PLUNKET SHIELD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 3, 4 January 1934, Page 14

PLUNKET SHIELD.

CANTERBURIANS ARRIVE.

NO CHANGE IN AUCKLAND XI.

POSITION OF CHAMPIONSHIP,

The Auckland-Canterbury match for the Plunket Shield will commence at Eden Park next Saturday. The Canterbury team arrived by the Limited express this morning and is at the Albert Hotel. Mr. E. E. Luttrell, secretary to the Canterbury Cricket Association, is manager. As was generally anticipated, no change has been made in the team which so handsomely defeated the New Zealand champions at Eden Park this week. The only variation is that H. T. Pearson will be twelfth man instead of V. S. Sale, who is unavailable. The Canterbury team will be chosen from:—M. L. Page (captain), J- L- Kerr, G. H. Stringer, I. B. Cromb, W. A. Hadlee, F. W. Bellamy, S. G. Lester, H. D. Smith, R. W. Hope, L. E. Riley, R. 0. Burns and F. P. O'Brien. The last-named was twelfth man at Wellington. Theumpires will be: —Messrs. D. L. Ryan and D. Thomson. Results of matches played:— Auckland beat Wellington by 178 runs and Otago by 169 runs. Otago beat Canterbury by 96 runs. Wellington beat Canterbury by 115 runs. The aggregate runs scored to date are: — Auckland 1170, Canterbury 1160, Wellington 1118, Otago 1070. So there is not much in it on averages, so far, if it comes to a question of Canterbury beating Auckland outright, and either Otago or Wellington getting an eight-pointer at Dunedin in February. The points are:—Auckland i 6, Otago 8, Wellington 8, Canterbury 0. The system of scoring is:—Outright win, 8 pointe; outright loss, 0; win on first innings, 4; loss on first innings, 2; tie on first innings, 3; tie on match, 4 each; no result after six hours' play, 3 each. In the event of a tie in points between two or "more teams the shield is awarded on averages. • Auckland, therefore, has only to win or lose on the first innings against Canterbury to assure it of holding the shield for the year. Should Auckland be beaten outright then the destiny of the shield will not be known until after the WellingtonOtago match, commencing at Dunedin on February 16.

HAWKE CUP

TARANAKI BEATS POVERTY BAY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. Taranaki retained the Hawke Cup against the challenge by Poverty Bay. The match produced good scoring on a batsman s , wicket, the total runs scored in the three days being 1273. Poverty Bay made 22i in the first innings, to which Taranaki replied with 490. Poverty Bay's second tnnlnca produced 422, and when stumps were drawn Tanmiiki had reached 131 for three wickets. Tnranakl thus won on the first innings. Scores: — POVERTY BAY. First Innings • • • 224 Second Innings. Reeves, c Parkinson, b Christensen .. 71 Frazer, lbw, b Christensen 47 Carson, c Birch, b Giddy 119 Boon, lbw, b Betts \' oj B. Dow, b Parkinson • J Lockett, b Christensen 21 P. Dow, run out *•> Robertson, not out 41 Wells, c Giddy, b Parkinson 37 Janes, b Parkinson 1" Sharp, not out 5 Extras 14 Total for nine wickets, declared .. 422 Bowling: Christensen took three for 90, Parkinson three for 100, Giddy one for 27, Betts one for 30. TARANAKI. First Innings ... 490 Second Innings. Ewart, c Wells, b Carson 8 Niisinitti, b Fruzer 03 Betts, c Carson, b Robertson 18 Dormer, not out 3!) Glddj, not out 0 Extras 6 Total for three wickets 131 PUKEKOHE MEETS RODNEY. Two one-day mutches were played at Matakana between the Pukokohe and Rodney Cricket Associations during the New Year holidays. The first match result"*! in a win for Rodney by IoS runs, while the second match was a draw. Features of the second match were two first-wicket partnerships, A. Rose and A. Fox putting on 108 for Pukokohe, tind F. I<a\vrie and E. Dunning 128 for Rodney. Scores:—

First Match.—Rodney, 243 (K. Dunning 68, E. Wyntt 3D, V. Anderson 28, W. Dunning 12, L. Came 27 not out, A. Langridge 14, L. Anderson 10). Bowling: C. Cooper three for 38, G. Lawrie two for 26, C. one for 43. A. Hose one for 33, R. Lawrie one for 32. Pukekohe, S4 (H. Cooper 19, A. Rose 18, A. Fox Iβ not out, P. Hickling 12). Bowling: L. Came five for 25; S. Algie three for 13, A. Martin two for 3. •

Second Match.—Pukekohe, 264 (P. Hickling 69 not out, A. Rose 59, A. Fox 49, C. Lawrie 18, 11. Cooper 10, C. Goldsworthy 14). Bowling: A. Lnngridge three for 41, l>. Came two for 56, W. Dunning two for 32, A. Martin one for 18. Rodney, 264 for five wickets (E. Dunning 84, F. Lawrie 64, W. Dunning 30 not out, E. Wyatt 27, F. Anderson 20, L. Came 14). Bowling: C. Lawrie one for 53, C. Cooper two for i>o, K. Lawrie one for 81, A. Fox one for 15, G. Lawrie none for 28.

VICTORIAN SCHOOLBOYS.

KAIN SPOILS FIRST GAME. {By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. Twelve boys and four masters from the Geelong. Grammar School, Victoria, arrived in Christchureh to-day to begin a cricketing tour of New Zealand. They will remain in the Dominion until January 18. The headmaster of the school, Mr. J. K. Darling, is in charge of the party. To-day a team of four masters and seven boys began a match against a team of Christ's College old boys, but play was stopped by rain at lunch. The Old Collegians lost four wickets for 71 runs. To-morrow the visitors will play a combined team from Christ's College and the Christchureh Boys' High .-School. They will go to Blenheim on Sunday and there will play a match against a Maryborough eleven. At Wellington the schoolboys will play a local team and finally will visits Mar'ton and Masterton, playing matches at each place. . i .■•.",'

SHEFFIELD SHIELD.

N.S.W. BEATS QUEENSLAND. SYDNEY, January 3. The Sheffield Shield cricket match between New South Wales (614 for six wickets declared) and Queensland (372) was won to-day by the local eleven by an innings and 84 runs. Queensland in the second innings made 158 (Brew 23, Bensted 29, Oxenham 24, Tait 35). Chilvers took six wickets for 62, "' •' " ' ' •' '

SECOND INDIAN TEST.

CALCUTTA, January 3. , India's team for the second Test match in Calcutta, to be commenced on Friday, win comprise:— C. K. Nayudu, "Wazir Ali, Amar Sin«h, Amar Nath, Nissar,. Gopalan, Mustaque, Ali Dilawar Hivseain, C. S. Nayudu, Jtocb^nt-wKN , i oo*ial. '