FIGHTING BACK

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 114, 8 February 1937, Page 11

FIGHTING BACK

Auckland’s 408 For 7 In Shield Cricket

CARSON’S GREAT SCORE Gallichan the Outstanding Wellington Bowler VISITORS FIELD WELL By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, February 7. After an uncertain start Auckland fought back magnificently in the Plunket Shield cricket match against Wellington at Eden < Park yesterday. The weffther again was fine and the wicket perfect. . The attendance was 12,000. At one stage Auckland had lost six wickets for 210, but grand batting by W. Carson, who scored 176 not out, retrieved the position and the home team at-stumps had 408 runs on for seven wickets. As a result Auckland still has a fighting chance of a first innings’ lead. The outstanding bowler for Wellington was N. Gallichan, who took five wickets for 90 runs. For the greater part of the day he maintained a perfect length, but toward the end his figures suffered at the hands of Carson.

The visitors shone in the field, with M. P. Donnelly outstanding, and E. W. Tindill gave a fine performance behind the stumps.

Forty minutes sufficed to terminate Wellington’s innings in the morning. C. Parsloe was well caught at silly mid on by L. K. Spring off A. H. Matheson. 426-8-16. Although Gallichan was batting soundly, B. Griffiths was soon clean bowled by J. Cowie. 437-9-5. J. Ashenden met a similar fate in the fast bowler’s next over and the innings closed for 445 scored in 400 minutes. Brilliant Start. A brilliant start was made for Auckland by P. E. Whitelaw and W. M. Wallace, who scored freely off Parsloe and Ashenden. Wallace particularly was in his best form and the first 50 was raised in 35 minutes. Gallichan’s steady length checked the scoring rate and eventually Whitelaw, in playing forward to the left-hander, was magnificently stumped by Tindill. 85-1-22. Meanwhile Wallace had reached 50 in 56 minutes, playing one of the finest opening innings seen at Eden Park for many years. At lunch he and G. L. Weir had taken the score to 90 for 1. Wallace did not survive long after lunch. Parsloe seemed to bowl with added pace and Wallace, after one wild swing, touched the next ball to Tindill. _lO4-2-69. Wallace made his runs in 85 minutes. Gallichan and J. R. Lamason now slowed down the scoring, the latter bowling to a leg field. Two valuable wickets were down and Auckland suffered a further reverse when H. G. Vivian, after half an hour’s solid batting, snicked Gallichan to give Tindill his third successive wicket. 133-3-12. Thrill of the Match. Then came one of the thrills of the match. Joined by Carson, Weir stepped out to Gallichan and drove him for. what appeared to be a perfect six. However, M. O’Brien, fielding right on the boundary, jumped and held an amazing one-hand catch. 143-4-34. At this stage the Manawatu lefthander had taken three wickets for 29 in 16 overs. Carson opened in a rather uncertain fashion, but R. Emery played several neat shots through Lamason’s leg field. Ultimately the latter went for a big hit off Gallichan and miss-hit the ball to Ashenden at square-leg. 177-5-13. Spring opened solidly enough, but Griffiths came on after Gallichan had bowled 14 overs unchanged. The slow bowler beat Spring and with a smart piece of stumping Tindill secured his fourth wicket. 210-6'12. Matheson came in to play the rock with Carson, who had now settled down to hit the ball hard and sure. The left-hander reached 50 just before tea in 71 minutes, with the score at 218 for six.

Rattling on the Runs. After tea Carson rattled on the runs in great style, being especially severe on Griffiths. He played forceful shots all round the wicket, reached 100 in 118 minutes and received a great ovation from the crowd. At 107 Carson gave his first chance, being dropped by Ashenden at mid-ou off Gallichan. The Wellington fielding bad been excellent, with Donnelly saving innumerable runs in the outfield, and J. Ell and V. H. du Chateau also performing brilliantly. Auckland’s third hundred appeared in 255 minutes. Under the circumstances Matheson was playing a great fighting innings, but after assisting to add 102 in 84 minutes he went for a big hit off Gallichan and was bowled. 312-7-21. Auckland continued to fight. D. R. Garrard started off in his best style and with Carson hitting the bowling all over the field the last three-quarters of an hour yielded 96 runs. Carson reached a great 150 in 176 minutes, and the pair were still together at stumps when, after 310 minutes’ batting the home team’s total was 408 for seven. Details: — WELLINGTON.—-First Innings. D. A. R. Moloney, b. Cowie 190 E. W. Tindill, b. Cowie 3 V. H. du Chateau, c. Marshall, b. Vivian 32 J. Eli. hit wicket, b. Garrard 51 M. O’Brien, b. Cowie 51 J. R. Lamason, c. Carson, b. Emery ~ 31 M. P. Donnelly, b. Spring 22 N. Gallichan, not out 33 C. Parsloe, c. Spring, b. Matheson .... 16 B. Griffiths, b. Cowip 5 J. Ashenden, b. Cowie 0 Extras 11 Total 445 BOWLING ANALYSIS.

