CRICKET

Evening Star, Issue 19783, 6 February 1928, Page 3

CRICKET

LOCAL MATCHES

ALBION'S STRONG LEAD

CENTURIES IN THIRD GRADE. By defeating Grange on Saturday Albion established a lead for the shield which gives them a good chance or retaining tho honor of being the champion club of Dunedin. Grange could not come within 137 runs of sot by their north end rivals, and had to follow on. Galland made a valiant attempt to stem tho tide in the nrst knock, hitting up 65 before putting his leg in front. In the follow on M'Mullan played an unusually forceful innings of 69, and Elmes got into the 30's. Shepherd was troublesome on a, wicket that was by no means perfect, and took six wickets for 6<. Carisbrook declared right away and had no difficulty in disposing of Dunedin. Indeed, the latter were all out twice in the afternoon for totals of 14J and 160, but time did not permit of the former gaining a. three-point win, though they needed only 20 runs. Dickinson, Blunt, and Douglas secured most of the wickets. A fine score was put up by the Albion third grade team against Cansbrook, the total being 333 for two wickets, R. Silver making 166 not out and Campbell 106 nob out. This is Silver’s third and Campbell’s second century this season. ALBION v. GRANGE.

With nine wickets down for 323 Albion resumed against Grange on the North Ground, but after M'lvor had added 5 to his score Wilson was caught behind the wickets, and the innings closed. Knight and M'Mullan opened for Grange, but the left-hander was taken in the slips when he had scored but half a dozen runs. This was a bad beginning, but when Alloo was finely caught in the slips by Vorrath for 7 things looked black for the batting side. Meantime, however, Knight had been laying on the_ wood in refreshing style until he had pulled a. ball from Blamires into his wicket. 'Three wickets were down for_ 54 when Galland was joined by Conradi, but the latter, and also Elmes aml Chadwick, who followed, added very little_ to the total, which at Chadwick’s dismissal was 69 for six wicket,s. It was then that Brown came to the rescue, and, with Galland hit up the runs quickly and well. Changes of bowling had no effect on either bar until Galland tried to punch a short one from Blair out of the ground, missed, and was given out Ibw. The Grange skipper had played a fine, free innings, which included no fewer than five 6’s. He and Brown added 82 for the seventh wicket. At 46S Brown cocked a bumpy on© up and was easily- caught and bowled. Walker was soon out, but Tonkinson rattled up 10, and the innings closed tor 190. Being 147ffiohind, Grange followed on, Alloo accompanying Knight to the wickets this time to open. The termer was soon out, however, being nicely caught at deep forward square log from a hook. M’Mullan hit out and Mas rather uppish for a while, but steadied down later and carried Lis bat for 69. Elmos helped, too, playing freely and well for 30. Conradi also took toll of tho bowling, and knocKcd nji 23, while Brown followed up his first innings success by remaining at tin. wickets till “.stumps” and_ scoring 15. The score was then 162 for four wickets. Albion winning by 137 runs in the first innings. Scores : ALBION. First innings 327 GRANGE. First Innings. Knight li Blamires 32 M'Mullan c Blamires b Shepherd 6 Alloo c Vorrath b Blamires 7 Galland Ibw h Blair 6o Conradi c and b Shepherd 5 Elmes Ibw b Shepherd 1 Chadwick c Allen h Shepherd ... 0 Brown c and b Shepherd 39 .Hamm not. out 17 Walker c M'lvor h Shepherd ... 4 Tonkinson c Shepherd h Duncan 10 Extras 4 Total 190 Bowling Analysis.—Shepherd, 18 overs, 5 maidens, 67 runs, 6 wickets; M'lvor. 5 overs, 36 runs; Blamires, Hi overs, 2 maidens, 49 runs, 2 wickets; Duncan, 4.3 overs, I maiden, 11 run 5 ;, I wicket; Blair, 4 overs, 22 runs, 1 • wicket. Second Innings. Knight, b Blamires 16 Alloo c Barron b Shepherd A M'Mullan not. out 69 Elmes b Blair ... 30 Conradi o and h Blair 23 Brown not out 15 Extras 4 Total for four wickets ... 162 Bowling Analysis.—Shepherd, 24 halls, 30 runs, 1 wicket ; Blamires, 24. balls, 17 runs, 1 wicket.; Duncan, 24 balls, 15 runs; M'lvor, 18 balls, 20 runs; Blair, 48 halls, 26 runs, 2 wickets; Binney, IS balls, 21 runs; Vorrath, 30 halls, 29 runs. CARISBROOK v. DUNEDIN.

