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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 17, 11 April 1927, Page 9

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i SUBURBAN CRICKET j FINAL TO BE PLAYED ON GOOD FRIDAY. .1 I

SATURDAY’S RESULTS Victories by Harbour Board, Green Lane and Ellerslie marked the close of the Auckland Suburban Association’s senior competition series on Saturday. The final for the Davis Shield will be played on Friday next between Harbour Board and United Suburbs. United Suburbs, the present holders of the shield, have been the Auckland champions for the past two seasons. Small scores ruled on Saturday, with the exception of the match between United Suburbs and Glen Eden, the present club champions running up the tidy score of 220 for six wickets. Except for the not-out men, all the batsmen reached double figures. Ilendy, the star batsman of suburban cricket, returned the best score of the day, having 56 to his credit before Fraser got one past him. There were two outstanding bowling performances. Trundling for Harbour Board against Green Lane, Mann took seven for 34 and four for 16. Lawrence, of Ellerslie, secured a better average with fewer wickets against Ponsonby, his tally for the match being five for 23 and three for eight. HARBOUR BOARD'S BIG WIN Against* the harbour men’s big score of 250, Green Lane made heavy weather of it, Mann’s bowling wrecking the side for 74 and 39 in successive innings. In Green Lane’s first innings, Mann took the first seven wickets cheaply, only a good stagnd by Wrathall and Hayson for the eighth wicket saving the side from a complete collapse. Hayson notched 26, and Wrathall had 15 to his credit when he was run out. The only other player to reach double figures was Brinsden, who made 10. Mann’s seven wickets were obtained at a cost of just under five runs per wicket. At their second attempt, the men from the Great South Road district fared considerably worse. Hayson again reached double figures before he sent one into Richardson’s hands, but the rest of the side went cheaply. Mann’s four wickets in this innings brought his tally for the match up to 11 wickets for 50 funs—a great day’s work. Hartrour Board collected three points for the match, with an innings and 137 runs to spare. ANOTHER INNING'S VICTORY

The match between Ellerslie and Ponsonby followed much the same lines as that described above. Ellerslie’s first innings’ total of 203-proved far beyond the reach of Ponsonby, even with the results of two innings added together. At their first attempt,* the “Ponies” mustered up a total of 84 runs, Dickson leading the way with a handy 23. Double figures were also recorded by Wright (14) and Palmer (10 not out). Ponsonby’s second knock yielded 52, the bulk of the runs being scored by Blair (13), Innes (13) and Dickson (10) It was the bowling of Lawrence that wrought havoc among the Ponsonby side. ’ln the first innings, the Ellerslie trundler took five for 23 and followed this up by bagging three for eight in the second, giving him eight wickets for the match, at an average cost of less than four runs per wicket. Baxter, with four for 44, and three for 32, carried off the honours at the other end. Ellerslie’s victory by an innings and 67 runs gave the men from the racecourse suburb a lift along in the competition table of three points. CHAMPIONS GET TWO-POINTER The present club champions, United Suburbs, carried too many guns for Glen Eden, whose first inning’s total of 193 was easily passed by the Suburbs, with four wickets still to come had time permitted. The champions were given a splendid start by their two opening batsmen, Leikis and McLaren, who scored 45 and 30 respectively. Davis (20) and Bushell (27, retired hurt) carried on the good work, and Ilendy topped it off with an excellent 56. Stotter (22) and Williams (13) both found time to get their names placed alongside the double figure scorers before the Belcham Bros, accounted for their wickets. Except for two men, Glen Eden tried out all their players with the ball. A. Belcham (two for 31) was the only bowler to take more than one wicket. The match resulted in a further two points being credited to United Suburbs.