EDEN ON TOP

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 603, 4 March 1929, Page 10

EDEN ON TOP

The day was one of close finishes, I k*'en interest being manifested in all x matches at Eden Park right up till the ( end. Ponsonby was up against it almost from the beginning, whereas Parnell further increased its big handicap by losing several of its best bats very cheaply. \ < Jarrard, 101, scored the only century t of the afternoon, while other good inn- t ings were played by Aitken, 74, and 1 Snedden, 45. * SHORE’S EASY WIN SUBURBS FOLLOW ON AFTER DREARY DISPLAYj Although the Suburbanites had an hour's more baiting time in which to overtake Shore’s innings of 305 they made no attempt to win, but resumed batting on Saturday with a futile attempt to dig in for the whole of the afternoon and split the points. The result was deadly dull batting until the tail wagged wildly for a few minutes. Suburbs following on 168 in arrears and put more life into the game, Shore notching a three-point win on the first innings. r PROUBLE started early for Suburbs, 1 when Leikie arid Webster resumed after scoring nine far no wickets in half-an-hour’s batting the previous Saturday, Webster playing across a straight one from H. T. Webb without further scoring. Lonergan had only scored three when he was beaten by a leg spinner from the 3ame bowler. Rush ill and Leikis took an hour to add ‘MI. when Bush ill, after a “life” off H. Webb, was skittled by a swinger from Player. Hendry pottered about for half-an-hour in a style quite foreign to him. before Coates crashed a fast one past his defence. LEIKIS—SLOW-MOTION EXPERT Stotter was the next digger and seemed well entrenched when Saunders took the bails off with an unexpected “dolly drop,” and a welcome break for afternoon tea found Suburbs with 79 runs on after two and a-half hours’ desperate digging. After tea Martin was too late in pulling his bat away from a leg ball and was held by Gerrard at silly leg. Kerr dragged over the crease in trying to smother a teaser from Saunders, and was smartly stumped by Scott. Then the lanky Leikis’s end came at long last, with a shooter from Coates. The tall Suburbanite had oceupieC the crease for three hours, making the amazing total •>f 33, composed of seven two’s and 19 singles. If there is a trophy this season for the finest endurance test Leikis should be an easy winner. All seven two’s were loudly cheered, and the batsman received a dubious ovation as he returned. McLaren makes merry McLaren, who followed, shocked the somnolent spectators by pasting four boundaries off Saunders’s first over, and then smacking two from Coates’s next over before dying gloriously in skating for a run which was not there. The contrast between Mac’s 24 in two overs and Leikiss 24 in two hours was generously applauded by the “bankers.” Overthrows to the boundary helped We the rill and Williams to add a final kick, and Suburbs went down defeated by 168 runs as a result of the peculiar tactics adopted. Following on the United men showed what they could do, and after Wetherill and Martin had started well, Hendy

and Kerr gave a glimpse of their true j form by free hitting all round the , wicket. 110 appearing for the loss of \ three wickets after an hour’s batting | The Shore fielding was good in parts. 1 1 the clean gathering and smart, accur- ’ ate returning of Don Webb being an * outstanding feature, while Scott gave ’ a very finished display at the wicket. Details:— < SHORE < First innings 305 1 SUBURBS First Innings. j WEBSTER, b H. T. Webb 5 j LUNERGAN, b M. T. Webb 3 , RUSHILL, c Gerrard, b Player .... 11* , HENDY. b Coates 7 1 STOTTER, b Saunders 7 < LEIKIS. b Coates 3:’. MARTIN, o Gerrard, b Saunders .... «; j KERR, st Scott, b Saunders .. .. n WETHERILL, not out 16 j : McLaren, run out 24 WILLI A MS, b Coates Extras :* | Total 137 i Fall of wick 2/1 5, 3 16, I 60, 7. 73, 6 81. 7 S 3. S S 7. 9'119, 10 137 Rons ling: H. T. W ebb. 2-16; Coates. ’•-42; Player, 1-14; Saunders. 3-50; D. Webb. 0-10. Second Innings W ETHERILL. c Naismith, b L>. Webb 20 .McLaren. St Scott, b Saunders 3 .MARTIN, lbw. b Saunders 17 HENDT. not out 40 KERR, not out 30 Extras 0 Three wickets for 110 Rowling; Saunders 2-30: D. Webb. I 1-40; Frater, 0-16; J. Bush, 0-24. Y.M.C.A. DEFEATS PARNELL Slumping badly, and then making a ; brilliant recovery again, Parnell carried too few guns to catch Y.M.C.A.’s big first innings’ score of 378, at Eden | Park on Saturday. The Parnellites’ chances of getting there were never very bright, even when they had 10 wickets to fall, but it is a great testimony to the kick of the tail that it went within 65 runs of that goal when most of the opening batsmen had failed. Hay went lbw to the first Ek ball he received from Bowley, while ■ Duncan, after putting on 14, was run H mu through over-keenness. Whitelaw ■ save the side's supporters some hope j ■ by playing in his usual faultless style. | the dismay when he had his I l<?g pin lifted out by Lyon. McCoy |

