CRICKET.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue IV, 27 January 1900, Page 162

CRICKET.

Cricketers were favoured with exceptionally fine weather on Saturday when the various Cup competitions were resumed. The wickets also were in first class order, so that the batsmen should have had an afternoon’s outing at the expense of the

bowlers. This was the case in the Vnited-Gordon match, the former in their second innings making a splendid stand, but in the other senior matches the scoring was unaccountably low. One of the reasons for this low scoring seems to be lack of confidence on the part of some of the batsmen. From this cause they treat the bowling with far too much respect, contenting themselves with playing a ball that they ought to hit. To return to Saturday’s play, Auckland gained an easy victory over North Shore by an innings and 53 runs. Parnell were also successful against Ponsonby. winning by 3 runs with 9 wickets to spare. The third senior match is still in a very interesting stage. After fielding rather badly in their first innings United had to follow on, and made a splendid recovery, keeping Gordon in the field the whole afternoon, and putting up the splendid total of 286 for the loss of only four wickets. This match will be brought to a conclusion next Saturday. and unless anything unforeseen occurs the finish promises to be highly exciting. ® ® ® UNITED V. GORDON. With three wickets down for 56 runs United continued their first innings, but the remaining batsmen, with the exception of P. Hay. failed to take advantage of the splendid wicket provided for them, and the total only reached 116 runs. P. Hay's 30 was the outcome of nice free cricket, and he looked good for a score when he misshit a ball from Edwards and was eaught. Being 145 runs behind. United had to follow on. Clayton and D. Hay opening the batting. Off his very first ball from Edwards the la.tter gave a fairly easy chance behind the wickets, which was not accepted, and what an expensive mistake that was, his subsequent score shows. Right from the commencement ‘’Dug" commenced forcing the pace, hitting freely all round the wicket. Clayton did not stayvery long, being bowled by a beauty from Mcßae, and a similar one in the same over was too much for Stemson. C. Hay did not give a great deal of trouble, and then N. Lusk joined D. Hay, and a splendid stand was made, both batsmen playing with great freedom. N. Lusk, after scoring 46. had the misfortune to be Rin out. P. Hay was next and the two brothers played out time, and carried the score to 286. “Dug's” contribution of 134 was a really fine innings, and he thoroughly deserved the applause he received upon his return to the pavilion. He certainly gave several chances in addition io the one already mentioned, but none of them were easy.and from the nature of the game he was playing, viz., forcing the pace, it is almost impossible to avoid giving an occasional chance. P. Hay knocked up 63 in a vey short time, and without a chance. It was about the best innings Purvis has played this season, and he gives promise of emulating “Dug's" performances with the bat. No doubt a good deal of the sting

hail been taken out of the Gordon bowling when he came in, and this enabled him .to score at the tremendous pace he did, but he batted confidently from the start and none of the bowling seemed to give him any trouble. United have now a lead of 141 runs, with six wickets in hand so there ought to be a really good finish to the match. GORDON, first innings 161 UNITED.—First Innings. F. Ciayton c and b Williams 0 D. Hay c Edwards b Williams 6 W. Stemson b Mcßae Jj C. Hav b Mcßae — N. Lusk c Ansenne b Williams -t P Hav e Ansenne b Edwards*‘-' A. Brown c Mcßae b Edwards 9 H. Walton b Williams JJ A. Sloman b Williams..... S j. H. Watts c Mcßae b Edwards jLong not out Extras Total 116 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Ovrs. Mdns. Rns. Wkts. Williams 17 2 62 5 Mcßae 12 2 « 2 Edwards 5 3 *> 3 UNITED.—Second Innings. ~ F. Clayton b Mcßae 8 Dug Hay not out W. Stemson b Mcßae 9 C. Hav c and b Mcßae ’ N. B. 'Lusk run out ™ P. Hay not out J? Extras Total for four wickets 286

