CRICKET.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIII, Issue XXV, 16 December 1899, Page 1106

CRICKET.

ACC K LAN I» ASSt >Cf AT lON MATCHES. On Saturday afternoon the weather Wio, perfect for the popular summer game, a plea-ant breeze tempering Hie heat of the sun. The wiekets were also in first-rate condition, and in consequence the scoring was heavier than usual in most matches, the howlers only coming off second best. The most ‘noteworthy performance was that of D. Huy who. playing for United against North Shore, carried his bat right through the innings for 14.; runs. This is by far the largest individual score recorded in senior matches this season, and great credit is due to 1). Hay for his fine display, lie gave a really good exhibition, executing some splendid strokes all round the wicket. ‘’Dug” seems to be in good form this season with the bat. having scored consistently in every match. lie is one of the certainties for the “rep” team to play against Otago at Christmas. United’s total was “67. batting one man short. In the Pariiell-Gordon match the latter going in first remained at the wiekets the whole afternoon, and when stumps were drawn for the day had lost 9 wickets for 321 runs, the biggest total put up so far this season. Most cricketers were very pleased to see Gordon make such a splendid stand, as this club has apparently been out of form for a considerable time. It is to be hoped that now they have shown a return to form they will emulate some of the performances put up by the club in years gone by. 'The Auckltmd-Ponsonby match was the only contest in which the bowlers held their own, the scoring on both .sides being small considering the nature of the wicket upon which the game was played. In the second grade matches the Y.M.C.A. team look like going through the season without a defeat. This team desired to enter for the senior grade, and to that end they recruited strpngly and got a number of new members. However their application to play as seniors could not be entertained, and it looks as if they were rather heavy metal for the other juniors. ® ® ® FIRST GRADE. ” GORDON V. PARNELL. Gordon Wti'n the toss and elected to l>at on a really good wicket. Williams and Ansenne started proceedings and with the score at (57 the latter was caught at I lie wickets for 11. Pabst joined Williams, who was batting very freely, and a splendid stand was made. The latter did most of the scoring, Pabst being severely handicapped through straining his leg, necessitating his having a man to run for him. ami it also hampered him considerably in the execution of bis strokes. Williams was finally stumped when his total had reached 77, obtained by free batting. One or two of his strokes were rather uppish, but his innings as a whole was a really good One. Kallendar. who followed, knocked up 23 runs, in which were Included five boundaries, and was then eatigt in the slips. A. Seeeombe signalised his first appearance this seaeon by scoring 32 in nice style, and Lusk. who followed, hit out freely for 2S. During all this time Pabst had been pegging away, and he was finally caught by Restieaux off his own bowling for (>S. Neil quickly scored 16, and at the call of lime .Moore-Jones and Edwards were batting, the former with 27 to his credit, and the latter with. 11. GORDON.—First Innings. N. Williams st Cromwell b Lusk 77 J. Ansenne e Cromwell b Rest.aux.... 11 J. C. Pabst c amt I. Resteaux 68 J. A. Kaliender c sub b Woods 23 A. Soceombe 1) Mills 32 R. H. Lusk c sub b Mills 28 J. H. Neil l> Resteaux 16 W. Mcßae b Resteaux 7 J. B. Kyd c Resteaux b Mitts F, If. Moore-Jones not out 22 A. Edwards not out 11 Extras 21 Total for nine wickets 321 BOW I.ING ANALYSIS.

R. W00d5.... 16 4 48 1 J. Young lx iwieii four wide#, and W. Mwson one no ball. r ■ ® ® ® AUCKLAND V. PONSONBY. D«n»oiiby hatted first and made a very poor stand against the bowling of R. Neill and A. Beale, being ail Maftoated of for 83 runs. \V. Mills was

