PLUNKET SHIELD CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 84, 3 January 1929, Page 10

PLUNKET SHIELD CRICKET

MATCHES AT CHRISTCHURCH AND DUNEDIN PLAY CONTINUED ON SOFT WICKETS WELLINGTON DECLARE AGAINST CANTERBURY Play In the Plunket Shield cricket matches was continued at Christchurch and Dunedin yesterday, the wickets at both centres . 1 being on the soft side following the rain on New Year's Day. In their match with Canterbury, Wellington declared their first innings closed with a score of 433 for the loss of seven wickets. When ■• stumps were drawn last evening Canterbury had lost eight wickets for 306 runs. At Dunedin the home team continued its uncompleted Innings with six wickets down f0r.,78, the score being brought up to 188 before the last wicket fell. Auckland, in their first innings, have 261 runs to. their credit for the loss of three wickets.

WELLINGTON DECLARES CANTERBURY PUTS UP GOOD FIGHT : ~ 306 FOR SEVEN WICKETS (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Christchurch, January 2. Canterbury had an uphill task when . ■ they entered on the second day’s play in their match against Wellington yes- , terday. On Monday Wellington had pu.t.oh the big total of 433 for the loss of eight wickets, and in view of the soft wicket, consequent on the previous day’s rain, Lowry declared. The wicket was - soft' when Canterbury started on their , big, task at 11 o’clock, and it got more difficult as. time wore on. Under the scircumstances. Canterbury put up a very . .'. fine batting -performance in occupying • the wickets, the whole day. The match ..Has‘to be' finished to-day, and as Wellington'will have to bat . again a draw / . .seems inevitable. Hamilton and Newman .were Canterbury’s opening batsmen. Lamason and -Rotherham .were the bowlers. The first "'six overs five singles, and Newman pretilly cut Lamason for two. the heavy outfield saving the boundary. Hoar:-then replaced Lamason and a Single-brought 10 up. With -• Pretty leg shots for two and three Newman reached doubles at 17. Lambert replaced Rotherham, and off Hoar's next over iNewman got three pairs, 20 going • '■upr Hamilton broke a succession of singles, with :a. pair to ' leg, but after ,-getting another single bad judgment by both batsmen saw Hamilton run out. ’ £*ewman played a ball to leg which the ■ fieldsman let past him.. Hamilton went for what would have been an easy Single, . but though - Newman never moved out of his crease, he continued nearly the length of. the pitch before he started back. Even then, he nearly got., home, 32—1—9. Roberts was next, and After 40 had gone up as a result of singles, Roberts drove Hoar for three and i. placed Lambert through the slips for another two. Atj46 Lowry replaced Hoar. Lambert • was- bowling fairly . well, and getting a. good lot of turn from either side. Newman, with a single, sent 50 up for an hour’s play, and Roberts. reached doubles, with a pair to go on at 56. Henderson replaced Lambert, and . had a cordon of three slipsmen, which he later increased to four. Roberts tried to on-drive a short-pitched ball off his back foot, . but, missing, was clean bowled. 58—2— 12. Page, opened his account with a pair to square leg, and Lambert replaced Lowry. Henderson’s next over was exciting. Newman was visibly unhappy, nibbling at fast off-balls, two of which he touched, but kept down. Henderson then bowled over the wicket, and sent down his sixth successive maiden, following his principle of rapid changes Lowry put Foley on in place of Lambert. It was left-handed slow, stuff, with plenty of 'variety, but though it looked tempting, runs came very slowly.-Henderson, who had bowled 12 overs for five singles, was replaced by Hope. Newman reached 40 with a pair to square leg, sending SO up. The luncheon adjournment was then taken. Rotherham and Hope were the bowlers on resuming. Three byes sent 90 up. A pair to Page, and singles and three noballs helped-to send 100 up, which had taken two and-a half hours. Hope 'was bowling leg theory, and all but four fields:men were round the leg side at 110. Hoar replaced Rotherham, and . Newman reach"e’d 50 -with a short single. At 128, Henderson relieved Hope, and three runs .later-, Lowry took the ball from Hoar. . ■: Lowry, had all but one of the field spread round the on side, but four singles came ..off c hij' second over. Singles took Page to 40, _ and Newman i reached 60 with a pail - . Newman tquched one of Henderson’s fast: ones, ■- and was caught by James standing back. 150—3—64. Gregory joined his skipper, and later Kv. Ung a' short one from Henderson , to the oil-fence.