SHIELD CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1040, 1 February 1911, Page 7

SHIELD CRICKET.

CANTERBURY'S DOGGED FIGHT. REQUIRES 249 RUNS. A2SD TEN WICKETS TO FALL. (13y Telesraph—Press Association.) • v '• Auckland, January 31. The -match for the Plunket Shield was continued to-day l in line but overcast weather, the .'wicket being, if anything, better than oil the'previous days, and showing no sign of wear. . 'Patrick, and Bennett; tho Canterbury noE-ou'ts, continued their innings to the bowling, of Ollilf and Pearson. OltifTs first over was a maiden, but Bennett .hit Pearson for. a brace. Two balls later, htlwoyer; he was clean bowled. ton, filled the vacancy, but Olliff, ill his nest over, clean bowled Patrick, who had played a trifle too cautiously at his fourth bill, which came in from leg. Sandman was' tli& : newcomer, and played out the remainder of. tho oyer. Carlton opened his 'score with a glance to leg off Pearson, 'the -remainder of. the over, being Kiultiess. Another , maiden went to Olliff, Cailion'-shaping' at the bowling like-a novice'. Pearson, in his next over, clean' botflod-'Sandman' with his second ball, three. 1 wickets;' thus falling for as many runs after twenty minutes' play. Bosshtill ;w'iis tK6" last man in, opening with ft'.ilflsh: at .Pearson which glanced to leg, Mid. a brace.resulted. -A single. to - each balsmeh brought up .250, and then Boxsfiair survived a Confident appeal for Lb.w.: off Pearson, and played the : rest of JtheV over.'Olliif's first ball to the .next ovfc 1 Carlton swept round to the boundary with a- grass-mowing stroke, and th«n Olliffbatsman, wickets, and wicket.keeper ..with a ball. that came back over a'-foot,. couple of bws resulting., Pearsin';, brought his field close in' for Carl-toh,-rivlio ; was poking at every . ball, ■ a maideii'jresulting. Boxshall drove ■Olliff f<Sr'-^'-.single,V.Carlton following suit, and 260 ; was.. up. The nextball ' Bosshall eutv,for', a .single, Carlton having a narrow- escape of, being run out. A followed to Pearson, who badly beat'. : ; Bpsshall with his last ball, but 'missed-the Wicket, and Hadden replaced Olliff. His fifth ball .'Carlton dragged Toiind- for a brace, and then survived an appeal for l.b.w. Four leg byes followed, and vy then . . Hadden . brought tho innings to a close by. cloan'bowling Boxehall. . 1 Canterbury's total was then 209,' leaving them 80 ih; arrears.; '

' i ■;■.; Getting-Auckland Out Again, 1 In second innings Crawshaw .fielded'instead'of. Norman, who was suffering from a sprain received yesterday. Smith and Hbrspool opened to tho bowlirigr 'of Bennett and T. Carltou. Smith hit Bennett's fourth for four, and late-cut the last across the boundary—eight off tho first over. A couple, of leg-byes brought up teiii Carlton then sending down three successive maidens. Horspool, after a. maiden .'to Bennett; spoilt Carl ton's sequence .with" a. single,, but in tho next over Bennett bowled him with ono that camoiback from log. . ■ : i,; Sale.joined, Smith, who put- Carlton ' tlirough■-the slips for four, and Sale tjirned' Bennett nicely to leg, while a singlfrr to Smith brought up . twenty for ha;li-,aii hour's play, arid a double change was..:tllctt made in.-the- , bowling, Reese and Sindnlttri going on; .; Smith banged Sandman ; to the boundary, bringing up .20 to his,own , credit, and then bo.xshall : took him beautifully at tho .wicket. Kerr filled . the' 1 vacancy, cutting his- first ball.for a b);ace, and then tutting a single. Reese's niiStiOver .was.fatal.to him, however, tho biits'man being but leg-before-wicket. Mho. luncheon adjournment -was then, taken, ,and, on resuming, , Hemus partniifed: Sale, t\yo. runs coming off Reese's first S,Ter. Sale .jajgjd'.Jorty,, with a. cpnplo bfi.ariyeS, for two," aud-th'eii''put : ''on4' : .wWch;the; bowler, just failed ./to,, reach.. Tjieipai'tnership nearly doubled;the score, •with tjio;mensctiring in singles and twos offj-sevbfai-"changes of:bowling."-,At sixty--foiii'Heious hit.'one to square-leg:, andcalled for: a tqn, .which was barely ,pos-' eilJe,.:and a moment's•.'. hesitation, cost Siile his. wicket, Crawshaw sending the ball.back to T. Carlton, who whipped off this hails. , ~.'.. ... ,

iPearson joined his captain, who wclcoihed him by cutting Carlton twice to thjr. boundary—nice "wristy strokes—and 70;; was up. Sandman's second ball Peareoir lifted high to leg, but Caygill failed tc/;reacn it.' Hcmiis .then brought his tcol-e t0;..20.by driving Sandman for a briice, v and then pulled him to the bouri-' dafy;;. subsequentlyßaising '80 with a latecut'for .four. Bennett relieved Sandman, and asingle to Hemus brought him to 30 [{ or half an hour's batting. ,T. Carlton went' 6ii-instead of W. Carlton, eon-brought iip-90 by. jumping in andhitting him for four. After adding four Bingles Hemus reached the end of -his .totner,-; playing'.all over ono from CarltonV;.which'clean bowled him.

