HOLIDAY CRICKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 625, 30 March 1929, Page 11

HOLIDAY CRICKET

SAWDUST FREELY USED HORSPOOL AND TAYLOR IN FORM The unusual sight of sawdust being liberally scattered round the wickets was an indication of the adverse conditions under which the two holiday cricket fixtures were played at Eden Park to-day. In both the Auckland and North Auckland match and the inter-Varsity game new wickets had to be cut out yesterday, and the playing area was still very soft to-day after heavy rain during the night.

A SOFT WICKET

NORTH AUCKLAND’S INNINGS Set the formidable task of getting 334 runs to head Auckland on the first innings, North Auckland resumed batting on a soft wicket at Eden Park this morning with 19 runs on for no wickets. Play was delayed an hour because of heavy rain early this morning. When only six runs had been added to the overnight score, W. Dunning lost his wicket to an easy catch by Frater at point. Panther and Vipond made a good stand for the second wicket, the pair adding 38 runs by speedy batting until the former hit his wicket with, the bat. He made 31 by fast cricket. At lunch, North Auckland had scored 80 runs for two wickets. YESTERDAY’S PLAY Hitting one sixer and twelve fours in a space of 1£ hours, E. Horspool was the outstanding figure in Auckland’s solid batting display against North Auckland at Eden Park yesterday, the Grafton veteran getting 105 (retired) out of an innings’ total of 333. He was very strong on the leg side, and the slow bowlers were severely handled. Considering that Auckland had been sent in to bat on a wicket which was only cut out on tho morning of the match, its three-century total was an excellent performance. After Horspool had retired, Taylor gave a vigorous display for 72 not out, and Ryon, Guiney. and Hay also batted well. N. Vipond was easily the best of the North Auckland bowlers. Bowling a nice medium-paced ball, he kept practically all the batsmen quiet, and his five for 65 was an outstanding performance. Before play closed yesterday, North Auckland had scored 19 without loss. Details: AUCKRAND. First Innings. SAUNDERS, c W. Dunning, b Vipond 10 FRATER. lbw, b I’. Dunning .. .. 7 HAY, c Panther, b Vipond 26 HORSPOOL, retired 105 RYON, e and b P. Dunning 42 GUINEY, b W. Dunning 28 TAYROR, not out 72 WETHERIRR, b Vipond 17 LANGTON, lbw, b Viporuj 6 COATES, c Wetherill, b Arneil .... 2 ROWNTREE, cP. Dunning, by Vipond 7 Extras .. . • 11 Total 333 Bowling: Vipond, 5-62; P. Dunning, 2-62; Arneil, 1-68; W. Dunning, 1-40; Wrothall, 0-35; Dawson, 0-33; Farman, 0-22. NORTH AUCKLAND First Innings. PANTHER, hit wkt, b Taylor .... 31 DUNNING, W., c Frater, b Ryon .. 10 VIPOND, not out 22 WYATT, not out 12 Extras *> Two wickets for 80

SUBURBAN V. HAMILTON Y.M.C.A.

MATCH AT DOMAIN Soaked by last night’s rain, the pitches at the Domain this morning were so sodden that play in the match between Hamilton Y.M.C.A. and the Auckland Suburban Association could not begin until after 11.30 a.m. Hamilton batted first. The wicket was very slow and tricky, and the Auckland fieldsmen crowded in round the batsmen. Eyre, who opened for Hamilton with ■Dodson, had had luck, tipping a breaking ball into the wicketkeeper’s hands in the second over. „ _ At the luncheon interval at 1-.30 p.m. the total was 43 for three wickets. Details: —- HAMILTON Y.M.C.A. First Innings EYRE, c wicketkeeper, b Baxter .. 2 DOBSON, b Scarborough 17 DEMPSEY, J., c , b Moore .... 11 DEMPSEY, JACK, not out * DAVIES, not out " Extras .. Three wickets for •• ** Fall of wickets: 1/3, 2/22, 3/36.