When play was resumed on Saturday Blunt n't once declared his innings dosed, and Dunedin went in to bat, the brothers Cherry opening. R. Cherry scored freely, while Norman went along steadily. The latter, however, was out- Ibw to Dickinson when he had scored only 3. Cavanagh, who lollowed, was once more run out, but C. Ritchie made 14 before being stumped. Later T. Ritchie hit up 21, and Torrance batted freely for 33. Being 141 behind, Dunedin followed on, but did very little better, the total being 160 when, a few minutes to 7, the innings dosed. R. Cherry was top scorer this time with 44, Cavanagh getting 39, M‘Gregor 14, and Torrance 10. Jn the first innings the wickets were distributed between Douglas, Blunt, Dickinson, Lusk, and Proctor, and in the second innings Dickinson, Blunt, Douglas, and Cameron were the successful bowlers. Scores: — CARISBROOK. First innings (declared) 200

DUNEDIN. First Innings. 11. Cherry b Lusk ... 27 N. Cherry Ibw b Dickinson 3 Cava mi gh run out 6 C. Ritchie st Courley b Douglas ... 14 Konny o and b Blunt 3 T. Ritchie h Proctor 21 Sinclair b Douglas 9 Torrance c Smith b Blunt 33 M'Gregor st. Courley b Dougins ... 0 Claridgo not out 9 White b Dickinson 0 Extras 20 Total 149 Bowling Analysis.—Dickinson, 69 balls, 3 maidens, 26 runs, 2 wickets; Blunt, 66 balls, 2 maidens, 21 runs, 2 wickets; Lusk, 48 balls, 2 maidens, 15 runs, 1 wicket; Douglas, 72 balls, 2 maidens, 33 runs, 3 wickets; Proctor, 36 balls, 1 maiden, 30 runs, 1 wicket. Second Innings. Cavanagh n Cantrell b Cameron ... 39 Kenny Ibw b Blunt 4 C. Ritchie b Dickinson 2 N. Cherry b Blunt 6 R, 'Cherry c Courley b Dickinson 44 T. Ritchie b Cameron 0 Torrance c and b Dickinson 10 Claridge b Blunt 4 Sinclair c Courley b Dickinson ... 8 M'Gregor st sub. b Blunt ... ./. 14 White not out 6 Extras 23 Total ... ... 160 Bowling Analysis.—Dickinson, 96 balls, 3 maidens, 39 runs, 4 wickets; Blunt, 90 balls, 66 runs, 4 wickets; Douglas, 24 balls, 17 runs; Lusk, 18 balls, 1 mjaiden, 7 runs: Cameron, 18 ball*, 1 maiden, S yuns, 2 wickets.

