WELLINGTON IN

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 304, 23 December 1944, Page 6

WELLINGTON IN

REP. CRICKET MATCH 86 FOR THREE WICKETS ;

O.C. WELLINGTON, this I Withstanding the 'Auckland atto* I Wellington's opening pair, McVicarvtS | Rowe, seemed likely to make a B stand for thy first wicket in the tw* I day representative cricket match W*" i' this morning on the Basin Reserves i McYicar was run out at 19, and fin Idismissed ,in the last over before 1* 1= This left" Duffy and Bain to set I making a fresh start. set a >Ut | Wellington's wicket-keeper cant,. Mooney, won the toss from Vnff&i® l £ who was skippering Auckland in .7' < absence of W. M. Wallace. Row Si I McVicar made a careful start, both ting the bowling all the time. [ Rowe's first representative, game. J* I; gave an impressive dispMy, stayirS,? '• two hours before he fell to a fliehtSfiS? t from Burke. Kent, who had kept | very well, collected the bails before^® could recover himself. r°*e I The greatest bulk of Auckland's W, I" ing this morning fell on the all-rounrS" Kerr, who gave a great I allowing only 19 runs off 17 owTr ' of which were maidens. The f=J« bowlers, Brown and Wheeler (th» replacing Wallace in the team) each »5 down seven overs for under ten b? Clever ley and Burke, who bowled 19 10 overs respectively, gave awat iS apiece. ojr 17 Scores:— WELLINGTON.—First Tnnmf. S. A. McVicar. run out * f G. Rowe. st Kent, b Burkn' H J. Duffy, st Kent, b Burke ■.■.. v- M ?- W. Bain, not out 11 | J. Ell, not out U [. Extras ■ J r Total fir three j ■ —— ; NO PLAY IN CHRISTCHURCH P.A. CHRISTCHUF.CH, this day I There was no play in the represent : tive ..srickct match between Canterbun? and Otago before lunch because tX ground was too wet after recentjrain.