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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 52, Issue 81, 15 January 1932, Page 2

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THE CANTERBURY TEAM. MATCH AGAINST HAWKE’S BAY. HASTINGS, January 14. The touring Canterbury Plunket Shield cricket team began a two-days match with Hawke’s Bay at Napier today. The wicket and outfield were in excellent condition. Winning the toss Hawke’s Bay made the satisfactory total of 244, batting

for just under three and a half hours. Kavanagh played a patient innings for 60, batting confidently against air the Canterbury bowlers. T. Reaney also performed well. He was dropped befoie reaching double figures. t Canterbury reversed the usual batting order ‘and when stumps were drawn had lost six wickets for 182 runs, Powell playing a forceful innings for 78 to compile top score for the day.

Scores:— HAWKE’S BAY. First Innings. Kavanagh, lbw, b Merritt GO Finlayson, b Bellamy ... ••• IJ Burns, run out ... ••• O’Brien, e Stringer, b Bellamy ... 0 A. Reaney, c Lester, b Burrows ... 69 Beck, lbw, b Cromb 4 Brown, c Burns, b Cromb ( H Reaney, b Bellamy ... 34 Gilbertson', e Merritt, b Cromb ... 0 Williams, not out ••• ••• Nairn, b Burrows 4 Extras ••• ••• ••• _ Total ... 244 Bowling analysis—Bellamy, three wickets-for 43 runs; Cromb three tor 59 ; Burrows; two for .73; Roberts, none for’ 19; Merritt, one for 39. CANTERBURY. First Innings. Merritt, c Williams, b Nairn ... 11 Stringer, e Nairn, b Gilbertson ... 20 Powell, c Brown, b Reaney ••• 78 Bellamy, run out .... 14 I jester, c O’Brien, b Nairn 1 Burns, e O’Brien, b Nairn ' ... 19 Roberts, not out 2o Burrows, not out % Extras ••• , ' Total (for six wickets) ••• 182 Bowling analysis—Nafrn, three wickets for 27 runs T. Reaney, one for 2/ ; Gilbertson, one for 38; O’Brien, none for 8; H. Reaney, none’lor 45.

TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW. The following. will represent their respective clubs in cricket mntebes tomorrow : Ashburton B. 1 Seniors, against Technical, on Technical ground :—Nicoll. Stewart, Browne, Harper, Harper, Woods, Bennett. AlcElhinney, Jordan, Hanratty, I oclu. Emergency: Brophy. Technical. Seniors against Ashburton R, at Technical: C. V. MeNieoll, H. L. Elvy, Jim Varcoe, F. Grenfell, C. H. Penrose, A G. A. Baigent, F. W. Polhill, I. C. Fowler, I. C. Penrose, R. Mcllraith. Third grade against Itakaia, at Rakaia: AV. Sparrow, A. Aloodie, D. Go wans, 'H. Baird, AV. Aloodio, L. Taylor, I. Kenny, H. Jones, T. Spicer, N. Jones, O. Gass, I. Connell, A 7. Crequer, Fairfield. Seniors against Ashburton A at the Oval:—AA 7 . O’Gradv, A 7. Willis, R. Drennan, S. AVillis, C. Brady, G. Willis. G. Afacdonald, C. Huffam, AY. Andrews, C. Urquhart, N. Dewart.