- Lowry caused some amuse- .. jnent by taking his only off side fieldsman to the'on. Gregory sent 160 up by turning Henderson prettily to the fine leg boundary. Lambert replaced .Lowry,' and ; Gregory reached doubles with a single. “Page got .to 50 with' a pair to on, but ' ifie. .scoring- was'slow. Some diversion -was caused by a swarm of bees passing along the' south bank, which caused onlookers to scatter with ISO on the board. .'Foley relieved Lambert,. Page lifted him towards long-on, and then iieached 60 with a pretty pair to on. :Hope replaced Henderson, and Gregory (put a short one sweetly to square leg (boundary. . Both, men were batting coh--fidehtly, and a neat late cut to Page for ''two brought-him equal with Newman’s S£Qre. Page got a tricky 4' through the slips, and a. lofty pair to the on. Page sent 200 up for 3 hours 53 minutes’ play. Page reached 70 With another pair, and .then there was an exciting moment off /a,no-ball from, Hope, Page went for a single,, but Gregory refused the call. The ball .was thrown at Gregory’s wicket, and’went for two overthrows. Lamason replaced Foley, and the change came off, Page back-cutting one sharply to Dempster at second slip, 206 — .4—71. Jacobs was next. At 210 Lambert . took ■ the .ball from Hope, and the afternoon tea adjournment was taken. Henderson and Hope were the bowlers on resuming. Hope was bumping dangerously, two balls bouncing* right over the batsmen’s heads. Jacobs - got four with a beautiful stroke behind the point, and- he. got to 10 with a single. . Then • Hope bowled Gregory with a good one. 219—5—28. Powell . followed, and Jacobs gave James a chance, which he missed, but nearly turned into Dempster’s hands at second slip. Powell opened with a pair to leg, and at 227 Lambert replaced Hope. Neither batsmen looked like staying, for they were nibbling at Henderson's-off J stuff. .Jacobs reached 20 with a- nice’three to square leg, and in Lambert’s next over he hit a full toss over the'leg fence. The last ball of the over, however, he put weakly into the hands of. Hope at forward short leg. 241—6—26. With Merritt’s appearance Hope went bn again in Lambert’s place. Twice he appealed, fop l.b.w. against Merritt. Day Wag, painfully slow until Merritt drove Henderson' beautifully for 4250 went up and 34 were still wanted to., save the follow-on. Canterbury were having a dire struggle-to get‘runs. Powell reached 10 with a. 3 through the slips, and Lambert replaced Hope. A pair to Powell and' two leg-byes sent 260 up. Three to Merritt, two of them overthrows from a wild return by Hope, helped the score along. Merritt gained further applause by lifting Henderson to the long-on boundary. Tn Lambert’s next over Powell lifted, one into the depn field. Dempster took the. .'c-tch. but dropped it os he fell forward. Powell did not profit by

his ecape, for he lifted another one high to the on, .where Brown made no mistake about the catch. 270—7—16. Read joined Merritt and played a maiden over from Henderson. He opened his account with a pair, and at 277 Hoar replaced the fast bowler. A pair to Merritt sent 280' up. A sharply run 3 to Merritt saw the follow-on saved, and he then got 4 for a beautiful square cut. Another nice late cut gave him a pair, and he reached 30 with a single. He then hit Lambert to the square leg fence, and back-cut him for two. At 299 Foley replaced Hoar, and a single to Read sent 300 up for six hours’ play. A pretty late cut to Read went for three, and at 306 James gave the to Lowry, and had a bowl amid the jeers of the crowd. He bowled a maiden, and stumps were drawn for the da YDetails of the scores are as follows: — WELLINGTON. First Innings. Declared for loss of eight wickets 433 CANTERBURY. First Innings. Hamilton, run out 9 Newman, e. James, b. Henderson .. 64 Roberts, b. Lowry, 12 Page, c. Dempster, b. Lamason .... 71 Gregory, b. Hope 26 Jacobs, c. Hope, b. Lambert .... 26 Powell, c. Brown, b. Lambert .. 16 Merritt, not out 39 Read, not out 7 Extras 36 Total f«r ; geven wickets^.... 306