SECOND GRADE A. Albion v. Old Boys No. 2 -Old Boys made 91 (Allen 28 not out, Ibbotson 20, Dr Moore 10, Matheson 10). Williams (live wickets lor 11) bowled we lor Albion. Albion compiled 99 (Williams 45, 'Jammers 2(i, Church 10). Kerr took six wickets for 62 runs for Old Boys. Christian Brothers Old Boys v. Grange.—Christian Brothers Old Boys (250) deefoted Grange (08) by _192 runs. For the winners Parsons (54), Bond (49), O’Connor (41 retired), M‘Clintock (27), Sullivan (24), Hyan (21), Tarleton (10T batted well. Brookes secured six wickets tor 33 runs, Dawson two for 21, and O’Connor one for none. For Grange E. Downes (Dp was the only batsman to reach double figures. Lemin was the most successful bowler, securing five wickets. Old Boys v. Carisbrook.—Old Boys A made 170 runs for three wickets declared (Moloney 56 not out, Giles 47. Smith 27 not'out, Latimer 16). and drew with Carisbrook, which made 110 runs for eight wickets (Francis 43 not out, Esquilant 12, M’Avoy 10). Bowling for Old Boys, Moloney took six wickets for 76 runs and Leader one tor 8. Faulks (two wickets for 45 runs) and Lynch (one for 31) bowled best for Carisbrook. Valiev (161) defeated Dunedin (28). For Valley Elliott made 42, Munro 34, Hughes 16, Riach 16, Ingram IF Cullen 10, while ior Dunedin Mattingly, Eckhoff, and Gcddes batted well. Bowling for Valley, Bunn took four for 6 and Cook three for 17. Otto (four wickets) and Prebhlc (two) bowled well for Duendin. SECOND GRADE B. Dunedin v. Carisbrook C.—DunefTTn (147 for eight wickets) defeated Carisbrook (131) by two wickets and 16 runs. For the winners Betell (52), Templeton (29), M'Dougall (24), and Inwood (11) batted well, as did Wolstenholme (27), Caddie (16), Holland (16 not out),and Clark (15) for tho losers. _ Bowling for Dunedin Inwood (four wickets for 38) and Gowie (four for 25), and for Carisbrook Cuddie (three for 36) bowled best.

Grange v. Albion. —Grange (90) defeated Albion (85). For Grange Mount (23), M'Gregor (19 not out), and Brebner (18) were the best batsmen, and for Albion, Graham made 35 not out, Reid 16, Robinson 12, and Miller 10. Bowling for Grange Mount took five wickets for 40, Cranefield three for 21, and Webb two for 18, and for Albion M'Ghie (four for 42), Samuels (three for 12), and Robinson (two for 20) were the best bowlers- In a second innings Grange lost three wickets for 86 (Duncan 42 not out, Brebner 11 not out, Milncs 18, Mount 12). Dunedin D v. Training College Dunedin D made 176 for nine wickets (Mackersey 47, Arnold 29, Bouterey 21, Hutchings 17 not out, Dolan 12) against Training College, which made 104 for six wickets, to which J. Forbes contributed 18, Gibbs 21 not out, Hardman 13, King 18, A. Forbes 13). For Training College G. Forbes took four wickets and King two. For Dunedin D Arnold and Standring took two wickets each.

Valiev (135), defaulted Old Boys (115), "For Valley Gallivan 30, Faithfull 23. J. Hope 22, W. Hope 11, Armishaw 10, Jones 10. For Old Boys M'Mullan 22, Latimer 22, M'Caulay 43, Logan 10 batted well. Bowling honors were shared by W. Hope (five wickets), J. Hope (two), Forrester (two) for Valley, and Latimer (three), M'Mullan (two), Beck (two) for Old Boys. Kaikorai (80) defeated Dunedin B (64) by 16 runs. Boyd (21) and Rennick (16)-batted best for Kaikorai, as did Anderson (17) and Vial (10) for Dunedin B. Via! (three for 15). Aitken (two for 9), Hood (one for 5) for Kaikorai. and Mackersy (six wickets) for Dunedin B bowled best.

Christian Brothers’ Old. Boys beat High School by default.

