IN OTHER CENTRES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 24, 29 January 1912, Page 10

IN OTHER CENTRES.

[BT XBtIOBAPH— MrtSS 'ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, 28th January. Win* on the first innings were' the rule in the sixth round of senior cricket matches concluded on Saturday in excellent weather and on good wicket*. In each case the team which won the toss and batted first was beaten, and the scores in the three < matches were much alike. Ponsonby replied to 'Varsity's total of 189 with 282. N. C.' Sneddon made 116 with a fine display of cricket, nearly all carpet strokes. Woods made 37, Kavanagh 34, Thompson 27, and Wilson 25. Graham, with three wickets for 41, was Vatsity's most successful bowler. Grafton started badly against Parnell, who had made 208. The first four wickets went down for 36 runs, but Horspool and Mason put on 104 runs for the fifth wicket, and M'Cormick and Cullen added over 100 runs for the ninth wicket, the innings closing for 294. Horspool made 73, M'Cormick 69, Mason 58, Cullen 46. Oliff took five wickets foT 148 runs, Derr three for 64. North Shore made 270 against Eden's score of 199. Sale made 96, Dacre 43, Howderi 29, Farquharson 28. Bowling for Eden, L. Taylor took four wickets for 52, and Mills three for 13. Mason has been added to the Auckland touring team. \ DUNEDIN, 28th January. There was no play on North ground yesterday afternoon. After waiting an hour it was decided, owing to the showery weather and the state of the ground, to postpone play in the matches Grange v.Opoho, and Carisbrook A v. Albion. Up to 4 o'clock a start had not been mode in the Garobrook match, Dunedin y. Cwriibroofe B t