THE CRICKET REASON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12759, 9 January 1905, Page 7

THE CRICKET REASON.

DISTRICT CUP COMPETITIONS. Thk final matches of the first round of the district, cup competitions were commenced on .■•nturday. The wickets were in fair order considering the rain which foil on Friday, The two leading teams, Parnell and Grafton, met on the Domain. l'ariiell batted first, and reached a total of 267 before ilie last wicket fell. Grafton in their second inning-: had lost two wickets, Hill I and Graham, for 10 runs at the call of time. ! At North Shore (he home team disposed of I I'otiM.inhy for 94 runs, and taking their turn | at batting scored 102. In the second in- , nings l'onsonby lost two wickets for 11. runs. In the Eden-City match the former j in their first innings scored 127, and disi missed three of the City men before the stumps were drawn. ' ALTON V. PARNELL. The Grafton captain won the toss, and evidently considered that the wicket would help the howlers, for he sent Parnell in to bat. Parnell showed their appreciation, of the Grafton skipper's decision by reaching 267 before the last wicket fell." Sale (33) and Olilf (43) played very sound and attractive cricket. Mason (43) played well, but | was rather weak on the off side. Murray made <!?, by lively cricket. lie hit 17 off one of Kallcnder's overs. N. B. Lusk played a good innings for 57. Stemson took six j wickets for 53 runs, which was a meritorious j performance, especially considering that he I did not get any assistance from the Grafton tvickctkeeper, who missel several chances I el' catching and stumping. At the call of ! time Grafton had lost two wickets for 10 ; run.-. PARNELL.—First Tunings. : R. P. Lusk, b Jones 13 Oliff, 1> Hay ' 43 I Sale, b Stemson 33 Mason, b Stemson 43 j N. IS. Lusk. b Stem-on 37 i Harry, b Stemson 0 I Fairburn, lbw. I> Stemson ... ... ?. ! Murray, b Jones ... ■■ ... 42 | Philson, c Lawsott, 1> Jones 9 I Poster, e Jones, b Stemson 7 I Breeze, not out- 0 Extras 33 Total 267 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs. Aldus. Runs. Wkts. ! .Tones 17 1 82 3 i Steniton ... 20 4 53 6 Clavtou ... 7 5 13 0 j D. llav ... 4 0 20 0 i Kallemler ... 9 1 41 0 i C. Hay ... 4 0 20 1 GRAFTON.—First Innings. I Lawrv. nor out ... •■. 4 ! Graham, e Banc, b N. B. Lusk ... 6 ! Hill, b N. B. Lick 0 i V. Hay, not out 0 ] Total for two wickets 10 ! BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs. Aldus. Rims. Wkts. N. 1!. Lusk ... 6 3 6 2 Oliff 0 3 4 0 PONSONBY V. NORTH SHORE. Ponsonby wen the toss. and their side j went in to bat. Although the wicket was i by no means difficult, the scoring on both 1 sides was low. Ponsonby's first four wickets j tell with only 27 on the board, and their I innincrs closed for 94. The only batsmen I to make double figures were Walker and Francis. The latter played correct and I steady cricket. lie was particularly strong | on the off side. Walker hit out merrily for his 26. Twenty of his runs were the result of boundaries. McNeil and Hussey were in j good form with the ball, the former taking ! four wickets for 39 runs, and the latter four I for 34. North Shore in their first innings ■ only succeeded in scoring eight more than ' their opponents. .1. Hussey made 41 runs ! out of tlio 102. He batted carefully at first, I but later on. when he got set. hit out freely j all round the wicket. McNeil made 23 by i lively cricket. Although Iladdon was caught when he had made 14 his forward drives were splendid. Walker obtained the best average with the ball for Ponsonby—three wickets for 16 runs. l'onsonby in their second innings lost two wickets for 11 run-. PONSONBY.