CRICKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20521, 24 March 1930, Page 13

CRICKET.

AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION. three centuries scored. WICKETS FAVOUR BATSMEN. The fourth series of matches in tbi second round of tho Auckland Cricket Association's senior competition was concluded on Saturday, wins being gained in their respective matches by Parnell, Ponsonby, Grafton and University. A. feature of the day's play was that three centuries were scored, the honours going to Snedden (Ponsonby. 167), Vivian (Parnell, 133) and McCoy (Parnell, 128). Parnell, which leads in the championship by sis points, is now certain of the honours for the season. Ideal conditions prevailed, the wickets and outfield being 11 j n favour of the batsmen and the bowlers had an unenviable task. The following table shows tho present positions of the teams in the senior championship:- p. L< j) Pt3 Parnell «• H 8 3 32 University ' 11 5 2 4 26 Eden .. •• • • H 3 3 o 23 ponsouby .. .. 11 5 4 2 k 23 YM.C.A. .. ..11 4 4 3 22 Grafton • • . • H 4 4 3 20 North Shore . ..11 2 b 3 17 United Suburbs .. 1L 8 3 12 Y.M.C.A. V. PARNELL. Y.M.C.A. declared its innings closed with 225 for eight wickets in its match with Parnell on the No. 1 wicket at Eden Park. Y.M.C.A. had occupied the previous Saturday in making the runs. Parnell began badly, losing two wickets for two runs. A fine partnership between H. G. Vivian and McCoy retrieved the position, 237 runs being added before, tho latter was dismissed. He iunde 120 by aggressive batting. Vivian tarried on to pass tho hundred mark and tras eventually dismissed with liis ncorc rI, 133: At stumps Parnell had lost nino wickets for 315 runs. Scores:— Y.M.C.A. —First Innings. W. L. Elliott, b McCoy 8 F. Sutherland, b Goodsir .. . .. 46 I.' W. Cooper, c Singleton, b Goodsiv 57 T. Lyon, c McCoy, b Goodsir . .'.20 K KiddolW b Vivian 7 J° H. Miller, c Turbott, b McCoy .. 3S M P. Clark, b Vivian 0 A." Riddolls. iyot out . . .. .. ..32 G Stewart, run out .. .. >. .. 5 F. Panther, not out . > * .. .. 4 Extras S Total for eight wickets (declared) 225 Bowlin?.— Cioodsjr took three wickets for S3 runs. McCoy two for OS, Vivian two for SO, Aitkan none for 36. PARNELL.—First Innings. H. G. Vivian, b Cooper . . - . . . 13: i A. Singleton, c A. Riddolls, b Lyon .. 1 E. Whitley, c Smith, b Lyon .. . . 0 A. W. McCoy, b Lyon 128 S. C. Hay. b Lyon 0 K. Stehr. c and b Cooper 9 k! Stehr, b Clark 17 H. Duncan, not out . •. >«. •.. 13 M. Turbott, b Clark .. .. .. ... 0 F. Goodsir. ;b Clark 0 A. G. Aitken, not out .. . . .. 0 Extras • • • • 8 Total for nine wicket 3 .. '..315 Bowling—Lyon took four wickets for 99 runs. Elliott none for 91. Clark three fur SS, A Riddolls none for 27, Cooper two for 52.' Mesarß Duff and Luke were the umpires, EDEN V. PONSONBY. With three wickets down for 31 Ponsonby faced Eden'i score on the first day of 178. Guiney (9) and Snedden (5) were associated in a good partnership, which carried the total' to 105 before the former was dismissed. S. G. Smith joined Snedden arid the third century was in sight before the pair were separated, the partnership yielding 176 runs. Snedden was dismissed just before stumps after a fine innings for 167, the'fotal at 4inic being 328 for six wickets. • Scores:— EDEN. First innings 173 rONSONBY.—First Innings. TV. Fletcher, lbw, b Newdick .. .. 7 L. J. Monteith. c McCarthy, b Newdick 5 H. Hunt, c and "b Langton . . . . 1 C. E. Guiney, c McCarthy, b Butler . . 35 X. C. Snedden, c'Eutler, b Mills .. 107 5. G. Smith, b Butler 67 T. McLeod, not out 25 6. G. Finlayson, not out 1 Extras / 20 Total for six wickets 328 Bowling.