CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22974, 28 February 1938, Page 15

CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP

EDEN'S PROSPECTS SEVEN POINTS' LEAD PLAY ON FAST WICKETS THREE OUTRIGHT VICTORIES CENTURY TO C. LUND Exceptionally fast conditions were experienced for games played under the control of the Auckland Cricket Association 011 Saturday. Batsmen relished, the improved wicket conditions and in most games attractive hatting and fast scoring were witnessed. By securing an easy six-point victory over North Shore at Devon port, Eden increased its lead in the championship to seven points, the nearest team being Grafton. With only three more series of gained to he played, Eden would seem assured of the premiership honours. Kden made 108 and 150 for two wickets against North Shore's 76 and 181. Ponsonby also secured an outright win Indisposing of Parnell on No. 2 wicket at Eden Park. Ponsonby replied with 179 and 58 for one wicket to Parnell's 63 and 160. Strong hatting by Y.M.C.A. in its second innings prevented University from winning outright on No. 3 wicket. 1 niversit.v made 221 in its first innings, while Y.M.C.A.'h scores were 101 and 263 for five wickets. Grafton took six points from King's Old Boys on No. 1 pitch, winning by 10 wickets. The scores were: King's Old Boys, 90 and 123; Grafton, 202 and 20 for 110 wickets: 1 lie best batting performance was registered, by C. Lund, of Y.M.C.A., who scored 100, while V. Scott, of the same team, failed to reach the century mark by only two runs. Other good scores were: —P. Whitelaw, Parnell, 70 not out; C. Walters, North Shore, 59; A. I*. Postles, Eden, 53; L. Archer, North Shore, 42: F. M. Andrews, King's Old Boys. 41; J. E. Mills. Eden,. 37; F. C'lark, Ponsonby, 36; W. N. Carson, Eden, 35 not out. H. Harrison, Eden, headed the howling figures with seven wickets for ; 59 runs. Good averages were also returned 'by the following:—G. Felts, Grafton, five for 29; H. Warneford, Ponsonby, five for 36; S. Harrison, Y.M.C.A.,' four for 46; L. S. Spring, Grafton, three for 31; P. Pipe, Y.M.C.A.. three for 54; E. McNabb, three for 54. SOUND DISPLAY LUND-SCOTT PARTNERSHIP

With a lead over Y.M.C.A. of 72 runs, University increased it to 1 '_', M when the {fame was resumed on No. 3 wicket. The not out n>en, Garrard and Schnauer. carried on, the latter adding live before losing his wicket. Garrard and Lange made merry at the expense of the Y.M.C.A. howlers, arid when after a sound 22 Garrard was caught and bowled by Harrison, Lange (15 not out) and "Winter (17) gave a sparkling display of free cricket. Scott was back with Y.M.C.A. and with Duke gave a good start to Y.M.C.A.'s second innings. Attractive cricket marked the association of Scott and Lund. Employing straight drives and square-cutting the ball to the boundary, Lund scored faster than Scott, who had difficulty in penetrating the fieldsmen. In spite of good fielding and the steady bowling of Scfinauer and Craniond, the score mounted. With his century completed Lnnd missed one of Cramond's straight deliveries. while Scott, with W8 to his credit, attempted' to lift Lange over the boundary, only to be smartly stumped by Jackman. Lund's century- included eleven- fours and two sixes, I. W. Cooper compiled a wellmade 26' and Y.M.C.A. declared with five wickets down for 263. University did not, attempt to gain an outright win, the captains agreeing to draw stumps. Scores:— UNIVERSITY.—First Innings A. R. Cramond, b Cooper .. .. 1 H. Cooper, st Solomon, b Pipe .. .. 37 F. Boaden, c Solomon, b Pipe .. .. 29 Jt. Bush, b Harrison .. ..58 V. Butler, st Solomon, b Pipe .. .. 7 L. Schnauer, b Donaldson .. .. 31 C. Jackman. b Harrison .. .. 3 A. Bell, b Harrison .. .. 0 D. Garrard, c and b Harrison .. .. 22 A. Lange; not oat .. .. .. 