BRIGHTER CRICKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 201, 14 November 1927, Page 10

BRIGHTER CRICKET

Successful Innovations of Suburban Association SEASON’S INTERESTING OPENING ONE-DAY matches had a very successful inauguration on Saturday, the opening day of the Suburban Cricket Association’s season. Within the memory of many old followers of the game no brighter day’s cricket has been seen on the Domain.

batsmen sprang into the game with zest and peppered the stand with sixes. Under such a bombardment the spectators’ interest was kept up to a high pitch.

[ i Batting against a time limit seemed to draw forth a specially brisk type I of cricket. Making every post a win- ; ning post the batsmen hit often and > ran hard so that the lields were keyed j up to a high pitch. ' The green generally looked to be in . good order and there were few com--1 plaints against the pitches. Conditions > were almost ideal. The sun was too - hot in the early afternoon but the heat i was tempered by a slight breeze which i gave some of the bowlers assistance, but not enough. ELLERSLIE BEATS PONSONBY Cock of the walk last year, Ellerslie stepped off on the right foot this season, winning its first match against Ponsonby by the handsome margin of 162 runs. Not only did it have all those runs to spare, but it played out the time limit and lost only eight wickets for its total of 269. Gedye who opened wielded a very vigorous bat and brought the crowd to its feet by knocking a pair of sixes into the stand. That was only a foretaste of his form and he continued to paste the bowlers right and left. Stallworthy’s bowling quietened him for a while and at length skittled him when he was 59 on and was going for a particularly big hit. His was the highest score of the day and the biggest hitting exhibition. But it was Burton, late of A.G.A. cricket, who was the best watching of the afternoon. When his wicket had fallen he had made 54 runs by superlative cricket. He was not such a big swiper as Gedye. but he placed his shots, found all the holes in the field, and piled up his tally with cuts and drives good to watch. It is his first . match in the Suburban Association. Partnering Burton for the seventh wicket was Blliott, who has arrived from Senior B and who heralded his arrival by notching 47. His was an • innings full of punch as was his second partner’s, Kneebone’s, who is also a newcomer to the Ellerslie side. The latter was still not out when the gong went for time limit and he was 54 on and set. Pons®nby simply failed to rise to the occasion. The fourth ball took White’s wicket and though Innes stayed to make ‘44, Fletcher IS and Mackie 19, the remainder of the side was a long tail. The best of Ponsonby’s bowlers were Mackie, three for 58, and Stallworthy two for 39. A second innings was entered on to fill in the evening hours. < Scores:—

ELLERSLIE. ' First Innings. GEDYE, b Stallworthy 59 WHITE, c Wright, b Stallworthy .. S FUNNELL, c Innes, b Mackie .... 7 WATTS, c Dickson, h Mackie 10 HETHERINGTON, b ,\!&ckie S YATES, st Palmer, b Robertshaw .. It BURTON, b Blair St ELLIOTT, b Blair 47 KNEEBONE, not out 54 LAWRENCE, not out 10 Extras • 6 Total for eight wickets (time limit) 269 Fall of wickets: 19. 43, 63, 82, 124, iB7, 214. Bowling: Mackie, 3-SS; Stall worthy, 2-39; Blair, 2-50; Robertshaw, 1-33.; Fletcher, 0-15; Dickson, 0-29; Wright, l-19; Innes. 0-20 PONSONBY First Innings. WRIGHT, c Hetherington, b Lawrence 0 INNES, c Kneebone, b Lawrence .... 44 FLETCHER, c Gates, b Elliott .... IS BLAIR, c Gates, b Elliott 0 MACKIE, c Elliott, b Baxter .. .. 19 NAESMITH, b Elliott DICKSON, run out .... < STALLWORTHY, c Watts, b Baxter 0 PALMER, not out 4 WARD, c Gedye, b Watts 0 ROBERTSHAW, retired hurt 0 Extras * Total 10 7 Bowling Analysis; Lawrence, 3-24; Baxter, 2-42; Elliott, 2-19; Watts, 1-IS. Second Innings. DICKSON, retired 7 PALMER, c Burton, b Lawrence .. 0 INNES, c Gedye, b Elliott 36 WRIGHT, not out 21 FLETCHER, not out * 7 Extras 0 Total for three wickets .... 71 A SPORTING CHANCE There was a sporting thrill in the end of the Harbour Board A versus Green Lane game. Green Lane was 26 behind on the first innings, so the leaders went in again and made a sporty declaration after losing wo wickets for 84. Green Lane was left 111 to get to win, but time was against it. Starting off with a rush 62 runs were on for one wicket with 15 minutes to go and when the gong went the total had been brought up to 87. When the opening batsmen had got set and mastered the bowlers there was just a chance that Lane might have pulled it off, but a change of bowling kept the batsmen quiet with some stuff that they just could not get away. Dunning, who took five wickets for 19 in the first innings, bowled some difficult stuff towards the end of the game. C. Watts hit up a good 36 and Robinson made 19 in the second strike which, however, petered out. Seccombe being unable to flog the bowfling as be had done in the first innings. Lane had rather high hopes ot the game wflien it began, but some of the star batsmen failed to stay. Harbour Board has to thank Breeze and Turner for fine batting displays. Breeze, who went in near the top made a valuable 45, lifting two sixes and six fours in his total. Turner compiled 30 in his first innings and bettered that with 44 in the short second strike. One of the best features of Harbour Board’s first innings was the BreezeMartin partnership, which knocked up 72. and the Seccombe-E. Watts stand. HARBOUR BOARD A. First Innings. BADE LEY, b Wroath 2 HOPKINS, run out 9 TURNER, b Seccombe 30 MATTHEWS, b Wrathall 3 PAXTON, b Wratliall 1 STERLING, not out 3 MANN, c Cole, b Seccombe 0 DUNNING, c , b Seccombe .... 5 MARTIN, c Seccombe, b Kendall .... 31 BREEZE, c Robinson, b Kendall .... 15 Extras . . . . 12 Total for nine wickets 142 Fall of Wickets: 6, 78, 89, 93. 120, 135 139. 139, 139, 142. Bowling: Wrathall, 3-27; Seccombe. 3-36: Kendall, 2-33; Wreath, 1-30. Second Innings. TURNER, lbw, b Cole 44 HOPKINS, run out 13

