EDEN-PARNELL GAME ENDS IN A DRAW

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 579, 4 February 1929, Page 10

EDEN-PARNELL GAME ENDS IN A DRAW

MILLS UNDEFEATED FOR 129

A polished century by the Auckland . and New Zealand batsman, J. E. Mills, ] was the chief feature of Eden’s first c ~ innings on Saturday when it attempted, - unsuccessfully, to overhaul Parnell’s j first effort. Parnell continued at the crease for J the first half-hour of the afternoon’s • play, taking its score to 385 for seven i wickets. Anthony, who had 105 against . his name the previous week, added ten more before being dismissed. Eden therefore had three and a-half : hours in which to make the runs neces- , sary for a three-point win, but from 1 the beginning their chance was only a remote one. Mills took Weir out with him to open, so that a good start was expected. It was even said on the stand that no club in New Zealand had a better opening pair. Runs came more freely than usual from the Eden men, and although Weir did not last long, Gillespie, who followed him. soon settled down to carry on the good work. GILLESPIE’S BRIGHT DISPLAY He played even brighter cricket than his captain, but did not long survive the tea adjournment. Whelan, appearing particularly high up in the batting list, returned to the pavilion with two to his account. Postles and Alison Weir had j_st forced their ways into double figures, when they were out, the former through hitting his wicket. All this time Mills alone kept his "wicket intact, with the runs mounting quickly —but hardly fast enough to get Eden there in time. To make matters worse, rain descended at 6 o’clock, and stumps had to be drawn for the day shortly after. A. G. (Doc.) Aitken was the most successful of the Parnell bowlers, taking two wickets for 63. In tb«* early part of the innings he was really dangerous, getting Weir and Gillespie out. McCoy and Duncan took one wicket each. Details: PARNELL First Innings. HAY, c McCarthy, b G. Weir 8.1 WHITELAW, cG. Weir, b Postles . . 27 DUNCAN, c McCarthy, b Butler .... 21 McCOY, b Cooper 12 ANTHONY, c Gillespie, b G. Weir . . 115 TURBOTT, lbw, b Whelan 49 KISSLING, b Butler 23 ’ STEHR, not out 11 1 VON ROTTER, not out 13 ; Extras 35 • Seven wickets (dec.) for 387 1 Bowling.—G. Weir, 2-70; Butler, 2-125; l Postles, 1-22; Mills, 0-34; Cooper, 1-53; A. Weir, 0-24; Whelan, 1-19; Brooke--1 Smith, 0-5. 1 EDEN . First Innings. 5 MILLS, not out '129 , G. WEIR, c Turbott, b Aitken 22 , GILLESPIE, c Von Rotter, b Aitken..s7 1 WHELAN, b McCoy 2 3 A. WEIR, run out 12 POSTLES, hit wicket, b Duncan .... 11 . BROOKE-SMITH, not out 28 t Extras 12 r Five wickets for 273 Bowling.—Aitken, 2-63; McCoy, 1-98; J Kissling, 0-34; Anthony, 0-38; Duncan, 1 1-16; Hay, 0-12.

