Suburban Cricket

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

Suburban Cricket

BRIGHT DAY’S PLAY Hetherington’s Good Century GOOD batting, good bowling, and mediocre fielding were the ingredients that went to make up the “bill of fare” at the Domain on Saturday. The batsmen of each team took every advantage of the good wickets and runs were coming fast throughout the afternoon. Ellerslie made a good showing against Green Lane in knocking up the good total of 266 for nine wickets. Harbour Board B gave “Big Brother” a fright at the commencement of its innings, and Ponsonby kept Glen Eden moving all the time.

ELLERSLIE GOES OUT AFTER THE BOWLING HETHERINGTON’S HAPPY CENTURY The fans failed to see the “bright move” on the part of Green Lane when that team sent such a strong batting combination as Ellerslie to the crease first —on a batsman’s wicket! Gedye and Hetherington opened the argument on behalf of Ellerslie, with Seccombe and E. Watts tossing leather for the Lane. Both batsmen were cautionsness personified—but not for long. GEDYE OPENS OUT Seccombe was causing some anxiety with his leg “twirlers” and it was an over or two before the batsmen could decide how to play them, but when they did they wasted no time. Gedye cut, drove, sliced and generally gave a great display of forceful cricket. It was a good innings he played to f**r. 52 before E. Watts tricked him into trifling with a silly off thing that Cole was waiting for. Meanwhile Hetherington had been having his little bit of fun by playing suitable balls just sufficiently hard enough to enable him run a smart single or brace. When the partnership was broken, however, it was a different tale. “Bill” hopped out to everything like a tornado. His driving was excellent and his square and late cuts a treat to watch. At 101 Rankin caught and bowled him, after a great performance that received unstinted applause. Funnell, the versatile, played a merry tattoo to hit up a lightning 25 before Wroath upset his wicket. Lawrence, a good nlan once set, stepped across to a ball that he should have shunned like the plague; the result of the snick was a splendid catch by Seccombe in second slips. Elliott played well while at the wicket and knocked up 16. He failed to get his eye on a good straight one that met his pads—lbw. Watts looked good for a fair score from the way he opened, cautious but strong, but he remained only long enough to get 11. Certainly it was a first-class catch on the part of Shepherd off Cole that spelled ruin for “Hurricane.” H. Burton deserved to be “caned” for the manner in played a very ordinary ball from ‘Cole. He was a mile out side a ball dead on the wicket. ONE MAN SHORTAGE Playing one man short Cwhich, incidentally, is a persistent failing m Suburban cricket), Ellerslie had nine wickets to go, the last being spread when the score read 266. Green Lane dabbled a bit at the opening of its reply when C. Watts and Rankin were batting, but after a time they began to move and both played good, classy cricket to hit up 26 each. Wroath was given no encouragement to tarry by the stumps and was sent away by Baxter for a “duck.”

Seccombe was very shaky at first, but later gained more confidence and began to paste a lot about. A big looselimbed player, his forte is his strong off drive, which he repeatedly calls to his aid. When stumps were drawn the Lane had five down for 113. Details:

ELLERSLIE GEDYE, c Cole, b E. Watts 52 V RING 2’°.Y c and b Rankin’: no? YATES, c and b Rankin .... 14 c Seccombe. b Coie ! 2 WATTS, c Shepherd, b Cole 11 ELLIOTT, lbw, b E. Watts .. 16 H. BURTON, b Cole .... " a FUNNELL, b Wroath ]; 05 R. BURTON, c Clark, b Wroath . . 14 BAXTER, not out 12 KNEEBONE, absent .. .. 0 Extras 33 Total 266 Bowling analysis.—Cole, 3-47; Rankin, 2-41; Watts, 2-53; Wroath, 2-48; Seccombe, 0-64 GREEN LANE First innings. C. WATTS, c Sub, b Baxter 26 RANKIN, c R. Burton, b Baxter .. 26 WROATH, b Baxter 0 SECCOMBE, b Watts . . 33 SHEPHERD, not out 16 COLE, run out 1 E. WATTS, not out 4 Extras \ .. 1 Total for five wickets 113

