ATHLETIC SPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19503, 6 December 1926, Page 15

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

CRICKET IN AUCKLAND. DAY for the batsmen. THREE centuries scored. j COOPER AND TAYLOR. jf 0 r the first- time this season the wickets on Saturday when the senior championship competitions of the Auckland Cricket Association were continued, could be classed as the batsmen. In consequence there were some bright displays, teams scoring over 400, and three players, I. W. Cooper, of Eden, and C. p. W. Alleott; and L. G. Taylor, both of Grafton, passing the century. Cooper and Alleott both cored 189, and both had bad luck in not passing tho second century. Alleott is still not out, and so may be able to do so if his side continues its innjngs next Saturday, At 1 lie opening of the day's play the wickets were inclined to be a little tricky. There was not much life in them, but just enough to make an occasional ball difficult. However, short'v after the start there was a light shower, which had the effect of making the wickets true and tasy, a realisation of the dreams of batsjnen since the start of the season. On a good wicket the attack of the Y.M.C.A. team is almost negligible. This was proved by the Grafton batsmen, who rattled up 427 for nine wickets on No. 1 wicket at Eden Park.' Bowley at times proved troublesome, especially to Taylor, but none of the others was consistently difficult. Alleott played a fine innings, and Taylor's was little behind it in point of merit. The easy wicket and the frequency ot dropped catches resulted in Eden scoring 437 for nine wickets against University. Cooper gave an exhilarating display in scoring 189, and, although Whelan with 78 not out was the next highest score, Gillespie, 44. was very little behind Cooper as regards style. Ponsonby's score against Parnell was compiled largely through the efforts of two men, Taylor and McLeod, who scored 83 and 63' respectively. The. innings realised 203, and Parnell in reply have lost two wickets for 90 when stumps were drawn. The fivst two wickets fell very cheaply, and with a little luck Anthony, who scored 50 not out, would also have been dismissed. The North Shore A apd 1> teams met at l Devonport. The A team made 233 for three wickets, and then declared with the evident intention of gaining four points, if possible, by dismissing the B team for less than that total in two innings. That is still possible, but the B team made a surprisingly good stand, and has 110 runs on with five wickets yet to fall in the first innings. The highest scorer of the day was C. Dacre, who made 84 for North Shore A. GRAFTON V. Y.M.C.A. After the light shower which took what "little life there was out of No. 1 wicket at Eden Park,, the Grafton batsmen gave Y.M.C.A. a busy afternoon in the field. The first wicket fell early, Snedden being caught off Bowley after he had scored 7, but then Taylor and Horspool took the score to 55 before the latter was beaten by the coach and bowled for 31. ■ Alleott then joined Taylor ami with the wicket becoming easier every minute the pair settled down to scoro easily. Taylor was never quite comfortable when facing Bowley, and on several occasions early in his innings was lucky not to be bowled. He played the other bowlers well and Alleott, once he struck form, was very little troubled by any of them. The score mounted rapidly, and there peemed to be a prospect of an exciting race between the batsmen to see who would be the first to reach the century. They were both in the peventies, when Taylor faced an over from Lock. In this be took absolute command of the bowling and off the first eeven balla, by hurricane hitting, reached the three-iigure score. With an even hundred to his credit he was bowled by the last ball of the over. Taylor had given a sterling display, marred slightly by a couple of chances, but characterised by a good defence and some pretty scoring shots to leg and past point. Rowntree, the next man, was caught before he had scored, a ball coming up sharply aiad hitting the shoulder of his bat. Alleott continued to be untroubled, and' noon passed his century. Sloman and King assisted him in raising the total, and then another good partnership ensued between Alleott and Wilson. ■ The latter waa very Bcratchy i*t first, but once he bad settleci down he ran up 40 in incredibly short time. Juut before time was called .Fitness and Flower lost their wickets, leaving Alleott not out with 189, while nine, wickets had fallen for 426. Allcott's battmg had been excellent, and be outshone Taylor in his ability to score off all the bowlers. Me exploited to good advantage < a shot in the nature of a pull past mid-on, and his strokes to the off were, as usual, faultless. Following are the scores:— GRAFTON.