CRICKET SEASON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22892, 22 November 1937, Page 13

CRICKET SEASON

SENIOR CHAMPION SHIP

fast scoring general TWO NEW WICKETS IN USE With the exception of the match between Parnell and King's Old Boys, fast and pood scoring was general in the fourth series of games which were commenced on Saturday under the control,of the Auckland Cricket Association. The two new wickets in the Eden Park oval wore used for the first time and, except for an occasional delivery keeping low on the No. 1 pitch, the wickets played well. The innovation of two matches on the oval was greatly appreciated by the spectators.-Of necessity, the boundary on one side of each wicket is a little shorter than usual, .but amply sufficient for club cricket. In the principal attraction at Eden Park on tho No. 2 wicket University compiled 281 against Grafton, which replied with 63 for one wicket. On the No. 1 wicket Eden made 275 against Y.M.C.A., the latter scoring 21 for no wickets. . Low scoring marked tho match between Parnell and King's Old Boys on the No. 3 wicket. King's Old Boys was dismissed fcr 132, and Parnell lost eight wickets for 10S. In the match at Devonport, North Shore compiled 263 against Ponsonby, which replied with 103 for three wickets.

The highest score of the afternoon went to the credit of Y. S. Sale, North Shore, with 90. The next best totals were. —C. K. Jackman, University, 74; C. "Walters, North Shore, 63; A. It. Crammond, University, 62; A. Mills, Eden, 57; L. Archer, North Shore, 40; L. M~. Smith, King's Old Boys, 3D; P. H. Cleavo. Ponsonby, 38; P. C. Aickin, University, 37 not out; H. T. Pearson. King's Old Boys, 33; R. G. Bush, University, 35; A. J. Postles, Eden, 33; L. E. Vivian, Eden, 33; X. McMahon, Eden, 31.

The best bowling was secured by G. Siddle, Parnell, who took' four wickets for 20, and he was closely followed by M.' J. Hewitt, King's OH Boys, four for 21. The next best performances were:—M. Mutton, Parnell, four for 52; C. Burke, Grafton, four for 60; F. <M. Andrews, King's Old Boys, three for 22; V. Scott, Y.M.C.A., three for 37; AT. Williamson, Ponsonby, three for 38; S. Harrison, Y.M.C.A., three for_46; E. McXabb, Ponsonby, three for 56; E. Clark, Ponsonby, three for 88.

UNIVERSITY RECOVERS

NINTH-WICKET PARTNERSHIP

University did not make a good start in the ii)aich Against Grafton, and at one stajre hid lost six. wickets for 133. A fine ninthi. » '' ar ' ners hip between Jackman, form- --■ °J and Aickin, however, reTne\i?a the situation. Both used rare and aggression with discretion, and were rarely much troubled by the attack. Aiter the partnership had yielded 82 Jackman fell leg-before for 74, including nine fours. He scored chiefly with a strong off drive and hook shots, but many of his strokes were made with a cross-bat. It was rather surprising to see the bowlers persist, in bowling at the wickets when a weakness vc.s revealed outside tl>e off stump. Aickin was very eteady anil scored most of his runs cn the offside. He was eventually unbeaten wilh 37. Crammond and Butler opened the innings, but the latter went with the total at 3!). Lange and Cramnfond carried on tare'iOJy rintil Lange lost his wicket at 20 in attcuptinz to hit Burke. Cooper and Matneson failed- to stay, the. latter being splendidly caught in the slips by Hnrspool. Crairmrnd. formerly of Wellington, left at 97, his contribution being 02. including five fours and a six. - Crammond played his off shots to advantage, cover driving strongly. Bush contributed a merry 35, but Schnauer went <tt four, while Garrard was going nicely when hi was run out for 18. The in .titters realised 281. .C. Burke was Grafton's most successful bowler in taking four wickets for 80 runs. He turned the,ball well, but lack of nip off the wicket enabled the batsmen to watcfi stnd smother him effectively. Spring accounted for t.wo victims at a cost of 65 runs, and Byerley took two wickets for 38. Spring and Ellis opened Grafton's innings, • and the pair had added 38 by good batting, in" which their running befween the wickets was a feature before Spring was dismissed for 35. Ellis (29 not out) and G. Wallace (19 not out, including a si i and two fours), carried on confidently until stumps, when the iiore was 63 for one wicket. Scores:— UNIVERSITY.—First Innings 'A. B. Crammond, c Marshall, b Burke . 62 W. Lange. b Burke W V. C. Butler, b Spring .. .. 8 H. Cooper, c and 1) Burke .. ' .. 0 .A. M. Matheson; c Horspool, b Byerley 5 L. J B. Schnauer, b Byerley .. .. 4 It. G. Bush, c Ratcliffe, b Spring .. 35 D. R. Garrard, run out .. .. 18 C. K. Jackman', Ibw. b Parks .. .. 74 IL C. Aickin, not out .. ..37 N. Winter, c Ellis, b Burke Extras .. •• •• ..11 • Total ° .. 281 . Bowling.—Burke took four wickets for 80 runs, B.verley two for 38, Spring two for 65, Parks one for 39, Felts none for 24. Rat-

