Eden Overwhelms Shore

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 283, 20 February 1928, Page 6

Eden Overwhelms Shore

TWO CENTURIES AT EDEN PARK

Keen Contest in A.C.A. Cricket

FONSONBY TAKES LEAD IN COMPETITION

THE record single innings score of the season was compiled in A.C.A. cricket on Saturday when Eden registered 483 runs for six wickets, against North Shore. Mills and A. F. Weir made centuries. In the A section, wins were credited to Eden and Ponsonby, in both eases by big

margins on the first innings. The position for championship honours is still very open, four points only separating the first four teams. Ponsonby has now taken the lead after a rapid climb up the competition ladder.

UNIVERSITY’S FIGHT AGAINST THE CLOCK WIN ON FIRST INNINGS Excitement ran high during the last 20 minutes of the match between United Suburbs and University at Eden Park on Saturday. Needing 87 runs in 20 minutes to secure a four-point win, Varsity made a valiant attempt, but time was too much against them and they had to be content with only three points. “PROF” IN FORM Burbidge, with 59, was the chief contributor. With a not out score of nine from the previous Saturday he soon got his eye in and smacked the bowlers repeatedly for boundaries. He then quietened down for a spell and scored mostly in singles with an occasional four, A really bright innings was ended when he put his leg in front of a straight one from Leikis. This left Varsity practically assured of a three-point victory, but even so they were keen to'* get Suburbs out cheaply and thus secure a four-pointer. By the way Suburbs’ opening batsmen, Bushill and Williams, commenced, Varsity had small hope of ever getting them out. They treated every ball with a respect which did not appear to be deserved, and consequently the rate of scoring was painfully slow. Bushill then came to life and played good, bright cricket, but Williams did not emulate his example. When 61 appeared on the board Bushill reached bis half-century. Williams was mainly concerned in keeping his end up, but occasionally he played a nice stroke for a brace or a single, with a boundary thrown In now and again. After playing a very careful and patient innings for 17 Williams was caught. Bushill was clean bowled by Gee. His 75 was one of the brightest hits of the match. His placing was good and he scored all round the wicket. He displayed a strong drive and an occasional pretty stroke through the slips. A FIGHTING FINISH

It was a fight with time for Varsity, and the task of scoring 87 runs in 20 minutes is not the easiest thing in the world. A three-point win was sure, and with a point to gain and nothing to lose (unless the batsmen thought of their averages). Varsity went in to score the runs, if it was at all possible The batsmen were ready to run for anything. The excitement both on and off the field was intense. With only' a single on the board, Matheson failed to survive an appeal for lbw, and one wicket was down for one tun. Smeeton and Kelly had a smack at anything that came along, but the fielding was keen and more singles than boundaries were scored at first. After knocking up 12. Smeeton was bowled, and Kelly with 21 suffered a like fate. Bush (14), Burbidge (3) and Wilson (0) were all dismissed within a few minutes, and time was called with the total at 60. It was great w liile it lasted, and the spectators enloved more fun in 20 minutes than is usually associated with cricket Varsity thus left the field with a ihree-polnt win. UNITED SUBURBS

First Innings Second Innings PI'SHILL, b Gee ...... • • ■■ WILUAMS, c Gee, b Bush 1 ‘ HEXDY. run out .. .... ■■ -- •• •• “ STOTTER. st Kelly, b Garrard .... ‘ KERR, lbiv, b Garrard ® IV KTHERILL. b Smeeton . 4b LEI K IS. c Wilson, b Garrard 13 MARTIN, b Smeeton *. McLaren, not out •» HII.LS, c Burbidge, b Garrard .... - DAVIS, absent “ Extras .. .. .. .. .. *• -• •* 7

