CRICKET.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18961, 28 March 1927, Page 13

CRICKET.

• SECOND TEST. HEAVY SCORING. MELBOURNE TEAM'S GREAT DISPLAY. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON. March 2G. The Second Test match between the Melbourne Club team and the New Zealand eleven was resumed in perfect weather with a light, southerly breeze. The veteran, D. McKenzie, umpired in place of P. It- Waddy, who left the field under eucn unfortunate circumstances yesterday. With one wicket down lor i" runs, Rausiord {2> and Onyons (2) resumed Melbourne's innings, and Mcliirr continued the uowlmg.

liansiord cockou one up iium Cunjiiiigiiii'W, buL JiernU was just unable to °et to it. Two ams inter he Cunningham into Merritt's hands at 6Uo:t square-leg, Out tlio Canterbury lad was unable to hold a hot chance. Ransford brought oO up lor 40 minutes play with -i boundaries oft McGirr. With the total at 56, Merritt relieved McGirr, oil whose live overs 32 runs had eome, and one wicket. Onyons •was shaping very soundly. A "wrong 'un" from Merritt tied Ransford up and narrowly missed the sticks. After sending down seven overs for 28 runs Cunningham gave way to Blunt. Merritt was tossing the ball well up to the batsmen and beat Ransford a couple of times with leg-breaks, which came fast off the pitch.

Steady Scoring. Runs came steadily, but the batsmen had to watch the two slow bowlers carefully. The first hundred came up in as many minutes, and the rate of scoring quickened. Bowling Changes. ) At 116, Henderson relieved Mcrritt, cff whose live overs 27 runs had come. Eansford reached 50 for 80 minutes' play. Onyons reached his 50 after 95 minutes. At 130, Oliver had a try >n place of Blunt, whose four overs had cost 24 runs. , , . .With 163 on, Merntt came back in place of Henderson, whose five overs had cost 19 overs. At 168, McGirr relieved Oliver, who had bowled steadiy, sending down four overs for 13 runs. Blunt let a snick by Hansford off the new bowler go through his hands. The pair were still together at the luncheon adjournment,, the board showing 195 up for one wicket, Eansford 83 and ■ Onyons 84. The partnership had added Kace for Centuries. On resuming at 1.45 p.m., Merritt took up the bowling. Eansford brought 200 up for 143 minutes' play. There was a race for the century between the two batsmen, who had been running neck , and neck all the morning. Both men 'moved into the nineties. Batting very soundly, Eansford reached the coveted goal first, alter having been at the. wickets foi 155 minutes. A straight drive by Onyons for three off McGirr in the next over also gave him his eenjjnry... •.. .. .;._ - : ■-. '" . ' Hansford Bowled. After 165 minutes' play, and with the : total at 230, Merritt came on id place of Henderson. The Canterbury ' colt could not strike a length, and runs came fast. Hansford scored eleven off McGirr's over. Two hundred and fifty came up for T7o minutes' play, when Eansford, who dS jad been at the wickets for 165 mintites for 116, was clean bowled by a particularly stood delivery from Merxitt. Hansford hit fourteen fours and his partnership with Onyons had added 235 for the second wicket. 250—2—116.

Johnstone's Short Innings. Johnstone joined Onyons, who was then 105. Merritb was : applauded for 'Bending down a- good maiden, ..which had Onyons tied up. At 260, Blunt took the baU from McGirr, and the New Zealand equivalent for Mailey and Grimmett were again operating at the same time. Off Merritt. Johnstone went out to • ©ne.iaiio. missed, but Lowry failed to take the ball, and missed a great , chance A couple of balls later John, stone went across and played one witn his pads, and the ball cannoned on to the wicket. Merritt had now taken wickets for (Jo. 2fi8 —o —B. Onyons Nearly Caught. Saiidford joined Onyons, who- wras 119, but was none too happy to Merritt At 278, Cunningham was tried again, and at 290, McGirr again "had a try at the bowling, Onyons being nearly caught off him by Cunningham, who' jumped and just got one hand to the hall. Fourteen 'came from this over, and this brought 300 up for 215 minutes' play. ; Buns at a Hurricane Pace. : ' Etuis were now coming at a hurricane pace. McGirr was proving expensive. Onyons- reached 100 m -•« minutes. , . . , . Blunt was the nest bowler tried, bat the New Zealanders were kept mo y in £ in the field, and it was noticed that Oliver. Dacre. and Blunt had developed limps. . , The 350 came up in 230 minutes. Lowry was persevering with Mcbirr, ten coming off his seventeenth over.