—First Innings. R. Woods, b Hussey 5 W. K. Porster.. b .McNeil ... 6 Braithwaire, b Hussey 4 Wallace, lbw. 1) Hussey r 5 Francis, not our ... ... <" .1. W. Gavin, b McNeil 2 Robinson, I> Hussey • 5 ] Black, b McNeil ?• Walker, c Hussev, b llwM.ni 26 P. White, lbw. b McNeil 1 Johnson, absent 0 Extras If) Total ■ ... ... 94 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs. Mdu.-. Runs. Will-. McNeil ... 16.2 1 39 1 Hussev ... 1+ 2 31 4 Haddon ... 2 0 6 NORTH SHORE.— Inning*. T. Grace, lbw, h White • -- 3 W. Jovce, I) Woods ... _ 5 A. Iladdon. c Braiihwcite. b Woods ... 11 J. Hussev. e and b Walker 41 W. F. Harrison, b Wood* 0 F.vrc. b Gavin 1 Palairet. b White '■> .McNeil, c sub., b Walker 23 Woodward, riot out <> Fryer, b Walker ■• * | I Total IC2 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs. Mdns. linns. Wkts. P. White ... 17 3 40 2 R. Woods ... 33 3 27 3 [ J. Gavin ... 7 0 19 1 ! Walker ... 3.4 0 16 3 j PONSONBY.—Second lulling-, j R. Woods-, 1) McNeil 1 M. Walker, not out ... • ' J. W. Gavin, c Hu«sey, b Haddon ... U j P. White, not out Total for two wickets « 11 EDEN V. CITY. Fden von the toss and batted first. BrookSmith and Elliott tool: tho score to 84 before a separation was effected. Brook-Smith hatted exceptionally well, scoring freely all round (he wicket. Elliott hatted quietly, evidently finding some difficulty m playing some of the. bowlers. Shepherd scored cl by brilliant cricket. Taylor and Audinwood bowled well, getting five wickets for 42 runs and four for 24 respectively. Barr-Brown although he did not secure a wicket, bowled well. Citv scored 71 runs for the loss o three wickets before the call offline. Ned (14), MaeCormiek (27), and Rcnwick (20) batted well for City. EDEN.—First Innings. ( W. Brook-Smith, b Taylor ... ... 58 T. Elliott, c Schmoll. b Audniwood ... I* i ' Mills, I) Audinwood 1 N. T. Williams, b Taylor " A. Shenherd, lbw, b Taylor ... ... if \ Clarke, si Schmoll, b Audinwood ... U T. Ball, 1. Taylor ... 0, S. Mills, b Audinwood i-f .1. B. Eye!, b Taylor •• ] Eyre, not out ~ i ' Douglas, absent > J Extra- J^ Tola! 127 BOWLING ANALYSIS. ! Over-. Mdns. Run-. Wkls. j Taylor ... -. 1? 1 « 5 I Harr-Brown ... 7 * 10 0 Ma«c 5 0 2o 0 Neil! 4 J }\ " Audinwood ... 9 1 24 4 ClTY.—First Innings. L G. Hemns, b Brook-Smith 5 R. Neil!, b Brook-Smith ... ... - " MaeCormiek, c Brook-Smith, b Williams 11 , ! Renv.'iek, not out % \ | Lambert, not out '; \ Extras _jj ! Total for three wickets • 71 i BOWLING ANLYSIS. j Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. 1 Brook-Smith ... ]2 3 30 2 T. Mills - "' 3 ,§ 1! Olarko 5 ] « ,; I Kv.l ... - * 1 10 0 Williams ... 4 0(1 SECOND GRADE. PARNELL Y. GRAFTON. Grafton.—First innings: Bates, c. Grcvillc, li Airev, 65; B. Totman, c and b Coates, 29; i J. Lep'ine, b Airev, 1; H. Totman. b Airey, I ! 0- \. Speed, b "Coates, 0; C. Kissling, b I ! \irev, 3; W. Brierley, b Airey, 0; Horspool, ; 1 b Airoy. 2: Spenco, not out, 29: William-| '' -on b Grcvillc, 16; Harvey, b Coatcs, 1; j extras, 12: total, 158. |

