Mediocre Cricket

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 515, 19 November 1928, Page 6

Mediocre Cricket

SATURDAY’S A.C.A. GAMES Langridge’s Good Start ALTHOUGH the wickets were quite good, and the weather fine till well on in the afternoon, Saturday’s A.C.A. cricket seldom rose above mediocre standards. Only two batsmen in four senior games reached the half-century, but. curiously enough, few bowlers showed more than an average “bag” of wickets.

CALM AT DEVONPORT WICKET WORRIES BATSMEN Ideal weather and the presence of Bowley attracted a large crowd to Devonport, but after a bright opening play was deadly dull, Y.M. occupying a tricky wicket till 5 p.m. for the poor total of 118, only four batsmen securing double figures. Shore replied with 85 in just over an hour for the loss of three wickets, Saunders being very enterprising when rain handicapped the bowlers, and stumps were drawn early owing t orain and failing light, leaving Shore in a commanding position. Y.M. won tho toss, Bowley and Elliott being tho opening pair. The pitch had been cut up frightfully in the rain the previous week, and soon showed signs of worrying tho batsmen. Bowley soon found that his forcing back play was risky against unexpected kickers, and used his feet freely to get to the pitch of tho ball. Elliott also adopted attack as the best defence, and runs came freely for half an hour, with a few occasional flukes, when Webb relieved Coates and shattered Elliott’s wicket with his first ball. Kemp scraped the following three away from his wicket, and then a kicking delivery flew off the shoulder of his bat to Jay. A USEFUL STAND Saunders’s “unexpected” theory had the batsmen thinking, and Bowley went down the pitch to him for a big hit. The ball flew to Bush at extra cover, who held a hard catch, and the crowd was disappointed at the losfe of the Sussex professor just as he was getting into his stride. Lyon and Wells were then associated in a useful partnership and forced the pace in lifting the score from 55 to 91, when Coates came back and secured Lyon lbw. Ttiddoils crashed to Coates’s first ball. There was every prospect of a new hat for Coates, but Stallworthy proved an obstacle, and the political situation was unchanged when tea was taken with 100 up for the loss of five wickets. AN AFTER-TEA COLLAPSE As often happens, the tea interval caused a rapid change. Stullworthy went to a clever catch behind the sticks and Wells mistimed a fastish one from Saundelirs which spreadeagled his stumps. The “Bombardier” had shaped well against his old club comrades for a useful -4, which included some nice shots. Sutcliffe showed he could hit by whanging Saunders over the line with a mighty sixer, but foolishely committed suicide by trying to steal a run. Neither Wayne, Bambury nor Hunt worried the scorers much, and tho usual weak end of the Young Men produced only 27 runs for the last six wickets. It is still a caudal appendange which curls up in a chronic manner with very little provocation. TATTERSALL RETURNS Player was the fourth bowler tried and again trundled well, sending down nine overs for six maidens, two wickets and 9 runs. Webb clean bowled Elliott and Kemp for no runs in his first over, and the Shore fielding was clean and snappy throughout. Tattersall made a welcome reappearance for his old club after an absence of 13 years and gave a splendid display behind the stumps. A one-handed catch wide on tho oft and a smart run-out proved that he is still in the first flight of ’keepers, while he has always been a dependable batsman. "Tatts” settled in Wellington on his return from war service, and has represented both New Zealand and the Wellington Province. Shore had an hour’s batting in which Prater, Bush and Player fell cheaply, but rain made the wicket easy and troubled the bowlers. Saunders and Tattersall adding 34 before a halt was called just after six, with three down for 85 runs. Details: Y.M.C.A. First Innings. BOWLEY, o Bush, b Saunders .. 