NORTH AUCKLANDERS DRAW WITH CITY XI.

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 324, 9 April 1928, Page 10

NORTH AUCKLANDERS DRAW WITH CITY XI.

KEMP SCORES CENTURY

The few' cricket enthusiasts who found their way to Eden Park on Saturday, were treated to one of the finest games that has been staged there for many months past. The Auck-land-North Auckland match was an unofficial fixture, and perhaps for that reason savoured a little of the carefree batting which a sorely-tried Auckland public had come to look upon as really belonging to the distant past. On Friday the Auckland eleven put on 324 runs, in reply to which North Auckland had 91 on for two wTien stumps were drawn. After the dismissal of A. R. Dunning on Saturday morning, the wickets of the Northmen began to fall with perturbing frequency, Kemp alone resisting the attack of Coates, Saunders, Smeeto i and Co. Kemp, who hails from Whangarei, and in former years played for the Ponsonby Club, batted exactly four hours for his round century. He opened with his skipper, W. J. Dunning, and saw nine wickets fall before he himself was trapped by the wily Saunders TWO RUNS A MINUTE

Auckland's opening pair, Smeeton and Taylor, began the home eleven's second strike in a merry manner. Farman, the medium-fast Rodney lefthand bowler, had Smeeton caught in slips off the fifth ball he delivered. North Auckland's other opening bowler, Wrathall, also created a good impression. He comes from Monganui and is not unlike N. C. Snedden in action. Auckland ran up 111 for the loss of two wickets in just under an hour and then declared, leaving the Northern men to get 196 in an hour and aquartcr to win. White and A. R. Dunning set about their seemingly impossible task in resolute manner, and then Vipond, Wrathall, W. J. Dunning in turn carried on. Although North Auckland failed to get to the goal, it succeeded in piling on the runs at the rate of two a minute, treating the spectators to a fine free display. The game ended in a spectacular manner, the last three men going out to hit up a few sixes. North Auckland ended up with seven wickets dow.. for 112 runs. Details: AUCKLAND. First Innings 321 I Second Innings. SMKETON, c Wrathall, b Farman .. 2 TAYLOR, b Vipond 21 COOPER, not out 53 PLAYER, not out 24 Extras 32 Total for two wickets (dec.) 112 Bowling Analysis.—Farman, 1-22; " rathall, 0.30; Vipond, 1-20; W. J. Dun-

ning, 0-12; White, 0-2; A. R. Dunning, NORTH AUCKLAND First Innings W. DUNNING, lbw, b Coates . , 7 KEMP, c Coates, b Saunders .. .. 100 WHITE, b Saunders .. 24 A. R. DUNNING, b Player . . 69 VIPOND, run out ANDERSON, c Duncan, b Saunders 2 WRATHALL, b Coates .. 10 DINN, b Coates 0 DAWSON, c Frater, b Taylor . 4 THOMPSON, lbw, b Coates .. . FARMAN, not out Extras Total Bowling Analysis. — Coates, 4-60; Smeeton, 0-29; Player, 0-32; Saunders, 3-62; Cooper, 0-35; Duncan, 0-3; Taylor, Second Innings WHITE, c Frater, b Saunders . .. 47 A. R. DUNNING, b Smeeton .. . VIPOND, lbw, b Frater FARMAN, b Bennett W. J DUNNING, lbw, b Frater . .. 10 ANDERSON, run out WRATHALL, not out DUNN, c Duncan, b Frater Extras Total for seven wickets . ..112 Bowling Analysis. — Coates, 0-22; Smeeton, 1-11; Saunders, 1-30; Player, 0-6; Duncan, 0-9; Taylor, 0-4; Frater, 3-12; Bennett, 1-6.-