CRICKET.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VI, Issue 298, 9 April 1896, Page 2

CRICKET.

Unless the unexpected happens, the cricket season will be virtually concluded on Saturday, when Gordon and Auckland continue their battle for the senior championship, and Parnell and North Shore for first junior honours. In the case of the seniors, the Gordonites are confident of their ability to knock up something better than the 168 compiled by the Auckland eleven, providing they are favoured with good weather and wicket. If they can, well, of course, they win the championship, if they can’t then we will witness another round, in which Gordon, Parnell, and Auckland will take part. In the junior ranks, Parnell, with over sixty to their credit for a loss of five wickets, after dismissing their North Shore opponents for a total of 68, look all over like placing themselves at the top of the first junior poll. On Saturday last, a scratch Parnell team defeated the visiting team from the Thames by an innings and twenty-five runs. Going first to the wickets, Mr Kallender’s (Parnell) team knocked up 149, towards which the infantile one contributed 70 iu his vigorous style, E. T. Gould being next with 28, and the only other double figure men were C. J. H emery and E J. Greville, with 14 each to their credit. The Thamesites only managed to score 52 in their first essay, F. Billing, with 10, being the only double figure man, and strangely enough their second innings (following on) closed for exactly the same figure, Tracey Moresby (not out) 27, J. Laing 18, and A. Laing 11 being the two figure rungetters. For the Parnellites Labatt secured eight wickets in the first innings of the Quartzopolians, and in the second innings, Harrison accounted for nine. A match in aid of the Brunnerton Relief Fund was also played between a scratch Parnell team and the Auckland Licensed Victuallers eleven, in which the latter proved victorious on a single innings game with the substantial majority of 51 runs, they scoring 114 as against the 63 of their opponents. For the winning team Cromwell (24), Arneil (20), and Elley (15) were the double figure men, while for Parnell, Colwill (14) Hoile (13) and Brown (11) were top scorers, the remainder doing very poorly. Mr C. Phillips, secretary of the victorious team, informs me that over £2O has been raised in aid of the Brunnerton Fund, as the proceeds from the collection and sale of tickets.