WELLINGTON MATCH?

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 306, 27 December 1935, Page 8

WELLINGTON MATCH?

Visit of Canterbury _ b Side Open

(By Telegraph.— -Presj AModt : Wellington;^"' The Plunket Shield match C»nbT" v. Wellington was commenced A? Basin Reserve here this morni De V* lington batting first. . -4-

The teams were:— Canterbury.—Cromb (captain! * Bellamy, Butterfield, Hadlee (Vt) tr ' Roberts, Cobden, Merritt, Grafc,J. , len ' man. ' Mm > Jack.

Wellington. — Lamason Maloney, O'Brien, Ell, Ward & 1 ' Parsl "' GI ® h '.V'SS were found *%[ Ma^ 0 " and O'Brien, of Hawked Bay the attack started by RnWt oet Graham. They were Let K' but Moloney had a life wh en If, 1 "', dropped him when he had Despite several clmnges the taken to 56 beforo a 6o pL t i effected, Cromb bowling Moloney^ s he was 23. O'Brien, who was <ifi shortly after lbw to Roberts Ell replaced Moloney, had not oi'v account when Ward, who fin OBnen, went lbw to Iferritf The score then was 70 f or fL r fi,e ' four wickets. Ms of Lamason followed, but W when the latter was five J Ward next and added only six beSS? ffas trapped him and Jackman fcdttS? off. Blandford joined Lamason and ttu> s„£,° k p,S: st °™ l ° lM s '»

WELLINGTON.— First O'Brien, lbw, b Roberts ... ' Moloney, b Cromb Ell, st Jackman, b Cromb ? Ward, Ibw, b Barrett ? Lamason, not out Rainbird, st Jackman, bMerritf'%* Blandford, not out ......™ " 2 Extras ~ 3

Total for five wickets At 2.45 p.m. Wellington's score wa" 1/8 for nine wickets. Scores: Lamas™ 28, Blandford 62, Parsloe 11, Griffiths not out 0, Blundell not out a At 3.30 p.m. Wellington ware ail out for 196 (Griffiths 4 not out, Blundell 16). Merritt took five wickets for 72 Cromb four for 53, Roberta one for &

CANTERBURY.—First Inning. Butterfield ° « Hadlee • ...!!!!*.'!! 0 Bellamy, not out 24 Kerr, not out i. Extras • l Total for two wickets gn