CRICKET

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22629, 18 January 1937, Page 14

CRICKET

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

THREE GAMES POSTPONED PONSONBY PLAYS KING'S Owing to the wot state of the wickets at Eden Park, three of the four senior games, which were to have been played under the control of tho Auckland Cricket Association, were postponed. The match at Dcvonport between Ponsonby and King's Old Boys was commenced, play starting an hour late.

Kind's Old Boys won the toss and sent Ponsonby in to bat on a wicket which caused the ball to kick occasionally. With Ponsonby out cheaply, King's Old Boys have every chance of a first innings lead.

Cottcra 11 was an early victim, the hall off which he was stumped dropping short and deceiving him by its slowness off the pitch. Cleave made little attempt to score and Stallworthy found his host shot, an off drive, blocked by two mon fairly close in to the wicket. An hour's play produced 30 runs, of which Stallworthy made '-M, and he was well caught at extra cover as soon as he attempted to hit out. His innings was a valuable one.

Clark put power into his shots and seemed unconcerned at the position of the game. Driving and hooking lustily, lie added <!<> runs with Sneddon as his partner and put his sido into a greatly improved position. Sneddon batted patiently, treating each ball on its merits and timing his shots well. Fonsonby, batting two men short, was all out at five o'clock.

S. G. Smith made the most of tho conditions, setting his field with skill and making the ball fall quickly. Most of the batsmen failed to judge the pace of the wicket correctly and did not set over the ball. Andrews bowled steadily, but without luck, and Caughey, when he found a length, took two quick wickets. S. G. Smith opened confidently for King's, scoring three fours with pietty strokes before cocking up a ball from McXabb to a man close in at square-leg. With two wickets down King's successfully appealed against the light. Scores:— POXSOXBY. —First Innings T?. Stallworthy, c Fisher, b Smith .. -1 11. B. Cotterall, st Thompson, b Smith .. <1 R. Cleave, c I'hompson, b Smith .. 13 F. Clark, b Caughey . . . . .. <>7 L. T. J. Monteith, c Martin, b Smith .. 1 N. C. Snedden, b Andrews .. .. 2:J G. Langton, c Hewitt, b Smith .. !» P. Scholium, not out . . . . . . 10 E. McXabb, cL. M. Smith, b Caughey 0 J. Scholium, absent .. .. .. 0 M. Williamson, absent .. .. " Extras .. .. -. •• 0 Total .. .. .• •• 102 Bowling.—Smith took five wickets for .">1 runs, Caughey two for .17, Andrews one for 53, Morris none for 1, Hewitt none for 8, Martin none for 'JO. KING'S OLD BOYS.—First Innings S. Cr. Smith, c Monteith, b McNabb .. 17 S. B. Morris, st Scholium, b Snedden .. 5 A. Foster, not out .. .. .. O F. M. Andrews, not out .. .. 1 Total for two wickets .. .. 23 Bowling—McXabb took ono wicket for LO runs, Snedden one for 13. Messrs. G. C. Riddell and W. H. Wheeler I were umpires. SENIOR J3 GRADE PAPATOETOE V. BALMORAL Papatoetoc.—First innings, 153 (Ander- : son 63, Valentine <l3, Taplin 23, Elliott 13). ! Bowling: Keliher four for 15, Hamilton three for -10, Mcßride two for 11, Sandman one I for 34. Balmoral: First innings, two wickets for 37 (J. Barber 17 not out. Hunt 12 not out). Bowling: Havill one for 7, Broberg : one for 11. Xorth Shore v. Grafton. —Grafton: First 1 innings, 00 (M. Rowntreo in, W. Rowntree i 17, l'arkes 15, Speed 17). Bowling: Coates i two lor 2, T. Smith two for 11, Wheeler two j for 20. Xorth Shoro: First innings, 121 for six wickets (Waters 50, H. Smith 15, H. ! Adams 3S not out). SECOND GRADE Papatoetoe v. University.