HAWKE’S BAY 244

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 94, 15 January 1932, Page 12

HAWKE’S BAY 244

Match With Canterbury VISITORS SIX FOR 182 By Telegraph—Press Association. Hastings, January 14. The touring Canterbury Pluuket Shield cricket team commenced a two-day fixture with Hawke's Bay at Napier today. The wicket and outfield were excellent. Winning the toss, Bay made the satisfactory total of 244. Batting for just under three and a half hours, Kavanagh played a patient innings of 60. Batting confidently against all the Canterbury bowlers, T. Keaney also performed well. He was dropped before reaching double figures. Canterbury reversed the usual batting order, and when stumps were drawn had lost six wickets for 182, Powell playing a forceful innings of 78 to compile the top score for the day. The following are the detailed scores:

HAWKE S BAY. —First Innings. Kavanagh, 1.b.w., b. Merritt 60 Finlayson, b. Bellamy 19 Burns, run out 22 O’Brien, c. Stringer, b. Bellamy ...... 0 H. Keaney, b. Bellamy 34 Beck, 1.b.w., b. Cromb 1 Brown, c. Burns, b. Cromb 7 H. Reanee, b. Bellamy 34 Gilbertson, c. Merritt, b. Cromb .... 0 Williams, not out 10 Nairn, b. Burrows ;.................. 4 Extras 18 Total 244 Bowling Analysis.—Bellamy took three wickets for 43 runs: Cromb, three for 52; Burrows, two for 73; Roberts, none for 9: Merritt, one for 39. CANTERBURY.—First Innings. Merritt, c. Williams, b. Nairn 11 Stringer, c. Nairn, b. Gilbertson 20 Powell, c. Brown, b. T. Keaney ...... 78 Bellamy, run out : 13 Lister, c. O’Brien, b. Nairn 1 Burns, c. O'Brien, b. Nairn 19 Roberts, not out 25 Burrows, not out 5 Extras 7 Total, for six wickets ............ 182

Bowling Analysis.—Nairn took three wickets for 27 runs: T. Reaney. one for 27; Gilbertson, one for 38; O’Brien, none for 8: H. Reaney, none for 45.