15 C. Winter, b Cooper .. .. ..17 Extras ... .. .. .. -1 Total 22-1 Bowling—Harrison took fonr wickets for 4f> runs, Pi|« three for .54, Cooper two for 36, Donaldson one foi 42, Scott none (or 15, Lund none for 27. Y.M.C.A. First Innings .. .. •• •. 101 ' Second Innings L. Duke, c Jackman, b Bush .. .. 27 E. Sutherland, mn out .. .. .. 3 V. Scott, st Jackman, b Lange.. .. W8 C. Lnnd, b Cramond .. .. .. 300 I. W. Cooper, c Boaden, b Lange .. 2'! B. Donaldson, not out .. .. .. 5 Extras .. .. .. .. '1 Total for five wickets, declared .. 203 Bowling.*—Lange took two irickets for no rnns. Cramond one for 10, Bush one for (13. Winter none for 13, Bell none for 14, Garrard none for 15, H. Cooper none for 2U, Butler none for 30, Schnauer none for 49. Messrs. O. K. Montgomerie and C. Hill were umpires. PARNELL FAILS GOOD EFFORT BY WHITELAW Parnell, with two wickets down for 20 runs in its second innings and 91 rnns behind Ponsonby's first innings score, failed to avert an outright defeat. The not out men. Hay and McLean, were uncomfortable to the bowling of Warneford and Clark, although McLean showed some nice shots in compiling 28. When Wallace went first ball the position looked bad for Parnell. Whitelaw gave a patient display, and, associated with Gascoigne, looked like pulling the game out of the fire. Although it was slow cricket, it was a sound partnership, which added 02 runs at a critical stage. Whitelaw continued to bat steadily, being unbeaten with 70 runs. He was at the crease for over three hours. The trundling of Warneford earned a lot of respect, his flighting of the ball being particularly deceptive. , , „ Poisonby, with 53 runs required for an outright win, lost one wicket in making them Clark stepped out to everything and his 36 included six fours. Tire fielding of the Parnell men was keen, Hay in particular saving many certain boundaries. Scores: — POXSONBY First Innings 170 Second Innings R. H. Cleave, not out .. .. ..12 F. Clark, b Goodsir .. .. ..36 H. C'otterell, not out {> Extras .. .. .. •• 5 Total for one wicket .. .. 58 Bowling.—Goodsir took one wicket for 27 runs, Siddle none for 0, Clark none for 1". PARNELL First Innings .. .. .. ..65 Second Innings S. C. Hay. b Clark 17 J. Carroll, b McXabb .. .. •• " X. Clark, b McXabb » A. McLean.- -b Warneford .. .. 2K P. E. Whitelaw, not out .. .. 70 W. M. Wallace, lbw, b Warnerord .. »> B. Gascoigne, b Warneford .. .. 3'G. Siddle. lbw, b McXabb .. .. 0 E Morgan", b Clark . . •. '1 M' Mutton, lbw, b Warneford . . 5 F Goodsir, cP. Scholium, b Wnrneford 0 Extras- TO Total .. •• •• ..100 Bowling.—,-Warneford took five, wickets for 36 runs, McXabb three for 54, Clark two for lf», Clec.l none for 8, Williamson none for 3f». Messrs. A. Simnonds and J. Box were umpires. OUTRIGHT VICTORY EDEN'S COMFORTABLE WIN Improving on its lead of 32 runs on the first innings, Eden secured a comfortable six-point, victory over Xorth Shore at Devonport. North Shore, whose only hope was to force the pace in an attempt to secure an outright decision, played bright cricket _in compiling 181 in its second innings, leaving ils opponents about two and three-quarter hours in which to bat. Eden entered into the spirit of the game and the opening batsmen played freely to give the championship leaders a good start. Only two wickets were le<st in securing the 150 rnns necessary for •jo mitright ww.

An excellent innings by Walters, who drove nicely on the off side, was a feature of North Shore's second innings. Together with Archer, who scored 42 in his usual attractive style, Walters sent the score along quickly. His 59 included four boundaries. Several other batsmen reached double figures before losing their wickets in attempting to hit out. The Eden fast bowler, H. Harrison, found the fast wicket much to his liking. He gathered speed off the pitch, made an occasional delivery chop back quickly, and kept an excellent length in taking seven wickets for 59 runs. Thompson, two for 33, also bowled well.