“LITTLE BROTHER” ASSERTS VIGOROUS INDEPENDENCE HARBOUR A GETS A SHOCK Apparently Harbour Board refused to be warned that its younger relation might prove a stumbling-block on Saturday. But what a change on the part of the languid A fieldsmen when it was seen how seriously the colts were taking themselves! Mitchell and Storey opened session for the B team, and immediately began to force the pace. Storey was hitting hard and scoring well with smart cover shots and well-judged pulls. Breese waited long, and finally got him at mid-on off Matthews, when he had scored 30. Mitchell played well to get his 27 per medium of some well-played for-

ward strokes that were the last word in precision. Brighton made a smart beginning, and looked as if he was comfortably set, when he lost his wicket to a good leg-ball from Martin at 17. FAST HITTING Liddle and Nicklin played a brisk partnership while together. Both players hit hard and often, and showed some pace between the wickets. Their respective scores of 35 and 22 were quite acceptable to the B total. Richardson wasted no time in starting something, but after a few classy hits became careless, and lost his wicket at 21 by skying a loose one to Dunning off Matthews. The remainder failed to emulate the example previously set, and were dismissel for very meagre totals. The innings ’ brought 183. BREESE GOES EARLY Harbour A received a shock when Hayes sent Breese away, clean-bowled for 15. Dunning stayed to get 20 by good hitting before Hayes sent him away. Martin and Turner were the next two, and when time was called these two were still at the crease, playing confidently with 18 o.nd 29 to their credits respectively. For two wickets the A team notched 83. Details: HARBOUR BOARD B First innings. STOREY, c Breese, b Matthews .. 30 MITCHELL, c Paxton, b Martin .. 23 BRIGHTON, b Martin 17 HAYES, run out 6 LIDDLE, b Martin 35 NICKLIN. c Breese, b Matthews .. 22 STEWART, b Martin 6 RICHARDSON, c Dunning, b Matthews 21 CANDY, st Badeley, b Martin .... 4 MORMAN, run out 4 CLEAL, not out 0 Extras 15 Total IS3 Bowling Analysis.—Martin, 5-69; Matthews, 3-24; Dunning, 0-15; Mann, 0-22; Bennett, Or-26; Turner, 0-12. HARBOUR BOARD A First innings. BREESE, b Hayes .. 15 DUNNING, b Hayes 20 TURNER, not out 27 MARTIN, not 16 Extras 5 Total for two wickets .. .. 83

“PONIES’ ” BRIGHT START AGAINST GLEN EDEN FLETCHER S FIERCE HITTING Fletcher and Wriglit were the opening batsmen for PcV.sonby against Glen Eden. Scoring was very slow for the first half-hour of play, but • Wright soon warmed up, and began knocking the bowlers all over the field. McNeil, Glen Eden’s star bowler, seemed to be the only bowler that the batsmen could not score off, and when he was taken off, they began to scor4 freely, establishing a good start. Wright was the first batsman to go, being clean-bowled by Blair, after knocking up a splendid 66. FLETCHER CUTS LOOSE For the next 20 minutes of play Fletcher had it all his own way. He played havoc with all the bowlers; in two overs he made six sixes. Attempting to play a “googly,” Fletcher lobbed the ba*ll into McNeil’s hands. After batting for nearly two hours, Fletcher contributed a fine 88 runs. Stallworthy played a very good innings, knocking up 40 funs in as many minutes. Although Ponsonby played two men short, they made a creditable 252 runs. SHORT AND SWEET Kerr and McNeil took the crease for Glen Eden’s first strike. Kerr started j off, finding the boundary four times in j succession, before being bowled by j Stallworthy for 30. Kay and Shepherd were at the crease j when stumps were drawn, Kay being 22 not out and Shepherd 3 not out. i Scores:— PONSONBY. First innings. WRIGHT, b Kerr 66 FLETCHER, c McNeil, b Belsham .. 88 BLAIR, c Kent, b Shepherd 15 DICKSON, not out 27 ROBERTS, b Shepherd 0 MACKIE, c Kay, b Shepherd .. .. G STALLWORTHY, c Belsham, b Kerr 40 INNES, c J. Belsham, b A. Belsham . 0 CAIN, st Kay, b Kerr 4 NAESMITH, absent 0 ROBERTSHAW, absent 0

