Y.M.C.A.’s Good Fight

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 923, 17 March 1930, Page 6

Y.M.C.A.’s Good Fight

BATS WELL AGAINST PARNELL Saturday’s Club Cricket BY occupying the crease all afternoon to have eight wickets down for 225 runs at stumps, Y.M.C.A. achieved the distinction of being the first team to top the second century in a single innings against the competition leaders, Parnell, when the fourth series of matches in the Auckland Cricket Association’s senior A grade second round were commenced on Saturday.

Ivan Cooper, former Auckland representative, who scored a solid halfcentury, was chiefly responsible for that performance, which Don Miller hurried along with a breezy 38. On No. 2 wicket at Eden Park. Eden slumped rather badly against Porisonby to be all out tor the moderate total of 178. However, the Ponies fared little better when they commenced their innings, and at six o’clock had three wickets down tor 31 runs. United Suburbs surpassed itself on No. 3 wicket by scoring IS3 in its first innings against Grafton, and over at Devonport, Varsity, after being all out for 149, had one Shore wicket down for 4$ runs at stumps.

TWO CENTURIES UP

Y.M.C.A. TAKES NO CHANCES When Elliott won the Loss and put Y.M.C.A. in on Saturday against the competition leaders, Parnell, his men took no chancen with the bowling, and set about the task of entrenching themselves, to succeed in setting Parnell a bi£ hurdle for next Saturday. Tile opening pair, Elliott and Sutherland, were not long together, for Elliott was beaten ail the way with a good ball from McCoy just as he appeared to be getting into his stride. However, Ivan Cooper filled the gap most ably, and together the pair by solid, well picked shots, took the total to just within sight of the century before Goodsir came on the spot to trim Sutherland’s bails. The batsman had run up a valuable 46, and his partner was allowed to go on to 57 before being well held by Singleton off Goodsir. Lyon scored 20. and when a bit of good bowling by Vivian dismissed R. Riddolls and Clark for 7 and 0 respectively, Don Miller reappeared in senior A grade ranks to enliven proceedings with a fine piece of the bitting for which he is famed. He attacked all the bowling, and when apparently well set for *a good fcore, he was brilliantly taken on the boundary by Turbott off a scoring shot which would have been a six had not the fieldsman got his hands on to it. Miller scored 38. A- Riddolls also batted well, and at stumps had 32 not out to his credit. McCoy and Goodsir did the bulk of the bowling, the farmer being on for a long stretch at the Dominion Road end. Aitken and Vivian also trundled well at times. Details Y.M.C.A. First Innings * ELLIOTT, b McCoy S SUTHERLAND, b Goodsir .. .. .. 46 COOPER, c Singleton, 1> Goodsir .. 57 LYON, e McCoy, b Goodsir 20 RIDDOLLS. R.. b Vivian 7 CLARK, b Vivian 0 MILLER, c Turbott. b McCoy .... 3S RIDDOLLS, A., not out 32 STEWART, run cut 5 PANTHER, not out 4 Extras S Eight wickets for 225

TAIL-ENDERS FIRST '

