CRICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 257, 3 November 1906, Page 12

CRICKET.

Tlio spconu round of matc-hea was fOUHiicncL'fl 10-day. The School Chunipionshipi were begun this morning. Lunt yuturday'd crickr-t on tho Domain was bright ;irnl inl-ercstin^ , , and fine batting was swn. (■rafton, with a total of 22;> to face, sent in two scoriug bats. Vlasoa and J).

11-v, l>> open the innings. Jlay opened merrily, but then .steadied down, and . bom men played carefully until gutting a good sight of the ball, when they hit ; with freedom. Jluus came rapidly, and j ]4Z runs ha.ti been scored before v sepa- L ration whs effected, ]J. Hay being clean j bowled b.v n straight one l'roui Barr'f Brown, which kept low. As often hap- . pons when a partnership is broken, the .' >,".-. <nd member did not hist much j longer, and Mason was caught next , over. Hay made -Hi by good pricket. ( placing ''>•■.• ball to a nicety, and hitting all round the wicket. He gave no , * chances, and timed the ball well. |, Mason f-ecured the honour of being the ; first senior cricketer to top the century. ( His innings was a pretty one, including , e> line variety nf strokes. Jle took a tc\i risks and. as a result, made a lot of runs. His driving was very sweet, ! and he al-o made some pretty back * strokes. Ho gave a chance wh<M near j' the seventies <>IV a ball which, he mis- ! timed. L. P. -lines and \\\ R. Forster. who filled the vacancies, both played cautious l (■•rii-kct. but both hit anything loose, j Jones made a couple of beautiful i..cc ' cuts, and his placing uf ihu ball all ■ 1 thiough wa« very lill<-. ll is a |iity thnt M some of the younger bats arc nut as ;. keen between the wickets as .lones. lie* j 1 loses no fhanue- of "coring single*, while ji the number thrown u'Auy ■>,' the average ' oricketer '>n an ordinary Saturday is j little short of painliil. Jones held his | end up while seven wicket-, fell, and got , to within one of the half century before stumps were drawn. Forster's hitting was very clean, his on drive being his best .scoring ttroke. j After putting "li :i7 lie failed 10 get on !. to one from Hemus. and was caught by , Kavauayh. ; Slonuui and Kallender made things , hum while in. getting into double figures } in four strokes apiece. Jl<...j.- put mv , up for Kul'iendc;- to hit. then sent along , ;i ieg-hreuk iu.-r a little shortei, and, dean bowled biiii. I' 1 tenuis, who was nnl tried until the match was practically won, came out with the best average. 1 , getting three for:: U-. ! City's fielding was decidedly slack, and ;■ the picking up and returning were boih below the mark. .Ma gee. did good woik, ; and the fat< ll by whie.li he di.-mi'-s-d ( Mason was a very'dillicult one., the IWUIs- , man tailing forward as he reached for | the ball. .Macjiillan kept wicket very: well. l'arnell lost their match to Eden niter having the better of the deal, and they only had them-elves o blame. X. T. Williams who. with Dazeley. jnilh-d n." match out of the fire for Eden, was missed three times,, tv.ice. before he had l-.-ucli- ( ,i doubh: Jigure.-. and the third tune when between 1" and 20 runs were want- j Hi. r'airbura misscil him oil" his own j bowling, and y little later lie sent one towards square-leg which Garrard might | have ruai-bi'd hud he tuiiii! in. Apparriitiy he lost sight of the ball. Ji'etwecn his e'uances, Williams made some very nice strokes, especially on the leg side. ' Da/.eley playe. 1 very cautiously. ; iiuTl most of his r>."> runs wore scored after > tin; iiiiilc> had been won. lie exhibited i a very solid defence. Tin- ball was very <neasv. «.nd the bowlers found it very diJlic-ult to grip it- in the early stages of j the game. I'arncll's fielding was very slack alter i the match had been won, though the ground li-lding was good up to that point. Barry bowled very successfully. Ho cut tlirough the pitch a bit, and iinished with thu line performance of three hi their second innings Tarnell did not ' take matters any too seriously, and eight wickets were lost for 94. Hale was the only man to show form, scoring 34 by rroo'd cricket before Stemson btat him. The Parnell skipper had the doubtful houour of makiiig a "pair of gpectack-s" j in tho match. I Kerr, a :\".S.\V. cricketer, lias joined j ParilP.ll! He is a lcfl-handed binvh-r and . a right-handed bat, and in practice has shaped very well. .He played for Mud- j gee last year, and got 100U tuns and a hundred 'wickets. He bowls at a very | fair pare. The Management Committee has chosen a selection committee, which will give general satisfaction. Messrs. C. Jlay, N. T. Williams and R. Neil! are cricketers who know the game clear through, and who can be relied upon to do their somewhat difficult and thankless duty without the slightest suspicion of partizanship or favouritism. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Ohlson by tho Management Committee for his services a.3 Elector. (i. Mulgan, the cx-Auokland Grammar School boy, v.-ho marked his removal lo C'hribtcluiri'h by scoring 120 not out on tho (lav he arrived in Christchureh. made , SS for'the Boys' High School <m Satur- i day in the second grade apninst St. Al'.idii s, and then had the misfortune to b<' run out. \V. llowell. who played for Puruoll a couple: of seasons ago and subsequently went to Wiiihi, has leturncd to Canter-< bury. j Uu Friday next (the King"s Birthday! ' City play l'onsonby on the \ r ictoiia | Park ground, and (Irafton meet Eden on i the Kingsland ground. |