Total I § S Fall of Wickets: 75. 75, 1()5, 109, 120, 134. 168. 179, ISS. _ , „ „„ Bowling: Garrard, 4-63; Smeeton, ~-3S; Bush. 1-7; Gee, 1-61; Matheson, 0-12. VARSITY. First innings. SMEETON, c Kerr, b Bushill .. S 7 BUSH, ibw, b Williams 5 BANNISTER, b Kerr .. 1 GEE, c Davis, b Kerr 7 KELLY, c and b Kerr 0 GARRARD, b Leikis .. .. .. .. .. 57 MATFIESON, c Stotter. b Bushill .. 0 BURBIDGE, lbw, b Leikis 59 McDOUGALL, b Kerr 3 4 PEARSON, not out 23 WILSON, c Wetherill, b Leikis .. 13 Extras 7 Total 273 Fall of Wickets: 11, 14, 36, 47, 160, 162, 160, 194, 241. 273. Bowling:.—Bushill, 2-17; Leikis, 3-39; Kerr, 4-65; Williams. 1-63; McLaren, 0-23; Martin, 0-59. Second Innings MATHESON, lbw, b Martin 0 SMEETON, b Martin 12 KELLY, b Williams 21 RUSH, b Martin 14 F»URBIDGE, c sub, b Williams .... 3 WILSON, c Kerr, b Williams 0 McDOU GALL, not out 2 Extras s Total for six wickets 60 Fall of wickets: 1. 26, 54, 55. 59, 60. Bowling: Martin, 3-26; Williams, 3-26.

EDEN XI STAGES BATTING MARATHON SEASON’S RECORD TOTAL Any fears that Eden supporters may have held that the champion club side had deteriorated were emphatically repudiated on Saturday when Eden knocked up nearly 500 runs against North Shore. The consensus of opinion when play resumed on Saturday was that the result was still very open, and that much depended on Mills’s ability to carry on the good work he had started the previous week. But nobody was prepared for the overwhelming victory that Eden was to achieve. Three century partnerships were recorded during Eden’s all-afternoon tenure of the wicket. Mills and Postles put on 110 for the first wicket, Mills and Cooper added an exact century for the second, and later on, A. F. Weir and Bennett, were associated in a big partnership which yielded an unbroken 157. AT HIS BEST Jack Mills played masterly cricket for his century. He drove and hooked with great power, and anything loose on the leg side was treated with such scant ceremony that he rattled the ball, against the pickets time and again, while perspiring fieldsmen vainly endeavoured to keep track of the ball. Mills has not many shots on the off, and seldom cuts a ball, but his general equipment is so sound that he can afford to wait for the shot he wants. Cultivation of the shots he lacks, however, would put him in a class by himself in New Zealand as a left-hand opening batsman. Postles was a bit scratchy at times, but he made some good shots, and his recent form has entitled him to strong consideration for the next representative eleven.

MAKING SURE OF A WIN TJp till the tea adjournment Eden was content to play “the rock,” sound tactics under the circumstances, even if they proved rather irksome to the spectators. Later on when the match was safe in its keeping, the pace was cracked on a bit, and runs came at a faster rate. Both A. F. Weir and Bennett attacked the tired bowling in good style, and speculation was rife toward the finish as to whether 500 runs would be recorded for the afternoon, but Eden’s total fell 17 short of the hallthousand.

Although it was his first century thh summer, Weir has been a consistent run-getter all the season. Saturday’s effort would put him pretty close to the top of the averages, were it not for his brother’s freak average with the bat.

Lack of the variety in the bowling was Shore’s chief trouble, but the fieldsmen made a great effort to keep the runs down, Montei.th, Walters and Gerrard doing good work at times. Scores: — NORTiI SHORE First Innings 235 EDEN First Innings. MILLS, c Monteith, b Scott .• .»• 135 POSTLES, c sub, b Saunders ... «, 45 COOPER, lbw, b Player »• •• 45 WEIR, not out 112 GILLESPIE, c and b Saunders 5 WHELAN, b Monteith 30 BROOKE-SMITH, lbw, b Saunders.. 21 BENNETT, net out 66 Extras •• •• •• .« ♦. 24 Total for six wickets .. .. 483 Bowling.—Saunders, 3-12; Monteith, 1-28; Scott, 1-93; Flayer, 1-109; Gerrard, 0-11; Dacre, 0-13; Walters, 0-25; Frater, 0-58.