Onyons Stumped. At 366, Dacre was tried for the- first "time, and off the last ball.of the over Onyons went for a grand slam init missed Lowry whipped off the bails, with tiie batsman down on one knee. The umpire, McKenzie, put his hand •up in answer to the appeal, but tlio batsman remained at the crease, it appeared as if the batsman's toe was on the lino. In Dacre's next over, however, the New Zealand side had better luck, as Lowrv again whipped off the bails and this time the decision Trent against Onyons. A Masterly Display. The retiring batsman had been n} the wickets for 250 minutes for h' s 180. He gave a masterly display, hitv ting freely at all parts of the field. No fewer than twenty boundary shots figured in his score His partnership with Sandford had added 110 for the fourth wicket. 378—4—180. T. Armstrong joined Sandford, who ,- was 46, and-at the tea adjournment ." the score stood at 397, Sandford being 56. and T. Armstrong 10. On resuming "at 4.6, Henderson bowled with the breeze, and Blmit dropped Armstrong in the slips off the first ball.

Sandford Caught Four hundred came up for 260 minutes 1 play, and MeGirr operated with a new ball. Sandford, in backing" up, had a narrow escape from being nm out. when Mills hit the wicket, but the. umpire, McKenzie, ruled in the batsman's favour. "Hey, go and get a pair of glasses,'' jelled a wag in line with the popping ; ,\ crease. T i./^? 6 batemea opened out to MeGirr, ,- kitting twelve off hia next over. Tha

first ball of Henderson's eleventh over saw the end of Sandford. who had given an exhilarating display for 50, which included five fours. Lowrv took a catch at the. second attempt off Hondersoin 418—5—50. T. Armstrong lbw. Wood partnered T. Armstrong, who was 25, but with the total at 423, B'unt cot the latter Ibw. T. Armstrong had hit vigorously for his score of 30. 423 —O-30. The First Sixer. Campbell was the next and 4-50 came up after 30-5 minutes' play. Henderson, who had l>owled 14 overs for b~ runs and one wicket gave wav at 40'3 to Merritt, and Wood promptly hit him aver the square log boundary lor the first sixer of the match, ten coming from the over. After scoring 20 in resolute fashion, Wood was beaten bv an off break from Merritt. 47G—7—29. Rodgerson came next, but Lnvry smartly stumped him off Blunt-. '77— B—2. Punching Full-tossers. Ebeling joined Campbell, who was 17 and Dacre took the" ball from Merritt. The score was taken to 436 where Merritt again came into action. The colt was overtossing them and the batsmen got out and punched them on the full to«s. With the total at 493. Campbell, who had shaped brightly for 2C>, plavcd one on from Blunt, aiid as Warwick Armstrong did not bat the innincrs, which had lasted for 310 minutes, closed for 193. Stumps were drawn for the dav, when the innings closed at 5.25 p.m.' Scores:—

GRADE MATCHES.

CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION. FINAL ROUND'" STARTED. The tenth anil final round of grade matches was commenced on Saturday in fine weather. Riccarton had already won the championship, and as Saturday's senior games had no bearing on the result, not much interest was shown, except by the cricketers themselves. Riccarton v. East Christchurch. At Lancaster Park, East Christchurch put Ep the mediocre total of 203 against bowling that did not look difficult, and singles in abundance were lost. Gorrie opened Riccarton's innings with a rush, and he had scored 33 before a run had been scored by the other batsman. Scores: — EAST CBRISTCHUKOH. First Innings. G. 31. Gregory, lbw, b Rix .. .. 57 T. F. Mullan, c Puller, b Gibbs .. 5 K Weston, b Gibbs .. .. 20 A. Brown, ran out .. .. ' .. 24 J. McEwin, b Rix .. . . .. 47 E: Brosnahan. c Gorrie, b Rix . . 17 M. G. Elliott, o and b Bix . . . . 6 G. O'Reilly, lbw, b Powell .. 0 J. P. Flood, c Cox, b Rix .. .. 17 Cadenhead, not out .. .. .. 7 J. Phelps, o Gorrie, b Gibbs .. .. 0 Extras .. .. ' •. 3

Total .. .. .. 203 Bowling analysis—C. G. Gibbs, 12.3 overs, 3 maidens, 37 runs, 3 wickets; C. E. Evans, 11 overs, 73 runs, 1 no ball; J. L.. Powell, 10 overs, 2G runs, 1 wicket, 1 no ball; C. T. Rix, 16 overs, 3 maidens, 64 runs, 5 wickets, RICCARTON. First Inniugs. O. T. Gorric, b Gregory .. . . 52 J. L. Powell, e Gregory, b Hullan ~ 0 G. W. Haines, c Mullan, b McEwin .. 0 A. Cos, not out . . •. .. 12 A. Roberts, not out .. 2 Total for 3 wickets . . 66 linwood v. Sydenham. At Sydenham Park, Linwood batted first against what in Cunningham's absence, was a" very mediocre attack, and their total of 15S was poor. Sydenham gave an even worse display, seven wickets going for 74. Scores: — LINWOOD. First Innings. G. 31. Condliffe, c Bellamy, b Robertson 2S N. Jones, b Robertson .. .. 20 R. Read, b Patrick . . ... ■ . . 18 T. Kennedy, Ibw, b Patrick .. .. 1^ F. Kerr, b Bellamy 32 C. S. Orchard, b Bellamy .. ..36 ,T. Prosper, b Bellamy . . .. 0 J. Logics c Patrick, b Sincock .. 0 S. Yates, b Sincock .. .. 3 T. llardon, lbw, b Bellamy .. .. 0 K. Weston, uot out .. .. 0 Extras •. ' • • .. 14

Total . . • . .. 158 Bowling analysis—T. Sincock, 11.7 overs, 2 maidons, 56 runs, 2 wickets; J. Kobortson, 10 overs, 3 maidens, 37 runs, 2 wickets; W. 11. Patrick. 8 overs, 1 maiden, 27 runs, 2 wickets; V.. Gasson, 2 overs, 18 runs; F. Bellamy, 3 overs, 1 maiden, G runs, 4 wickets. SYDENHAM. First Innings. J. Robertson, b Read .. .. 14 C. Ayliiis, hit wkt, b Yates .. .. 0 J. Philpott, b Kennedy . . .. 2 R. Wallburton, b Read .. .. 4 \V. Oliver, b Read .. .. 0 W. R. Patrick, b Kennedy .. .. 22 E ' Gasson, not out . . .. S y' Bellamy, c Condliffe, b Kennedy .. 4 S.' Patrick! not out .. .. .. 4 Extras • • • • .. la Total for 7 wickets \. 74 St. Albans v. West Chrlstchurch. At Haglcy Park, St. Albans put up a sensational "performance against West Christchurch, batting- the whole afternoon for the lc*s of only four wickets. Woods, . whose, partnership with Crawford put on 134, played masterly cricket for his century. When four wickets were down for 194 North joined Dorcen, and the pair carried on from ten nrmiles to 4 until 6 o clock, the unbroken art 'crsh p adding 311. Doreen . played l; nc "icket fcr his runs, which included nine, sixes. Scores:ST. ALU AN S. First Innings. C G Crawford, b Cocks ... •■ C2 y Woods, st Hayes, b Blank .. 105 C.' Follocn, b Hawkes . •• •• lb 11. Xorrie, c and b jMant ■• » N. Doreen, r.ot out -* HZ H. North, not out .. •• •• &, Extras •• ' - " "'_L.

