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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 84, 7 January 1928, Page 10

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WELLINGTON v. OTAGO r SOLID SCORE BY LOCAL SIDE BRILLIANT BOWLING BY MASSEY OTAGO’S GOOD RECOVERY A bright day’s cricket was witnessed at the Basin Reserve yesterday in the special match iietwcen the Otago and Wellington representative elevens. The weather was ideal, the wicket firm, and the outfield fast. Wellington batted first, and made 363, par ncuiariy ui’ighi cricnet Being shown by Lamason and Lambert. Otago men, on going to the wickets, struck Massey in ucauly lorin. ... dismissed three batsmen at a cost cf 8 runs. A. W. Alloo, the Otago captain, and R. Cherry then put their backs to the wall, and put on 97 runs for the fifth wicket, the.record at call of time being four for 157. The match will be resumed at 11.30 this morning.

Airey and Tattersall opened the Wellington innings at 11.37 to the bowling sending • down three overs for three runs, the Essex professional retired, Massey coming out as substitute. Alloo, the Otago captain, took ’up the bowling at Eastman’s end, but his opening over proved expensive. The first halfhour saw 39 runs up, Airey being 17 and Tattersall 13- In Alloo’s next over, Airey started to nibble at off stuff... After being nearly caught at second slip, the lefthander popped the next ball into Vorrath’s hands in this position. 39—1—17. Fifty Up. J. R. Lamason came next, and Eastman returned to the field. Steady play saw 50 come up in fifty-seven minutes. The hour’s play saw 86 up, Lamason being 36 and Tattersall 24. Eastman again retired. Massey coming on aagin. Before another run was scored Tattersall jumped out to hit Alloo, but was beaten by the break, and Galland smartly stumped him. 86—2—24. The colt, W. Dustin, arrived to see Lajnason dropped by Knight off a hard chance at cover. ' After hitting up 53 in brilliant fashion Lamason was smartly caught at point by AlcMullan off Douglas. Lamason Jut nine tourers. 108—3—53. A Resolute Batsman. Lambert' was the incoming batsman, and opened, jn characteristic fashion. At 189, Dustin, who had scored 28 Solidly, cut one from Alloo into AlcAlullan’s hands at point. 189—4—28. Badcock joined Lambert, who was 52, but Alloo and Torrance kept them quiet for some time. Two Hundred Up. ’ The 200 came lip for 140 minutes’ play, and Lambert then banged a full toss from Alloo to the fence at extra longon. of Alloo’s next over to the boundary at long-off, the second stroke vaulting tho fence on to Kent Terrace. Alloo then tried a brand new ball, but Lambert banged this up against the fence at square-leg.< Lambert was now batting brilliantly. He flashed .Torrance past point -to the pickets, reaching the seventies. • >• • ■ At 223 Knight relieved Alloo, and at once got ' Lambert, who touched one, yvliich camo off the wicketkeeper’s gloves and went softly into Torrance’s hands at first slip, Lambert had given a brilliant display of rapid scoring/ hitting fourteen tourers. 224—4—79. ' 7 A Good Stand. . McGirr, who scored such a brilliant century against Canterbury on Monday last, followed and opened with 4 past cover off Torrance. End of a Solid Partnership. After, tho partnership had added 89 runs, McGirr, who had scored 60 in attractive fashion, was caught and bowled by Knight. He was more restrained than usual, -only finding the boundary four times. 313—6 —60. . T. P. Reaney, a well-built Napier colt, who was making a first appearance as a Wellington representative, came next. He is a left-hander. At 322, the veteran Torrance had another turn at the bowling crease, and clean-bowled Badcock with the last ball of tho over. Tho Englishman bad been very restrained, three fourers and 28 singles figuring in his tally of 40. 323 7 40. Brice, the Wellington „ skipper, filled the vacancy, and lifted Knight over thq long-on boundary for the first six of the match. Reaney reached doubles by setting Torrance between point and cover to the fence. He then foolishly ran himself out. 336 —B—ll.8 —11. Massey followed to see Vorrath brilliantly take Brice with a right-handed catch in the slips off Knight. 338 —9 —9. Beard,, the last man, joined Massey, who late-cut Knight for three, and turned Torrance to the long-leg boundary for four. Beard then hit Knight, under the ropes at extra long-on, and hit Douglas to square-leg for four, reaching double figures He then lifted Douglas to extra long-on for six. The next ball, a full tose. he lifted to deep mid-on. The mings, which had lasted for 250 minutes, closed for 363. A Demon Bowler. The tea adjournment was taken at the close of the Wellington innings, and Knight and Vorrath commenced Otago s first knock nt 4.55 to Ihe bowling of f Massey. The opening was sensational, I Vorrath being snapped up by Brice at