GRAFTON AGAIN CRASHES AGAINST Y.M.C.A. SIDE LYON’S FINE PERFORMANCE As a result of its luckless venture across the harbour, Grafton failed to improve its position at the tail of the competition table, Y.M.C.A. taking the full points after Grafton had stuck doggedly for two hours at the hopeless task of following on with a deficit of 151 runs on the first innings. Finally the innings closed for a meagre 69, Y.M. winning by an innings and 82, thus securing a four-point victory over the Bridge district for the second time this season. Grafton opened the season auspiciously with a win from Parnell in a keenly fought game, but fourpoint losses in successive games to Shore. Varsity, Eden and Y.M.C.A. sent them to the foot of the ladder. BAD LUCK CONTINUES _ In the first day of the match against Y.M. Grafton was without Cyril Snedden. who was attending a League Rugby conference in Sydney. The club captain took his place on Saturday, but the best batsman of the side, Ernie Horspool, was absent owing to the sudden death of his brother, Herbert Horspool. The Horspools have been the mainstay of the Grafton Cricket lub for many years past, and much sympathy with the family was expressed on Saturday. Y.M.’S GOOD BOWLING

With the exception of a couple of overs to Pearce at the end of the game, the Y.M. attack was confined to Lyon and Elliott, and it was a highly creditable performance to dismiss Grafton twice for 169 runs. In the first innings Lyon secured six wickets for 42 runs, and. with five for 34 on Saturday, the colt’s total capture for the match was eleven wickets for 76 runs. Elliott secured six wickets for 80, and with his fine slip fielding again showed that he is one of Auckland’s most consistent all-rounders. Bowley was present to enjoy his colts’ emphatic victory, and it is pleasing to record that the injured

musclo is responding rapidly to the ra\ treatment, and the Sussex crack hopes to be fit and well for the Australian game against Auckland. Details are: Y.M.C.A. First Innings 351 . GRAFTON First Innings ... ... .. 100 Second Innings. HOPKINS, c Elliott, b Lyon ...... 15 WYLIE, c Riddolls, b Elliott 7 SNEDDEN, C. A., lbw, b Elliott .. 7 SLOMAN, c Miller, b Lyon 5 POPE, b Lyon 16 DYKES, c Elliott, b Lyon 0 GOODWIN, c Riddolls, b Lyon .... 10 TURVEY, lbw, b Elliott? 3 STREET, b Pearce 2 HAMILTON, not out 0 HORSPOOL, absent 0 Extras 4

Total 69 Fall of wickets: 13, 31, 33, 42, 42, 63, 66, 69, 69. Bowling.—Lyon, 5-34; Elliott, 3-30; Pearce, 1-1.

THREE-POINT WIN FOR PONSONBY PARNELL BATTING FAILS Ponsonby, in getting a three-point win over Parnell on aSturday, is now at the top of the competition, and if the team’s luck holds it will have a good chance of remaining there. When Ponsonby declared its first innings, Parnell was faced with the task of securing 344 runs. Anthony and Duncan opened the innings nervously, and never got their eyes in at all. The first wicket, Anthony, fell at seven, Duncan went at eight, and McCoy was gone at 21. A GOOD RECOVERY

The situation was looking black for Parnell when Irving and Hay began their partnership. This proved to be not only helpful to their side, but interesting to the spectators. Both men hit out confidently with nicely varied shots, and while the good bowling was treated respectfully, the poor stuff was flogged to the fence mercilessly. The brilliant play of these men added 106 to the total before Roy took Hay's wicket. Soon after Irving went, obstructing a ball from Snedden. From then on the batting failed, Kissling and Aitken being the only men to hit double figures. Playing two short the side compiled 178. ANTHONY GETS GOING

In its follow-on innings Parnell began disastrously again. Irving hit up a catch, and Kissling was bowled, these two wickets being gone for nine. McCoy played a bright innings, adding a useful 24. Anthony it was who saved a four-point win. Standing like a rock Ito the bowling he seemed determined jto stay in, ar d at the end of the day he had 53 up. Had it not been for jhim the bowling Would have almost [certainly gone through the rest of the [side. When stumps were drawn, ParJnell still had five wickets in hand, but it was still 48 runs behind Ponsonby’s first innings total. ROY’S FINE BOWLING

On Saturday’s bowling performance Roy should come very close to getting a game against the Australians even though he has not been included on the list of players for practice. For the double innings he took five wickets for 38 runs. His high-paced stuff had the batsmen beaten completely, and there is no doubt about the value of his bowling on the wickets as they are now.

