Albion Surprises

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 875, 20 January 1930, Page 6

Albion Surprises

NEW SUBURBAN GAMES START Ponsonby Batsmen in Form SURPRISING reversals of form, notably by Albion and Ponsonby, in tlie fresh series of matches commenced oh the Domain on Saturday, invested the Suburban Cricket Association's competitions with new and welcome interest. Ihe month’s spell certainly benefited batsmen of practically all teams, the day producing some uniformly high performances.

Wickets were in good condition, though dead at first, but improved to a degree that admirably suited the batsmen. A feature of the day was Albion’s spectacular batting display which rudely shocked the competition leaders, Green Lane. The new Xl.’s big - score of 278 was principally due to the sparkling opening partnership of Viscoe and R. Stallworthy, who put on over

all three wickets which fell by the end of the day’s play. Details: PONSONBY First Innings EDMONDS, c Dunning, b Mann .. 2 1 SALLEN, b V. Williams 48 MORMAN, st Badeley, b Matthews 2 BARNES, c Breese, b Mann 19 ROBERTSHAW. b Mann 3 MASTERS, b Dunning 65 NICKLIN, st. Badeley, b Mann .. 2 WARD, b Bennett COOPER, absent • • • 0 WITHERS, b C. Williams 54 McFarlane, not out i~ Extras 7 Total 245 Bowling: Matthews, 1-49; Mann, 3-46; Bennett. 1-15; Turner, 0-33: Martin, 0-28; V. Williams, 1-23; C. Williams, 1-18; Dunning, 1-IS. HARBOUR BOARD First Innings BREESE, c Edmonds, b Macfarlane 3 BADELEY, b Macfarlane 0 WILLIAMS, C., c Nicklin, b McFarlane 15 WILLIAMS, V., not out 3 DUNNING, not out 9 Extras 8 Three wickets for 38 ELLERSLIE’S BIG SCORE W.Y.M.I.’S REPLY Ellerslie set W.Y.M.I. a hard task on Saturday afternoon, when it hit up 243 in its first strike. However, at stumps the Young Men seemed to be on the way to giving a good account of themselves, for they had put on 50 for the loss of one -wicket. Watts and Burton were Ellerslie’s opening men. Early in the game the batsmen treated the bowling of Scott and Albrecht with respect, and took no chances. Watts did not last long, and had only made four when he fell to Albrecht. Hollis, next man in, went to F. Chapman at 14, and then Matthews came to the crease with Burton. This was the beginning of a profitable partnership, the two soon getting the strength of the bowling. Burton did the bulk of the scoring, Matthews taking things easy to begin with. THE “BURTON” INCIDENT The end of the partnership came when Matthews was run out at 33. From the stand the fault seemed to lie with Burton. Fie called and apparently signalled a run to Matthews, who started up the pitch. Burton just got out of his crease, and deeming discretion the better part of valour ran back in time, leaving Matthews half-way down the pitch an easy victim for the wicket-keeper. Burton’s tactics displeased the crowd, and there

150 before the first wicket fell. Albion has an excellent chance of a two-point win seeing that' Green Lane has lost two for 43. Ponsonby, too, upset calculations by piling up 243 against Harbour Board, who has started its first innings badly by losing three of its best batsmen for 38. Uniformly good batting placed Ellerslie in a good position with 243 runs from the first innings. W.Y.M.1., however, has started promisingly with 50 on for the loss of one wicket. FINE OPENING PARTNERSHIP ALBION SHOCKS GREEN LANE