—Papatoetoe won by default. North Shore v. Parnell.—Xorth Shore: First innings, 85 (Christie 11, Gray 15, Carter 13, Howden 25 not out). Bowling: Apple.vard five for 31), McMillan five for 25. Parnell: First innings, 102 (Baldwin 10. Smith 13, McMillan 10, Kelly 11 not out). THIRD GRADE Papatoetoe v. Balmoral.—Papatoetoe: First innings, 121 (Bray 33, Fuggle 25 not out. Burnside 22). Bowling: Dawson six for 23. Balmoral: First innings, 58 (Rogers 28). Bowling: Ledingham three for 30. Papatoetoe: Second innings, one wicket for 37 (Lusby 20 not out). Balmoral: Second innings, two wickets for 40 (Rogers not out 15). SUBURBAN COMPETITION ALL MATCHES POSTPONED All matches under the control of tho Auckland City and Suburban Cricket Association were postponed on Saturday. The positions of the senior grade teams at the end of the first round are as follows: Cli. P. W. L. D. I'ts. R.V 5 4 1 18 Manukau . ..5 3 1. 1 to Bosk ill .. ..5 2 3 Green Lane ..5 1 •'* I 1" Ponsonby . ..5 1 3 1 ■ 1 Brixton . . .. 5 1 3 1 0 > OTAIIUHU ASSOCIATION CHALLENGE BATSMEN IN FORM Although rain interfered with play, two of the (fames under the control of the Otahuhu Cricket Association were decided on Saturday. The remaining game in the senior grade was not held, a number of tho players in ono of the teams being involved in the industrial dispute at the freezing works, and were consequently unable to be present. Some solid hitting was witnessed in the game between Challenge and Railway, R. Watts, of the first-named team, scoring 88 in quick time. Seven other batsmen in the same team scored double figures. The best bowling performance was that of (Mount Richmond), who took 10 wickets for 43 runs in two innings. In the first innings he had five wickets for 8 runs. Andrews, of Railway B, took six for 45, and Lonergan (Railway A) four for 75. Details are:— Challenge v. Railway A. —Challenge: First innings, 210 (Watts 88. Henderson 27. C. Montgomery 17, Kirkland 17, Ballantync 10, Horan 15, I-Iynes 14, Trezise 11). Bowling: Lonergan four for 75, Rankin two for 30, Cochrane one for 10, Currie none for 10, Harris none for 25, Cleal none for 00. Railway A: First innings, no wickets for 48 runs (Lonergan 32 not. out, Cochrane 10 not out). The game was drawn. ■Railway B v. Mount Richmond. —Railway B: First innings, 40 (Morris 18. Werner 11). Bowling: Marshall five for 8, Rugg two for 27, Millar one for 4. Second innings, !M (Hill 35, William* 12, Pepper 12). Bowling: Marshall five for 35, Rugg two for 48. Mount Richmond: First innings, 07 (Rugg 25, Breed 20, R. Millar I 1 not out, Pilkington 11, Taylor 10). Bowling: Andrews six for 45, Uiel three for 17. Mount Richmond won on the first innings. RETURNED SOLDIERS' MATCH R.S.A. v. Point Chevalier.—R.S.A.: 121 (E. Strang 31), Maxwell 18. Foster It, ,Mnirniis 13, McLaughlan 13). Bowling: Adolph two for 0, Edgar two for 17, Spencer two for 28. Point. Chevalier: 00 Mackson 10, H.vlton 10, Smith 10). Bowling: \V. Miller four for 10, Mc.Laughlan three for 11. | Eden-Roskill v. Takapnna Ex-Servicemen's i Association. —Eden-Roskill: First innings. 178 (C'heg 42, Rocklands 37 not out, Xoakes 21). Takapnna: First Innings, 25 for five wickets. A drawn game BUSINESS HOUSE MATCHES Railway v. Thompson and Hills.—Railway: First innings, 10 (Funnell 18 not out). Bowling: Ansell six for 10, Moffitt one for 10, Corney two for 10. Thompson and Hills: First innings, 80 (Sampson 41, Twin 10). Bowling: W. Cliitty four lor 2.8, Dury five for 18. Waitemata Billiards ▼. Hardley's.—Hardley's: First innings, 145 (Thompson 40. R. White 43 not out). Bowling: Saunders five for 09, Aklerton four for 50, Gould one for

