For Runs

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 28, 3 February 1939, Page 8

For Runs

Three Auckland wickets had » now. gone for 6S runs, and the Wellington outlook had improved/considerably. Weir came next and got a. startiTrifh a single. Once more the Auckland! scoring slowed down with & defensive effort to" master the Wellington attack. Browne, right-hand and slow, came on at the terrace end and Whitelaw pulled him high for a brace, the ball falling safely. At the lunch adjournment, Auckland had scored 77 runs for the loss of three wickets, Whitelaw not out 33, Weir not out 1. The Afternoon Play. The attendance, which had been small in the morning, increased considerably in the .afternoon. Pr it chard and Gallicliau continued the Wellington attack and kept the batsmen quiet with accurate bowling. Weir opened out to drive Gallichan to the fencc, but hail to play the next ball twice to save the wicket. It was sheer defensive batting at this stage, until Wliitelaw broke a quiet spell with a three ofT Priteliard. The score crept along in singles, with a small section of spectators urging the batsmen to go for runs. When Weir was 14 he was dropped by Browne off Gallichan. Weir placed a single to send 100 up for two and a. half hours' play, Whitelaw at this stage being 41. Scores: — AUCKLAND.—First Innings. A. J. Postles, 1 1 2 1 X 1 1, b Ashenden ~ 8 P. E. Wliitelaw, 2 111121211 113 112 1112, not out .. 4S W. M. Wallace, 2 11111111 221142 1, e Ashenden, b Gallichan ,v. 23 H. G. Vivian, 1 1 2 1, c Rainbird, b Priteliard 5 G. L. Weir, 1141411111112 4 1 3 2 1 3 4 1, not out 40 Extras :.u. 8 Total for three wickets .... 132 Bowling: Priteliard one for 18, Ashenden one for 27, Gallichan one for 14, Lamason none for S, Brown none for 3,