PLUNKET SHIELD CRICKET

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22907, 2 January 1940, Page 4

PLUNKET SHIELD CRICKET

CANTERBURY BEATS

WELLINGTON

INNINGS AND FIVE RUNS CROMB MAKES 171; FINE BOWLING , BY ROBERTS (PBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGKAM.\ WELLINGTON, January 1. Showing superiority in every department of the game, Canterbury defeated Wellington on the third day of the Plunket Shield cricket match to-day by an innings and five runs; On Friday, Wellington fell for 195 in the first innings, and Canterbury made a vigorous response of 177 for three. On Saturday they carried this to 462. Wellington went in again, and had lost one for 55 at stumps, and to-day the side was dismissed with the total at 288. . Second Day's Play Canterbury tightened its grip on the game by running; up the solid total of 482 .runs in the first innings, thus heading Wellington by 287 runs on the first innings. With three wickets down for 177 Donnelly (68) and Cromb (11) resumed Canterbury's first innings, and ran the total to 298 before Donnelly, who had reached 97 in 195 minutes, was snapped up by Tindill behind the wickets off Lamason: Donnelly hit nine fours, and assisted Cromb to add 92 for "the fourth wicket. Menzies and Cromb then put on 56 for the fifth wicket before Menzies, who- had scored 28, was caught by McLeod off Pritchard. Anderson did not last long, but Roberts made a determined stand with Cromb which added 105 for the seventh wicket. At 434 Roberts was caught, by Hepburn off Ashenden for 53, made in 82 minutes. He hit six fours: It was Cromb's match, as he followed up his five fqr 66 with the ball by scoring 171. He was at the wickets for 299 minutes, and did not hurry himself, being content to score with clever placings for singles and twos. He reached SO in 97 minutes, and his century in 218 minutes, and was at the wickets for 299 minutes, hitting seven fours. He had more than his share of luck, as he was dropped twice in the slips, and also gave a difficult chance to Ashenden off his own bowling. The Canterbury innings, which lasted for 424 minutes, closed* at 4.40 p.m. for, the solid total of 482. The Wellington bowling was shown to be weak. Pritcliard took four wickets for 118 runs off 33 overs, and Ashenden three for 127 off 25.6 overs, Lamason took two for 88 off 23 overs. Wellington began the second innings at 4.51 p.m.. and with 18 runs on, Du Chateau was caught at cover by Anderson off Roberts. Tindill and Hepburn carried on until stumps, when the score stood st 55 for one wicket, Hepburn being 27 and Tindill 16. yesterday's pjay *. Carrying on at 11 o'clock to-day, "Wei* lington was all out at 3.42 p.m. for a moderate 282, which gave Canterbury a sweeping victory by an innings and five runs, D. s. Wilson played a resolute innings for 83, which included nine boundary strokes. Hepburn and Tindill reached the forties, and Rainbird scored 33, but thet remainder ot the batsmen shaped Davis, Donnelly, and Cromb, which Kept the Wellington batsmen very subdued,] The innings lasted for 308 minutes. Wellington, had a chance to show its batting strength when Hepburn (87) and! Tindill (16) resumed Wellington's second innings at n o'clock this morning, with one wicket down for 55 runs. ' Mcßae and Boberts at on© struck a length, and the runs came slowly. The score was taken to 94 when Hepburn, who had reached 42 in W9 minutes, fell into Mcßae's leg trap, popping one Into Roberts's hands, Hejenly hit four fours, was at th&i?wlcketsxior. 124 minutes for 45, and waS'then beaten by a beautiful off-break Dy -Roberts. Only one four figured in his score. Rainbird held the fort for 68 minutes while scoring ,33, and helped Wilson to add 77 for, the fifth wicket, Thereafter Wilson was the only batsman to shape with confidence. While showing sound defence, was not afraid to hit, and ifound the boundary nine times in his score of 83, which occupied 131 minutes, McLeod, the Wellington captain, who was still handicapped by his thumb, which was injured in the matcjh against Auckland, was left unbeaten with 18 to his credit, . .Roberts and Davis bowled particularly wejl for Canterbury, varying pace, length and spin with judgment. Mcßae .also proved himself a valuable stock bowler, as only 61 runs came from the 25 overs he sent down. Donnelly bagged'two victims with his slow left-handed spinners, among them being Wilson, top-scorer. Scores: — t WELLINGTON First Innings ... .'. .. 195 Second Innings V*. H. du Chateau, c Anderson, b Roberts ... • ■ • • 8 W. Hepburn, c Boberts, b Mcßae ~ 42 E. W. Tindill, b Roberts ~ .. 45 O. L. Wrigley, c Harbidge, b Roberts 12 W. G. Rainbird, c Boberts, b Davis .. 33 D. S. Wilson, c Cromb, b Donnelly .. 83 W. F. Airey, c Menzies, b Boberts .. 13 E. McLeod, not out .. ..18 J. B. Lamason,. b Davis ... 8 T. L. Pritchard, b Davis .. •• 2 J. G. Ashenden, b Donnelly . ..5 Extras ... .. ..15 Total .'••■' .. •'• 282 Fall of wickets: One for 18, two for 94, three for 112, four for 113, five for 190, six for 218, seven for 262, eight for" 275, nine for 277, 10 for 282.

