SUBURBAN ASSOCIATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21131, 14 March 1932, Page 13

SUBURBAN ASSOCIATION.

SECOND ROUND CONTINUED. INTERESTING CHAMPIONSHIP. THREE TEAMS EQUAL IN LEAD. The Auckland City and Suburban Cricket Association concluded tho second series of matches in the second round of its senior grade competition at Victoria Park 011 Saturday. Conditions were good, and the howlers generally showed an ascendancy. The six-point wine gained by both Harbour Board and Green Lane altered considerably the positions of teams in the championship. Mount Albert Grammar Old Boys held a lead of two points, but now the three teams are equal for first place. Mount Albert, which compiled 305 the previous week, was given a good game by Ponsonby, although the former won 011 the first innings. Ponsonby occupied tho wicket all the afternoon in scoring 208. A. Lewie, 50. batted nicely for Ponsonby. Harbour Board secured an outright win from R.V., which failed in two innings to reach Harbour Board's first innings total. Green Lane had a splendid win from lnvicta by an innings and 75 runs. A. Kerr was again successful, getting six wickets for 32 runs. The positions of tho teams are as follows : Ch. P. W. L. T). pts. Mount Albert . . 0 '1 1 1 23 Harbour Board . . 6 4 1 1 2.3 Green Lane . . G 4 2 Ponsonby . . 6 3 3 lnvicta . . . . 6 2 4 R.V 6 G INVICTA'S DEFEAT. GOOD BOWLING BY KERB. Splendid bowling by A. Kerr was responsible for Green Lane's win against lnvicta. The veteran was at times unplayable, and he took six wickets for 32 runs. Duvies, 25 not out, and Peebles, 19, were tho onlv batsmen to shape well. Fine fielding by Green Lane assisted the bowlers. Scores: — INVICTA. First Innings • 83 Second Innings. R. Stirling, b Kerr 3 N Watkins. cE. Watts, b Sec.combe . . 9 W. Holiday, c C. Watts, b Kerr .. 7 E. Watkins, b Kerr . 0 R. Watkins, b Kerr • • " D. Peebles, b Scarborough 10 G. Mormon, lbw, b Scarborough . . . . 7 J." Russell, b Kerr . . . . . . . 0 R. Davies. not out . * .. .. ~ 2a W. Rimnier, b Kerr .. . v .. •• <> H. Barnes, absent .. * . • •• 0 Extras . • , • • • • Total 72 Bowling.—Kerr took six wickets for 32 runs, Seccombe one for 20, Scarborough two f ° r 18 ' GREEN LANE. First Innings, 230 for nine wickets (declared ). WIN FOR MOUNT ALBERT. BUSH TAKES SEVEN WICKETS. A good stand by A. Lewis, 50, and R. Innes, 32, was a feature of Ponsonby's batting against Mount Albert. The latter looked certain to get an outright win, but the pair played dogged cricket. Bush was in good form with the ball, securing seven wickets for 5G runs. Mount xMbeit gained a four-point win. Scores: — MOUNT ALBERT. First Innings 36a PONSONBY—First Innings. E. France, c Newdick, b Bush .. . . 2 F. Yates, b Bush ° C. Maher, b Bush . . . . • • • « E. Masters, c Newdick. b Barnea . ..2/ V. Viscoe, b Bush 3 A Lewis, o Lange. b Bush . . . 50 R." Innes. lbw. b Butler 32 H. Chapman, b Bush o ~ W. Robertshaw, not out «c> S. F. Young, b Bush ..!••{ T. Bennett, b Butler .. .. . • " Extras - Total 20f > Bowling —Bush took seven wickets for 50 runs Butler two for 48, Barnes one for 7. Lange 110110 for 25, Mills none for 23, Hebden none for 17. AN INNINGS VICTORY. HARBOUR BOARD TOO STRONG. Harbour Board's bowlers proved superior to R.V., and the former won easily. R.V. carried the score from 110 for eight wickets to 147. Nelson, 40, batted well. R.V. failed against good bowling and its second innings realised only 130. P. Simpson. 