t<n> scorer with 28, obtained by free tftting, and F. Sanders (13) was the <rnly other batsman to obtain double figures. K. Neill, 5 wickets for 2S runs, and A. Beale. 6 for 51, were ii» good form with the ball, and bowled unchanged throughout the innings. Auckland in their first attempt have lost 8 wickets for 151 runs. F. Clayton, who went in first, showed good form, hitting very freely all over the field, his contribution being 67 runs. Of the others Holland (27) and Nicholson (18) showed the best form. W. Mills was the only Ponsonby bowler to meet with much success, capturing 7 wickets at a cost of 53 reins, a really good performance. ‘ PONSONBY.—First Innings. F. Sanders b A. M. Beale 13 R. Sanders b R. Neill 4 R. Sims b Beale o White lbw b Neill 3 London b Neill 0 Mills b Beale 2S Noton st Stewart b Neill 4 Service b Beale 6 Kemp b Beale 9 Plummer b Beale 8 Robertson st Stewart b Neill 4 Wallace not out 4 Extras * Total for eleven wickets 83 BOWLING ANALYSIS.

AUCKLAND.—First Innings. D. Clayton b Mills 67 T. Neill b London 5 J. Nicholson c and b Mills is A .Holland c and b Mills 27 R. Neill c and b Mills 5 E. G. Greville c sub b Mills 11 M Hicks c and b Mills 8 W. Hawkins b Mills.;.. 2 A. M. Beale not out 6 Extras J Total for eight wickets f . 151 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Ovrs. Mdns. Rns. Wkts. Wallace 13 3 41 —

® ® ® UNITED V. NORTH SHORE. United batted first, and ran up the good total of 267 runs before the last wicket fell. They batted a man short, Stemson not having yet recovered from his attack of influenza. D. Hay’s performance in this match has been noted above, and of the others C. Hay obtained 29 in nice style, and D. Clayton 22 by steady play. A. E. Sloman, a recruit from the second, showed really good form for his 28 runs, and in addition he bowled G. Mills, the Shore’s crack bat. At the close of play North Shore bad lost 3 wickets for 85 runs, T. Hall 24 (not out) being the highest scorer. UNITED.—First Innings. I). Hay not out 143 F. Clayton lbw b , 22 C. Hav b tv. Wynyard 29 P. Marshall b G Mills 4 H. Dalton c sub b Porter 1 P. Hay c G. Mills b Porter 15 J. H. Watts c sub b Porter 10 A. Brown c Mills b Sutton 1 A. E. Sloman b Wynyard 28 T. Todd c Ball b Wynyard 1 Extras 13 Total for nine wickets 267 BOWLING ANALYSIS.

NORTH SHORE.—First Innings. G. Mills b A. Sloman 12 H. Buddle c sub b P. Hay 14 W. Wynyard e Marshall b l7 T. Ball not out 24 A. Sutton not out . ” 5 Extras 13 Total for three wickets 85 BOWLING ANALYSIS.

SECOND GRADE. ‘ - Gordon V. Parnell.—Parnell, batting one mau short, scored 97. Brown (31) played a. patient; sound game, although often - beaten* by • the bowling. Thorpe (21), in attempting to cut a ball, was unlucky enough to pull it on to his wicket. Totman (10) and Gatland (10) Were the only other double-figure scorers for Parnell Gordon, whose fielding and batting showed an all-round improvement, scored 83 for 6 wickets (Cullerne 17, E. Keesing 11, C. Kissling 20, Ward 10). Ward was run out through a misunderstanding. Bowling for Gordon, Kissling took 3 wickets for 34. Coates 4 for 28, Dalton 2 for 17. For Parnell Lynch took 2 wiekets for 22, Roberts 2 for 9, Gatland 1 for 22. Y.M.C.A. (A) v. Otahuhu.—Y.M.C.A., Ist innings, 187 (S. Stephenson 95, G. Stephenson 23, J. Steel 11, R. Wheatley 15, G. Brown 11). Otahuhu. Ist innings, 45. Bowling for Otahuhu, Whiteley took 5 for 58. Porteus 2 for 11: for Y.M.C.A., G. Stephenson took 6 for 20. T. Southall 3 for 16 United v. Ponsonby.—United, Ist Innings, 74 (Long 11, Foster 25, Dunningham 11). Ponsonby, Ist Innings, 93 (S. White 26, J. Clarke 20, F. Rotherham 17). Bowling for Ponsonby. Edmonds took 6 wickets for 39. and also did the “hat trick.” Fearon, for United, took 3 for 19, Walton 4 for 34,. Auckland v. Y.M.C.A. (B).—Auckland, Ist innings. 157 (Beale 56. McCormick 31, Small 24, St. Paul 10). Y.M.C.A.. Ist Innings, 79 tor 6 wickets (Horsley 36 not

