CRICKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20823, 16 March 1931, Page 13

CRICKET.

AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION.

final series of matches.

EDEN IN STRONG POSITION

I The final Series of matches in the 'r, Cricket. Association's senior gi-ailp championship was commenced on Saturday in perfect, weather. The wickets were fast, and conducive to rungetting, although the ball was inclined 1o keep low on occasions at Eden Fark. Tilts was responsible for the dismissal of several batsnjen. Tho outfields were also iast.

Eden, the leading team, is in a strong position in the match with University at Eden Park, having scored 108 runs -for one wicket in reply to its opponents' first innings' total of 140. In tho other A rection match Grafton has a strong hold on its gamo with Ponsonby, the latter compiling 170 in its fir3t innings, to ■which Grafton has replied with \93 for ,the loss of one wicket. United Suburbs scored 147 against Parsell in the B section, and Parnell replied *ith 115 runs for threo wickets. North Shore made 202 against Y.M.C.A., which totalled 11 for two wickets, in the match f lit Devonportj Following were the best batting performances on SaturdayW. J. Scholium (United Suburbs), 74; J. E. Mills (Eden), 66 not out; A. W. McCoy (Parnell), 50 not out / S. G. Smith (Ponsonby), 49; I;. Horspool (Grafton), 48 not out; N. C. Sncdden (Ponsonby), 36; R. Nettleton (North Shore), 36; P. Gerrard (North Shore), 35; T. C. Leys (University), 34.

Good bowling performances were registered by the followingl. W. Cooper (Y.M.C.A.)* six wickets for 48 runs; S. Xowdick (Eden), five for 27; A. W. McCoy (Parnell), five for 57; G. E. McGehan (Parnell), three for 18; N. Martin (Grafton), three for 30. A WINNING POSITION. KEWDICK TAKES FIVE WICKETS. Eden has played itself into a winning of 140. The batting of University, % ihi®b took first use of the No. 1 wicket, at kden Pnrk was very uneven. Newdick acain proved his usefulness to the Ilden Bide by taking five wickets for 27 runs. ior Eden Jostles and Mills ndded 81 for the first vicket, the latter eventually being unbeaten ivitb 66 to his credit. bcores:— UNIVERSITY.—First Innings. T C Leys, c Mills, b Langton u-. 34 AV. H6well. c Mills. b PosUe? .. ° H. P. Pearson, b G-L. Veir .. •• .s;£££&» M. Matheson. b Newdick .. ..13 L. B. Schnauer. b Newdick ... •• ° Graham Blamires not out •.. .. :R. D. Macklqw. b Newdick .. ■• Geoffrey Blarmres. c Vivian, b ISewdick 0 C. D. liunn, absent .. -• •• " Extras •• •• b * l '''* Total o •• •• •• ] io 9 - B r o unl in &~L e wiir\wo°lr fi 36. Ponies one' for ll!' Linston one for 44 Mills none for'll. A. ; F. Weir none for 1. EDEN.—First Innings. J' p" Poatle's. c°Schnauer,'b Butler Mi U u'. D. Gillesrie, not out .. '•'* 1f) Extras •• •• r -" J r " i. Total,,for one wicket. •..• 108 , Messrs/Luke and Harvey were the urnt<ires. __ i . j .PONSONBY'S MODERATE | SCORE. I ~ GOOD START BY GRAFTON.

Winnine tfce toss against Grafton on the K,, "wicket, at Eden Park the majority of 'ihe Ponsonby batsmen ® t " d tot af eide was dismissed for the mode of 170. The team was given a soocl start by Snedden. who batted forcefully for' 36. but. the only other batsmen to make a stan 1 ■were Finlayaon and Smith, who wero asso dated in a partnership which added 56 mnc After losing one wicket, G-raiton ■S a 'good start the score at stumps being 93 for one wicket. bcorcs.— PONSONBY.—First Innings. N. C. Snedden, b Allcott .. .. sv 3 !> T. Clarke, run out '**' . 17 P. S. Taylor, c Sale, b TTilaon .v 1 ' 0 W. Fletcher, c and b. Allcott - S. (r. Smith, b G'owie ... %■' C. G. Finliiyson b Martin ..., •' "VV. Hoare, c Byerley. b Martin .. .7. Pale, b Horspool ... •• r G. A. Lendrum, b Martin .. '• t ' P. Cleverley. not out ..1 w » 31. TI. Hunt, absent " Eitrns .. ..1 •••• Ib Total ... •• ••• •• 170 Bowling.—Martin tpok for 80 runs. Allcott. two for 36, Wilson one for 20, Cowie one for 33, Horspool one lor IJ. Byerley none for, 11. GRAFTON;—First Innings. T. P. Sheen, b Snedden v.i .. r.v -11 E. Horspool, not out. r»v C. F. W. Allcott, not out ... r.. Extras .. •• 10 Total •• w 93 Messrs. Nalder and Turton were the umJ>ire3.

