SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 853, 23 December 1929, Page 6

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE

THE following table indicates the positions of the teams in the Auckland Cricket Association’s senior A grade 1929-30 competition at the conclusion of the sixth series of matches in the first round on Saturday last:—

land team two years ago, was not in Auckland’s Plunket Shield side this year. Roy took three wickets for 49. “SMITHY” HITS OUT The chief feature of Ponsonby’s second innings was the 56 not out which the captain, S. G. Smith, hit up. “Smithy” was in a particularly carefree mood, and as a result he had j several “let-offs” in the field, but he ! and the spectators derived immense enjoyment from those big hits of his which did come off. When stumps were drawn for the day shortly after six o’clock Ponsonby had five wickets down for 120. Details: PONSONBY First innings 157 Second Innings. LENDRUM, c Panther, b Lyon .. 6 DOUGLAS, b Lyon o MONTE I Til, b Lyon 23 McLEOD, c Sutherland, b Clark .. 6 SMITH, not out 56 FLETCHER, b Lyon 14 SNEDDEN, not out 7 Extras S Five wickets for 120 Bowling: Lyon, 4-36; Clark, 1-13; Elliott, 0-16; A. Riddols, 0-7; Innes, 0-10; Cooper, 0-10. Y.M.C.A. First Innings SUTHERLAND, b Finlayson 29 BANBURY, c Fletcher, b Smith . . 11 LYON, c Smith, 1) Douglas 0 CLARK, b Finlayson 27 SMITH, b Roy 11 ELLIOTT, c Snedden. b Roy . . . . 15 COOPER, b Roy 9 RIDDOLLS. R., b Finlayson 0 INNES, not out 12 PANTHER, b Finlayson 1 RIDDOLLS. A., lbw, b Finlayson .. 1 Extras 13 Total 129 Bowling: Smith, 2-22; Roy. 3-49; Finlayson, 5-25; Snedden. 0-11; Fletcher, 0-6. SENIOR GRADE B EDEN V. NORTH SHORE COLTS Eden.—First innings, 227. North Shore Colts. —First innings: H. Smith, b Aickin, 49; Rankin, b Aiokin, 99; Drake, not out, 65; Oowie, c Blair, b Gillespie, 2; Long, c Harrop, b Aickin, 17; Ferguson, not out, 20; extras, 11. Total for four wickets, 263. Bowling: Aickin, 3-43; Gillespie, 1-43; Cantley, 0-4; Shelton, 0-30; Blair, 0-60; Hintz, 0-65. North Shore Colts won on the first innings by six wickets and 36 runs. KING’S OLD BOYS V. Y.M.C.A. Y.M.C.A.—First innings, 219. Second innings: Stewart, 0 Gillett, b Simpson, 4; Sloane, b Kissling, 1; Ross, b Simpson, 3; Worth, b Simpson, 3; Patou, c Gillett, b Kissling, 7; Miller, b Simpson, 6; Morgan, c Gillett, b Kissling, S; Organ, b Simpson, 0: Speer, b Simpson, 0; Mardle. c Jackson, b Simplon, 0; Stowell, not out, 0; extras, 17. Total, 49. Bowling: Simpson, 7-18; Kissling, 3-14. King’s Old Boys.—First innings, 146 (Jackson 24, Gillett 20, Keegan 28, Coath 19). Bowling: Organ, 1-494 Miller, 4-23; Ross, 4-50. Second innings: Coath, c and b Miller, 0; Gillett, b Organ, 7; Jackson, c and b Miller, 0; Wilson, c Speer, b Miller, 14; Kissling, b Stewart, 50; Caughey, st Patou, b Miller, 2; Keegan, c Morgan, b Ross, 7; Simpson, c Stewart, b Miller, 21; Palmer, not out, 22; extras, 4. Total for eight wickets, 127. Bowling: Miller, 4-72; Organ, 1-18; Ross, 1-33; Stewart, 1-0. King’s Old Boys secured a four-point PONSONBY V. PARNELL. Parnell. —First innings, 107. Second innings: E. Stehr, st Hoarc, b H. Warneford, 35; R. Stehr, lbw, b Kelly, 4: Turbott, b Binmore, 1; Gillies, b Gillespie, 9; Roskelly, c A. Warneford, b Gillespie, 4; Dow, not out, 4S; Johnson, c Kemp, b H. Warneford, 13; Sharp, b Kelly, 2; Kenny, b A. Warneford, 16; Cock, run out, 2; Bell, not out, 1; extras, 25. Total for nine wickets, 160. Bowling: Kelly, 2-37; Binmore, 1-14; A. Warneford, 1-9; H. Warneford, 2-33; Gillespie, 2-17.

