Ponsonby’s Four-Pointer

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 806, 29 October 1929, Page 7

Ponsonby’s Four-Pointer

GRAFTON CRICKETERS BEATEN Y.M.C.A. Defeats North Shore THE first four-point win of the new cricket season was scored by Ponsonby over Grafton yesterday, when two of the second series of matches of the Auckland Cricket Association’s senior grade competition were played. Y.M.C.A. also gained a three-point decision over North Shore at Devonport, and now leads in the championship table.

The two matches set down for decision at Eden Park were abandoned on account of the state of the wickets, and under the rules of the association both are counted as draws, so that University. Eden, Parnell, and United Suburbs receive two points each. GRAFTON OUTCLASSED BY PONSONBY FOUR-POINT WIN Even making allowance for the sticky wicket in its first innings, < Grafton was more than outclassed by Ponsonby in the second match of the first round of the Auckland Cricket Association’s senior grade tournament yesterday afternoon. Ponsonby registered the first fourpoint win of the season, defeating its rivals by an innings and 22 runs. Grafton was dismissed for 30 in its first innings, only one batsman, Sale, reaching double figures. He was in for an hour and three-quarters and carried his bat for 12 runs. Its second innings saw Grafton in slightly better form, but the bowling

and field work of the Ponies was too j good for them and 68 was all they could muster. A meteoric piece of scoring was done by Hockin, who followed Walters to the wickets. He J immediately opened up to Finlayson, j and hit three sixers in as many min- i utes. He was not in for long and j when he was caught out by Smith ! off Fletcher, he had added two j boundaries and two two’s, a total of j 30 runs. Sale again proved a strong j man to his side, making 26. Ponsonbv carried its innings only as t far as six wickets, when they declared J

with a total of 120 runs. Of this score 69 came from the bats of Finlayson and Warneford, and most of that resulted from a partnership which lasted from 4.10 o'clock till 4.55 o'clock, when the Ponies declared. The partnership had produced a good number of boundaries, mostly from Finlayson, who also hit the first sixer of the match. Details: GRAFTON First Innings HORSPOOL, c Smith, b IToy 0 ALLCOT. c Hunt, b Snedden 3 WALTERS, c Finlayson, b Snedden 0 SHEEN', c Roy. b Snedden 7 HOCKIN, c Roy, by Roy 3 McCOKMACK, b Snedden 1 WILSON, c Monteith, b Snedden .. 1 nTOXE, c and b Roy 0 ROWNTREE, c Monteith, b Snedden 1 THOMAS, b Snedden 0 SALE, not out 12 Extras 2 Total 30 Bowling Average.—Snedden, 7-17; Roy, 3-11. Second Innings. HORSPOOL. c Fletcher, b Smith .. 1 SALE, b Finlayson 2(» ALLCOT, si Hunt, b Finlayson .... 3 WALTERS, b Finlayson 3 SHEEN, lbw. b Finlayson 1 HOCKIN, c Smith, b Fletcher .... CO McCORMACK, c Young, b Finlayson 0 j THOMAS, e Snedden. b Finlayson . . 0 i ROWNTREE. D Smith j WILSON, b Smith 0 STONE, not out 0 Extras 1 , • Total OS ponsonby First Innings. I SMITH, «• McCormack, b Stone. .. 6 j TAYLOR, c McCormack, b Stone .. 14 I MONTEITH, c and b Stone 0 i SNEDDEN, lbw, Stone S i FLETCHER, lbw. Allcott 15 YOUNG, stpd, IT«>wntree, b Allcott . . 0 FINLAYSON. not out <4 WARNEFORD, not out 25 Exyas S Six wickets declared for 120 Bowling Averages.—Hockin. 0-5 ; Stone, 3-48; Allcott, 3-3 S : Wilson, 0-21. SHORE AGAIN CRASHES WHEN Y.M. WINS TOSS KEEN AND EXCITING GAME j Shore lost the toss—and the match ! again at Devonport yesterday. in ; playing for a draw. Shore just failed ■ to see out time, and was defeated by ; Y.M.C.A., after an exciting finish, by ' 22 runs. Y.M.'s victory was largely : due to a forceful 45 by Len Elliott, and