—First Innings. C. A. Snadden, 0 Paton. b Bowley .. 7 E. HorspDol, b Bowley Jj. G. Taylor, b Lock 100 C. F. W. Alleott, not out .. .. .. 189 K. W. J? own tree, c Kasper, b Lock .. 0 T. Sloman, st Hunt, b Bowley .. .. 21 E. W. King, o Gorrie, b Bowley 10 H. Wilson, b Rasper .. •• '..40 G. Fitness, run out f W. Flower, b Offer .. •• • 1 G. L. Goodwin, not cut . .■ ;• •' * Extras ■ w 23 Total for nine wickets r.v r._. 427 EDEN BATSMEN IN FORM. Once again Gillespie and Mills, who in past seaiions have proved such a lormidable opening pair for Eden, failed to stay long together. Eden had been facing the University bowling only for a few minutes _ tm No. 2 wicket at Eden Park when Mills edged one from Matheson to Barnes m the slips and the - fieldsman held the catch. Cooper and Gillespie then proceeded to make amends for the bad start, but the partnership snould have been broken early when Matheson was given an easy catch from Cooper, which he failed to hold. Some good butting ensued on an easy wicket, Gillespio scoring with xiowerful and wellplaced off-drives until at 44 he was stumped by Kelly off Garrard. Cooper meanwhile had been showing his appreciation of hi 3 early escape by jumping straight into form and. scoring with good shots all round the wicket. Postles and Butler saw him increase his score, by leaps and bounds before they fell victims to Saunders. He. passed his century, and in company with Brook-Smith continued to take advantage of the inability of the University bowlers to turn the ball on the easy wicket. Brook-Smith was caught by Gee ofl Saunders when he had made 44 by good shots, but Cooper, partnered by McCarthy, continued to make runs without any great effort. He waa nearing his spcond century and batting as solidly.as when he started when he was dismissed in a peculiar manner. He made no attempt to play a ball from Matheson. but it broke back and took his wicket.' His iunings showed that this season he has struck his true form, the form which he has shown in flashes in past Beasonß. Whelan made things merry when ho, joined McCarthy, who had given one or two chances. The new batsman also had a life early in the innings, but hit out freely and soon passed his half century. McCarthy aud Simpson were dismissed by successive balls from Garrard, and Buckley played out time with Whelan, who was 78 not out when stumps were drawn. Eden's total for nino wickets was 437, and, if University's fielding had not been so weak, would have been much smaller. Dropped catches were the order of the day, and there was hardly a,. batsman who did not have a life. Following are the scores:— EDEN.—First Innings. H. D.' Gillespie, st Kelly, b Garrard .. 44 J. E, Mills, c Barnes, b Matheson .. 4 I. W, Cooper, b Matheson .. .. 189 A. J. Postles, -lbw. b Saunders .. ..22 V. C. Butler, b Saunders 19 W. Brooke-Smith, c Gee, b Saunders .. 4-1 F. McCarthy, s Smeeton, b Garrard .. 27 R. F. W. Whelan. not, out 78 J. B. Simpson, lbw, b Garrard .. .. 0 H. Buckley, not out .. .. 0 Extras .. ..- ?.-,i fi>l r .. 10 v Total,for nine wickets » g-.i sv 437