OTAGO v. AUCKLAND SOUTHERNERS' POOR SCORE MILLS MAKES A CENTURY FOR AUCKLAND By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, .January 2. The wicket was in good order for the second day of the Plunket Shield match between Otago and Auckland to-day. The home team continued its uncompleted innings with six wickets down for 78. The tail wagged to some effect, for 188 appeared on the board before the last wicket fell. The last wicket partnership of 55 saved the situation, Zimmerman in particular playing a good innings for 39 not out. Elmes also made a stand where it was badly needed. The two opening batsmen for Auckland, however, dashed any hopes Otago supporters might have bpen entertaining, for both were soon set, and the Englishman in particular commenced early to thrash the bowling. He made 114, for which he was loudly cheered. He took no risks and played carefully, but at times there were flashes of the brighter cricket that had characterised the professional’s strike. He succumbed to a beautiful “wrong ’un” from Eastman, which beat him completelj - . When stumps were drawn Auckland had lost three wickets for 261, having secured a lead of 83 over Otago's first innings. score. Otago Resume. Cavanagh and Galland, the two not out men, faced Player and Allcott. The latter started off well with two boundaries. ’Player was troublesome, and Allcott’s off stuff demanded care. When he was 16 Galland played a ball high into the slips, which Dunning failed to hold. With the score at 102 Rowley came on and Galland stepped out to him and missed, Rowntree whipping off the bails smartly.. Tie had batted 65 minutes for 17. 106—7 —17. Monk, the newcomer, opened his account with an ondrive for one, but a few balls later gave Postles an easy eatch at point. 110 —8 — 1. Bowley, three for-27. Next man in was Zimmerman, and he and Cavanagh scored Steadily until Dunning replaced Player, when the scoring became brighter. Dunning was bowling much faster than” on the first day, but was not troubling the batsmen at all. Cavanagh drove the ball hard to Horjsnool, but it was not held, and Zimmerman pulled Bowley high to Whitelaw, who failed to hold the catch. But next ball Cavanagh lifted again, and this time Horspool held it. 133 —9—31. Bowley four for 40._ Elmes joined Zimmerman, who was playing very steadily, scoring fairly slowly. The incoming batsman was inclined to attack the bowling, and the seore mounted to 173 by the adjournment, Zimmerman 27, Elmes 23. On resumption both were dronned in the slips, but Elmes succumbed a minute later to l.b.w. to Player, and the innings closed for 188. Of the last partnership of o 5 Elmes had contributed 26, and Zimmerman, not out 39 for 80 minutes’ batting. The innings had lasted 5 hours and 4 minutes. Auckland Attack the Bowling. Auckland started well, with Bowley and Mills, both batsmen playing themselves in, and then scoring fairly freely. Bowley especially was in good form, and scored his first 50 in about 43 minutes. Mills was getting little of the bowling, and was a couple of dozen runs behind, but after the first hour he got a monopoly of the bowling, and rapidly overhauled Bowley. Alloo and Eastman were the opening bowlers, but neither could do much good. Full tossers and loose stuff were very common, and Bowley soon found it could be treated with scant respect. Seven bowlers in all were tried, but the total rose rapidly, 50 being scored in 37 minutes, and the century appeared on'the board after 67 minutes’ batting. At the tea adjournment the score was 131, Bowley 69, Mills 55. Mills was batting very but Bowley was punishing . everything loose, and there was plenty of it, and playing a fast, bright game. . ' Bowley Bowled. Monk was given a turn-with the ball after tea, and in the second over completely beat Bowley, who was clean bowled for 75, after 88 minutes at the crease. 137—1 —75. Postles was the newcomer, and early drove hard into Knight’s hands, but the chance was missed. He played very quietly, and was not too comfortable, at times facing Eastman and Zimmerman, and after 48 minutes’ play, he went out lbw. to Blunt,. for a modest 13. 193-j-2 —13. Mills was carrying on steadily, scoring freely off all bowlers, though Zimmerman had him thinking.' After Weir joined him, and after 2 hours 22 minutes’ play, 200 appeared on the board. , Mills Reaches the Century. Mills was now. approaching the century, and was very quiet. He was loud-

