CRICKET FIXTURES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 215, 30 November 1927, Page 7

CRICKET FIXTURES

SATURDAY’S MATCHES Following - is the draw for the third and fourth grade matches on Saturday: Third Grade A.—Eden v. Papatoetoe, Papatoetoe; "Herald’' v. Grafton, Domain No. 8; North Shore v. All Saints, Victoria Park; Balmoral A v. "Windmill, Domain No. 10; Western Springs v. Technical Old Boys, Eden Park No. 5; King’s College v. Mount Albert, King's College; Remuera v. Birkdale, Birkdale; Bycrofts v. Northcote, Domain No. 12. Third Grade 8.—W.Y.M.1. v. T.M.C.A., Domain No. 13; Henderson v. Comrades, Henderson; Swanson v. C.C.C.C., Swanson; Balmoral B v. Point Chevalier, Grey Lynn Park; Glebe v. City, Domain No. 14: Onehunga v. Parnell, Onehunga: Takapuna v. Western United, Victoria Park. Fourth Grade A.—North Shore A v. Comrades, North Shore; Birkdale v. All Saints A, Birkdale; Eden A v. Onehunga, Onehunga; St. George’s v. King's College, King's College; Takapuna v. "Herald," Takapuna; Y.M.C.A. v. Te Rami, Outer Domain No. 2. Fourth Grade B—Ponsonby v. All Saints B. Outer Domain No. 1: Swanson v. Point Chevalier, Swanson: Victoria v. North Shore B, Domain No. 1G; King’s College v. Community, King’s College; Mount Albert v. Brown Bros, and Geddes. Mount Albert; Eden B v. Cambria, Puhinui. SUBURBAN FIXTURES

MATCHES FOR SATURDAY Auckland suburban cricket fixtures are as follow: SENIOR A Ponsonby v. Green Lane, Domain No. 2; umpires, Messrs. Tabener and Pool. Ellerslie v. Harbour Board B, Domain No. 3; umpires, Messrs. Price and. Stevenson. Glen Eden v. Harbour Board A, Domain No. 1; umpires, Messrs. A. H. Brown and Lutener. SENIOR B L. D. Nathan’s v. Victoria, Domain; umpires, Messrs. Johnston and Molloy. Tramways v. Ellerslie, Domain No. 6; umpires, Messrs. Butler and Van Der Hyde. Harbour Board v. Ponsonby, Domain No. 15. SECOND GRADE A Section. —Otaliuhu v. Power Board, Otahuhu; Victoria v. Green Lane, Domain; Invicta v. Edendale, Victoria Park. B Section.—Tramways v. Tamaki, St. Hellers Bay; Taltanini v. City Council, Takanini; Public Works v. Manurewa, Remuera; New' Lynn, a bye. THIRD GRADE A Section. —Waratah v. Green Lane, Remuera: Gas Garage v. Chelsea, Victoria Park; Auckland Meat Co. v. Ellerslie, : F. J. Fawcett, Ltd. v. Railway, Domain: Epsom Baptists v. Parnell A, Victoria Park. B Section. —Victoria v. Takanini, Victoria Park; Public Works v. Power Board B, P.W.D. Camp; Otahuhu v. Richmond Rovers, Otahuhu; Tamaki v. Power Board A, Remuera. C Section. —Haydens v. L. D. Nathan, Grey Lynn Park; Manurewa v. Glen Eden, and B v. Avondale, postponed, no ground available; Ambury’3 v. Auckland City Council, Remuera; Carlton v. Edendale. FOURTH GRADE Glen Eden v. Victoria, Glen Eden; Carlton v. Richmond Baptists, Grey Lynn; Green Lane v. Chelsea, Victoria Park. FIFTH GRADE

W.Y.M.I. v. Carlton, Outer Domain Bayfield v. Comrades.

SUBURBAN - NOTES

Green Lane will trot out another newcomer next week-—G. Shepherd, who used to play for Parnell seniors “in another place,” to use the Parliamentary phrase. The Junior Management Committee is going to select a junior representative team soon and get a match for it. It is not known who the team will play yet, but it will probably get a game some time about Christmas. The Junior Management Committee which lias been created out of the Junior Advisory Board has gone about its business in a very practical way. Last Wednesday it held a meeting of the captains and secretaries of clubs just to get them into touch with each other and the committee. The idea was welcomed by all and it was decided to hold another meeting some time in January. Certainly it was hard on Ellerslie to get beaten when it had hit up such a healthy total and had so many wickets in hand. It is an argument against the time-limit from the point of view of the game, but the impartial spectator never will have anything against it. It forces teams to go in to score and produces great run-getting exhibitions. It is good to watch and each team is on the same footing. It washes up around a week though there is a loss to the game in the impossibility of a second innings. Y'et there is one anomaly in the one-day game. Stringing out the day’s play till 7.15 p.m. proved very unpopular, so it was cut down to 7 o'clock. Now players are beginning to ask what, is the use of opening a second innings. They all want to fade away if the game seems won on the first innings. Yet the ruling is that matches must be continued to the final second if not won earlier. So the reluctant team files out on to the field again. Who should turn out for Green Lane on Saturday but Mr. J. Elliott, the Suburban Association’s enthusiastic president, who has previously played for Railway. His batting figures read 1 not out. There are two duels eagerlyawaited. When Lane draws Ellerslie he will have to defend his stump against his own son and next match against Ponsonby he will have to bat against both the chairman of the Management Committee, Mr. J. 5\ W. Dickson, and against the honorarysecretary of the association, Mr. E. Stallworthy. He is in for a grilling. Remarked an old hand on the Domain stand on Saturday: “What do vou think of these one-day matches?" The spectator addressed spoke as a spectator and enthusiastically in favour of them. "Yes.” said the old hand, meditatively. "But our chaps will soon tire of occurrences like today.” He referred to the scissorslike time-limit that cuts the tailenders out. On Saturday only six of the Ellerslie men got a strike, though Glen Eden and Ponsonby had slightly better luck and only one man missed bis turn in eaeh.

Turner wore a bright smile as he bounded up the stand steps on Saturday after making his first century. He is a boundary hitter and his runs came fast and in lump sums. He seemed to be no time at the wickets before the crowd was cheering him on toward his century, into which he climbed to the tune of loud acclamation. Gedye in Ellerslie’s innings had given the spectators a taste of tall scoring. His is a different style from Turner’s, or at least it is on some days. His big hits are marked by perfect timing. It was really a great day for the batsmen on Saturday. Nine of them made over 40 and another four climbed into the thirties.