\ \ ■■■■■•• • • .CANTERBURY k First Innings jr. L. Kerr, c Lamason, b Pritchard 0 M. P. Donnelly, c Tindill, b Lamason 97 F. P. O'Brien, lbw, b Lamason .. 81 W. A. Hadlee, 6 Pritchard •• ,„? I. B. Cromb, run out ■ ■ .. .. 171 B. E. J. Menzies, c McLeod, b Pritchard - ■■•'. - • • • 28 Wi McD. Anderson, c Tindill, b Ashen- . den ■. • - .. 10 A. W, Boberts, c Hepburn, b Ashenden, 53 D. N. Mcßae, b Pritchard - • 8 B. C, Harbidge, lbw, b Ashenden 6 H. Davis, not out r .. .. 3 ; Extras t .. .... IB Total ... .... ..482

AUCKLAND'S BIG • SCORE

MATCH AGAINST/ OTAGO

i LEAD OF 302 ON FIRST INNINGS (fBXSB ASSOCIATION TEt,EGKAM.) '■ AUCKLAND, January 1. A Flunket Shield match between Auckland and Otago began on Saturday, when Otago, batting first, made 194. At stumps on Saturday Auckland had lost two wickets for 144, and td-day went on to make 496. Pacing a deficit of 302, Otago began its second innings late this afternoon and at stumps had made 19 without loss. Saturday's Play

After the first day's play the home side had played itself into a strong position. Batting first, Otago'was all out for 194, giving a disappointing exhibition under excellent conditions. Spirited batting by Auckland resulted in a total at stumps of 144 for two wickets, the runs being compiled in 140 minutes. The Weather was fine but overcast.' The wicket was fast and true. The attendance was about 3000.

