AUCKLANIS CRICKET NOTES

NZ Truth, Issue 334, 18 November 1911, Page 7

AUCKLAN IS CRICKET NOTES

I The weather was absolutely wretchTed last Saturday afternoon when the second draw of the first rduhd of the Auckland Cricket, * Association's • chai;i}''ouship was played. A heavy easterly, combined with frequent ■ showers,, sent the players to the pavilion often, and it wbultl ha/ye been much better had they left tlie willow at 'home. ■altogether, and stooped home with it. ,v , Grafton met. North Shoi\e on the ; Jomaia,. and it will be -remembered that last week North Shore, were, dismissed for 169, whilst Grafton' had two stutnps down for . lii. Continuin v last • Satui-day. they g-aye the. ■bowling a good . thrashing \ . and , de-. dared .closed with 278 ori. '.tjie board for the l,oss of eight wickets, the p -incipal -scorers .being Hor'spool 55, Hvy.so, Mason;: 77- -tlie last'batsnan gave a go pd display and rattled up his total m quick time. The Sl^ore-'s bowleg; averages .aye "too wretched '_ to .make a fuss about. Following on, North Shore effected 'c surprise by peppering the Grafton ■trundlersv to -the .delight of the., weary spectators. . Garg|U got going .and- .put on 32, whilst . Farquaharson gave a ..superb, exhibition, having 89 to his credit,, .when stumps were drawn, v.' He- treated . all the 'bo wiei*s . aVike, and would have been, batting yet had not stumps been drawn. ' Tl)n : result of these two batsmen's •• contiu'bu't ion's ,'TjnaXe Shore's total quite respectful, viz., 143 for 3. 'But ; they came too late, and Grafton annexed a two-point victory, having Jr ''■'■ v-.ms'. advantage on 1 the first in-. ' nings. ■'.''.■ v i'hoT Farnell-' Varsity um^clr was a snorter, being brimful of excitement. This was the second -day's plajr of the match and Parnell, who had a : --lead of on 'thef'^st essay, started, wretchedly m their second innings, t.i?(e three first men going oUt'.befor'e | 20 had been reached. ,v " The iiiningS ; closed for 3 2^,: Kew, . Warner', and j ■I'.'usk being nop'-nOtchers with a score | or so each., 'Varsity then went^ to . ! ithe wickets and, hammering 'the bowling' thoroughly, at the cloSe of the day ; had .six down .'-for'- 185 ; Ellis 35, Jacobsen '40, .JVallace 64, and Taylor' (nbt out) 22 being, the principal scorers. -Ellis played sound c-icket, whilst Wallace's total was ; (Only marred by , one v hot chance. ■"■ Trundling for 'Varsity against Parnell Taylor's three for 52 was the bes.t, whilst for Paifnell Doble, two 'for--' 17 r was the ( ohlyV decent perfbrmaneet The result was a surprise and gave 'Varsity a three-point win*, i The Eden^-Pbhsonby match, played at Eden Park, resulted \ m a twopT>mt victory for the former. 'On the'.' previous . Saturday Ponsonby s.-ored .4B, and Kdeh 11|7, and ou Sat- , v.-day Ponsonby went m again, did 1 a little better and scraped together a cred itable 178 -.. for seven wickets, when the innings was declared. MUls, two for 33, was the best average, for the Eden bowling. /Eden went T to the wickets arid played out time, haying 91 for three on the slate, Hemus 48 and Cum'mings 38 being the principal scorers. Batting for' Ponsonby, Colliris's 50 must not be overlooked, as he gave\ ''a: decent display. : Second grade matches were also played, as well as the secondary school matches, which have the morning alloted for them. '