out for 104 runs, and then put on 123 for three; Ponsonby went for 125 against Parnell, ■who, in turn, lost five wickets for 81; Y.M.C.A. made only 140 against Grafton, who have 102 on without loss. King's Old Boys stayed most of the afternoon at the wicket against University, compiling 278 runs, and the students in the last twenty minutes lost one wicket for 15. Batsmen who got above the half-century were Pearson (89) and J. D. Lewis (57), for King's, and C. Kerr (64 not out) for Grafton. -• Good bowling averages were obtained by Saundere (North Shore), five for 12; Burke (Grafton) five for 32, Vivian (Parnell) four for 28, Goodeir (Parnell) three for 29, and Garrard (University) six for 61. EDEN BEHIND SHORE. A brisk opening knock by Mills and Postles put Eden in a favourable position in their gnme over the water, but their first wicket advantage was not sustained, the remaining batsmen, excepting A. F. Weir, tailing to get double figures. Mills' contribution included eight fours, but he absolutely gave his wicket away in attempting to score "sixers," and the easiest of catches in the outlield was accepted by Ces Dacre. With four wickets down for 83, Eden still had a chance of getting a respectable total, but Saunders bad the measure of the batsmen all the time, and he was imparting plenty of spin into his deliveries, and left the batsmen guessing. Saunders 'finished up with easily the best bag of wickets, and the best average for the senior games. Dacre bowled well, six of his overs being mnideus, and ho was unlucky not to be credited with a wicket or two. That the bowlers had the upper hand throughout may be gauged from the fact that 18 of the 47 overs were maidens. Shore commenced their innings confidently, Sale and Bush taking the score past Eden's total. Sale, particularly, gave his usual bright display, and it will be interesting to see how things shape in the spcond innings, as Eden never have had the luck of the game when taking first strike, and usually come to light in their second venture—and often too late. Scores:— EDEN—First innings. J. Mills, c Dacre, b Saunders ....... 48 A. J. Postles, lbw, b Saunders ...... 12 A. Wilkinson, b Coates 2 A. F. Weir, c Nicholas 13 H. Gillespie, lbw, b Saunders 3 W. MacGregor, run out 5 G. Langton, b Nicholas 0 D. Mcßae, lbw, b Saunders 4 Mcßae, lbw, b Saunders 6 S. Newdiek, b Saunders 2 G. McNabb, not out 1 Maher, b Nicholas 4 Extras 3 Total 104 Bowling: Saunders took five wickets for 12 runs, Nicholas three for 38, Coates one for 14, Dacre none for 20. NORTH SHORE.—First Innings. Edmunds, b Newdiek 23 Curtayne, c Mills, b Mcßae 19 Sale, not out 42 Ferguson, c and b Mcßae 5 Bush not out 22 Extras 12 Total for three wickets 123

KING'S OLD BOYS START WELL. The , first hour or so of the innings of King's College Old Boys against University on Saturday was snail-pace, although the opening batsmen imparted plenty of vigour to their work. The restraint was induced by accurate and consistent bowling by Bush and Matheson, relieved occasionally by Schnauer and Garrard. The batsmen played the right game for the type and quality of the trundling. , Lewis was more prolific at the crease, playing some good pull shots and glances. McMillan was going strongly with cuts and occasional driving. The latter was cleverly caught in the slips by Garrard off Schnauer, whose