1(1. Waitemata Billiards: First innings, ir>o for three wickots. Bowling: Kogers three for IUO, White iiono for .Hoards v. Bruises, Overington.—Hoards: First innings, 0(> for eight wickets (Bowden 25, O'Neill 22, Slattrry 10, Finch 15). Bridges, Overington: First innings, K(i (Oardiner McNeil 1, Butler KJ). A win for Hoards. RANGITAIKI ASSOCIATION [UV TKLKCBAI'II —OV'N COUHESI'ONDEXT] WHAIyATA NE. Sunday The Rangitaiki Cricket Association's competition was advanced a further round at To Toko yesterday when Paroa pained a four-point win over Thornton on the first innings. Following are the scores:—Paroa: First innings, 10'-! declared for six wickets (Thompson '2l, C. Willis 22. Howat 18, Collins 17 not out). Bowling: F. Willis four for IS, Williamson two for 12. Thornton: First innings, 02 (Gordine 27). Bowling: Coutts four for .11, Thompson three for 20. COMPETITION AT WAIUKU [fkom ouit own conkksvondent] WAIUKU, Sunday In the cricket competition being conducted in the Waiuku district, Waitangi played a drawn game with Glenhrook, at Glenhrook. The teams were on the ground at II a.m., Imt rain showers delayed a start with the match until after lunch, and the first innings was not completed when the time caine to draw stumps. Waitangi hatted first and made Kid (I>. llowden 15. B. Mollo.v 27, Barrihall, 21, Hepburn I 5). Williams took four wickets for :!7 runs, Bellingham two for JO, and Prescott two for -t:t. Glenhrook had 50 runs < S'mith 20, N. Hodgkinson 10) for nine wickets at the close. llowden took four wickets for l.'{ runs, and Mollo.v three for -I. Another drawn game took place between Waipipi and Waiuku, at. Waiuku. Waipipi was at the wickets to within about halt' an hour of the close of the day in making KiK (Zin/an IM, Uoull m, V. Aspin 10, Jack 11 Cli 1 lot II). Haw ke took four wickets for :i(i runs, Eaton three for 11, and ,f. Heise one for -10. Waiuku had five wickets down for ;ii (Heise 1 •"> not out). V. Aspin took four wickets for 7, and Jack one for 17.

RICHARDS SHIELD COMPETITION [nv TKLKGItAPH—OWN CORRESPONDENT] TAUHANGA, Sunday

The 'Richnrds Shield competition was commenced yesterday, one same being played at Tauranga and the other at Pukehina. Scores: — . Star v. Awatea.—Star: First, innings. Second innings, 110 (J- Davis "IS. K. lies 1-. L Crew 2!). Awatea: First inning, 57 (P. Ryan ":s Haves 1.",). Second innings, 37 (W. Parlano 13). Star won by 119 runs. Albion v. Pukehina (at Pukehina). —Albion: First innings, 170 (G. Sinclair I*. P. Budd 50, K. Page -1). Second innings, four wickets for 01 runs, declared (K. PageJJO). Pukehina. First innings, 107 (G. Lees ,°.7, D. Burnett 2:?). Second innings, I'J. Albion won by 111 runs. GAMES IN CHRISTCHURCH JjlY TKLEGItAPIl —I'IIKSS ASSOCIATION] CIHUSTCIIURCH, Sunday Cricket matches were played yesterday on fn*t wickets ;ind outfields and in warm sunshine. Lancaster Park, lilts (Cromb 7.",, F. Kerr 5!) not out. Read 11; "Williams five for SJS) plaved West Christchnrch, five wickets [or in St Albans, Hi:? (Webb 40; Coupland four for .'lit), met East Christchnrch, nine wickets for 129. Old Hoys. H.'J 1 for five wickets, declared (Kadlec 1 11, Menzies SH. Kscott ,">o not out), met Old Collegians, no pickets for Sydenham, I I'J (Roberts four for 21), played Riccarton, lIS (Rose 52; Newton five for 21). OTAGO CHAMPIONSHIP [BY TKLKGRAI'H —I'IIKSS ASSOCIATION] DUXF.DIN, Sunday Results of cricket matches played yesterday are as follows: —Carisbrook A, 211 and 12;t for two wickets (McKay 11, Kerr 40. Cameron 40; Groves five for 50), brat Old Boys, 105 and 109 for seven wickets (Russell •1!); Ninimo four for 51). Grange, 215 and ji).'s (Vial three for 2:0, beat and 17 for live wickets (Talbot 01; Klines five for 47, Blair three for !)). University, 209 and 50 for five wickets (Taylor three for 11), beat Dunedin, 203 (Badcock 9*; Henderson five for 51). Albion, 205 for nine wickets, declared (Smith 01, Martin 54: Kerr five for 75), heat Carisbrook B, 201 and 109 for lour wickets (Cox SO, Boddington 42).

LEICESTERSHIRE CLUB L,O,:>S LAST YEAR £2300 (Received January 17, 7.5 p.m.) LOXDOX, Jan. 17 The committee of the Leicestershire Cricket Club, after a special meeting to-day, issued a communique that it had no alternaJ live but to recommend closing down owing lto the loss last year, which amounted to j i'j.'tou. A poor response was made to ttie | ippeal for the greater support of the club, i An emergency meeting on January '-!!.) will I discuss the recommendation.