ATTACK AND DEFENCE IN SHIELD CRICKET.—The varying moods of cricket are caught in these photographs of the opening day’s play in the Plunket Shield match between Otago and Canterbury at Lancaster Park. TOP: M. B. Poore, the Canterbury opening batsman, makes a vigorous attempt to sweep B. Allan through a close-set leg field. BOTTOM: P. G. Z. Harris drops to earth to avoid a bumper bowled by J. R. Reid, Otago’s captain.
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28160, 26 December 1956, Page 8
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72ATTACK AND DEFENCE IN SHIELD CRICKET.—The varying moods of cricket are caught in these photographs of the opening day’s play in the Plunket Shield match between Otago and Canterbury at Lancaster Park. TOP: M. B. Poore, the Canterbury opening batsman, makes a vigorous attempt to sweep B. Allan through a close-set leg field. BOTTOM: P. G. Z. Harris drops to earth to avoid a bumper bowled by J. R. Reid, Otago’s captain. Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28160, 26 December 1956, Page 8
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