CRICKET

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21970, 19 December 1936, Page 19

CRICKET

—♦ — PLUNKET SHIELD TRIAL COLLAPSE OP WELLINGTON COUNTRY TEAM (PBXSS ASSOCIATION TELEQUAiI.) WELLINGTON, December 18. The country team, regarded as the strongest for several years, unexpectecUj collapsed in the annual match with tti£ town team to-day—a preliminary to the selection of the Wellington team for the Plunket Shield. The country team, drawr from Manawatu, Wairarapa, Wanganui Taranaki. and Hawke's Bay (the ares which, it was recently suggested, shouic be constituted a fifth Plunket Shield district), made only 156 (Moloney 49, GalUehan 49). Blundell took four for 41 anti Tricklebank four for 53. Town made lfiC for four wickets (Tindill 66 not out, Ward 47, McLeod 33). The game will be finished to-morrow. Details: — COUNTRY First Innings Murchison. run out .. .. •• » Betts, lbw, b Parsloe .. ■• ' Moloney, b Tricklebank .. .. 4S O'Brien, c Blandford. b Blundell .. 1 Donnelly, c Blandford, b Tricklebank "1 Gallichan, c Parsloe, b Blundell .. 49 Cutler, c and b Blundell .. - ■ 14 Norris, c Blandford, b Tricklebank .. fl Peterson, b Blundell .. •• i Christensen. not out .. • • McDougall. c Lamason, b Tricklebank J Extras .. •• •• * Total 156 UMPIRES FOR PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH The New Zealand Cricket Council has appointed Messrs D. Ryan and T. W. Burgess as umpires for the Auckland-Canter-bury Plunket Shield match. COMBINED BAKERS BEAT VETERANS A fast scoring game was played at Hagley Park oval between the Veterans and Combined Bakers on an easy wicket. The Bakers batted first and made 198 rum (P. Diebert 36, E. Evans 34, S. Pepper 31, and J. Winsor 30, all retired, R. Matthews 26, and G. Cotton 19). E. C. Tipping, two Wickets for 40 runs, W. J. Walter two for 43, and D. Arnott two for 54, were the best bowlers for the Veterans. The Veterans, after a bad start, made a good recovery and made 112 runs for the loss at four wickets (H. Bennett 38 retired, E. C. Tipping 26, D. Arnott 21 not out, and W. J Walter 12 not out) giving bright displays. H. Borland, two wickets for 18 runs, and R. Matthews one for 22, obtnineri the onlv wickets that fell.