Four Centuries Scored

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 935, 31 March 1930, Page 7

Four Centuries Scored

bright a.c.a. final games Ponsonby’s Big Score BRIGH 1 and attractive batting was again the order of the day on Saturday afternoon, ■when the last matches in the second round of the Auckland Cricket Association’s senior' A grade competition were commenced. Batting for Ponsonby against United Suburbs, S. G. Smith and F. S. Taylor both scored centuries. C. F. W. Allcott reached three figures for Grafton against Y.M.C.A., and at North Shore R. Smith compiled 100 not out. Ponsonby put on 347 runs for three wickets against Suburbs. .

TWO TAIL-ENDERS GOT VARSITY OUT OF TROUBLE bush played solid innings Although Varsity linished up with the useful total of 23t> against Parnell on Saturday, there was a time (shortly after tea) when it looked as if the whole side would be out well under the second century. Good sir and Anthony were bowling particularly well •it that stage, and eight wickets were down for It>3. Matheson and Pear-.-on, however, saved the day with a splendid ninth-wicket partnership. Right through the innings the hatting was very in an* out. Conditions were well nigh perfect for rungetting, but the first three wickets fell for only 30 runs. Bush and Smceton put on SO Tor the fourth. They played good, solid : cricket, and they had to, because Duncan, Anthony and Hay were j setting a good example of alert fielding. Bush made 73 and batted like a tradesman. It was his best score this season, and it was a very good knock, too. Bush’s driving | was well-timed and nicely placed and he got some good shots through slips. Smceton also batted well when runs were wanted, but it was left for Matheson and Pearson to provide the brightest cricket of the day. Matheson took some time to open out in his usual vigorous style, but when Pearson came in both batsmen set about the bowling in fir.e style. Pearson was full of confidence and looked as if his spell had done him good. The ex-King’s man has given a glimpse of his true form at times this season. He has a very nice style, and should do better still next season. Matheson also batted exceptionally well when runs were wanted. Goodsir was undoubtedly Parnell’s outstanding bowler. At times the fielding behind the wickets was not as good as it was in front, and with a bit more luck Goodsir might have had another wicket or two. Still, Goodsir dropped one himself later on. Apart from that, the ex-Southlander bowled very well indeed, and except for an occasional spell of erratic deliveries, he commanded respect throughout. Anthony got two wickets and McCoy, although not in his best form, bowled better than his figures indicated. Details: UNIVERSITY First Innings. HAY. b MoCoy 3 LUXN, c Whitley, b Goodsir IS BUSH, b Goodsir 7" SCHNAUER, b Goodsir t SMEETON. run out f.S MATHIESON, not out 52 BURBEDGE, b Goodsir I METGE, lbw, b Anthony ii MACDOUGALL, c Singleton, b AnBRO WNE, “c * Whi tie y, * b ‘Goodsir '.O PEARSON, c Stehr, b McCoy 38 Extras 6 Total 236 Bowling: Goodsir 5-64; McCoy 2-78; Aitken 0-30; AntTiony 2-37; Vivian 0-21. PARNELL First Innings WHITER AW, not out <i VTV7AST. not out 2 Extras 0 No wickets for 8 SMITH AND TAYLOR BIG PONSONBY PARTNERSHIP No. 3 wicket at Eden Park on Saturday was eminently a batsman’s wicket. Taylor and Smith proved this j beyond all doubt with their spectacular ■ centuries which, toward the close of 1 play at rate, provided the on- j lookers with an excitng exhibition of i big hitting. Four times did Taylor lift! the ball clean over the clialk-linc, while J Monteith, in a happy period of sunny batting, was not far behind with three mighty sixers. When Smith opened his innings following on McLeod’s dismissal. Taylor had already compiled a neat little score, but the left-handed “Smithy” fc'©t out to catch him up with a large number of effortless fours off bowling which was .inclined to lag on so dead a Wicket. Both batsmen were even at the 99 mark, and Smith won the race for his century with a strong drive for four, while Taylor followed close at his heels to make his score 103, .too. The bowling standard was low, and apart from the fact that the wicket was not helpful in making the ball break, the number of “loose” balls was outstanding. Nolan secured three of the four wickets that fell, it is true, but the price was a heavy one. Nevertheless, ho deserves some credit for bowling so persistently and finally for accounting for the two century men, Smith and Taylor. SUBURBS’ MEN SHORT The number of Suburbs' fieldsmen was sadly depleted. Right from the beginning there was a shortage, ami when Martin got in the way of a nasty cne from McLeod, and had to leave the field, the position was awkward. A Ponsonby sub., Roy, however, did sterling work and caught both McLeod and Taylor. Toward the end of play, when the batsmen were hitting freely, the field was spread out round the boundary-line, but the ball found many gaps and often. Details: PONSONBY First Innings. SXEDDEN, b Nolan 21 McLEOD, c sub., b Webster -2 TAYLOR, c sub b Nolan SMITH, c Kerr, b Nolan 109 MONTEITH. not out .. .7 43 CLEVERLY, not out * Extras Four wickets for 347 GRAFTON’S FINE RECOVERY BRISK HITTING BY ALLCOTT After making a poor start to lose its first four wickets for just over 60, Grafton made a splendid recovery against Y.M.C.A. on No. 2 wicket at Eden Park on Saturday afternoon. The chief feature of the day was the free-hitting display given by