THIRD GRADE. Albion v. Carisbrook.—Carisbrook made 89 (Nimmo 40 and Vivian 24). Rowling for Albion, Sinclair took five wickets for 27 runs, Wright three for 33, Silver two for 14. Albion lost two wickets for 333, R. Silver 166 .not oir, Campbell 106 not out, Barron 41). Carisbrook v. Kaikorai A.—Carisbrook F defeated Kaikorai A on the lirst innings, by 80 runs. Scores: First innings—Carisbrook F, 141 (Howarth 93, M’Lintock 25). For Kaikorai, Torrance took three- wickets. Pitchers two, M'Callion two. and Beath one. Kaikorai made 61 runs (Ahlbrandt 28). For Carisbrook Charman took eight wickets for 17 runs and M’Lintockone for 36. In the second innings Carisbrook made 41. Torrance took five ; wickets and M'Callion three- wickets for Kaikorai. Kaikorai made 77 for three in the second innings (Corkin 117, Hamel 16 not out, Torrance 10 not I out). For Carisbrook Charman took two wickets for 37 runs and M’Lintock ’one wicket for 18 runs. Christian Brothers’ Old Boys 21/ (M'Carten 55, M'Cormack 46, Comer 26, O’Reilly 19, Ryan 18, J. O’Reilly 14, Lemon' 12. Cusacit 11) boat Kaikorai 100 (Beath 32, Crawford 26, Condor 14). Bowling for Christian Brothers, M'Carten took three wickets for 1 run. Comer also took three and Cusack two. Bowling for Kaikorai, Crawford, Smith, and Beath were in good form. FOURTH GRADE. Albion v. Grange.—Albion 150 (Anderson 25, Leader 24, Eckhoff 16, Coding 14, Hayden 13) defeated Grange, who made 65 (Rowlands 23 and Gray 39). Bowling for Grange, Jarvis three wickets for 30 runs), and Rowlands (three for 19) secured the best averages, while for Albion Leader (six for 24) and Grant (four for 28) bowled best. Christian Brothers’ Old Boys beat High School by default. LEAGUE MATCHES. Drainage Board (49) defeated Pride of Leith (30). For Drainage Board Brown (26) and Offen (12) batted well. T. Fiizpatnck took six wickets for 17 | runs and Offen four for 12, and for Pride of Leit-b Simpson (four for 10), H Gaston (two for 4), and Brown (one for 5) bowled well. Standard (102) defeated Hillside (08). For Standard Timlin (56 not out), Napier (17), and Little (13) batted well. Quest took four wickets for 14 runs and Frood four for 36. For Hillside Neame (29) batted well, and Neiper (four for 38) and Blackwood (lour for 33) bowled successfully. Locomotive A made 85, defeating Locomotive B (75). For Locomotive A Thomson made 25 and Clarke 13 not out. Elliott (five wickets for 30), Sanderson (three for 13), and Clydesdale (two for 16) bowled well. For Locomotive B Keen (25) and Henderson (22) were the best batsmen. Sinclair took five wickets for 26 runs, Findlay three for 31, and Hendelbourch tw.i for 16.

D.S.A. (54 and 27 for two wickets) defeated Brinsleys (25 and 50). For D.S.A. O sen (10), S. Howie (12 and 7). M'Grath (5 not out and 11) batted well. Burrell (five wickets for 4runs), Olsen (ten for 32), M'Allen (two for 16), and Hay (two for 16) bowled best. For Brinsleys Rogers scored 18 and Perry 10. Perry also took four wickets for 11 runs, Vorrath five for 27, Wills one for 6, and Petherick one for 9.

Tramways (55 and 36 for five wickets) defeated' Laidlaw and Gray (57 and 27). For Tramways Vollar (13 not out) was the leading batsman. Tayjor (eight for 34) and Mattingly (nine for 43) bowled well. For Laidlaw and Gray Turnbull'(2l), Callander (14and 10) batted successfully, and Callander (eight for 60) and Turnbull .(six for 28) bowled well.