The visiting batsmen, with few exceptions, did not show a great deal of enterprise against-an attack which was steady without being deadly. Whenever confidence was shown by the batsmen, runs came fairly freely: Cutler batted well for his 51, watching all the bowling carefully, and scoring with well-judged shots on either side of the wicket. His off-side strokes were neatly executed. The most valuable partnership of the innings was that between Elmes ajid Fraser., which added 59 runs. Elmes was uncertain for the start, swinging wildly several times at the fast bowlers, but he settled down to play an attractive innings for 5L - He gained most of his runs with neat placements on the leg side. Eraser impressed as being a promising batsman. Subdued for the start, he later played all his shots with confidence, his: driving being a feature. Cowie and Oarson were the most effective bowlers, with three wickets each; but Burke, keeping an excellent length, gave a better performance than his figures indicate. j - A lively pace was set by Auckland s opening batsmen, Whitelaw and Pearson, the former being especially attractive, He revealed a fine range of strokes, and executed them with precision. He ran to 50 in 60 minutes, and was at the crease for 102 minutes in making 72, which included nine boundaries. • Pearson also gave a bright exhibition, delighting with some brilliant cover drives. He batted for 110 minutes, and hit one. six and four fours. Elmes and Moloney bowled splendidly against aggressive batsmen, both repeatedly nonplussing the Aucklanders. Scott's Century, Otago did well to get rid of Sale and; Wallace for 23 and 32 respectively when play was resumed to-day in fine weather. Both batsmen were shaping confidently; but they fell to weak strokes when apparently well set. Weir was aggressive for a start, but later quietened down and compiled a well-played 49. He drove forcefully on either side of the wicket. Very scratchy before the luncheon adjournment, Scott seemed a different bats 7 . man ,on resuming; and set himself for a large score, His on-side play was more convincing for a time, but later his pff shots came in, a powerful cover-drive impressing most. He was. at the wicket for 200 minutes in scoring his century, and hit six boundaries. The veteran Matheson lived up to his reputation at Eden Park by contributing an attractive 51 in partnership with Scott. He assisted in adding 127 for the seventh wicket. Burke discarded his usual cautious style and thrashed the tired Otago bowling in making 42. Blandford also revealed a fine range.of shots in scoring 30. The. burden of the attack rested on Elmes and Moloney, both of whom came through a trying day's work with honours, Elmes, 'who maintained, a consistent length throughout, registered a fine performance in bowling 45.3 overs, 10 of which were maidens, for 133 runs and five wickets. Moloney kept the ball up to the batsmen in spite of punishment, and took two for 116 off 37 overs. The fast and medium bowlers were not impressive. Weak GelcSln& and j>oot- rettxmlxis to tiio wicKet marred Otago's display. Pacing a deficit of 302, Otago batted for a little over half an hour, making 19 without loss. The attendance was 3000. The takings for the two days were £224. Scores were:— OTAGO First Innings T. Chettleburgh, b Matheson .* 1 G, J. Robertson, b Cowie .. ~ 9 A. H. Cutler, b Carson .. .. 51 D. A. R. Moloney, b Weir .. • .. ' 4 C. J, Elmes, b Cowie '.. ..51 T. C. Fraser, b Carson .. .. 43 A. J. Monteath, Ibw, b Cowie .. 1 A, C. Holden. st Blandford, b Burke 19 G. H. Mills, c Blandford, b Carson .. 1 N. Begg, run out .. .. ' .. 1 G. Lcmin, not out .. .. .. 8 Extras .. .. ... 5 Total .. '.. ..194 BOWLING ANALYSIS O. M. R. W. Cowie .. ..15 1 36 ' 3 Matheson .. ..9 2 30 1 Weir .. ..10 - 26 1 Burke .. .. 16.8 2 56 1 Carson .. ..11 It. 41, 3 Second Innings Holden, not out .. .. ..7 Robertson, not out .. ..10 Extras .. .. • .. 2 Total for no wicket .. .. 19 AUCKLAND First Innings P. E. Whitelaw, lbw, b Elmes .. i 72 H. T. Pearson, st Mills, b Elmes .. 50 V. S. Sale, c and b Robertson .. 23 W. M. Wallace, lbw, b Elmes .. 32 G.'L. Weir, lbw, b Moloney .. 49 W. N. Carson, c Fraser, b Begg .. .12 V. Scott, c Elmes, b Begg .. 100 A. M. Matheson, c and b Moloney .. 51 C. Burke, b Elmes .. ..42 J. A. R. Blandford, c Fraser, b Elmes 36 J, Cowie, not out .. .. ,2 Extras. .. \ .. ..27 Total / .. .. ..496 BOWLING ANALYSIS O. M. R. W. Lemih ~ .. 13 1 62 - Robertson .. ..23 1 78 1 Begg .. ..15 2 80 2 Elmes i. .. 45.3 10 133 5 Moloney ' .. ... 37- 4 116 2 WEST COAST, MEETS CANTERBURY