-Auckland's cricket captain, C. F. \V. , Allcott, who scored a century. Horspool and Sale, the first bats- i men, made their usual steady start, j but with the dsmissal of Horspool shortly after half an hour's play a general slump followed. Elliott and Lyon had opened the bowling, the latter dismissing Horspool. But Sale and Allcott soon settled down to the measure of both men, so that Elliott made a double bowling change, bringing on Clark and Cooper. This change was immediately sue- ! cessful, for off the last ball of Clark’s initial over, Sale sent a hard but accepted catch to Innes at cover point. Walters, the incomer, was caught behind by Smith off Cooper for two, and the procession was completed when Clark clean-bowled Whelan for a single in the next over. MACCORMACK COMES TO LIGHT I Mac Cormack, however, kept his end ! ‘ up and let Allcott do the scoring. The . Grafton captain made the most of his opportunity, and it was not long bej fore all the Y.M.C.A. bowling was being I flogged. I-Ie hit up his first 54 runs in exactly 54 minutes, having hit onesix and six fours at that stage of the game. He gave one real chance, when lie was dropped by Stewart in the field when he was 62, when attempting a big hit. Allcott reached his round century tn 110 minutes, and was clean-bowled by Clark after adding a further single to his score. . Mac Cormack, who partnered him during his hurricane effort, showed admirable restraint, and later, with renewed confidence, opened out with a power and force of his own. “Mac” is in his first year of grade cricket—last year he was at the Auckland Grammar School—and so far this season he has put up no really big score. He appears to have lacked just that little . extra confidence, which his association with Allcott on Saturday gave him, and then it did not—take him long to show his worth. When stumps were drawn Grafton had seven wickets down for 266 runs, so that Y.M.C.A.’s task next week will be a big one, even if Grafton does not bat on. Details: GRAFTON First Innings j HORSPOOL, b Lyon 22 : SALE, b Clark 15 j WALTERS, c Smith, b Cooper .... 2 WHELAN, b Clark 1 ALLCOTT. b Clark , tOJ j MaoOORMICK, c Smith, b Clark .. 76 j WILSON, H., st Smith, b Lyon .... 2S ! SPIEEX, not out 2 Extras 7 Seven wickets for 266 Bowling: Lyon, 2-69; Elliott, 0-SS; Cooper, 1-50; Clark, 4-61; A. Ridclols, 0-17; R. Riddols, 0-3. SHORE’S GOOD SHOWING BRILLIANT CENTURY TO SMITH Fortune favoured Frater at Devonport on Saturday for Shore’s finale with Eden, and on winning the toss he and Gerard went for the pads to open the batting under | ideal weather, and ground conditions. ! Thanks to a brisk opening, followed !by some brilliant batting by young “Dick” Smith, the cricket was brigliL ; ajul interesting throughout the afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed by a t goodly sprinkling of enthusiasts. R. Smith's century was easily the ; most finished display of batting seen •on the ground this season. The colt ; is in the bantam class, but possesses plenty of reserve power, with clever footwork and correct timing, which made liis innings almost faultless. He : showed the judgment of a. veteran in sorting out the right ones to hit, and I then made no mistakes in hitting them j hard. His defence, too, was very | sound, and most of his singles came 1 from blocking shots. Smith found the ! boundary on sixteen occasions, and there was a hearty demonstration when lie reached his first century in senior cricket, while the last man was in, and the applause was renewed when he returned at the end of the innings in tiie next over. The colt reached the 50 mark under three-quarters of an hour, but was justified In slowing down the speed after tea when the century was in sight. The only real flaw was a close call for stumping when he was in the thirties, but he took the risk with Brook-Smith deputising for McCarthy at the wickets and recovered smartly. OTHERS’ POOR DISPLAY Smith’s century is the only one to be scored by a Shore player this season, and was the only knock to save his side from collapse. “Mr. Extras” was the next highest contributor with a ■ useful 34, but the veteran Brook-Smith had some wild and wide stuff to stop at times, and leg byes were frequent. Gillespie rang the changes on half a dozen trundlers, bagging the final [ brace of “rabbits” cheaply himself. • but he did not try Thakobau or Lawrie among his unimpressive bowlers. Judged by Smith and Frater there was : nothing much to fear in the bowling, and the failure of the other batsmen was owing to bad strokes and faulty timing, due, no doubt, to lack of prac- ’ tice on Saturday afternoons during the season. I Gerard was shaping well and going freely when he fell in trying to hook a straight one, and Frater had belted some nice full-handle boundaries before making a half-hearted chop at a ; rising one on the off. Neither Player nor the two Webbs ever looked comfortable. but the ex-Grammar colt, W Macindoe, showed a sound defence, and was the turning point of a collapse when he patiently stuck it out for half an hour while his partnership with R. Smith added a valuable 4S. A word of praise is due to Coates for showing unusual restraint and playing the rock while the colt crept up to his century before the last wicket fell. Before tea the Eden fielding was far from creditable to so youthful a team. The tussocky clumps were some excuse for poor ground fielding, but not for the wild and woolly returns to the wicket, or the painful frequence of dropped chances. The scouting improved after the interval, and was very clean and keen in the closing stages of Shore’s innings. Xewdick and Butler shared the brunt of the barrage, and the wickets, Langton proving on the easy pitch.

