Travel tangleses cost cricket team match

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33451, 5 February 1974, Page 24

Travel tangleses cost cricket team match

f.Ncio Zealand Press Association 1 WELLINGTON. Air travel tangles between Christchurch, busy after the Gaines, and Wellington, cost Canterbury 10 points in the first round of the Rothmans under 23 cricket tournament yesterday.

Canterbury, which 1 iwon the tournament last J [year, failed to arrive in c time for its opening , match against Welling- e ton, and the tournament < managers awarded Well-, ington the equivalent of an outright win. Bad weather closed Wellington airport for much of| I Sunday and the heavy traffic' from Christchurch added to the turmoil. T ournament organisers were told that the Canter-j bury team would not arrive until late today, when the first, of three rounds of two-; day matches would have finished. i The managers’ decision' was announced by Mr A. H.! Hart, a member of the Wellington Cricket Association, which is organising the tournament. ; The Northern Districts and; , former Canterbury player, R. ■ Fulton mauled the Auckland; attack for 79. before the; Auckland captain, J. Wilt-! shire, who had sent them in] ■ to bat, brilliantly ran out; Fulton. / He dived at short cover fol cut. off a savage drive from

ling two quick wickets just I before stumps. Otago also batted well, scoring 242 for eight against Central Districts, mainly! through some power hitting! from G. Williams, who] jreached 73. including, two; (sixes and 11 fours. The Taranaki pace bowler.' ';G. Lynch, had some bad luck| [when he lost the ball on his irun-up and allowed Otago's L. McAlevey a free hit. McAlevey smashed the! ball straight to the hands of; the fieldsman at mid-off, but; the throw, which would; (have run out S. Boock.i ■missed the stumps, and MclAlevey made three from the : ’overthrow. OTAGO First innings D. Brady b Reilly . 41 I D. Facoory c Edwards b I Lynch 36! D. Dempsey c Lynch b Bev in .11' W. Lees lbw h Reilly 2; iG. Williams b Lynch .. 73 | ;L. McAlevey not out .. .. 61: B. Cameron c Edwards b Lynch 0; G. Broad lbw b Bevin 5 jS. Boock. b Lynch ~ 5 R. Webb not out .. 6 j Extras (IM, nbl) .. 2i Total for 8 wkts dec. 242. Fall of wickets: 60. 79, 90, 95, 182. 182, 201. 223. Bowling.—.l. Reilly, 13. 2, 47, 2; G. Lynch, 18, 4, 59. 4; S. Bovin. 23, 7. 95, 2; K. Pearce, 5,1, 18, 0: ;j. Hooper, 3 0, 21 0. CENTRAL DISTRICTS First innings G. Edwards* not out .. .. 11 iG. Cook b Webb . .. 0 IL Ormastoii not out 5 Extras (Jbl. nbli . 2 Total for one wicket 18 j Fall of wicket: 1. Bowling.—R. Webb, 3,1, 5,1; P. Jones, 2. 0. 11, 0. Bonus points: Otago 4. Central Districts 2. NORTHERN DISTRICTS First innings IJ. Clutty lbw b Troupe 4 jA. Puna h Linn 60 R. Fulton run out . 79 i K. Puna not out 18 AV. Lawrie c Wiltshire b Robinson 10 M. Cruickshank c Whitcombe I b Linn . 20 J. Brooks not out 2 Extras <lb4, wl. b4* 9 Total for 5 wkts dec. 202 Fall of wickets: 12, 136. 150, 174, : 198. Bowling.—E. Troupe, 14, 2. 41, 1; D Findlay. 11, 3. 42, 0: K. ’.Robinson, 10, 2, 26, I. J. Calder. 13. 1, 52. 0; D. Atkinson, 1,0, ’6, 0; W. Linn. 7,1, 26. 2. AUCKLAND First innings C. Atkinson c Lawrie b • Fulton 37 !M. Schrafte b Fulton .. 28 J. Wiltshire not out .. .. 21 J. Reid not out 5 Extras ib4. nbl I ~ .. 5 Total for two wickets 96 Fall of wickets: 54, 73. Bowling.—S. Brook, 4. 0. 29, 0: M. Cruickshank. 4,1, 24, 0; R. Fulton. 4.3, 0, 24, 2; E. Gillot,’ 4,0, 14, 0. Bonus points: Northern Dis-; tricts 4, Auckland J.

Fulton. Fulton’s partner, K.l Puna, had set off for the run I and left Fulton stranded. Northern Districts’ second wicket had fallen at 136., and they went on to collect four batting points. Fulton had his revenge, when Auckland batted, tak-i

Aust. golf.—R. Shearer (Ausitralia) has won the $3500 Tas- , manian Open golf tournament, (beating his fellow countryman. (T. Ball, in a play-off. J. Breaux |(United States) finished third, ]seven strokes back