Two Centuries

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 591, 18 February 1929, Page 10

Two Centuries

BRISK SUBURBAN CRICKET Harbour's Huge Score A HUGE score of 44;» by Harbour Board against Glen Ede-i was the chief feature of the third series of matches i n the second round of City and Suburban cricket on Saturdav Bree.se and Candy each scored a century.

The three senior matches were j played on good wickets, and batsmen generally made a good showing. Harbour Board, leading Ponsonby by two points in the competition, has made its position practically sure by knocking up 449 in its first inninvb against Glen Eden. Two cento \ s were made in this match. 1

BEST BOWLING PERFORMANCES Manly (Victoria) 5-31 Anderson (Glen Eden) . . . . 3-46 Seccombe (Green Lane) . . 5-77 Cox (Green Lane) 4-79

BEST BATTING PERFORMANCES Breeze (Harbour Board) .. 160 Candy (Harbour Board) .. .. 106 Cooper (Ponsonby) 95 Matthews (Harbour Board) 77* Matthews (Ellerslie) 72 * Not out

tor 111. should have a flrco victory. st ln °iags Details: ELLERSUE First Innings. <; I: i* Y I-:. Ibv., b Seccombe hi KTUN, I;.. lb\*. b SevcwnbJ " ** 17 1 < LLIS, st C. Win. i. -• 4J* i AW!. \ MATTHEWK r c. Walls. b Seeccni ELLIOTT, b Sev combe . . GATES, c Llark. b Cox .. *• * WILLIAMS. , Watts, 1, <\ V McKEOWN st Watts, b Cox * BAXTER, rot out ” " ** - BURTON, H.. absent . . . J Extras " 'j Total Bowling.—Cox 4-79; SeccomU Wroath, 0-27. **» GREEN LANE First Innings. WATTS, C.. b Burton HUGHES, b Burton ** ** * WROATH. b Matthews SEt’COMBE, b Burton '' " COX, o McKtown, b Hollis WATTS, E.. not. out . ” j; COLE, not out !* ! B:stras "jl JUNIOR MATCHES Senior B Grade Harbour Board v. Chelsea.—Harbour Board: First innings, 254 for eight wick, ets declared (Armstrong 36. Fiirraat 16 C. Williams 101 retired, Jaquiery 15 Douglas 45 not out. F. Turner 13). BowU ing: Harkin four, Blundell thr« : e. Chu. sea: First innings, 74 (Blunde 1 2l'noon t. Moor 10, Fla veil 14). Bowling: v' Williams, 2-16; Jaquiery. 4-31: C. Wi]! liams, 2-15. Second innings, 87 for u(Blundell 33 not. out. Flavell 18, Speed Williams 10). Bowling: \\ WiDlarii’ 3-21; Learning. 2-19. Harbour Boa*i won by 180 runs on the first innings. Second Grade Fawcett, Ltd., v. Invicta.—Fawee; Ltd.: First innings, 58 (Axon H nor or' Robinson 12. Skeen 12). Bowli ig: Stone’ four wickets: Hudson three, Cheesrran three. Invicta: First innings, 29 (Melhr< 12). Bowling: Skeen six wickets, A\n* three. Fawcett, Ltd., won by 29 runs, a two-point win. Fifth Grade Belmont Reohabites v Richmond - Belmont Rechabites: First inings, & (Yarnton 22, V. Dixon 16, McLeod 12 - out, Adams 10, M. Dixon 10). Sec innings. 26. Bowling: Donald tight w: .. ets, Williamson five, Hanna six. R: - mond: First innings, 67 (Hann 30, V* rail 12). Second innings, 30 for wickets (Hanna 14). Bowling: Yarn* - eight wickets Adams six. Belmont Rechabites won by 17 runs on the first innings. Results in Dunedin Press Association DUNEDIN, Saturday. The cricket competitions were eertinued to-day under favourable conditions. A strong sdfith-westerly wind made l play both uncertain and unpleasant, hr. i big scoring was the order of the dav. ; Dunedin made 357 for nine wickets (Monk 106, Ritchie 82. Claridge 58) at; linst Colts | Monk and Ritchie added 183 for the | second wicket. Eastman took four wiefc- . ets for 72. Oarisbrook scored "14 for nir.e ! wickets against Old Boys (Blunt 122 i. Moloney took three wickets for 30. Granp* | made 409 against Albion (Eln es 164. Mj Mullan 70). Shepherd took f;.ur wickets for 93.

RIFLE SHOOTING The first round in the fourth trophy series of the City and Suburban Rifl‘ Club was fired last Saturday under roegt conditions at 800 and 900 yards. Seven promising scores were ruined by sudder changes of wind. They were unreadaU and the aggregates for the day w--very low. The three top n:en in eac* grade take three, two and one poir'; respectively, and spoons w* ; re won 1' J. A. Spry and H. W. Verrall. Results:— A Grade.—R. C. Russell. 44. 41—S' •T. A. Spry, 49, 36—85; P. J Pring. 1 39—Si; W. H. Thompson, 41, 42—A3: C -T. W Clark, 42, 41—S3: G. H. 38, 44—82; H. J. Verrall, 41. —SO; ‘ T. Pa trick, 37. 41—78; A. J. Pieterson, ‘ 33—76; H. Hollingwood, 32, 35 67. B Grad.*.—H W. Verrall (3), 12, 45-' I. Spry (3). 44. 41—88; G. G. Kelly C 44, 39—85; T. Flovd 6) 39, 38—8 S; 1 Long (11 ). 34, 31—76; H. W Cozer.= fl 41, 27—72; S. Griffiths (6), 11, 3«—56. THAMES DEFENCE CLUB Shooting at the Thames Def’t Rifie Club range on Saturday, Rtf • man L. Pearson won the Birch O for the second consecutive time. Rtf man R. Cameron also has two legs The third and final win must be w from scratch On Saturday the var ing light made visibility hard, and t shooting was not up to standard. R u suits:—

VARSITY MARKSMEN (United P.A. —By Telegraph — Copy™* SYDNEY. Sunda? The annual rifle shooting coinpß* tion for the Albert trophy etv ' .. the universities of the and of New Zealand was held V e = ! ... day. Sydney University won record score of 1,408 points. Australia was second with 1.347. Melbourne ihird with 1.1.31 points. . came South Australia. 1.240: AueK . University College. 1.182: 1,149; Victoria College. Welim* 1.147: Tasmania. 1.079. p. The top-scorer of the niaten . Powell (Sydney) with 185 points of a possible 20Q. SOCCER IN BRITAIN (Australian, and X.Z. Press (United l’A.—By Telegraph —<-OPI/ LONDON. In an international amateur A ciation match at Brighton, jlk drew with Wales, one goal o! < game was played in fine a hard, snow-covered roU *A’ tor£ an attendance of 5,000 spec (oT tlk Th results in the matche. r . Association Cup were: —Bea . v Aston Villa., 3: HuddersfieiaCrystal Palace. 2; Swindon. y- ! wich Arsenal, 0; West ter . r bion, G, v. Bradford. 0; I " clt^" s /■ Bolton. 2: Black >urn R° v ' e v Ti | Bury. 0; Bournemouth. ut fc 1* [Ham. 1; Chelsea, 1, v.

2no SCO Handivds. vds- cap- T L- Pearson .. 4 2 4 0 8 • A. E. Pearson 45 41 2 - J. Hoole 38 35 15 ; B. Wilson . . 37 35 15 s J. Morrison .43 38 4 J. Donnelly .. 35 31 15 R. Cameron ro 41 scr. '■ P. Trebilcook . 38 3 C. Young .... 30 15 ’