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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16500, 28 March 1917, Page 4

CRICKET.

> NOTES AND COMMENTS. Expectations '■were -hardly, realised in the i result" of? Saturday's matches •in * the Auckland:' Cricket Association's senior;, grade championships. ■' Parnell. '.< wife: only 154 on the ' J board: a* = ft"first'? ; innings' score, could scarcely bo expected to ; secure a . three-point win from University. ' ..'.This, _ however, ' tho leading team succeeded, in doing:. .The students' Brat innings was a bit of a fiasco. Fawcetl, who has a habit of making runs fast in an emergency, made something of a stand until j'so?unfortunate /.as to be run out. None of tho others ; made double figures. •' ''.-. ■ '', After hitting up 101 for the loss of two wickets Parnell sent University to the wickets again. .The second venture was even less fortunate than the first, the team, which was -th'in without the sorvicca of Graham and PJaycr, only making 42. Simpson's average for the two innings works out at nine wickets for 41 runs and Doble's seven for 40. ~ . , To expect that Ponsonby would win from North Eihoro was only natural, but it was hardly ho probablo that they would make a three-point win of tho match. North Shore suffered somewhat of a collapse in the first innings, and "with tho notable exception of Dacro did even worse the, second time Dacr& showed undeniable form in making 105 no'; out against bowling which accounted for his fellow-players in Quick succession. Smith's performance with the ball stands out as something beyond tho ordinary, the match having yielded him eleven wickets for 77 runs.