Smith also bowled well, and his slow, tempting balls lured three batsmen into fatal mistakes. Although Abrim took no wickets he bowled several promising overs. Ponsonby’s fielding was a bit easy at times, and two or three good catches were missed. The following were the details: PARNELL First Innings ANTHONY, b Smith 4 DUNCAN, c Snedden, b Roy .. .. 1 McCOY, b Roy 8 HAY. b Roy .. 52 IRVINQ, lb\v< b Snedden 50 McALLAIT, -b Roy 9 KISSLING, b Smith 11 AITKEN, b Smith 15 GOODSIR, not out 6 TURBOTT (absent) 0 STEWART (absent) 0 Extras 22 Total 178 Bowling.—Roy, 4-32; Smith, 3-52; Snedden, l-14fc Abrim, 0-20. of —7, 9, 21, 127, 138, 145, Second Innings IRVING, c Langridge, b Snedden .. 5 KISSLING, b Roy q McCOY, b Langridge . 24 HAY, c and b Langridge ’’ 21 ANTHONY, not out 53 McALLAN, not out * * 4 Extras * * * ” n

Total for four wickets 11s Bowling —T.angridge, 2-36; Roy, 1-G; Snedden, 1-28. Fall of Vviekets.—s, 9, 50, 103.

A Correction In the cricket averages published on February 10 allowance was not made for a “not out” innings by D. Stotter (United Suburbs) on Anniversary Day. Stotter’s corrected average to February 4 reads: Innings, 7; not out, 1; highest score, 7S; total'. 167; average 27.8: making him twentysecond in the batting averages, a decimal point below his club mate. Bushill.

AN EXCITING TIE PARNELL AND SHORE COLTS FINISH ALL SQUARE In the senior B competition Shore Colts, Shor© A, Parnell and Papatoetoo are now playing oft fo.r the season’s championship. On Saturday the tussle between Shore Colts and Parnell provided an exciting finish, which ended in both teams scoring the exact same number, of runs in their two innings and dividing four points between them. Shore Colts have gone through the season without defeat, but had a close shave on Saturday, and th« result leaves them still holding a lead of six points. On the first day both sides were dismissed cheaply on a very rough pitch. Parnell scoring 72 and Shore being dismissed for 92. On Saturday Parnell hit up 149 in their second venture, L. .Righton, the Rugby rep., being top scorer with a super-stubborn 42. The colts needed 126 to win, and when Long and Jay carried the score to 80 for two wickets it seemed ay over. Then Shore collapsed, except for a bright knock by Woolley, and Cowie had to be brought from a sick-room to save the game. Twelve runs were wanted to win. with two wickets to fall, and the plucky Grammar School colt hit a six, a four and a single, which saved the game, before being skittled by Kenny. Jackson was last man in, but poked a dolly catch up to Righton first ball, and a keen struggle ended with honours easy. Jay hit a six, eight fours and a three in scoring 42, but Life Dacre was bowled off his boot for a duck. Details: Parnell. —First innings, 72: second innings, 149 (Righton 42, Dow 27, Von Rotter 24, Badeley 13. extras 21). Bowling: T. Smith, 3-24; Wynne, 2-32; Jay, 2-48: L. Dacre, 1-9; Jackson, 1-15. Shore Colts.—First innings, 96; second innings. 125 (Jay 42, Long 37, Woolley 20, Cowie 11). Bowling: Kenny, 6-21; McLaren, 4-39. Result.—A tie; each team scores two points. Papatoetoe v. North Shore A. —North Shore A: First innings, 132 (D. Lusk 48, L. Johnston 24, F. Archer 14, A. Peckston 17). Bowling for Papatoetoe, D. Burnside, 4-20; P. Swaffield, 2-37; Valentine, 1-20; Kerr, 3-48; E. H. Burnside, 0-4. Papatoetoe.—First innings, 215 (Dr. Valentine 64, A. Winks 40, Henderson 40, Kerr 20 not out, E. H. Burnside 11, H. Swaffield 11). Bowling for Shore A’s: Johnston, 5-60; Coates, 2-89; Peckston, 2-4; Lusk, 0-15; Foster, 0-35. North Shore A.—Second innings: 146 (F. Archer 55, Peckston 22, Goldsworthy 18, P. Foster 13, Johnston 14, Horsley 10 not out). Bowling for Papatoetoe: Dr. Valentine, 4-53; D. Burnside, 2-20; E. H. Burnside, 1-34; E. Kerr, 0-8; P. Swaffield, 0-27. Papatoetoe.—Second innings: 72 for one wicket (Dr. Valentine 46 not out, G. Leighton 16, D. Burnside 8 not out). Bowling for North Shore: Peckston, 1-16; | Foster, 0-S; Coates, 0-20; Johnson, 0-26. Papatoetoe won by nine wickets.