A.C.A. Leaders Badly Beaten PARNELL’S BIG EFFORT RISING to the occasion in a spectacular fashion Eden demonstrated its superiority to Ponsonby on Saturday by scoring a most decisive three-point win over the competition leaders, and thereby drawing level with them at the head of the A.C.A. championship table. Langton, the diminutive bowler, who, a fortnight ago, routed Grafton, was chiefly responsible for Ponsonby s poor showing. Three-point wins were also scored by Y.M.C.A., North Shore and Grafton.

Kid a short blit care-free stay, during which he gave three unaccepted catches. ANTHONY TO THE RESCUE Anthony alone showed any signs of j. prolonged sojourn at the wicket. The veteran of nigh on a quarter of a century in the game played with all the dash and vigour which one expected, but did not find in the colts of the side. He reached 40 at the rate of over a run a min- ! ute, and had half a century to his credit in under an hour. It was he who broke the back of the attack arid made way for the mighty smiter, Aitken. who was later to top Anthony’s score of 50. Aitken appeared surprisingly high in the batting order, but it was soon seen that he. meant to justify his promotion. The now tiring bowling of Bovvley, Lyon, Klliott and Riddolls was flogged mercilessly by “Hoc,’ who if somewhat unorthodox in his ways, I was putting the runs on at a tremendous pace. Nine fours and one six ! came his way before Y.M.C.A. saw the i last of him, caught by Bowley off I Hlliott for 74.

A PROUD FATHER The proudest man on the ground on Saturday afternoon was “Doc” Aitken’s father. One of the keenest followers of the game in Auckland, Mr. Aitken senr. watched the game throughout, and nearly wept for joy as his son carted the bowling all over the ground. Stehr asssited Aitken by putting on 30 runs, while Turbott was 24 not out at stumps.. Bowley, taking five wickets for 134, was the most successful bowler. He came off very well early in the in-

nings, but received little assistance from the other bowlers, during the trying stages later in the day. Details:— PARNELL First Innings HAY, lb\v, b Bowley 5 , WHIT EL AW, b Lyon 19 DUNCAN, run out 14 ANTHONY c Elliott, b Bowley .. 53 McCOY, lbw, b Lyon 24 KISSLING, b Bowley 29 AITKEN, c Bowley, b Elliott .. .. 74 STEHR, st Stall-worthy, b Bowley .. 30 VON HOTTER, c Lyon, b Bowley .. 17 TXJRBOTT, not out 24 GOODSIR, b Riddolls 5 Extras 19 Total 313 Bowling: Bowley, 5-134; Lyon, 2-88: Elliott, 1-51; Riddolls, 1-21. Y.M.C.A. First Innings I Total for eight wickets (declared) . . 378 EDEN TROUNCES PONSONBY Playing on the heath where two years ago they demonstrated their undoubted superiority to anything else in the competition, the Eden men on ! Saturday revived again the faded lustre of their name by routing, in a manner which could hardly have been more conclusive, the leaders of this season’s competitions, Ponsonby. There were many who shook their heads when Mills announced his unexpected decision to put Ponsonby in with Eden only 281 on for eight wickets. And the doubting Thomases had good reason to shake their heads, for Ponsonby batsmen have put up some big scores this season. But Mills was gambling on one man —Langton—and that man was to cover himself and his side in glory before the day was over. THE PROCESSION BEGINS The first hour’s play nearly sent the stand to sleep, so painfully slew was it on a sultry summer afternoon, j But although Ponsonby perhaps did | not even then know it. a desperate | battle was on. When all was moving slowly, but it was thought surely, along came one of those sensational turns in the tide with which cricket abounds. Three balls from Mills saw two men on the homeward trail, with the total only 2G. Thus the procession began, and with the exception of an eighth wicket partnership by Sneddon and Cleverley, continued at regular intervals throughout the innings. Smith was given out to a half- : hearted appeal for a catch in the slips, and although the batsman himself was satisfied, it was a very doubtful decision. McLeod, solid as a lighthouse, was a thorn in Eden’s

