SUBURBAN CRICKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 221, 7 December 1927, Page 11

SUBURBAN CRICKET

NOTES AND COMMENTS Green Lane had another new man in the field on Saturday. W. C. Green, who used to play for Cambridge seniors in the butter province, has joined the club. Though he had no turn ■with the bat, he was one of those responsible for Elliott's good average, accepting a little twister at slips off Naismith.^ One of the best porformances of Saturday was the 62 made by Storey for Harbour Board Colts. Against the Ellerslie attack he played like a champion. It makes his performance all the more creditable when one remembers that he has made quite a meteoric rise from the third grade. * * * A list of 16 or 18 men for practice for the Suburban representatives will probably be ready next week-end. Players selected will be billeted out in Wellington by Suburban Association enthusiasts. There will be quite a party on the express on Christmas eve. Mr. J. Elliott and Mr. E. Stallworthy, as president and secretary respectively, of the Suburban Council, are going down for the annual korero, and the sole selector, Mr. J. Brown, and the president of the Umpires’ Association, Mr. W. MoHoy, are also going with the team.

It is very doubtful whether there is a better wicketkeeper in the suburban senior grade than Glen Eden's new man, Kay. He has a pair of hands like a sack, and an eye like an eagle. He impressed everyone on Saturday behind the wickets when he caught out a Harbour Board man with such a click that the umpire, not noting the catch and thinking he was appealing for a stumping, didn’t allow a wicket.

“How are the mighty fallen.” Drawing a parallel between the David versus Goliath encounter and the grand victory of Harbour Board B over Ellerslie, one might preach a little homily on the exaltation of the meek. The Harbour side deserves the hearty congratulations of all. While pne would not carry the Biblical doctrine to the extent of prophesying that they shall inherit the championship, they certainly did their supporters proud and having done so once, they may do it again. * * * .Glen Eden came to light with a potential crack bowler last Saturday. It was not exactly Frazer's first appearance with that side, for he played a match with them last year, but it

is hoped that hereafter he will be a regular player. Frazer is a Mount Albert Grammar scholar. It is not very often that one sees a better bowler of swingers .than he. His first over was rather expensive, costing 12 runs, but after that he got to work and bowled two wickets at a total cost of 22. The score books were doubtful whether he had two or three maidens in the six overs he sent down. It is stated that the Eden Club wanted his services for the A.C.A. competitions.

Speaking of score-books. Clubs might well give a little more thought to them. If a club can’t rake up a permanent scorer it would seem to be at a low ebb. Some of the teams’ score-books are tossed about the grandstand from hand to hand, as if they were cricket balls, and whoever happens to have a hand on the book records the runs. It is unfortunate for accuracy suffers and they become almost, worthless as a reliable record. Some times both books fall into the hands of almost total strangers, who do not know the fielding side and possibly credit catches to the wrong men. Perhaps the association might offer a trophy for the best-kept score-book, beginning with the second round. LODGE MATCHES SUBURBAN ASSOCIATION Lodge matches were continued last Saturday, and in most games the result was in doubt almost up to the time for drawing stumps. A feature of some of the matches was the small first innings score which was followed by a large second innings total which generally ended in a declaration. GOOD INTENT v. PONSONBY In this match Good Intent’s tail wagged effectively, and the innings closed at 96, of which E. L. Siburn contributed a valuable 22. A. G. Siburn (11) and Mcßae (11) also reached double figures. In its second venture Good Intent took command of the bowling and Ponsonby had a merry leather hunt before the innings was declared closed with the score 137 for four wickets. Stewart (78 not out), H. Matson (16) and E. L. Siburn (41) mastered the bowling and drove the ball through the gaps in the field. Ponsonby’s first venture at the crease produced 60 runs. None of the batsmen was confident faaing the bowling of Waters (5 wickets), Houlahan (3) and Wrathall (2), while the keen fiielding of God Intent, keen compared with the lackadaisical methods of Ponsonby, helped to keep the runs down. Stone (15). Davern (13 not out), and Anderson (10) were the only ones to make a stand. Ponsonby’s second innings was worse, and two men were dismissed before a run was scored, and the innings closed for 51, of which Devon contributed 21 and Taylor 10. STAR OF EDEN v. REMUERA

Small first-innings scores were a feature of this match. Remuera with 34 runs being 10 runs ahead of its opponent. In its second innings Remuera’s batsmen got set and ran up the score to 125 for five wickets before declaring. Hamilton (o 4) and Lyons (44) were the main factors in Remuera’s successful second strike, and Star of Eden was still at the crease when time was up. ALBERTA v. PUPUKE Pupuke was another team to put up a small first innings score, only 32 runs being registered when the last wicket fell. To this score Alberta replied with 94 runs. Pupuke then made a stand chiefly through the agency of Wilson, and with 154 on the board for six wickets, it declared. Time was running short and Alberta succeeded in staying long enough to play time out for a first innings’ win.