out). Gash IR not out, Scott 21 ). Bowling for Y.M.C.A*. Cowan took three wickets for 54 runs. Wilkinson 2 for 24. Scott 5 for 38. For Auckland. St. Paul took 6 nickels for 48 runs. ® ® ® THIHB GRADE., Ponsonby v. North Shore.—Ponsonby. butting two men short, scored 71 in the first innings (Gillespie 22. G. Saunders 10. McKillop 14). North Shore replied with 37 (Sutherland 11). In their second innings Ponsonby made 111 (Ryan 54.Braun<i 37). Shore in their second venture have 2 wickets down for 38 (A. Thomson not out 16. \V. Sutherland not out 7). Ponsonby were fielding five men short in the second innings. Bowling lor Ponsonby. Harris took 7 for 13. Braund 3 for 23. For Shore, Inglis look 3 for 12, and 4 for 29. Auckland v. Wakefield.—Auckland, Ist innings. 96 (Dixon 11, Cole 11). Wakefield. Ist innings. 82 (J. Walker 1!). S. Walker 14. Hill 27). Bowling for Wakefield, J. Walker took G for 16, Dennes 2 for 20; for Auckland, W. Dixon took 4 for 17, Broadfoot 2 for G. United v. Excelsior.—United, Ist innings, 58 (Lyell 16, Forsyth 13). Excelsior, Ist innings, 167 for 9 wickets (Somerville 20. Bow 12, Farrah 25. Sheddan 49, Loggie 19, Beach 13). Bowling for United Lyell took 4 wickets for 79, E. Watts 2 for 8. Giles’ College v. St. Albans.—Giles’ College, Ist innings. 120 (Hunter not out 36, Biss 20, Knott 30). St. Albans, Ist innings, 107 for 9 wickets (Megerney 26 not out. Nyberg 25, Boud IS, Watts 10). Bowling analysis: For St. Albans. Wilson 2 for 28, Roberts 4 for 28. Williams 1 for 20. Y.M.C.A. v. Parnell.—Y.M.C.A., baiting two meh short. Ist innings, 13S (C. H. Bottrill 20. De Baugh 53. J. Gilmore 19, J. Hoare 11, G. Strange 12). Parnell, Ist innings. 89 (F. Murray 34. W. J. Dennison 10, G. Kensington 10. Roberts 12). Y.M.C.A. 2nd innings, 1 wicket for 18 (De Baugh 9 not out). Bowling for Y.M.C.A.. Hoare took 5 for 32. De Baugh 2 for 19. Strange 2 for 28; for Parnell, Dennison 5 for 37. ® ® ® FOURTH GRADE. Auckland v. Excelsior.—Auckland. Ist innings. 61 (Courtayne 25); 2nd innings, 5 wickets for 3G (Cunliffe 17 not out. Von der Hyde 10 not out). Excelsior, Ist innings. 61 (Stacey 24. Wallace 9). Bowling for Auckland E. McCoy took 5 for 25. Von der Hyde 2 for 25. For Excelsior Hindman took 5 for 24 and did the hat trick; Stacey 3 for 26. Y.M.C.A v. St. Albans.—TzM.C.A.: batting one man short. Ist innings, 52 (Webb 17. Greenwood 18; 2nd innings, 101 (Barr not out 23, Holland 20. Webb 33). St. Albans. Ist innings, 64 (Reed 30. Haywood 10. The latter scored his runs in two hits). For St. Albans Hutton took 4 for 30, Gunn 4 for 17. ®® ® i DUNEDIN CRICKET. DUNEDIN. Saturday. The senior championship matches begun on Wednesday were continued today. Carisbrook A. completed their second innings for 80. This left Dunedin 65 to get to win, which they obtained for the loss of six wickets. Wilkie made the winning hit for 4, and 2 more were run for an overthrow. Albion’s first innings was 68 (Cumming 19. Black 17); second, 52 (Williams 17). Carisbrook in their first innings responded with 43 (Stables 12); second 35 (Rattray 11). DUNEDIN NOTES. Opoho on Saturday had a lead of 27 on the first innings against Grange. With three hours to play Grange went in. making 98 for nine wickets at five* o'clock. Opoho then wanted 72 to win or play out time in an hour and a half. The brothers Downes’ bowling was so effective that they were got rid of for 35. with a quarter of an hour to spare. The first round of the Senior Championship is now completed. Grange. Carisbrook and Dunedin all tieing for • the lead. The second round commences after the return of the Otago team from their Northern tour.