2S ELLIOTT, b Webb 19 KEMP, c Jay. b Webb 0 LYON, lbw. b Cq*Ues 17 lUDDOLLS. b Coates 0 WELLS, b Saunders 24 STALLWORTH Y, c Tattersall,' b Player 4 WAYNE, c Bush, b Player 3 BAMBURY. lbw, b Saunders 3 SUTCLIFFE, run out 9 HUNT, not out 2 Extras . 9 Total - - • 119 Bowling: Player, 2-6; Webb, 2-19; Saunders. 3-48; Coates, 2-36. Fall of wickets; 1/43, 2/47, 3/55. 4/91, 5/91. 6/100, 7/100, 8/105, 9/109, 10/118. SHORE First Innings. FRA TER, c Lyon, b Bowley -14 BUSH, lbw, b Bowley 11 PLAYER, c Lyon, b Elliott 9 SAUNDERS, not out 35 TATTERSALL, not out 7 Extras 9 Total for three wickets 85 Bowling: Bowley, 2-24; Elliott, 1-13; Riddolls. 0-9; Lyon. 0-30. Fall of wickets: 1/26, 2/27, 3/51. PARNELL OPENS WELL, THEN SLOPES OFF VARSITY FOUR FOR 41 A fine first-wicket partnership of 79 by Duncan and Hay, followed by a gradual sloping off further down, was tho chief feature of the match Parnell

versus University on Eden Park No. 3 on Saturday last, when the red caps batted first on a batsman’s wicket, Hughie Duncan ran up a round forty before falling to a catch by Garrard off Gee. Stehr, who filled the vacancy thus caused, returned to the pavilion one run later. Hay, Duncan’s opening partner, went on to 45 before succumbing to Kelly behind the sticks off Garrard’s bowling. Turbott went before opening his account, but McCoy stemmed the tide with 16. Singleton and Kissling both went early so that seven wickets were down for 125. BETTER FINISH Tho next three men in, however, changed the aspect of the game. Macallan batted for a valuable 30, Von Rotter for 29 and Doc. Aitken for 23. Macallan was particularly aggressive, sending one of Garrard’s deliveries over long on for a six. The side was all out for 208, “Mr. Extras” contributing a handy 18 to that total. Varsity opened disastrously, and at stumps had four wickets down for 41, Dunning going for 10, and selector Smeeton for 13. Both Schnauer and Garrard failed to stay at the crease. Gee 5 and Bush 0 being the not out men. Details: PARNELL First Innings. HAY, c Kelly, by Garrard 45 DUNCAN, c Garrard, b Gee 40 STEHR, h Garrard 1 TURBOTT. c Simpson, b Gee 0 McCOY, stpd Kelly b Garrard .... 16 SINGLETON, run out 4 KISSLING. lbw, b Garrard 2 MACALLAN, c Pearson, b Garrard 30 VON ROTTER, b Dunning 29 AITKEN, c Smeeton, b Diyining .. 23 GOODSIR, not out 0 Extras IS Total 208 Fall of Wickets.—l/79, 2/89, 3/87, 4/100, 5/111, C/116, 7/125, 8/158. 9/207, 10/208. Bowling.—Garrard. 5-64; Gee, 2-38; Dunning, 2-39; Bush, 0-7; Simpson, 0-14; Smeeton, 0-28. VARSITY First Innings. SMEETON, c Kissling, b McCoy .... 13 DUNNING, b Goodsir 30 SCHNAUER, b McCoy 0 GARRARD, b Goodsir G GEE, not out 5 BUSH, not out .1 7 Extras 7 Four wickets for 41 TAIL-ENDERS SAVE GRAFTON FROM BATTING COLLAPSE SMITH’S FINE BOWLING There were three distinct phases in Grafton’s first innings against Ponsonby on Saturday. The first saw Langridge and Horspool gaining a mastery of consistently good bowling on a batsman’s wicket, save for an inequality at the lower end, which gavo Finlayson a chance to bump his swingers rather awkwardly at times. Then, when length bowling proved ineffective, Snedden put Smith on to trick tho batsmen out. That was the second phase. It reached its maximum point of success when the wily veteran took three wickets in one over, and