Total for four ' wickets innings cloS il d i 9 -J L. Findlay, 8 overs, Bowling £ K 1 maiden 58 n>»»j Booth> 5 over 9, 59 runs, 1 wickcl. • oV(?rs> „ maiden 3 runs; J. «• P? .. V Yates, 8 overs, 73 80 runs 1 *«**; f r mE ideu, 17 wickets.

H. 3. Old Boys v. Old Collegians. Old Boys fared badly against Old Collegians in the early part of the innings, five wickets being down for 17. After this, however, the batsmen dominated the game, and kept Old Collegians in the field the whele afternoon. Scores OLD BOYS. First Innings. D. C. Nixon, bG. L. Talbot .. ..13 J. T. Burrows, Ibw, bG. L. Talbot .. 3 IS. Graham, b Sugden .. .. ..7 V. K. Powell, run out •• ■• ..1 C. G. Armstrong, c Ball, b Pengelly .. 6 S. K. Carleton, c Jackman, b Ball .. 08 I. B. Cromb, c Lester, b Pengelly .. 54 G. Mortlock, not out .. •• ..73 J. Jacobs, c Talbot, b Ball .. ..31 C. M. Harris, not out .;. •• •• Si Extras .. •; _Jf Total for eight wickets .. ..329 SENIOR B GRADE. At Hagley Park. Har.giorn, 173 (Ringer 42, F. Jlehrtens 12, Barwick 17, Smith 23) met Biccarton A, 73 tor six wicsets. At Hagley Park, Old Boys 360 (M. Ward 91, Carl 46, Moffatt 37, Harper 30, Armstrong 23, Pickles 23 not out) met West Chriftcliurch. . . _ , , At Pari;, Liu'..oou .. ,J iouooks 69. Bates 70, Feast 57, Wii3ou 3o not out). At Hag'.ey Park, Uiccsrton B 205 (lvavanagh 17, Sinc'air IC, Bcui'u 2-1) met Sydenham, 18 for two wickets. At Elmwood Park, OW Bovs B .1 tTkorne 32, Jefcoate 15) met East Cnnstchurch, 1W for five wickets (Millei 48. Egan 33 net out, Besley 21). For East JlcLcllan tool: six wickets lor 31 run;, and Mills four ior 3C. At iinsor'3 road, Technical ko '.Horc Ij, Halm 34, Coffey 28i met Lin*oJd, 103 tor tour wicket 3 (Girics 32, Boddingtoi) 2G not out).

