Y.M.C.A. AHEAD IN BATTING PROCESSION

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 289, 27 February 1928, Page 6

Y.M.C.A. AHEAD IN BATTING PROCESSION

When Arthur Williams won the toss from Bowley and put Y.M.C.A. in on a decidedly sticky wicket at Eden Paik on Saturday, he did wrhat any ordinary skipper would have done in the same circumstances, but as things

A GREAT PERFORMANCE Len Elliott, the ex-North Shore cricketer, who joined Y.M.C.A. this season, has proved a tower of strength to the Young Men. On Saturday, he accomplished a remarkable double, hitting a forceful 42 with the bat, and taking six wickets for 25 runs. Four of them were caught and bowled. Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Hr Hr turned out. Suburbs have come out of the procession to and from the batting crease slightly behind their opponents. Play was over an hour late starting, and naturally enough both players and spectators were becoming impatient at tho delay—unavoidable as it was after the previous night’s rain. Even the “boys on the hill” had to reconcile themselves to their fate and spend an hour or more listening to the whack of the willow on a dozen practice wickets —music which but served to aggravate their impatience. It was a treat to see Bowley and Elliot open out and thump the bowling good and hard. Bowley got 16 in four hits off Williams. In ten minutes 25 was on the board, 20 of which were to the professional’s credit. Bowley had worked the pull with such a great deal of success against Williams that he tried it when facing Leikis, but the wily suburbanite, aided by the ever-alert Wetherill behind the sticks, was one too many for him. If Len Elliot took longer than Bowley to get going, he scored in a quick manner when his turn did come. Experienced cricketers knew that the sun would make a difference, and when it blazed out at this stage there was perceptible immediately a slowing up in the rate of scoring. Elliot and Lyon fought hard for a time, but in the end the wicket got the better of them, and in resuming after tea Elliot was caught off MacLaren without adding further to his score of 42. The first three men had put on 86. A BATTING PROCESSION Nineteen others batted during the afternoon, and among them they could raise only 94 runs. Kerr, four for 14. and McLaren, four for 22, were the destroying angels during the remainder of Y.M.’s innings. Kerr being especially successful, clean-bowling three batsmen. The less that is said about the procession to and from the pavilion the better. Y.M. had no Woodfull on