Eden only had about ten minutes’ bating, during which Lawrie was skittled j 3.v Hugh Webb after rattling up 15 out 1 Df 18, and Eden will have io fight hard for a win, with Mills an absentee. Details: SHORE First Innings GERRARD, b Xewdick 14 FRATER, c Thakabou, b Butler .. 33 PLAYER, b Butler 7 WEBB, D., e Brook-Smith, b Langton 2 MACINDOE, b Xewdick 7 WEBB, H., lbw, b Butler "! o SAUNDERS, c Gillespie, b Xewdick 12 SMITH, R„ not out . 100 XAISMITH, b Xewdlck 12 WHEELER, cG. L. Weir, b Gillespie $ COATES, c Butler, b Gillespie 6 j Extras zi \ Total *. 235 I Bowling: Gillespie, 2-7; Xewdick. 4-43; Butler, 8-47; Langton, 1-54: A. F. Weir, 0-10; G. L. Weir, 0-31. EDEX First Innings. LAWRIE. b H. Webb 15 I BUSTLES, not out ] \ WEIR, G. L., not out o ! Extras 2 Ono wicket for IS - SENIOR B GRADE KING'S OLD BOYS V. PONSON3Y King's Old Boys.-—First innings: S. Morris, c Gillespie, b Hoare, 110; J Caughey, b Kelly, 7; G. Jackson, b A.. AVarneford, 64; K. AVilson, st Kemp, b A. AVarneford, 31; It. Kissling, b Douglas, 19;’ J. Simpson, c Kelly, b A. AVarneford, 0; J. Coath, not out, 36; A. Caughey, b A. AVarneford, 3; C. Keegan, lbw, b Matheson, 17; J. Palmer, not out, 27; extras, 19. Eight wickets for 333. THIRD GRADE . Papatoetoe v. Puhinui.—Papatoetoe; First innings, 129 (McFarlane 31 retired, Burnside 20. Hamilton ID, Adams 16, Havill 10). Bowling for Puhinui: MlSweeney, 4-27; Price, 3-32; Healy, 0-7; Mains, 2-15. Puhinui: First innings, 25 (Mains 8). Bowling for Papatoetoe: Havill. 4-1; McKenzie, 1-0; Hamilton, 2-4; ►Sanderson, 3-9. Puhinui; Second innings 66 (Brewer 15, R. Price 10, Healy 10). Bowling for Papatoetoe: Adams, 3-5. FOURTH GRADE Papatoetoe v. St. Stephens.—Papatoetoe: First innings 40 (Silvester 9, McCauley S). Bowling for St. Stephens: Ball, 2, Morrison 3, Abernethy 2, Warren 2. Second innings, 34 for six wickets (Ceilings 14 not out). Bowling for St. Stephen’s: Abernethy, G-S. St. Stephen’s: First innings 104 (Fraser 32, Morrison 26, McKinley 1.5, Holden 10). Bowling for Papatoetoe: White, 5-22: Baker, 0-21; Gubb, 1-23; Collins, 1-17; McCauley, 3-11. SECOND GRADE Xorthcote.—First innings, 236 (Boswell 100, Mayall 27. Couldrey 20, Cross 24, Potter 13, Arblaster 10. Isbister IS not out). Bowling for Tamaki: Graham, 1-50; Coleman, 7-75; Proctor, 0-11; Adams, 0-1 S: Lennon, 1-10; Walls, 0-4; Appleyard, 1-20; Tamaki. First innings: One for 50 (Webster not out 20, Lennon not out 21, Walls 5). Bowling for Xorthcote.—Arblaster, 1- Cross, u-11; Pearm, 0-3; Isbister, 0-7. GIRLS’ ASSOCIATION The only match played on Saturday under the control of the Auckland Girls’ Cricket Association was that between* Training College and Hockey A. Details are as follow: Training College.—l. Stuart, b Whitelaw, 6; L. White, c Ushaw, b Frayling, 13; H. Donaldson, c and b H. Clark, 45; C. Fotheringham,' c Allison, b Frayling, 1: J. Xagle, c Whitelaw, b Camplin, 3; .f. Howell, b Dawson, 4; P. Xorris, c and b H. Clark, 7; Jv. MeGirr, b Frayling, S; M. Miles, lbw, b Whitelaw, 1; R. Perez, not out, 0; extras, 7. Total, 95. Bowling: H. Frayling, 3-21: M. Whitelaw, 2- H. Clark, 2-25; P. Dawson, 1-13: P. Camplin, 1-6. Hockey A.—R. Allison. c Xagle, b Fotheringham, 1; M. Whitelaw, lbw, b Fotheringham, 4: H. Clark, run out, 0: C. Mayo, b J. Xagle, 0; H. Frayling, c Donaldson, b Xagle, 4; J. Camplin, b Fotheringham, 4; E. Ushaw, c Xagle, b Fotheringham, 1; B. Makgill, c Fotheringham, b Xagle, 10; P. Camplin, c Stuart, b Fotheringham, 9; IT. Dickeson, run out, 5: P. Dawson, not out, 1; extras, 2. Total, 41. Bowling: Fotheringham, 5-26; Xagle,

