COUNTRY WEEK GAMES

Northern Advocate, 29 December 1934, Page 10

COUNTRY WEEK GAMES

BATSMEN PREVAIL V —- FIVE CENTURIES RECORDED. ; VIPOND AND DUNNING MAKE : ' RUNS. NORTH AUCKLAND’S GREAT SCORE. 1 [Special to “Northern Advocate"! : AUCKLAND, This Day. When Waipa and North Auckland met at Eden Park yesterday there was a feast of run-getting, the bowl- ;! ers on each side failing to penetrate ■; the defence. There were some very ■ hard hitting displays. York, for Waipa, knocked up 110 and then retired. Uis side compiled 360 for 6 wickets ’ and* "then declared. North Auckland batsmen then 'J opened out, and the initial, pair, ■i Vipond and Dunning, made a great - stand'the former obtaining 121 not ■ out and the latter 150. At the call of tirhe the Northerners had 313 on the board for the loss of 1 wicket, and \ this- tally was recorded in about ■j: three hours. ' i; Tlie' partnership of Vipond and i| Dunning yielded 227. These batsmen gave one of the finest displays seen on the park for a long time. Dunning was caught on the boundary ! :;, when making , a big hit.

' Detail 0 , of the scores are:— WAIPA. ' First Innings. ;S. Shepherd, c Fyfe, b Vipond .. 12 ; j L. Dalton/c Tapper, b Vipond .. 71 •;W. Shepherd, Ibw,, b Duncan ... 55 N. Eusden, c Gubb, b Vipond .. 13 ■ E. York, retired HO N. McMahon, not out 46 Davis, not out 8 A. Shepherd, c Gubb, b Tapper . 29 .Extras 10 * Total for 6 wickets (dec.) . . 360 ‘ Bowling.—Vipond took . 3 wickets -for 86 runs, Tapper 1 for 49, Duncan 1 j\ for 54, Dunning 0 for 16, Gubb 0 for * ; 27, -Neeley 0 for 27, Falvey 0 'for 40, i Dunn. 0 for 45. ' ■ NORTH AUCKLAND. .: First Innings. :: N. Vipond, not out 121 E.' Dunning, c Shepherd, b Mc■•j Mahon 15° Wyatt, not out 38 y Extras 4 ' Total for 1 wicket 313 ' Bowling.—McMahon took 1 wicket ‘i for 61 runs, Eusden 0 for 36, S. Shepherd 0 ,for 50, York 0 for 68, W. S Shepherd 0 for 94, ■] During the day five centuries were ;; made. E. Dunning (North - Auckland)

>; 2 sixes and 25 fours. M. Clark | (South - Auckland) made 139 not out, .13 fours being included in his total. %. Vipond (North Auckland) was unbeaten at 121, which included 14 fours. Thirteen fours were hit by P. Howden (Pukekohe) in making 113. E. vYork . (Waipa) retired unbeaten with 110 scored in an hour and a quarter. He hit 2 sixes and 18 fours. The best bowling performances were recorded by P. Howden (Pukekohe), 4 wickets for 26 runs; P. Dow (Poverty Bay), 4 for 38; A. Hewitt (Pukekohe), 4 for 57; E. Gillies (Auckland), 4 for 62; N. Vipond ..(North Auckland), 3 for 86. ; is that three ! . teams, Pukekohe, Poverty Bay and ; North Auckland have a chance of limning, the Hellaby Shield.

; Points to date are as follows: ■Pukekohe 14, Poverty Bay 9, North ■Auckland 8, Waipa .4, South Auckland 3.;. Poverty Bay and North •Auckland will meet today, Pukekohe -having a bye. An outright win is ■ required by either Poverty Bay or i-North Auckland. If the latter only is successful points will be equal and the winner of the shield will be decided on averages. In the game between South Auckland and Pukekohe the latter prevailed on the first innings with 291 for 7, against 238. /Poverty Bay. (211) narrowly defeated Auckland on the first innings (202). TODAY’S PLAY. N'ORTH AUCKLAND V. POVERTY BAY. £ SOUTHERNERS DECLARE. [Special to “Northern Advocate AUCKLAND, This Day.. .'North Auckland, with, an unbeaten record, requires an outright win over Poverty Bay to equal Pukekohe for the Hellaby Shield. Poverty Bay, a strong batting side, won the toss against . the Northerners this morning and at lunch had lost three wickets for 260 runs. P. Dow, an ex-Wanganui boy, has 80 to his credit atid, is ,still undefeated. Abater message states that Poverty Bay declared with 3 wickets down for 261. North Auckland’s chances of scoring an outright win are considered to be remote.