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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1912, Page 4

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THE PLUNKET SHIELD. CANTERBURY BEATS WELLINGTON BY A GOOD MARGIN. ' [Xl TBLKCKAPH— »IUtSa ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHUROH, 29th January. Wellington entered on the third day'« play in the Plunket Shield match with very heaVy odds against them, but they made a gallant fight, and, under the cir- t cumstances, they did very well to get within 108 runs of their opponents. On account of Saturday's rain, the outfield to-day was much slower, the uncut grass also helping to this end, and making boundaries much harder to get than on the Saturday. There wae only a small attendance, the' public looking upon- the result ob &■ foregone conclusion, and holding back for the Auckland match, which is creating great interest. Wellington put up a good performance in getting rid of the remaining four Canterbury wickets for five runs. Saunders, getting some assistance from the wicket, beat his men badly, getting. four wickats for four rune The Wellington batting was not much improvement on that of the first day. Gibbes was easily the beet, but he was beaterf badiy by Reese once or twice early in his innings, and gave a couple of chances later, but, apart from this, he played exceedingly solid cricket. He took no risks, and was rarely in trouble to the bowling, making his rune by good telling shots in all directions. Midlane showed a, great improvement on his form in the, first innings; indeed, he seemed a different batsman^ for, whilst his defence was just as sound, his scoring strokes were beautifully executed, his cutting being naily nrst-cla«». Mahoney also showed a much-improved style. He exhibited the best of defence, and scored his runs by forceful ana stylish strokes. • The umpiring did not give the utmost satisfaction. < It is certain that mistakes ' were made, but they were fairly evenly distributed between the two sides. CANTERBURY'S SECOND VENTURE. Patrick (44) and Sandman (20) resumed Canterbury's second innings to the bowling of Brice from the south end, and Saunders. The former beat Sandman in his first over, the ball just missing the wicket by thd narrowest margin. In the following over Sandman tried to hit a full toss to square-leg, but the ba]l swerved in and bowled him. T: Carltoo was next, and a full toss, which he tried to hit to leg, landed en hie ribs. Then Saunders, in his next over, beat th© left-hander with a goodi off break. Boxahall followed, but Patrick, after adding three singles to his Saturday's gcore> cut Saunders to third man, where Fenton snapped up the Catch within an inch of the ground. Bennett was the last man, but, after getting a single, he was bowled by another good off-break from Saunders. The innings thus closfcd after three hours and ten minutes' play, for 197 runs. WELLINGTON AGAIN. After a short respite, Wellington, requiring 302 to win, started their task with Gibbes and Midlane. The latter at onqe.got Bennett to leg for 4> and treated Reese to the same dose. The Canterbury skipper, however, presently beat Gibbes, the ball just missing the wicket and going for four byes. , Midlane then sent 2Q up with a couple of nice cuts. The total was 26 before Gibbes opened his accftunt with a pair to leg, and soon after Reese beat Midlane'all the way with a good leg-break. Mahoney filled the gap. Sandman rer placing Bennett at the crease. Gibbes at once got the new bowler's second ball ■to* 'ih» le'g'tenc^ repeating' the stroke shprtly afterwards, while Mahoney got the jsame bowler to the on for ,a brace arid a 4. - Fifty-one went up in forty minute*, and Reese gave the ball to Bennett, and a couple.of overs later, T. Calton replaced Sandman.- Mahoney reached doubles with a pair to leg, and Hickmott had a turn with th© ball in Bennett's place. Gibbes soon got a short one to the on boundary, sending 60 up, and himself reaching»2o. At 62 theplayers adjourned for lunch. On jrestiming, Reese bowlfed from the north end, and Bennett from thb other, and the former, in his second over, beat Mahoney with a ball that broke in quickly from leg. Blamires followed, and, with 70 up, banged a full toss to the on-boundary, but this wan his last score, for, after come slow play, Reese got him lbw. Brice joined Gibbes, and a series of singles sent 100 up for \ an hour and, three-quarters' play. At 116 Brice'send came. He cut a full toss to point, and Sandman brought off one of the best .catches ever seten on Lancaster Park, throwing himself full length forward and' holding 'the catch with his elbows on the ground. Four for 116. Beechey went in, and got a couple of singles, but then had a lash and. was clean bowled. Patrick filled the gap, and lifted a full toss for 4, but Sandman had his revenge by bowling him with a good leg break in his next over. GIBBES TOPS THE SCORE. With the total standing at 127, Crombie appeared, accompanied by Patrick, to run for him. Some singles to Gibbes ' took him to his 50 and another one made him top aggregate for the match. Grombie got a snklc past the wicketkeeper for 4, and then lifted Sandman nearly to the square-leg fence, sending 150 up- for two and a half hours' play. Crombie then lifted another one to 1 square-leg, whicH Hayes made a good atlterp.pt to hold, the catch being a difficult one. After slow play, Reese took the ball from Bennett, and Gibbes then broke a succession of. nine singles with an on-drive for 4. Then Crombie's time came, Reese getting him lbw. Fenton follwwed and W. Carlton had a bowl. Gibbes drove h» first delivery finely to the off fence, and off-drove the next for' 3. After an adjournment for tea Reese and T. Carlton bowled. Fenton cut the latter prettily for 4, and then drove Reese for 3. Then ho started off for a single, but Hayes gathered the ball beautifully, and a fine return had the batsman run out. Saunders was the ingoer, and in Reese's next over Gibbes gave Norman a catch at third man, and then a hot one to Sandman at short leg, both being dropped. In Carlton's next oveT, however, Saunders stopped a straight one i with his legs and was out. Berendsen was last but, without scoring, he lifted one to W. Carlton, the innings closing at 4.35 for 193. CANTERBURY. ! First Innings ... 277