Grafton was struggling hard to avert a collapse. The third phase was a Grafton recovery, led by the hardhitting Hockin, and the exuberant Goodwin, who threw caution to the winds, and roused a small gallery of spectators to enthusiasm by their carefree and dashing cricket. A FINE PARTNERSHIP Quito the best innings of the match was Morspool’s half-century. It was an excellent blend of restraint and hard-hitting at loose balls. Horspool gavo no direct chance, and hit with great power on the leg side, besides bringing off some sparkling drives. Langridge was inclined to be rather stodgy at times, but he displayed a wider and freer selection of strokes since last season, and his 70 was worth at least a hundred by reason of the way he strengthened up the batting. He gave a hard chance to Taylor off Roy when about twenty, and another just before he was bowled, but otherwise it was a splendid innings. Hockin opened scratchily, but later on made some fine shots, his driving being well-timed and powerful. Goodwin and ClilTe, too, came to light in aggressive fashion when runs were badly needed. Ponsonby’s fielding was very erratic at times, but Monteith, McLeod and Fraser were brisk and good in the outfield. Smith, however, was Ponsonby's sheet anchor. He was never afraid to toss the ball right up to the batsmen, and give away a few boundaries, so long as he could get the man with the bat in a sufficiently reckless mood to swipe at him once too often. It was brilliant work by a player who may s £ mo of hi ® old-time vigour and dash, but who still has all the artistry. Details: GRAFTON First Innings HORSPOOL, c Finlayson, b Smith. .. 50 LANGRIDGE, b Smith 70 SALE, c Wheeler b Smith 15 ALLCOTT, b Roy 7 BANNISTER, b Smith 0 WALTERS, lbw, b Smith 0 HOCKIN, b Finlayson 37 SLOMA-X, c Snedden, b Smith .... 3 GOODWIN, c Finlayson. b Smith .. 21 CLIFFE. c McLeod, b Finlayson .... 22 ROWNTREE, not out 2 Extras .. 5 Total 232 Fall of Wickets.—l/S2, 2/114, 3/131, 4/149. 5/149 6/149, 7/167, 8/205, 9/213, 10/132. Bowling Analysis.—Roy, 1-SS; Snedden, 0-35; Finlayson, 2-44; Smith, 7-90. PONSONBY First Innings TAYLOR, b Allcott S McLKOD, not out 4 MONTEITH, not out 11 Extras 3 Total for one wicket .. 26

SUBURBS ALL OUT FOR 200 AGAINST EDEN SLOW START: BRIGHT FINISH The cricket displayed early in United Suburbs first innings against Eden qn the number two wicket at Eden Park on Saturday was painfully slow. Nineteen runs were up at the end of 25 minutes’ play, but quite a number of these consisted of easily earned boundFortunately, however, for the weary spectators, things livened up considerably in the latter stages of the innings when Hendy, Wetherill, and McLaren endeavoured with different measures of success, to force the pace. Bushill and Smith opened in a solid manner. Butler, particularly, of the bowlers, had to be watched carefully, and when Bushill opened out and sent him to the boundary he heralded his downfall, for two balls later he was caught by Mills. Kerr, who had something of a reputation after his fine knock over at Devonport in the previous match, was never happy, and returned to the pavilion without settling down. Things were looking black for the batting side when Martin and Hendy became associated. The former went for four, but the latter, after partnering Wetherill, ran up 17 before being caught behind off A. Weir. TWO FINE INNINGS Wetherill hit out merrily, showing teremendous power in his long shots, and lifting them over the line with all the ease of a man of twice his stature. His 38 included four fours, and one si?