51, gave an outstanding display. Be hit three sixes and five fours. Scores:— HARBOUR BOARD. First Innings, four wickets for 259 (de flared.) R.V. First Innings. •J. McKeown, b Mann 6 A. Cloke, cL. Martin, bN. Martin .. fi S. Guiniven, lbw, b N. Martin . . . . 8 R.. Burton, b N. Martin . . . . .2 N Goldsworthy. c L. Martin, b Mann . . 10 P. Simpson, c Webster, b Mann . . . . 1 R. Simpson, st Wetlierill, b. L. Martin . 8 H. Cilllum. c Webster, b L. Martin . . 25 A. Nelson, st Wetherill, b N. Martin . . 40 C. Mitchell, not out 10 L. Nairn, b N. Martin 0 Extras . . . . . . . . . 23 Total 147 Bowling.—N. Martin took five wickets for 52 runs, Mnnn three for 23, L. Martin two for 20, Dunning none for 10, R. Stallworthy none for 11, Oheesemm none for 8. Second Innings. N. Goldsworthy, lbw b N. Martin . . 0 A. Guiniven, c and b N. Martin . . . . 10 A. Nelson, c Collins, bN. Martin .. 11 J. McKeown, st Wetherill. b Mann . . 0 R. Burton, b N. Martin 0 A. Cloke. c and b Stallworthy . . . . 8 H. Cullum. b Mann . . . ■ ■ • . . 21 P. Simpson, c Wetherill, b Dunning .. 51 R. Simpson, not out . . . . . . . . 16 C. Mitchell, lbw, b Mann 0 L.' Nairn, b Cheescman 5 Extras ■ • .. '4 Total . . . . 136 Bowling.—N, Martin took four wickets for 03 runs. Mann three for 29. Stallworthy one for 14, Dunning one for 12, Cheeseman ono for 4. OTAHUHU ASSOCIATION. SATURDAY'S MATCH RESULTS. Games played under the control of the Otahuhu Cricket Association on Saturday resulted as follows: — Abattoirs v. Returned Soldiers.—Returned Soldiers: First innings, 203 for seven wickets, declared (Deas 59 not out, Coppins 52. Eustace 52). Bowling: Mahshnll four for 26. Campbell two for 30. Abattoirs: First innings, GG (Harris 14. Rugg 14, Simmons 14). Second innings. 138 for four wickets (Simmons 57. Rugg 25 not out, Wells 21). Bowling: Coppins six for 33, McLaren two for 11. Returned Soldiers gained a four-point win. ' „ Challenge v. Passenger Transport.—Passenger Transport: First innings. 103 (Duneen 19. Taylor 16. Keesing 15, Carter 14). Second innings, 22. Bowling: Bright seven for 42 and eight for 5, Trezise two for 15, Brimble one for 14. Challenge: First innings, 52 (Clark 17, Trezise 15). Second innings, six wickets for 20. Bowling: Melrose three for 12, Duneen three for 21 and four for 7, Keesing three for 10. Passenger Transport gained a four-point win. Kempthorne-Prosser v. Railway A.—Railway A: First innings. 41 (Waddell 12). Second innings, seven wickets for 53. Bowling: Ouinn six for 18. Roy 11 for 37. Kemp-thorne-Prosser: First innings, 30 (Quinn 13). Second innings, 75 (Webber 22, Quinn 15). Bowling: Finlayson five for 41, Ma.vno nine for 48, Grubb one for 10. Railway A gained a four-point, win. _ Railway B v. St. Joseph's.—St. Josephs: First innings. 55 (Best 13. Brady 10). Second innings, 64 (Brewer 17. Best 13). Bowling: Rankin seven for 31, Hawkes seven for 20. Railway B: First innings, six wickets for 135 (O'Donohue 33, Tregear 71). Railway B gained a six-point win. MATCH AT ROTORUA. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ROTORUA, Saturday. A cricket match between City and Old Boys played today in fair weather resulted :—City.—First innings: 240 (Harding 96, Corbett 65, Alexander 21), Neeson took three wickets for 35 runs. Mytthews two for 48, Holey two for 65. Old Boys: First innings 54 "Matthews 21. Lawrence 10). Corbett took four wickets for 30 runs, Harding four for 5, and Alexander two for 9.