PLAY ABANDONED THROUGH RAIN [From' Our Own Reporter] ' GREYMOUTH, January 1. Because of heavy rain to-day at Greymouth, play in the second day of the representative -cricket match, Canterbury v. West Coast; ■ was abandoned and the match was drawn. , ; ■ On Saturday West-Coast made 138, to which Canterbury replied with 183 for seven wickets at stumps. » Scores, were;— WEST COAST .First Innings M. Marshall, c Hamilton, b MappleK. M, Uttle'y, played on, b Burtt 25 A, Vaughan, c Empson, b Lohrey .. 42 D. C, Dewar, b Lohrey 4 L. C. Lindley. lbw, b Lohrey .. 1 R. H. Scott, c Gasson, b Lohrey .. 0 W. Meates, c and b Burtt .. - ••• 0 A. Howatt, b Lohrey .. ... 1 B. Knapp, b Mapplebeck .. .. 28 A. Thomas, b Burtt ~ .. , .. 25 L. Denia, not out ..' : .. .. 0 Extras .. .. .. . ... U Total .. ~" •• 138 Bowling—W- Mapplebeck, two for 41; L. Butterfield, none for 16; T. Burtt, three for 47; M. Lohrey, five foi? 26. - CANTERBURY ' l ' , First Innings E. Gasson, c Dewar, b Lindley .. 18 G. Hamilton, b Denia .. .. 26 V. Empson, b Denia-.. ~ ... 11: M. Lohrey, b Denia .. .. .. 0 ] L. Butterfield, c Denia, b Scott .. 7 A. Brown, c Denia, b Scott .. ' 7 M. Harper, c Denia. b Knapp .. 0 T. Burtt, not out .. .. ..33 F. Walter, not out ... .. .. 29 Extras .. .. .. ..16 Total for seven wickets .. 183 Bowling—L. Denia, three for 25; L. C. Lindley, two for 20; R. Scott, one for 45; D. Knapp, one for 64. HAWKE CUP MATCH WAIKATO BEGINS WELL AGAINST POVERTY BAY . CPBKBB 4B9QCUTIOJJ rELIGBAM.) • HAMILTON, January 1. In spite of losing three wickets for 06 runs, Waikato, - under ideal conditions, compiled 391 runs in the first day of its Hawke Cup match against Poverty Bay. In a fourth-wicket partnership of 151, W. Lyon and J. Everest changed the fortunes of the game, Lyon scoring 125 and Everest 92." P. Jordan also batted well for 49, and A. Lissette, with 35, contributed to' the score. The last wicket fell just before stumps, and the challengers had lost one wicket for 12 runs at the end of the day. i.

KLAY IN JUNIOR TOURNAMENT

CANTERBURY IN GOOD POSITION

AUCKLAND AND OTAGO IN EVEN MATCH

There was again a high standard of play when the third series of matches in the Interprovincial Junior Cup cricket tournament was started at Hagley Park yesterday. Conditions, as on Saturday, when the second series was concluded, were excellent, with, fast wickets and outfields. Auckland, the leader in the tournament, has a slight, advantage in a high scoring game with Otago. Auckland batted first for the good total of 305, the main contributors being R. Johns 66 and W. N. Snedden and W. Rowntree, each 51. In reply Otago had made 204 for five wickets, L. C. Baker 44 and B, Barnes 76 being the most successful batsmen. For, Otago G. C. McKay took six wipkets for 125 runs, and so far C. A. Thorn has taken three for 58 for Auckland. In the other match, Canterbury is in a good position for a win over Wellington. This game is also for the Brabin Shield. Batting first Wellington made 154 IC. Jarvis 42),- and at stumps Canterbury had made 143 for six wickets (P., W. Monaghan 34). For Canterbury F. Way took five wickets for 53, while G. Rabone has taken five of the six Canterbury wickets to fall for 61 runs. D. I. Mclntyre, who made 36 for Otago, raised his total of runs for the season to 1010—a remarkable performance—and during the tournament so far has hit 16 sixes, Canterbury v. Wellington