leg stuff was not. easily dealt with at times. Pearson and Lewis went well together, rattling up tho total from 83 to 115 runs, wheri Lewis (57), who had made a valuable etand for 80 minutes, played over a high deceptive medium-paced delivery from Garrard. L. Johnson supported Pearson with vigour, and the pair had hoisted another 50 runs by 4 p.m. Soon after the adjournment, when Simpson succeeded Johnson, who had got his leg in front to Matheson, the rate of scoring was brisker with Pearson'a sheer delight. Batting flexibly and with easy footwork, he was keeping the fieldsmen on the run. After Pearson left with 230 runs on for five wickets, the bowlers, Garrard and Matheson, got on top, and the last five wickets fell for less than 50. Scores:— KING'S OLD BOYS.—First Innings. D, J. Lewis, b Garrard 57 N , . H. McMillan, c Garrard, b Bush.. 31 Iα Johnson, lbw, b Matheson 17 J. B. Simpson, c Schnauer, b Matheson 30 G. T. Jackson, c Spenee, b Garrard 31 H. P. Pearson, b Garrard Si) P. B. McCarthy, hit wicket, b Garrard. 0 K. H. Wilson, b Garrard 0 J. K. Coath, b Garrard 1 F. M. Andrews, not out 'J J. Palmer, c Sutherland, b Matheson .. 0 Extras 20 Total 278 Bowling: Garrard took six wickets for 61 runs, Matheson three for 73, Bush one for 72, Schnauer none for 51. UNIVERSITY.—First Inning* P. Sutherland, not out 8 L. Piekmere. b Simpson 1 A. Grove, not out 6 Total for one wicket 15 Y.M.C.A.'S COLLAPSE. T.M.C.A. looked like giving Grafton a day's leather-hunting when Cooper (42) and Frater (46) put on 87 runs for the third wicket, and the score was 135 for five. Then came a miserable collapse, the last five wickets adding only five runs, four or which Burke secured for three. Then Horspool (37) and C. Kerr (64) took toll of the Y.M.C.A. bowling, and at the bell had 102 runs without loss, giving Grafton every chance of the ultimate win. Scores:— Y.M.C.A. —First Innings. J. M. Smith, c Kerr, b Horspool 13 Sutherland, c Everson, b Kerr ....... 18 Cooper, c Rateliffe, b Lyon ......... 42 Fraterr, e Angus, b Burke .......... 46 Elliott, b Lyon ..; 13 Webb, et Everson, b Burke 0 Airey, c McCormick, b Burke ........ t 2 Stow.ell, st Everson, b Burke .-. 0 H. Lyon, c and b Burke 1 L. S. Smith, not out 1 Extras 4 Total I*o. Boiling: Cowie no wickets for 34, Lyon two for 33, Kerr one for 21, Horspool one for Iβ, Burke five for 32. GRAFTON,—First Innings. Kerr, not out .££ Horspool, not out - «»' Extras i Total for no wickets 102 PONSONBY'S POOR SHOWING. It was a day of slow cricket on No. 1 at Eden Park on Saturday, when Ponsonby batted first against Parnell. The winners of the toss, Ponponby, went in, showing that their skipper considered it a batsman's wicket but his team could only make a total of 123 for about 21 fours' play. The hnwlers were on top all the day. inen Sell in, and things looked rosy for them? but by stumps they had five down for 81 so that the game has been evened up a little It is scarcely so much a cast of which team will.do better, as which will do the worse.. Whitelaw is hanging on for * Vr'hTps WSt SStgfe incident in the hi s? nraeticailv on the bottom of their bats they.soi run". Bell hit Vivian for a Srreat dx. but then he seemed to brcome nervous again and played back on the defence. Nevertheless It was, from th« point of view of run getting, the beet partnership of the Bide.

