CRICKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13723, 13 April 1908, Page 7

CRICKET.

'V- DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS. " THE last hound. !■ r?r_ 10th and last round of the district Jampioiwliips for u,e ISO7 -° S season was f " Snonccd on Saturday. There was nothing P&linnt'in the day', play, with the excepty- . nerhaps, of L. G. Robinsons score of ■; -« o 'made at the Domain for Parnell against x- Vonaonby. Batsmen considered the wicket " ffood, and as i" the accepted order of cricket ' v sontingericies, the light shower of rain which fell just before lho 0 "' 11 " of the day's " ' Jar was not in the bowler's favour, good Scores were expected. The scores, however. Ipta-ere not good, the 37 wickets which fell in ; 'y," [he senior games only producing an average ,"v- o ill.B runs apiece. r L'ho light wax very bad fglfljn th ; last hour of play, even though stumps t ere drawn about 5.30, and batsmen were ' f seriously at fault at times, particularly to7k. ward the close of .play, completely losing /; sight of the ball in its flight from 'the fowler. r-'-. At Eden Park Grafton scored 83 in their first, innings. to which Eden replied with 51 VMor three wickets. Parnell against Ponsonby I ftvre at the wickets at the Domain the whole : iftcrnoon, scoring 149 runs in their first 0 innings. City made 116 in their first inr nings at North Shore against the home team, ■ ' yhicii '"as lost four wickets for a total of 37 , runs. The matches will be resumed on the 111 25th inst. GRAFTON V. EDEN. " D. Hay, Grafton's skipper, won the toss, ''y and elected to bat, going to the wickets in company with S. P. Jones, to face the bowlt ing of Hobson and Stemson at Eden Park " on Saturday. The innings was opcnetQfeautiously, the runs in the first half-hour Being t>. very carefully compiled. Hay was the first to go, being nieoly caught by Gray off Hobsen. -Tones soon followed, getting his leg in front of one of Stemson's. A. Sloman filled the gap. and put his first ball into the hands \ of J. Mills. Mason came in, and played a nice innings, his score of 28 being a most 4, useful contribution. He was eventually ' caught by Elliot, off Smith. The colts, R. Sloman and Horspool, kept tho wickets tip ■ for some time, but did not ado many to the i'. score. Sloman was dismissed by a brilliant * catch by Elliot, who had to leap sideways : tin the air to reach the ball. The remaining batsmen neither stayed long, nor added ' many to the total, the innings closing for 83 'J runs. Geo. Mills (three for 11) and BrookeSmith (four for 18) did good work with the ball. „ Eden went to the .wickets at 4.30 in a failfevi ing light, and opened badly, Cuinmings being run out. by a smart return from the field knocking the wickets down. _ Elliot aid not stay long, Iritis; caught behind the wickets. Ho played late at a leg ball from Mason, and ' hit it against the chest of the wicket- ' . keeper, .Tones, who ('aught it on the bounce ? off his chest. Taylor, who was playing good cricket, then became associated with BrookeSmith, and the pair made a decent stand. Brooke-Smith touched one on the off, when he was five, for which" both the wicketkeeper and slip reached, but he survived. Smith showed some fine wrist work in pulling D. Hay, who was bowling the off theory, to the on. He succumbed in attempting one of these strokes, Lepine nicely taking the chance off Hay. Taylor (23) was still linconquered at call of time, the result then being 51 for the loss of three wickets. The scores follow: — GRAFTON.-— Innings. D. Hay. o Grey, b Hobson 18 S. P. Jones, lbw, h Stomson ... ... 15 A. Sloman, c, I. Mills, b Hobson ... 0 Mason, o Elliot, b Smith ... ... ... 28 La wry, b Smith / ... . ... 8 Graham, bG. Mills ... ... 1 4. Hoj-spool, bG. Milk ... ... "... ■ 8 R. Sloman. c Elliot, b Smith ... ... 1 C. Bay, o Grey, bG. Mills... ... ... 3 IV. Brierley, not out... ... ... , ... 0 p. Lepine, b Smith., '.. 0 Extras... ... ... .., ... I Total ... - ... ... ... ... 83 Bowling Analysis: Brooke- took four wicket? for 18 runs; G. Mills, three for 11; Hobson, two for 23; Stemson, one for 30. . v j . EDEN.—First Innings. » Ctimmings, run out ..< ... ... 1 ' Elliot, c Jones, b Mason 8 Taylor, not- out * ... 23 Brooke-Smith, c Lepine, b Hay ..j ... 12 :I. Mills, not out ... .... ...■ ... 2 Extras * ... ... 5 Total for three wickets ... ... ... 51 * Bowling Analysis: Hay took one wicket for 13 runs; Mason, one for 28; Sloman, none for 4. PARNELL Y. PONSONBY.