* and came at a stage when runs were desperately needed, and evidently, none too easy to get. Stotter poked round for eight, but with the advent of Leikis and McLaren, the good work begun by Wetherill was carried on. Ono of Butler’s overs at that stage of the game rendered. 18 runs, of which McLaren scored 14 (one six and two fours, the other four being four byes. The innings closed for just 200, and wnen stumps were drawn at 6 p.m. owing to rain, Mills and Postles, Eden's opening pair, were still together with 29 runs on the board. Butler, who in the early stages of the game especially, caused the batsmen no end of trouble, finished up with the best bowling average, four wickets for 46. Details: UNITED SUBURBS First Innings BUSHILL, c Mills, b Butler .... 11 SMITH D.. c and b Butler .. .. H KERR, b Butler 1 MARTIN, b Postles ’ * * ’ ’ a c McCarthy, b A. Weir .** 16 A\ ETHERILL, c Brooke-Smith, b A STOTTER, b A. Weir . " H *.*. % LEIKIS, c McCarthy, b Butler 19 McLAREN, b Mills 47 WEBSTER, b G. L. Weir !! 23 WILLIAMS, not out 1 Extras ' ig Total .. . 200 Fall of wickets: 1/27, 2/29, 3/40, 4/44, 5/79, 6/100, 7/121, S/125, 9/189, iO/200. Bowling: Butler, 4-46: G. Weir, 1-38; A. Weir, 3-44; Postles, 1-17; Mills, 1-30; Cooper, 0-17. EDEN First Innings MILLS, not out IS POSTLES, not out 31 Extras 0 No wickets for 29 DOWN THE GRADES SENIOR B GRADE Y.M.C.A. v. Papatoetoe.—Playing at Papatoetoe on Saturday, Y.M.C.A. won the toss, and electing to bat, Worth and Miller faced the bowling of Burnside and Kerr. Y.M.C.A. made 182 for six wickets (Worth 75, Sutherland 35 not out, and Paton 27). Bowling for Papatoetoe, Burnside 3-43, and Kerr 2-31. Eden v. Windmill.—Eden. first innings, 250 (Lawrie 153, Vivian 34). Bowling for Windmill, Wood, seven for 86. Windmill, first innings, 41 for no wickets (Watkins not out 29). Parnell v. Balmoral.—Parnell, first innings, 180 (Dow 43, W. Johnston 26, Luke 25, Murray 17, Smith 15, W. H. Johnston 20 not out). Bowling; Broberg 5-54, Berridge 3-39, Purcell 1-47. Balmoral, first innings, 103 for five wickets (Wright 34, Berridge 28, Broberg 13, Fulton 22 not. out). University v. Ponsonby.—Ponsonby, first innings: Lindfum, c Lunn, b Mason. 73; Kemp, c Stewart, b Waddingham, 7; Young, c McKean, b Waddingham, 3; C. Mills, b Hay, 36; J. Mills, b Mason, 18; Commons, b Hay, 4; Sellars, not out, 24; Gillespie, not out, 26; extras, 5. Total for six wickets, 196. Bowling: Mason, 2- Waddingham, 2-31; Hay, 2-67. THIRD GRADE Papatoetoe v. Eden.—Papatoetoe, first innings, 136 for five wickets, declared (Sanderson 50 not out, McFarland 31, Thompson 19 not out, Wotherspoon 14, Adams 11. Bowling for Eden, Howard, 4-56. Eden, first innings, 24 for one wicket (Reynolds 13 not out, Wakefield 9 not out). Birkdale v. Glebe.—Glebe, first innings, 102 (Moon 31, Gillam 25, Fisher 15, Jones 10). Bowling for Birkdale, R. Shepherd 3- France, sen., 3-3. Birkdale, first innings, 149. (B. Ireland 37, France, sen., 46, F. Cramp 11, E. Masters 18). Glebe, second innings, five wickets for 30 runs. Bowling for Birkdale, France, jun., 0-16; R. Shepherd, 3-5; F. Cramp, 1-8. A three-point win for Birkdale. University v. King’s.—University, first innings, 146 (Cooper 62, McVeagh 32, Utting not out 33). King’s, first innings, 128 for five wickets (Major 71, Andrews 29, Coles 10 not out). The match was drawn. Power Board v. Telegraph.—Power Board, first innings, 135 (Khesing 61, Goodman 20, McDonagh not out. Corringham 13). Telegraph, first innings, 119 (Stoupe 20, Shepherd 30. Forrest 17). Power Bdard won by 16 runs —a three-point win. W.Y.M.I. v. Point Chevalier.—W.Y.M.l. first innings, 236 (A. Lewis 57, W. Corney 45, S. Young 31, H. Chapman 21, D. Chapman 20, Kasper 15, Murray 12 not out). Bowling for Povyt Chevalier, Skinner four wickets, Wallis one, Westerman one, Morman one, Short one. Point Chevalier, first innings. 