\ McCOY'S DOUBLE SUCCESS.

J LATCH AGAINST UNITED SUBURBS.

Tho play in th« United Suburbs-Farnell match at Eden Park. No. 3 wicket, was "Very bright ;ind full of interest. With the exception of Scholium, who scored 74, "United .Suburbs' innings was somewhat flisnppoinling. only threo batsmen reaching <!ouble figures. During the 90 minutes I arxiell was at the wickets 115 runs were registered for tb(> loss of three wickets. McOoy being top ecorer with 50 not out* /to was ji'.so the most successful bowler of bis team. Accounting for five of . United buburbs tickets. Scores:— UNITED SUBURBS.—First Innings. C!. Kerr, c pnd b Mcf'oy .. .. . 17 "V/. .T. Scholium, b McGehan .'} C. I toll is. o Slclir. b McCoy w <; Jr. Webster, b McCoy . ' A. Scctt, h McCoy .. •• •• '' Davis, c McC'oy, b Vivian .. 0 F_. Archer, c Gillie*. b McCoy .. . jj H. Lyon, b Aitken .. .. V U. T\icho!nn, st. Newdick. b McGehan 1 3. Watk'ius, not out .. •• : -A. Leikis, c Newdick, b McGehan .. 4 Extras " Total .. .. • • • • 1'" Bowline.—McCoy took five wickets for 57 T'ins. McGehan three for IS, Vivian one ,f«T 21, Aitken one for 31. Duncan none it'r G, Gillier. none for 6. pARNELL. - First Innings. P. E. Whitelaw, ft, Scott, b Webster .. 21 S. C. Hay, b Lyon jj 11. O. ■ \ irinn, lbw, b Lyon .. .• •> A. W. McCoy, not out. .. •.. 50 K. W. S'tfhr. not out Extras •• 11 Tota'l for threo wickets .. 115 Messrs. Duff and Harvie were the umpires.

SOME EVEN BATTING

SIX WICKETS FOR COOPER.

North Shore batted first in the match "with Y.M.C.A. at North Shore on Saturday, compiling 202 runs on a. perfect wicket. Fairly ,even batting characterised North Shore's innings, Nettleton being top-scorer with 36.' Other good contributions were Saunders (35), Gerrard (28). Rankin (27) and Ferguson (26).' Cooper bowled exceedingly well to secure six wickets for the small cost of 4S runs. Y.M.C.A. batted *ith 30 minutea to play, scoring 11 runs *oi .the loss of two wickets. .Scales;—

NORTH SHORE.—First Innings. R. Nettleton, c Chapman, b Cooper ..i 36 A. S. Player, c Smith, b-Lyon .. .8 W. Macindoe, st, Smith, b Cooper 11 D. Webb, b Cooper 4 P. Gerrard. lbw, b Riddolls .. ■ 2S S. Ferguson, c Elliott, b Riddolls .. 26 L. Saunders, o Elliott, b Cooper ... 35 H. Rankin, b Riddolls .. .. ..27 D. Eimunds, b Cooper .. .. -..10 H. Webb, not out ... 3 W J. Coatcs, c Eraser, b Cooper ■.. 0 Extras ~ 14 Total .. .. ..., ... 202 Bowling.--Lyon took one wicket for 45 runs, Clarke none for 22. Elliott none for 31. Cooper fix for 18, Riddolls three for 40. Y.M.C.A.—First Innings. A. Sutherland, b Coatea .. ..i 3 T. Lyon, not out .. .. .... ~v 8 A. Tfiddolls, lbw, b Coatea .. ~.■ 0 Extras ~, ... o Total for two wickets .. .. 11 Messrs. Riddolls and Findlay were the umpires. SENIOR GRADE B.