SECOND GRADE A. At Haglev Park, St. Albans 273 (Fairbairn 78, O'Brien 35, McGinness 31, Carr 23, Brooks 25. Payne 25) met Old Hoys, 27 lor no wickets. At College Ground Uiriot's College, 062 for six wiciieis (H. B. Johnstone 251, C. U. Hamilton 112) met West Christcluircli. At Elmwood Park, Merivale 48, met New Brighton, 91 for nine wickets. For Brighton, Chambers took six wickets for 18 and Buzz three lox 9. At Blmwcod Park, Sumner 167 (tbompson S3, Goodenough 23, Knox 22) met O.d Collegians, 50 for three wickets (Graham 31 not At Sydenham Park, Boys' High School 352 (Harper 80, Grose 28, Soanes 21, Henry 3i., Shand 81, Mortlock '2O, Stringer 24, Lecott 42 not out) met Sydenham. SECOND GRADE B. At Straven road, Boys" High School 182 (Harris G3, Kelman 47) met St. Andrews, 103 for nine wickets (Dowling 26, Rawey IS) At Lancaster Park, Linwood 84, met East Christchurch, 103 for eight wickets. At Ensor's road, Spreydon 164 (Bowes 38 not out) met Technical (Welch 27, Todd 23 not out). At St. Bode"s, St. Body's 50 met St. Albans, 77. Bowling for St. Albans, Simpson took seven for 36 and Airey three for 11. At Elmwoor) Park, West Chrietolmrch 2DB ((McKay 28, Waokes 41, Lattimore 52, Cope:and 69, Roberts 26 not out) met Old Boys, 18 for three wickets. THIRD GRADE A. At College Ground, Christ's College 207, met Sumner," 67 for no wickets. At Hagley Park, West Christchurch 98, met Old Collegians, 155 lor two wickets. At Lancaster Park, Linwood 212 met New Brighton, 118 for nine wickets. At Sydenham Park, Riccarton 126 met Sydenham, 186 for seven wickets. Boys' High School beat St. Andrews by default. St. Albans beat Technical by defau.t THIRD GRADE B. At Lancaster Park, East Christchurch 140 met St. Albans, 39 for five wicket?. At Straven road, Boys' High School 149 beat Old Collegians, 47 and 49 by an innings and 53 rvuiß. At College ground, Y.M.C.A. 114 met Christ's College 242. At Lancaster Park, Riccarton 102 met Linwood 111 for eight wicksts.

BOYS' ASSOCIATION. FOURTH ROUND. On Saturday the fourth round of matches was played in the Canterbury Boys' Cricket -Association's competition." This [round is the last which will take place prior to the adjournment over the winter mouths. The competition is set down to recommence on the first Saturday in October. FIFTH GRADE. Playing at Ensor's road, Boys' High School A, 135, defeated Technical College B, 4G and 93. by 89 runs on the first innings. Playing at the St. Bede's College ground, Northcote, St. Bede's College, 140, defeated Boys' High School B, 77 and five for five wickets, by 63 runs on the first innings. Playing at the St. Andrew's College ground, Strowan, Technical College A, 114 and 38 for one wicket, defeated St. Androw's College, 30 and 119, by nine wickets. SIXTH GRADE. Playing at the St. Bedo's College ground, Northcote, St. Bede's College, 149 for one wicket declared, defeated Boys' High School A, 47 and 55 for seven wickets, by 102 runs on the first innings. , , Playing at Hospital Corner, Cathedral Grammar School, 82, defeated Boys' Bish School C, 16 and 81 for nino wickets, by 76 runs on the first innings. Plaving at Hospital Corner, Linwood, 165 for seven wickets declared, defeated Boys' High School B, S4 and 20, by an innings and 109 runs. „.„ Playing at Hospital Corner, Riccarton, 206 for five wickets declared, defeated \\est Christchurch District High School, 165, by 41 runs on the first ! innings. _ Plaving at HosuitaV Corner, Technical Col : lege, '52 and 13 - 7 for three wickets, defeated St. Andrew's College, 96 and 76 for no wickets declared, by seven wickets.

SEVENTH GRADE. A SECTION. Playing at the St. Andrew's College ground, Strowan, St. Andrew's College A, 16S, defeated West Chrlstchurcb. District High School, 144,, by eighteen runs on the first innings. Playing at Hospital Corner, Linwood, 155 for five wickets declared, defoated Boys High School A, 32 and 53, by an innings and 70 runs. Playing at Hospital Corner, Technical College A. 219 for three wickets declared, defeated St. Bede's College A, 46, by 173 runs on the first innings. Playing at Hospital Corner, Riccurton, 180, defeated Boys' High School B, 5S and eight for two wickets, by 125 runs on the first innings. Marist Brothers bad a bye.