PONSONBY'S MODERATE SCORE. The bowling of Aitken and Anthony kept the opening batsmen for Ponsonby very quivit- in the match against Parnell on No. 3 wicKet at Eden Park. A bad start was made, for, although McLeod was fairly confident,, Snedden, Commons and Smith were dismissed cheaply and three wickets were down for 55. When McCoy came on to bowl it looked as . if the new batsman, Taylor, would also join the procession. He was obiously beaten by some of the bowler's deliveries, but, favoured by a little luck, ho gradually got his eye in. He and McLeod then played solid cricket and raised the score to 122 before the latter gave Anthony a catch off Aitken: He had played ail invaluable innings, displaying ability to hit hard anything loose and showing admirable restraint. McLeod's dismissal wa3 followed by the loss of three wickets with very short intervals between them. Small wood, in making 14. stayed long enough to enable Taylor to add to his score with some good shots to the of!, but Sellars and Kemp both fell victims to Marshall before they had scored. The same bowler shattered Taylor's wicket shortly afterwards, the Ponsonby batsmen haying played a forceful innings for 83. With McLeod he had saved Ponsonby's innings from degenerating into a rout,. Neither \\ heeler or Newdick added materially to the score after Taylor's dismissal and the innings closed for 203. Parnell's start was even more disastrous than Ponsonby's had been, McCoy and J. M. . Smith -falling easy victim's to S. G. Smith. Tho board then showed the loss of two wickets for six runs but a fine stand by Anthony and Irving retrieved matters somewhat. If the Ponsonby fielding had been respect able, Anthony's stay at the wickets would not have been long. Ho was forcing the pace, and Snedden was deliberately bowled to his field. However, ho received no assistance, for several • times Anthony was dropped behind the wickets, in the slips and at square-leg. He made runs in quick time, profiting: by: these mistakes and had reached 50 when stuhips were ■drawn. Irving had scored 32 in typical style and the total was'9o for two wickets. Following are the scores:— PONSONBY,—First- Innings. N. C. Snedden, b Aitken 12 T. McLeod, c Anthony, b Aitken v -.. 63 J. Commons, c and b Anthony .. ... 3 S. G. Smith, lbw, Aitken .. .. 5 F. S. Taylor, b Marshall .. .. -..53 N. Brinsden, run out .. ..- . 0 M. C. Smallwood, b Marshall .. •.. 14 R. Sellars, c Aitken. b Marshall .. 0 N. Kemp, b Marshall 0 W. Wheeler, c Anthony, b Marshall .. 10 Newdick, not out 5 Extras ... 8 Total .. -..203 Bowling Analysis.—Marshall took five wickets for 36 runs; Aitken, three for 35; Anthony, one for 39; Macallan, nono for' 9; McCoy, none for 20; Broberg, none for 56. PARNELL.—First Innings. A. E. Irving, not out .. .. ..32 A. W. McCoy, b Smith .. . 4 J. M. Smith, et Wheeler, b Smith .. 0 A. Anthony, not out .. .. .. 50 Extras . .. 4 Total for two wickets .. ..90 THE TWO NORTH SHORE TEAMS, i Winning the toss, North Shore A decided to bat first in the same against North Shore B at. Devonport. Frater and C. Dacre, the opening batsmen, began to gather runs at a merry pace against the bowling of Monk and Arblaster. Dacre was in a particularly agressive mood; he scored off almost every ball and was ever on the alert to steal a single. In this he was aided by the patchy fielding of North Shore B. With the total at 41 Arblaster bowled. Frater, and Honteith joined Dacre. The pair set out to repeat their profitable partnership of the previous week against Parnell and 100 was reached after 50 minutes' play. The score leaped rapidly, both Dacre and Monteith opening their shoulders and flogging the bowling unmercifully. Dacre appeared set for big century when, in opening out to Doble, who had just gone on, he was clean,bowled.. He had played a chanceless' innings for 84, which included nine fours. Two wickets were down for 157, the partnership having yielded 116 runs. Gerrard joined Monteith, but the latter was bowled by R. Johnston before the score had been increased. Player and Gerrard were then associated. Player began to score at a good ratte, but Gerrard was. for' some timp painfully slow. Player lifted the first six of the match off Arblaster, and in the next over Gerrard sent the score past 200 after slightly less than two hours' play. Player gave a chance at 38, but R. Johnston dropped the ball. The innings was.declared closed at 233 for three wickets,- Player being 47 not out and Gerrard 26 not out. An unexpectably good stand was made by North Shore B. The opening Batsmen. Colebourne and Lusk, began scoring at o good rate. Colebourne hit four successive boundaries off successive balls from Coates, the over costing 19 runs. Colebourne scored freely off a pretty cut, playing