® ® ® PARNELL V. PONSONBY. This match did not create a great amount of interest, and. taken right through, the play was not of a very high order. Parnell's last two wickets carried their first innings’ score from 76 to 110 runs, Richards obtaining 20 (not out) by careful play, and Resteaux compiled 21 in free style. T. Elliott, the Northern Wairoa rep., who plaved for Auckland against Otago, batted for Parnell, but was bowled by W. Mills before he got fairly going. Ponsonby, in their second innings, did very little better than in their first attempt, their total only reaching 97 runs. H. Sanders (22) was top scorer, and he batted very carefully for his runs. The others to reach double figures were Kent (IS). Wallace (16), Plummer (13) and White (11, not out). The remarks above about over-careful batting applies more especially to the Ponsonby team, almost every man of them threw away many opportunities of scoring by playing half volleys, and other balls, which should have been despatched to the boundary, and on more than one occasion batsmen were bowled in attempting to play a ball they ought to have hit. Requiring only' 63 to win, Parnell knocked up 65 for the loss of 1 wicket, I. Mills (31, not out) and H. Lusk (28) doing the run getting. Ponsonby, first innings 75 PARNELL.—First Innings. f- c Langsford. b W. Mills 13 I. Mills, b W. Mills . 11 H. B. Lusk, b W. Mills 1‘ J. Yeung, c Plummer, b W. Mills 23 J. Gavin, e Langsford. b Wallace 12 H. E. Seagar, b W. Mills 1 W. H. Lawson, b Wallace ' 2 A. Richards, not out 20 R. Cromwell, b W. Mills .... 0 C. Resteaux, b Mills 21 T. Elliott, b Mills a Extras 2 Total Hl PONSONBY.— Second Innings. H. Saunders, b Lusk 22 A. Kent, c Mills, b Lusk .. - Is H. Saunders, c Resteaux. b Lusk”.””! G Plummer, b Lusk . 13 Service, run out 6 Sy ms, c Elliott, c Resteaux 3 Robertson, c Richards, b Resteaux.. . 0 V hite. not out p Lanrsford, lbw. b Resteaux' 2 A. Mills, e Cromwell, b Restaeus 1 l-.i’ r.onds. b Gavin ... 2 Wallace, b Gavin IS Extras 3 Total

PARNELL.—Second Innings. J’aS;. Uuek - c Saunders, b Waite.... 28 J. Mills, not out qi -T. Elliott, not out ***•’** ’ n Extras 4 Total for one wicket 65 ® (§> ® AUCKLAND V. NORTH SHORE. I he last 5 wickets of the Auckland eleven only added 43 runs to the score the previous week, the total being •*>** runs. Nicholson was responsible

for 23 of this number, and he then had the misfortune to be run out. R. Nei'.l, who was not out the previous Saturday with 77, only added a single and was then snapped up in the slips off Denby. In their second attempt the Shore did not improve much on their first effort, and failed to avert an ’linings defeat. Their total reached 114 runs, Denby being top scorer with :-.O (not out). As in the first innings, Neill and Beale captured the wickets, the former obtaining 6 for 67 and the latter 3 for 35. North Shore, first innings 85 AUCKLAND.—First innings. Clayton, b Denby o T. Neill, b Mills o R. Neill, c Wynyard, b Denby 78 C. E. Stone, c substitute, b Denby. .. * M. Hicks, c Sutton, b R. Wynyard.... 11 Nicholson, run out Greville, c Wynyard, b Denby 4 Holland, lbw. b Denby M Hawkins, c Burgess, b Mills 0 Beale, b G. Milks 7 Stewar. not out . c Extras d Total 252 NORTH SHORE.—Second innings. G. Mills, run out 21 Ball, b Beale JG W. Wynyard, b Neill .... 15 Buddle, b Neill G Swar son, b Beale 3 Sutton, c Stewart, b Neil; •> Denby, not out 30 R. Wynyard, b Neill 2 Burgess, b Neill o Holland, c Neill, b Beale 4 Broughton, c Stone, b Neill 5 Extras 11 Total 114

SECOND GRADE. Gorden v. Otahuhu. —Gordon Ist innings. 44; Otahuhu Ist innings, 133. For Gordon Moore-Jones (16) was the only one to make a stand, while for Otahuhu Selbv (20), Whitley (39), Waddell (12), and White (12) batted well for their runs. Spursway got 5 wickets for 13 runs for Otahuhu, and Whitley 5 for 24. Auckland v. Wanderers.—Auckland. Ist innings, 106 (Thomson 39, Hill 15, Small 15); Wanderers 116 (Pritchard 32, S. Mills ‘2B. Lavers 19. T. Mills' 13); Auckland 2nd innings. 5 wickets for 28 (Cossey 11). Bowling for Wanderers, S. Mills (seven for 49), performed best, while Ccssey (four- for 11) was the best of Auckland's trundlers. Parnell v. Ponsonby.—Parnell scored 311 in their first innings, a record for junior cricket this season. R. Woods scored 112, C. Cooke 15, H. Tolman 24, W. Thorpe 64, F. Murray--20, Gatland 29, Roberts 17 not out, and Lynch 11. Parnell were at the wickets all the afternoon. Y.M.C.A. (A) v. North Shore.— North Shore Ist innings (three men short), 25; Y.M.C.A. Ist innings 117 (Steele 24, T. Clark 25, Bell 22, Gray--16, Jack 10). North Shore 2nd innings, 103 for 4 wickets (Cave 30, Goudie 27, Mackenzie, not out, 13, Smith 12). Bowling Y.M.C.A.: G. Stephenson, 6 for 40; Southall, 4 for 35; Wheatley, 1 for 10. Y.M.C.A. (B) v. United.—Y.M.C.A. (Ist innings), 68 (Wilkinson 12, Stephenson 11); United (Ist finnings), 49 (Lichtenstein 11); Y.M.C.A. (2nd innings), 4 -wickets for 48 (Cowan 14). Bowling: Y.M.C.A.: Wilkinson, 5 for 31; Murdoch, 1 for 16; United: Anderson, 5' for 19; Lambert, 2 for 12. ® ® ® THIRD GRADE. St. Albans v. Wakefiled.—St. Albans Ist innings, 86 (Wilson 30, Nield 22, Blakey 10); Wakefield (Ist innings). 75 for 7 wickets (Walker 13, Hill 12, Preston 11). Auckland v. Parnell.—Auckland won bv default. Y.M.C.A. v. United—Y.M.C.A. Ist innings, j? 5 (Gilmore 23, Shipherd 19, Scott 12); United Ist; innings, 43 (Lyell 10,-Dunningham 10); Y.M.C.A. 2nd innipgs, 2 wickets for 80 (De Baugh, not out, 42, H. Rountree, not out. 27). Y.M.C.A. bowling: Strange, 4 wieketsyfor 2 runs; De Baugh, 4 for 12. ® ® ® FOURTH GRADE. Wakefield v. St. Albans.—Great interest was attached to this match ns a win would give either'side n lend. Wakefield won easily by' an innings and 26 fans on the day(s play. St. Aibans Ist innings, 85;* 2nd innings, 53 (Gordbn 13, Brighton 12); VVuke-

