Can Grafton Win ?

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 851, 20 December 1929, Page 13

Can Grafton Win ?

problem OF A.G.A. COMPETITION Varsity Bowlers On Trial rIK question which will be answered when the sixth series 0 f the Auckland Cricket Association’s 1929-30 senior A 2 rade competition games are concluded tomorrow is: “Can Orafton win At stumps last week, the Graftonians had -9 on for none, m reply to the students’ first innings effort of ■>o9. tomorrow’s play shonld produce an interesting contusion.

B- attack this season is a E on e with Matiieson in form bowling well but Grafton * •;“ wtinj,- guns Iff liorspoul, Allb : jhfea and Sale. Varsity at' l rla second on the thumplon■ftable and a three-point win at Pc will be necessary if the side is riataln «*> P ofiitirm there. UrafWTTyf 0110 narrow let-oft, against I in its last mutch, and will , chances tomorrow. .match on No. 2 area at Edon rM.C.A. has the game well i Against Ponsonby, and i£ last Lgg is any indication, tlio Men should get the decision. to began well in its first iniut the tail -enders taded away ind the team was all out for yil.C-A. in reply had scored lirc e wickets when stumps were for the day, but with batsmen calibre of Elliott, Cooper, Kidanther and Innes yet to come, a fair chance of getting the necessary to make a threefin possible. nains, however, to be seen how ttsmen shape against the strong >y attack. EDEN SHOULD WIN ith 116 runs on for tile loss of four as Eden is almost certain to get ? ' Inoint win at least from United & Which raised the total of i’2 its first Innings last week, ver at North Shore the championleaders are In a strong position, I Parnell, after slumping badly in W innings, had the satisfaction jedng Devonport m:rke an even L sorry showing when it went to crease. i my predictions can be made, wins 1,, assured for Y.M.C.A., Eden and Shell, with University and Grafton Unces on a par. 8... juniD - grade competitions will I , on tinued, and aftej- Saturday all I j e ma tches will be put off for the Kays, before resuming again in the Ei year. Second Grade i saints'. —Averill. Bedding, D'Aud- , t>9 Bids, Gray, Holt, Thom. Thon;pI: Uclntosh. Marshall, Swmloy, \V llThird Grade SSotearoa.—Eneveldsen, Horwood, Mctjid. Blyth. Temperton, Drama, Kitzlin, Waiters, Page, St. George, White, S Albert. —VI. Young, C. Watson, Moves, W. Miles, N. Cooper, R. Ryan, Calder C. Hirst, T. Sauvarin, C. Bill*, O. Slaney. . „ ipatoetoe. —Burnside, Nichoils, Bay,

lONOVAN WINS AGAIN AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION DEFEATED OXING AT NEW PLYMOUTH Special to THE SUN PLYMOUTH, Today, pie fight between Tommy Crowle, iJier-weight champion of Australia, 1 Tommy Donovan, of Waitara, took *.;• at New Plymouth last evening: ore a packed house, Donovan winS on points. Crowle stripped the wnier, Bealing 9st 31b, against Donoa’s Bst 1341 b. Crowle made very -o use of his advantage in height d altogether made a very disappoint- ; showing. Notwithstanding liis aditage in height and weight, Crowle ked almost frail alongside Donoi. who was much stronger, wle’s breathing appeared to give i a lot of trouble. Right from the t gong there was a great deal of tchiug, and the fight was not ending to watch. Donovan carried fight to his opponent from the rt and worked in to close quarl Donovan won nearly every nd, Crowle securing the advantage the fourth round. Crowle took ffly of Donovan’s punches in the !y rounds on his gloves. In the -ches Crowle worked hard but his aches lacked power. In the 11th Sovan definitely got the upper hand, •he 14th round Crowle landed a good to the face, but took a severe hand- ! at close quarters. The old cut * Donovan’s eye was opened again his round and blood streamed down face. Donovan came out full of fight in the *• round. Crowle rallied gallantly i made a good fighting finish. The hivt in Donorari’s favour was the y possible one.