the tireless bowling of Trevor Lyon, who secured seven wickets for 51 runs. Don Webb wound up the Y.M. innings in workmanlike fashion by taking four wickets for 22 runs. Owing to early morning showers play was delayed an hour at Devonport to enable the surface of the pitch to dry out. A hard and true wicket had been prepared, but rain had taken the sting out of it. The outfield was very dead, and it took a solid clout to find the chalk line for a boundary. The choice of first knock was ns much a gamble as the spin of the coin, but Elliott’s bold policy of chancing it worked out profitably, as Y.M. occupied the crease from 10.45 a.m. to 3 p.m. and forced Shore to attempt scoring 136 in three and a-quarter hours or dig in for a draw. Shore’s last wicket fell twenty minutes before time, leaving Y.M. leading in the championship with two wins and no losses. Shore started badly with Frater. Player and H. Webb going cheaply, but* Saunders, Bush and Gerrard made a gallant attempt to save the game. Finally all three fell to Lyon.

Elliott and Lyon opened steadily for the Young Men, and when Elliott warmed up he seemed set for a big score. He pasted Saunders for two long-handled sixers off successive balls, but then fell in trying to glance Coates. Lyon made a useful 19, while Clarke and Riddolls also showed a good resistance, Clarke laying on the wood freely, but getting no assistance after Riddolls had trodden his wicket down. The ex-Windmill man also proved a useful bowler in support of Lyon, and clean-bowled Player and Naismith with speedy swervers. A win for Shore with only 136 runs to get would have been a fairly easy task in years past, but the home side again repeated the fatal tactics of the Grafton debacle on the previous Saturday and made no attempt to win. Young Men set grimly to the task of digging the homesters out, and stuck to the job with keen determination until the last man fell with Y.M. gaining a meritorious victory. The fielding on both sides was Jieen and clean; a great slip catch by and an amazing c and b by Don Webb being particularly bright efforts. The club delegates who recently suggested relegating Y.M.C.A. to Senior B ranking may find cause to* explain the idea later in the season, as the side is now a good all-round one, with further victories in sight. Details: — Y.M.C.A. First Innings ELLIOTT, c Nuismith, b Coates .. .. 45 LYON, e Saunders, b Coates 19 PANTHER, sr Reid, b Saunders .... 1 SUTHERLAND, c Coates. b Saunders 4 KEMP, c Coates., b Saunders I CLARKE, e Player, b D. Webb .. .. 53 RIDDOLLS, hit wicket, b D. Webb .. 14 STEWART, c and b D. \Vebb 0 BAMBURY, b Saunders 2 BATON, st Kelly, b D. Webb .... 0 SMITH, S., not out Extras 10 Total 135 Bowling: D. Webb. 4—22; Coates, 2—11; Saunders, 4—58; Player, 0—10; H. T. Webb, 0—24. NORTH SHORE First Innings FRATER. c Bamburj - . b Elliott .. , a 6 WEBB, H. T.. b Lyon 6 PLAYER, b Clarke 0 BUSH, c Elliott, b Lyon 20 GERRARD, b Lyon 19 SAUNDERS, lbw. b Lyon S 3 NAISMITH. b Clarke 3 WEBB, c Smith, b Lvon 6 KELLY, not out 3 REID, b Lyon 5 COATES, lbw, b Lyon 0 Extras 3 Total > 113 Bowline: Lyon, 7-51: Clarke, 2-25: Elliott, 1-34.

CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE-

r PHE following table shows the positions of the teams to date:

P. W. L. Dn. Pts. 1 Parnell 2 1 — 1 5 University 2 1 — 1 5 Ponsonby 2 1 1 — 5 Grafton 2 1 1 — 3 Eden 2 — 1 1 3 United Suburbs ..2 — 1 1 3 North Shore .... 2 — 2 — 2