field Ist innings 104 (McGarry 34, Magee 28, Morrin 10). Bowling: ritf Albans, Lunn, 5 for 32; Gordon, 1 for 12; Ashe, 1 ft r 34, Wakefiled: Magee, 13 for 32; Robinson, 4 for 10; Higgins, 3 for 18. Y.M.C.A. v. North Shore.—North Shore Ist innings, 102 (Collis 21, Pitts 19, Fronde 10); Y.M.C.A. Ist innings. 100 (Webb 14. Langdale 20, Leonard 14, Holland 24). Auckland v. Giles' College.—Auckland Ist innings, 74 (McCoy 21, not out, Kent 10); Giles’ College Ist innings. 30; .2nd innings, 23. Bowling: Auckland: McCoy, 6 for 23; \on del* Hyde, 7 for 20;' Giles’ College: Batkin, 5 for 31; Spratt, 3 for 17. ® ® ® TEAM FROM MELBOURNE. PROPOSED N.Z. TOUR. CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. At a meeting of the New Zealand Cricket Council, the committee appointed to draw up the programme of matches for the Melbourne Cricket Club's tour brought up their report. The team will be away from Australia about six weeks, leaving Sydney on February 7. They must return either by the Monowai leaving Dunedin on March 12 or the Waikare on March 19, arriving in Melbourne on either March IS or 25. The committee framed the programme on the assumption that the latter date would be accepted. It was reported that guarantees had been received from seven associations, but owing to the intermittent steamer arrangements. it would be impossible to play more than five associations if the New Zealand match was to be played, which the committee thought should be done. The committee therefore submitted two programmes, the only difference being that either the Nelson or the Wanganui match must be abandoned. The first programme, via Wanganui, is as follows:—Play- Auckland February 15, 16 and 17; Wanganui, February 21 and 22; Wellington, February 24, 26 and 27; Canterbury, March 2. 3 and 5; Otago, March 9, 10 and 12; New Zealand, at Christchurch, March 15, 16 and 17; leaving by steamer at the close of the match. Second programme, via Nelson:—Play Auckland February 15, 16 and 17; Wellington, February' 22, 23 and 24; Nelson, February 26, 27 and 28; Canterbury, March 3, 5 and 6; Otago and New Zealand matches as arranged in first programme. The report was adopted, and it was decided to forward it to the Melbourne team in order that they might choose which programme they thought best. The Council, by six to four, decided to have the New Zealand team chosen bi- one selector.

bowling analysis. Ovrs. Mdns. Rus. kts. Edwards ... ... 8 — 49 — Dr. Neil ... ... 2 — 20 Williams .. ... 10 2 51 — K vd ... 4 ■■ — 1"L McRae ... 20 2 74 3 Kallender . ... 14 1 o5

BOWLING ANALYSIS. it ■r t 2. vrs - Mdns - Rng. Wkts. If. B. Lusk 21 8 a C. Resteanx 17 6 31 4 J. Gavin 2 0 10 2 Lawson and Mills also bowled, success. without

BOWLING ANALYSIS. R. Neill Ovrs. Mdns. Rns. Wkts. 18.2 2 67 6 Beal? .. 18 6 35 3 Clayton 1 0 1 0 ® ® ®