KING'S OLD BOYS V. EDEN. Eden.—First innings: Aicken, c J. Jacksoil, b Palmer, 48; G. Cummings, c Palmer, b Kissling, 3; J. Cantley, o Simpson, b Jackson, 29; Gillespie, c Coath, b Caughey, 6; G. B. Cummings, c Coath, b Kissling, 2l>; Mcßae, b Palmer, 11; Solomon, b Caughey, 15; Postles, c Kissling, b Caughey, 44; McNab c Simpson, b Palmer, 9; K. Cantley, not out, 12; extras, 12; total, 215. Bowling: Simpson took no wickets for 33 runs, Kissling two for 54, Palmer three for 49, Thompson none for 8, Caughey threo for 26, Jackson one for 20, Wilson none for 16. King's Old Boys.—First innings: Morris, b Mcßae. 2: Thompson, b McNab, '1; Kissliug, b McNab, 2; Wilson, c Solomon, b McNab, 2; Jackson, run out, 0; Caughey. b McNab, 5; Simpson, c Solomon, b McRae. 13; Coath, c Mcßae, b McNab, 10: J. H. Jackson, b McNab, 20; Palmer, c Hiib, b McNab, 4; Young, not out, 7; extras, 11; total, 77. Bowling: McNab took seven wickets for 40 runs. Mcßae two for 26. PAPATOETOE V. PARNELL. Papatoetoe.—First innings: Valentine, b Halley, 67: Kerr, b Vogtherr, 5; A. Swaffield, d Clapham. 10; P. Swaffiold, lbw, b Bell, 49; Burnside, c and b Halley. 1; •Winks, b Clapham, 9; H. Swaffield, b Bell, 39; McCauley, c and b Dow, 5; Bay, st Dow, 3; Collings. b Bell, 0: Lambert, not out, 0; extras, 15; total. 203. Bowling: Bell took three wickets for 52 runs. Dow two for 14, Halley two for 44, Clapham two for 48, Vogtherr one for 30. Parnell.—First innings: Stehr, lbw, b Burnside, 44; Siddall, b A. Swaffield, 1; Johnston, b Valentine, 13; Vogtherr, not out, 23; Dow, not out, 8; extras, 13; total for three wickets, 102. v SECOND GRADE. King's Old Boys v. Takapuna.—King's Old Boys: First innings, 317 (Keegan 15, Murray 74, Brinsden 107, Johnson 51, Smith 18. Newcomb 22, Calder 22 not out, Handyside 13). Bowling: Cohen took one wicket for 35 runs, Jackson ono for 44, Hopkins three for 66, Mills one for 40. Takapuna,.— First innings: Eight for two wickets. Ponsonby v. Grafton.—Ponsonby: First innings, 69 (McClure 10, Keleher 29, Edwards 29 not out, L. Atkinson 10, Turnbull 10), Smart 10). Bowling: Lessing took four wickets for 14 runs, Ratcliffo four for 30, Edwards one for 13. Grafton: First innings, 157 (Ratcliile 106 not out, Hilton 20, Sewell 12). Bowling: Iveleher two for 38, L. Atkinson six for 75, C. Atkinson one for 15. Western United r. Balmoral.—Western United: First innings. 362 (Andrews 203, Marshall 55, Jones 22, Ingham 26, Goldfinch 10, Gillam 10). Bowling: Mingins took threo wickets for ~3 runs. Eainey ■ two for 27, Cox two for 86, White ono for 28. Papatoetoe v. Eden.—Eden: First innings, 27 (Browne 9). Bowling: G. R. White took five wickets tor 12 runs, Lusby five for 12. Second innings, four wickets for 41 (Hunt, 18, Megeruey 15 not out). Papatoetoe: First innings, 103 (Lusby 23, G. M. White 22, Kerr 17). Bowling: Megeruey eight vuckets. Ball two wickets. THIRD GRADE. Birkdalo v. Wellesley.—Birkdale: First innings, 152 for five wickets, declared (B. Ireland 36, L.' Cooper 23, R. Shepherd, 21, H. Shepherd, retired hurt, 19, J. Avery 15, S. Osmond 12 not out, R. Speed 10). Bowling: Rae took three wickets for 26 runs. Murdoch one for 30, Dureen one for 47, Rykers none for_ 87. Wellesley: First innings, 36. Bowling: R. Shepherd took five wickets for 12 runs, L. Cooper four for 23. Second innings. 62 (Kiddary 11, Nichols 11).. Bowling: L. Cooper, six for 14, O. Lawrie one for 5, R. Speed one for 13, R-. Shepherd one for 20. Birkdale won by an innings and 54 runs, a four-point win. University v. Balmoral.—Balmoral: First innings, 74 (Barnes 20. Hammill Jl). Bowling: Fountain took five wickets for 17 runs, Vaughn three for 18, Mather one for 6, Wheelan one for 12. Second innings, 6S for eight wickets (Hayward 29 not out, Hammill 13 not out, Funnell 12). Bowling: Vaughn took three wickets for 9 runs. Wheelan two for five. Fountain four for 29. University: First innings, 128 for seven wickets (Fountain 36 not out, Mather 19, Forster 18, Irvine 10. Hesketh 15 not out). Bowling 1 : Hayward took one wicket for 32 runs. Spry three for 17. University won on the first innings.