cliffe none for 24. GRAFTON. —First Innings L. R. Spring, c Jackman, b Garrard .. 15 N. Ellis, not out .. • • G. Wallace, not out .. •• •• 19 .' "Total for one wicket .. ..63 Messrs. O. R. Montgomery and J. C. HarTig were umpires. BRIGHT BATTING SALE MISSES CENTURY Excellent conditions favoured the match between North Shore and Ponsonby at Devonport, (lie wicket being firm and easy and the oulfiMd fast. 'Winning the toss. Bush, the North Shore captain, took advantage of the conditions, sending Wa ' ,c . r . s and Edmonds' to open the innings. Both faced the bowling confidently, drivincr forcefnlly and gaining many runs with judicious Placements down the gully. The total was raised to 30 before Edmonds was caught. "Walters, in company with Sale, conlinned in an attractive fashion. He rea wider range of shots and more confidence than he has for the past two seasons and he showed full value for his 03 [nns. Hp seemed set for a century but .lost, his wicket through attempting a risky - 8Inel(> - • 4 . . The fast rate of scoring was maintained by Sale and Archer. The former was very shakv for a slart, his main fault being in timing the ball but once he settled down he gave a delightful exhibition of free drivinsr. Archer was dismissed at 40, his P'ay being: an impressive one, while Sale Jook his total to 00 before being beaten all. the way by an excellent delivery f ro ' n Williamson, which cut in sharply from tho off. He secured 11 boundaries. "With the 200 mark passed North Shore attempted to increase the scoring rate and several batsmen' lost their wickets owing to rash shots. The innings closed for 203 runs, which seemed a fairly formidable score ror Ronsonhv to overhaul. The most successful Bowlers were Clark, MeNabb and Williamf°n, all of whom took three wickets. J lie last-named bowled very steadily and spun 'he ball deceptively. .The brightest batting of the day camo s'th the commencement of -the Ponitonoy innings: Clark, who opened with Cleave, showed -a complete disregard for the quai-'Jj-.of the attack and scored frequent boundaries with powerful shots to leg. He also drove Simpson hack over his head on several occasions. His score of 129 included fi\e —'ours and one six. . , Cleave and Cotterall carried on, both oajsmen showing a splendid defence and at tne eame time losing few opportunities or scor---Ins. They dominated the attack and quickly Pit Ponsonby in a strong position, the iuu

mark almost being reached beforo Cleave went with his score at 38. However, the homo team established an ascendancy when cotterall lost his wicket a few minutes later. Ponsonby had lost three wickets for 103 at stumps. , Scores;— NORTH SHORE.—First - Innings C. Walters, run out . . .. . R3 D. B. Edmonds, c Cotterall, b Clark!! til v. S. Sale, b Williamson .. . . }»o L. Archer, c Hare, b Clark .. .. 40 S. Ferguson, c P. Scholium, b Williamson ' .. 13 It. Emery, cJ. Scholium, b Williamson 2 J. T. Bush, b Clark 4 D. Webb, Ibw, b McXabb .. .. 21 L. Curtayne, b McXabb' .. .. o J. B. Simpson, b McXabb .. .. 4 J. McDevitt, not out .. ~ ~ o Extras .. .. .. .. r> Total <_>o3 Bowling.-—Williamson took three wickets for 3S runs, McXabb three for .50, Clark three for 87, J. Scholium none for 14. McDonald none for l<>, Cotterall none for 10, Warneford nono for 31. FOXSOXBY.—First Innings F. Clark, c McDevitt .. .. .. '29 R. Cleave, c Bush, b Webb . . ~ as H. Cotterall, st Edmunds, b Webb .. '2B W. J. Scholium, not out . . ~. 2 A. Barber, not out .. .. .. o Extras . . . . .. .. 4 Total for three wickets .. .. 103 Messrs. W. R. Mitchell and R. H. Simmons were umpires. INTERESTING POSITION KING'S AND PARNELL

Low scoring marked the match on Xo. M wicket between King's Old Boys and Parnell, 30 being the highest individual total, "he game is nevertheless at an interesting stage, Parnell having to make 25 runs to pass King's total of 132, with two wickets in hand.