—Newdick took two wickets for 45 runs, Lawrie none for 40, Langton one for 45, Thakobau none for 25. Butler two for 45, Mills one for 30, G. L. "Weir none for 48. A. F. Weir none for 17, Postlcs none for 13. », Messrs. Levien and Andrews were the umpires. UNITED SUBURBS V. GRAFTON. Taking full advantage of the favourable tcicket Grafton, by solid and at times bright batting, secured a first innings victory over United Suburbs. On the opening day United Suburbs compiled 183 runs end Grafton 'i had made 22 runs for no wickets when stumps were drawn. Gra.fton increased its first day's score to 250, winning on the first innings by 67 runs. Good batting performances were given by Sale (SS), Horspool (38), Allcott (31), Wajters (29) and Rowntree (24). Kerr made 46 Tint out in United Suburbs' second innings, which realised 75 for two wickets. Scores: — UNITED SUBURBS. First innings 183 Second Innings. Jl. Lonergan, c Walters, b Whelan . . 2 I. Watkins, c Allcott, b Whelan . . 15 C. Kerr, not out 46 C. Xolan, not out .. .. .. ..11 Extras .. . 1 Total for two wickets . . ..,75 GRAFTON,—First Innings. E. G. Sale, c Martin, b Nolan .. 58 C. C. Walters, b Nolan . . _ .. .. 29 E. Horspool, c Lonergan, b Kerr . 38 C. F. Allcott, lbw, b Kerr 31 It. Whelan, c sub., b Kerr . . . . 14 W. McCormick, c Wetherill, b Kerr . 10 X. H. Hockin, b Kerr 10 JI. Wilson, b Webster _ .. .... 17 It. W. Rowntree, c Watkins, b Leikis . 24 L. Johnston, not out 11 T. R. Sheen, c Kerr, b Nolar . . .. 5 Extras •. 3 Total / 250 Bowling.—Kerr took five wickets for 44 Tuns. Nolan three for 69, Webster one ior 31'', Leikis one for 46, Hendy none for 2, Martin none for 50. # NORTH SHORE V. UNIVERSITY. In spite of a good start provided by Frater and Gerrard, North Shore could make only 142 runs on Saturday in reply to University's total of 149. Gerrard and Frater, with 36 and 31 respectively, topped tue scoring/ useful contributions coming from D. Webb (23) and H. Webb (15). With the idea of securing four points University went for x hit in its second innings, Bush batting well and making 31 out of 113 runs when the innings was declared dosed for the loss of four wickets. North Shore made a bold bid to win in the.threequarters of an hour's play left, scoring 81 for four wickets. Frater batted well in making 49. Scores:— UNIVERSITY. First innings 149 Second Innings. 3. McDougall, c and b D. Webb . . 7 B- Hay, b D. Webb 25 L. G. Bush, stpd. Wheeler, b D. Webb 31 A. M. Matheson, not out 26 L. B. Schnaucr, b Saunders . . . . 7 1). D. Lunn, not out *4 Extras ■ 3 Total for four wickets (declared) . 113 Bo\vling._D. Webb took three wickets for 80 runs, Saundcr3 one for 17, Coates none ior 13. NORTH'SHORE.—First Innings. E. Frater, b Hay 31 P. E. Gerrard. b Schnauer .. .. 36 ~. Smith, b Matheson . . .. .. 1 Goldsworthy, b Schnauer .... 4 B. Webb, b Bush .23 T- rr BJ ' er ' 0 Hay, b Schnauer . . 2 ■tv Saunders, lbw, b Schnauer . . 12 Macindoe, not out .. .. .. 6 e bb. b Matheson 15 H. Wheeler, lbw, b Matheson .. 0 J. Coates, b Bush 0 Extras . . 12 Total t 142 Bowling.—Schnaucr took four wickets for runs. Mathe'son three for 62, Bush two 15, Hay one for 24. I

Second Inning's. R. E. Frater, lbw, b Bush . .. .. 49 D. Webb, c Hay, b Matheson .. .. 21 H. Webb, run out ». 1 W. Macindoe, not out .. .. »* 9 R. rSmith, b Hay .. . . .. ~* 3 Extras .. .. 1 Total for four wickets .. .. 84 Messrs. Haggett and Hellaby were the umpires. . , Bowling.—Hay took one wicket for 3 runs, Bush one for 21, Matheson one for 33, Schnauer none for 26. SENIOR GRADE B. PONSONBY V. KING'S OLD BOYS.' King's Old Boys.