Adams, Luaby, Hamilton, Kerr, MeFarland McKenzie, McCauley, Wotherxpoon. L-den.—C. O. Brown, L. G. Bull, V. f arter, A. Fitzwilliam, R. Howard, T. Mann, G. L. Alegerney, J. Miller, E. McNabb, K. Wakefield, J. Williamson. Lmergency: W. Green. All Saints’.—Bryant, Idle, Johnson, Joyce, Hastings, Matthews, Needham, Parkinson, Robins. White, Hollier. Rower Board. —Wilson, Lovell, Goodman, Cox, Corringham, Rowbottom, Loberton, McDonagh, Darnbrough, Magee, Pool. Parnell.—Hally, French. Spence, Brownlng, Barber, Knight, Skegg, Robinson, Atkins, c onnell. Shepherd. T , Balmoral.-; —Price, Weir, Johnson. Smith, Fickiing Jones, Pye, Clie, Mitchell, White, Hawkes, Holt. y.M.C: A.—-Pearson, Collins, Haigh, McKenzie, Warren, Speaknian, Dykes, Harrison, Jamieson, Cylick, Davies, Stott, University.—Lud brook. Irvine, Mather, McNeil, Utting, Flemming, Rockell, Turner, Yonge, Hudson. Huddleson, Dunn, Wotherspoon. Birkdale.—Shepherd (2), France (2). Ireland. Patten, Speed, Cosnett, Wade, Dick, Connor, Davis. Tamaki.—Hurst, Alexander, Innwood, Adams, Haselden, Lulu, Strange, Findlay, Blong, Darwin, Crewther, Hoyte. Cambria. Healy, Gillies, Drake, Brewer, McSweeney. Harris, Downie, Bohlen, New, Price (2).

North Shore.—Mouat. McCluskey (2), Fredatovich, Hill, Smith. Madden, Buchanan, King, Probert, W T ise, Barnhill. Fourth Grade Ail Saints’.—Moore (2), Parkinson, Final, Howard, Finer, Ramage, Parker, Williams, Marcliant, Hartley. Aotearoa.—Dixon (2), Banks, Buntting, Gray, Hirst, Finnel, Drury, Hickson, Brogden, Frearson, Calder. Mount Albert.—J. Brough, W. Brough, P. Ford, J. Jamieson, G. Mudgway, J. Smith, O. Smith, K. Downs, A. Marlow, I. McFarlane, C. McLennan, C. Williams, R. Dodds, L. Delugar, A. Tinson, R. Dean. Papatoetoe.—White, Partridge, . Cantell, Lees, Barker, Brooks, Lambert, Gubb, Collings, Dawson. Reserve: Anderson. North Shore.—Hambrook, Lockley, Cook, Nichols, Forrester, Coates, Russel, McGregor, Sinclair, Cameron, Hughes. FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN HUGH TRUMBLE IN DOMINION AUSTRALIA’S TEST CHANCES Special to THE SUN WELLINGTON, Today. Mr, Hugh Trumble, one of the most famous cricketers ever produced by Australia, arrived by the Maunganui at Wellington last Tuesday on a six weeks’ holiday tour of New Zealand. Mr. Trumble is now secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club. Ho is accompanied by Dr. Roland Pope, another cricket enthusiast. Although they have arrived her© during the time the English team is on tour, they state they will not bo following the tourists round the Dominion, though they will probably see a couple of the Test matches played.

Referring to Australia’s chances in the coming tour of England, Mr. Trumble said that they had some excellent batsmen, but they were not so plentifully supplied with bowlers. Pie thinks that Jackson and Bradman would both do well in England. Jackson is a fine cricketer, who has played some very fine innings already this season, and will do even better yet. Bradman is also good, but he is not a stylist by any means. Kippax is playing good cricket, while Woodfull and Ponsford are now at their best.

The greatest task facing the selectors, continued Mr. Trumble, will be the finding of bowlers of the required standard. Mailey has now dropped out of the game altogether, and the only slow bowler In sight at the moment is Clarrie Grimmett, who is certainly bowling very well. Although Blackie is verging on fifty it does not seem possible to leave him out of the Australian team.

