CRICKET SEASON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23602, 11 March 1940, Page 11

CRICKET SEASON

SENIOR PREMIERSHIP MIDDLEMORE'S LARGE SCORE TWO CENTURIES REGISTERED Excellent conditions favoured the (continuation of the Auckland Cricket ' Association's first grade championship on Saturday, when the second to Inst series of games was commenced. With the exception of the leading team, jVliddlemore, which passed the 400 mark, the batting sides were in difficulties and fairly low scores Avere regisI tered. Two centuries were recorded, H. T. Pearson and L. Vivian, both of the Jliddlemore eleven, being the successful batsmen. Middlemorc gavfe >1 fine display and enhanced its championship prospects by making 4.10 against University at Eden Park. The results of various sanies are as follows: — Middlenioro, 410. met University, S for no wields. Parnell, 1 53, met 1-lden, i ll! for one wicket. Ponsonby-Balinoral, 203. met Grafton, 10 for one wicket. North Shore, 102, met Y.M.C.A., SO for six wickets. The highest individual score was made by H. T. Pearson (\Jiddlemore) with 138. The next best were:—L. Vivian (Middlemore), 102; G. Burgess (Eden), 77; J. Mills (Eden), 68 not out; R. H. Cleave (Ponsonby-Bal-moral), 56. V. Scott, of Y.M.C.A., proved the most successful bowler with five wickets for 39. ,/' Other good performances were:—A. J. Postles (Eden), four for '1 5; I. Cooper (Y.M.C.A.), four for 39; A. M. Matheson (University), four for 78.

Aggressive Batting The features of/the match between Middlemore and University on No. 3 wicket at Eden Park the centuries made by H. T. Pearion and L. E. Vivian. Both played aggressive cricket for the most part, to the delight of tho spectators, and their efforts considerable aided fast scoring. They added 183 runs to {he total tor the fourth wicket. Vivian exploited goc-1, straight drives for the most "part, placing his shots fairly well. After playing cautiously when near the century mark Vivian was. (fat to a leg-beforo appeal. His tally included 12 fours. Slow to begin, Pearson gave a particularly fine display of batting, his most prolific shot being a splendid cover drive that was always well placed... His 13S included ono iix and 17 fours. / Making another successful appearance as an opening batsman Taylor scorid a good 43. L. M. Smith made a fast -1-1, but over-eager-ness saw him run out. The University fielding was excellent, particularly the throwing-in, ■ which was responsible for the dismissal of three players. In the absence of Jackman, Vallance kept well behind the wickets, although he missed 6ne or two opportunities. Th-? most successful bowier was Matheson, who took four wickets for 78. The batsmen were unable to take liberties with his deliveries. which were accurately pitched. Parnell had first use of No. 1 wicket against a steady Eden attack, which was supported by good finding. Postles judiciously handled his bowlinj and Parnell had lost Robinson, Warner and Wallace with the score at 64. A sound display by Hay. in 'company with Richards, raised the century. Hay played sound cricket for his 44. which included five boundaries. M. Clark delighted the spectators with some hard driving, finding the boundary five times in his score of 29. Postles earned respect with good-length deliveries. /I , .

Excellent Partnership "VTith 97 minutes' play left F.den set out Sn an t'adeavour to obtain a first innings' lead. In spite of steady bowling and good fielding by Parnell, Mills and Burgess raised "the century in an hour, the partnership yielding 137. Burgess scored freely all Tound the wicket with brilliant / stroTce play. Ho cave a chance on the fence early, but the fieldsman was of! balance and the ball dropped over for six. Nine boundaries were included in his scoffe of 77. While Mills found the' boundary only four times in carrying his ■bat for 58, hj« stroke play was sound, a late cut being nis most prolific scoring shot. Bowlers were in the ascendancy at Devont . port, where both .North Shore and Y.M.C.A. had to fight hard to make rnns on a wicket which behaved rather peculiarly. North Shore, with three wickets down for 10 runs, was in sore straits, but Edmonds , and Curtaync Raved the situation with a valuable partnership which realised 68 runs. Edmonds was content to watch _ the ball carefully and scored mostly in singles and twos, but Cur""tayno became aggressive toward the end of his innings and hit several boundaries. Edmonds was dismissed for 35 and Curtayne contributed 43. The innings closed for 162. Scott was the moist successful Y.M.C.A. / bowler with five wickets for 30 runs, while Cooper also bowled accurately for four wickets and 3(J runs. > North Shore's successful bowling combination, Simpson and Sale, proved too strong for the opposition, Scott being the only Y M.C.A. batsman to shape confidently. Y.M.C.A. had lost six wickets for 86 at ! stumps. Scott being 40 not out. V Grafton, wearing black armbands as a ""mark of respect to the memory of its late ■vice-president, Mr. W. J. Hawley, won tutf toss and sent Ponsonby-Balmoral in on No. 2 wicket. A drab and unenterprising two hours' . plav followed. Cleave and Barber presented ■ a dead bat to everything and many scoring opportunities weretWost. Fifty took 01 minutes to score and several of these runs were extras off Cowie's fast deliveries. Johnson livened the play and later Wiles, who was undefeated with 42, also showed that many runs could be gained by forcing shots. Cleave occupied the crease 230 minutes in scoring 60. Emery got a lot of work on the ball and earned respect, but the other bowlers were not impressive. Grafton lost one wicket for 10 runs. Following are/the scores: — PARNELL V. EDEN PARNELL. —First Innings