I PAXTON, not out 9 ! BENNETT, not out 6 Extras 6 Total for two wickets (dec.) S 4 GREEN LANE. First Innings. WROATH, c Martin, b Mann 0 KENDALL, b Martin 2 ROBINSON, b Martin 4 C. WATTS, b Martin S COLE, c Martin, b Mann 1$ SECCOMBE, b Dunning 42 E. WATTS, b Dunning 25 WRATHALL, b Dunning 4 H. WATTS, b Dunning 6 CHAMBERS, not out 4 AVERY, c Turner, b Dunning 3 Extras 3 Total 116 Bowling Analysis: Duqning\ 5-19; Mann. 2-34; Martin, 3-45. Second Innings. C. WATTS, c Hopkins, b Dunning .. 36 ROBINSON, b Martin 19 KENDALL, c Matthews, b Mann .. 13 COLE, c Turner, b Mann 14 SECCOMBE, c Bennett, b Turner .... l E. WATTS, not out 1 Extras 3 Total for five wickets .. .. 87 GLEN EDEN'S NARROW WIN Harbour Board B, a new' team to the Senior A grade, put up quite a meritorious innings against Glen Eden. It lost by -12 runs, but fought a good fight considering that it is on promotion. Glen Eden had first strike and left T'arbour Board Bto produce 144 runs. E. McNeil and Kerr opened but only the latter made a stand. His 37 was a steady innings. It was an hour’s effort altogether. Kay was bright. No sooner had Kerr, his partner, been bowled than he lifted a fine six over the palings, and soon added another. Anderson got up i to 22, # most of his total being embodied in four fours. The completed innings occupied well under the time limit. Hayes, who bagged three wickets for 39, was the best bowler of the Harbour Board B side. He put a swerve on his deliveries which beat both E. McNeil and Shepherd. Richardson took three ! for 41 and Nicklin took two for nine. Harbour Board’s reply did not look to healthy for a start until Brighton came in and knocked up 47 with wellplaced strokes. Candy was unfortunately run out at 25. Mormon, who ! has been absent from the game for a few years, got up to 15 but he will do better. Kerr and Shepherd cleaned up the wickets among them, the former taking five and the latter three. The first innings of Harbour Board B was 13 short of a win. A second strike was embarked on but did not alter the situation. Scores:y