Extras * s Total 252 Bowling; Kerr, 3-9 S; Shepherd, 3-4 S; McNeill, 0-17; Anderson, 0-21; A. Belsham, 2-57; Paice, 0-15. GLEN EDEN First Innings KERR, b Stallworthy 30 McNEILL, run out 7 KAY, not out ] 22 SPEARPOINT, c Roberts, b Mackie 10 SHEPHERD, not out 3 Extras 4 Total for three wickets 76 Senior B Grade Tramways v. Auckland Harbour Board. —Tramways: First innings, nine wickets for 193 (Taylor 15, Moore 42, Hall 24 Tinkler 15, Sutcliffe 24, Menzies 26, Crow 24 not out, Batty 14 not out). BowlingJaquiery, 2-43; Hose 4-32; Rankine 1-58; Learning 1-21; Saxon, 1-21. Harbour Board: First innings, 92 (Wright 20 Rankin 26). Bowling: Tinkler, 2-10; Larsen. 634; Sutcliffe, 2-21. Tramwavs -won by 101 runs. Second Grade Public Works Department v. Takanini. Public vVorks: First innin&s Sfi 24. Abbott 16. S. Weaver 9,Te PaaV, Bowling for Takanini: Clayton, 1-24- H Mrfntosh 3-26; Rowe, 2-12; Roberts, 3-1 A: Hev,ett, 0-6. Takanini: First innings, 77 (H. Mclntosh 31, T. Mclntosh 18, Riiwe 10, Reed 1, not out). Bowling for Public ftorks: McKenna, o-3G; Abbott 2-18- Cos teilo, 3-4 Public Works; Second innmgs. 3b (Wallace 25. not out). BowHng i°m Tak n? n r mi: - Clayton, 5-26; T. Mclntosh, s-10. Takanini: Second Innings 47 for nine wickets (Sturgeon 9. T. Mclntosh 6) Bowhng for Public Works: McKenna! 5-11. Costello, 2-2 <. Takanini won by one wicket on the call of time.

Otahuhu v. Green Lane.— OtahuhuFirst innings. 120, declared, for four wickets (V. Williams 36, F. Williams *6 Game 26 not out, Marflitt 19, not out)! Bowline- for Green Lane: Percy, 2-52; D.

Deeson, 2-30. Green Lane: First innings, 53 (Clarke 29, Rivers 12, Percy 7). Bowling for Otahuhu: V. Williams, 2-17; W. ! Bright, 3-32. Green Lane: Second inni ings, 23 (V. Beeson 11, D. Beeson 5). ! Bowling for Otahuhu: V. Williams, 2-5; iW. Bright, 3-16. Otahuhu won by an 1 innings and 49 runs. Third Grade Otahuhu third grade defeated Takanini j by default. Power Board v. Edendale. —Power Board: First innings, 84 (Simpson 10, Heard 18, Goodwin 19, Lovell 14, Thomas 10). Bowling: Stanford, 7-46. Edendale: First innings 82 (Rankin 23, Fulton 23, Warren 12). Bowling: Heard, 7-7. Power Board won by two runs. Hadyn’s v. L. D. Nathan’s. —Hadyn’s: First innings, ISS (Skeen 35. Hogg 24, Leary 12, Turner 26, Kingdon 22, Rae 29). Bowling: Chubb took seven wickets and Flail two wickets. L. D. Nathan’s: First innings: 24. Second innings, 43. Bowling: Skeen, 15-28; Kingdon, 4-16; Swift, 1-6. Hadyn’s won by an innings and 121 runs. Ellerslie v. Auckland Meat Co.—Ellerslie: First innings 132 (Williams 52, Vear 40, Matthews 14). Meat Co.: First innings, 20; second innings, 32 (Braithwaite 14). Bowling for Ellerslie: Matthews took six wickets for 28. Ellerslie won by an innings and 81 runs.