Barry»- and Andreae opened for Parnell at the Domain on Saturay. Barry very soon was clean bowled by McLelland, L. G. Robinson taking his place. Robinson soon lost Andreae, who was beaten by McCoy. Sale followed , and was shortly afterwards caught behind the ''sticks" by Robinson, off White. Robinson then had a succession of partners in Olliff, Fairburn, and Murray.. the latter vigorously compiling 16. Robinson lost his wicket by putting one up oft" McCoy, Kemp securing the ball. His contribution of 62 was a very valuable addiI* tion to the score, and is exceedingly meriT- torious in view of the smallness of the scores . all round. Parnell's innings closed for 149, and stumps were then drawn. Six Ponsonby howlers were tried, four dividing the honours * a . between them. ;V;i -if The scores follow: — ; PARNELL.— First Innnings. 11. W. Harry, b McLelland... 4 Andreae, b McCoy ... ... 5 E. V. Sale, c Robinson, b White..'. ... 5 •Olliff, c Kemp, b White . 12 A. Fairburn, run out 12 F. Murray, c Robinson, b McCoy ... 16 L. Robinson, 0 Kemp, b McCoy ... , ... 62 E. Foster, st Robinson, b McCoy ._ ... 10 • ! R. B. Lusk, b Gavin ... ... 3 BarnsdaJe, b Gavin ... 0 Breese, not out 16 Extras 4 Total 149 j. Bowling Analysis: White took two wickets for 50 runs; McLelland, one for 8; y. McCoy, four for 50; Plummer, none for 10; Woods, none for 21; Gavin, two for 6. CITY V. NORTH SHORE. On the suburban ground on Saturday City playing against North Shore made 116 in the first innings. A feature of the afternoon's play wa.i that of the 17 men who went to the wickets only one was clean bowledHeney, of the City Cf), earning that distinction. City went to the wickets first, and at one time had 40 011 the board for the loss of two wickets. llemus played a really good innings, including some nice strokes, in piling up his score of 34 runs. Beechey (14) and Spence (14) were the only other batsmen to reach double figures. North Shore made a very had start, Prime being the only batsman to thow any decent form, his share of 37 for four wickets being 23, not out. He also performed well with the bait, securing three wickets for two runs. The Shore fielding was very good, a number of brilliant catches being made. The scores follow: — ClTY.—First Innings. Caro. Ibw, b Bush ... 9 MacC'ormiek, Ibw, b Bush ... ... ... 7 -Bcechey, c and b Bush 14 Bemus, c Prime, b Bush ... ... ... 34 . Neill, 0 Philson, b Bush 4 Ellis, c Philson. b Woodward 9 Spence, c and b Prime ... ... ... 14 | .Heney, b McNeil ... '. 9 Cossev, c Bush, b Prima ... ... 5 Slf Hunter, not out ... ... ... ... 0 Harvey, st Wilker, b Prime 6 Extras 5 t§§ Total 116 Bowline: Analysis: F. Woodward took one wicket for for 30 runs; W. Bush, five for 51; §§£«• Ralfe, none for 21; L. Prime, three for F. McNeil, one for 7. g| NORTH SHORE.— Innings. W. Philson, c Spence, b Harvey ... ... 3 Woodward, c MacCormick, b Neill. . 7 Ppi#lsicre, c Spence. b Harvey 1 J- Ralfe, c Sp3nce, b Harvey 0 mttA. Wallace, not out ... .... ,0 IpS Prime, not out 23 Esfras..* 1 ■-.-.»•» *"< ■ ***' 3 |p||j|Total for four wickets t~< »•< 37