NORTH SHORE V. Y.M.O.A. NORTH SHORE.—First Innings

Bowling.—Y. J. Scott took five wickets for 351 runs, Cooper four for 3ft, E. R. Sutherland one for 22, X. H. Bennett none for 7, J. S. Jones none for 30, S. R. Harrison nono for 15. Stevenson none for 15. Y.M.C.A. —First Innings

were umpires. SECOND GRADE 18th A.A. Battery v. Technical Old Boys. —lßth A.A. Battery: First innings, 02 (A. E. Cooke. 15, Martin 1-1 not out; Bennett six for 32. R. Drake two for <l7, A. Quinton two for 10). Technical Old Boys: First innings, 30(5 for seven wickets (G. Drake 20, A. Quinton <ls, Mellrose 20, Iv. Healy 33, K. Quinton, 0-1 not out, Yorke (51, Bennett 22 not out).

MATCHES IN THE SOUTH [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION] Wellington.—By scoring an outright win over Hutt, Kilbirnie won the Wellington Cricket Association's senior championship on Saturday It was seven points ahead of tho runner-up. Midland. Hutt totalled 82 and declared its second innings closed with 101 for nine wickets (Kemp 30, Champncss 37, Ciwilliam 35). Kilbirnie scored 153 in its first innings (Wilson 73), and 120 for three in the second (Ward 02 not out, Rice 30). Bowling for Kilbirnie Rice took three Tor 20 runs. Kilbirnie won by seven wickets. Midland, 130, and 250 for six wickets, declared (Tindill 15, Bird (>!» not out), beat Wellington College Old Boys by 10 runs on the first innings. Old Boys scored 120 (Rainbird 52 not out), and 160 for eight wickets (J. I.a mason 53). Eor Midland Randall took four wickets for 51 runs. Institute, 173, and 117 (Dalton 10), scored an outright win over Karori, 158 (Duffy G2). and 78. Bowling for Karori Standidgc took four wickets for 20 runs. For Institute Crook took three for -10* and threo for 55, Morton five for 43 and five for 21. University scored an outright win over Wellington. Wellington totalled 117 and 131 (Wiren 40). University scored 120 and 137 for six wickets. Bowling for University Stephenson took six wickets for 43 and five for 35. and Parker four for 55. • Christchurch. —The final round of the Canterbury Cricket Association's competitions was commenced on Saturday in ideal conditions, which favoured tho batsmen. Sydenham has a lead of eight points in the championship over St. Albans and Old Boys, and has only to avoid an outright defeat to win tho competition. Good totals were registered in three of the four games, with J. C. Saunders making the only century of the day for Old Collegians against Lancaster Park. His 100 included one six and 12 fours and was made in 130 minutes. Scores: St. Albans, 250 for eight wickets, declared (Walter G3, Dalley 50, O'Brien 49; Bulterfield five for 05), met Sydenham, 40 for one wicket. East Christchurch, 320 for eight wickets, declared (Kennedy 81, Commons 03 not out, Davis 02, James 32; Johnston five for 100), met West Christchurch. Old Collegians, 322 (J. C. Saunders 100, Lawrence 67, Lester 61; Cromb four for 102), met Lancaster Park, 38 for one wicket. Riccarton, 102 (Heazlc-rt-ood 39; Escott five for 27, Graham three for 29), met Old Boys, 145 for six wickets (Harbidgc 32, Hadleo 31, Eathorno 30; Roberts three for 10). Dunedin. —As a result of an interesting day's cricket on Saturday Grange will go into the final of the Otago Cricket Association's championship competition with a lead of four points from Carisbrook A. Each team scored outright wins in the _ series just finished and the position now is:—Grange. _45 points Carisbrooß' A, 41; Dunedin. 33; Kaikorai. 28; Old Boys. 25; University, 23; Cariibrook B. 19; Albion. 18. Grange. Carisbrook A and Dunedin all forced eight-point wins on Saturday, but the Carisbrook A-Old Boys' match was easily the most interesting of the series. Carisbrook declared at 120 for eight wickets as soon as the total of Old Bovs (122) was passed and dismissed Old Boys again for 143. With an hour and ahalf in which to score 140 Carisbrook made 144 for four wickets with a quarter of an hour to spare. Scores: —Old Boys: 122 and J43 (Edwards 42); -and Carisbrook. 120 for-,-eight declared, and 144 for four wickets (Moloney 40. Fraser 45). Moloney, was play-' ing in his last match before going into a military camp. Grange drove home its first day's advantage against University, which was dismissed for 70 and 212. Grange made 235 for seven wickets, declared, and 49 for one. Dunedin, with 195 for eight wickets, had an easy win against Carisbrook B. 11l and 79 (Donnelly six for <l4. Robertson four for 35), by an innings and five runs. Albion: 157 and 135 (Allcott eight for 45) beat Ivaikorai, 112 (Silver six for 33) on the first innings. Tho matches were played in ideal weather. . _ . .