B SECTION. Playing at Hospital Corner, Linwood B, 119, defeated Cathedral Grammar School B, 49 and 60 for live wickets, by 70 runs on tho first innings. Playing at Hospital Corner, St. Andrew s College B. 97 and 24 for two wickets, defeated Cathedral Grammar School A, 55 and 56, by eight wickets. Playing at the St. Bede's College ground, Northcote, Technical College D, 05 and 61 for four wickets, defeated St. Bede's College' B, 56, by nine runs on the first innings. Playing at the Technical College ground, Ensor's road, Technical College B, 112 and 65 for three wickets, defeated Technical Collego C, 42 and 100 for three wickets declared, by seven wickets.

ASHBURTON GAMES. Even scoring characterised the opening day of the final match in the Ashburton County Cricket Association's junior grade competition, between Tinwald and Lauriston which was played in ideal weather on the Domain top ground on Saturday afternoon. Tinwald had first strike and knocked up 115 runs, the chief scorers being W. Brady 38, B. McKenzie (not out) 24, A. Colvilla 13, and C. Stil's 10. Henderson took five wickets for 27 runs, Cromie two for 22, and Bennett three for 42 Lauriston made 104 for seven wickets, tha chief batsman being E. Hooper (not out) 27, Henderson 25, and A. Hooper 19. SYDNEY MATCHES. IBT CABt«- PRESS AISOCIATIOH COPYRIGHT.) iAI'STRALUS AND S.Z CABLE ASSOCIATIOK 1 (Received March 27th, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 27. ( For University against Cumberland, O. tlogg, making bis initial appearance in grade matches, made 125 not out; for Balmain gainst Petersham, Jackson made 9G; for Mosman ■ against Gordon, Brown made 123 not out. MELBOURNE MATCHES. (Received March 27th, 5.3 p.m.) MELBOURNE, March 27. For Carlton against Melbourne, Woodfull made 125 not out; for l'rahran against North Melbourne, Whsriogton made 100 sot out.

NEW .ZEALAND. First Innings. t ,. r, 1 . 1 , 1 ,"'' c Cnmpbell, b Eboli 104 T. h. Mills, b Ebeling b 2 11 a. L. Page, b Rodserson 1! C. C. Dacre, b Rodgerson 0 C. S. Dempster, not out 128 0. J. Oliver, b Ebeling 0 r. C. Lowry, b Ebeling '.'. H. M. McGirr, ]bw', b T. Armstro 13 39 M. Henderson, Ibw, b T. Armstro ng 0 W. Cunningham, b Hendry .. 7 W. E. Merritt, b Ebeling Extras, leg-byes 5, wides 2, r 4 o-balls 11 Total 317 Fall of wickets —One for 7, two for 59, three for 59, four for 192, five for 192 six for £08, seven for 2S5, eight fo r 285, nine for 308, ten for 317. BOWLING ANALYSIS 0. M. R. W. Ebeling . . ICG 1 74 5 Itansford . . ". 0 17 0 Rodgerson IS 2 79 2 W. Armstrong 7 2 21 0 Hendry 15 1 60 1 T. Armstrong 33 1 55 2 MELBOURNE CLTTB First Innings. H. L; Hendry, o Cunningham, 1) McGir r 13 B. A. Oiiyons, st Lowry, b Dat 10 ISO V. S. Ransfoid, b Merritt 116 R. C. Johnstone, b Merritt 8 H. C._ Sandford, c Lowry, b He ndersor 59 T. G.' Armstrong lbw, b Blunt .. 80 Wood, b Merritt 29 Campbell, b Blunt 26 Rodgerson, st Lowry, b Blunt .. . 2 H. I. Ebeling, not out 7 W. Armstrong, absent .. 0 Extras, byos 11, leg-bye3 S, n vballs'4 23 Total 493 Vail of wickets—One for 15, t wo for 250, three for 268, four for 37S, fivo for 418 six for 4-23, seven for 470, eight for 478, nine for 493, ten for 493. BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Kpndei-scji ..14 0 57 1 McGirr ..10 0 136 1 Cunningham ..8 1 na0 Merritt ..21 2 na 3 Blunt ,. 20.5 0 91 3 Oliver .. 10 13 0 Dacro .. 4 . 0 23 1