■Hidden caine in, and, opening out to .Cqrlton,. raised tho century for ■90 minutes', play with- a fine four. -Ho aprelished Carlton; and, jumping in,.'hit him for the first six of tho match. Hb: followed this up with a nice drive for .three. ' After'.tea Sandman bowled to'PSarson,-who hit him twice for two, bfinging;un 170. Next.ball-a "googlie, , ! which pitched on the leg and took the off-peg—sent Pearson back after a patient innings of 33. The partnership , had added 77 runs, in 83 minutes.

followed, and singles and twos' brought tho score along at a fair rate, Hidden reaching the half-century ' for' , eighty, minutes' play. Hadden got Bennett nicely to leg for three, but next ball Anthony chopped into his wicket, and :wns out for six. ..■■'.■ '.Sneddon was next, but, before another run had been added, Hadden stepped out'to Sandman, and the ball, cannoning into, his wickets'off Boxshall's pads, ho Was.; out after . a ; chaucoless 58. - Oljiff . joined Sneddon, who opened his score by pulling Bonnett for three. He then cut Sandhianfor ..-two,, but, next ball, ho followed Hadden's. example in stepping out to:.Sandman,'Boxshall. stumping him beautifully. Hayward was next, and his' first ball was his last.",He played tho ball; ■; but T. Carlton took, a fino onehanded catch right off the bat, tho innings closing for 199,:' made in 31 hours. ' ' Challengers Facing the Music. Wanting 280 to; win, Canterbury opened . their second innings nt 5.20 with Liisk and 'Caygill, to tho bowling of Kerr and Pearson—both off-theory men. The batsmen pltiyed "safety," tho first fivo overs being, maidens. After fifteen minutes, Lusk opened his score with two to leg off Pearson; A confident appeal for Lb.w. next ball was dismissed, and four byes x brought up ten in >25 minutes. Hadden went on. instead of Kerr, and Cavgill broke his "duck" with a cut for' two. More.byes and a four to Lusk raised "2 of• which thirteen were extras. A four to Lusk and jingles to Caygill brought tho eeare to 30-for no wickets, when stumps were drawn for the day. .The features of tho play -n- ero the- ex celleht fielding, of the visitors aud the fine bowling of Sandman, who kopt a good length and got a lot of work on tho ball.-'The following are the scores - fluckland—First Innings. I'." G. Hemus, b. Reese .',„ im A.;' Anthony, c.T.' Carlton, b. W. h Carlton . ..'..,.,... 39 FJ'Pearson, 1.b.w., b. Bonnett ~.'... u E.'V.Sale, b. W. Carltou u Ai.Hadden, 1.b.w., b. Reese ; Gl W. Brooke Smith, c,and.b. Reeso ... 0 Sneddon, b; T. Carlton 5 E. Horspool, b. AV. Carlton 30 E;.olliff, b. Reeso 11 A.'-Kcit, .b. Reese 2 G.' Hayward, not out 0 Extras 25 ' Totol 349 .' '". How the Wickets Fell. .' ■ 1- '2 3.4 5 . 07 8 9 10 108 183 257.257 298 313 342 348 319 Bowling Analysis. . O. M. R. AV. Sandman 2? C 80 0 Bennett 31 8 72 1 ■ T.-Carltoa '.. 23 11 II . 1 AV. Carlton 17 0 70 3 ]!»*J 1... 21 S i"> Patrick 0 1 IS 0

Canterbury—First Innings. Caygill, c. Hayward, b. Hadden 14 Norman, .1.b.w., b. Pearson 47 Lusk, c. Brooke Smith, b. Kerr 2 W. Carlton, b. Pearson ,1 Sims, b. Kerr 8 R-eeso, c. Hayward, b. Kerr 80 Patrick, b. Olliff 75 Bennett, b. Pearson 0 Sandman 3 Boxshall, b. Hadden G T. Carlton, not out I'. , Extras .: ; 21 Total 269 How the Wickets Fell. 1. 2 3 4 5 G 7 S 0 10 . 51 62 64 75 81 210 215 215 216 269 Bowling Analysis. .0. M. R. W. .Pearson 47 18 72 4 Kerr ..'. 'Si 5 46 3 Oliff .26 10 SS I' . Hadden, 17 3 2) •& Sneddon 5 0 16 0 . ■ Smith '.. 4 0 10 0 , Anthony . ;..... 5 0 17 0 Auckland—Second Innings. A. Horspool, b. Bennett 1 W. Brooke Smith, c Boxshall, b. Sandman 21 ■A. Kerr, 1.b.w., b. Reese- 3 L. G. Hemus,:b. W. Carlton 34 E. V.'Sale, run out 19 Hadden, st. Boxshall, b. Sandman ... 58 Pearson, b. Sandman 33 Anthony, b. Bennett ...: 6 Sneddon, st. Boxshall, b. Sandman ...■ 5 Olliff, not out ..,: 0 Hayward,. c. T. Carlton, b. Sandman 0 Extras 19 Total 199 : How the Wickets Fell. :12345 6 7 8 9 10 11 26 33 64 84 171 191 191139 199 Bowling Analysis. ■■: O. .M. ft..\v.' Bennett ;... 28 ;14 41' 2 T. Carlton 10 4 23 0 D.. Be«se 13 3 32 1 W. Carlton ... 11 2 29 1 Sandman .......''2o 3 ■■.•55;-'-5 " Canterbury—Second Innings. Lusk. not out , 13 Caypill, not out 4 Extras 13 Total for no wickets , 30 WHAT TEAM FOR NEXT TEST?