UNIVERSITY MATCH

V.U.C. PLAYS A.U.C. After a delay of three-quarters of an hour while the wet wicket dried, the annual match between the Auckland and Victoria (Wellington) University Colleges wa s resumed at Eden Park at 11.15 a.ni. to-day. Auckland commenced its first innings at 3.15 p.m. yesterday and at stumps had three wickets down for 101. On resumption this morning Gee added one to his overnight score of 15 before being caught by Tripe off Bagge. ' . . Lunn, who ran up five yesterday, continued scoring apace this morning, mostly with boundaries and braces. He reached 30 in 45 minutes, the total then being 145 for four wickets. A double bowling change saw Williams and Wilson come on vice Bagge and Tripe, in Wilson s first over Lunn attempted a big hit to square-leg, where he was caught by R. Osborne for 6. Hudson followed shortly after, clean-bowled by Williams with a change of pace. Six wickets were now down for 161. Matheson and Browne then became associated, the former soon running into double figures with two boundaries. At the luncheon adjournment, Auckland had six wickets down for 194 (Matheson, not out, 22). Be tails: AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE First Innings. GARRARD, b Tripe 41 J. McDOUGALL, run out .. 20 SCHNAUER, b Tripe 7 GEE. c Tripe, b Bagge 16 LUNN. c R. Osborne, b Wilson .... 36 HUDSON, b Williams 25 MATHESON. not out 22 BROWNE, not out 7 Extras .. .. .. .. .. 20 Six wickets for .. 194 Pall of wickets: 1/60, 2/79, 3/84, 4/104, 5/157, 6/161.

VETERANS V. COLTS

. SUBURBAN’S MATCH

Play in the Suburban Association's match. Veterans v. Colts, which wa ® postponed until to-day, was delayed considerably- Tiaa mat oil started

about 11.30 a.m., but even then the wicket was dangerously wet and tricky. Elliott and Cooper opened the batting for the veterans, playing cautiously to the bowling of Williams and Barnes. Cooper was soon bowled for nine when the total was only 13. Five runs later Candy, his successor, was also bowled. By lunch time, at 12.30 p.m., the total was 47 for four wickets. Details: VETERANS. First Innings. ELLIOTT, b Matthews 17 COOPER, b Williams 0 CANDY, b Barnes 1 KERR, b Matthews 2 INNES. not out 15 DICKSON, not out 0 Extras 3 Four wickets for 47

POST OFFICE MATCH

AUCKLAND BEATS THAMES Sodden wickets mucre playing conditions for cricketers extremely unpleasant at the Domain yesterday. There were seyeral matches arranged. Beaten by Thames Post Office at Thames on Labour Day, Auckland Post and Telegraph Office cricketers scored an easy win on a heavy wicket. In its first innings Auckland made 192 (Leary, 44; Rykers, 39; G. Smith, 39, retired). Cleave took three wickets for Thames, Gibson three and Thomson two. Thames made only 44 (Gibson 15) in its first innings, Iloldsworth and McNamara taking five wickets each for Auckland. In its second innings Thames had lost three wickets for 85 (Cleave, 42 not out) when stumps were drawn.

FIRE . BRIGADE—SUN MATCH

Big scores were not possible on the Domain yesterday, when Fire Brigade cricketers met a team from The Sun office. Fire Brigade made 81 in the first innings, McKay, with 43, putting up a good showing. For The Sun, Hayson took nine wickets. The Sun’s innings was just started when rain set in and the match was abandoned. Details:

thw K Brigade.—First innings: Russell, J, bw ’.. b T ? ayson ' 0: Marose, lbw, b Hayson 0; McKay, c Hayson, b Edmonds, 43House, b Hayson, 21; McDonald, b Hayson, 0; Nieol, c Ward, b Hayson, 0; Broadhurst, c Ward, b Hayson, 2- Dutton, b Hayson, 0; Rae, b Hayson, 1Pearce, c Ward, b Burgman, 0; Shanahan, b Hayson, 2; Smith, not out, 1; extras, 11: total, 81. ’ The Sun.—First innings: Edmonds, b House, 3; Hayson, not out, 5; extras 4one wicket for 12. INVICTA’S PLAYERS The team to represent the Invicta Club in a match on the Domain on Monday afternoon against the Combined Lodges’ team will be: Hudson, Everett, Dimmer, Housten, Howarth, Grant, Mellor, Pierce, Game, Booth, McLaughlin, Backhouse, Northen Gwillim. ’