Parnell.First innings: 11. B. Cullerne, c 11. Totman, b Speed, 6; G. Flint, b Speed, 6: L. G. Robinson, not out, 15; E. J. Grevillc, run out, 4; R. 0. Airey. b. Speed, 4; J. Sale, not out, 7; extras, 8: total, 50. Bowling analysis: Speed took three wickets for 27 runs. For Grafton, Bates, Totman, and Spenco batted well. EDEN B V. CITY A. Eden B.— First innings: W. Driimniond, e C'nlleu, b Dunn. 17; W. Somervell, rim out, 19: Bonnetl-, b Dunn, 0; D. Jack, b Dr. Neil, 14: 11. Do Baugh, b Dunn, 3; W. Dixon, e sub., bv Dr. Neil, 60; R. Gary, lbw, b Laird, 11;' T. S. Pybus, b Dunn, 44; H. .Smith, li Dunn, 25: W. Jlayward. not out, 7; P. Cirindrod, b Dunn, 2: extras, 32: total, 234. Bowling analysis: Dr. Neil took two wickets for 73 runs; .Dunn, six for 65; Stephenson, one for 28. City --First inning;: Stephenson, b Somervell. 0; Ileighway, c Smith, b Grindrod, 1; Dr. Neil, not out, 25; Cullen, not out, 6: extras, 11: total lor two wickets, 43. ■ Bowling anlysis: Somervell took one wicket for 7 runs: Grindrod, one for 14. For Eden Dixon (60) and Pybus (44) batted in great style, and put. on 70 runs for tho seventh wicket. 11. Smith (25). Somervell (19), Drumniond (17), Jack (14), and Gary (11) also hatted well. Dr. Neil (25, not out) played good cricket. EDEN A V. PONSONBY. Ponsonby.—First innings: F. Wilson, lbw, b 11. Cropley, 19; J. Clark, c sub., b A. Brown, 0: R. Sine-, b Rev. Smith, 1; J. Pomoroy, b ('. Robinson, 19: A. Kemp, b H. Cropley, 4; S. White, b H. Cropley, 5; J. Gavin, b C. Robinson, 0; D. Gallagher, lbw. b 0. Robinson, 0: V,. K. Dyson, e Dazeley, b C. Robinson, 6; W. Nolan, b 11. Croplev, 3; li. McCoy, not out. 0; extras, 10: total, 67. Bowling analysis: A. Brown took one wicket for 16 runs: Rev. Smith, one for 13; H. Croplev, four for 16; C. Robinson, four for 12. ' _ Eden.—First innings: A. Brown, run out, 23; W. Dazelcy, c 'Nolan, b Sims, 12; C. Robinson, not out. 35; Rev. Smith, b Wilson, 15: W. L. Robinson, c Gallagher, b Wilson, 10; extras, 5: total for four wickets, 105. THIRD GRADE. PARNELL Y. CITY. City.—First innings: Greenwood, b Dingle, 0; Dadley, b Inman, 0: Garland, b Dingle, 0; Courtavue. e. Dinnison, b Inman, 0; E. Crawford, b Dingle. 8; Goldwater, b Inman, 5: Bunkall, b Dingle, 0: (i. S. Smith, b Dingle. 0: Magee, lbw, b Inman. 8: Dadley, not out. 0; extras, 2: total (batted one man short), 21. Second innings: Courtayne, b Dingle, 7; Crawford, e, b Wadman. 0: Magee, lbw, !> Wadman, 16: Garland, 1) 'Dingle, 0: S. Dadlev, run out, 0: Greenwood. I) Dingle, 1; W. Dadley. b W. Beaver. 2: Smith, b Dingle. 1: Bunkall, not our. 3: .1. J. Crawford, c. b Dingle. 0; Goldwater, b Beaver, 6: extras, 4: total, 40. Bowling analysis: In the first innings R. Dingle took five wickets for 11 runs; F. Inman, four for 8. In the second innings Wadman took two wickets for 14 runs; Dingle, five for 9: W. Beaver, two for 5. Parnell.—First innings: Faville, b Magee, 8; W. ,1. Dinnison, b Greenwood. 27;' J. Beaver, c. b Greenwood. 9; W. Beaver, l> Greenwood, 4: A. French, b Greenwood, 4; R. Dingle, c, b Magee. 4: S. Breese. c. b Magee. 0; Wadman, b Magee. 8; C. Wilks. c, b Magee, 2: F. Inman, not out, 8: P. Taylor, b Greenwood, 2; extras, 10: total, 86. Bowling analysis: Magee took five wickets for 36 runs; Greenwood, five for 20. Parnell won by an innings and 25 runs. City batted one man short. GRAFTON Y. EDEN A. Grafton.—First innings: Punch, 1> McInnes, 0; H. Horspool, b Mclunes, 1; Brighton, b Mclnnes, 0; Totman. b Melunes. 4: Herb. Horspool. b Mclunes, 2; G. Speed, b Lusk. 0; Wilson, c. Brier, b Lusk, 9; Lepine, b Mclnnes, 1: Currie, c and b Melnnes, 0: Hesketh, not. out, 1; Harding, c Tattersall, b Mclnnes. 0; extras, 7: total, 25. Second innings: Hesketh, b Roberts, 17: 11. Horspool, ll>w, b Edmonds, 1; Harding, b Edmonds, 0; Punch, not out, 41: Totman, run out, 8: Wilson, b Ryan, 0: Herb. Horspool, b Melnnes, 3: Lepine, b Brier, 2; extras, 5: total for .-.even wickets, 77. Bowling analysis: Mclnnes took eight wickets for 3 runs : Lusk, two for 10. Eden.