In Sound Position

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 621, 25 March 1929, Page 6

In Sound Position

HARBOUR BOARD’S BIG SCORE

Green Lane’s Chances Dwindle

USEFUL scoring by three batsmen at the Domain on Saturday afternoon has practically awarded the Suburban Cricket Association senior A “tic to last season’s winning team, Harbour Board. Green Lane’s chances of winning the match. let alone gaining a three-point win to take competition honours, are now remote.

VEUX Interest was shown In th game by a large crowd.

It was recognised that Green Lane would have an extremely stiff fight to hold such a solid team as Harbour Board. More so, because the Lime has just lost the services of the capable coach, George Cox. Cox would have been valuable as a bowler on Saturday. It was in the bowling department that the Lane strove to eke out its forces. Wroath, one of the team’s best trundlers, was also absent, so the attack was weakened overmuch for a deciding match in the championship. BREESE’S FINE EFFORT

By scoring 138 not out, C. Breese, one of the Board’s best players, did much to break the back of the bowling.

Len Martin scored 68 and A. Dunning 60, both in partnership with Breese, and, when stumps were drawn,

the Board had 352 on the telegraph with eight wickets down. To equal this score even Green Lane will have to be at top form next Saturday. Glen Eden scored 140 against Ponsonby, which has 105 on for the loss of fiv» wickets Against Ellerslie, Victoria ran up 192. Ellerslie has lost five wickets for 88 runs.

SOLID HITTERS HARBOUR BOARD TRIO GREEN LANE CRUSHED Three solid, plodding hitters— Breese, Martin and Dunning—broke Green Lane’s bowling .*»ting on the central wicket and gave Harbour Board practically the right to demand the championship. For Harbour Board, at the end of a fairly interesting afternoon’s play, had the big tally of 352 to its credit and eight wickets down. Breese went in first with Badeley, who soon went out for 12. Then the veteran, Dunning, joined Breese. Dunning soon improved on Breese’s slow rate of scoring and passed his half-century in slashing style. When he appeared to have a chance of making a century, Daly, a junior commissioned by Green Lane, clean-bowled him for 60. Martin came in with Breese and the scoring livened. After three hours at the wickets, Breese passed his century. Martin was then 65, but he was caught after he had added only three more runs. Both Dunning and Martin were more enterprising than the cen-tury-maker, who played out a deliberate innings. Bor a time, Candy partnered well with Breese and put on 26. But after Candy was caught out, Harbour Board’s steady batting paled and the remaining wickets fell cheaply. The bowler who did best lor Green Lan6 was Daly. His performance against steady batting compared with that of Stanley, a junior who took five of Ellerslie’s wickets for 45 runs. Daly ended up with a 4-70 average. Clark was the Lane’s next best bowler. Eight bowlers were tried. It was unfortunate for Green Lane that the services of Cox and Wroath, two of the team’s efficient bowlers throughout the season, were not available for the most important match. Next Saturday, Green Lane will try to overtake Harbour Board’s score quickly to make a fight on the last afternoon’s play, but the team’s efforts are not likely to endanger Harbour Board’s position. Details: HARBOUR BOARD First Innings BREESE, not out i;jg BADELEY, b Clark 12 DUNNiNG, b Duly MARTEN, c Hugiies, b Seccombe . . 68 TURNER, c Duly, L> ClurK 5 CA.NJJI' c E. Waits, b Duly 26 MATTHEWS, b Duly 0 MANN, c and b Daiy 9 BENNETT, b McGregor lu HORSPOOL, not out 9 Extras 15 Eight wickets for 352 Bowling: Daly, 4-70; Clark, 2-60; McI Gregor, 1-17; Seccombe, 1-85; Hughes, -0-8; Cole, 0-20; Elliott, 0-32; E. Watts, 0-45. JUNIOR BOWLER SHINES VICTORIA’S GOOD LEAD Victoria, opening the batting, began very cautiously against an Ellerslie attack, which was robbed of its sting by a heavy wicket. Seven bowlers were tried before Stanley, a junior, was