second slip off the fifth ball of Massey’s first over. I—l—o. McMullan followed. Massey was swinging the ball a lot, and got Knight with the fourth ball of his third over. Airey making a smart actch low down close in at fine-leg. Massey had now taken two for 5. 12—2—3. Cavanagh came next and after a period of quiet play, McMullan banged one from Beard past cover to the ropes. The third ball of Massey’s fifth over saw the end of Cavanagh, the batsman playing one on. This gave Massey three wickets for 8 runs. 23 —3—2. A. W. Alloo, the Otago captain, came in to stop the rot. After bowling seven overs for 16 runs, Beard gave way to Lambert, with the total at 38. Massey, after bowling eight overs for 15 runs and three wickets, was replaced by Badcock. The batsmen relished the change. The last ball of Badcock’s second over was fatal to McMullan, who skied the ball into Lamason’s safe hands at deep point. Cherry arrived to see Alloo bang Lambert over the boundary at long-leg. After a spell of quiet play, Alloo reached 30 by slamming one from Lambert to the sight screen. Cherry then forced Badcock’to the fence at mid-on. Cherry Reaches the Half-Century. Cherry reached his half-century, and made the score 150 by forcing Beard to tho fence at mid-on. Brice then took the ball from Massey, and Lambert replaced Beard. When stumps were drawn at 7 o’clock, four wickets were down for 157, Alloo being 50 and Cherry 57, the pair having added 97 for the fifth wicket, and retrieved the early disaster to the side. WELLINGTON—First Innings. W. F. Airey c. Vorrath b. Alloo .A 17 H. J. Tattersall, st. Galland, b. Alloo 24 J. R. Lamason, c. McMullan. b. Douglas 53 W. Dustin, c. McMullan, b. Alloo .... 28 H. M. Lambert, c. Torrance, b. Knight 79 F. T. Badcock, b. Torrance 40 H. M. McGirr, c. and b. Knight ... 60 T. P. Reaney, run out 11 W. S. Brice, c. Torrance, b. Knight 9 11. B. Massey, not out 9 L. Beard, c. , b. Douglas 16 Extras—Byes 13, leg-byes 4 17

Total 363 Fall of wickets: One for 39, two for 86, three for 108, four for 189, five for 224, six for 313, seven for 323, eight for 336. nine for 338, fen for 363.

OTAGO. First innings. A. R. Knight, c. Airey, b. Massey ... 3 W. Vorrath, c. Brice, b. Massey 0 J. McMullan, c. Lamason, b. Badcock 33 V. G. Cavanagh, b. Massey 2 A. W. Alloo, not out 50 R. Cherry, not out 57 Byes 9, leg-byes 2, no-balls 1 12

Total for four wickets 157 Fall of wiclrets: One for 11, two for 12, three for 23, four for 60.

PLUNKET SHIELD AUCKLAND v. CANTERBURY MERRITT BATS AND BOWLS WELL Br TnLEGBAPn.--PRESS ASSOCI ITION. . Auckland, January 6. To-day saw Auckland struggling for a first innings lead in the second Plunket Shield match of the season against Canterbury. Canterbury, batting .first, scored 244, and Auckland replied with 152 for six wickets. Gregory at times was a little uncertain, especially to Bowley, and he was run out when he called for an impossible run. Hamilton was strong on the leg side, but in attempting to get a ball from Anthony round to leg he went leg before wicket. M. L. Page did not strike form, and was caught off a weak shot. J. Newman (Hampshire professional) was trapped beautifully by Bowley. He went out to one ball almost before it was bowled, and Bowley dropped it short. Newman had to get back to play it, and sent an easy catch to G. L. Weir at square leg. W. E- Merritt proved that tributes to his batting on the English tour were not undeserved. His innings was one of the brightest of the day. C. E. Evans gave a sterling display in scoring 40, and R. Read infused plenty of freedom into the game while he ran up 29. He was out to a magnificent one-handed catch by Dacre. i . Anthony exercised fine control over his length and made judicious use of both spinners. He has hardly ever bowled better in Phwket Shield cricket than he did to-day. Bowley obtained every bit of assistance the wicket afforded him, and bowled with brains. Auckland’s first innings was remarkable chiefly for good batting by J. E. Mills and I. W. Cooper, and excellent bowling bv Merritt and Newman. Bowley parted off brightly, but was deceived when a ball from Merritt stopped a little, and he returned an easy catch. Cooper played bright cricket, clean and powerful driving being a feature, but he paid the price for going forward to

