HOW THEY FINISHED

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 76, 31 March 1941, Page 10

HOW THEY FINISHED

5 Middlcmrrc and Parnell Tie ! | For Fifth ! 1 Positions ot the trn tcam.i in thr VC.A. I i * E'i.*or efPipctliion which terminated last | ■

Wallace Surprises VV.th Ball.- Paincll'sj captain. \V. M wan certainly i (imll- le-piu: •'. >'.e lor tlic six-point win ;; e Mi..»-l I'iipal.lira Lai.ill. Not content \\illi| hi.- di.ubl.' <.■ 11Liii \ l.inl ivivl he excelled himself with 1.10 l>:ill on SSattmla) . hi! ('.imp's tun innings lie dismiss!-. 1 a tjt.ilj i\ ten l.ji-iiien Itiw 'ii cavli innings) tor r.S i mis. His uvi'iiijjo in the second inning, i lot' live for T was extraordinary, ..ml his medium-slow dclicerie.-i beat the batsmen j every time. I I deal's Sound Innings. (J. (.'. t leal once | ;.gain piov.cl l!ic iii.-iinelay or I'apaktna i I Lamp's batting atta.'.c on Saf.irday ami i made the lop M-uie tin hid side with 41. ' ILijiitj in on ■■> w t wicket lie at finst batted' ■a Ii L tic iiure cautiously liian is his wont, | | but' later opened out and played hi.-; usual; • forceful innitijts, hitting several boundaries. I For I'arncll M. L'la; k turned in a gooll |'bowling perfoi manej l.y dismissing four iCiinip batsuieo for 3S ia the second

innings Ciias.ng Six Points. | Playing tit Noit'n Shore against Pon-] soiiby-Balmorul. Urufloii declared in' both imiiiig.s, but just !'::!'.. d to g"t six points. ] (J. VNallaee, Ural'ton sk'tipcr, declared in j tin- second innings with 75 for lour I wickets, leaving I'onsonby to got ICU in ] about un hour and three-quarters. At j stumps I'ousouby had lost seven wickets ; fur IO.). I'Yr Oraftoii \). Williams and T. Cleave- wer> associated in a bright i fifth-wicket |>ai tnersiiip. which added 50 j i urns, the former getting 32 (not out) and: the latter 18. Barber wa- the best bowler, j clean-bowling Burke and 15. 11. Cleave in one of his overs. I Walters in Form. One of the best battint* efforts at Kden i'aik was by H. G. ' j Walters for North Shore against Eden. His contribution of Rj was of exceptional niciit. The wicket ivai difficult, and the ! conditions all agaiivt run-Retting. Walters j played a forcing game, and with clean. hard-driving, got runs at a good rate. Getting well over the b; 11. Walters played the half-volley in thj way it should be done, and was never «A fault. The spectators were auticipaii.-g him getting a century when he was dismissed. Middlemore Victory.—The Training College team found the task of getting 247 runs set by Middlemore too much for them, and the side was out for 147 runs. ('. A. Kingstone played a courageous, forceful innings in getting 41, and IT. •Tames played well to get 3S. Xone of the other batsmen could make headway against the Middlemore attack. V. M. Andrews had a good day, and collected six wickets for 45 runs. He kept a good length, and as the day advanced was able to turn the ball.

AT THE DOMAIN. \ , Kain made play impossible in three ot I the four matches that were set down for decision in the final ssries of suburban j matches at the Domain. The question whether the season will be extended one \ Saturday to allow of two day's play in i all four matches will be decided at a ' meeting of the management committee to- i night. 'Those who came along for the ! big day's cricket were not altogether dis- ! appointed however, for Air Force anil R.V. staged an interesting contest on the No. 4 wicket. After losing the toss Air Force obtained first use of a wicket that rendered the bowlers little assistance. A good start, which saw a hundred on the board for the loss of only three wickets was followed by a slump in which five wickets fell for only eleven runs. Tn the early stages a bright third-wicket stand by Scholium and Waters added 41 to the score in half an hour's play. The best effort with the bat, however, camp from Shanock, who was No. 10 on the batting list. He hit'with great power all around the wicket and in the course of his brief stay collected seven boundaries in a score of 41. Thanks chiefly to him the last two wickets added 60 runs in half nn hour. The innings closed for 173 and R.V. at stumps were three down for 43. Hook, of R.V., a slow medium trundler, was always dangerous. His fine figures of eight wickets for 95 off 15 overs bore ample evidence as to his skill. Even when hit around he returned for more punishment, but always got the reckless one in the end.

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