54 (Wallis 33 not out). Second innings, two wickets for one run. Bowling for W.Y.M.I. K. Scott 7-11. F. Chapman 3-18. G. Allen 1-8, PI. Chapman 1-6. W.Y.M.I. won by IS2 runs on the first innings—a three-point win. FOURTH GRADE Papatoetoe v. .Victoria.—Papatoetoe, First innings, 53 (Stokes 11 not out, Lambert 12, McCauley 7). Bowling for Victoria, Silver three wickets, Olsson two, PTeston one. McQuarry two. Second innings, 43 (Stokes 15, Firth 17, Cantell 2 not out). Bo’wling for Victoria, Me-

Quarry two wickets, Backlish two, Preston one, Silver one. Victoria, first innings, 124 (A. Ollsen 35, McQuarrie 21, C. Ollson 17, Griffiths 16). Bowling for Papatoetoe, White six wickets, Rankin three. Victoria won by an innings and 2S runs. Ponsonby v. Tamaki.—Ponsonby, first innings, 88 (Stuart 13, Thomas 21, Larsen 19). Second innings, 67 for seven wickets declared (Stuart 31). Bowling: Darwen five wickets, Ginders four. Strange three, Hurtton two. Tamaki, first innings, 64 (Strange 23, Hutton 13). Second innings, 28. . Bowling: Piesse 6-35, Thomas 8-35, Stuart 2-3. Ponsonby won by 63 runs. W.Y.M.I. v. King’s College.—W.Y.M.l.. first innings, 19 (C. Allen 10 not out); second innings 92 (J. Pankhurst 36, C. Allen 19, T. Ellison 14 not out. J. McGregor 11). Bowling for King’s, Handyside nine wickets, Stenson four, Smith two, Bruce one. King’s College, first filings, 123 for eight wickets (Handyside ii., 39, Haig 26, Brown vi. 24, Bruce 12) Bowling for W.Y.M.1., J. Pankhurst 3-63, W. McGregor 2-24, J. McGregor 1-17. King’s College won by an innings and 12

REPRESENTATIVE MATCHES PLAYERS CHOSEN TO PRACTISE Messrs. E. C. Beale, N. C. Snedden and W. J. Smeeton have chosen the following 1 17 players to practise, in vfew of the representative matches against Canterbury in Christchurch at Christmas time, and against Otago at New Year: Allcott, Anthony, Bowley, Cooper, Dunning, Frater, Oillespie, Hendy, Horspool, Lyon, Mills, Monteith. Player, Postles, Rowntree, Roy, G. L. W eir. Practices will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week, common •'•'-morrow evening. *v aver unable to make the trip must notify the ecretary of the AuckI and Cricket Association as soon as ossible. INSTITUTE’S BIG SCORE GAMES AT WELLINGTON Press Association WELLINGTON, Sunday. The Wellington cricket championship competition was continued yesterday. Midland, 211 (W. Baker 78, Hutchings I 42) won on the first innings against Hutt, 202 and 100 for three wickets. Institute made 248 for two wickets, declared (Dempster 144 not out, Foley 57 not out) against Petone, 137 and 110 for six wickets (Smallwood 50 not out). Wellington, 152 and 185 for six - wickets (Whyte 53) beat University, 108. Kilbirnie, 160 and 198, beat Old Boys. 137 and 48 for one wicket. PLAY AT CHRISTCHURCH C. OLIVER MAKES CENTURY Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. Fine weather prevailed for the cricket matches yesterday. St. Albans batted first against Old Boys and were all out for 137 (F. Woods 36). Merritt took six wickets for 73 runs. Old Boys lost six wickets for 173 (Harris 72. Burns 37 not out). Riccarton batted soundly against Linwood for 205 (Powell 78, A. W. Roberts 38). Bowling for Linwood Yates took four wickets for 43 runs, Strong two for 33. Linwood lost three wickets for 90 runs. Against Old Collegians Sydenham scored 385 for nine wickets (C. Oliver 146, Cunningham 34). Bruges took three wickets for 34 runs. West Christchurch, strengthened by J. Newman, the professional, scored 233 (Haynes 55, Booth 