the bowling with ease. A double change in the bowling was made by putting on Player and Townshend in place of Dacre and Coateu, and in his second over Player sent Lusk's bails flying. The total was then 45. Webb joined Colebourne, and tho latter was applauded for a six, but he lifted the next ball to Dacre. He had scored 40 out of the total at that stage of 53. Horsley and Webb batted steadily both -using the "long handle." effectively after becoming set, Webb brought up the century after an hour's play. A separation was effected at 102, when Dacre caught Horsley al; square leg. Arblaster and Monk failed to score, and stumps were drawn with the total at 110 for five wickets. Following are the scores:— NORTH, SHORE A .-First Innings. Frater, b Arblaster .. .. ..18 C. Dacre, b Dobl«> ... . . , , . . 84 Monteith, b R. Johnston .. .. 39 Gerrard, not out . . . . „ . . . 26 Player, not out . . ■ 47 Extras . . .., . . . . . . 19 ■ Total for three wickets (declared) . . 233 Bowling Analysis.—Arblaster took one wicket for 66 runs, Doble one for 33, R. Johnston one for 45, Monk nono for 32, Webb none for 38. NORTH SHORE B-First Innings. Colebourne, c Dacre, b Townshend .. 40 Lusk, b Player . ! .. ..11 Webb, not out 30 Horsley, e Dacre. b Townshend .. ..17 Arblaster, b Townshend 0 Monk, o Dacre, b Townshend ~ .. 0 Adams, not out .'. .. . .'. 1 Extras .; .. 11 Total for ..five wickets „ 110 SENIOR B SECTION. » SHORE COLTS V. UNIVERSITY. North Shore Colts.'—First innings: Wells, b Jones, 11; Wallers, b Jones, 25; Long, b Jones, 7: Rankin, b Binmore, 10;; Simpson, c Burbridge, b Binmore, 0: Hipkins, c Waddingham, b Binmore, 44: Jay, sfc Wilson, b Waddingham, 11 ;H. Smith, c Waddingham. b Jack3on. 11; Woolley, c James, b Jackson, 10; P. Smith, not out, 2; Jackson, b Inder, 1; extras,, 17; total, 149. Bowling analysis: Binmoiro took three wickets for 35 runs Jones, three for 38: Jackson, two for 9; Inder, one for 2; Waddingham, one for 26. Second innings: Hipkins, not oi)t, 12; Walters, not out. 14; extras. 1; total for no wickets, 27. ... „ University Colts.—First innings: Butbridge, b Hipkins, 15; Bannister, c Rankin, b Hipkins, 9; Jones, c Jay, b Hipkins, 7: Inder, b Jackson, 2; Wilkins, b Smith,-36: Jackson, played on. b Hipkins, 0 Waddingham b Smith, 4; Smith, not out 18; Dow, b Jay, 7; Binmpre, c Walters, b Jay, 7; extras, it; total, 10a. Bowling analysis: Hipkins took four wickets for 32 runs, Jay two for 16. Smith two for 24; Jackson, one for 26. PARNELL V. PAPATOETOE. Parnell.—First innings f Johnston, c Henderson, b E. H. Burnside, 14; Singleton, b E. Kerr. 28; Von Rotter, c Dobson. b Kerr. 19; Dow, c EL Swaffiold, b A. Swaffield, 5; Luke, b P. Swaffield, 30; Stehr. b P. Swaffield. 9; Kissling, c and b E. H. Burnside, 12; Turbott. b E. H. Burnside, 0; Broberg, bowled E. H. Burnside, 0; Palmer, not out, 4- Bell, b E. H. Burnside, 1; extras, 11; total, 133. Bowling Analysis: E. H. Burnside took five wickets for 27 runs, Kerr ko for 16, P. Swaffield two for 23. A. Swaffield one for 20. Burrett none for 15. D. Burnside none f °Pap.itoetoe.— First innings; Winks, b Palmer 0; Leighton. c Broberg, b Kissling, 1; A. Swaffield, b Kissling. lo; E. H ; . Bumside. not out, 19; Burrett, b R. Kissling, 0; P. Swaffield, b Kissling, 0; D. Burnside, not out, 9; extras. 4; total for five wickets, 48. VPONSONBY V. EDEN. Ponsonby—First innings: lit. Warneford, c Cathie, b Skelton, 11; Millb c Angel, b Skelton • 21: G. Warneford, c Blackbury, b Skelton; 5; Kemp, b Cathie, I); Peebles st Bennett, b Skelton, 5; Lonergan, b Hockm, 6- Clark, b Hockin. 0; Hilton, b Hockm, 4; ?? ' SMtonJook 8v« wickets for 2;5 runs ' Wilson one for .1, Cathie one for 20Eden.—First innings: Ellis, c Mills, o Kemp, 17; Bennett, b Kemp,, 38„ R. h Kemp 2- Cathie, b Kemp, 1G; Angel, c nine wickets, 126. THIRD GRADE. Ponsonby A v. Epsom V. n 33?' *Ansonby: First. innings. *7 <Anids W). an drews took six wicketSj for g Second l S e th % Mw. E «usS^; W y r«S- K«mp l fo? win for Epsom United. . Kingsland v. Glebe -Kingßland £ wst in nings, 146 (Fryetfc 40, McLeod, 20. Evans, 17, Bareham 17, Gfebe: First innings, 69 (Stnckey 20. ■ Moon 12). Second innings. 78 (Jones 14, Bramie}, 10).— Three-point win for Kingsland.