Although Fisher lifted a ball from Clapham to McLean at point, King's started reasonably well, Pearson and L. M. Smith batting freely to put on 70 runs before Pearson played over a ball from Mutton and was bowled. Pearson was uncertain at the start but later produced several fine shots, including . a six to leg off Mutton. Smith appeared to have the measure of the bowling when ho jumped out to drive Mutton and was stumped. Canghey raised 20 in quick time but was caught, in the outfield off Mutton, and a slump in the batting started, seven batsmen adding only 33 runs. On a perfect wicket against bowling which needed watching, but was not really hard to play, the King's batsmen showed uncertainty compared with previous performances this season.

Parnell fared little better. Hay was clean bowled by Sinimonds before he was set and Whitelaw was beaten by a beautiful ball from Andrews which came in sharply to fake ihe top of the off stump. Siddle and McLean provided the only resistance, Siddle batting stolidly although he gave several chances. McLean refused to be tempted to hit out and was unbeaten with 27. Carroll's 21 included a six to leg off Simmonds.

It- was the bowlers' day although the conditions favoured batting. Mutton was not expensive considering that the eight-ball over was in use, and bowling against the wind he commanded respect. Siddle took four wickets by steady leneth bowling on the wicket all the time. For King's, Andrews and Simmonds were steady, but were let down by dropped catches. Hewitt was bowled sparingly but to good effect, taking a wicket in each of four successive overs. Scores: — ■ KING'S OLL BOYS.—First Innings

L. M. Smith, st Carroll, b Mutton .. 39 L. 11. Fisher, c McLean, b Clapham .. .1 IT. T. Pearson, b Mutton .. 35 T. H. C. C'aughey, c Whitclaw, b Mutton . . . . 20 P. L. Martin, b Mutton .. .. 0 A. Foster, not out .. .. .. 6 C. H. Erskine Wilson, b Siddle ' .. 33 G. Simmonds, b Siddle O F. M. Andrews, c Whitclaw, b Siddle <> M. Hewitt, b Siddle 2 S. Smith, run out .. .. .. '2. Extras . . .. .. .. 4 Total ..332 Bowling.—Mutton took four wickets for 52 runs, Siddle four for 20, Goodsir none for t>, Clark r ; ono for 26, Clapham one ior 20. PARNELL. —First Innings P. E. Whitelaw. b Andrews .. .. 17 S. C. Hay, b Simmonds . . .. 4 O. C'leal, Ibw, b Andrews .. .. 1 M. Clark, b Andrews .. .. ..34 O. Richards, b Hewitt .. .. .. 2 G. Siddle, b Hewitt .. .. ..14 A. McLean, not out .. .. '2l J. Carroll, b Hewitt .. 21 E. Clapham, b Hewitt .. .. .. 4 Extras .. .. .. 4 Total for eight wickets .. .. 10S Messrs. G. C. Biddell and B. Heather were umpires. STEADY SCORING MILLS' FINE DISPLAY Steady scoring characterised Eden's first innings against Y.M.C.A., on the No. I wicket at Eden Park. Finishing half an honr before stumps, Eden compiled 275 runs, including over half a century by Mills, who gave the freest display of the day. Y.M.C.A. hail scored 21 without loss at stumps. The opening; partnership between Postles and MilTte carried Eden's total to 72 in jnst over an hour, at which stage Postles fell a victim to Scott for 33. Mills was opening his shoulders and forcing the pace, and had 43 up when his third partner, Burgess, came to the crease. Mills at 57 lost his wicket to Scott, his score including six fours. Weir and Higgins were in at the tea adjournment, when Eden had 130 for four wickets. This partnership was broken, with Higgins going leg before to Harrison. The brightest period of the game came with the appearance of L. E. Vivian, McMahon and Smith, who rattled on the runs. Vivian was stumped after a quick 33, and McMahon used his bat well and drove strongly for 31. Smith coverdrove and placed his on-shots nicely for 27 not out. Nelson and Sutherland played out time for Y.M.C.A., the latter getting three fours in his score of 14. Scores: — EDEN.—First Innings A. J. Postles, b Scott 33 ,T. E. Mills, b Scott 57 K. Cantlay, b S. Harrison .. .. 6 G. Burgess, c Gillespie, b Scott .. 3 8 F. Weir, b Harrison .. .. 10 W. TTiggins, Ibw. b Harrison .. .. 33 H. Harrison, b Cooper .. . . .. 5 L. E. Vivian, st Solomon, b Pipe .. 33 N. McMahon, b Donaldson .. .. 31 B. Smith, not out .. . • ..27 C. Snedden, b Donaldson .. .. 3 1 Extras .. •• •• ..10 Total 275 Bowling.—Scott took three wickets for 37 runs, Harrison three for 40, Donaldson two for 0. Pipe one for 54, Cooper one for 70, Falvey none for 34. Y.M.C.A.—First Innings E. R. Sutherland, not out .. .. 14 B. Nelson, not out .. .. • • <> Extras .. ■ • • • • • J Total for no wickets .. .. ..21 Messrs. 11. Blennerhassett and J. Box were umpires.