Second Grade Epsom United v. Takapuna.—Epsom United: First innings, 125 (Murphy 35, McMurtrie 22, Mingins 13, Andrews 10). Second innings, 156. Bowling: Minogue, three wickets: Cooper, four; Faran, two. Takapuna: First innings, 125 (Minogue 30). Epsom bowling: Andrews, 7-79; Hart, 2-38. Second innings, 131. Bowling: Andrews, five wickets; Mingins, 3; Hart, 1. Epsom won by 26 runs—a four-point Western United v. Y.M.C.A.—Y.M.C.A.: First innings, 97 (Gibs 44). Bowling: L. Goldfinch, 3-15; N. Dobson, 3-16: A. Whemsher, 2-13. Western United: First innings, 152 (Cullerne 55, Dobson 41). Y.M.C.A.: Second innings, 42 (Middleton 15). Bowling: L. Goldfinch, 6-13; W. Dobson, 2-23. Western United won by an innings and 13 runs. City v. Swanson.—City: First innings, 26 (Young 12). Second innings, 101 (Young 29, Nevin 25). Bowling for Swanson: First innings: Swan, 6-6; Gerrard, 4-17. Swanson: First innings, 95 (Robertson 35, Gerrard 20). Second innings, 33 for two wickets. Swanson won by eight wickets. Third Grade Glebe v. Parnell.—Glebe, first innings: 109 (Everson 48, McNeil 17, , Gfilam 14, Cook 10). Bowling for Parnell: Fulton, four wickets, French two wickets, Mullenger two wickets). Second innings: 73 for seven wickets (dec.), (Cook 21, Heaps 14 not out, Meder 11 not out). Bowling for Parnell: Fulton five wickets, French two wickets. Parnell, first innings: 70 (Mullenger 13, French 18, Clapham 11, Wilson 10). Bowling: Preston eight wickets and Cook one wicket). Second innings: 24 for six wickets, Fulton 14 not out. Bowling: Cook five wickets and Preston one wicket. Glebe won by 39 runs on the first innings.

ENGLISH COACH FOR SUBURBAN CRICKETERS The Suburban Cricket Asosciation has now definitely decided to secure the services of an English coach. proposal will undoubtedly be ■*- greeted with open arms by the suburban crickete \ \ who can now look forward to big- tilings next season, when the standard of play is sure to be much improved. E. H. Bowley, the Auckland Cricket Association’s coach, has been approached and, on his return to England. will engage a suitable playercoach. It is intended to utilise the coach’s services in the off season by organising a cricket school. All players will be catered for, and it is confidently expected the necessary financial arrangements will be made to pay well for a good cricketer.