FOURTH GRADE. Papatoetoe won by default from Parnell

HAWKE OUP MATCH,

WAIAPTJ EASILY BEATEN.

[from our own, correspondent.]

HAMILTON. Sunday.

Play in tho challenge match for the Hawke Cup. between tho challengers. Waiapu, and the holders. South- Auckland, was continued in Hamilton yesterday. The weather wa3 fine, and i' - o wicket was 111 good order. South scored 341 on the first innings, and the visitors replied with fil.

Waiapu followed on, and in the second innings scored 191 (K. Spence 63. K. Kisslir.i 38. M. Gilmore 32. H. M. Akers, not out 1,2). Bowling for South Auckland N. Winger took two for 20, S. A. R. Badeley two for 12, G. Hampton one for 33. "W. Cassidy one for 13, D. Hawke one for 13, F. Lumsden one for 14, H. Going one for 00. South Auckland, won by an innings and 89 runs, and thun successfully resisted the third challenge received this season for (he trophy.

PUKEKOHE ASSOCIATION

PROGRESS OF COMPETITIONS

[VJtOM OUR OAVN CORRESPONDENT.]

PUKEKOHE, Saturday

Tho first two matches in the third round of the Pukekoho Cricket Association's senior competition were completed to-day. Playing at Pukekohe, the Pukekoho Club's team secured a three-point win from Waiuku. The visitors' first innings yielded 106 runs (.Tack not out 26, Sampson 22. Cameron 11). Pose took five wickets for 21 runs. Lawrie two for 7, Winter ono for 10, and Drako one for 15. . . , , Pukekoho in their first innings made 211 runs (Drake retired 44, Lawrie 3S, Pose 31, Gujso 29. Pleydell 13. Winter 16. Carter 13 . Heiso took three wickets for 20 runs, Jack three for 77, Hodgkinson ono for 20, Knight one for 29, and C. Coopor one for 45. In their second innings Waiuku added another 112 runs (Cooper 30. Hodckmson 17). making n grand total of J2lB. F leydell took threo wickets for 15, Winter two for 20. McKinnon 6no for 5. Rose ono for 1and Fnyne one for 15. Pukekohe had scored another 47 runs (Carter 36) for two wickets, when the match ended, leaving them the. winners by On the Pukekche Technical High School gtound, the High School's first eleven secured a. three-point win from Wesley College's first eleven. High School made 106 runs (Boycci 16. Hodgins 10) in their firs' innings. Knho took six wickets for 31 runs. College's first innings .yielded 121 runs (Sickling retired 26, Swanson 23, Walters 14, Kaho 11. Faleton 15. Proctor, sen.. 12). Hodgins took four for 35 runs. Munro two for 17, and Beggs two for 44. High School's second innings yielded S3 runs (Feeley 27, Taylor 25), making a grand total of 194. Koho took four wickets for 11 and Burton threo for 29. College's second innings yielded 56 runs (Proctor 16. Faleton 13. J. V. Burton IJ. Kaho 10), leaving them 17 runs behind High School. Hodgins took five wickets tor 18 runs and Munro three for 2. „ In the junior competition, Wesley College secured a, four-point win from High School. O. E. Burton., retired., made 132 xiwo.