The scoring in the gama between Wellington and Canterbury was generally slow—less than one a minute. Except for , a second wicket stand of 67 by Clarke and Jarvis there was little to enthuse over when Wellington batted first for 154. ' Clarke made a fine 37 before being run ; out, while Jarvis was patient while compiling 42. Morton made a short stand,- but [ apart from him none of the others made , a stand till Tucker came to light with '. 33. Way, with his slows, did well to , take five for 53 off 17.3 overs, while Cam? i eron, with three for 31, was the most • successful of the others. When Canterbury batted, it was a case • of struggling for runs against the accurl ate bowling of Tucker and Rabone. Baxter took an hour to make his 14 after ; giving an early chance, while Monaghan , was lucky to get 34. Smith shaped bet- ' ter than the others for his 25, but Ager and Morley were both subdued. At ' stumps Canterbury had lost six wickets '. for 143 runs and should gain a lead. So > far Rabone, for Wellington, has taken five I wickets for 61, but Tucker has been very > unlucky in having chances missed oil . him. Scores; — > WELLINGTON : First Innings s D. Alexander, c Britton, b Cameron ~ 0 E B. T. Clarke, run out .. ..37 ' C. Jarvis, b Cameron .. ~ 42 ' P. McCarthy, c Ager, b Way .. 6 ■ J. Mprton, b Mann .. .. ,13 . G, Rabone, lbw, b Way .. 1 J F. Mooney, c Ager, b Way .. -7 • L. Woodger, c Mann, b Way .. 0 J R. Roberts, lbw, b Cameron .. .. 1 ; G. Tucker, b Way .. ..33 j E. H. Wilson, not out .. ..4 ;< Extras .. .. .. 10 v Total .. .. ..154 ■ Bowling Analysis—S. Cameron, 18 overs, < 7 maidens, 31 runs, 3 wickets; F. Allen, 1 3 overs, 17 runs; T. Tregonning, 5 overs, ; 11 runs; F. Way. 17.3 overs,' 3 maidens, 5 53 runs, 5 wickets; S. Mann, 8 overs, 32 • runs, 1 wicket. - CANTERBURY \ First Innings I XX W. Monaghan, b Rabone .. 34 I. A. Baxter, to Hatoone _ . _ _ I** • F. B. Smith, b Rabone ■ .. ..25 . D. T. Ager,, c Mooney, b Rabone .. 24 ! W. Morley, run out .. .. 20 S. Cameron, c Roberts, b Rabone .. 12 T. Tregonning, not out .. ..4 F. Allen, not out .. ..6 Extras .. ... 4 J Total for six wickets ... 143 I . Auckland v. Otago 1 . Replying to Auckland's first innings total : of 305, Otago requires a further 102 runs [ for a lead with five wickets In', hand. | Auckland was given a good start. Rowh'l tree and Snedden'both reaching 'sl by cor- [ rect stroke play. Sutcliffe and Johns then, I provided some bright cricket, Sutcllffo > adding 45 before being run out. Johns - carried on with Thorn, but was caught I with his score at 66. Wiles joined Thom and this pair put on the runs briskly, but after their dismissal the remaining ' wickets fell rapidly. McKay was the most successful bowler, taking' six wickets for 125 runs. ptago opened Its Innings, brilliantly, Barnes and,-Baker taking the score to 117 before Barnes lost his wicket. His score of 76 included three sixes. Baker was j, next to, go, being run out after scoring ' 44. The following two wickets added only [ 26 runs, but Mclntyre played aggressively for 36, his score K including two sixes. Scores:— AUCKLAND [ First Innings I W. Rowntree, b McKay .. ..51 i B. H. Warner, c McKay, b Mclntyre ~ 20 W. N. Snedden, lbw. b McKay .. 