THE CRICKET SEASON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13421, 25 February 1907, Page 8

THE CRICKET SEASON.

DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP

MATCHES.

SMALL SCORING BY CITY, BON-

SONBY, AND GRAFTON

The district championship matches were resumed on Saturday under favourable circumstances At the Domain, where there was a large attendance of spectators, Nerth ■ Shore disposed of Graf ion for 135, and themselves lost ton. wickets for 119. City •nly made 90 against Eden, who lost three wicket* for 114. At Victoria Park Famed made 244, and got rid of five of the Ton«onby batsmen for 37. SENIOR GRADE. CITY A'. EDEN. City won the to-.-, and MacCormick and Spence commenced the innings against the bowling of Relf and Stemsou After making three Spence was howled by Roll. JNeill, with MacCormick and Kavanagh, made a stand. Neill got 57 by good cricket, before he was bowled by G. Mills His legglancing was neat. MacCormick made 10, and Kavanagh 15 and the innings closed for the poor score of 90. Belt anil I. Mills owned the. innings for Helen, and with the score at 12 the latter was caught off Noil! Smith partnered Relf, and carried the total to 84 before the former was caught behind the wicket* for 34. At 105 Relf played one back to Magee, after a splendid display for 52. Elliott and Dazeley played out time, when ♦he- score stood at 114 for three wickets. G. Mills secured chief bowling honours, getting six for 19, while Rolf took three for 39, and Stemson one for 27. ClTY.—First Innings. K MacCormick, st Hayward, b Stemson 10 'p. Spenee. b Relf £ R. Neill, bG. Mills ... ... ... 37 V. Kavanagh. st Hayward. b Mills ... 15 D. Caro, c Smith, h Mills £ L. Lambert, c Shepherd, b Relf ... 5 D. Archer, b Mills 1 R. Magco, low. 1) Mills >> Dadley, c Shepherd, b Mills 0 Fawcett, c G. Mills, b Keif 9 Newdick. not out Jj Extras 5 Total -• 90 Bowling analysis: Relf took three wickets for 39 runs; Stemsou, one for 27; G. Mills, six for 19. EDEN.—First Innings. A. E. Relf, c and b Magee 52 I Mills. C Magee. b Neill ° -W. B. Smith, c Spenee, b Magee ... 34 T. Elliott, not out 13 W. T. Dazeley, not out J Extras " — & Total for three wickets ■■• ••• H* Bowling analysis: Neill took one wicket for 43 run.-: Magee, two for 17. PARNELL V. PONSONBY. At Victoria [Park Famuli displayed their superiority over Ponsonby by making 244. and getting rid of live of the last-mentioned team's batsmen for 37. L. G. Robinson (46). A. Fairburn (58), C. Olliff (37), and E. Foster (26) gave excellent displays, while Murray and Barry scored freely for 18 (not out) and 17 respectively. Gavin was the most successful bowler, taking four wickets for 79. Braithwaite. with 14 (not out), was the only Pousonbyite to get into double figures, and consequently Kerr and Olliff, who bowled unchanged, had excellent averages. „■ PARNELL.— Innings. C. Olliff, b Heaver ••• 37 R. B. Lusk, c Richards, b Gavin ... 6 E. V. Sale, b Woods ° L. G. Robinson, b Simms *b W. Marcroft, c Simms, b Heaver ... 10 R. Barrv, b Cummings ■ -•• 17 A. Fairburn, st Robinson, b Gavin ... 58 E. Foster, run out '<-& W. Andreae, b Gavin ° F. S. Murray, not out ... ••; ••• 18 A. Kerr, c Cummings, b Gavin 5 ' Extras " Total 2n Bowling analysis: R. Woods took one wicket for 47 runs: J. Gavin, four for 79; Simms, on© for 35; Heaver, two for 45; G. Cummings, one for 30. PONSONBY.— Innings. R. Woods, b Olliff ... - * G. Cummings, b Olliff ... " A. Richards, c Lusk, b Kerr ' W. Robinson, c Lusk, b Olliff ' J. H. Braithwaite, not out 1+ Young, c Fairburn, b Kerr 1 Kemp, not out ? Extras _ Total for five wickets .37 Bowling analysis: A. Kerr took two wickets for 16 runs; C. Olliff, three for 19. NORTH SHORE V. GRAFTON. North Shore and Grafton met on the Domain, and the captain of the last-men-tioned team winning the toss sent Kallender and Forster to the wickets. When 15 was on the board Forster lifted Howde-n to the leg boundary, where he was caught by Prime. Mason followed, and was bowled in playing back to Howden, while Kallender with his score at 21 was nicely caught in the long field by Philson. D. Hay and Lawry were quickly disposed of, and E. Horspool and Clayton became associated, and both playing nice cricket put on 40 odd for the sixth wicket. Horspool had the misfortune to be run out. Clayton then saw another 40 added with Sloman for the seventh wicket. Clayton was bowled by Bush when 32 after having played an excellent innings. Sloman made some good strokes, but tho remaining batsmen did notlast long, and .Grafton were all out for 135. Haddon, who will be absent at Christchurch next Saturday, opened Shore's innings with Hussey, and 65 was on the board before a separation had been effected. Haddon, who had played lively and super!) cricket, had 41 to his credit. He was caught in the slips off Kallender, who with Mason had been put on to bowl off theory. Haddon scored his runs all round the wicket. Huss-ey got to 19, and Prime, who replaced Haddon, made 27. Prime was out in an unfortunate manner, hitting one off Mason on to his toe, the ball then rolling into the wicket. Howden was. out for four, and Philson (10) and Ralfe (5) played out time, Shore then . having 119 on the board for the loss of four -wickets. GRAFTON.—First Innings. J. A. Kallender, c Philson, b Hussey... 21 W. R. Forster, c Prime, b Howden... 8 F. R. Mason, b Howden 7 D. Hay, b Hussey 1 A. Lawry, b Hussey ... 0 E. Horspool, run out ... 28 D. Clayton, b Bush 32 A. E. Sloman, lbw, 1> Hussey 19 H. Lynch, c Dacre, 1> Bush " 0 C. Hay, c. Harrison, b Bush 4 O. J. Bennett, not out 4 Extras 11 Total 135 Bowling analysis; Howden took two •wickets for 61 runs,; Hussey, four for 44; Wallace, none for 9; Bush, three for 10. "NORTH SHORE.—First Innings. A. Haddon, e sub., b Kallender 41 .1. M. Hussey, c Kallender, b Mason ... 19 F. L. Prime, b Mason 27 W. Philson, not out p'j A. Howden, b Mason 4 .1 Kalfe, not out ... ... ... ... 5 Extras "... ... 13 Total for four wickets 119 Bowling analysis: D. Hay took no wickets for 16; Sloman, none for 12; Mason, three for 37; Kallender, one for 39.