SYDNEY GRADE CRICKET ' MOSMAN CHAMPION CLUB SYDNEY, Sunday. Although there is more than one match to be played, Mosman has won the season's cricket championship, being nine points ahead of the nearest opponent, Gordon. T. J. Andrews, playing for Petersham, scored 118 yesterday against North Sydney, and his club-mate, Everett, made 116. Andrews is now only 24 runs behind the record set by \V. Bardsley some years ago for the greatest number of runs scored in one season. Other centuries yesterday were hit for University against Manley. Smith 144 and Hogg 112. For Mosman against Marrickville, Love made 117 not out. For Paddington against St. George, Wells made 111. Bowling for Western Suburbs against Glebe, Burt too* seven wickets for 51 runs.

HEAVY-WEIGHT TITLE SHARKEY TO MEET SCHMELLING NEW YORK, Saturday. It is announced that Sharkey and Max Schmelling will meet fur the heavy-weight boxing title in New York on June 12, instead of June 26, as originally announced. It is also announced that Stribling will fight Phil Scott in London some time in May. It is believed, in view of this announcement and Scott’s recent statement in London that he did not think he could train in time to meet Van Porat, that the bout with Van Porat on April 30 has been cancelled. LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS LONDON. Saturday. In the League football cup semi-final matches, Wiclnes beat Barrow by 10 points to 5 at Warrington, and St, Helens drew with Wigan, 5 all, at S win ton.