SCHOOLS' GAME AT WHANGAREI. MOUNT ALBERT GRAMMAR WIN. [Br TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WHANGAREI, Saturday. The cricket match between the Whangnrei High School and the Mftunt Albert Grammar School was concluded to-day. Mount Albeit winning by an innings and 60 runs. Mount. Albert scored 266 runs in the first innings, and Whangarei replied with 72 in the first innings and 132 in the second. HAMILTON COM PETITIONS. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT."] HAMILTON, Sunday. The senior A club competitions conducted by the South Auckland Cricket Association were continued at Seddon Park yesterday in fine weather. In its first innings against Old Boys, Hamilton East made 177. At stumps' Old Boys had seven wickets down for 117 runs. Frankton United compiled 214 in the first innings against Hamilton, which had scored 164 for the loss of four wickets at the close of play HIGH SCHOOLS' MATCH. [PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. 1 HAMILTON, Sunday. The annual cricket match between the Hamilton and Rotorua High Schools, played at Hamilton on Friday and Saturday, resulted in a first innings' victory for the home team. Hamilton scored 170 in it 3 firsj, innings (C. Innes and A. Crabb 30), the visitors replying with 79 (J. Alexander 28). Rotorua was still baiting when stumps wero drawn yesterday. WIN FOR ROTORUA. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ROTORUA, Saturday. A cricket match ployed between teams representing Rotorua and Mnniapoto, To Kuiti, to-day, resulted in a win for the former by 131 runs on the first innings. Following were the details:— Maniapoto.—First innings, 109 (Lusk 13, Evans 21, Arneil 18, Bel! 11. Tynsdale 27). Rotorua: First innings, 210 (Burton 43, Godsalve 22, Hinton 23, Hampton 13, Beale 18. McGill 56, Lenihan 34 retired). RODNEY REPRESENTATIVES. The following players will represent the Rodney Cricket Association against Northern Wairoa at Port Albert on Thursday:—A. R. Dunning, E. Wyatt. F. Anderson. S. Came, G. Farman, L. Scott, L. Caine, W. Dunning, E. Dunning, N. Vipond. W. ilcPherson. Emergencies: J. Hooper, F. Edwards. MATCHES AT WELLINGTON. lIUTT'S FIRST DEFEAT. [BY TELEGRAPH. PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] WELLINGTON, Sunday. The eighth series of senior cricket championship matches was concluded yesterday, and resulted in Hutt meeting with its first defeat of the season. Hutt replied with 169 and 88 for two wickets to Kilbirnie'e 304. University, 383, got rid of Petone for 169. and, following on, Petone lost seven wickets for 112. Old Boys. 20!) (Lamson 71. Mooro 38), beat Institute, 170, and 281 for seven wickets (Lambert 10. Banks 52 not out, Biby 32). Wellington, 286, beat Midland, 152 (J. W. Hntchings 38. Law 37), and 108 for six wickets (Clark 31. Dustin 28). Bowling for Wellington, Cousins in the first innings, took seven wickets for 58 runs. Hutt is leading for the championship with 35 points, Kilhirnie nnd Institute are next with 30 points, and Old Boys are close up with 23. CHRISTCHURCH GAMES. SEM I - FIN AL NIATCHES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. The semi-final piatches in the cricket championships were concluded yesterday. Old Boys beat St. Albans by four wickets. St. Albans scored 106 and 140 (McDonald four for 50, Burrows four for 44), and Old Boys made 173 and six wickets for 74. Sydenham. 272. heat Old Collegians. 183. oil the first innings. For Old Collegians C'hrystall made 52 and R. O. Talbot 32. Bowling for Sydenham. Bellamy took four wickets for 28 runs. RESULTS IN DUNEDIN. BEGINNING OF FINALS. [BY TELEGRAPH. PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, Sunday. The final cricket matches of the season were begun yesterday in good weather. In the match between Grange and Carisbrook the two leading teams. Grange batted all the afternoon, scoring 380 for six wickets (Knight 157 not out, Chtfttlehurgh 85. Galland 44. Tomkinson 38). Christian Brothers made 187 (Lynch 37. Badcock 30, Brookes 41) against Old Boys. Alloo took seven wickets for 64 runs and Leader three for 37. Old Boys have lost four wickets for 145 runs (Gale 52). University made 134 (Sinclair 191, against Albion. Henderson took five wickets for 33 runs. Albion lias lost five wickets for 68 runs (L. Smith ,->0 not out) Dunedin made 191 (Ditchfield 50, Couplnnd 33, Cavanngh 32) against Knikorni. MrKnight took three wickets for 13 runs. Knikorni has lost, six wickets for 49 runs. Con pi and took three wickets for 16 runs and Claridge two for 16.