Pollard steers B side to victory

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32801, 29 December 1971, Page 14

Pollard steers B side to victory

(New Zealand Press Association)

WELLINGTON.

Four Wellington batsmen almost thwarted Canterbury B in the representative cricket match at the Basin Reserve yesterday.

P. Tindill, M. Coles. C. Chisholm and P. Wright survived for long periods against a strong attack, but Canterbury was still able to beat Wellington by 'five wickets after a hectic final hour.

Wellington B was In trouble at 169 for six, but : Tindill and Coles, with stub, bom defence, and then : Wright and Chisholm, boosted : -their side’s total to2Bo. Canterbury lost quick wickets, but the experience of V. Pollard finally won it the match. Pollard made a.quick 34 not out, finding little difficulty in combating the legtheory used by H. Morgan and the other Wellington bowlers.

I Total 280 Fall of wickets: One for 0, two for 78, three for 133. four for 133, five for 164, alx for I®. seven for 220. eight for 226. nine for 237, 10 for 280.

WELLINGTON First Innings 124 J. Second Innings " W. J. Schafer c Jackson b Hadlee 0 D. M. Cederwall b Pollard .. 23 K. T. McNamara D’Auvergne D. Smith c Fulton .. 63 B. b D’Auvergne . 23 R. M. Crotty c Bull b D’Auvergne ...11 H. A. Morgan b Ferries Tindlll lbw b Pollard .. 20 D. .. 26 M. J. Coles b Hadlee. .. 27 P. J. Wright std Jackson b . D’Auvergne 22 S. Watson c D’Auvergne b * Pollard 9 C. J. Chisholm not out 18 Extras (byes 30, leg-byes 4, no-balls 4) .. 38 ■■

Bowling OMR W R. Hadlee .16 3 61 2 K. Ferries .15 7 25 1 S. Chambers .. 7 1 50 0 V. Pollard . 20 0 52 3 R. M. Geary .. 7 3 15 0 P. D’Auvergne 12.8 5 36 4 CANTERBURY First innings 320 Second innings W. Thompson c Tindlll b Smith 14 A. E. Collins c Cederwall b Watson 0 R. Fulton b Watson 2 C. L. Bull c Tindlll b Morgan 14 V. Pollard not out .. 34 R. Gearry c Cederwall b Watson 4 R. Hadlee not out 4 Extras (byes 1, leg-byes 9, wides 3) 13 Total for 5 wickets 85 Fall of wickets: One for 1. ' wo for 5, three for 29. four for 43, five for 75. Bowling OMR w 9. Watson 5.3 0 22 3 H. A. Morgan .. 8 1 32 B. D. Smith ..3 0 18 1