SECOND GRADE. | SECOND GRADE. EDEN A V. (PARNELL A. Eden A.First innings s • Bridge#, 12; A. Brown, 0; N. T. Williams, 7; Horspool, 17; Freeman, 10; Kavanagh 17; Jonkin, 6; A. Ciark, 3; E. C. He ale, 24; F. Brown, -11; Buckley, 2; extras, 8: total, 117. , Bowling Analysis: C. Resteaux took five wickets for 42 runs; W. Marcroft, one for 26: .J. llutebings, four for 25. Parnell A.—First innings: A. Otterson, 0; C. Resteaux, 5; H. Walton, 1; J. Hutch, ings, not out, 3.; A. G, Holland, not out, 5; extras, 1: total for three wickets,^s., Bowling Analysis: N. T. Williams took two wickets for 11 runs; Kavanash, one for 3. GRAFTON Y. EDEN B. Grafton.—First .innings: P. Horspool, 7; C'. Robinson, 35;; E. Lvneh, not out, 45; D. Hill, 4; J. Lepine, 0; D. .lack, 4; F. Horspool, 12; Cullerne, 10; C. Eastgate, 10; Gilniour, 0; H. Eastgate, 1; extras, 8: total, 133. • Eden B.—First innings: Yates, 18; Gray, 5; Gordon, 0; O. I"''re em an, 2; Beach, not out, 1; extras. J. : total for four wickets, 27. Grafton, winning the toss, elected to bat, and compiled 133,, C. Robinson scoring 32, and E. Lynch played a sterling innings for 45, not out. Bowling for Eden, P." Grind rod took four wickets for 16 runs, Slatter two f0r,25. At the eail. of time Eden had lost four wickets for 27. Yates played well for 18. Robinson tool;, four wickets for 19 runs. (PARNELL B Y. PONSONBY. iParnell B.First innings: F. L. McDonogh, 1; W. J. Dinnison, 29: J. F. Airey, 4; R. Dingle, 10; E. .1. and, 13; R. Williams, not out, 2; White, 0; J. Beaver, 3; R. Campbell, 3: Brown, 0; extras, 3": total (one man short), 74, Bowling Analysis: Beatson took five wickets for 40 runs; Smith, two for 23; Webb, two for 3. Ponsonby.—First innings: 75 runs for eight wickets. THIRD GRADE. Parnell v. North Shore A. —North Shore A, first innings: Carson, 7; Brabant, 13; Wallace, 21; Andrew. 1; Harty, 17; Jeffries, 1,5; Town d, 0: Woodward, 37; Oak den, 24: Kent, 4; Porch, not />ut, 10; extras, 9: total, 155. Bowling analysis: 11. Turbott took five wickets for 44 runs: R. Somervell, three for 28; J. Williams, one for 18; H. M. Warner, one for 21, Parnell, first innings: P.. Somervell, not out, 2; E. J. Schofield, 0; J. T. Jackson, not out, 3; extras, 2: total for one wicket;, 7: THAMES MATCHES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN" CORRESi'DN'DE.NT.] Thames, Saturday. The last match of the local competitions was played this afternoon, when East was again defeated by West by 22 runs. Tho scores were : East, 71; West, 93. Billing (20, not out) and Morwiek (20) batted well for East, while Brown (13) and Y. Adams (10, not. out) wore the top scorers for West. V. Adams was the most successful bowler for West, with an average of five wickets for 6 runs. Gordon and Brokenshiro were tho principal bowlers for East, tho former taking three wickets for 7 runs. Matches have been arranged between the local representatives and the Auckland Y.M.C.A. nd league representatives, to be played at the Thames on Friday and _Saturday, and a local team plays tho Morrinsville representatives at that place on Easter Monday. _ . HAWKE'S BAY COMPETITIONS. [by telegraph.— association.] Napier, Sunday. The Hawke's Bay Cricket Association's season has ended with the United eleven winners of the first grade competition. Ahuriri won the second grade. t WAIHI V. MORRINSVILLE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN' CORRESPONDENT.] Waihi, Saturday. Tho return match between the Waihi and .Morrinsville cricketers was played on the local ground to-day. Waihi batted first, scoring 212, and Morrinsvillo responded with 109. The local team thus won by 103 runs on the first innings.