CRICKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 69, 2 January 1941, Page 6

CRICKET.

WELLINGTON PLAYS CANTERBURY

SCORE 188 FOR, FIVE WICKETS

' CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The representative cricket match, Canterbury v. Wellington,, was continued to-day in fine weather. In replying to Canterbury’s score of 359, Wellington: (resumed batting, with an overnight score of 71 for one, thy not out men being Donnelly (41) and Wilson (7). In the fourth over this morning, Wilson snicked l one from the fast bowler, Mapplebeck, and Westwood, at second slip, held it neatly. Eight runs had been addled to the overnight scores, six of them by Donnelly. The next man in was the wicketkeeper, Norris. The score mounted quickly when Norris cracked thyee boundaries, one rather flukily. (Donnelly now appeared to have lost touch altogether, when he put up another easy one in covers, Anderson held it without trouble. Donnelly had batted 116 minutes for his 68. He hit all his six boundaries last evening. Three for 124. Details:— CANTERBURY First Innings Uttley, o Donnelly, b Ashenden 78 Moloney, c Lamason, b Pritchard 12 O’Brien, b Pritchard 2 Anderson, lbw, b Pritchard ... 86 Cromb, b Rabone ... ... •• • 9 Moynihan, b Pritchard 21 James, c Burnette, b Pritchard ... 1 Roberts, not out ... ... ... 94 Burgess, b Rabone ... 15 Mapplebeck, c Donnelly, b 'Rabone 17 Westwood, st. b Donnelly 14 Extras ... 19 Total 3*59 Bowling: Pritchard, five for 87; Ashenden, one for 55 • Wijson, none for 54; Lamason, none for 50 Wilson, none for 9; Rabone, three for 74; Donnelly, one for 20. WELLINGTON First Innings Donnelly, b Anderson, G 8 Osborn, lbw, b Westwood ... 17 Wilson, c Westwood, b Mapplebeck 9 Norris, b Qromb ... .... ••• 39 Burnett, b Mapplebeck 22 Wilson, not put 26 Extras 19 Total for five wickets ... 188