51 I J. Elliott, lbw, b McKay .. .. 4 I H. Sutcliffe, run out .. .. .. 45 R. Johns, c Watson, b McKay .. 66 ; C. A. Thom, b McKay .. .. 25 I A. V. Wiles, c Hunt, b Miller .. 31 ■ F. Noble, not out .. .. ~2 A. H. Smith, c Baker, b Miller .. 0 , F. Warrington, c Mclntyre, b McKay 0 I Extras ~ .. ..10 Total ~• .. .. 305 Bowling Analysis—P. H. Miller, 10 overs, 1 maiden, 34 runs, 2 wickets; R.. Partridge, 7 overs, 2 maidens, 26 runs; T, F. C. Geary, 4 overs, 16 runs; J. Watson, 2 overs, 23- runs; D. I. Mclntyre, 8 overs, 1 maiden, 23 runs, 1 wicket; G. C. McKay 19.4 overs, 125 runs, 6 'wickets;" R. Hunt, 3 overs, 39 runs; N. Deuchrass, J over 9: runs. 1 OTAGO , First Innings L. C. Baker, run out .. .. 44 B. Barnes, lbw, b Warrington .. 76 R. Hunt, b Thom 19 D. I. Mclntyre. b Thom .. .. 36 J. Watson, b Thom ... 0 J. Fraser, not out .. .. ..13 T. F. C. Geary, not out .. .. 6 Extra's .. .. ..10 Total for five wickets .. 204 | .SATURDAY'S PLAY CANTERBURX LOSES TO AUCKLAND „ j OTAGO'S STRONG BID I AGAINST WELLINGTON, • _____ > •. • > f At the end .of Saturday's play in the i Interprovincial Junior Cup tournament 1 Auckland was the only unbeaten team, ; and had secured eight points towards the i cup. Canterbury and Wellington each , had six points, and Otago had four. 1 Canterbury concluded its first innings against Auckland for 259 and had to follow on, making 184 for three wickets in its second effort. The most successful i Canterbury batsmen were I. A. Baxter i with 85 and S. Cameron 65, in the first innings, while D. W. Monaghan in the second made .114 in as many minutes. In the second match Wellington's 270 gave it a lead of 65 against Otago, which,' after dismissing Wellington for 217 in the second innings, needed 283 to win in 104 minutes. This was an impossibre .task, but the Otago batsmen did some.hurricane hitting, and at! stumps had scored 218 for two wickets. The best batting performances in the match- were those-of R. Alexander (86) in Wellingtpn's second innings, and L, C> Baker (78) in Otago's first innings, and D.I. Mclntyre (88) in the second. Mclntyre made his runs in 55 minutes, and hit six sixes and seven fours. AUCKLAND V. CANTERBURY Solid batting by Baxter and good stands by Morley and Cameron were the main factors which enabled Canterbury to recover and make 250 against Auckland's big total of 376, Baxter showed infinite patience for more than four hours for his 85, scoring mostly by neat placements. Both Morley and Cameron scored at a faster rata and made their runs by good forcing shots. Apart from these three, Mann and Way alone made a stand. Warrington, slqw leg-break, was the most successful Auckland bowler, and his four for 74 off .20 overs was a good perform.-, anoe. Others who Impressed were Wiles, Noble, and Thom, With Monaghan in his best form, any chance Auckland had of winning outright goon . vanished, - The bowlers lost their sting after a long- day,- and Canterbury scored quickly. Monaghan hit 20]

