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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 64, 27 December 1935, Page 7

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EASY VICTORY FOR M.C.C. 1 READ’S FINE BOWLING. (Per Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH, December 26. The M.C.C. team beat Canterbury by 10 wickets. All Canterbury’s hopes of holding the visitors to a draw vanished early to-day. J. L. iKerr was again the hero of the local side, scoring 71 by brilliant batting, but he was the only one, for the whole side was out for 172. Kerr mastered the bowling almost at once and went for runs. Neither the fast not spin bowlers troubled him. Cromb did not play his usual dashing innings. He tried to play for safety but the first half-volley he received he skied into the covers. The downfall of Canterbury was due to the inability of all but very few batsmen to play Read’s fast bowling. He took six wickets, but lie had a share in demoralising the' other batsmen. Hadlee was out in the first over after resuming play this morning. 38-2-19. A few minutes later Butterfield followed him to the pavilion, having played outside a straight ball which kept low. 42-3-11. Cromb and Kerr were now together at the wickets and it was realised that, unless this pair made a stand, Canterbury’s hopes of a draw would vanish. Read and Baxter bowled exceedingly well. Cromb was never safe and he had an escape when he cocked up a ball to leg instead of hitting it to the fence. The bowling was changed to Sim and Holmes and the change was effective. Cromb attempted to hit Sims hard but he skied the ball and Barber took an easy catch. 73-4-19. O’Brien joined Kerr but did not look like staying long. He was dropped in the first over but improved later. At lunch the score was 131. On resuming Read and Baxter bowled again and Read! in his second over knocked back O’Brien’s middle stump. 132-o-li. Roberts came in only to see Kerr go, caught at second slip off Read. 135-6-*7l Merritt was the next. A last bumper from Read struck him oyer the heart and the next ball clean bowled him. 137-7-1. Graham was out first ball. 137-8-0. Jackman joined Roberts and added a few singles by smart running. Jackman went first, being clean bow-led by Read. 157-9-15. Andrews the last man, was caught on the bounda y bv Human, who was the best ot a strong fielding side. 172-10-7. . MC.C. required 52 runs to wnn and Smith and Parks knocked off the runs. CANTERBURY. First innings 2^® Second Innings. Bellamy, lbw, b Baxter 9 H. Butterfield, b Baxter■ ... J 4 W. N. Hadlee, c and b Reaa ... -i^ I. B. Cromb, c Barber, b Sims ... » F. P. O’Brien, b Read j* Roberts, not out , Merritt, b Read "* A Graham, b Read , ••• Jackman, b Read ... 7 Andrews, c Human, b Sims ... - Extras Total 172 Bowling analysis—Read, six for 61; Baxter two for 28: Sims, two for 34, Holmes, none for 25; Parks, none for 10; Human, none for eight. M.C.C. TEAM. 364 First innings Second Innings. D. Smith, not out ... J? Parks, not out „ Extras ••• Total (for no wickets) ... 52

PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH. AUCKLAND’S GOOD BATTING. (Per Press Association)* AUCKLAND, December 26. A fine, all-round display of batting was given by Auckland' in the -secon innings of the Plunket Shield cricket match against Otago at Eden Park today. Auckland made 303 in the first innings, to which Otago replied with 241. With seven wickets down for 376 in the second innings, Aucklan declared. Otago has lost one wicket for 37 runs in the second innings. The wicket was easy and the outliera fast when Weir and Postles resumed Auckland’s second innings, one Wicket having been lost on the previous day for 32 runs. The Otago bowling was steady, with Elmes and Dunning appearing most dangerous, but runs came fairly consistently. Weir set the last rate of scoring, as Postles was painfully slow, not making a mistake until the 100 mark had been passed, after •which he was dropped twice off dimcult chances. Weir gavfe a brilliant exhibition in compiling 191, including one six and 17 fours. He played flawless shots on both sides of the wicket, driving powerfully and revealing a very productive hook shot. Postles was sound, but he took 160 minutes to score 41, and this greatly spoiled his display. Another very attractive innings was played by Wallace (52), this brilliant colt scoring with fine shots, mostly through the covers. The professional coach, Townsend, batted aggressively for 42, hitting five consecutive fours. Dunning, Elmes and Badcock shared the howling honours, each securing two wickets. When Badcock and Saxton opened Otago’s second innings in a confident manner, there appeared to bo a bright prospect of its wiping off part of the large deficit of 438. Without loss, 32 runs were scored in even time, but Badcock was splendidly caught by Wallace with his total at 19. Saxton and Kerr played out time, the total being 37 for one wicket. Scores: — AUCKLAND. First innings 303 Second Innings. J. E. Postles, b Henderson ... 6 A. J. Postles, c Henderson, b Dunning ... 41 G. L. Weir, b Badcock 191 H. G. Vivian, c and b Elmes ... 3 P. E. Whitelaw, b Elmes ... ... 9 M. W. Wallace, c and b Dunning 52 L. F. Townsend, not out 42 A. M. Matheson, b Badcock ... 0 J. Cowie, not out 15 Extras 17 Total (for seven wkts, dec.) 376 Bowling—Henderson took one