POSITION OF TEAMS The following table shows the positions of the teams in the senior A grade championship of the Auckland Cricket Association’s competitions:

.side for a time, but even he fell be- 1 fore the wily Langton. Wheeler, ; Fraser, Warneford and Roy were all ! cleaned up for exceedingly modest t scores. SNEDDEN RISES TO IT Dead hopes were brought to life again for another feeble flicker when , Snedden and Cleverley became associ- \ ated. The side’s veteran captain ob- j viously did not relish Langton to be- , gin with. One ball beat him all the | way. The next he endeavoured to swing for a six, but no, the elusive leather was not to be caught so easily. Summing up all the experience which -0 years in big cricket brings, Snedden, with a determined look and eager wrists, rose and hooked the third ball through the stand gates. From then on he faced the bowliifg like the great captain he is, as the last rock between Eden and the the shore of victory. Rising to heights he banged several more fours off Langton and had 43 to his credit when disaster came. Cleverley backed his captain up well, and played a slashing innings for 21 not out. Classed by one of the umpires of the game as the best bowler he had seen in action this season, Langton certainly deserved his average of 6 for 43. Breaking both ways, flighting the ball deceptively, and bowling with an action which conceals the ball, Langton fairly routed the Pony tail-enders. Most of them were completely at sea facing him. To do them justice they got very little chance of playing the ball. Many bowlers have sprung with dramatic suddenness on to the arena of cricket, and almost as suddenly j faded out again. But in Langton there j is every evidence of a Grimmett in ! the making. Details: PONSONBY First Innings McLEOD, b Langton 22 GL'INEY, b Mills 11 MONTEITH, c McCarthy, b Mills .. 0 SMITH, c Whelan, b Langton .. .. 4 SNEDDEN, b Langton 45 LENDRCJM, c G. Weir, b Mills .... 4 FRASER, b Langton 3 WHEELER, b Langton 0 WARNEFORD, c and b Langton . . 3 CLEVERLEY, not out 21 ROY, b Butler 8 Extras 14 Total 135 Bowling—Langton, 0-34; Mills, 3-33; Butler, 1-17; G. Weir, 0-20; A. Weir, 0-S. EDEN First Innings j Total for 8 wickets (dec.) 281 Second Innings BUTLER, b McLeod 29 McCarthy, b McLeod i COOPER, c Warneford, b Guiney . . f> LANGTON, run out 3 VIVIAN, not out 5 Extras .*.* 0 Four wickets for 44 Bowling—Guiney, 1-4; McLeod, 2-35; Warneford, 0-2; Monteith, 0-3. VARSITY SKIPPER KNOCKS UP SPLENDID CENTUARY