—First innings: T. Roberts, b Punch, 0: R. O. Gardiner, l> Punch, 33: G. B. Lusk, 1> Wilson, 1; 11. J. Ryan, b Wilson, 11; A. Jeiikin, e Lepine. b Bunch, 1; E. Brier, e -Wilson, b Speed. 1: F. Ed mends, o Harding, b Speed, 1; ('. Freeman, c 11. Horspool. 1> Speed. 1: J. Corbett. c .Speed, b Punch, 4; 11. Tattersall. b Bunch, j 3: 1) Mclnnes, not out, 3: extras, 5: i total. 62. Bowline analysis: Punch look five wickets for 25 runs; Speed, three for 11: Wilson, two for 13. | PONSONBY V. NORTH SHORE B. | North Shore, hatting iirsf, made 112 run?. J. Riddell contributed a valuable 58, and It. McClymont 27. l'onsonby made 64. Stephenson was top scorer with ]°. For Ponsonby Stephenson took five wickets for 15 runs, and Buckley four for 40. For Shore Mel'!,ail secured two wickets for 6 runs; Meredith, three for 24 ; and Webb, two for 7. FOURTH GRADE. NORTH SHORE V. EDEN A. Eden.—First innings (baited four short): Total. 28. Second innings (Emmies, rot out, 60): Total for two wickets. 83. North Shore. First innings (McCreerv, 23); Total, 51. FIFTH GRADE. I i PONSONBY Y. PARNELL. ParnellFirst innings (bailed four men I short), 6. Second inning.-. 52— Osborne 16, j Spencer 16, Hendry ]].. | Ponsonby.Fir-!, innings. 41 —Burns i], , Biakey 11, A. Young 10. Second innings, ■ !13. Bowling analysis; Bowling for Ponsonby! I in tho first: innings Plummer took four wickets for 3 runs, and Thompson two for 3. Parnell won by four runs. OUTSIDE MATCHES. Marist Bros.' Old Boys v. Mount Albert Cricket Club: This match was played a'. Mount Albert, and resulted in a win for the Old Boys by 31 runs. SOUTHERN CUP COMPETITIONS. [l(Y 'I'i:i,I.(JKAI'II.—ITJ'.SS iSSOOUTiUX.] WkU.IXOTON", Saturday. The senior cricket matches wire continued to-day. The Gas Company, playing against Newtown, made 521 in their first innings. A. Hawthorne made 90, F. Harris 52, and Dredge 139. The Old Boys put Phoenix out for 159. Briee made 47. The Old Boys have nine wickets down for 127 run-. C. P. Biacklock (42) was the highest, scorer. The first innings of Midland, playing against Wellington, yielded only 63, ot which number Once made 28. Wellington ' are all out for 108. Hickson made 59, Gore 31. ('niusTCtrcncii, Saturday. The Canterbury Cricket Association's competitions were resumed to-day in fine weather. Lancaster Park A, who bad previously made 130 runs in their first innings, disposed of Sydenham for 89. Lancaster I Park declared their second innings closed with 130 runs for the loss of six wicket*. Barrett and Ridley made 38 each. Syden- . ham scored 90 for seven wickets, Wrig-iey I contributing 36. The Bark won by 41 runs j on the first inning-. ; United, against whom Midland B had I scored 107, carried their total from 138 for one wicker to 279 for two wickets, and declared their innings closed. Ollivier made I 130 and Sim; 129. With a handicap of five | men absent, United fared poorly against. (heir opponents. In (heir second innings Midland scored 246 for the loss of six wickets. Horner scored 53, Wilson 53. Prehhle 41, and Nolan 33. United won by 172 runs on the first innings. Lancaster Bark B had, on the previous Saturday, scored 183 against Midland A. The latter replied by carry ins their score from 88 for four wickets to 310 for eigbi', i when the innings was closed. Barron made I 69 (not, out), Barry 54, Garrard 46, and Ful- | ler (39. not out). ' At. the call of time Pari; ' had lost seven wickets for 117 runs. Washer i made 35 and Atkinson 35. Midland won by I 136 runs on the first innings.