BEST PERFORMANCES WITH BAT AND BALL

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 497, 29 October 1928, Page 6

BEST PERFORMANCES WITH BAT AND BALL

BATTING G. L. Weir (Eden) 130* C. F. Allcott (Grafton) .... 91 X. von Rotter (Parnell) .. .. 61* E. Horspool (Grafton) .... 61 H. R. Sale (Grafton) 54* p A. Anthony (Parnell) 51 >f BOWLING <*. G. Finlayson (Ponsonby) 4-22 c F. Goodsir (Parnell) .. .. 1-29 n W. Smeeton (Varsity) .. .. 4-33 n if. Roy (Ponsonby) - 4-34 c- T. Lyon (Y.M.C.A.) .. .. 5-56 C. Allcott (Grafton) 7-93 If out.

COINCIDENCES T-lAVE you ever noticed how j -**■■■ many there are in cricket? Take the opening matches in Auckland on October 20 and 27. On the first day only two batsmen made centuries. Now there are j many numbers above 100, but both I batsmen made exactly 103. Why is this thus? In the Eden-Grafton match there were plenty of totals, the second highest scorer on each side could have made, but they—Gillespie and Horspool—both made the same, 61. But why? in the England - South Australia match there were two centuries in England’s first innings. But why, oh why, had Hammond and Chapman to make exactly the same score, 145. true form with the ball. He was always troubling the batsmen, and would have done even better with his slips placed further back. Williams, too, showed that he retains the consistent form which took him into the Auckland team last season. Scores: — PARNELL First Innings 121 Second Innings. McCOY, lbw, b Williams 1 ANTHONY, b Williams 51 TURBOTT, c and b Martin 2 STEHR, b Williams 12 VON ROTTER, not out 61 DUNCAN, run out 15 ITAY, not out 0 Extras 4 Five wickets (declared) for .. .. 146 Fall of Wickets.—l/2, 2/11, 3/38, 4/119, 5/146. Bowling Analysis.—Williams, 3-51; Martin, 1-3 S; Kerr, 0-19; Webster, 0-16; McLaren, 0-17. At 5.15 Suburbs had scored 32 for no wickets. UNITED SUBURBS First Innings. BUSHILL, b Aitken 10 MARTIN, b Goodsir . 11 HENDY, c Aitken, b McCoy .. .. 14 KERR c Turbott, b McCoy 5 WEBSTER, b McCoy 0 WETHERILL, c and b Macallan .. 43 MCLAREN, *b Macallan 9 LEIKIS, not out 24 SMITH, b Goodsir 4 WILLIAMS, run out 8 SOMERS, c Turbott, b Duncan .. 9 Extras 11 Total 148 Fall of Wickeas: 1/17. 2/39, 3/47, 4/48, 5/55, 6/93, 7/106, 8/122, 9/133, 10/148. Bowling: Anthony, 0-17; Aitken, 1-27; Goodsir, 2-30; McCoy, 3-33; Macallan, 2-25; Duncan, 1-0. Second Innings. BUSHILL, c McCoy, b Goodsir .... 26 MARTIN, b McCoy 23 KERR, b McCoy .. 0 HENDY, c Duncan, b Goodsir .... S WETHERILL, lbw*, b Goodsir .... 8 WEBSTER, lbw, b McCoy 4 LEIKIS, c sub, b Goodsir 3 McLAREN, not out 30 SMITH, not out 7 Extras 4 Seven wickets for 113 Fall of wickets: 1/4S, 2/48, 3/54, 4/66, 5/71, 6/71, 7/S2. Bowling: Anthony, 0-22; Aitcken, 0-17; Goodsir, 4-29; McCoy, 3-33; Duncan, 0-8.