—First innings: Morris, c Scllars, b Binmore, 11; J. Caughey, run out, 9; Coath, b Kelly, 0; Kissling, run out, 24; Wilson, c and b Kemp. 10; L. Caughey, c Mills, b Gillespie, 3; Simpson, run out, 29; Jackson, lbw, b Kemp, 16; Keegan, b Bemnore, 3; Palmer, not out, 14: Livingstone, c Matheson, b Warneford, 8; extras, 13; total, 140. Bowling: Binmoro took two wickets for 40 runs; Kelly, two for 36: Kemp, two for 34; Gillespie, one for 6; Warneford, one for 11. Second innings: Morris, c sub, b Douglas, 40; J. Caughey, b Gillespie, 40; Keegan. c Kemp, b Kelly, 14; Kissling, run out, 26; Simpson, c Mills, b Binmore, 3; Jackson, run out, pon, b Binmore, 14: L. Caughey, b Kelly, 4: Palmer, lbw, Kelly, 0; Livingstone, not out, 5; Coath, absent, 0; extras, 4; total, 150. Bowling: Binmore took two wickets for 31 runs: Kelly, threo for 51; Warneford, none for 22; Douglas, one for 24; Kemp, none , for 6; Gillespie, one for 12. Ponsonby.—First innings: H. _Warneford, b Kissling, 7: Douglas,. b Kissling, 11; Matheson, st Wilson, b Kissling. 13; Hoare. c Coath, b Simpson, 4; Mills, c Livinetsone. b Simpson, 40;■ Binmore, c Wilson, b Kissling, 0; Kemp, run out. 32; Sellars,. c Keegan, b Morris, 10; Warneford, b Kissling, 1; Kelly, not out, 5; Gillespie, run out. 1; extras, 15; total, 139. Bowling: Simpson took two wickets for 54 runs; Kissling, five for 55; Palmer, none for 8; Morris, one for 7. Second innings: H. Warneford. not out, 33; Hoare. c sub, b Kissling, 17: Matheson, c Livingstone, b Morris, 16; Binmore, not out. 6; extras, 12: total for two wickets, 84. A three-point win for King's Old Boys. ' SECOND GRADE. Mount Albert v. Grafton.—Grafton: First innings. 52 (Dunning 25. Horspool 15). Bowling: Delugar took six wickets for 24 runs, W. Rankin none for 21. Alexander four for ine Second innings. 136 (Thomas 44. Horspool 13, Stone 40, Wylie 19 not out). Bowling: Delugar. three for 60. Alexander none for 11, Janiieson none for 19. W. Rankin one for 23. Hirst six for 17. Mount Albert: First innings, 169 (W. Rankin 10. K. Rankin 77, Hirst 31, Delugar 10). Bowling: Hamilton took four wickets for 38 runs. Stone two for 43, Wylio none for 20. Horspool one for 25, Johnson none for 16. Shea two for 10. Second innings, one wicket for 27 (Ott 16 not out). Bowling: Wylie one for four. Mount Albert won by nine wickets, a four-point win. Parnell v. Windmill.—Parnell: First innings, 199 (Brown not out 16, Johnson 35. Hally 21, Kelly 10, McMillan 11). Windmill: First innings, 136 (Gallagher 18, N. Olsen 13, Chapman 22, Sinclair 30 not out, Canning 26). Second innings, 130 for five wickets (Cox 21, Whitestad 21, N. Olsen 24. N. R. Olsen 40). Parnell wou on the first innings. THIRD GRADE. Power Board v. Victoria.—Power Board: First innings, 138 (Green 41, Corringham 28. Taylor 24, Goodman 13. Rowbottom 12). Victoria: First innings, 33 for one wicket (Oilson 14. Surtiss 12 not out). PUKEKOHE ASSOCIATION. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PUKEKOHE, Saturday. In the Pukekohe Cricket Association's senior competition, two more matches were opened to-day. At Wesley College, a match between the college first eleven and Pukekohe was commenced. Wesley College batted first and made 110 runs (Walters 39, Kalio 30. Eastwood 12. Shepherd 10). Pukekohe had lost two wickets for 14 runs (Rose 12) when play for the day was discontinued. Bowling for Pukekohe, C. Lawrie took seven wickets for 28 runs. H. Pleydell one for 14. and Fitness one for 17. At Waiuku a match between Waiuku and Pukekohe Technical High School was started. Waiuku made 148 runs (Howden 57, Sampson 21, Warner 17. Heise 14. Ren all 11, Hodgkinson 11). High School had two wicket 3 down for 27 runs (Taylor rot. out 17) when stumps were drawn for tho day. Bowling for High Schol. Hodgins took three wickets for 61 runs, Parton two for 8. Bcgg two for 46, Secley one for 3, and Taylor one for 17. HAMILTON COMPETITIONS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] HAMILTON. Sunday. The Hamilton Cricket Association's senior competitions, were continued in fine weather yesterday, when the seconjd games in the lost round were commenced. Old Boys compiled 215 (B. E. Senior 83, S. Buckland 49. F. Horspool IG, R. Clough 15, R. Allen 15, N. D. Wilson 14). Hamilton replied with 115 for one wicket (A. Lizette 48, N. Winger 48 not out). Hamilton East made 280 in the first innings Frankton, the principal scorers being R. Skeet 123, G. Hampton 69, R. Johnston 12, J. McGrath 12, H. Johnston, 11. Frankton made 23 for two wickets. MATAMATA BEATS MANAWARU. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] MATAMATA, Saturday. Matamata gained a three-point win against Manawaru in the Piako Association's competition to-day. The home team scored 155 in tho first inniuss*'. and Manawaru 75. In the second innings' Manawaru scored IIS (Cleave 38, Scott 12). Requiring 60 runs to win, with an hour to play. Matamata lost six wickets before getting "the runs just on time. For Matamata Somers took five wickets for 30, Aycrs two for 25, and Whelan two for 30. For Manawaru Harvey took three for 10 and D. Scott two for 22. DRAWN GAME AT THAMES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] THAMES, Saturday. A match played this afternoon between representatives of Law and Banks resulted in a draw. Law: First innings, 81 (Poulgrain 36). Second innings. 112 (Gray 22. Poulgrain 26. Banks: First innings. 84 (Lnglis 29. Baker 30). Second innings, 73 for four wickets. MATCH AT ROTORUA. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ROTORUA, Saturday. High School, 17G. defeated City by an innings and 45 runs. City made 71 .in the first innings (Godaalve, senr., 15, Godsalve. junr., 18. Alexandar 23). In the second City made 60 runs. TARANAKI MATCHES CONCLUDE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] NEW PLYMOUTH, Sunday. In the final match of the Taranaki cricket competition, the New Plymouth Club defeated Hawera Old Boys on the first innings New Plymouth made 171 and 114 for one wicket (declared). Hawera Old Boys made 65 and 51 for nine wickets. A feature of the New Plymouth batting was an innings of 52 not out by Kingston in the first innings, and Remarkable 82, not out, in 40 minutes ill tho second innings, FINAL WELLINGTON MATCHES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —X'RESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Sunday. Games which will decide this year s senior cricket championship in Wellington commenced yesterday. The two leading teams, Wellington and Hutt met. Wellington made 124 in the first innings and Hutt, 96 In the first innings against Old Boys, University scored 209 and Old Boys made 19 for the loss of two wickets. Midland scored 294, to which Petono replied with 16 for no loss. Following were the best batting performances:—E. Aim (University). 74; S. Cutts (Midland). 73; A. M. Rollings (Wellington), 61; W. Hepburn (Kilbirnie), 61; W. J. R. Christopherson (Kilbirnie), 59; W. A. Baker (Midland), 53; E. Tindall (Midland), 52. The best bowlers were C. Rogers (Institute), five for 42. and E. D. Blundell (Wellington), five for 44. CHRISTCHURCH CHAMPIONSHIP. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. Tlw final of tho senior cripket championship •ommenccd yesterday between Riccarton and Old Boys. Riccarton batted first and made 24(5 (Roberts 63. Powell 32, Jacobs Gl, Rix not out 26). Cromb took three wickets for G8 runs and Merritt three for 76. Old Boys had made one run when stumps were drawn. DUNEDIN COMPETITIONS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] . DUNEDIN, Sunday. The final senior matches of the season commenced in fine weather. Playing against Carisbrook. Old Boys made 184 (Harraway 32 N. Cherry not out 33). Cameron too;* two wickets for 24 runs and Ninnno two for 26. Carisbrook have lost ono wicket for "0 runs. Dunedin, playing Albion, made 242 (Strang 60, Monk 42). Allen took two for 15 and Vorrath two for 22. Against Christian Brothers. Grange made 330 for nine wickets. Christian Brothers replied with 39 for two wickets. For Christian Brothers Brookes took five for 83, and for Grange Lemm two for 18.