EDEN'S MEDIOCRE SHOWING Winning the toss against Honsonby on Saturday, the Eden team reversed its usual batting order to give the lower ranks a chance to show up. But the side’s display was not an exhilarating one. After McCarthy had been dismissed for one. Lawrie and Postles were associated in a promising stand. In fact it was a fairly bright effort, for Pos les sterns to be leaving his reputation for slowness behind him. Tliakobau put a bit of life into proceedings, but played Cleverley on when just one short of 20. A. F. Weir got the runs, but that is about all, and wickets began to fall all around him. Mills went leg before to Sneddon for three and of the tail enders. only G. L. Weir could make a stand. Cleverley smashed his way through to get several cheap wickets, but Weir altered proceedings by driving him for three fours in one over. The end came when he clean bowled Newdick and left Weir 38 not out. Cleverley was the most successful Ponsonby bowler, although his average* was assisted by cheap wickets late in the day. He pegged level with the other medium fast man. Roy, for a Time. Roy got two for 56 and Cleverley four for 55. Sneddon had a Short spell at th ' crease to take two wickets for eight runs, but PYnluvson failed to draw blood. Details: EDEN First Innings McCarthy, c Cleverley, b Roy .. 1 LAWRIE, run out , o* POSTLES. run out *. *. 40 TH AKOBAU. b Clove rl«\ m MILLS, lbw. b Snedtfen s . . VIVIAN, b Rev “it BUTLER. !» Cleverle v ’ •-> LANG,TON, b Cleverley *. WE! o. L.. n<»t our .. .. 3S NEW DICK, b Cleverlev .. .. ” 2 Extras 13 Total ITS BonUng: Cleverley, t-r. 5; Snedden, v Roy, 5-56; Smith, ••-22: Finlayson. 0-24. PONSONBY First Innings. FLETCHER, lbw, b New dick .... 7 MONT KITH, o McCarthy, b Newdick 5 HUNT, c and b Langton 1 UUINEY. not out 0 SNEDDEN, not out Extras 4 Three wickets for 31

SUBURBS HOLDS GRAFTON

KERR TOP SCORES Suburbs' quite respectable score of 183 notched against Grafton on No. 3 wicket at Eden Park on Saturday, was the outcome of very inconsistent batting as far as the team as a whole was concerned. The individual ptrformance of Kerr »nd Wetherill were notworthy efforts, hut there were far too many singleligure scores included in the batting list. And then again, in the case ol'

the two highest scorers mentioned, there were some outstanding contradictions. While Wetherill seemed to find the condition of the pitch quite to his liking and proceeded to hit out straight off the mark, Kerr was extremely cautious if consideration is taken of the reliable wicket and the almost certainty of the ball playing no tricks. The latter player scored his first single after 25 minutes’ play, but after that he woke up to engage in a. splendid batting performance. In one over he scored four fours and a two, and when his great effort came to a close he had added a vital Gi to Suburbs’ total—exactly one-third of the total. When Wetherill went out with a

breezy 49 to his credit, the rot that followed among the Suburban ranks was deplorable. Martin, ITencly and Bushill were accounted for in quick succession, and, until Lonergan came in and kept his end up, Kerr could get no one to stay with him. Allcott was without doubt the thorn in Suburbs’ side. Of the nine overs he bowled, five were maidens. It was quite evident that Horspool was keeping the batsmen ill at ease and his queer delivery did have a rather tricky appearance. Rowntree put in good work behind the stumps and he was directly responsible for the dismissals of Wetherill and AVatkins. ' Grafton went in a quarter of an hour before stumps and had scored 22 for no wickets at 6 p.m. Details: UNITED SUBURBS First Innings KERR, c McCormick, b Horspool .. 61 WETHERILL, run out 49 MARTIN. 1. Allcott 0 HENDRY, b Wilson 1 BUSHILL, run out 2 LONERGAN, e Wilson, b Allcott .. 22 WEBSTER, c McCormick, b Horspool 3 MCLAREN, c Johnston, b Horspool 2 LEIKIS. <• Whelan, b Horspool .. 20 WATKINS, c Rowntree, b Wilson in NOLAN, not out 5 Extras 2 Total IS3 Bowling: Wilson, 2-55; Horspool, 4-54; Johnston, 0-36; Allcott, 2-36. GRAFTON First Innings SALE, not out 17 WALTERS, not out 5 Extras 0 No wickets for 22