Ponsonby.—First innings: H. Warneford, o sub., b Kenny, 72; Cleverley, absent, 56; A. Warneford, lbw, b Bell, 8; Sellars, c sub., b Kenny, 0; Hoare, b Bell, 1; Mills, c R. Stehr, b Kenny, 10; Lindrum, b Kenny, 6; Gillespie, b Kenny, 13; Kelly, c E. Stehr, b Kenny, 0; Kemp, not out, 10; Binmore, c R. Stehr, b Kenny, 0; extras, 10. Total, 186. Bowling: Kenny, 7-39; Bell, 2-67.

SECOND GRADE United Suburbs v. University.—United Suburbs: First “innings, 201 (Anderson 16, Parker, 26, Hayward 60, Bramley 19, Pane 30, Cooke 26); second innings, 20 for no wickets. * University: First innings, 92 (Lunn 14, McDougal 10, Bramley 27, Riddolls 20); second innings, 131 (Bramley 50). United Suburbs secured a four-point win. Western United v. Tamaki.—Tamaki: First innings, 96 (Graham 24, Kasper 18, Appleyard 13 not out) psecond innings, 142 for six wickeds (Coleman 33, Graham 24, Williams IS, Kasper 2S, Newson 10). Western United: First innings, 96 (Whimpster 38, Rachel 2G); second innings, 157 for seven wickets (Hobday 88, Gilliam 10, Whimpster 19, Richardson 16 not out). Western . United secured a four-point win. Epsom United v. Ponsonby.—Epsom United: First innings, 106; second innings, 226 for four wickets declared (Minglns 100 not out, Keleher 62. McCullough 18. Gore 11 not out). Bowling: Atkinson, 4-32. Ponsonby: First innings, 136; second innings, 102 (Clarke 51). Bowling: Keleher, 5-33; Watts, 2-50; Buttersmith, 1-5. Epsom United won by 94 runs. Parnell B . v. North Shore.—Parnell: First innings, 80 (Corbett 22, Siddall 15, Clapham 12, Mullenger 11). Bowling: Jackson, 3-15; Blackie, 2-32; Davies, 2-17: Jacques, 2-2; Harley, 1-0. Second innings, 31. Bowling: Jacques, 5-9; Harley, 4-18. North Shore: First innings, 210 Wilson 58, French 23,* Bishop 19 Ormiston 45, Jacques 36. Bowling: Corbett, 2-32; Fulton, 3-4 S; Hazard, 1-29; Barrier, 2-33: Clapham, 1-27. North Shore won by an innings and 99 runs. THIRD GRADE United Suburbs v. All Saints'.—United Suburbs: First innings, 150 (Wildman 61. Burke 21 not out). All Saints’: First innings, 75 (Hastings 15); second innings, 42 (Parkinson not out 20). United Suburbs secured a four-point win. Balmoral v. Eden.—Balmoral: First innings, 9G (Johnson IS, Bright 18, Fickling 10, Jones 21). Eden: First innings, seven wickets for 146 declared (Bull 46, Mc-Nab 14, Wakefield 19. Megerney 31 not out, Green 11). Bowling for Eden: Brown, 3-24; Megerney, 3-21: Green, 2-14. Bowling for Balmoral: Bright took four wickets, Hawkes two. Power Board v. Tamaki.—Power Board: First innings, 121 for nine wickets de-

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dared (Wilson 43, Poole 22 not out, Magee 18). Tamaki: First innings, 24: second innings, 21. Power Board won by an innings and 76 runs—a four-point win.

FOURTH GRADE “Herald” v. North Shore.—“ Herald”: I First innings, 20 (Osborne 9 not out). Bowling: Forrester, 7-9; Coates, 3-11; second innings, 102 (AY. Broughtwood 26, Sidle 26, Kidd 22, S. Broughtwood 16). Bowling: Prichard. 5-33. North Shore: First, innings, 86 (Cook 37, Forrester 22). Bowling: Siddle three wickets, Broughtwood three. Second innings, 41 (Cameron 22 not out). Bowling: Garlick three wickets. North Shore won by five wickets. HOUSE MATCHES C. H. Frankham v. George Court. Ltd. —C. H. Frankham, 120 (Adcroft 52 not out, Newth 20). Bowling: Smith, 4-30; Bensemann, 3-17. George Court, Ltd., 41 (Smith 25). Bowling: Howarth, 7-23; Clausen, 3-18. Onehunga Old-timers, 62, beat McCarten Bros., 10.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD

SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S 508 United I*. A. — By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, Sunday. In tho Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and New South Wales at Adelaide, South Australia in the first innings made 508 (Phitchard 148, Richardson 64, Grimmett 35, Whitefield 45). Fairfax took three wickets for SO runs, Hooker two for 100, Bradman two for 98. New South Wales, which made 314 in the first innings, in the second innings had made 178 for two wickets (Jackson 82, Bradman 84). In the Sydney grade cricket matches yesterday, batting for Gordon against Cumberland, Macartney made 147, Vaughan 104, Gerdes 84. J. M. Taylor 65, Boyce 55. For Petersham against St. George Seddon made 143 and T. Andrews 123. For North Sydney against Waverlev Punch made 108 not out. For Glebe against Balmain Gray made 99. Bowling for Glebe, F. Mair took seven wickets for 115.