Among the fast bowlers probably the best are Alexander and Wall, though the latter is hardly as fast as he should be to be so classified, and it is probable that Alexander is the fastest man offering, but he lacks experience. Oxenham mixes his deliveries nicely, but Plornibrook, a good left-hander, has shown that he can do even better. Altogether this side of the selection in Australia offers a very serious obstacle to success, and is one of the most difficult problems the selectors have to face. WEAK IN THE SLIPS One thing is certain, said Mr. Trumble, and that is that Australia’s fielding will need to be sharpened up before the big tour commences. It is particularly weak in the slips and at cover-point, in which two positions no one has arisen to take the places of Gregory and Andrews, acknowledged experts in these two positions respectively. Should Ellis be again selected as wicket-keeper the second string in this position will probably be Walker, who is also a very capable bat. The captaincy does not offer nearly many problems as the bowling, and, according to Mr. Trumble, will probably be allotted t^Kyder. ROWING AT GISBORNE At one time rowing was very popular and very successful on the East Coast of the North Island, but it fell upon parlous days, mainly as a result of the disabilities left by the war years An effort, however, is being made to breath life into dead bones. Gisborne is to bo made the governing centre, backed up by clubs at Wairoa, Tokomaru Bay, and elsewhere on the Coast. Gisborne at one time had quite a number of capable rowers and there seems to be no reason why the sport should not be resuscitated and reach the efficiency it achieved prior to the war. maiden scullers If a maiden sculler wins an open handicap sculling event does he cease to be a maiden? This question was this week asked the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association by the Auckland Association. The parent body decided that such a sculler immediately becomes classified as a senior.

INTER-CLUB TENNIS DRAW FOR TOMORROW FIXTURES AND TEAMS LIST The draw for matches to be played under the auspices of the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association tomorrow is as follows: -V Grade.—Parnell v. University. Stanley Street Nos. 1,2, 3, 4. 5 and 9. C. Grade.—Ara tonga v. Auckland, Ara tonga; Campbell Park No. 1 v. Filers Lie Parish, Ellerslie Parish. I> Grade.—Ngataringa No. 2 v. Vauxliall. replay to be played at Ngataringa or Vauxhall, or half on each; Te Papa pa No. 2 v. Otahuhu, Stanlev Street Nos. 10 and 11. LIST OF TEAMS The following teams will represent their respective clubs in tomorrow’s inter-club tennis: GRADE A Parnell.—Misses Potter. Fitzgerald, Frankham, Sanderson, Mesdames Leys, Herrick, Miss Feax-nley, Mrs. Pope, Misses Miller, Gill, Hooton, BushiU; emergency, Mrs. Grant; A. S. Lamb, C. Chalmers, K. Boardman, R. .T. Coates, H. Clay (captain), W. Williams, O. Stevens, G. Brown, Litherland, K. Robertson, BushiU, J. N. Harrison; emergency, Morris. University.—Misses L. Robertson, N. Whitelaw, J. Mclntosh. M. Adams, R. Taylor, E. Wann, V. Knell, E. Potter, R. Batty, M. Graham, I. Mathiesoh, A. Wilson; emergencies, Misses R. Walker, C. Fotheringham, O. Lloyd: A. Stedmaa, A. M. Nicholson, W. H. Entwistle, N. Chisholm, A. Iv. Turner, V. N. Hubble, R. B. Hardy, A. H. McDonald. Alcllred, J. Steelman, J. C. Andrews, N. W. Bowden; emergency', E. Turner. GRADE B Birkenhead and Northcote. Mrs. Grey% Misses Major, Newman, Clietwynd; Roberts, Taylor (captain), Cadness, Court. Campbell Park.—Misses Rukutai, Bull, Leng, Mrs. Arthur Worsop; Porter, Rostgard, Rukutai, Winger. GRADE C Otahuhu.—Misses B. Walker, C. Ryburn, M. Pinhey, V. Aickin; G. Latta, H. Latta, D. Russell (captain), D. Coehrane, P. R. White. Prince of Wales. —Misses Clark, Farley, Calkin, Mrs. Wallace; emergency, Miss Mays; Carston, Gillies, Ormsby, Stead. Bayfield—Misses Meiklejohn, L. Herniis, Hamilton, Green; Addis (captain), Moil*, Roberts, Jones. Unity.—Misses M. A. Williams, I. Halliwell, Mrs. Reardon, Miss M. Green; R. Sparks, H. Ruru, H. Couzens, V A. Coyle (captain); emergency, M. C. Alexander. Aratonga.—Mrs. Coldham, Mrs. Fowler. Misses Darling-, Bolton; E. George (captain), G. Coldham, K. Cave, C. Rose. Auckland.—Misses Service, Reid, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Farrelly; emergency. Miss Newton; A. Shackel, Elder, Williams, Richards. Campbell Park No. I.—Miss M. Douglas, Mrs. Warren, Misses Harper, B. Douglas; Clieal, Barfoot, Me Elroy, 'White. Ellerslie Parish. —Mrs. C. Reynolds, Misses B. Otto, R. Peek, Mrs. I. Simson: L. Dowai* (captain), D. Somerfield, J. Vear, J. Clayton. GRADE D Te Papapa No. 2.—Mrs. Sturgeon, Misses C. Hosking, M. Whitehead. B. Inglis; W. Parkes, H. Lesse (captain), W. Bentley', J. Sturgeon. Otahuhu. —Misses D. Preston, C. Wain. E. Todd, Mrs. Whale, Miss Bax* .on; G. Strickett, A. Pearce. H. Walker, L. Cruickshank, H. C. Fenton. Ngataringa No. 2.—Misses E. Dance, D. Wyatt; J Pollard (captain), M. Mawhiney. Vauxhall.—Misses R. 'Wallace, J. Alison; G. Robins, A. Spence. Ngata-ringa.—Misses U. Dawson, Rewa Ross; W. Lewis, B. Purser; emergency, J. G. Gasparich. Vauxhall.—Misses N. Penman, F. Henderson; A. Stewart, E. Walls. THRILLING CYCLE RACES O’SHEA BEATS OPPERMAN BUT AUSTRALIAN EVENS SCORE Special to THE SUN CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. A surprise was created at English Park Stadium tonight, when Phil O’Shea, New Zealand’s greatest cyclist, staged ’an amazing come-back to beat