DOWN THE GRADES Senior B Grade Papatoetoe v. Shore Colts Shore Colts, first innings 82 (Jay 31, Woolley 13, Jackson 11, Simson 10). Bowling for Papatoetoe, E. Burnside 7-30, Valentine 2-20, Kerr 0-28. Papatoetoe, first innings 162 (Winks 37, Leighton 33, Rankin 28, Burnside 21, P. Swaffield 12). Bowling for Shore Colts, Cowie 3-42, T. Smith 2-32. Short Colts, second innings 103 (Jay 42, Long 22, T. Smith 16, Woolley 12, Bishop 2 not out). Bowling for Papatoetoe, Bright 5-38, Valentine 3-15. Papatoetoe, second innings 33 (Leighton 8 not out, Winks 8 not out). Bowling for Shore Colts, T. Smith 2-9. Cowie 0-20. University v. Windmill University, first innings 114, second innings 171 (Hudson 32, Pearson 31, McDougall 31, Hately not out 31). Biwling; Stewart 5-56, Clark 3-66. Windmill, first innings 271 (Clarke 87, Stewart 75, Obren 24, Cox 21). Bowling: Simpson 5-45, Clarke 3-SS, McDougall 2-32. Second innings, 19 for four wickets. Bowling: Simpson 2-5, Clarkson 2-5. Windmill won by six wickets. Y.M.C.A. v. Parnell—Y.M.C.A.. first innings 120, second innings 62 (Riddolls 19). Bowling: Singleton 4-24, Bell 2-24, Lewis 3-2. Parnell, first innings 191 (Badeley 26, Murray 16, Dow 21, Lewis 67 not out). Bowling: Riddolls five wickets. Parnell won by an innings and 9 runs—a fourpoint win.

Second Grade Parnell A v. Grafton—Grafton, first innings 94, second innings S2 (Dykes 26). Bowling: Kelly 4 wickets, Kenny 2, Cock 2. Parnell, first innings 71, second innings 100 (Kelly 24 not out, Cock 20, Kenny 18, Brown 11). Bowling: Snedden 3 wickets, Stone 3. Grafton won by 5 runs—a four-point win. Parnell B v. Western Springs—Western Springs, first innings 96, second innings 59. Parnell, first innings 105, second innings 60 for four wickets (Walker 10, Fulton 17, Stehr 12 not out). Parnell won by seven wickets—a four-point win. Western United v. Balmoral —Balmoral, first innings 81 (Seaton 19, Barber 16, Johnson 12). Bowling: Donaldson 5-18, Goldfinch 4-29, Raethel 0-19. Second innings, 79 (May 39, Barber 11). Bowling: Rapthel 2-4, Goldfinch 2-13, Whimster 2-39, Donaldson 1-17. Western United,'

first innings 112 (Donaldson 44, W. Gillam 36). Bowling: Young 4-23. Second innings, 88 for two wickets (Donaldson 27 not out, Smith 26, W. Gillam 17 not out). Western United won by eight wickets—a four-point win.

Third Grade W.Y.M.I. v. Power Board—W.Y.M.l., first innings, 152 (W. Woods 31, R. Kasper 30. D. Chapman 17, W. Corney 15, W. Murray 22). Bowling for Power Board, Wilson 6 wickets, Strong 3 wickets. Power Board, first innings 39 (A. Strong 11, Wilson 12). Bowling for W.Y.M.1., W. Corney 6-20, H. Chapman 2-11, K. Scott 1-6. W.Y.M.I. won by 113 runs on the first innings. Western Springs v. Aotearoa—Western Springs, first innings 63 (Timmins 38 not out, Cooke 11). Bowling for Aotearoa, Davison 5-16, Enevoldson 2-3, Bowles 2-12, Dixon 1-20. Aotearoa, first innings, 62 (Ivnobbs 25, Davison 13). Bowling for Western Springs, Ratcliffe 5 wickets, Cooke 2, McGarthe 3. Western Western Springs, second innings 90 (declared) (Ratcliffe 62 not out, Cooke 2L). Bowling for Aotearoa, Davison 1 wicket, Enevoldson 2, Dixon 1. Aotearoa, second innings 95 for four wickets (Davison 60 not out, McDonald 10). Bowling for Western Springs, second innings 90 (de--2 Aotearoa won by six wickets and 3 runs—a four-point win. Papatoetoe v. Eden—Eden defaulted. Fourth Grade