THAMES CRICKET. THAMES, Saturday. The only game in the Association Championship to-day was Ta rar u Seniors v. Foundry Seniors, which was continued, resulting ip a victory for Tarartt by 35 runs. Foundry's first innings closed for 75. Watson not out 17, Buckland 18 and Newdick 11 being: the only double figure scorers. Tnraru in their second innings scored SO. Niccoll making 17, Graham 18, R. McGregor 12. Gee and Wiggins not out 11. being the most successful. With 124 to make Foundry only put together 88, Darrow 31 and Rudkin 15 being the only men to get double figures. For Foundry Darrow took 4 wickets for 32 runs, Chester 5 for 20. For Tararu Niccoll took 3 wickets for 16 runs. Newton 5 for 48. Graham 5 for 51, R. McGregor 3 for 24, Carter 2 for 20. ® ® ® AUSTRALIAN CRICKET. The difficulty between the New South Wales and South Australia Cricket Associations has been compromised by South Australia agreeing to accept one-third of the net proceeds ot the Sydney match. On the first day of the fourth round of first grade matches which commenced in Sydney on December 3rd the scoring was phenomenal, centuries apparently being the rule rather than the exception. In the match North Sydney v. Redfern the former at the close of play had lost 4 wickets for 401 runs, three batsmen obtaining centuries, viz.. A. J. Hopkins (103). R. A. Duff (113), and S. Redgrave (108, not out). The Paddington team playing against Glebe lost 4 wickets for 380 runs —A. C. K. Mackenzie 160. V. Trumper 119, and M. A. Noble 71 not out. South Sydney playing against Burwood also lost only four wickets, the total being 357, C. Gregory obtaining 176. Waverley lost 9 wickets for 387 against East Sydney, F. A. Iredale topping the century with 104. Central Cumberland met Leichhardt and put up the smallest total of the day, being all disposed of for 239, E. Waddy. (133) being the highest scorer. Altogether December 3rd must have been rather a trying day for the bowlers and fieldsmen in Sydney.

Both New South Wales and Victoria have apparently unearthed a new and promising bowler. The former's find is Howard, who bowled splendidly against Queensland, and it is staled he can make the ball “do” more than any bowler of recent times with the exception of McKibben. Colliiis is the liew recruit for Victoria, and he put up a brilliant performance against South Australia. He is only nineteen years of age. and if he gains stamina as he grows older he should have a great future as a bowler. The Christchurch veteran, F. Wilding, seems to be gifted with perennial youth. Quite recently he scored over a century in a cup contest, and on Saturday week playing for Lancaster Park against the Midland Club he captured 8 wickets for 69 runs, and a local writer states that ’p.e never bowled better iu his life.

Ovrs. Mdns. Rns. Wkts. Tl. B. Lusk.. 10 0 46 1 C. Rouleaux.. 24 4 55 4 J- Young 13 2 45 0 W. Lawson... 10 2 22 0 T. Mills 16 1 S3 3

Ovrs. Meins. Rns. Wkts. R. Neill 17 2 .32 5 A. M. Beale.. 16 3 47 6

Lundon 9 1 42 1 Mills 14 — 55 7 White 5 1 11 —

Porter Ovrs. Mdns. Rns. Wkts. .. 17 3 85 3 Mills Wynyard .. Sutton .. 20 2 95 2 .8 2 39 3 .. 2 23 1 Smith .2 — 12 —

P. Hay Ovrs. Mdns. Rns. Wilts. ... 8 1 18 1 .A. Sk>man. ...11 3 27 1 11. Walton ... 4 - 15 1„ © © ®