CRICKET

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24768, 8 January 1946, Page 6

CRICKET

AUCKLAND DECLARES AT 402 RAIN STOPS WELLINGTON INNINGS (P.A.) WELLINGTON. January 7. Rain called a halt at 3.30 p.m. in the special crieket match between Wellington and Auckland at the Basin Reserve. W. M. Wallace, the Auckland captain, declared the innings closed at the overnight score when play was resumed this morning. Frequent showers throughout the morning handicapped the Auckland bowlers, making the ball greasy and the wicket easy. E. W. Tindill and J. Duffy started the Wellington innings at 11 a.m. Taking no risks, they set out to dig themselves in against good length bowling by Cleverley and Prentice. Both showed supreme confidence.

With 33 up Cleal came on in place of Prentice, and with five runs added Hemmingson took the ball from Cleverley, who had sent down eight overs for nine runs. An hour’s play produced 46 runs. Burke here came on in place of Cleal and 50 came up in 63 minutes. At the luncheon adjournment the board showed 88 runs on without the loss of a wicket. Tindill and Duffy- 38. Upon resuming at 2.5 p.m. the batsmen continued to get the runs in spite of frequent bowling changes. The stubborn partnership was broken after play had been in progress three hours. Tindill attempted to drive a ball from Kerr, and was clean bowled. Although he bad only hit three fours he had assisted Duffy to put on 139 runs for the first wicket, the best opening stand made by Wellington batsmen for many years. Rice, the Wellington captain, then joined Duffy, who was 57, and the score was moved along in drizzling rain to 153. At 3.30 p.m. a heavy shower caused a cessation of play, the score then standing at 153 for one wicket.

The rain continued, and eventually the umpires drew stumps at 5.15 p.m. The Auckland bowlers Stuck to their uphill task with great heart. All performed well and Wallace used them with judgment' The fielding was smart and clean throughout, and few runs were given away. Scores:— AUCKLAND First innings (total for 8 wickets dec.) 402

SOUTH CANTERBURY V. SOUTHLAND.

MATCH POSTPONED BECAUSE OF RAIN

Ram which fell in Timaru most of the day yesterday caused the postponement a representative cricket match between South Canterbury and Southland. There was less than half an hour of play in the morning, and one of the opening batsmen for Southland, R. N. Pollok, was dismissed for six runs. ' Scores were as follows:

The match, which was to have been a two-day fixture, will be resumed this morning if the weather clears.

• • WELLINGTON First Innings E. W. Tindill, b Kerr 73 J. Duffy, not out 66 H. F. Rice, not out 5 Extras (byes 6. leg-byes *2, wide 1) 9 Total for one wicket 153 BOWLING Prentice O. M. R. W. . .. 14 0 44 o Cleverley .. 16 5 26 0 Burke . .. 15 34 o Cleal . .. 12 6 10 0 Kerr .. 10 2 17 Hemmingson .w 11 4 13 0

SOUTHLAND First Innings R. N. Pollok, b Earwaker 6 N. Spence, not out 15 M. Ryan, not out Extras 2 Total for one wicket ~24 BOWLING ANALYSIS O. M. R. W. R. Wilson .. .. 5 2 11 0 E. Earwaker .. .. 4 2 11 1