Papatotoe v. Swanson —Swanson, first innings 42 (Thorpe 12, Murphy 12, Ryan 10). Bowling for Papatoetoe, McKenzie 2-15, White 1-16, Gubb 3-5, Docherty 0-0. Papatoetoe, first innings 116 (White 27, Wotherspoon 25, Firth 19, Rankins 12, McKenzie 9). Bowling for Swanson, Thorpe 2-32, Ryan 5-31, Buchanan 2-27, M. Constable 0-15, B. Constable 0-11. Swanson, second innings 28 (Thorpe 5, Murphy 4). Bowling for Papatoetoe, WTiite 3-13, McKenzie 3-4, Wotherspoon

W.Y.M.I. v. Kingsland—W.Y.M.l., first innings 3S (Thornley 25), second innings *-8 (W. McGregor 11). Bowling for Kingsland, Wildman 12 wickets, Chambers 4. Kingsland, first innings 137 (Burke 35, Wildman 2S, Maiming 16, Woolloxhall 18). Bowling for W.Y.M.1., W. McGregor 2 wickets, J. MacGregor 6’, R. Thornley 2. Kingsland won bv an innings and 71 runs.

CRICKET AT WELLINGTON

POSITION OF TEAMS I Press Association WELLINGTON, Sunday. A sharp shower of rain about two o’clock yesterday afternoon made the wickets easy when play in the cricket championship competition was continued, but batsmen were puzzled by the varying pace of the balls. Old Boys, 346, beat Wellington. 92 and 119 for nine wickets. Kilbirnie, 409 (W. J. K. Christopherson 117, S. Ward 112) beat Institute, 328. Hutt, 322 runs for six wickets, drew with University, 249 for seven wickets (R. H. C. Mackenzie 94). Petone, 174 and 117, beat Midland, 141 (Baker 55) and 65 for two wickets. For Midland Baker took six wickets for 41 runs, and for Petone Brice five for 56. The positions on the championship table are: Wellington, 13 points; Old Boys. 11; University, 11; Midland, 10; Institute, 8; Kilbirnie, 7; Petone, 7; Hutt, 6.

PLAY AT DUNEDIN

Press Association DUNEDIN, Sunday. The senior cricket matches were played in beautiful weather yesterday. Against Carisbrook Albion scored 240 (Caskie 63, McCallum 54, Silver not out 52). Douglas took four wickets for 33 runs. Carisbi’9ok had compiled ‘4O runs without loss when stumps were drawn. Colts were dismissed by Grange for 126 (Eastman 37, Miller 26). Lenn took five wickets for 38 runs and Galland four for 28. Grange has lost two wickets for 16. Old Boys occupied the wickets all the afternoon against Grange, compiling 329 for five wickets. G. R. Dickinson gave a chanceless display for 123. Harraway scored 70 not out and Gale 54.

G. Dickinson

CHRISTCHURCH RESULTS

Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. The senior cricket competition was resumed yesterday in ideal weather. Against Riccarton Bast Christchurch made 316 (Kennedy 110), Riccarton made 27 runs for the loss of two wickets. Old Collegians made 143 and Old Boys 164 for seven wickets. For Old Boys Merritt took eight wickets for 66 runs. In the match with Sydenham West Christchurch made 182 and Sydenham had made 62 for six wickets when stumps were drawn. St. Albans made 157 (Crawford 69) against Linwood, who have scored 55 runs without loss.

GIRLS’ ASSOCIATION

HOCKEY TEAM’S SUCCESS

The Auckland Girls’ Cricket Association played a series of matches at Remuera on Saturday, four clubs placing teams in field. Hockey Association had no difficulty in beating Y.W.C.A. L. Blakey, captain of the hockey girls, hit up a capital 55, and R. Allison and H. Clark each reached the thirties. For Y.W.C.A., J. Burkill took seven for 38. Y.W.C.A. replied with 44, J. Burkill scoring 16. H. Frayling, 3-12, and M. Hutton-Whitelaw, 2-8, were the most successful bowlers.

Grammar Old Girls made 51 for three wickets against Technical Old Girls. G. Gebbie scored 17 and I. MeConkey 16 not out. Technical was dismissed for 17.