Cricket UNIVERSITY MATCH

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28552, 3 April 1958, Page 5

Cricket UNIVERSITY MATCH

Canterbury Well Placed Otago faced the formidable Canterbury score of 400 at the end of the first day s play in the interuniversity cricket match which began at the Hagley Oval yesterday. Canterbury was all out a few minutes after 5 p.m. At stumps Otago had scored six without loss. The sound Canterbury innings was mainly contributed to by G. Dowling, P Morris, R. Hunter, and C Smith. A solid foundation was laid by Hunter and Morris, who both drove with power. They put on 123 for the first wicket. Morris (86) and Dowling, who made a fine century, took the score to 203 in the secondwicket partnership. Making his 102. Dowling scored with shots to all parts of the field. He was especially strong on the off side. He batted for 184 minutes and scored 11 boundaries. Although he made most of his runs with Morris. Dowling had Ihree other partners before he was taught behind off the bowling of R. Simons. Coming in at the end of the innings. Smith, a bowler, scored a rapid 38. Although the bowlers had a trying day. Simons finished with the good figures ot seven for 98 off 37.4 overs. He spun from the wicket and bowled very accurately. When the wicketkeeper. E. Mayell. was injured after being hit by the bat. D Harding substituted well and dismissed six batsmen.

The match will continue today. The umpires were Mr A. Winter and Colonel L. A. W. Knight. Scores w»ere:—

CANTERBURY First Innings R. Hunter, c Kent, b Harding .. 51 P. Morris, c Harding, b Simons 86 G. Dowling, c Harding, b Tomkins .. .. 102 J. Hudson. lbw Simons .. 15 D. Buckingham, lbw Simons .. 12 J Park, std Harding, b Simons 14 D Adams, std Harding, b Simons 4 T. Timpson, std Harding, b Simons .. .. 23 P. Park, c Chetwin. b Simons 18 C. Smith, std Harding, b Sharp 38 J. Nott, not out 0 Extras (byes 29. leg byes 4. no-balls 4) .. 37 Total ..400 Bowling.—J. Kent, 11 overs, 3 maidens. 52 runs, 0 wicket; B Tompkins, 24, 7. 74. 1: R. Simons, 37.4, 10, 98, 7; D. Chetwin. 19, 1, 67, 0; P. Sharp, 6,0, 32, 1; D. Harding 8, 0. 40. 1. OTAGO First Innings G. A. Noble, not out .. 1 P. R. Chetwin, not out .. 0 Extras (no-balls 5) ..5 Total for’no w icket .. 6 Bowling.—P. Park. 2 overs. 1 maiden, 1 run, 0 wicket; C. Smith. 2.2, 0. 0; J. Park. 1,1, 0. 0.