Mount Albert v. North Shore A.—Mount Albert: First innings, 119 (Ott 25, Topliss 22, Strong 21, Nolan 20). Davis took four wickets for 60, "Walters three for 13, Fay two for 12, Harley one for 1?. North Shore: First innings, 83 (Goldsworthy 3<J not out, Stokea 11, Powell 10). Ott. took four wickets for 2G runs, P. Jamieson two for 3. C. Jamieson two for 9, Nolan two for 32.—-Three-point win for Mount Albert. Balmoral v. Y.M.C.A.—Y.M.C.A.: First innings, 108 (Brainbury 21, Pearce 19, Horspool 12. Biddolls 12, Beech, 10 not out). Fulton took lour wickets for 2o runs, Berridge four for 26, Gillespie ofie for 9; Dawaon one for 13. Balmoral: First innings, 110 for five wickets (Gillespie G3, Berridge 18). W.Y.M.I. v. Y.M.C.A.—Y.M.C.A.: First innings, 61 (K. Hiddolls 15. not out). Bowling analysis: Scott took four wickets, D. Chapman three, F. Chapman two. Second innings, 39 (W. Sinclair 14). Bowling analysis: F. Chapman took four wickets, J.'. Chapman three. J. Wade one. W.Y.M.1.: First innings, 87 (Young 28, D. Chapman 16). Bowling analysis: Grundy took four wickets, Sinclair five, Waldren one. Second innings, 11 for two wickets (D. Chapman 11 not out). W.Y.M.I.' won by eight wickets—a four-point win, FOURTH GRADE. Y.M.C.A. B v. Takapuna.—Y.M.C.A,: First innings. -15 (Schierling 17, G. Nicholls 12). Turnbull took four wickets for 13 runs, E. Nicholls three for 12, Dickey three for 19. Takapuna: First innings, 39 (Guineveu 11). Second innings, -17 (Sanderson 13). Guineven took six wickets for 13 runs, Brown three for 26. McKee three for 35, Chalmers three for 14.—Three-point win for Y.M.C.A. Mount Albert v. St. James'.—St. James 1 : First innings, 45 (Olsson 10). Greet took three wickets for. 8 runs, Wilkinson three for 8. Second innings, 33. Floyd took three wickets for 10 runs. Mount Albert: First innings, 117 (Watson 23, Floyd 22, Wilkinson 22, Irvine 12, Larlaw 11). Olsson took five wickets for 39 runs, Webb four for 20.—Four-point win for Mount Albert. Comrades v. North Shore B.—Comrades: First innings, 77 (Counihan 34. Donaldson 16). Second inninga, 89 (Wardrope 28, Donaldson 21, Grace 13). North Shore: First innings, 74 (McLusky 18, Horsley 11). Second innings, 33 for six wickets (Horsley 13, Ormiston 10). —Three-point , win for Comrades. Glebe v. Northcote.—Glebe: First innings, 100 (Hodder 26, Anderson 11, McNeil 11, Fletcher 11). Second innings, 91 (Hodder 27, McNeil 18). Northcote: First inningS, 66 (Lewis S"l, McMillan, 16 not ; out, Keating 13). Second innings, 75 (Mitchell 31, Morgan 11, Keating 10). Three-point, win for Glfbe. All Saints' B v. Birkdale.—All Saints': ; First innings, 21. Second innings, 87 (Clark 25, Cunningham 24, Swinley 13, Smith 10). Birkdale: First innings, 33. Second innings, 40 (Keymor 24, McGregor, 14). —Four-point win for All Saints'. SECONDARY SCHOOLS GAMES. THREE CENTURIES SCORED. Secondary schools cricket matches were continued on Saturday, when the best scores of the season were recorded. Whitelaw, Auckland Grammar School, gave a splendid batting display against King's College in scoring 130. Two centuries were obtained for Mount Albert Grammar School against Auckland Grammar School B, Weir, 103, and Bush, 104, being responsible. Details j are Auckland Grammar School v. King's College.—Auckland Grammar School: First innings, 296 for five wickets, when stumps were drawn (Whitelaw 130, Sutherland 62. Schnauer 42, Fraser 19, Cashmore 13 not out). Bowling for Ivigg's College, Lusk took two wickets for 67 runs. Mount Albert Grammar School v. Auckland Grammar School B.—Mount Albert: First innings, 426 for eight wickets (Weir 103, Bush 104, G. Vivian 88, L. Vivian 78 not out," Wilson 18, Hetheringtori 12). Bowling for Auckland Grammar School B, McCormick. took three wickets for 152 runs. Gray two for 85. RICCARTON BOWLER'S DAY. FIRST "HAT TRICK" OF SEASON. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. To C. G. Gibbs, the Eiecarton left-handed bowler, has fallen the honour of the first " hat trick" of the Christchurch cricket season. Gibbs took the wickets of Cromb j (lbw), Powell and Burns (caught in slips) with the third, fourth and fifth balls of an over in the match with Old Boys at Hagley Park to-day. He altered the complexion of the game, for four Old Boys' i wickets wero then down for 82 runs. 1 Then Gibbs went on his way, taking two brilliant catches off his own bowling, and I finished with a tally for suven wickets for 27 runs. WAIKATO ASSOCIATION. PROGRESS OF COMPETITIONS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] HAMILTON, Saturday. The third matches in the Waikato Cricket Association's competitions were commenced to-day. Batting against Hamilton in the senior A competition Frankton made 60 runs (Steele 19) in their first innings and lost four wickets for 38 runs in the second, when time was called. Bowling for Hamilton, Shepherd took three wickets for 20 runs, Taylor four for 22 and Dalton one for 10. Hamilton's first innings yielded 140 (Campbell 38, Eggleston 23, Dalton 18, Edwards 18, Matheson 13). Pickering took three wickets for 17 runs, Everest three for 28, Cobbe two for 12, Hunwicb one for 28 and Steele one for 34.'. R. Going (108 runß) opened a successful innings for Hamilton East against Old Boys, Sheet also batted well and the innings closed with 180 runs. Horspool took foiir wickets for 43 runs, Latta two for 22. Moir two for 28 and Hawke ono for 51. ' Low scoring (41 runs) characterised Old Boys' first innings, no double figure itcores being made. Dufty look four wickets for 15, Johnston three for 12, Goring two for 18. S. Badeley one for 1. Following on Old Boya' made a better showing in their second innings, three wickets being down for 69 runs on the call of time. Hawke made 34 not out and Martin 24. In the senior B grade Railway batted first against Hamilton East and were disposed of for 37 runs (Johnston 11). Hamilton East replied with 94 (Owens 47, Gall 10, -Johnston 13). Rennie took seven wickets for 8 runs. In their second innings Railway made 55 runs with the loss of two wickets (McGregor 22 not out. Johnston 12. Greaves 19 not out) Y.M.C,A. and Frankton batted only one innings each. After a long spell s,t the wickets Y.M.C.A. were despatched for 15:: (Thompson 22, Stockman 20, Bailey 22. Lee 16, Langdnn 14 not out, Heyworth 32, Whiting 10). Frankton 'replied with 98 runs (Earle 26, Griffin 28 not out. Malm 16-). FRANKLIN COMPETITION. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WAIUKU, Saturday. Play in the Franklin Cricket Association's ' competition was continued to-day. Mauku secured a two-point win against Waiuku. The Mauku team declared its first innings closed at last Saturday's score—229 runs for five wickets. Waiuku responded with 101 runs (Molloy 33, Turner 16, Arfcle, not out, 13, Duthie 12, Heise 10). Mauku had made 30 runs (Gilroy 16) for five wickets in thei.- second innings when stumps were drawn. The game was thus decided the first innings. Bowling for Maukn, Mnlgan took eight wickets for 17 runs and Finlay two for 25. For Waiuku, Jack took three for 10. Molloy ona for 5, and Heise one for 15. Kohe Kohe secured a three-point win from Glenbrook. For the two innings Glenbrook's total was 53 runs, against Kohe Koha's 106 runs for their first innings. ROTORUA ASSOCIATION. [by telegraph.—press association.] ROTORUA. Saturday. Teams in the Rotorua Cricket Association continued the McLean Cup competition today. In the City-Ngongotaha, mutch the latter made 54 in the first innings, and 40 in the second. City's first innings produced 82 and in the second the team had lost four wickets for 14 when stumps drawn. St. Luke's v. Colts: St. Luke's made 142 in the first in nings and Colts 53. St. Luke's declared at 53 for four wickets in the second innings (Newmarch 43 not out). Colts, in the second innings made 69 (Young 15, Steele 15). St. Luke's winning by 63 runs. Burton took five wickets for 15 runs, Garrard four for 32. COLTS DEFEAT TAIHAPE. [by telegraph.—press association.] TAIHAPE, Saturday. The cricket match between Taihape and Colts resulted in a win for Colts by a margin of seven runs. . Batting first Colts made 82 (Dnpps 19. J. McLennan 15, Fleet 12). Belliss took three wickets for 28 runs, Hamill three for 10, Sinclair two for 5, Appletcn one for 26. Taihape made 75 runs (Jenness 13, Appleton 13, Hamill 19). Buckley took sis wickets for 13' runs. Fleet one for 11, McClure one for 24, Dripps none for 16. In their second innings Colts had lost two wickets for 73 runs when 'time was called.