HARBOUR BOARD A LEADS GREEN LANE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 247, 9 January 1928, Page 7

HARBOUR BOARD A LEADS GREEN LANE

CENTURY TO BREESE .Harbour Board A secured a good |“ad on the first day of its match gainst Green Lane at the Domain on fc4turday. , stumps were drawn the Board compiled 271 for the loss of five ickets in reply to Green Lane’s total 1 107. The latter team played two . : * n short and also included two hniors, ti%^£ een won the toss and elected . The innings opened disas--0u»ly, Elliott being clean bowled for for six runs. Wroath joined ~ ™atts and the pair added 24 before ’ latter was dismissed for 23. The ,u xt Hian, Robinson, hit a four and •V?J***l** on his wicket. Wroath Kendall kept the ball moving until

the latter was clean bowled by Martin for eight. After scoring a useful 17, "Wroath w?.3 clean bowled by Matthews. E. Watts and Seccombe then became associated, but the former was run out after scoring 10. Seccombe placed his shots all round the wicket and hit the first six of the match. With the total at 98 he was caught for a valuable 26, the

highest score of the innings. The last man, Forsman, brought Jthe century up with a boundary. Kilgour, the other batsman, was bowled for six and the innings closed for 107. Breese and Turner opened Harbour Board’s first innings, but after scoring 19 the latter was run out. Dunning joined Breese and despite frequent changes in the bowling runs came freely. Breese brought the century up with a boundary and with the next stroke —a boundary—equalled Green Lane’s total. A smart return saw Dunning run out, after scoring 52 in steady fashion. He was strong on the leg side and with his drives, but took risks by pulling off balls to leg. He included seven boundaries in his tally and his partnership with Breese put on 98 runs. Badeley was the next man and he pasted the bowling, hitting boundaries frequently and also a beautiful sixer. After a lively innings he was caught in the long-field. Breese reached his century by smiting the ball to the leg boundary. Martin was caught for two, and after scoring a boundary Sterling was clean bowled. Matthews gave .i hard chance after putting eight on the board. Breese quietened down after reaching his three figures. When stumps were drawn the total stood at 271 for five wickets, Breese being 114 not out and Matthews 22 not out. Detailed scores are as follow: GREEN LANE First Innings WATTS, C., c Matthews, b Dunning .. 23 ELLIOTT, b Bennett 6 WROATH, b Matthews 17 ROBINSON, hit wckt, b Martin .... 4 KENDALL, b Martin .. 8 SECCOMBE, c Breese, b Matthews .. 26 WATTS, E., run out .. .. 10 KILGOUR, b Matthews 6 FORSMAN, not out 4 WATTS, H., absent 0 COLE, absent 0 Extras 3 Total 107 Fall of wickets—9, 33, 41, 61, 61, 91, 98, 107. Bowling.—Matthews, 3-22; Martin, 2-39; Dunning, 1-18; Bennett, 1-25. HARBOUR BOARD A. First Innings BREESE, not out 114 TURNER, run out 19 DUNNING, run out 52 BADELEY, c E. Watts, b Seccombe 48 MARTIN, cC. Watts, b Seccombe .. 2 STERLING, b Wroath 4 MATTHEWS, not out 22 Extras 10 Total for five wickets .. ..271 Fall of wickets —46, 144, 215, 227, 232. Bowling.—Seccombe, 2-79; Wroath, 1-56; Elliott, 0-36; Kendall, 0-24; Robins son, 0-17; Kilgour, 0-18’; E. Watts, 0-28.