Harvest Time in the Cricket Field

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 253, 16 January 1928, Page 7

Harvest Time in the Cricket Field

BATSMEN “THRESHED” rIT tired feeling after the holidays was much in evidence in Saturday's cricket. Even batsmen with recent and valuable representative experience failed to garner a fair harvest of runs under less exacting conditions. It was the bowlers who reaped that harvest. Trundlers spent a merry dav knocking; over the “stooks” in the cricket field.

IT is no* suggested that a cricketer’s 1 ho iiday is any more hectic than that f the average man. but there was a morning after the night before’’ atmosphere about Saturday’s cricket, which served as a forcible reminder mat the month’s break in the club programme has thrown the rank and tile of the flannel brigade out of their .[ride, temporarily at any rate. It was a day of small scores at Eden park. The combined effect of the brought and artificial watering left the wickets in a condition which made them s |ow bowler’s psradise. But that was only part of the story. There was an uniccustomed feel about the bat and in ,|,e grip of the pads and gloves, which have been lying idle for weeks on end. and in the case of the match on the main area, an epidemic of brilliant fielding completed the discomfiture of the batsmen. The bowlers spent a merry day.

in Butler’s absence he has been given a trial in the seniors, which he might turn to good account. Scores: EDEN First Innings MILLS, b Roy oq Sne dden, b' Smith 1' "? COOPBR c \y a rneford, b smith .. to A. F. WEIR, b Snedden ~ 13 POSTLES, c Langridge, b Snedden *. *. 17 WHELAN, c Langridge?’ b b R S o?‘ th ” 6 Wheele ’’ b SmHil " ? Extras ” * * 1 Total 2 *’ S3 ’ 47 ’ w/iod/ in, „ «°^ ,i !’ g T Roy ’ 1 3 r 31 ’ Smith, 5-56; Snedden, 2-o4; Langridge, 0-10. PONSONBY First Innings. A^\9 UII:>GE ’ c and b Cooper .... 3 6 McLfiOD, c Whelan, b Mills jg &lri t iT_? NE 5 DEN ’ c Whe,an . b Mills 0 SMITH, c Bennett, b A. F. Weir 25 TAYLOR, b Mills weir .. Zd COMMONS, bA. F. Weir I* ** 9 LENDRUM, b A. F. Weir .. .. .* 4 GUINEY, not out 13 WARNEFORD. lbw, b Mills .. *’ 9 WHEELER, c A. F. Weir, b Mills 2 ROY, b G. L. Weir 1 Extras j Total in Fall of wickets: 32, 32, 36, 59, 77. 84. 87 102, 104, 111. * Bowling: G. L. Weir, 1-23; Mills, 5-50; A. F. Weir, 3-14; Cooper. 1-23.

Martin, the next two wickets went cheaply. Gee clean bowling two of Suburbs’ best batsmen, Hendy and 'Stotter, for the addition of seven runs. Kerr compiled a bright IS. Details:— „ VARSITY. First Innings. SMEETON, run out 58 GEE, lbw, b Leikis .. . 6 SCHNAUER, b Williams 33 GARRARD, c and b Williams .... 13 WELLS, b Kerr 2 BANNISTER, run out 3 6 KELLY, run out • 12 BURBIDGE, c Wetherill, b Williams: 7 WILSON, c and b Williams 0 McDOUGALL, c Wetherill, b Williams; 26 HUDSON, not out .. ... 1 Extras 9 Total 183 Bowling analysis: Williams, 5-47: Leikis, 1-45; Kerr, 1-58; Martin, 0-14; McLaren, 0-10. UNITED SUBURBS. First Innings. BUSHILL, e Bannister, b Garrard 42 MARTIN, b Gee ...... 41 HENDY', b Gee n STOTTER, b Gee ..’ /. **.;.* 7 KERR, b Smeeton ’ *. is WETHERILL, not out 11 Extras 2 Total for five wickets . . . . 121