Railway v. Fawcett’s. — Railway: First innings, 123 (McLaren 35, Williams 14, G. P avis 25, L. Davis 13). Fawcett’s: First innings, 32. Second innings, 67 (Andrews 15, Robinson 14 not out, Fallon 13). Bowling for Railway: Parkes, 9-29. Railway won by an innings and 24 runs. CRICKET MATCHES IN OTHER CENTRES MERRITT IN FORM POMEROY’S 100 AT HAMILTON Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. The weather was ideal for cricket yesterday, and the wickets and outfields were fast. A new series of matches was commenced. Riccarton and - I ° ans ’ the two team s in the lead m the competition, met, and the match commanded most attention. St. Albanfe had first use of a good wicket, and re x- U^ ut for 248 (c - C- Craw- ?! Dorreen 80). Four batsmen failed to score. C. E. Evans took seven wickets for 110. With an hour ire? a " half to Play, Riccarton scored l 2 w or T,' Jl i e ' VlCket (A - Cox 43 not out, ,? oberts 44 not out). Merritt had a bowling triumph playing for Old -Boys against Sydenham, taking nine wickets for 89 runs. Sydenham’s fnn--206 (Hahn 40, Philpott 40). Old Boys scored 79 for two wickets (J. Jacobs 48 not out). Linwood batted first against West Christchurch scoring 311 (Condliffe 51, F ss";5 s "; J 1 Pros P er 101). West Christchurch losl one wicket for 51. Old ColCbchSen had w flrSt strike against East Christchurc!/ scoring 209 (H. Mac Far » 8, - F ' Pen sel!y 42). J. MeLwm took six wickets for 67 runs. East Christchurch lost one wicket for 78. DUNEDIN, Sunday. lr l tbe flr st-grade cricket matches yesterday, Grange secured a two-point m 3 “ Une3in - The made 103 in its first innings, and Grange de- I clared with eight down for 107. In its sfx°down mi i SS r \ U Jl edin declared with i Cher™ f °r 169 (Cavanagh 100. Cherry 40). Grange then lost five i f or 94 (Knight, not out, 43). In ' Dunedin s second innings Alloo took 1 three wickets for 75 and’ElnTes two Tor ! “ ■ v* Grange s second inning's Olar- I idge took two wickets for 32, McGregor ?£ e f £ r 1 ?’ Sinclair one for 8. In the fecu?ed 0 °i k ; Albion . Bam& the farmer ' ?ts first 1i" 0 ' Polnt Wln - Albion, in I its first innings, scored 148. and lost I hrn e t f ° r S 7 m its ser;on d strike. Carisbrook made 248 (Smith 59, McLeod 57 ; etc >■ ShePhf ' rd took two wick-| HAMILTON, Sunday. i ~

day. - Hamilton East made 116 against Hamilton (I. Johnston 45 not out, Badeley st. is. Craig 13), Taylor took seven wickets for 21 runs, Pomeroy 1-4, Winger 1-Sl, Shepherd 1-28. Hamilton replied with t 266 (Pomeroy 100, Miller 40, Hemua SC Taylor 35, Robertson 14 not out). R Johnston took five wickets for 29, L Johaston 2-60, Dufty 1-24, Going 1-50, Badeley 1-54. In the Old Boys-Frankton match, Frankton made 80 (Connolly 25, Western 24 not out). Hockin took two wickets lor i 27 runs, Clough 5-34, Lenihan, 1-10, Tack 1-13. Old Boys made 111 in their firs: j innings (Clough 28, Buekland 17, Eockin 15), Clarke 11). Hunwnck took five j wickets for 32 runs, Cotie 3-13, Everest nine wickets for 88 runs (Steele 44 not out), Hunwick 13, McGrath 12). (From Our Own Correspondent) WAIPA, Sunday. The second round of the Waipa Cricket Association’s competition was continued on Saturday. The High School team were successful in their match against Puahui, the score* being, High School 183, Puabue J 5, Winter was top-scorer for High School with 59 to his credit, while Edwards 43, Philip 40, Adams 17 (not out) UK) Armstrong 14 were the next highest score.rs. For Puahue, Natzke compiled 15. Bowling for High School, Winter took five wickets for 16, Snowden three for 12 ar.d Adams one tot L (From Our Own Correspondent) MATAMATA, Sunday. The cricket match, Mat&mata v. Gordon, which was started last week, was concluded at Gordon last Saturday and resulted in a win for the home team by one run and four wickets.