CRICKET SEASON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23614, 26 March 1940, Page 11

CRICKET SEASON

AUCKLAND COLTS WIN MARGIN OF 92 RUNS CENTURY TO B. SUTCLIFFE The colts' cricket match between Auckland and Tarannki was concluded at Eden Park yesterday, and resulted in a win for the home side by 92 runs. On the; first day of: play Auckland was dismissed l'or 89 runs and Taranaki replied with 57. Auckland in its second innings lost four wickets for 126 runs. With an improvement in the conditions, better scoring resulted yesterday. A ieature ol the day's play was the good exhibition of 13. Suteliii'e, who carried his Saturday's total of GO to JOB before being run out. Suteliii'e put plenty of power into his shots, scoring well all round, lie is one of the most promising young players in Auckland and, being a left-hander, is judged, on his present, form, destined for higher honours in the game. It. Johns and A. V. Wiles, who took eight wickets for 35 runs in Taranaki's first innings, batted well for 32 each. Larkin was the most successful visiting bowler in taking three wickets for 31 runs. Taranaki again made a poor start in its second innings, and two wickets were down for eight runs. Spedding (3!)) and Larkin (40) shaped confidently and retrieved the position somewhat. Others to bat well were Duncan (30) and Broughton ('27). Details of the scores are as follows: AUCKLAND.— Eirst innings: 80. Second innings: W. R. Howntree, c Duncan, b Awlridge, '_'B; J. Elliott, c Larkin, b Hill, O; -T. S Jones, run out, 1; W. Snedden, Ibw, I) Larkin, 17; B. Sutcliffi'. run out, IDS; I!. Johns, c Duncan, b Urry, 32; A. V. Wiles. Ibw, b Larkin, 32; 0. Thorn, st Leighton, b Spedding, 3; F. Noble, not out, 11; A. H. Smith, c Ealk, b Larkin, O; E. Warrington, I) Hill, 4; extras, 4. Total, 240. Bowling: Larkin took three wickets for 31 runs, Hill two for 14, Urry one for 00, Autridge one for 52. J. Broughton none for 11, W. Broughton none for 30, ,T. Spedding one for 3'J. TARANAKI. —First innings: .17. Second innings: J. Broughton, b Warrington, 1; N. Leighton, c Noble, b Warrington, 1; J. Spedding, b Thorn, 30; T. Larkin, b Noble, •10; L. Miller, 1) Noble, 0; F. Duncan, c and b Jones, 30; B. Ealk, c and b SutclifTe, 1; N. Autridge, b Snedden, 0; W. Broughton, not out, 27; V. Hill, c Thorn, b Snedden, 1); R. Urry, b Thorn, 12; extras, 17. Total, 180. Bowling: F. Warrington two for 27, E. Noble two for 2-1, C. A. Thorn two for 28, B. SutclifTe one for 15, J. S. Jones one for ,10, A. V. Wiles none for 35, W. R. Rowntree none for 4, W. N. Snedden two for (>, ,T. L. Elliott none for 5, R. Johns none for 3. Messrs. J. C. Harris and L. Bay were umpires. GRAFTON DEFEATS ROTORUA [])Y TKLKCRAI'I1 —own corhi'.spondknt] ROTORUA, Monday Grafton (Auckland) proved the winner by a comfortable margin in a two-day cricket match against Rotorua. The home team was weakened by the absence or 10 players in the Bay of Plenty team which is challenging Manawatu for the Hawke Cup. The first innings of the visitors produced 200 runs, to which Rotorua could reply with only 101. In tlio second innings D. Rilchie ami K. McMahon hit out freely as opening batsmen to knock up 54 and 31 respectively for Grafton, and this was followed by a sound 30 by J. Felts, the innings closing with (lie score at I(>7 for eight wickets. Rotorua failed to show up well in the second innings, the bowling being too consistent, and R. Martin took top honours as batsman with •JI. Other double-figure scorers were J. Norris (13) and C. Mahon (II). The bowling honours were, evenly divided between several of the visitors. WIN FOR NORTH SHORE In a cricket match played at North Shore yesterday between North Shore -and a team representing the Auckland City and Suburban Association, North Shore won on the first innings. Following were the scores:— North Shore —First innings, 102 ("Webb 45). Bowling: Hood took five wickets for S

runs. Second innings, 104 (Edmunds 51). Bowling: Wildman four for 24, Kerr throe for 37 Suburban Association. —First innings, 77. Bowling: Prentice rive for 27, K. Coates three for 21. Second innings, 110 for three wickets (Dnnning 18 not out, Goldsworthy 25 not out). MATCH AT THAMES [by TKL KG It A I'll —OWN correspondent] THAMES, Monday In a one-innings match between the Grey Lynn Returned Soldiers' Association and the Thames representative B team played at Thames to-day the returned soldiers won by 21 runs. Scores: —Grey Lynn Returned Soldiers' Association, 101 (McLaughlin 39. v Everitt 20). Bowling: Dunbar took three wickets for lit, McLean two for 13. Thames B, 83 (Dedye 2'i). Bowling: Morman four for 40. MATCHES IN PROVINCE [from herald corrkspondknts] Hamilton. —Te Aroha beat a Hamilton team by four wickets on the first innings in a cricket match played at Seddon Park, Hamilton, to-day. Scores:—Hamilton, 137 (C. Clark 30, C. Day 35). Te Aroha, 138 for six wickets (Skeet 00, Boyd 77).