The fielding of b.ith sides was keen, but that was about all that could be said foi :t, particularly of Ponsonby's. The ground work of the latter team was far from accurate, while they gave more than enough runs away by their erratic throwing-in. The catching was fairly good, and Whitelaw accepted a hard one In slips to dismiss Snedden. Vivian was the most successful bowler, with four for 28. He and the other slow, McCoy, seemed to be getting a lot of spin on the ball, and they both used the wicket for all it was worth. McCoy judged his flighting well, so that the Ponsonby players did not know whether to play back or forward, and generally were caught between two minds. Goodslr rather marred a solid afternoon's bowling by sending down six no-balls, and from the grandstnnd it looked as though a considerable number more might have been adjudged the same. That was also true of Cleverley, who was sailing close to the wind most of the time. For Ponsonby. Cleverley came off the pitch with considerable venom. He seemed faster than he has been for some time. Out of five wickets already down, he has three to his credit, two bowled cleanly, Hay and Hawke. Judging by the stance of the batsmen he was swinging, Snedden was a useful change to the medium-fnst bowler. As with the other shows, he used the wicket to get a lot of turn on the ball. He it was who got Vivian. Whitelaw is still going strong, though he gave a difficult chance in slips before he entered his first decade. Thereafter he batted in his usual careful way, getting most of his runs in front of the wicket and on the leg side. Whon Hay, Vivian, McCoy, Hawke and Scholium went cheaply—particularly Seholluin, who was run out before he saw any play at all hardly—Whitelaw settled down to dig in. It sepmed the only thing to do. Still, after he had got past the first few overs and had entered double figures, he showed his care was not mainly owing to respect for the bowling. Scores were:— PONSONBY.—First Inning* McLeod, Ibw, b McCoy 7 T. Clark, c Hay, b Vivian 25 Snedden. c Whitelaw', b Goodsir .... 11 Monteith, b Goodsir 0 Smith, c Scholium b Wallace 8 F. Clark, c McCoy, b Vivian .'. 10 Stewart, e Hay, b Vivian 0 Bell, b Goodsir 10 Cleverley, not out ■ 16 Williams, b Vivian ... 12 Scarborough, b McCoy 0 Extras 17 Total 125 Bowling: Goodsir took three for 29, Whitelaw none for 1 ; McCoy two for 32, Wallace one for 13, Duncan none for 5, Vivian four for 28. PARNELL.—First Innings. Whitelaw, not out 29 Hay, b Cleverley 0 McCoy, c T. Clark, b Cleverley 8 Vivian, b Snedden 19 Hawke, b Cleverley 3 Scholium, run out 0 SLehr, not out -.... 5 Extras 8 Total for five wickets 81 WEIXINerTON CONTESTS. THREE CENTURIES SCORED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Sunday. Most inconsistent performances marked the opening of the second round of the senior cricket championship competition yesterday, when the wickets were easy after rain on Friday night and a strong northerly wind was blowing. A sharp contrast was afforded by the two matches played on the Basin Reserve. Wellington College Old Boys fell for 111 (Du Chateau 37) before Wellington, for whom Blundcll took four wickets ior 47, Cousins two for 23, Morgan two for 21, and Symes two ior 11. Pursloe (five for 3S) bowled so well that Wellington, at stumps, had eight wickets down for 112 (Airey 39). In the other match on the same ground Midland scored 303 for five wickets, K. W. Tindill 121, and W. A. Baker 104, putting on 220 for the the first wicket against Petone. This is Baker's second century in successive innings. Kilblrnie scored 200 (W. Christopherson 109) against Hutt, for whom Judd took five for 98. Hutt scored 35 for two wickets. University totalled 187 (Paetz 53 not out) against Institute, which made 19 for one wicket. CANTERBURY SEMI-FnSTAIJS. ESCOTT NOTCHES A CENTUEY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. The semi-final round in the cricket championship began yesterday in hot weather with a nor'-west wind blowing. All the fields were very dry. Lancaster Park batted first against Riccarton and was all out for 2CO (Hawkins 37, Fleet 46, Dryden 36, Kerr 68). Roberts took four wickets for 31. Riccarton scored four for no wicketa. Sydenham, against Old Collegians, scored 36G for nine wickets (WaUburton 40, Fallon 42, Bellamy 82, King 66). West Christchurch, against East Christchurch, scored 325 (.Gregory 53, Hayes 67, Vincent 93). East Christchurch lost no wicketa for live. Old Boys, against St. Albans, scored 316 (Escott 137, Burrows 81). St. Albans lost ona for 77 (Crawford 44 not out).