DULNESS AT DEVONPORT

VARSITY’S WEAK SHOWING Cricket on the North Shore has not been as exhilarating this season as in former years, and the monotonous manner in which the home club lost every match in the first round caused the goodly crowd of spectators tc fade away, so there were but few to be bored by Varsity’s tedious and stodgy innings on Saturday, which was only relieved by a bright and brief interlude when Matheson and Ron Bush were partnered. Except then, the rate of runs fell well below the now-standardised slow paco of one run a minute in senior club cricket, and there were more chances than boundaries. The first fierce hour produced but 35 runs* although the wicket was easy, and the students only had to face the bowling of Player and Coates, from whom Snedden had helped himself at the rate of two a minute the previous Saturday. McDougall was the only casualty in the first hour, after two °r three lives, and Metge also had a few in the 77 minutes he took to make 17 runs. Both bowlers suffered from atrocious fielding in the slips, and the close-in men, but the colts in the outfield provided a refreshing contrast by their wide-awakeness. Limn took an hour to gather and was then out, caugiit I otf liis shirt collar. It was a peculiar : decision, but perhaps excusable, as the I ball got up vei*y quickly. Hay went 1 lbw next ball. A PURPLE PATCH Then Matheson joined lion Bush, and everyone wqke up. Both hit out merrily, and ran snarp sing.es livened up the somnolent ones on and oil the field, but Matheson fell lbw lo a ball which appeared off the wicket Iroin the way he shaped at it. The all too brief partnership hud kept the boys busy on the score-board, and Bush continued to score freely with the average amount of help from duffed catches. Pehnauer was obviously out of form i " hon bowled for a blob, and Ron Busli i just missed his half-century after a ! brig-iit knock in going for a hit off i maunders. Ihe tail was doing a gentle j waggle when Burb.dge hud to retire i temporarily from a knock on the knee. I ino i rot. returned to conclude the! innings, but was run out through his handicap, and a slow innings closed for 149. Coates, Saunders, and Li i Webb shared the bowling honours, but j in his opening effort Player bowled six ; overs for four runs and suffered from ■ tho epidemic of “dropsy” in the slips. In the half-hour remaining, Frater and Gerrard made a good opening for Shore, until the captain was bowled ! ill the final over of the day in forcing i the pace. With 48 on for one wicket. ! and anything like Varsity’s luck. Shore \

