Suburban Notes

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 563, 16 January 1929, Page 13

Suburban Notes

The Harbour Board-Ellerslie ar Victoria-Glen Eden matches wei merely ordinary affairs. Len Martin’s score of 75 not 01 was one of the redeeming- features <

the Harbour Board

game. The bowling did not trouble Martin in anyway. Candy, Dunning and Turner all batted well to give the Board a simple win. Eller slie played patchily, and only seven men were sufficiently interested to stop to bat in the second innings.

Gedye batted well ,v,arim in this spell at the wickets. The game was a poor one.

r Phe Sussex professional, George Cox, stands out as Green Lane’s leading light. His influence on the general team work has been marked. lie took eight of Ponsonby’s wickets on Saturday afternoon at the slight cost of 61 runs, a sterling performance for a veteran player. Bob Innes was one of the few Ponsonby players to stand up to Cox’s attack for long, and lie scored 70 in really good style. Innes is one player on whom Ponsonby may rely for consistent showings. He has been one of the most useful batsmen this season. Green Lane had a second turn at the wickets, but the play was not of a serious nature. The innings merely served to reveal Cox as a run-getter of class. He scored 74 in faultless style before he was caught. Taken all round it was a satisfactory afternoon for Cox.

Victoria was not greatly troubled in winning from Glen Eden. In both innings, the Victorians showed to better advantage than their opponents, and the result was only to be expected. Glen Eden’s batsmen did rather better in the second innings, but even then they were well behind the winners in calibre. Clarke proved to be an able batter for the losers and he should bear watching in future games.

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illiams are establishing reputations as two uf Victoria’s, ablest batsmen, while Viscoe and McFarlane are always likely to hit up good scores. Victoria is now only one point behind Ponsonby in the competition, The new team’s rise has been steady. It has risen from third * grade to senior A ienomenal fashion.

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Apart from Cox’s bowling - no brilliant averages were returned. Mackie

(bowled well for Ponsonby against Green Lane and Matthews and Lawrence gave good service for Lllerslie. So Ponsonby has lost its position at | the head of the senior A competition m the Suburban Cricket Association. And the team which caused the change j was Green Lane, which occupies fourth ; place in the competition. The final ! stages of the Ponsonby-Green Lane j clash at the Domain on Saturday were interesting and the game was quite the best of the afternoon. Xo one expected Ponsonby to pass the Lane’s score of 237, but the Ponies’ hard fight for 195 runs was no surprise. The* change in the positions of the teams has made the competition more interesting. Yet the fact certainly remains that Green Lane was lucky in finding the Ponsonby bowling decidedly off colour when the big opening score was put up. But Green Lane, to be just, played sufficiently well in all departments to merit the most important win so far this season. CRICKET ON SATURDAY I . The draw in Suburban Cricket Association games on Saturday is: Second Grade.—Richmond v. Takanini, Takanini; F. J. Fawcett, Lid., v. New Lynn, Domain No. 13; Green Lane v. City Council, Domain No. 7; Invicta v. Otahuhu, Otaliuhu. Third Grade A.—Maungakiekie v. Gas Garage, Victoria Park; Otahuhu v. Richmond, Otahuhu; Kingsland v. Avondale, Grey Lynn Park; Edendale A v. Ellerslie. Domain No. 11. Third Grade B.—“ Herald” v. Auckland Meat Co., Domain No. OA; Richmond v. Manurewa, Outer Domain No. Royal Oak v. Glen Eden, .Victoria Park. Third Grade C. —Avondale v. N. R. Ambulance, Grey Lynn Park; Edendale B v. Oratia, Glen Eden No. 1: Ambury s v. 1,. D. Nathan’s, Outer Domain No. 4.