Hubert Opperman in the first heat of the five, miles match race. Amid great excitement, O’Shea outsprinted the famous Australian down the straight, but Opperman evened the score in the second heat, and the special deciding match will be staged on Monday. In the first race,

Opperman took the lead and. with three miles to go, jumped oux brilliantly, but O’Shea chased and caught him With two miles to go, O’Shea broke away, but the Australian picked him up again, and was on his wheel at the start of the last lap. In a remarkable sprint, Opperman drew level but O’Shea staged a brilliant final’effort to win by a clear length. Time lOmin, 39 3-ssec. A GREAT FINISH The second race was paced by single tandems, with Opperman following the pacers. Opperman jumped into the lead 350 yards from home, and in a wonderful finish won by half a wheel. Time lOmin. 23 2-ssec. Later, Opperman established a new track reeord of Bmm. 27sec., for five miles, motor paced. SANDERS.CUP CONTEST WELLINGTON REPRESENTATIVE Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. The Clyde, which has won all the four trials, was selected to be the Wellington representative for the next Sanders Cup contest at a meeting of the Wellington Provincial Yacht and 'Motor-boat Association last evening. N. Rowntree will be skipper of the boat, and his crew will be Pi. Kerr, C Rowntree, PI. Aldred and R. Shelton. Messrs. F. C. Holmes and L. Smith, the former as manager, will accompany the contestants as delegates to the conference to discuss Sanders Cup affairs at Auckland. In the event of the question arising of forming a Dominion Association for the control of yachting, the outboard motor interests will be represented by Mr. D. Jameson. BEACH PATROLS’ STATUS NO LONGER AMATEUR SWIMMERS Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Today. The council of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association last, evening confirmed the previous ruling that men employ'ed as beach patrols shall lose their amateur status. It was decided to defer giving effect to the ruling until the matter had been referred to the international federation for mandatory direction. The performance of G. Bridson, of Auckland, in swimming 440yds in 5.16 3-5 was passed as a New Zealand saltwater record.