should get another win with Smeeton j missing from the students’ attack. Details: VARSITY First Innings METGE, b Coates i; McDOUGALL, c sub., b Coates .... 7 LI'NN, c Wheeler, b Coates l'. HAY, lbw, b Coates o' ESON. lbw, b Saunders .. .. 15 . SCHNAUER, b Saunders 0 BUSH, R.. b* Saunders 4G BANNISTER, o smith, b H. Webb .. 8 BURBIDGE, run out 10 BROWNE, b 11. Webb 11 SHAXLEY. not out 6 Extras ~ ~ 14 Total 143 Bowling: Saunders, 3-25; J-J. Webb, g-31; Coates, 4-41; Player, u-10; D. Webb, j SHORE i First innings FRATER, 1, Hay 31 GERRARD, not out .. 13 I Extras . . . . . . 4 j Total for one wicket 4s DOWN THE GRADES SENIOR B PLAYERS Eden v. Balmoral. Eden. First i innings: Aickin, ibw, b R. Broberg, 1: Gillespie, st Newdick, b C. Broberg, -i: Cant- ; i a Y’, c -Mills, b C. Broberg, 0; Cash more, ! b C. Broberg, 02; Blair, b C. Broberg. 6;: Postles b Wright, IS; Hintz, e Mills, b C. Broberg, 3; Buckley, lbw, b Wright, G; \ . Black, c and b C. Broberg, 4; Stokes, b VVright, 5; Black, not out, 1; extras. 10. Total, 104. Bowling: C. Broberg 6-57, R. Broberg 1-29, Wright Balmoral.—First innings: Ellis, c Stokes, b Gillespie, 5; K. Broberg, c Cantlay, b Gillespie, 27; Byerley, c and b Gillespie, 22; Newdick, b Hintz, 9; Evans, c Black, b Blair, 17; Wright, c Cashmpre, b Gillespie, 16; Purcell, b Blair, 1; M’. Hook, c Stokes, b Gillespie, 13; Mills, not out, 8; R. Hook, st Stokes, b Aickin, 5; C. Broberg, c and b Gillespie, 5; extras, 9. Total, 137. Bowling: llintz 1-31, Gillespie 6-61, Blair 2-20, Aickin 1-13. Papatoetoe v. Shore A. —Papatoetoe won by default. SECOND GRADE United Suburbs v. North Shore.—North Shore: First innings, 38. Bowling: Preston 1-15, Cook 4-23. Second innings, three wickets for 43. United Suburbs: First innings, 134 (Russell 26, Boreham 40, Preston 14, Middleton 11, ITeats 23). Bowling: Smith seven wickets, Davey two. Mount Albert v. Grafton.—Grafton: First innings, 52 (Dunning 25, Horspool 15). Bowling: Delugar 6-24, Alexander 4-1. Mount Albert: First innings, 169 (W. Rankin 10, Tv. Rankin 77, Hirst 31, Delugar 10). Bowling: Hamilton 4-3 S, Stone 2-43, Horspool 1-25, Shea 2-10. THIRD GRADE Maungakiekie v Parker-Lamb.—Maunga-kiekie: First innings, 10; second innings, 38. Parker-Lamb: First innings, 93 (Maher 27, Sharp 18). Won by an innings and 45 runs. A three-point win for Parker-Lamb. Point Chevalier v. Post and Telegraph. —Point Chevalier: First innings, 98 Slassenger 36, Birch 18, Scherer 16). Post and Telegraph: First innings, 55 (McKeown 23 not out). Bowling- Wallace 4-31., Skinner 6-20, Point Chevalier won by 43 runs. Victoria v. Kauri Timber Company.— Kauri Timber Company: First innings, 39 (Mitchell 10). Second innings, 54 (Mitchell 16). Victoria: First innings, 194 for five wickets, declared (Ellis 58 not out. Woods 24. Ashby 35, Robinson 29, Belsham 14 not out). Victoria won by an innings and 101 runs. Papatoetoe v. United Suburbs.—Papatoetoe: First innings, 73 (Sanderson 12, Hay ill 19, Lusby 25). Bowling for United Suburbs, Burke 8-48, Everitt, 1-IS. United Suburbs: First innings, 106 (Burke 44, Everitt 29, Hammond 12). Bowling for Papatoetoe, Lusby 2-5, Kerr 5-15. United Suburbs won by 33 runs on the first innings. A three-point win. FOURTH GRADE Papatoetoe v. Grey Lynn.—Grey Lvmr First innings, 55 (Butler 12, Nicholls 30 not out). Bowling for Papatoetoe, White 7. Barker 3. Second innings 18 for no .wickets (Butler 11 not out, Nicholls 5 not out). Papatoetoe: First innings. 30 (White 12). Bowling for Grey Lynn, Nicholls 7. McDonald 1, Herd 2. Second innings: 35 (Collingrs 11 not out, McCauley 9). Bowling for Grey Lynn, Nicholls 6, McDonald 2, Herd 1. A four-point win for Grey Lynn. FRIENDLY MATCH Philomel v. R.N.V.R.—Philomel: First innings, 43 (Patten IS). Bowlin?: Benton 14, Jones 5-17. R.X.V R • First in''infra. 4° (Hurt 14). Bowling-: Taylor I 9-16, Patten 1-11. Philomel: Second ini 4° (Key 10). Bowling: Jones 4-13. Connon 4-11. R.N.V.R.: Second innmgs, 51 (Bend 10). Patten 5-24, Tayj lor 2-22. MATCH AT CORNWALLIS During 'lie week-end a cricket match was played at Cornwallis between Mr Ceo Ashfnrth’s eleven and a team rem-ei sentihg (he Manukau Cruising Club Scores:—Cruising Club: First innings 10 Bowling: Birchall took six wickets Bee- ! EE 11 three. Ilynes one. Ashforth’s ! t e . a ".’ : First innings, 20. Bowling: J C | C lt ß'h S 'X wickets, including “hat trick."' ;i . Williams four wickets. Cruising Club|Second tmungs. 28 (Williams 16). Walton , nve wickets. H. Burton one Birehall & re ®- Ashforth’s team: Second innings, t*. , f P r eight wickets (A. Birc-hall 14) Sibbm four wickets, Williams four