wicket for 59 runs, Dunning two for 73, Smith none for 43. Elmes two for 109, Badcock two for 62, Scandrett none for 13. OTAGO. First innings ... 241 Second Innings. F. T. Badcock, c Wallace, b Vivian 19 C. S. Saxton, not out 13 F. Kerr, not out ... ... ••• 3 Extras ••• ••• 2 Total (for one wicket) ... 37 THE SECOND TEST IN AFRICA. AUSTRALIA SCORES 250 RUNS. JOHANNESBURG, December 26. An attendance of 15,000 cheered Richardson and Darling when they w-ent out to bat on the second day of the second test match between Australia and South Africa. The weather was ideal—sunny, with a pleasant breeze —and the wicket was good. Bock narrow missed getting Darling with his fifth ball, which completely beat him. Langton claimed Richardson with his fifth ball, which broke in sharply from the off. Richardson had scored only two. The spectators were now on their toes and the batsmen appeared unsettled.’ Bock and Langton, with accurate length, forced the batsmen to play back. Chipperfield showed a tendency to play the ball to the ieg-side, and Wade consequently 'strengthened the leg-trap into which Chipperfield fell, Rowan snapping a low catch. At this stage five wickets were down for 17 The attendance had now increased to 18,000. Oldfield when he had made two, returned a’ball hard 1 to Bock, wlio injured his right hand. Viljoen was substituted for him. . . .' The spectators’ appetite for excitement was satisfied by a thrilling piece of work in the field by Langton. Oldfield played a ball hard to mid-off and called for a run, Langton dashed in and picked up perfectly and threw in like lightning, shattering the wickets with Darling a yard out. He had scored 42. • • j i Oldfield, when he was joined by Grimmett, kept the scoreboard moving with singles and an occasional boundary but had two narrow escapes. Scores: — SOUTH AFRICA. First innings ••• K>7 AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Fingleton, b Langton 62 Brown, c Crisp, b -Bobertson ... di McCabe, c Robertson b Langton ... <44 Darling, run out - Richardson, b Langton ... ••• f Chipperfield, c Rowan, b Langton Oldfield, c Briscoe, b Mitchell ... 4U Grimmett, b Mitchell ... ‘ O’Reilly, b Mitchell ... .<• v McCormick, b Mitchell * Fleetwood-Smith, not out ••• Extras Total NEW ZEALAND V. ALL FIJI. VISITORS’ POOR SHOWING. (United Press Association—Copyright.) SUVA, December 26. The New Zealand cricket team began a test match against All Fiji in ideal conditions. New Zealand, first innings? made 95 (Massey 22, Viponcl 19, Dunning 13). , ■, „ Fiji, first innings, has scored 122 for nine wickets (Riley took four for 3-, Vipond one for 12, and Rensliaw two for 16). SHEFFIELD SHIELD. VICTORIA v. NEW SOUTH WALES. MELBOURNE, December 26. In the Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales, Victoria, first innings, scored 392 (Plant 76, Keeling not out 50); Cooper took six for 128; McGilvray two for 49; White two tor 51). . . New South Wales, first innings, seoied 146 for five wickets (Mudge oJ, Fallowfield 26). SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S BIG SCORE. ADELAIDE, December 26. In the Sheffield shield match against Queensland, South Australia in the first innings made 642 for eight wickets (declared). Waite scored 99, Ryan 72, O’Connell 41, Badcock 91, Bradman 233, Walker 71. Gilbert took two wickets for 121, Fisher two for 103, and Levy two for 116. Queensland in the first innings have made 115 for eight wickets (Allen 54).