32, Hill 31, Newman 32). Tomlinson took three wickets for 53 runs, Jones three for 61. East Christchurch lost five wickets for 53. GALLAND’S DOUBLE CENTURY GOOD GAMES AT DUNEDIN Press Association DUNEDIN, Sunday. The cricket competition was continued yesterday in fine weather on good wickets. E" 1 ■ . " The feature of the day was a double century by Galland, the exOtago captain, playing for Grange against Albion. McCallan made 120 and Boyd 44, Grange’s total being 472 for eight wickets. The bowling of Eastman, captain of the >J[ Colts’ team, proved too good for Dunedin, who were dismissed tor 139 (Monk 64). Eastman took five wickets for 40 runs. Colts lost three wickets for 51. Carisbrook batted first against Old Boys and were all out for 133 (Douglas 46). H. C. Alloo took four wickets for 21. Old Boys lost four wickets for 87. CRICKET IN HAURAKI SELECTION OF TEAMS (From Our Own Correspondent) NGATEA, Sunday. The Hauraki Plains Cricket Association has adopted a new method of selecting its representative teams. A selector representing each affiliated club will submit a representative team arranged in order of merit to a sole selector, who will place the players according to the votes they thus receive. He will have a casting vote in the event of a tie. The team captains were appointed the district selectors, and Mr. T. McKay the scrutineer selector, with Mr. F. L. Wallis as deputy. The question of changing the system

of awarding championship points to that in use by the Auckland Association was advocated by Mr. C. Stretton, but was not adopted, it being agreed to award three points for a two innings win or a win by default, two points for a win on the first innings and one point to each team for a draw It was reported that the conference with the Thames Association to hear details of its amalgamation proposal had not yet taken place. The question of a longer programme j f club matches was deferred until the epresentative matches were arranged, and the secretary was instructed to endeavour to arrange matches as early as possible. A player who used abusive language to an umpire was suspended until he ipologised in writing. EIGHT WICKETS FOR 319 ENGLAND’S INNINGS MORE SAFE THAN BRILLIANT MATCH WITH AUSTRALIA (United P.A. —By Telegraph — Copyright) SYDNEY, Sunday. The cricket match England v. an Australian eleven was continued yesterday. There were 27,000 spectators, and the receipts totalled £2,300. The weather was perfect and the wicket in excellent condition. When stumps were drawn on Friday the Australians had been dismissed in their first innings for 231 runs, and the visitors had made 20 for no wickets. At the close of play yesterday, England had scored 319 for eight wickets. Sutcliffe (17) and Hobbs (2), England’s not-out men, resumed their innings. They batted soundly, off strokes predominating. When Sutcliffe had made 33 he swung one from Scott to deep square leg, but Morgan failed to hold the ball, which passed through his hands to the fence. LUCKY SUTCLIFFE Soon afterwards Sutcliffe had another life. He drove a ball from Nothling very hard to cover-point. Andrews fielded the ball beautifully, but his return went over the head of Oldfield, the wicket-keeper, when Sutcliffe was still outside the Grease. Almost immediately afterwards the batsman was taken at the wickets. Sutcliffe had batted 73 minutes for his 42 and had hit four fours and made many crisp strokes, especially to the off. It is admitted by Hobbs and Sutcliffe that the latter should have been given out when he had made two on the appeal made for a catch at the wickets. Hobbs was not very forceful, but ho was not stodgy. He is still