In sending Albion in to bat on a dead wicket, Green Lane’s calculations were upset because conditions worked out in favour of the batsmen. It was the spectacular opening partnership of Viscoe ajid R. Stallworthy that broke clown the bowling attack and encouraged the following batsmen to play confidently. Almost immediately Viscoe took the measure of the poor length slows with which Seccombe was varying his deliveries and the batsmen went and lifted them high to the leg boundary. Ho had a few narrow escapes early, but after a while completely mastered both Seccombe and Kerr and slogged with joyous abandon. He put on 70 in ten boundaries and five sixes, an indication of his enterprising and almost reckless hitting. He was unlucky in not registering his century after so sparkling and forceful an innings. Scoring much slower, but with stylish shots—stinging carpet drives to the off, neat cuts past point and well timed glides on the leg-side—Stall-worthy gave a delightful exhibition that was practically void of chances. His 54 was the result of solid batting. Gedye could not settle down, and was uncomfortable in face of frequent bowling changes. He reached 21, in which he showed no mercy to Seccombe off whom he twice hit sixes. Brightest performance of the tailenders was Longville’s. The change bowlers did not trouble him, and he indulged in terrific hitting mostly for boundaries, finally carrying his bat for Green Lane started badly, losing the first wicket for three runs. Wroath and Clark established a promising partnership, but the former was very unenterprising and lost many runs by failure to back up. Clark played a forceful innings for 24, being cleanbowled just on time. ALBION First Innings VISCOE. c Hughes, b Clark .. os STALLWORTHY, R., c Hart, b Seccombe 54 MINCHAM, stpd, C. Watts','b Kerr !! 24 GEDYE, c E. Watts, b Kerr 21 McGREGOR, c Seccombe, b Wroath 3 YOUNG, run out 19 STALLWORTHY, E., c Smith, b Seccombe 1 LONGVILLE, not out .’!!!! 41 WILLIAMS, b Scarborough 2 BICKSON, b Scarborough 0 Extras 45 Total 27S . Bowling: Seccombe, 2-108; Kerr, 2-74; Scarborough, 2-5; Hart, 0-17; Wroath. 1-44; Clark, 1-14. GREEN LANE First Innings ? Youl,e ‘ b Stallworthy 1 WROATH, not out 17 CLARK, b Dickson * * * * 9 4 WATTS, E., not out 1 Two wickets for .. 43 PONSONBY IN FORM HARBOUR BOARD DEBACLE Ponsonby batsmen were in sparkling iorm on Saturday afternoon, when thG J r - nrst strike against Haiboui Board in the new series of matches at the Domain. The Ponies knocked up 245 and about 5.30 the board opened ’ with Breese and C. Williams. The firstnamed was the surprise of the dav Usually one of the board’s top-scorers, he had not been long at the crease when he skied McFarlane for Edmonds to hold, when his score was three. This disaster certainly says a lot for Harbour Board’s profitable experiment of opening with the tailenders in the last series of matches. The next man in, Badeley, went out clean-bowled by the same bowler, without opening his account, while the other opening batsman, C. Williams, carried on to 15 when he was caught by Nicklin off McFarlane. V. Williams and Dunning were not out with three and nine respectively at the call of time. Several of Ponsonby’s batsmen were outstanding, namely Masters 65, Withers 54 and Sallen 48. Bowling for Harbour Board, Mann put up the best average with three for 46. Matthews, who was thought to be tlie board’s star bowler, not coming up to expectations, only taking one wicket for 49. Masters’s 65 was easily the best display of the day, even disregarding the fact that it was top score. He played clean, patient cricket throughout his innings. He took no unnecessary chances, yet he seemed to have the measure of the bowling. Judging by Harbour Board’s display toward the close of Saturday's play, McFarlane is going to have a fine bowling average before the innings closes, as he took

was an angry murmur when Matthews returned to the pavilion. The ironical side of the incident came five minutes later when Watkins, the next man in, facing the bowling, signalled no run to Burton, who, apparently, did not see the signal, or ignored it, and was himself run out in trying to force a run. His total was 68. Shortly before 6 p.m. the Institute took over the wicket, opening with H. Chapman and Young. Chapman only made three before being caught by the bowler Burton. Young and Lewis, played out time and finished with 25 and 17 respectively. Details: ELLERSLIE First Innings WA'TTS, b Albrecht 4 HOLLIS, b F. Chapman 14 MATTHEWS, run out 33 BURTON, run out 68 WATKINS, E., b Corney 7 ELLIOTT, c Yates, b Corney .. .. 2 WILLIAMS, b H. Chapman 6 YATES, b Kasper .. 38 KNEEBONE, c Chapman, b Kasper 1 WATKINS, N., c Albrecht, b F. Chapman 36 BAXTER, not out 17 Extras 17 Total .. 243 Bowling: Scott, 0-50; Albrecht, 1-21; F. Chapman, 2-21; Corney, 2-63; Yates, 0-21; H. Chapman, 1-3; Kasper, 2-18; Young, 0-0. W.Y.M.I. First innings CHAPMAN, H., c and b Burton .... 3 YOUNG, not out 25 LEWIS, not out 17 Extras 5 One wicket for 50 SENIOR B GRADE

Fawcett, Limited, v. Invicta.—Fawcett, Limited: First innings, 138 (Axon 41, Drew 20, Bell 15, E. Rowe 12, R. Rowe 10). Invicta: First innings, 74 (Watkins 34). Bowling: W. Peebles, 4-7; Bell, 3-35; Axon, 2-13. Fawcett, Limited, won by 64 runs. SECOND GRADE Otahuhu v. Green Lane. —Otahuhu: First innings, 89 (White 29, Airey 15, Hieatt 9, Pierce 8). Bowling: McCarthy, 7-46; McQuarrie, 1-12; Clark, 1-21. Green Lane: First innings, 88 (Clark 27, Cullum 10, Beattie 10, Hewitt 8). Bowling: Ogilvie, 6-24; McDowall, 2-20; Nield, 1-6; Pierce, 1-17. THIRD GRADE Gas Garage v. Edendale. —Edendale: First innings, 59 ("Warren 11). Second innings, 69 (C. Blockley 14, Ninkie 13, Beanland 12). Gas Garage: First innings, 49 (Bailey 13). Edendale gained a two-point win.