Solid defence and attractive batting were combined by the Eden opening pair, Mill's and Postles. The North Shore captain fully ? exploited his howling talent, but found none , who could make an impression against the representative batsmen. Postles somewhat sur- •• prised by his initiative, and on two occasions I almost secured sixes with lofty drives to the on side. Mills reached 37 before being run 1. out and Postles scored 53. The partnership was responsible for S7 runs. Carson and Burgess opened aggressively and quickly ran Eden's total to 150, the former being 35 not out. Scores:— EDEN ■ First innings .. .. .. .. 108 Second Innings A. F. Postles. c Archer, b Emery .. 53 J. K. Mills, run out ~ .. ..37 W. X. Carson, not out .. ~ 35 G. Burgess, not out .. .. .. II Extras . . ... .. .. I I Total for two wickets .. .. 150 Bowling.—Simpson took no wickets for 33. Sale none for 10, McDevitt none for 15. Archer none for TO, Emery one for 27, Webb none for •_'s, Bush none for 4. NORTH SHORE First innings .. .. .. ..70 Second Innings C. F. Walters, c Smith, b Harrison .. 5!) R. Emery, c Thompson, b Harrison .. 2 L. Archer, b Carson 42 V. S. Sale, st Smith, b Thompson IS H. Walters, c Johnson, b Thompson .. 3 D. Edmonds, not out .. .. ..35 I). Webb, b Harrison .. ~ ~ 3 ,T. T. Bush, b Harrison .. .. ..15 H. Adams, b Harrison .. .. .. O ,T. Simpson, b Harrison .. .. .. 0 J. McDevitt, c and b Harrison .. .. 17 Extras .. .. .. .. 7 Total IS I Bowling.—H. Harrison took seven wickets for .V* runs, Thompson two for 33. Carson one for 28, Snedden none for -13, Postles none for 9, A. F. Weir none for 2. Messrs. G. C. Riddell and J. C. Harris were umpires. BOWLERS DOMINANT SIX POINTS TO GRAFTON With three wickets down' for 49 runs : King's Old Boys endeavoured to pass the j Grafton total of 202. The not out men, ' L. \L.- Smith and Arkinstall, carried the score to 57 before the latter was smartly ! caught behind. Felts and Spring kept a good I length, varying their deliveries, and, with I the exception of L. M. Smith (30) and Martin (12), they had the batsmen in difficulties. Having to follow on. King's Old Boys lost wickets quickly and with six down for 42 runs it looked as if Crafton would win by an innings. Although Martin batted patiently, the bowling of Felts and Spring again took toll of the batsmen. The advent of Andrews, however, stopped the rot. TTis score of 41 not out included five boundaries and a splendid six. L. S. Smith 'compiled a useful 15. flrafton had little difficulty in scoring the 12 runs'needed for an outright' win. Scores: — GRAFTON First Innings .. . . .. .. 202 Second Innings R. McMahon, not out .. .. .. Hi F. Angus, not out .. .. .. 8 Extras .. .. .. .. 1 j Total for no wickets .. .. 20 | Bowling.—Martin took no wickets for S : funs, Arkinstall none for 11. KING'S OLD BOYS First Innings Tj." M. Smith, run out'.. .. .. 80H. T. Pearson, c Rowntree, b Burke ic T. H. C. C'anghey. c Marshall, b Felts 3 AV. Douglas, b Felts . . . . .. 8 j K. Arkinstall. c Marshall, b Felts .. 7 L. Fisher, b Sprinir . . .. 8 ! D. L. Martin, lbiv. b Felts .. .. 32 j •A: lianey, b Spring ~ .. 3j F Andrews, b Felts .. .. .. 1 L! S. Smith, not out .. .. .. 8 G. Simmonds, absent .. .. .. O Extras .. .. .. .. 1 Total V .. .... .. 00 Bowling.—Felts took five wickets for 20 runs, Spring two for 2!, Burke one for 30. Second Innings L. M. Smith, b Spring . . .. .. 1 D. L. Martin, b Felts .. .. ..21 T. H. C. Caughey, b Spring .. .. 0 W. Douglas, run out .. .. ■ 0 K. S. Arkinstall, b Spring .. .. 4 A. Laney, run out .. .. .. '>• •L. S. Smith, run out .. .. .. .15 F. M. Andrews, not out .. .. .. 41 L! Fisher, b Horspool . • .. .. 20 H. T. Pearson, absent .. .. ..' o G. Sitnmonds, absent .. .. .. 0 Extras . • • • • • • • Total •• Bowling.