GLEN EDEN. First Innings. KA Y, b Richardson 22 B ELS HAM, A., b Hayes 1 ANDERSON, c and b Nicholas .. .. 22 BEDSHAM, J., run out 3 SPEARPOINT, J} Richardson .. .. 1 McNEIL, D., not out 22 VELLA, b Richardson 5 KERR, b Nicholas 37 McNEIL. b Hayes 8 SHEPHERD, c , b Hayes .. .. 10 KENT, b Storey 1 Extras 12 Total 144 Fall of Wjckets: 14, 47, 54, 74, 110, 130, 126, 129, 144. Bowling: Hayes, 3-39; Richardson, 2-42; Storey. 2-29; Nicholas, 2-19. Second Innings. E. McNEIL, c and b Brighton 3 BELSHAM, J.. b Richardson II SHEPHERD, b Richardson 3 McNEIL, D., b Brighton 2 BELSHAM, A., not out 0 Extras 2 Total for four wickets .. .. 21 HARBOUR BOARD B First Innings. STOREY, b Kerr 6 MORMAN, b Kerr 15 HAYES, st Kay, b Kerr 6 BALDWIN, st Kay, b Shepherd .... 6 STEWART, lbw, b Shepherd 1 BRIGHTON, b Shepherd 47 CANDY - , run out 25 NICKLIN, b Shepherd 10 THOMPSON, c Belsham, b Kerr .... 6 MITCHELL, not out 3 RICHARDSON, st Kay, b Kerr .... 0 Extras # 7 Total 132 Bowling: Kerr, 5-48; Shepherd, 4-34; McNeil, 0-23; Anderson, 0-15; Belsham, 0-5. SENIOR B MATCHES Ponsonby’s first innings produced 138 —Ward 22, Collins 22, Parker not out 48. Williams 3-32, McGregor 2-26 and Smith 2-28, were Ellerslie’s best bowlers. Ellerslie’s first innings produced 66 —Gedye 26 and Williams 16. Ponsonby thus had a win on the first innings by 72 runs. Harbour Board lost to Victoria by six wickets. Board’s first innings produced 68 —Baker 16 and Simpson 11, and its second innings 59—Simpson 19 and Muir 12. Bowling for Victoria Carroll took six for 30 and Macfarlane seven for 15. Victoria, with the bat made only 34 in its first strike, but in its second got 90 for only four wickets—Manley not out 27. Jacquiery with the ball took six Victoria wickets for 11. SECOND GRADE Power Board lost to Invicta. Invicta made 93 and 56—James 19 * Cheeseman 17. McFadjean 26. Gee accounted for seven wickets in the second innings. Power Board made 62 and 58 for five wickets. James took seven of the wickets and Cheesman five. Manurewa beat New' Lynn. New Lynn, first innings, 56 —Simpson 12. McClow 14. Bowling for Manurewa Peebles took six wickets for 22 runs, j Sainsbury four for 12. Second innings —Malone 23. Bowling for Manurewa Peebles took three wickets for 3 8 runs and G. Gibbons seven for 19. Manurewa. first innings, 66—King 15, B. Robinson 15. Bow'ling for New Lynn, Park took seven wickets for 38 runs, Mardle two for 19. Second innings 45 for no wickets —T. Middleton 33 not out. Robinson 21 not out. Manurewa won by 10 wickets. Otahuhu beat Victoria by three runs on the first innings. Otahuhu. first innings, 137—W. Bright 51, F. Williams 30. Bowling for Victoria, McEwan took two wickets for 28 runs. Drew three for 3. Clayton one for 23. McMicken one for 35. Victoria, first innings, 134—Andrews 15. Woods 30. McEwan 17, Clayton 36, McMecken 17. Bowling for Otahuhu. V. Williams took four wickets for 42 runs—Gaine one for 21. Bright four for 46. THIRD GRADE Waratalis lost to Gas Garage by ; seven wickets. Waratahs made 76 Chambers 17. and 93—Denize 23. Pat-