GRAFTON’S GOOD FIELDING On it flint-hard pitch with an outheld almost entirely denuded of green, Varsity opened its reply to Grafton’s fust innings score of 2GO, compiled the previous Saturday. The heat during the day was most enervating and was only aggravated uy a warm breeze. Consequently, the innings was not exactly sparkling, yet on the other hand, it was not dull The batsmen tried hard all the afternoon, and it was only the splendid fielding of Grafton that kept the runs down. Allcott caused Garrard no small measure of uneasiness when bowling from the Jvingsland end. lie chanced upon a convenient patch and his bowling, pitched far enough out of the batsman’s reach to prevent him getting over them, had a tendency to come up fast. The Varsity captain, however, played back to them and met each one flat-footed; his refusal to be enticed out to them kept his wicket standing. A SOLID INNINGS

At times Garrard became vigorous and it was during these spasms that he kept adding to his score. Allcott at last sent him away with a good ball that had him all the way. His 101 was a pleasing addition to Varsity’s score.

Gee was going well when he mistimed one from Horspool. Bush’s strokes were nicely executed and his shots well placed but seldom vigorous, it was his speed between the wickets that was largely responsible for his 21. What appeared as‘if it was going to be his best shot was held by a substitute off Horspool. Bush could be excused perhaps for lifting it the trifle he did, as the opening was most inviting. It was the speed and sure hands of the substitute that upset his plans.

A youthful, hard-hitting and enterprising batsman is Doug. Lunn. Filled with a sublime confidence he stands up to, and punches away, the very best that Langridge, Horspool and Allcott can send down. He has a late cut that is a gem and this, together with his crisp cover shots, helped to make up. his score of 17. In his confidence —which, incidentally, should take him part of the journey in senior cricket—he became a trifle cheeky and ran himself out from a stroke that should have been ignored. Grafton’s fielding was worthy of every commendation. Every position responded well to the placements of the bowlers, and the running and returns earned the respect of the batsmen very early in the afternoon. Walters in particular caught the eye with his smart single-actioned returns. Rowntree was absent, his place being taken by Hoclcin, who, incidentally, displayed no mean ability with the gloves. Burbidge (Varsity) fielded as substitute for Grafton. Matheson was absent, Varsity thus batting a man short. At the close of play the wearers of the blue blazers found themselves with 225 runs, which amount left them 35 short of the opponent’s effort. Grafton thus secured a three-pointer. Details: GRAFTON First Innings 260 VARSITY First Innings PEARSON, lbw, b Langridge 20 GARRARD, b Allcott 101 SCHNAUER, b Allcott ? GEE, c and b Horspool SMEETON, c and b Allcott lo McDOUGALL, b Allcott 0 BESET c sub., b Horspool - 1 LUNN, run out BROWN, not out £ HI'RBTDGE, b Horspool ■? MATHESON (absent) 0 Total 225 Bowling: Allcott. 4-71: Horspool. 3-28; Langridge. 1-62; Goodwin, 0-41. DOWN THE GRADES SENIOR B GAMES University v. Y.M.C.A. —University: First innings, 265. Y.M.C.A.: First innings Carson, run out. 12; Raton, t> Clarkson. 10; Abrim, c Hudson, b Wells, 12; | Uiddols, b Clarkson, 26; Worth, c Wilson, [b

BEST PERFORMANCES WITH BAT AND BALL BATTING Garrard (University) 101 Aitken (Parnell) 74 Anthony (Parnell) 53 Snedden (Ponsonby) 45 BOWLING Langton (Eden) 6-43 Bowley (Y.M.C.A.) 5-134 Allcott (Grafton) 4-71 Horspool (Grafton) 3-28 ! Mills (Eden) 3-33 Coates (North Shore) .. .. 3-42

