NORTH SHORE V. KARORI

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 83, 10 April 1939, Page 13

NORTH SHORE V. KARORI

The presence of Dacre, who captained the North Shore (Auckland) team against Karori, attracted quite a large gallery of spectators to Karori Park on Saturday. Unfortunately. Dacre was dismissed before lunefc after scoring 31 runs in the carefree style very much reminiscent of his heyday. The afternoon, however, provided some particularly- keen c^ket, with tt.eieal tit-bit being a dashing innings by Wells when Karori were desperately in need attack included the, Auckland representative Simpson,. whose deliveries quickly commanded respect, and had the several catches been accepted he might easily have stolen the bowling honours from the slow right-hander Cleal. . Clears figures were quite impressive until the arrival of Wells, and even then, despite the trouncing dealt out by the Karori batsman, he finished up with six wickets at a cost of ]ust over 10 runs apiece. McDevHt, who recently performed the hat-trick in Auckland, was used for only a brief spell. The former Auckland representative wicketkeeper Edmonds was not at his best behind the stumps, but this shortcoming was compensated for by an entertaining innings late in the afternoon. An unusual episode occurred while Cooper, of Karori, was batting. Cleal sent down a ball that beat the bat and rattled the stumps quite sufficiently to disturb the bails, but Edmonds in his attempt to take the ball neatly, knocked the bails back into place, and after a lengthy examination, did not appeal. . North Shore won the toss, but theninnings began disastrously, and a timely stand by McArthur and Dacre before lunch was mainly responsible for hoisting 100 up before the interval. Of the remaining batsmen Cleal revealed particularly good form, and his partnership with McDevitt provided some excellent batting. . j Karori failed to reach North Shore's j moderate total, and the batting col-j lapse that followed the useful start given by Coupland and Duffy was surprising under such ideal conditions. Cooper and Browne just failed to reach the twenties, and it was only Wells's innings that made the total look respectable. . i Towards the end of the day North Shore batted again, and the opening partnership was a considerable improvement on the first innings, but two wickets were lost before stumps were drawn. j There was little to choose between the Karori bowlers, with the .exception of McDonald, who was conspicuous early in' the day for a spell of hostile bowling. Details: — NORTH SHORE. First Innings. McArthur, c Margitich, b Browne 35 Edmonds, c Searell, b McDonald .. 11 Curtayne, b McDonald 6 j Wheeler, lbw, b Duffy 1 Coupe, b Browne 17 Dacre, b Searell 31 Howden, run out 8 McDevitt, b Coupland ' 25 | Cleal, not out 32 j Simpson, c Searell, b Coupland .. 5 I Coates, run out 15 ] Extras 5 j Total 181 Fall of Wickets.—One for 2, two for 8, three for 17, four for 55, five for 72, six for 102, seven for 104, eight for .151, nine for 159, ten for 181. Bowling.—McDonald took two wickets . for 38 runs, Duffy one for 26, Browne two for 55, Searell one for 32, Coupland two for 25. Second Innings. Edmonds, lbw, b Duffy 23 Wheeler, c Margitich, b McDonald 11 Cleal, not out 6 Curtayne", not out 1 Extras 2 Total for two wickets 43 Fall of Wickets. —One for 32, two for 39. Bowling.—McDonald took one wicket for i 4 runs, Coupland none for 19, Duffy one for 4, Searell none for 4. KARORI. First Innings. R. Coupland, c and b Cleal 28 Duffy, run out 19 Burnett, c Edmonds, b Cleal .... 0 Browne, c and b Cleal 17 Cooper, b Simpson ■ 19 Standidge, c Curtayne, b Cleal .. 5 Margitich, b Simpson 2 Beck, c Coupe, b Cleal *. 0 Wells, not out 32 Searell, c Curtayne, b Simpson . 0 McDonald, c Edmonds, b Cleal .. 0 Extras 11 Total 133 Fall of Wickets.—One for 49, two for 49, three for 50 s four for 81, five for 95, six for 96, seven for 96, eight for J33, nine for 133, ten for 133. Bowling.—Simpson took three wickets for 44 runs, Coates none for 8, I McDevitt none for 6, Cleal six for 64. The umpires were Messrs. Lambert and Searell.