A TWO-RUN WIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 561, 14 January 1929, Page 6

A TWO-RUN WIN

SHORE PIPS PARNELL IN EXCITING FINISH Two runt were worth three points in the championship at Devonport j ■when Parnell, batting one short, failed to reach the Shore total by that narrow margin. A feature of the play was the tine innings by P. IS. Whitelaw. this seasons captain of the Grammar School XI, who was unlucky in just missing the century on his first appearance in senior club cricket. Shore had lost nine wickets for 254 in the closing Saturday’s play of last year, but Fra ter decided to save time by putting Parnell in straightway on a. hard and true wicket, which became a. bit dusty towards the end. Duncan, tho veteran Otago rep, took Whitelaw in to open Parnell’s innings, and the enervating heat had its effect on both spectators and the players. After one and a-quarter hours quiet play, a double change in the attack, saw Coates dismiss Duncan with a “shooter’* which glanced off his pads, and the Parnell skipper retired for a patient innings of 24, which was exactly double Whitelaw’s score at that stage. A GREAT PARTNERSHIP Quick changes in the bowling secured three more wickets before tea. when the score stood at 91 for four wickets. Singleton stayed with Whitelaw until the total stood at 126, when Prater snapped a smart chance off Don Webb and Parnell's chance of getting another 124), with Macallan absent, was very remote, but Kissling and the Grammar colt started a great partnership, which added 93 in an hour. The Shore fielding, with the exception of Fra ter and Don Webb, was very patchy and half-a-dozen catches were put on the mat. Kissling showed his appreciation of let-offs by two hefty lefthand swings over the boundary, and Whitelaw followed his example. Kissling also added six boundaries in making a useful 64, and after being at the wickets three and a-half hours for 91, Whitelaw poked a spinner from Hugh Webb to Frater at silly short leg. He was loudly cheered for his determined innings, which included two sixes and eight fours, and put Parnell in sight of victory. With seven down for 244 Parnell needed only 11 runs to do the trick, but Bush snapped Murray smartly in the slips, and the return of Player to the bowling crease by special request of the “baxdcers’’ saw Goodsir skittled with a swerver and Shore scoring a lucky win by two runs, Macallan being away in Wellington. The Shore bowling was erratic and the catching very faulty, Don Webb suffering most from the droppers. Details: SHORE First Innings. PIiAYER, c Goodsir, b Aitken .. .. 64 6ALNDKRM, b McCoy .. o AKCHEK, run out 14 BUSH, b Macallan 2 AVEBK, D., lbw, b Macallan ...... 4 1* RATER, b Duncan 110 fciCOTT. c Duncan, b Macallan .... 36 REID. c Turbott, b Macallan 2 WEBB, H. T.. c Turbott, b Macallan 0 LANGLEY, not out .. 7 COATES, not out 0 Extra* 15 Nino wickets for (declared) .. .. 254 Fall of wickets: 1/2, 2/39, 3/41, 4/56, 5/144. 6/239. 7/241, 8/241, 9/254. Bowling: Macallan, 5-4 S; Duncan, 1-25; Aitken, 1-35; McCoy. 1-51; Kissling. 0-31; Goodsir, 0-41. PARNELL First Innings. PUNCAN, b Coates .. 24 WHITELAW. c Frater, b H. Webb 91 TURBOTT, b Scott 18 McCOY, b D. Webb 4 STEHR, o Frater, b Seott 1 SINGLETON, c Frater, b D. Webb.. 11 .KISSLING, c D. Webb, b Coates . . 64 MURRAY, e Bush, b Coates 8 AITKEN, not out 2 GOODSIR, b Player 0 MACALLAN, absent 0 Extras .. 29 Total (one man short) .. .. .. .. 252 Fall of wickets: 1/41, 2/T6, U/S7, 4/91, 5/126. *4 222, 7/244, 8/248, 9/252. Bowling: Coates, 3-21; D. Webb, 2-64; Plaver, 1-27; Scott. 1-41; H. Webb, 1-53; Saunders, 0-17.