SHORE SURPRISED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 282, 29 November 1938, Page 17

SHORE SURPRISED.

LAST OVER OF DAY.

'VARSITY CHASE SIX POINTS.

CLUB CRIOKET IK REVIEW.

Saturday 1 . games at Eden p ark . ?mP hM,sed that the cricket honour, this TlT On , B ° in * tO be keen,y I hough the results of the .erie. aeemed i-TtaiD that was 80me element of eurprise in Graf ton getting the maximum points, and larnell holding Eden to a draw i hat it u ri»ky to take everything for uranted at the close of the day was emphasised in the North Shore-University n.-lch. Simpeon, Shore's last batsman, ready to go home with only about a quarter of an hour left for play, and neither he. nor his captain, thought it worth while him changing and going out to bat. However, when Shore's innings was nominally "declared." with nine wickets down there was a quarter of an hour left for play, or ninrc correctly five minutes, allowing for the ten minute interval. .Matheeon. the 'Varsity skipper. surprised IJacre by intimating that he intended to try and turn the match into a Aix-pointer in that live minutes with 21 run. required. And. of course, Matheson had every right to do so. But if Simpson had put hie side in a precarious position he. soon made amends for it. He cleanhowled Matheeon and Cooper, and only three ot the 21 runs required were scored. Ft. Garrard showed that his break bowling is still an asset to the students, for in his first game of the season he took <"iKht wickets fbr 88, and incidentally put himself at the head of the club bowling averages. POSITIONS OF THE TEAMS. Out. Ist No right. Ins. ro Ch. P. W. L. W. L, suit. pte. • irnfton 4 l - i i i is Inlvereity 4 - - 3 1 - 13 EfJfn 4 - - l> 1 l 11 V M.C.A 4 - - - l I J} North Shore .... 4 - - •_• 2 - io MlddUrrtore 4 - - 1 l 8 I'on.-Hal 4-1111 7 I'«rnell 4 - - - a l 5 BATTING. Ins. N.O. H.S. Runs. At. V. J. Scott (VM) 3 a 102 412 20ti.00 H. T. Pearson (M) 4 1 106 s<l 80.33 A. Thompson (B) 5 4 31 31 51.00 *utherlaad (VM) 5 - 114 253 so.eO L Johmoß (P-B) 5 1 103*195 48.75 H. Cpttmll (p-B) H 1 82 241 48.25 I'. W. Bjerley (G) 4 1 83 127 42.83 «'. C. Dacre (Nβ) 5 1 HI 163 40.75 D. V. Martin (M) 4 1 09* 122 40.66 I*. B. Marvin <P) 4 2 38* 80 40.00 A. Matheeon (U) 5 - 111 199 39.80 A. J. Postlea (£) 4 - 60 153 38.23 l>. Webb <N8) ... 5 1 86 131 37.75 I- SI. Smith (M) r> 2 51* 112 37.73 W. M. Wallace (P) 4-80 139 34.75 V. 8. Bale <N8) . e 1 103 , 171 34.20 r. JackßMa (U) 8 - 52 102 34.00 H. O. VtTtan (P) 4-67 135 33.75 P. WintanM JM> 3 J ST 67 33.50 N. MeMabon (B> 2 ' - 56 .01 30.50 ■I. B. Mill* (B) .. 4 - 05 120 30.00 »'. Burke CO) ... 4 - B8 116 29.00 J. L'OWle (O> ... 3 - 74 8« 28.66 IC. Cleave (P-B) 6 - 154 171 28..-.O Wilkinson -><YM&4 1 52 -*4 28.00 K. Cantlay (K) 4 - 50 ill 27.75 V. C. Butler »U) 5 1 42 107 26.75 <;. Barges* (B) . 5 - 78 132 26.40 i>. 8. Cleal <P-B) 6 1 51* 129 25.80 1.. B. Virlan (M) 4-44 103 25.75 A. MeLeae (P) .4 - 42 101 25.25 N. Bills (O) 3 - 47 75 23.00 N. Martin (O) .. 4 - 62 JOO 23.00 1.. Archer <N8) . « 1 65 J22 24.40 K. Andrews (M) 3 1 2B 47 23 50 W. Cooper <U) .. 5 .