4; Smith, c Hudson, b Wells, 11; Kemp, c Gillett, b Simpson, 7; Gorrie not out, 17; Cato, b Simpson, 0; Dow, c Hudson, b Simpson, 10; extras, 39; total, 235. Bowling for University: Simpson, 4-51; Wells, 2-24; Clarkson, 2-44. University won by 27 runs—a three-point win. Eden v. Y.M.C.A. —Eden: First innings, 387 (G. D. Laurie 124). Ponsonby: First innings, Warneford, b Pliillpotts, 33; Hoare, c Bennett b Phillpots, 6; Kelly, lbw, b Hintz, 12; Sellars, b Boardman, 57; J. Mills, b Gillespie, 0; Commons, c. Laurie, b Gillespie, 16; Lendrum, c Poeppel, b Boardman, 1; Clarke, c Peoppel, b Gillespie, 6; C. Mills, not out. 0; F. Gillespie, b Boardman, 0; O. Kemp, b Boardman, 0; extras, 10; total, 141. Bowling analysis: Boardman, 4-37; Gillespie, 3-29; Pliillpotts, 2-44; Hintz, 1-21; Second innings, Warneford, c Bennett, b Boardman, 11; C. Mills b Gillespie, 1; Sellars, c Boardman, b Gillespie, 11; Hoare, b Gillespie, 26; Commons, c Philpotts, b Hintz, 48: Kelly, c Harrop, b Peoppel, 11; Clarke, c Phillpotts, 0; Kemp, b Phillpotts, 0; extras, 5; total, ■ 151. Bowling: Hintz, 3-17; Gillespie, 3-36; | Phillpotts, 2-39; Boardman, 1-16; Poeppel, 1-18; Aickin, 0-18. Eden won by an innings and 95 runs, a four-point win.

North Shore A v. Papatoetoe. North Shore A: First innings, 260 (Goldsworthy 87, Buisson 75, Archer 55, Reid 10). Bowling for Papatoetoe: Burnside, 4-62; Kerr, 0-61; Valentine, 1-46; Rankin, 1-14; Bright 0-30; P. Swaffield, 3-20; A. Swaffield, 0-17; Papatoetoe: First innings, 157 (Rankin 42, Burnside 28, A. Swaffield 21 not out, H. Swaffield 13, Kerr 10). Bowling for Shore A: Reid, 3-36; Lusk, 1-22; Harper, 3-32; Nicholas, 3-52; Harper, 0-7; Bartley, 0-0. Papatoetoe: Second innings, 123 for five wickets (H. Swaffield 41, Winks 37, Valentine 19, Rankin 15). Bowling for Shore: A. Goldsworthy, 3-33; Archer 2-16; Lusk, 0-16; Bartley, 0-14; Horseby, 0-17; Nicholas, 0-6; D. Smith, 0-11; Colebourne, 0-2. A three-point win for North Shore A. Shore Colts v. Balmoral.—Shore Colts: First innings, 174 (Jay 35, Woolley 32, Renshaw 29 not out, Cowie 26, Samson, 20). Bowling: O. Broberg, 5-67. Second innings, 7 for six wickets. Balmoral: First innings, 131 (Byerley 33, R. Broberg 22). Bowling: L. D #re, 6-26. Second innings, 133 (Young 5 ( not out, McCormack 24). Bowling: Cowie. 5-45; Dacre, 3-21. A four-point win for Shore Colts. Second Grade Western United v. Parnell. —Parnell: First innings, 131; second innings, 63 (Corbett 11 not out). Bowling: Donaldson, 6 wickets; Goldfinch, 3. Western United: First innings, 50; second innings, 48. Bowling: Kelly, 4 wickets; Sharp, 4. Parnell won by 96 runs—a four-point win. Epsom United v. Varsity.—University: First innings, 130 (McKay 51 not out, Horrocks 28, McPheagh 11). Bowling for Epsom: Andrew's, 6-45; Hart, 3-38; MeMurtrie, 1-18. Second innings, 74 (McKean 23, Binmore 11). Bowling for Epsom: Andrews 6-23, Hart, 1-21; Kelcher, 3-10. Epsom: First innings, 119 (Turner 37, Hart 24, Mingins 13). Bowling for University: Binmore, 7-30; Lintott, 2-34. Second innings, S 9 (Rudling 31, Hart 12). Bowling for University: Binmore, 6-27; Lintott, 3-27. Epsom won by four runs —a four-point win. Third Grade W.Y.M.I. v. Telegraph.—W.Y.M.l.: First innings, 364 (D. Chapman 28, G. Riddell 23, W. Murray 21, S. Young 21, W. Corney 3.5, A Lewis 14, H. Chapman 11). Bowling for Telegraph: McNamara, 7-78; Marrinovich 1-52; Sparnon, 2-28. Telegraph: First innings, 41 (Leary 17). Second innings, 67 for four wickets (Leary 31, McKeown 12, Forrest 11). Bowling for W.Y.M.1.: G. Allen, 6-19; W. Corney, 2-19: H. Chapman, 2-9; F. Chapman, 1-13; W. McGregor, 1-11; K. Scott, 1-11. W.Y.M.I. won by 123 runs on the first innings.