terson 22. Gas Garaev . five wickets—Bailey no . 1; c 53. and 17 for three wicketx* B *‘ Ellerslie beat Green La" B',, 8 '~ nings and 21 runs. EUersli. afirst innings made 116 g 'lf. ‘o ;s Drake for Dane took five wiei* rr <' 22. and Saunders four for 3; KEts !;: Lane made 75 and 17. ' u t«tt Otahuhu had a three-point vi. Power Board Otahuhu first i" 0T ' 69 —Speedy 22. White IS. Bowk? 1 ®* 1 Power Board. Ryan took four ' for 29. Creedon four for 13 innings. 32. Bowling for pk w , r . v J Cos i Ryan took two wickets for l s Creedon eight for 16. Power m® I *- first innings. 51—Barnett 1“> CntT ham 12. Bowling for Otahihu \v‘r £ ' took six wickets for 11 runs ' p Board, second innings, is. " for Otahuhu. White took two wi-v for 12 runs. Clarke five for is IC " tl Manurewa v. Hayden. \i ßm _ first innings. IS. Bowling f 0" h? 1 den. Skeen took six wickets f„runs, Kingdon three for 16 first innings. ST —Hankers “7 nTy mara. 16. Manurewa. second inrur.' 35. Bow ling for Hayden. SkeL n , f four wickets for 21 runs. KingdonV'' for 13. Hayden won by and 36 runs. lnniB * 5 Takanini v. Richmond Rovers ! Takanini. first innings. 36; second iiT : nings. 26. Bowling for Richmcw Rovers. Hemmingson took eight »■', | ets. Mincham five. Biddick sev.V : Richmond, first innings. 51; second uT nings. SI —Patterson 12. Clarke • Dunn 21 not out. Richmond had"' ' three-point win of 70 runs. “ Victoria v. Public Works.—Victor first innings, 113—E. Rowe 37, Grimm--27. Short 12. Bowling. Lvneh tvr wickets. Abbot five. Public Work first innings, 33; second innings j Bowling. Murray six wickets. Vic toria won by an innings and 71 run; Edendale v. Amburys.—Edcnda first innings. 41—East 11. BowlinAnnan five wickets. Edendale, sec' ond innings, 42—Walton 11. Amburv. first innings, 26. Bowling. Wane three wickets. Second innings, i&_ Brooker 16. Bowling, Hart two Vick- ! ets. Edendale won by seven runs FOURTH GRADE Richmond A played Greenlar, Richmond 57—Halls 17. and 67. Grecrlane 113 —Douglas 35, Wrathall 25 noout. and 52. Greenlane had a three' point win. TRICKY WICKETS AT CHRISTCHURCH Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. Cricket matches to-day were concluded in dry weather, but the wicker .were tricky after light rain in the morning. Linwood scored a two-point win over East Christchurch. East Christchurch were all out for 129, 11 short of Linwood’s total. Batting f"r East Christchurch, G. R. Gregory mad* 55. Bowling for Linwood S. Yat**s took eight wickets for 31 runs. St Alban’ beat West Christchurch on the first innings, scoring 291 for fivr wickets against the West Christchurch first innings’ core of 286. Riccarton bea: Old Boys easily. With 347 on. they disposed of Old Boys for 149. Sydenham playing Old Collegians, held the wicket too long to raise the score to 314, and Old Collegians put up a stubborn fight to play out time for a dra* However, they failed, being all out for 133. AUSTRALIAN MATCHES

SYDNEY BOWLERS DO WELL Liy Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. SYDNEY, Sunday. The Sydney grade cricket matche* | were continued yesterday in fin* weather and on good wickets. For Northern District against Paddington liOder made 106 not out, and William? 79. For Western Suburbs against Mosman, Goodwin made 86. Bowline for Glebe against Balmain, Gray took five wickets for 21. For Waver ley against Marrickville Wali took five for 47. For Gordon against Manly, Macartney took four for 20. In the Melbourne grade matches, lor St. Kilda against Carlton, Ponsford made 165; for Carlton Woodfull mad* S 4. For Richmond against Essendon Sindry made 118. Bowling for Richmond Keating took four wickets for » runs.—A. and X.Z. Cycling Events at Blandford Park HAYES BACK TO FORM GORE WINS MILE EVENT Amateur cyclists rolled up in force on Saturday at Blandford Par Stadium to see one of their number, • V. Gore, make his first appearance among the professionals. He recerveo quite a flattering ovation as he we out on to his mark in the Aucklan Athletic and Cycling Club’s event, and when he duly landed t final, there was great rejoicing amon, the “fans.” . ... Slater Hayes rode a great race in- - event, riding practically t 1 whole distance on his own. He na narrow shave at the finish. F. Lowcmi * who got up on the inside on the n° bend, was only just headed off . m last yard by fiTayes. The judges diet, three inches, was correct. Two falls occurred during the ait-r----noon, J. Bryce and G. Mathieson c ing down. Both received attention from the “Zam Bilk” men. and vier parently none the worse for their hap. The following are the results.— ONE-MILE HANDICAP First three in each heat to zo in First heat: S. Hayes (scr). 1: / • man (75yds), 2; G. Mathieson (2 0>ds). Time, 2min 40sec. i'ix started- a s race. Hayes just getting up. with -Maui son in the last half-lap. and seorins win by two lengths. . Second heat: W. Archer (130yds)-, V. Gore (50yds). 2: F. Lowdnes Time, 2min GOsec. Seven starlfd. ArcM, led all the way. Gore was content second place. t Final: J V. Gore (50yds). 1: W *“ C V man (Toyds). 2: F. Lowdnes Time, 2min 30see. All started. Gore a fine race, winning as he liked. THREE MILE HANDICAP S. Hayes (scr) j F. Lowdnes (160yds 3 P. Rickman (170yds . Time. Smin 32seo. Thirteen start This was the best race of the day. rode a great race, being on his a -M. way. He only just won in the last Lowdnes riding a capital finish.