lours In his 114 madeHn even time, while Smith batted attractively for 54. At stumps the total was 184 for three wickets. Scores:— AUCKLAND First innings .. .. .. 376 CANTERBURY First Innings J. A. Baxter, b Warrington .. .. 85 D. W. Monaghan, run out •,. 2 F. B. Smith, b Noble .. ..1 0. Whitford, lbw. b Wiles .. ..1 F. Allen, c Jones, b Thorn .. 0 W. Morley, c Wiles, b Warrington .. 47 S. Cameron, e Rowntree, b Warrington 65 A. Britton, b Noble .. .. ..' 0 S. Mann, b Thorn .. .. ..18 1. Bluett, b Warrington .. .. • 7 F. Way, not out .. .. ..11 Extras, .. .. .. ..22 . Total .. .. ..259 Bowling Analysis—A. Wiles, 18 overs, 3* maidens, 50 runs, 1 wicket; F. Noble, 18 overs, 4 maidens, 42 runs, 2 wickets; C. A. Thorn, 8.6 overs, 1 maiden, 25 runs, 2 .wickets; B. F. Warner, 3 overs, 5 runs; F. Warrington, 20 overs, 2 maidens, 74 runs, 4 wickets; W.. Rowntree, 5 overs, 14 runs; H. Sutcliffe, 4 overs, 1 maiden, 12 runs; J. Elliott, 2 overs, 8 runs; J. Jones, 1 over, 7 runs. Wiles bowled eight .noballs, and Thorn one. Second Innings D. W. Monaghan, b Sutcliffe .. ' .. 114 O. Whitford, c Smith, b Wiles .. 12 F. B. Smith, lbw, b Sutcliffe .. 54 F. Allen, not out .. .. .. 1 Extras .. .. .. .. 3 Total for three wickets .. 184 Bowling Analysis—F. Noble, 8 overs, 34 runs; H. Sutcliffe, 6,6 overs, 31 runs, 2 wickets; C. Thorn, 2 overs, 24 runs; A. Wiles, 3 overs, 9 runs, 1 wicket; W. Rowntree, 3 overs, 27 runs; J, Jones, 2 overs, 19 runs; F. Warrington, 3 overs, 26 runs; J. Elliott, 2 overs, 11 runs. Thorn bowled three no-balls. Wellington v. Otago Requiring 283 runs for a win and less than two hours left for play, Otago put up a great fight in its second innings against Wellington, having scored 218 for the loss of two wickets when stumps were drawn. Wellington won by 65 runs on the first innings. Resuming at 124 for five wickets, the Otago batsmen were all out for 205. Baker, one of the opening batsmen, gave a sound exhibition of correct stroke play for 78, his being the eighth wicket to fall. Thomson was more, enterprising, giving a forceful display for 25 not out. Wellington tried six bowlers, Wilson and Rabone being the most successful. Alexander, 86, gave another sound display in Wellington's second innings, which totalled 217. Rabone and' Wilson showed that they could bat as well as bowl, scoring 26 and 24 not out respectively. Otago's second Innings produced some exceptionally bright cricket, 200 runs being scored in 94 minutes. Mclntyre, as in the first innings, attacked the bowling from the start, and was at the wickets for 55 minutes In making 88. His total included six sixes and seven fours. Hunt, Barnes, and Fraser also made their runs quickly. Scores:—■ WELLINGTON First innings .. .. .. 270 Second,; Innings R. Alexander, lbw, b Watson ..86 P. McCarthy, c Miller, b Mclntyre .. 1 J. Morton, c Geary, b Partridge .. 20 F. H. L. Mooney, c Baker, b Hunt -. 10 C. Jarvis. run out .. .. 11 X-i. Wood&er, b Geary ■■ • • 6 G. O. Rabone. e Baker, b Miller .. 26 R. Roberts, lbw, b Miller . 1 B. T. Clarke, lbw, b Partridge .. 12 G. Tucker, st Barnes, b Watson ~ 11 E. Wilson, not out .. .. 24 Extras .. .. . • •• " Total .. .. ..217 Bowling Analysis—R. Partridge. 16 overs, 4 maidens. 55 runs, 2 wickets; D. I. Mclntyre, 3 overs, 13 runs, 1 wicket; R. Hunt. 5 overs. 43 runs, 1 wicket; G. C. McKay, 6 overs, 39 runs; T. F. C, Geary, 5 overs, 34 runs, 1 wicket; J. Watson. 2.2 overs, 2 maidens, 2 wickets; P. Miller, 6 overs, 1 maiden, 24 runs, 2 wickets. OTAGO First Innings • L. C. Baker, run out .. .. 78 P. Miller, b Rabone .. J J. Watson, b Wilson .. •• 0 R. Hunt, b Rabone .. ■• , • • 33 D. I. Mclntyre, c Morton, b Rabone 35 J. Fraser. run out .. - - • • 2 T F: G. Gcarv. c Morton, b Wilson O Karnes, c Clarke. t» wrilsoil -. IB ■ A. W. Thomson, not out .. ~25 G. C. McKay, run. out - .. .. 1 R. Partridge, lbw. b Wilson .. 3 Extras .. • • < • • • » Total ... •• i. 205 Bowling Analysis—G. Tucker, 1 overs. 2 maidens. 11 runs: J. Morton. 8 overs. 2 I maidens. 27 runs; G, O. Rabone, 2* overs, j 4 maidens. 64 runs, 3 wickets; E. Wilson, 19.2 overs. 2 maidens. 64 runs. 4 wickets, R. Roberts. 2 overs, 21 runs; P. McCarthy , 1 oyer, 9 runs. Second Innings R. Hunt, c Jarvis. b Wilson .. 38 D. I. Mclntyre, run out .. •• «* B. Barnes, not out .. "So J. Fraser. not out ..„•-. " « Extras .. •• •• •• ° ■ Total for two wickets .. 218 Bowling Analysis—G. Tucker, 3 overs, 22 runs; G. O. Rabone. 9 overs, 1 maiden. 77 runs: E. Wilson, 6 overs, 45 runs, 1 wicket; J. Morton. 3 overs, 23 runs; P. McCarthy. 4 overs, 18 runs; L. Woodger, 2 overs. 26 runs; R. Roberts, 1 over, 1 run.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCHES

NEW SOUTH WALES BEATS QUEENSLAND

CtTNITED. PRESS ASSOCIATION—OOSSBIOHT.) (Received January 1, 9.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, January 1. In a Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales, Queensland in its first innings made 105. Brown scorer with 24. O'Reilly took eight wickets for 23, runs, bowling six batsmen. O'Reilly bowled only 11 overs, but he had all his victims tied up from the outset. . New South Wales in its first innings made 379 (Barnes 119, Lush 54), and Queensland In its second innings 144 (Baker 54). O'Reilly again tied up the Queenslanders and took six for 22. New South Wales won by an innings and 130 runs.

KIA ORA (ASHBURTON), V. LINWOOD

In the match for the Cassidy-Holland shield betwen Kia Ora and Linwood, Linwod batted first for 108, of which W. Cousins scored well for 29 before being bowled by Kerr. Kia Ora then went in and compiled 189, of which L. Moore made 70 not out. A good last wicket stand by Moore and R. Holloway helped a great deal towards making this total. At stumps, Linwood had 7 runs up for one wicket in their second ihpingf. The match will be continued to-day. Detailed results are as follows: LINWOOD First Innings R. Smith, ,b r .. ..4 S. Cole, c*Jordan, b Kerr .. •• "_£ W. Cousins, b Kerr • .. ..29 O. Rowe, c Calder, b Jordan ..10 C. Holland, run out .. .. f A. Brown, b Kerr .: •• 11 J. Dixon, run out „. •• •• 2 E. Eagle, c Samuels, b Cleary ... 9 M. Courtier, c Weeks, b Cleary .. 4 F. Saunders, c Samuels, b Weeks .. 8 C. Horsburgh, not out *. .. 0 Extras .. •• ..45 Total • • • ■ .. 108 Bowling Analysis—Kerr, 5 overs, 20 runs, 3 wickets; Moore, 3 overs, 23 runs; H. Jordan, 5 overs, 25 runs, 2 wickets; Saunders, 4 overs, 16 runs;- Weeks, 3 overs, 17 runs, 1 wicket; Cleary, 5 overs 9 runs 2 wickets. „• . ■ ■■ ■ ■■ . .-- Second Innings Courtier cE. Jordan, b Saunders .. 0 Cousins, not out •.. .. .. 5 Cole, not out •■ .... 2 Total for one wicket .. 7 KIA ORA First Innings H. Jordan, b Cousins ',___„••. •• ?5 E. Jordan, c Dixon, b Holland .. 18 F. Saunders, c P. Saunders, b Holland 11 S. Kerr, b Cousins .. •- ° L. Moore, not out .. "12 J. Cleary, hit wicket, b Cleary .. 19 E. Samuels, b Dixon ~ -.10 J. Holloway, b Cousins .. "2 G. Calder, b Dixon v ,. •■ £ R, Holloway, b Brown .. .. .18 Extra •• •• •• * Total ■• •■ •• 189 Bowling Analysis—Dixon, 12 overs. 42 runs, 2 wickets; Brown, 3 overs. 14 runs, 1 wicket; Cousins, 11 overs, 54 runs, 5 wickets; Holland 6 overs, 36 runs, 2 Wickets; Courtier 4 overs, 35 runs; Rowe, 1 over, 7 runs. ___ "The Press" Classified Advertisements are read at the breakfast table, and are sure to deliver results during the words Is, 3 insertions 2s 6d. 'PhoiiQ 33-358. -7S

BOWLING ANALYSIS O. M. K. W. Boberts .. 28 3 60 4 McRae .'.. 25 8 61 1 Davis .. .. W 2 47 3 Cromb .. .. 173 56 .0 Donnelly .. 12.5 3 43 2

BOWLING ANALYSIS O. --M. BW JPrftchard - :■. - .*./■' 33- "■■• '4 ■ 118 4 Aghenden .. 25.6 2 127 3 Larrjason .. .. 23 2 88 2 Wilson «.. .. 17 0 75 a McLeod ..7 0 36 0 Hepburn .. .. ■ 3 0 22 0