WILL MACARTNEY'BE DROPPED? . By Tslcgraph-l'ress Association-Copyright. (Rec. February i, 0.21 a.m.) Sydney, January'3l. The Sydney "Daily Telegraph,", discussing the' selection for the next Test, advocates that Hordern should' replace Macartney. It states that the team badly wants another bowler, who should; for preference, boa slow one. The ■Af ricansy wanting to win the remaining two matches, .will, probably be very, cautions, and may .stonewall. Therefore tho team wants somebody to make them hit. SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKETERS. AGAINST A BALLARAT TEAM. ■'<■■. A BIG INNINGS. Melbourne, January 31. The. South African cricketers started a two days' match at Ballarat against a District Fifteen. • ■'' .. The visitors declared their innings closed with seven wickets down for 455 -Striker 140, Snooko 85, Llewellyn 65/ Commaille 25, Pearse (not out) 41, Schwarz (not out) 74,' being. tho chief scorers. Ballarat has lost one wicket for 48— Horo (not but) 23, Morgan (not out) 20. INTER-STATE MATCH. (Rec. Jan. 31, 8.55 p.m.) '. •■ 'Sydney, JajHljWSr-3.4-'! Victoria in their second innings a'sajnst New South Wales made 88 (Kortlans 30, .M'Kenzie 23). Horde.fcH4s,#J S ' for 32 runs, and Macartney twpaor ls.i THE WELLINGTON .ASSOCIATION/ ■ . SOME MATTERS OP INTEREST. : .' A meeting of the Managcnient Committee of the Wellington. Cricket Association was held in the Occidental Hotel last evening, Mr. 51. F. Luckio presiding. There were also present Messrs. 1 ,, . 'Laws, J. Pearce, Parton, V. "Willis,' C Hickey, and C. Stephens. The secretary stated that a letter had been received from the Auckland Association stating definitely that the northern team would not be able to visit Wellington this , season. .

A letter was received from the Templars Club asking why the association's' coach had not been in attendance to coach players during the past two Tuesdays' allotted to that club. . One of tho members of the. ground committee explained that he had been given to .understand that a number of the members of. the Templars Club were iu the habit of putting in an at 6.30. Thit said tho chairman, was not fair to the groundsman. . It was decided to write to the Templars.Club pointing out that, a complaint had been made that tho mem-bers'-of the-club were in the habit of turning up late. It was also decided to, refer the letter of the Templars Club to the ground committee for inquiry and a report. ■■-.■.■■■

The Slanawatu Association asked if Wellington would be able to. send a representative team to Pahnerston this season. It was resolved that an endeavour should be made to get a team away to play on ■ February. 25, starting play at 9.30; a.m. The matter of selecting a team which would make the trip aud pay its own expenses was referred, to the selection committee. '. ■ It was decided to write to the HawkeY Bay Association; asking if there was any possibility of that association sending, a team to Wellington on March 18 and March 20. The Central team wrote withdrawing its team from the junior championship. Tho Templars Club protested against the win of the North third-class team on the ground that the latter team played four or five unregistered players. The North Club admitted having- picked-up several outsiders on tho ground in order that tho match should not lapse. After ■some discussion it was decided, that the match should bo awarded to Templars. fho chairman stated that in order to avoid difficulty in tho future between the Athletic Sports Clubs and tho association in regard to the use of the Basin Reserve a conference between delegates from the two bodies would probably bo held m September of each year to arrange dates which would be submitted to the City Council. •\ aS r! Ic , ci< !w 1 '?. adTiso th « Cantral District Club that if certain fees which are cue are not paid by noon on Saturday tho oluu would lose tha matches in which it is at present engaged, and would not be drawn for anv further games. ■ : JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP. ' The following fixtures for February i and 11 have been drawn:—Hutt v North Hutt Ground; l'etono v. South Petone Ground; Wellington Colle-ev East Col lego. Ground; tF.JLC.A. v* JolSwi! Basin Reserve; St. Mark's v ViVf-nri-, College, Kelburno Park a H,r i VMr 0 \" nR w P , ,hye f s Vm "present tho Wednesday Cricket Club versus Red Cross, nt Basin Ressrvo No. 4 to-day :—Holmes, Plant, M'Kav SlackSoughtan, Kitto, King, Boltoi,' Paget' Austin, and Simpson. .Catch of the Season. Laws and Mannings splendid stork of cricket material" Courtenoy Place. Repairs a speciality"