—Spring took three wickets for 31 runs, Horspool one for Felts one for 60, Ratcliffe none for 9, Ellis none for 12. Messrs. L. Bay and J. Findlay were umpires. SECOND GRADE Balmoral v. Papatoefoe.— Papatoefoe: First innings, five wickets for 216. declared. Balmoral: First innings, 03 Second innings, seven wickets for 230 (Bell 88, Dean 40 not out. McKay 41, Rodgers 20). Bowling: Burnside three wickets for 45 runs, Kerr two for 42. A four-point win to Papatoefoe. intermediate: grade Papatoefoe v. St. John's.—Papatoefoe: First innings, 02. Second innings. 15(> (McCorkindalc 25. Kerr 24, White 15 not out). Bowling Lendrnm six for 00, G. Kennedy two for 20, F. Mclndoe two for 30. St. John s: First innings, 79. Second innings, 101 (G. Lendrum 18, Kennedy 14, Hetherington 11). Bowling: Torkington two for none. White two for 0, McCorkindale two for 28. Cain two for 32. A six-point win to Papatoetoe. THIRD GRADE King's Old Boys v. Papatoetoe.—King's Old Boys, 118 (P. Mowbray 51, J. Mowbray 17. Hayward 15, Foster 12). Bowling: Huinphiies three wickets, Sissons. Co.vle and McSweeney, two each. Papatoetoe: Right wickets for 124 (Westcott 34, Tel ley 23 not. : out, Covle 16). Bowling: Jordan five wickets, j P. Mowbray two. A four-point win to Papa- 1 toetoe. I FOURTH GRADE ♦! Flexile v. Papatoetoe.—Flexile: Five wickets for 208, declared (Kinsey 91. Bindock 41). Papatoetoe, 152 (Reid 89 not out, Toffs, sen., 33, A four-point win to Flexile. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES Westmere v. St3r of Auckland. —Wrstmere: First innings. 33. Bowling: Herbert five for 11. Second innings, 94 (Brown 25. .fohnson 23). Bowling: Hitchens three for 33, Masson two for 11. Star of Auckland: First innings, 29. Bowling: Kinner two for 6. Second innings. 57 (Herbert 24 not out. Hart 30). Bowling: Brown three for 1. Westmere gained a six-point win. Ttawhiti v. Newmarket. —Rawhiti: First innings, 59 (N. Smith 20). Bowling: Boyle three for 10. Taylor three for 4. Second innings, 2. Bowling: Taylor four for 1, Boyle two for 1. Newmarket: First innings. 95 (W. McClure 22, Boyle 42). Bowling: Jones seven for 16. Newmarket gained a six-point win. Grey Lynn Druids v. Manchester Unity.— Grey Lynn Druids won by default. Devonport Druids v. Hibernians.—Devonport Druids won by default.

ONEHUNGA COMPETITION LIPSCOMBE-WILSON SHIELD Ideal conditions prevailed at Waikaraka Park for the second series of matches in the Onehunga Cricket Association's competition for the Lipscombe-Wilson Shield, played on Saturday. Te Papapa, Reid Rubber and Lichtenstein's each registered a two-point win. A feature of the play was th? performance of C. Fisher, who compiled 55 not out and captured six wickets for 18 runs. Following are the details: — - Te Papapa v. Woollen Mills.—Ae Papapa: First innings, 81 (P. Lynch 27 not out, W Smith 24). Bowling: J. Willis four for 20, T. Chase two for 21), W. Simpson two for 10. Woollen Mills: First innings, SO (T. Chase 81). Bowling: T. Ryan three for ». I. Patterson three for 10, L. Swift three for 20. Te Papapa gainod a two-point win. Reid Rubber v. Sutherland's Tannery.— Reid Rubber: First innings, 185 (C. Fisher 55 not out,. T. Ackland 38, A. Gore 32, D. Callaghan 21, L. Theyers 31). Bowling: A. McPherson two for 10, R. Young five for 41. Sutherland's Tannery: First innings, 58 (J. Lamb 28). Bowling: C. Fisher six for 18. F. Such two for 14, T. Ackland two for 0. Reid Rubber gained a two-point win. Lichtenstein's v. Old Buffers.—Lichtenstein's: First innings, 107 (A. Brass 28, D. Horan 1!>, L. Webber Hi, R. Brass 12). Bowling: W. Larkins four for 30, G. Sherlock three for 34. F. Holmes two for 16. Old Buffers: First innings, 42 (W. Larkins TJ). Bowling: A. Brass five for 10, A. Attv/ood four for 26. Lichtenstein's gained a twopoint win.