- 54 115 23.00 w. M. Winter (U) 4 - 32 01 22.75 K. MeArthiir (NSj 6 1 Mr 108 2160 r>. Cleverley (M) 2 1 13 20 20.00 Walters (NS) ... 6 1 50 100 20.00 BOWLING. (Minimum six wickets.) Wkts. Huns. Ar. l>. n. Garrard (U.> .... 8 88 11.00 A. ■. Wilkinson (Y.M.) 17 207 12.18 <i. L. Weir (E.) 7 f>o 12.85 ■I. B. Blmpson (N.S.) ... 22 288 13.09 •'. Burke (O.< 11 157 14.27 I* B. Hcbnmirr (U.) .... 10 143 14 30 A. M. Matbemm (V.) ... 17 244 14.35 F. Cowie (G.) Iβ 2"17 14.48 r> Webb (N.S.) 8 117 14.62 n. K. Warnef<ir«l (I'.-B.) 8 124 15.50 V. f. Butler (U.» ft 141 15.66 M. Williamson (P.-B.) . t; 107 17.66 H. JT. H. HarrlMon <E.) 10 178 17.80 K. M.Nahb (P.-B.) - 12 231 19.25 .1. holts (O.) 11 288 20.72 11. (I. Vivlnn (P.) 8 168 21.00 D. 1,. M. Martin (M) .. 6 128 21.83 P. C. Cleverlpy (M.) .. 16 843 21^*3 K. finihnm (P> « 140 23.83 !•. M. AnrirewM (M.) .... 8 234 28.25 K. S. Arklnstiill tit.) .. « 176 29.33 Plenty of Incident. The North Shore-'Varsit.v gmne wae at least spirited and punctuated with incident. On the previous week a fourth wicket stand by Matheeon and Jackman had put university in the lend on the first innings, and they were nearly 60 runs to the good when Jackman wae bowled by Simpson after a sound innings. Mnthcson carried on to 111 before being bowled in attempting a big hit. W. H. Cooper (54) and Butler (42) were responsible for a lively partnership that added 100 runs, practically the rest of 'Varsity's score. Cooper, in the course of an fldventurioue inninga, had several lives, but played strokes which indicated promise of a good inninga later from him. Once he got the pace of the pitch, Butler drove and tW)uarc-cut strongly. North Shore wiped off their deficit of 1W runs and had 20 to spare, when the innings closed with about fourteen minutea left for play, and, when the ten minutes adjournment between innings had been taken, 'Varsity had to get 21 runs in an over to get the outright win. They lost two wicket* and got 3 runs, and the win on the first innings. Sale's 105 not out was the highlight of Shore's secoad innings, his runs coming from strong* drives and leg ehote. It was m faultless inninga. wheeler, a lefthander, hit hard for his 29, but was dropped twice in one over, off Garrard. Dncre's 24 was a dash of vivid colour, in that he opened with a couple of quiet single*, hit three successive sixes and a four off Matheson, and then trod on hie wicket in playing back defensively to Oarrard. Victory To Bowltrs. Againet the double handicap of big leeway on the firat inaings, and a soft wickot which became tricky aa it dried, the PoiMonby-Bahnoral eleven did their best to etave off defeat by Orafton, but the odd* were too great. Although they managed to compile 188 rune in their second innings, and took three valuable Grafton wickets for 42, the eix-point victory which lifted Graf ton to the top of the championship (along with University) wa* a clear-cut and decisive win. Burke was the outstanding bowler of the day, rapturing eix wickete with hi* spin deliveries, and .T. Butler bettered Malcolm Rowntree'a performance of the previoue Saturday behind the etumps by taking four catchea with the gloves.