North Shore v. Papatoetoe.—North Shore: First innings, 117 (Blackie 32, Bull 27, Ha ml’ll 14 not out, Mouatt 10). Bowling for Papatoetoe: Wotherspoon, 2-28; Lusby, 1-29; Havill, 6-14; Adams, 1-24; Gubb, 0-3 0. Papatoetoe: First innings, 47 (Adams 14 Wotherspoon 12). Bowling for North Shore: Davies, 1-27; McLusky, 7-16; North Shore: Second innings, 103 (Ormiston 33, McLusky 31, Davies 12, Blackie 10). Bowling for Papatoetoe: Wotherspoon, 4-15; Gubb, 1-18; Adams, 2-24; Lusby, 1-8. Papatoetoe: Second innings, 88 (Wotherspoon S 3, Kerr 24). Bowling for North Shore: Davies 5-42; Barnhill, 5-20. A fourpoint win for North Shore. Auckland Power Board v. Technical. —Power Board: First innings, 80 (Taylor 20, Wiberg 16, Corringham 12). Technical Old Boys: First innings, 52. Auckland Power Board won by 28 runs—a threepoint win. Fourth Grade Y.M.C.A. v. King’s College.—Y.M.C.A.: First innings, 141 (Barnfather 103 retired). King’s College: First innings, 60: second innings, 90 for seven. Bowling for Y.M.C.A.: Organ, 7-12. Bowling for King’s: Kerry, three wickets. All Saints’ v. Roskill Wesley.—Roskill Wesley: First innings, 100 (J. Longville 48, Ward 17, H. Goodwin 11). Second innings, 49 (Hook 19, Ward 12). Bowling for All Saints’: Counihan, ten wickets; Rea 3; Wardrope, 2. All Saints’ A: First innings, 165 (G. Ram age 47. C. Wardrope 25, E. Counihan 25, W. Rea 14, IT. Wood 14, p. Lyndon 12). Bowling for Roskill Wesley: Longville, 6 wickets; Renton, 2. All Saints’ won by an innings and 16 runs —a four-point win. HOUSE MATCH Hardley’s Warehouse v. Works.—Warehouse, first innings, 49 (Hardley 13, J. Sweeney 13). Warehouse, second innings, 83 (J. Sweeney 27, W. Bowden 13). Works, first innings, 62 (Robinson 18, Stokes 15). Works, second innings, 72 (Robinson 17, Stewart 16 L Works won by two runs.

BADELEY’S GREAT DISPLAY IN HAMILTON MATCH (From Our Own Correspondent) HAMILTON, Sunday. Quit© the outstanding feature of the series of competition matches concluded on Saturday was a century in both innings by S. A. 11. Badeley, Hamilton East. This team made 269 < Bad eley 108) and 153 for two, declared (Badeley 100 not out), to Hamilton’s 188 P o m e r o y 65, Hemus 40) and S 4. Hamilton East won by 150 runs. Badeley also took five for 19 in Hamilton’s second innings, and Going five for 19 in Hamilton’s second innings, and Going five for 69 in the first. Old Boys beat Frankton by an innings and one run. Old Boys made 219, Senior 90 and Clarke 64. Frankton made 173 and 45, Tuck took four for 30,

Team W L D Pts Ponsonby 5 2 2 22 Eden 4 - 5 22 University 5 4 - 21 North Shore 4 3 2 18 V.M.C.A 4 4 1 IS Grafton 4 4 1 18 Parnell 2 <; 1 15 ‘ United Suburbs .... 1 7 1 10