Shield Cricket In Chch At Christmas

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32060, 7 August 1969, Page 15

Shield Cricket In Chch At Christmas

Christchurch cricket enthusiasts will be kept occupied between Christmas and New year in the coining season.

The Canterbury Plunket Shield team will play its first match, against Auckland, at Lancaster Park on December 25, 26 and 27. On December 29, it will begin its match against Northern Districts, also at Lancaster Park. Canterbury will have a third home match, against Otago, on January 15, 16 and 17. Its two away games will be against Wellington on January 2, 3 and 5 and against Central Districts at Wanganui on January 6, 7 and 8. The full shield programme,

released yesterday by the New Zealand Cricket Council, includes three days of Sunday play. The teams required to play on Sunday are Auckland (twice), Central Districts (twice), Otago and Wellington. Sunday play was introduced for the first time last season in the Auckland-Otago match played at Auckland. The national Brabin Cup tournament will be held in Auckland from December 29 to January 3. i The full Plunket Shield ' programme is:— December 25, 26. 27.—Wellington v. Otago at Wellington; Northern Districts v. Central Districts at Hamilton; Canterbury v. Auckland at Christchurch.

December 29, 30, 31. —Canterbury v. Northern Districts at Christchurch; Otago v. Auckland at Dunedin; Wellington v. Central Districts at Napier. January 2,3, 4. —Auckland v. Central Districts at Auckland. January 2,3, s.—Canterbury v. Wellington at Wellington; Otago v. Northern Districts at Dunedin. January 6,7, 8. —Canterbury v. Central Districts at Wanganui. January 8,9, 10.—Auckland v. Northern Districts at Aucki land. January 10, 11, 12.—Otago v. Central Districts at Dunedin. I January 12, 13, 14.—Northern Districts v. Wellington at Ham- ■ ilton. ! January 15. 16, 17.—Canter- ! bury v. Otago at Christchurch. ! January 16, 17, 18.—Auckland iv. Wellington at Auckland.

(N.Z. P. A .•Reuter—Copyrig ht) The Finnish ear rally driver, T. Makinen, finished second in the eighth stage of the Round Britain powerboat race yesterday, but retained his over-all lead in the 1700-mile event. Winner of the 150-mile eighth stage, from Whitby to Great Yarmouth, was T. Powell, in U.F.O. He clocked 3hr 19mln 27.55ec, and made up 22min on the race leader’s over-all time. Makinen’s boat, Avenger Too, finished in 3hr 41min 34.25ec. Little wind and perfect visibility made conditions nearly perfect, a welcome change from the dense fog, high winds and rough seas of the last three days. The photograph shows Botany Bay Expres.s, driven by K. Schellenberg, leaving a great surging wake during an earlier stage of the race.

Record Run.—The Russian sprinter, Galina Mitrokhina, broke the world record for the women's 200 metres hurdles by two-tenths of a second, recording 26.95ec in a track and field meeting at Odessa.