Merritt once too often. Mills, who is not out with 50 to bis credit batted patiently and solidly, hitting only loose balls. He gave one chance when 34. .Merritt took little time to find his length, but once he found it the crowd were not left wondering how he had succeeded in England. He varied his breaks and mixed in the googly judiciously. A googly beat Anthony from the time it left Bowler’s hand. Newman impressed the crowd by his steadj' and accurate bowling. He bowled unchanged for about an hour and a half, and at the end was just as likely to secure wickets as he was at the start. There could have been improvements in the fielding of both sides. Detailed scores: CANTERBURY—First Innings. G. IL Gregory, run out 67 I. M. Hamilton; 1.b.w., b. Anthony 27 J. Jacobs, b. Bowley 1 M. L. Page, c. Dacre, b. Anthony 0 J. Newman, c. Weir, b. Bowley 24 D. C. Nixon, c. Scott, b. Anthony ... 13 \V. Hayes, b. Anthony .’ 0 VV. E. Merritt, c. and b. Weir 37 C. E. Evans, c. Flayer, b. Dacre 46 R. Road, c. and b. Dacre 29 J. McEwin, not out - Extras 4 Total ; 244 Bowling Analysis.—Anthony, four wickets for 66 runs; Dacre, two for 12; Bowley, two for 66; G. L. Weir, one for 24; Garrard, none for 19; Player, none foi 17; Matheson, none for 36. AUCKLAND—First Innings. E. H. Bowley, c. and b. Merritt .... 29 J. E. Mills, not out 50 A. Anthony, b. Merritt ; 6 C. C. Dacre, b. Newman 19 I. .W. Cooper, b. Merritt 40 H. D. Gillespie, b. Merritt 0 D. R. Garrard, b. Read 0 Extras •’• 8 Total for six wickets 152 SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH NEW SOUTH WALES v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Rec. January 6, 11.35 p.m.) Sydney, January 6. Tile Sheffield Shield match, New South Wales against South Australia, commenced to-day. The local side, batting first, made 291 (Jackson 131, Andrews 44). Scott took two wickets for 57. Wall four for 51, and Grimmett two for 106. South Australia, in. the first innings, had three wickets down for 62 (Ryan not out 30> when stuinps were drawn. The weather was fine, and the wicket; which was covered overnight during rain? was easy. New South. Wales failed badly, the wickets falling rapidly, only two batsmen, Jackson and Andrews, making anything like a stand. The batting was very dull on a dead wicket, but after luncheon the wicket was much faster, and the partnership of Jackson and Andrews carried the score along much more quickly. Jackson was the outstanding batsman of the day. Although he batted very slowly before luncheon, afterwards he played a splendid innings, and saved New South Wales from a debacle. South Australia opened sensationally, a wicket being down first ball, and a few minutes later the second wicket fell. Ryan then, playing carefully, stopped the rot. TEAMS FOR TO-DAY The following are the teams of the various clubs in the cricket competition matches to-day:— WELLINGTON. Junior A; Hain, Duff. Morgan, Fletcher, McNicol, Plant, Richardson, Simpson, Wagstaffe. Shilson. Kilby. Junior B: Bennett. Ward. Rodgers. Ongley, Luckie, Taylor, Waller, Stockes, Moore» Holloway, Gallagher. _ Junior C: Gilmer. Du Chateau. Rex, Hanna. Torless. Bremner Bairatt. Larsen, Evans, Ivory. Anketelle. Junior D: Clark, Grant Pike, Hanchard, Lightfoot, McGowan. Nattrasa, Nicoils, Simpson, Donald. O’Connor. HUTT. Junior A: Wetherall. Elsom. Lockett, Pegler, Neazor, Williams. Matthews, Wright. Murphy. Heap» Wilson. Emerg* enoy, P. J. Burke. Junior O: Robertson, Stewart, Buckley, P. Burke, P. Judd. A. Judd, Monk, Wesley, Webster, Aldersley. Emergency, Junior O: Robertson, Stewart, Buckley* Jenness, Upton, Phillips. Featonby, De Clifford, Dickinson. Pearce Te Puni. Third A: Wilson. Ball. Clarke. Sherlock, Edlin Lambert, Mcllvnde. Hayden. Little, Beard. Perkins. Cunningham. _ Third B: Yates. Dyer. Atkins Roberts, Jenness. France, Pyne, Sweetzer. McMahon. Leask. Maitland, Sherlock. THORNDON. Junior A: Brook. Cording Johnson, Keogh. Martin Macdougall, Salmon, Tilyard, Ward. Wirth, White. Junior O: Douglas. Glasgow. Grey, Hart, Hendry, Mitchell. O’Neill, D. Radcliffe. J. Radcliffe, Tobin, Turner. MIDLAND. Junior A: Walker. N. Hutchings. J. H. Hutchings, Hatch, Watt. Petrie. Tidman, Allen. Watson. Gibson Simmonds. Junior C at Wakefield Park No. 1; Harrop. Morgan. Williams, McKinnon, Bromley, Green, Harrington Thawley, W. H. Smith Cummings. Keenlyside. UNIVERSITY. Junior A : Arndt, Cormack, Caldwell (2U Clouston, Hughes, McFarlane. McDonald, McGavin, Parton and anotlpr. Junior B: Default to Hutt. Junior D: Nicholls. James. McDuff. Riddell.- Cottier. Turner, Button. . Mclvor, Daviee, McMichael, Pitkowski, Bishop.

Bowling Analysis:— 0. M. R. W. Kastman 5 1 19 0 Torrance 26 2 77 1 Alloo 23 3 86 3 Douglas 16 2 70 2 Kimes 8 0 32 0 Knight 16 0 62 3

Bowling Analysis:— 0. W. M. R. Massey 11 3 28 3 Heard 9 1 26 0 Tjimhprt 6 . 1 26 0 Badcoek .... 8 0 26 1 Brice , 6 1 U 0 McGirr 5 2 16 0 Penney 3 0 12 0