NORTH SHORE UNBEATEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 296, 14 December 1936, Page 14

NORTH SHORE UNBEATEN.

Rv beating Y.M.C.A. decisively on Saturday' North Shore added .vet another victory to their list. This team lias not been defeated vet. Shore, who batted first iast Saturday ween m the rain, rteclarea on Saturday for 235 for seven. All that y.M. could do was to reply with 11-. Something of a rot set in, prmcipal> <1 e to the bowling 0.t 3 Simpson, who ended the day with yet. another remarkable a\eraj,t of "seven wickets'(or' 52. This bowler has performed consistently this -season: So far he has taken 2.) wickets for 228 runs. His bowling on the Shore wicket is deadly—ns'. indeed. it» was on Saturday. Though lie bowled consistently all the afternoon, his length did iiot varv at all. while lie was turning back sharply' As luis. been stated before in these notes, he•has one ball which does notarise at'all. If it had happened once one would say it* was a "shooter, the ball having struck a fiaw in the pitch. But lie does it time and time again. It is 'an extraordinary ball. Curiously enough, on Saturday he seemed to be scored off more than usual, particularly by COoper, who took eight off him in one over. Yet liis average was good enough. Cooper was the most impressive of the Y.M. side. He got 34 and was by far the highest scorer. He got some pretty shots down the gully and through slips, getting most of them off Simpson. Anything loose lie punished. He was the only one who could handle Simpson. j Of the Y.M.CiA. bowlers Scott was the best. He took six wickets for CO. He sent down 10 overs of an impeccable i length. A medium pace bowler, he swings both ways. Curtayne and Archer batted excellently for Shore. The former carried his bat for 03, while the latter made two runs more. Both batted freely, getting runs in stylish fashion all round the wicket. 1 Scores were :— NORTH SHORE.—First Innings. \VaJters, b Scott 1 Emery, c Scott, b Harrison 21 Sale, lbw, b Scott 21 Bush, b Scott 23 Ferguson, lbw, b Scott 5 Curtayne, not out 63 Archer, c Bright, b Scott 65 Webb, lbw, b Scott 6 McDevitt. not out 19 Extras 11 ; Total for seven wickets (dec.) .. 235 Bowling: Harrison took one wicket for 72 runs, Scott six for 60, Elliott none for 44, Bright none for 18, Cooper none for 30. Y.M.C.A. —First Innings. Elliott, c Webb, b Simpson 7 Bright, c Sale, b Simpson 2 Sutherland, c Curtayne, b McDevitt 5 Hook, b Simpson 18 Cooper, c Em<;ry. b Sale 34 Gillespie, lbw, b Simpson 1 Solomon. lbw, b McDevitt S I'aton, b Simpson 7 Scott, b Simpson 18 .Duke, not out 7 Harrison, lbw, b Simpson 7 Extras . . 4 Total ; 118 Bowling": Simpson seven wickets for 52, Emery none for 7, McDevitt two for 27. ; Dacre none for 11, Sale one for 9, Bush ■ none for 3. j Second Innings. . i Duke, not out 17 1 Bright, c Webb,- b Simpson 0 Sutherland, run out . 2 Total for two wickets 19 IJ