SMALL SCORING

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 295, 13 December 1943, Page 5

SMALL SCORING

BOWLERS ON TOP

GRAFTON THE EXCEPTION

Bowlers held command in the Auckland Cricket Association's championship matches on Saturday and some line performances were registered. This was rather surprising considering the conditions. Several batsmen, however, were dismissed through playing back to balfvolleys and being well beaten. Most wickets for the afternoon fell to the credit of R. R. McKay, the Parnell medium-fast trundler, who took six wickets for 32 runs. Next came J. Cowie, the North Shore captain and New Zealand representative, with five for 12. Ho was followed by C, Burke, the Grafton-Y.M.C.A. and Auckland spin bowler, five for 42. The one exception as far as batting was concerned was Grafton-Y.M.C.A. in its match against University-Middlemore. The iatter was dismissed for 118, only a ninthwicket partnership between P. lies (24) and F. M. Andrews <22), which yielded 33 runs, saving a debacle. Besides Burke, R. G. Emery, who used his attack judiciously, was responsible for the dismissal of four batsmen at a cost of 22 runs. Grafton lost R. H. Cleave with the total at x 7, Sut then D. C. Ritchie (45) and N. Ellis (5(3 noC out; tvere associauHl in a fine partnership which added 103 i-ufls and carried the side ahead of its opponent's total. Ellis was the more sound of the pair, playing many well-timed drives. Ritchie was fortunate to be missed behind the wickets in the earlier stages of his innings. Grafton had 120 on the board for two wickets at stumps.

Collapse or Parnell

Sensational bowling by Cowie and Parrish saw Parnell, this season s championship leaders, in a bad way at Devonport, when, on winning the toss and taking first knock on a good wicket, the side had lost six of its best batsmen with only li runs on the board. McKay and McDonald, and later McKay and Davidson, saved the visitors from a complete collapse whilst Goodsir hit a six and a four ' off two consecutive balls f rom Richards and Parnell was all out for 70. McKay, who went ill when three .wickets were down for nine, was last man out ?nr an excellent 34. Cowie was bowling better than ever and making the. ball lift a lot. In his fourth over (a maiden) he captured three wickets with £ our halls and his final analysis of five wickets for 19 runs off 7.1 overs was a fine piece of bnf .^ng Pe oT« e ar S d h< fbai"paLVa a nd br slx e wic S ke°t r reS e were P and rd n ftumpTwf drawn with 10 on the board for the loss of one wicKet. Seventeen Runs Needed With only one Zns% ' 'Ede^-Pon 5 still requn el 7 i . f A t one sonby-Balmoral s the colts would £ tage lit hp difficulty, but towards the end Edeii's who innings by,L. currie i a great dea i of has "f f 0l vi?Mt, ultimately fell to success at tne id . on by P. Michael, off WaUace who was playing for the W. M. Wallace, w. Ano ther batsman first time o-ood form and had more who showed nvnviousl.y was D. Ellis, who success than P , (t a critlca i stage. W. drove well fo - almost unchanged, j. Wheeler bo J ™ i g was the result The Colts' better b associated °f ? fl T ne A Forsman, for 45. The later SrefS in » "'<■ p!, "" e '' ship ' 1 " total being 129.