AUCKLAND.—First Innings. P. E. Whitelaw, st. Tindill, b. Gallichan 22 W. M. Wallace, c. Tindill, b. Parsloe . 69 G. L. Weir, c. O’Brien, b. Gallichan .. 34 H. G. Vivian, c. Tindill, b. Gallichan . 12 W. Carson, not out 178 R. Emery, c. Ashenden. b. Gallichan . 13 L. R. Spring, st. Tindill. b. Griffiths .. 12 A. M. Matheson, b. Gallichan 21 D. R. Garrard, not out 37 Extras ... 12 Total for seven wickets 408

3 MATCHES AGAINST ENGLAND

Itinerary for New Zealand

Team’s Tour

By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, February 6. Full details o£ the itinerary arranged for the New Zealand cricketers in England this year were announced to-day by the chairman of the New Zealand Cricket Council, Mr. A. T. Doiinelly. The team leaves for England on March 27, and the first match of the tour is against the Maori Cricket Club eleven at Worcester Park on May 5. There are 37 matches on the programme in all, including Tests at Lord’s, Manchester, and on the Oval. The tour embraces Scotland and Wales, and the last match is set down for September 8,9, and 10. The full programme is: — May s.—Maori Cricket Club, at Worcester Park. May 8, 10, and 11.—Surrey, at the Oval. May 12, 13. and 14.—M.C.C., at Lord’s. May 15, 17, and 18.—Glamorgan, at Cardiff. May 19, 20, and 21.—Oxford University, at Oxford. May 24 and 25.—Staffordshire, at Stafford. May 26, 27, and 28. —Cambridge. May 29, 31, and June 1. —Lancashire, at Manchester. June 2,3, and 4. —Northamptonshire, at Northampton. June 5,7, and B.—Derbyshire, at Derby. June 9, 10, and 11.—Worcestershire, at Worcester. June 12, 14, and 15.—Middlesex, at Lord’s. June 16, 17, and 18. —Lancashire, at Liverpool. June 19, 21, and 22.—Nottinghamshire, at Nottingham. June 23 and 24. —Norfolk, at Norwich. June 26, 28, and 29.—England, at Lord’s. June 30, and July 1 and 2.—Somerset, at Taunton. July 3,5, and 6. —Gloucestershire, at Bristol. • July 7,8, and 9. —Leicestershire, at Leicester. July 10, 12, and 13. —Yorkshire, at Leeds. July 14 and 15.—Durham, at Sunderland. July 17, 19, and 20. —Scotland, at Glasgow. July 21 and 22.—Scotland (two-day match), at Dunfermline. July 24, 26, and 27. —England, at Manchester. July 28, 29, and 30. —Surrey, at the Oval. ’ July 31, and August 2 and 3. —Glamorgan, at Swansea. August 4,5, and 6. —Warwickshire, at Birmingham. August 7,9, and 10.—Essex, at Chelmsford. August 11 and 12. —Sir Julien Cahn’s Eleven, at Nottingham. August 14, 16, and 17. —England, at the Oval. August 18, 19, and 20. —Combined Services, at Portsmouth. August 21, 23, and 24.—Hampshire, at Bournemouth. August 25, 26, and 27.—Kent, at Canterbury. August 28, 30, and 31.—Sussex, at Brighton. September 1,2, and 3.—An England eleven, at Folkestone. September 4,6, and 7.—Minor Counties. at Gainsborough. September 8. 9, and 10.—An England eleven, at Scarborough.

0. M. R. W. J. Cowie 29.4 3 81 0 A. M. Matheson 2u 8 58 1 (? D. R. Garrard . 3R 3 102 1 H. G. Vivian .. 23 1 73 1 L. R. Spring .. 13 0 48 1 G L. Weir .... 8 0 29 n W. Carson .... 3 1 11 0 R. Emery 13 2 32 1