ly applauded when pulling Blunt to the leg boundary, he brought his total to 103, after 2 hours 34 minutes’ batting. Constant changing of bowlers did not seem to trouble the batsmen. A. W. Alloo, Eastman, Elmes, Monk, Zimmerman, Leader, and Blunt all had their turn with the ball, but Mills looked like staying, in spite of all. Eastman eventually got the Auckland left-hander with a “Wrong ’un,” a beautiful ball, which had the batsman completely beaten. 253—3—114. Allcott joined Weir, but the skipper was hardly into his stride before stumps. Weir had batted well for 36 when he gave Elmes an easy catch in the slips, but the chance was not taken. At stumps the score was 261 (Weir 36, Allcott 2). DETAILED SCORES Following are the detailed scores : — OTAGO. —First Innings. Knight, st. Rowntree, b. Bowley .. 19 H. C. Alloo, c. Rowntree, b. Player 28 Blunt, c. Rowntree, b. Player .... 9 Eastman, c. Rowntree, b. Player .. 0 Leader, c. Bowley, b. Player .... 7 A. W. Alloo, c. Player, b. Allcott .. *4 Cavanagh, c. Horspool, b. Bowley .. 31 Galland, st. Rowntree, b. Bowley .. 17 P. Monk, c. Postles, b. Bowley .... 1 Zimmerman, not out 39 Elmes, 1.b.w., b. Player 2b Extras * Total : ISS Bowling Analysis—Dunning took no wickets for 50 runs; Player.* five for 31; Bowley, four for. 50; M eir, none for 4. AUCKLAND.—First Innings. Bowley, b. Monk Mills, b. Eastman 114 Postles, 1.b.w., b. Blunt 13 Weir, not out Allcott, not out “ Extras __J_ Total for three wickets' • 261 Bowling Analysis.—Eastman took one wicket for 53 runs; A. W. Alloo. none for 42 • Leader, none for 3; Blunt, one for 42; Monk, one for 32; Elmes, none for 18; Zimmerman, none for 48. WELLINGTON TEAM VISITS MASTERTON BEATEN BY WAIRARAPA Dominion Special Service. ■ Mastertoil, January 1. In a one-day match played at Memorial Park, Masterton 'to-day, Wairarapa soundly defeated a team from Wellington by an innings and 131 runs. Going first to the wicket, the home team compiled a total of 388, chiefly through the agency of Blamires (129) and Falloon (119), to which Wellington replied with 122, top scorer being Jennings with 38 to his credit. Following on. the visiting team hit up 135, Tucker (45 retired) being top scorer. WAIRARAPA—First Innings. Whitburn, 1.b.w., b. Tucker 6 Gee, st. White, b. Symonds .' 14 Burt, b. Reid 0 Blamires, b. Symonds 129 Falloon, b. Robertson 119 Morton, b. Tucker 18 K. Uttley,l.b.w., b. Tucker 8 Patrick, retired IS Groves, retired 12 Montgomery, b. Tucker 10 Renner, not out 17 Extras 32 Total’ 388 Bowling Analysis.—Westbrook took no .wickets for 58 runs; Roberts, none for 37 ; Jennings, none for 13;; Tucker, four for 91; Robertson, one for 29; Reid, one for 51; Symons, two for 81. WELLINGTON.—First Innings. White, c. Blamires, b. Renner .... 4 Robertson, 1.b.w., b. Falloon 0 Westbrook, 1.b.w., b. Renner 13 Jennings, c. and b. Groves ........ 38 Roberts, run out 17 Reid, b. Groves 4 Tucker, not out ••••• 21 Symonds, c. and b.‘ Groves ~... 4.,. 15 Wylie, 1.b.w., b. Morton 0 Trapp, c. Blamires. b. Groves 2 Ball, c. and b. Morton 3 Extras Total ....,122 Bowling Analysis.—Renner took two wickets for 39 runs; Falloon, one for 28; Groves, four Lor 40 ; Morton, two for 5. Second Innings. Symonds, c. K. Uttley, b. Gee , . 6 Ball, run out O Tucker, retired 4‘> Westbrook, b. Patrick .... • 23 Roberts, c. Gee, b. Patrick 8 White, c. Morton, b. K. Uttley .... 20 Trapp, b. Morton 21 Reid, l.b.w;, b. Falloon g Jennings, c. Burt, b. Renner 8 Wylie, st. Blamires, b. Renner .... O Extras A Total ... ■'■3s Bowling Analysis.—Uttley took one wicket for 27 runs: Falloon, one for 15; Morton, one for 5: Renner, two for 0 - Gee, none for 22; Montgomery, none for 33; Patrick, two for 14; Burt, none for 18. x AUCKLAND TEAM ON TOUR. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Westport, December 31. The Auckland touring cricket team defeated Buller to-day by 197 runs. Batting first, Auckland scored 275, to which the chief contributors were Langridge (not out 144), J. T. Bush (37), Butler (29), and Pearson (27). Buller batting, 14 men responded with 78, R. Griffiths scoring 23, E. Smith 13, and Ballantyne 10. For Auckland McCoy captured six wickets for 54; Butler, four wickets for 4; Langridge, three wickets for none; and R. G. Bush, no wickets for 16. Buller’s bowling was done chiefly by Mackenzie, who took five wickets for 70; Davis, two wickets for 60; and R. Griffiths, three wickets for 44.