given the ball. He bowled a slow lob ball which broke in from the leg and was immediately successful, capturinj three wickets in his lirst over. Elliott (2 — 9) was the only other Ellerslie player to meet with success in his bowling. The Victorian innings brightened considerably after the first wickets had 'alien, and good knocks by fallen 37 Turner 23. brought the score to 100 for seven in an hour and a-half. The team, however, proved to have a good tail, and a partnership between Gwillam (not out 23) and Manly (47) nearly doubled the score before the innings closed. Manly’s game was particularly forceful, his score including four fours and three sixes. Gedye and Williams, the opening Ellerslie batsmen, gave their side a good start. Oedye putting on a brisk 41, including six fours, and Williams 25 (three fours). McFarlane, bowling a good ball, steadied the scoring rate and secured a bag of five wickets before an appeal against the light closed the game. Details: VICTORIA First Innings EDMONDS, c Yates, b Elliott VISCOE. b Elliott . , PETERS, b Dickson q TURNER, b Stanley 33 SALLEN, c Elliott, b Stanley 37 GWILLAM, not out 2S MOORE, b Stanley 1 .McFARLANE. c Williams, b Stanley . n MANLY, c Williams, b Stall worthy 47 WILLIAMS, b Burton 1 CLAYTON, b Stanley « Extras 14 Total 192 Bowling: Stanley, 5-45; Burton, 1-35; Matthews, 0-10; Stallworthy. 1-35; Elliott, 2-8; Hollis, 0-8; Laurence, 0-12; Dickson, 1-25. Fall of wickets: 1/30. 2/33. 3/78, 4/103. 5/113. 6/113, 7/116, 8/122, 9/136, 10/192. ELLERSLIE First Innings GEDYE, Ibw, b McFarlane 41 WILLIAMS, c Clayton, b AlcFarlane 25 HOLLIS, b McFarlane H MATTHEWS, c Sallen, b McFarlane 5 LAURENCE, not out 2 ELLIOTT, b McFarlane 0 GATES, not out l Extras 3 Five wickets for 88 Fall of wickets: 1/55, 2/78, 3/84, 4/87. 5/88.

PONSONBY OPENS WELL BARNES IN FORM Batting first Glen Eden was vhampered. by the good length and varied bowling of Barnes, who opened the Ponsonby attack. Bright batting by Clarke 33 and Kerr 42, however, saved Glen Eden from a first innings collapse and brought the total, with 17 byes and a useful 16 from Mormar to 140. Robertshaw and Withers gave Ponsonby a good start in their first innings, and 45 showed before the first wicket fell. Robertshaw’s 20 included a six and two four before he was well stumped by Hargreaves. Withers was much quieter and reached 26 before a ball from Everett broke his defence. Three more wickets fell before the innings closed for the day. with a total of 107. of which .Roberts contributed 37. including four fours. Details: GLEN EDEN First Innings SHEPHERD, c Blair, b Barnes .... CLARKE, b Spicer S 3 ANDERSON, b Barnes 5 KENT, b Spicer 6 KERR, b Barnes 42 MORIIAN. b Fletcher l fi A. EELSHAM, b Barnes # .T. BELSAM, not out CLARKE, c Blair, b Nicklin .. .. 10 HARGREAVES, c Fletcher, b Barnes 1 EVERETT, b TCicklin J Extras * * Total 140 Fail of wickets: 1/17, 2/25. 3/40. 4/do, 5/92, 6/93, 7/117. 8/117. 9/138, 10/140. Bowling: Barnes, 5 -22: Fletcher. l-3o; Spicer, 2-31; Mackie, 0-20; Nicklin, 2-15. PONSONBY' First Innings. ROBERTSHAW. st. Hargreaves, b Kerr 20. WITHERS, b Everett MACKIE, b Everett ROBERTS, b Kerr SPICER, c Kerr, b A. Belsham .... “ COOPER, not out _ _ Five wickets for •••**•*. Fall af wickets: 1/45, 2/47, 3/57, 4/95, 5/107. DOWN THE GRADES Senior B Grade Harbour Board beat Manurewa by 63 runs. Harbour Board, first innings, PL (C. Williams, not out, 63; Armstrong. 11). Bowling: W. Peebles, five wickets; D. Peebles, two wickets; C. Grey, two wickets. Manurewa, first innings, 42 Peebles, 21). Bowling: C. Williams, wickets; J. Williams, three wickets; . Jaquiery, two wickets. Second Grade Fawcett, Limited, v. Invicta. —Invicta: First innings, 100 (Houston 43, McLoughlin 18, Gwilliam 11. Game 14. Cheesemar 11). Bowling: Axon, six wickets; Kugour, two; Skeen, one; E. Rowe, one. Fawcett. Limited: First innings, 77 (Drew 25, Skeen 22). Bowling: Cheeseman, four wickets; McLoughlin, three, Hudson, two. Invicta won by 23 runs. Third Grade Kingsland v. Richmond. —Kingsland: ! First innings, 8T (Scott 33. Burrell 17,; second innings, 43 for three wickets, declared (Barrett 13 not out). Richmond: First innings, 30; second innings, 2(Miller 12 not out). Bowling: Denize nine wickets for 22, Crawford nine for This win* assures Kingsland of the Section A championship. HUGE ENTRY LIST FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL SPORTS Over 4.000 entries are in hand for tho annual athletic sports of the Auckland Primary Schools, which will be held at the Domain next Thursday. Between 9.45 a.m. and 3.3op.rrG the commitee will put through events, running them off at the rate of an event a minute, with an interval between 12.15 and 1.45 p.m. for lunch. Recognised as the biggest annual event of its kind in New Zealand. these school sports are a triumph for the magnificent organisation ;of the association. In some events. : there will be as many as 300 starters 'j in the heat^