AUCKLAND WIN BY INNINGS

Northern Advocate, 29 December 1937, Page 3

AUCKLAND WIN BY INNINGS

| Although a hard fight was put up by the Whangarei Senior E representatives in their effort to offset Auckland Suburbs’ 236. they failed to score sufficiently to avoid an innings defeat. At 11.30 this morning the team was all out for 198, which, added to yesterday’s first innings score of 34, brought the total for the two innings four short of Auckland’s first innings. With the 3 p.m. score yesterday reading four for 153, Auckland continued to bat well. After the dismissal of Wyberg for 76, McCabe and Brown captured the bowling and in an excellent partnership carried the score from 153 to 216 before McCabe was caught by F. Madden off Mason’s bowling.

In Mason’s next over. Brown was also caught by F. Madden, both McCabe and Brown having added 38 each to the score. With Brown's dismissal at 227 the remaining batsmen failed to find form and the innings closed for 236 (Wyberg 76, McCabe 38. Brown 88, M. Turbutt 26, Beattie 22). Bowling for Whangarei, Mason took four wickets for 27; Fyfe, three for 26; F. Madden, two for 24; McKoy. one for 24; and Pringle, one for 42. Disastrous Start.

Whangarei made a disastrous start in its second innings and had two wickets down for only 16 runs, when Kelly and Fyfe, in a well-merited performance, carried the score to 77. When stumps were drawn for the first day, Whangarei had four wickets down for 81, Kelly and Fyfe having been dismissed for 31 each.

Nisbet and McKoy continued battingfor Whangarei this morning ifnder conditions similar to yesterday, and with the score at 90 Nisbet was dismissed. L. Madden and McKcy entered into a good partnership, which carried the score to 149 before Bell dismissed McKoy for 34 and later Madden for 33.

Other batsmen failed to build up the score until F. Madden put on another 22 and James registered 13 not out, the innings closing for 198 (McKcy 34, L. Madden 33, Kelly 31, Fyfe 31, F. Madden 22, James 13 not out). Bowling for. Auckland, Bell took four wickets for 14 runs; Beattie, two for 10; Sykes, two for 49; Strong, one for 24; Hetheringtcn, one for 37; and McCabe, one for 25. This afternoon a friendly game between the two teams was arranged.