Only three of Poneonby'e batsmen, Cotterall (88), F. Clark (42) and C. Cleal (51 not out) got to double figure, but their effort* did much to redeem the failure of the rest. Rarely have five eixee been hit in * quarter of ani hour by one bateman at Eden Park, but Clark did thw with such vigour that one ball wae actually lost on vacant land beyond Sandringham Pond. It wae lucky for Graf ton that their u»W wae a small one, when they went in to bat shortly after 4 o'clock, for the widset iu now breaking up. r.. MeXuWVn faet one* were bumping dangerously, an 4 mPWhica struck D. William*

clinched matte™! top - Bpinners venomou,-

Draw All The Way. Park^n^s'f 81 . C ' ickCt ° pt,mist at Ede » & *V -» '-.u4.e h \w'-t y ™nd £ W 37 thrown away by a late start. i?IL Id,y1 d,y . Thu ™*ay's watering and •übeequent ra.n made it a precarious job to play forward to any bowlinu «pecialy the spinners. Although the CU " a, lervyn W «»"ce opened the mmngs, only /8 runs were on the board

At that stage New Zealand's best allWallace. Ihey did tl.eir best to force the pace and actually put on 108 in partnership, but as often happens, both were dismissed in close sequence. Throe more w.ckets fell quickly, then the youthful Brian Warner helped L. R. Marvin m an invaluable seventh wicket stand. Pn e r it 7 ? a, l his bilt U »J enabling I arnell to halve the points. Lindsay Weir got to work just before tea, when he got one past A. McLean, whose stubborn resistance no doubt saved I arnell from defeat. Except for Wallace who fell to Alt I'oKtlesl. "Dad" collected the rest of the wickets. His characteristic swing away to the slips had all the batsmen nonplussed, as testified by his magnificent HgiilPs of six for 41. fcven tin- fast bowlers were able to keep the opposition quiet in the condition*- for instance Colin isiiedden went down no fewer than IS overs tor "JO runs. The Wallace "Incident." When Wall.icp had scored only a dozen runs ~n Saturday he pulled the youthful lliompson (px-S.M.T.C skipper) hi-li towards the boundary. That sale fieldsman Xocl Me Malion was handy and he appeared to have judged the catch nicely. i In the act of taking the ball, however, it ecenis that he put a foot back over the i boundary linn and instead of Wallace retiring to the pavilion he was credited with sixer. The fielder himself signalled this to the umpire. No doubt McMahon "played the game' , in its spirit, but there were some who declared that he had completed the taking of the ball before he stepped across the chalk line. A similar incident occurred in Dunedin when Jack Mills wan playing for Auckland against (Plunket Shield) four summer* ago. In that instance there was distinct lapse of time, after he had taken I , '. T. Badcock off L. F. Townsend, before the fieldsman went over the line, which was just infridc the fence. As the impetus took Mills on to the palings there was an animated discussion whether he had crossed the boundary before the catch was in fact made. Follow-on Saved. Middlemore spent most of the afternoon on No. 1 wicket in battling to avoid the follow-on in facing Y.M.C.A.'e solid ecore of 350, and, thanks to a determined knock of 99 not out by D. L. M. Martin, the left-handed Rugby representative (who wa* very unlucky to miee hie century by one run when the. laet wicket fell), the | Old Boys ran to 280, and saved a point out of the game. Heavy morning showers on the hard-rolled pitch had made the surface treacherous, and while this handicapped the bowler* somewhat it cramped the style of the batenien and anchored them to the popping crease.

Before tea the ateady bowling of H. ■T. H. Harrkon, Stepheneon, Scott and Ivan Cooper pinned the batemen down. and Middlemore were in a bad way with eix out for 137 at {he tea interval. Then Martin opened out on a drying wicket and scored freely with vigorous and weilfiniehed ehote, F. Abbott (27) giving solid support to bring 200 up. F. M. Andrews (29) had a short life and a gay one, with five boundaries to hie credit, and wax unlucky to be run out when the position wae nearly safe.

The laet wicket, with Don Cleverley watchful and Martin bitting at everything, saved the day, but C!r\erley fell with a hot return to Coop<«r just when everyone was waiting to acclaim Martin's fine fighting innings for the century he ao juetly deserved, but narrowly mieeed.

In half an hour'e batting Y.M. lost two wickete to smart stumping by Peter Williams, while A. F. Wilkinson had bagged 24 not out by some free hitting. In Middlemore'e innings Harrison, with three for 34, bowled steadily, and was well backed up by Stevcneon, but Ivan Cooper, who had kept the batsmen quiet before tea, wa* on too long, and suffered from the aggreaeivenese of Martin and Andrews. Wilkineon, who was heading th« senior bowling averages, was unable to do much on the dead wicket, and had 59 knocked off him without claiming a victim, but hi* batting wae useful, with a total for the match of 76 for once out. Four or five years ago, before he went to Tauranga, an occasional century went to his credit for Eden seniors.