IN OTHER CENTRES

AUCKLAND. The first round of the matches in the Auckland senior was concluded in very hot weather. Lden, the leading team, suffered a, second defeat at the hands of United Suburbs. Eden had made the error of not leaving places for Mills, the Weir brotheis, and Cooper, and consequently the bowlingf wa.s weak Ponsonby and iSortli Shore are now well up for ihe championship with 19 points each. Eden and Parnell are following closely with 18. The following are the results of Saturday’s matches:— United Suburbs 322 (Martin 32, Ken 58, Leikis 58, Bushill 46) beat Eden 224 and 44 for one wicket. Parnell 267 beat University 162 and 210 for four wickets. Gee inade 49 not out and Bannister 40. In University’s first innings Aitkcn took five wickets for 31 runs. __ Ponsonby 388 beat Grafton In (Sloman 50 and Horspool 47) and 212 for five wickets (Horspool 109 not out, Pope 54). In Grafton's first innings Langridge took five wickets for 63 runs and Smith four for 55. North Shore 214 and 34 tor none beat Y.M.C.A. 43 and 204 (Elliott 63). For North Shore Wells took six wickets for 47 runs WELLINGTON. The results of the senior matches:— Hutt 179 v. Institute 251 for eight wickets, Midland 439 v. University 10 for one, Thonidon 253 v. A.M.C.A. lid for five, Petono 338 v. Kilbirnie 25 for one, Wellington 226 v. Old Boys 173 for six.

The best performances were:—W. A. Baker (Midland) 152, A. Grant (Midland) 145, A. F. Finiaysoii (Petone) 85, E. Roberts (Thorndou) 83, K. H. Tucker (Old Boys) 79 not out, A. Donaghue (Midland) 72. H. E. Burton (Wellington) 67, D. Whyte (Wellington) 64, D. Burt (Institute) 58, F. Capstick (Petone) 58, A. Wilson (Petone) 56, A. W. Gibbon (Thonidon) 50, W. Crook (Institute) 50. Bowling figures: E. M'Leod (University), six wickets for 96 runs; H. M. Lambert (Old Boys), five for 47. CHRISTCHURCH. The first round of the second series of the championship matches was commenced. The wickets and outfields were in fast order. St. Albans batted against Sydenham and were all out for 243 (N. Doreen 81 and N. E. England 34). Bowling: Cunningham took live wickets for 101. Sydenham lost no wickets for 56 runs. West Christchurch, playing Riccarton, scored 164 (Newman 33 and W. Hayes 56). Bowling: C. E. Evans took four wickets for 60 runs. Riccarton lost four wickets for 121 (A. W. Roberts 61 and C. S. Gibbs not out 34). Old Boys, batting against Ea,st Christchurch, scored 218 (Nixon 81 and Cromb 41). J. M'Ewan took seven wickets for 70. East Christchurch were all out for 74. Bowling for East Christchurch, Merritt took five wickets for 42 and Cromb three for 16. Old Collegians, playing Linwood, scored 252 (Hamilton 51 and Lester 56). Upton took five wickets for 31 runs. Linwood lost two wickets for 93 (Yates 32 not out). J. Newman, the professional, was no-balled by the umpire for using the finger grip to aid him in spinning the ball.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD

QUEENSLAND v. VICTORIA. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright BRISBANE, February 5. The match between Victoria and Queensland was continued yesterday.

Victoria made 300 runs in the first innings (A’Beckett 77 and Morton 23 not out). Oxculuim took six wickets for 79 runs. Queensland had mado 180 runs for two wickets when stumps were drawn. The weather was . fine and the wicket good. Gxcniiam, who was in fine form, always had the batsmen in difficulties, sometimes being unplayable, Queensland mado a good start, and after batting carefully in the opening stages of the imings wore down the Victorian attack.

DACRE NOT AVAILABLE

Caere will not be available to pTal against the Australians, as he sails on February 14 for England.

SYDNEY GRADE MATCHES

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

SYDNEY, February 5. The grade matches were continued in fine weather and on good wickets. Playing lor St. George against North Sydney, Louden made 175. For University against Manly Hogg made 93, and lor M.osman against Petersham Salmon scored 80. F’or Northern District against (Hebe Bodor scored 86. Bowling for Marrickville against Cumberland, Roberts took seven -wickets for 20 runs and Russell three for 13. For Petersham against Mosman Kennctt took seven wickets for 124 runs.