WELLINGTON CRICKET

SENIOR COMPETITIONS Press Association WELLINGTON, Sunday. The Wdllington senior cricket competition was continued yestreday. Results were:—lnstitute, 205, v. University, two wickets for 27 runs; Midland, 94, v. Old Boys, six wickets for 227; Petone, 151, v. Hutt, one for 80; Wellington, 223, v. Kilbirnie, three for 101. The best performances were:—Batting: H. B. Massey (Institute), 83, J. R. Lamason (Old Boys) 72, W. F. Airey (Wellington) 68, M. F. Nichols (Petone), 67, E. Bull (Old Boys) 60, W. T. K. Jennings (Wellington) 50. Bowling: C. Parsloe (Old Boys) took six wickets for 45 runs, R. Crook (Kilbirnie) five for 52.

SIXTH ROUND BEGUN Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. The sixth round of cricket matches in the championship series was commenced yesterday afternoon in beautiful weather. Rain on the previous nil'llf. had left the wickets easy and the outfields were in capital order. Riccarton Was dismissed by Sydenham for 153 (A. Cox run out 34). J. A. Newman took four wickets for 39. Sydenham lost two wickets for 50. Playing Hinwood, West Christchurch was all out for 134 (J. L. Karr 37). R. J. Read took seven wickets for 63. Unwood lost two wickets for 60 (F. A. Smith 33). St. Albans, against Old Boys scored 126 ( G. Cullen 37). E. Mulcoek took four wickets for 39 and H. R. Escott three for 34. Old Boys scored 135 without loss (S. R. Carleton 99, Cl. H. G. Hobbs 33). Old Collegians scored only 71 against East Christchurch. W. H. Cunningham took four wickets for 20, A. Jones four for 26. East Christchurch has lost five wickets for 135 (T. Kennedy 61, E. Brosnahan 35, T. P. Mullan 33). DUNEDIN MATCHES Press Association DUNEDIN, Sunday. The Dunedin cricket matches were continued in excellent weather yesterday, most of the teams being weakened by the absence of members with the Otago team and on holiday. Dunedin, playing Albion, made 179 (Ditchfield 65, Kenny 40, Brown 32). Albion lost three wickets for 22: Carisbrook made 134 (Blunt 46) against Old Boys, who have lost two wickets for 23 (Giles 20). Aitken took two wickets for 2 runs. Grange was dismissed by Christian Brothers for 89. Brookes took five wickets for 18 and Blair three for 10. Christian Brothers have lost four wickets for 64 runs (Mcllroy

NELSON AND M.C.C. DRAW

HOME BATSMEN COLLAPSE DULEEPSINHJI’S CENTURY Press Association NELSON, Today. | The match between the M.C.C. team i and Nelson was continued on Satur- ; day in excellent weather and ended in i a draw. The outfield was slow after j rain but the wicket, which had been | covered, was fast. ' Nelson resumed batting with five wickets down for 131 runs. However. ! the rest of the innings was nothing but a procession of batsmen from the pavilion to the crease and back, the remaining live wickets falling for 11 runs. Barratt was in good form with the ball and clean bowled four batsmen in three overs. The innings closed for 142 when Duleepsinhji took a splendid catch in the slips. Tho visitors declared their first innings closed at 248 for six wickets. i In the second innings Nelson lost six . wickets for 83 runs.

Dawson and Gilligan opened for the visitors. There was a sensational incident when J. Newman bowled Gilligan with the third ball of his first over when one run had been scored.

From the first Duleepsinhji treated the bowling with little respect, hitting up 30 in 20 minutes. At luncheon one wicket was down for 40 runs, Dawson being then 10. The batsmen continued after luncheon, Duleepsinhji scoring at double the pace of his partner. He scored runs from nearly every ball, the crowd applauding every stroke. He varied his shots all round the wicket —well-timed leg shots, pretty cutting and hard driving. It was really a wonderful exhibition. At 80 he gave a chance in the longfield; otherwise his was a chanceless innings. He reached 100 in 106 minutes, hitting II fours and a six.