J. S. Robinson. lbw, h Weir 11 B. Warner, b Hii'rrison . . . . 19 ■ W. M. Wallace, c Snedden, b Thompson 13 8, C. Hay, b Postles 44 G. Richards, b Harrison 13 L. R. Marvin, st Smith, b Postles .. 1 0 H. Duncan, run out .. •• •• M. Clark, c Johnson, b Postles 29 """ J. Forsman, b Harrison (5 A. Cameron, not out .. .. •« 8 3. Carroll, b Postles .. .. •• 3 (3 Extras ,•< . Total 153 Bowling.—Postles took fonr wickets for 1 •"» mns,. Harrison three for 52, Thompson one for 18, Weir one for 35, Snedden none for J. i . EDEN.—First Innings J. E. Mills, not out .. .. 58 G. W. Burgess, c Carroll, b Warner .. 77 G. L. Weir, not out 7 Extras 4 Total for one wicket 140 Messrs. L. E. Cullen and R. H. Simmonds Vere umpires. P0N.-BALM6RAL V. GRAFTON PON'SOXBY-BiVI.MORAL. —First Tnnincrs H. H. Cleave, run out .. 50 W. Rowntree, c ( Archer, b Emery .. 5 J. Barber, b Cowie .. .. • 31 A. Wiles, not out 12 R. Johnson, st Turner, b Burke 21 C. Thorn, b Martin 0 A. Duncan, absent 0 J- Roddy, c Burke, b Emery .. .. 5 F. Barber, b Emery 1 4 M. Rowntree, run out 1 Extras . • • • 31 Total . f .. Bowling.—Emery took three wickets 203 for 3{) runs. Martin one for 19, Cowie one for 40, Burke one for 57. Felts none for 1 7. GRAFTON.—First Innings N. Ellis, lbw, b Thom .. .. 0 5 D.'Williams, not out .. •• •• 0 5 - irotal for one wicket 10 Messrs. L. Bay and O. R. Montgomery *ere umpires. ' hiddlemore v. university MIDDLEMORE.—First Innings £• A. R. Blandfard, lbw, b Sclinauer . . 13 g- 15. Taylor, rtjn out .. • • . 43 T. Pearson, c Haden, b Hollies .. 138 5- P. ITowden, b Hollies 2 10-' g E. Vivian, lbw, b Matheson McMahon, lbw, b Matheson 0 A. Foster, b Matheson .. .. •• 21 k, M. Smith, run out .. •• •• <11 M. Beale, ruji out . . £• M. Andrews, not out • • . IS 1 1 D. C. Cleverley, c Snedden, b Matheson -> Extras 13 Total . . 410 Bowline.—A. M. Matheson took four pickets for 78 runs. C. W. Hollies two for . Ij. B. Sclinauer one for 52, M. " . Arnri"fonsr none for 1,0, W. M. Winter none J"' W N. Snedden none for 38, F. S. rla tor den' none for 40. W. H. Cooper none for G.», <»antlay, none for 28. K. UNIVERSITY.— First Innings > \V v" Armstrorisr. not out .. •• >"• X Snedden, not out .. •• •• 8 0 Total for no wickets s R./H. Blennerbassett and D. °° t6 were umpires. y.

D. Edmonds, b Sutherland .. 35 H. G. Walters, b Cooper 6 V. S. Sale, b Scott 1 K. McArthur. lbw, b Cooper 6 L. Curtayne, c Lund, b Cooper .. 43 1). "VVebb, b Scot 0 :c. L. Blanchfield. b Scott .. 30 w Wheeler, b Cooper .. 16 ]. E. Cleal, b Scott 5 s Ferguson, b Scott 0 J. B. Simpson, not out .. 10 Extras . . . . •. . . 15 Total .. 102

E. R. Sutherland b Sale .. 11 J. Stevenson, c Sale, b Simpson .. 0 N" Bennett, b Salo . . . . .. 1 V. Scott, not out . . .. .. 4o I. Cooper, b Sale .. .. .. 0 J. Jones, Ibw, b Simpson .. .. 1? G Burgess, b Simpson .. .. .. 0 J. Swift, not out . . .. .. 3 Extras . .. .. •• 0 Total for six wickets .. .. SG Messrs. R. W. Mitchell and J. C. Harris