showing neatness, especially in strokes past cover-point The third wicket fell at 112. Then Tyldesley joined Mead and they had raised the score to 230 at the tea adjournment. These two batsmen added 122 for the fourth wicket. Both played steadily and waited for the loose balls. SEVERAL BOWLERS TRIED Frequent changes were made in the bowling. Scot t, Hooker, Nothling, Bettington and Mcfrgan were all tried ineffectively, till Mead went out legbefore to Hooker- He had taken two hours to score 58 and had played steadily rather than brilliantly, though occasionally he put plenty of force into his drives off the slow bowlers, Bettington and Andrews. Tyldesley was the third man to be out leg-before. Like his colleagues, he was more safe than brilliant in his stay of 154 minutes at the wickets. His 69 included 10 fours. With the exception of Tate, who hit lustily and landed one ball into the women’s reserve, the other English batsmen did not perform strikingly. Hooker and Nothling were the 'best of the bowlers. Each kept a good length. The former turned the ball slightly from the off. Bettington improved after a weak start. The fielding was gooß and Oldfield’s wicket•oeping was brilliant Details of the scores are: AUSTRALIANS. First Innings. RICHARDSON, b White 24 HARRIS, b Larwood 19 ANDREWS, h Whits 39 JACKSON, c Geary, b Larwood . . . . 14 BRADMAN, not out 58 MORGAN, c Duckworth, b Tate . . . . 15 NOTHLING, c. Sutcliffe, b White .. 11 BETTINGTON, c Hendren, b Geary . 34 OLDFIELD, c Hendren, b Tate .... 9 SCOTT, c Hendren, b Larwood .... 5 HOOKER, c Larwood, b Tate .... 2 Extras . .. . . 1 Total 231 Bowling: Larwood, 3-80; Tate, 3-38; Geary. 1-65; White, 3-47. ENGLAND First Innings. HOBBS, Ibw, b Scott 5S SUTCLIFFE, c Oldfield, b Nothling . 42 JARDINE, b Bettington 6 MEAD, ibw, b Hooker US TYLDESLEY, Ibw, b" Nothling .... 69 HENDREN, b Hooker 4 LARWOOD, c Scott, b Nothling .. 10 TATE, not out 4ft WHITE, b Bettington 0 GEARY, not out Extras Eight wickets for 319 MELBOURNE GRADE GAMES BRISK BATTING BY WILLIS * MELBOURNE, Sunday. In the grade cricket matches, playing for Carlton against St. Kilda, Woodfull made 68, and Sutherland, not out, 87. Playing for Prahran against Fitzroy, Willis made 121 not out in 116 minutes. Playing for University against South Melbourne, Rigg made 106. Bowling for Melbourne against Collingwood, Ebeling took six wickets for 25. RIFLE SHOOTING CITY AND SUBURBS CLUB The final shoot in the first trophy series of the City and Suburban Rifleshooting Club was fired at 800 and 900 yards on Saturday. The wind varied from left to right, and possibly accounted for several clean targets during the afternoon, some of the best shots suffering, as well as juniors. The A grade trophy was won by Pieterson with an aggregate of seven points, Verrall and Clark, with six and four respectively, being next in order. M. H. Russell won the B grade easily with eight points. Cozens five, and Cutler four, being nearest. Clark and Russell won a spoon each, the latter counting his opponents out with a four bull finish at 900 yards. Results are: A Grade.—C. J. M. Clark, 46, 43—89; A J. Pieterson, 43, 45—88; A. T. Patrick, 42, 45—87; P. J. Pring, 39, 47—86; W. J. Verrall, 45, 39—84; W. H. Thompson, 40, 39—79, G. H. Hughes, 40, 36—76. L. T Cradock, 29, 45—74.

B Grade.—M. H. Russell, scr., 46, 45 — 91; L. F. Verrall, rec. 10, 46, 34—90; N. D. Porritt, rec. 4, 41, 45—90; G. P. Birks, rec. 6, 43, 41—90; H. W. Verrall scr., 39, 47—56; C. Peat, rec. 5, 45, 35—85; H. W Cozens, scr., 35, 36—71; G G Kelly, scr., 29, 40—69; A. Teo, rec. 15,’ 26, 24—65; J. Cutler, rec. 10, 25, 25—63. S. Griffiths and G. Long retired.