After passing his century Duleepsinhji hit hard at everything and was caught in the longfield for 137. He was given great applause. Dawson was very steady, scoring mostly with drives. He hit one ball out of the ground into the sea. Hawkes and Newman had him thinking at times, but he gave no chance. There was keen interest. when Woolley went in, but be was dismissed lbw before he got going. He hit a pretty four to the leg boundary off the first ball. The spectators were disappointed at his failure. Worthington and Barratt hit out, the latter sending nearly every shot to the boundary. At tea Gilligan declared with the score 248 for six wickets.

Nelson could do little against the English bowling, S. Newman and R. Newman being the only ones to appear confident. The former played nice shots to the off at Nichols’s expense. At stumps Nelson had six wickets down for 63. The match was drawn. Scores are:— NELSON First Innings. NEALE, c Woolley, b Duleepsinhji.. 34 LANGBEIN, b Allom 6 RALFE, b Allom 0 NEWMAN, S., b Allom 28 JENKINS, c Cornford, b Nichols .. 20 EDEN, lbw, b Barratt 35 HAWKES. c Duleepsinhji, b Nichols 7 NEWMAN R., b Barratt (1 NEWMAN, J., b Barratt 3 SEARELL, b Barratt 0 JONES, not out 0 Extras y Total 142 Bowling: Nichols 2-25‘; Allom, 3-lf* Barratt, 4-26; Worthington, 0-20; Woolley, 0-10; Duleepsinhji, 1-40. Second Innings. LANGBEIN, b Barratt 3 NEALE, b Nichols 0 RALFE, run out S EDEN, b Woolley 5 NEWMAN, S., c Nichols, b Woolley lb JENKINS, b Worthington 16 HAWKES, not out 12 NEWMAN, R., not out 12 Extras 6 Six wickets for 83 Bowling: Nichols 1-20; Barratt, 1-3 8; Woolley, 2-15; Worthington, 1-11; Allom, 0-13. ENGLAND » First Innings. DAWSON, b J. Newman 52 GILLIGAN, b J. Newman 0 DULEEPSINHJI, c Jenkins, b S. Newman 127 WOOLLEY, lbw, b Hawkes 7 TURNBULL, b Hawkes 2 WORTHINGTON, b S. Newman .... 17 BARRATT, not out 29 NICHOLS, not out 4 Extras .. 10 Six wickets, dec 2 48 Bowling: J. Newman, 2-20; Hawkes, 2-74; S. Newman, 2-27; Searell, 0-41: R. Newman, 0-16.

AUCKLAND GUN CLUB

SUCCESSFUL CHRISTMAS SHOOT Shooters were present from all parts of New Zealand at the Auckland Gun Club’s grounds at Pakura.nga on Saturday, when the club championship was shot for, in addition to C. £i. Drysdale and Company’s trophies. Among those present were Messrs. W. E. Parry, M.P., G. Baildon, Mayor of Auckland, H. R. Mackenzie, N. Wade, M. Carr (Wellington), P. Mason (Christchurch), G. Hogan, C. Craig, and W. Roberts. Shooters were present from all parts of New Zealand, and the championship match drew" the fine entry of 24. The conditions were 10 birds, all off 28yds, and the match resulted in H. Clinch, the present New Zealand champion, M. Pratt, and W. C. Whitney, tieing with the possible. They divided the stakes, and shot off for the club’s trophy, Whitney missing the twelfth, Pratt the fifteenth, Clinch getting his bird and winning. The winner is one of the best shots in the Dominion, having won all three championship at different meetings. M. Pratt is also one of the best shots in tho land, and Whitney put up an excellent performance in tieing with two such good shots. W. Woolven, W. H. Hazard, F. E. McKenzie, and S. Roberts each shot nine, R. Farrow, C. E. Hodge, and E. J. Schofield getting eight each. The match fo.r the Drysdale trophy attracted 32 entries, and resulted in a tie between M. Pratt (30yds), H. Clinch (30). A. E. Macredie (27), G. Peach (27), R. E. Farrow (25), P. N. Gallie (25), W. J. Turner (23), I. Lomas (23), D. Hyauiason (24), E. O’Kane (21), and A. E. Brown (21). They each took their stake, and shot off for the trophy and balance of the prize money, Pratt winning on the eleventh round. The trophies were presented to the winners by Mr. W. E. Parry, M.P., who made a very happy speech, paying a great tribute to the club for the sporting manner in which the matches were carried out. His remarks were very much appreciated by the gathering.

M atches Complete Win 4pts. Complete Loss Opts. First fnngs. Win Sots. First Inngs. Loss 1pt. Draw 2pts. Total points, Parnell 1 0 3 0 2 17 University 1 0 2 1 2 15 Ponsonby 1 0 2 2 1 14 Eden 1 0 1 1 3 14 Y.M.C.A 0 0 2 2 2 12 Grafton n 1 2 1 2 11 United Suburbs . . . 6 0 1 0 3 2 7 North Shore . . . 6 0 2 0 2 2 6