SHORE SCRAPES HOME IN DEVONPORT MATCH

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 521, 26 November 1928, Page 6

SHORE SCRAPES HOME IN DEVONPORT MATCH

BOWLEY’S FINE FORM In reply to Y.M.’s weak score of 11S Shore had made 85 for the loss of three wickets, and seemed to liavo a comfortable win in hand. But so well did Bowley bowl on an easy wicket that Shore were all out for 133. In Y.M.’s second innings 122 appeared for three wickets before the closure was applied, Bowley playing splendid cricket for his 70 not out. In an hour’s batting Shore made 37 for the loss of four wickets, securing a three-point win on the first innings by 15 runs. Weather- conditions were perfect and tlie pitch fast and true when play resumed at Devonport, but a robust Clop of daisies made the outfleld dead. Tattersall, who was not out with Saunders the previous Saturday, was out of town and unable to resume, so Gerrard accompanied Saunders to the wickets. Lyon with his fast stuff and Bowley with a clever mixture kept the batsmen quiet, Gerrard going lbw to the coach just before tine century was hoisted. BOWLEY CRUMPLES UP SHORE Archer and Saunders made a temporary stand and brought the . score past Y.M.’s total before Saunders was tempted to have a go at Bowley and was out for an invaluable 48. most of which had been made in the rain by bright hitting the previous week. The remaining batsmen made a very feeble showing against Bowley’s tempters, while Lyon kept the runs down. Archer was not out with a very steady 15, “Mr. Extras" helping with a useful 18. Bowley had all the batsmen thinking while scratching for 48 runs in 90 minutes, and secured seven wickets for 44 runs. BOWLEY’S BRIGHT KNOCK Y.M. began disastrously when liddolls and Kemp were both decorated by Player with the trade sign of the opticians, and Elliott fell for 15 to the same bowler in having a lash; but Lyon settled down to a steady innings, and Bowley treated the spectators to a refreshing display of bright batting. It was the one purple patch in a deadly dull afternoon with only 207 runs scored in four and a-half hours. The Sussex professional made the bowling look very easy, and laid hard on to anything loose; his 79 not out including eleven boundaries. Bowley was well within sight of his century, when he declared with 122 runs on for three wickets, in the forlorn hope of shifting Shore in an hour’s play. LYON SCARES SHORE Tho 1 oung Men set out with Lyon swinging in some sizzlers. .Player, Prater and Webb failing to him with only eight on the board. But Saunders and Bush stopped the rot till the midget was snapped off Lyon, and then the colts, Archer and Bush, played out time. Lyon winding up with the fierce averagu of four wickets for 7 runs Details: Y.M.C.A. First Innings Second Innings ELLIOTT, b Flayer -,tr RIDDuLLS, o Archer, b I J laye*r* ** 0 KEMP, lbw. b Player .. J „ BOWLEY. not out .. LYON, not out .... 7>,\ Extras 7. ..“.I* .7 11 8 Total for 3 wickets (dec.) 122 n P, 0 . w , 1 i n *Y Pi ?>’er, 3-19; Webb, 0-S; Jav, Coates, 0-29; Saunders, 0-17. SHORE First Innings FRA PER, c Lyon, b Bowlpv __ n BUSH, lbw. b Bowley .. .. . FLAYER, o Lyon, b Elliott I 9 SAUNDERS, c and b Bowley- ...... 4S TATTERSALL, absent 7 GERRARD, lbw, b Bowley ........ 7 JAY, b Lyon .... 2 ARCHER, not out 15 COLEBOURNE, hit wicket, b Bowley 1 WEBB, c Bambury, b Bowley 0 COATES, b Bowley .. .. 1 Extras .. .. .. IS Total .. .. .. . .153

Fall of wickets: 1/26, 2/27, 3/51, 4/9S, 5/101, 6/L23, 7/127, S/127, 9/133, 10/133. Bowling: Bowley, 7-44; Elliott, 1-13; Lyon, 1-49; Riddolls, 0-9. Second innings PLAYER, b Lyon 0 FRATER, c Stallworthy, b Lyon .. 1 SAUNDERS, c Hunt, b Lyon .. •• 16 WEBB, c Elliott, b Lyon 1 BUSH, not out .. .. 9 ARCHER, not out 9 Extras .. .. .. •• - - .. 1 Four wickets for .. •• .. .. .. .. 37 Fall of wickets: 1/1, 2/2, 3/8, 4/20. Bowling: Lyon, 4-7: Sutcliffe, 0-3; Bowley, 0-12; Elliott, 0-14.