Bowling Analysis. Saundcrs took five wickets for 76 i une : D. Patrick, none for 23 | Brice, four for 33 1 Gibbet, none for 23 j'Feiitpu, one for ,17. • - - !

WELLINGTON.

Bowling Analysis.— Bennett took no wickets for 27 ; Reese, four for 47 ; Sandman, two for 40; T, Carlton, two for 21 ; Hickmott, none for 4 ; Patrick, one for 14 { W. Carlton, none for 8. How the Wicket* Fell. 123456789 10 51 66 84 116 119 127 169 189 193 193 SOMETHING OF A RECORD. [BT XILSGRAPH— 2BBS3 ASSOCIATXOH.] GISBORNE, 29th January. Something of a record in senior cricket in the Dominion has been established by L. M'MShoh, of the Wanderers' Club. He has only been out once this season, and, by making 109 not out. on Saturday, he brought- hit aggregate runs and' average up to 491. ENGLAND v. TASMANIA. EASY VICTORY FOR VISITORS. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. ' HOBART, 29th January. The match, M.C.C. v. Tasmania was continued to-day. The weather was warm and the wicket good. In the concluding day's play -there was a wonderful change in the batting of the local men: Hudson, Paton, and Boddom were particularly aggressive, and Paton'* innings was faultlees. Seven bbwlers ■were tried with repeated changes. When, however, the Paton-Boddam partnership broke, a rot set in, five men scoring only 21. At one stage Hitch had three wickets for nil. » ENGLAND. First Innings (four wickets) 574 TASMANIA.

Bowling Analysis t Barnes took one ■wicket for 36 runs ; Foster, two for 60 ; Hearne, none for 88; Hitch, four for 42 ; Iremonger, none for 23 ; Vine, two for 36 j Woolley, none for 34. SHEFFIELD SHIELD. NEW SOUTH WALES v.- VICTORIA. SYDNEY, 29th January. Victoria, in , their second innings against New South Wales, made 366, towards which M'Kenzie contributed 121, Matthews 24, Armstrong 60 (not out), and Carkeek 28. Cotter took five wickets for 110 runs ; Hazlitt, three for 90; Emery, two for tW- '* ' 1 ' •"> Among the Victorians M'Kenzie' pkyed sparkling, forceful cricket, but Armstrong was cautious. Requiring 48 runs to win, the Welsh* men went in again and got 50 for the loss of three wickets — Gregory 18, Macartney (not out), 10. Brown took two wicket* for 24 and M'Donald one for 24.

Second Innings. «7 H. B. Lusk, c Blamires, b Brice ... 29 W. Hayes, c Berendsen, b Brice ... 17 A. Notraan, b Saunders 31 W. Cariton, lbw, b Brice 3 D. Reese, c Saunders, b Brie© ... ' 0 R. G. Hickmott, lbw, b Satraders ... 33 W. K. Patrick, c Feriton, b Saundere 47 D. Sandman, b Saunders ' 20 T. Carlton, b Saunders 0 C. Boxsluifl, b Saunders 1 J. H. Bennett, not out ... „. 1 Sundries ... 15 Total 19?

First Innings • S«cond Inning*. . Hawßoa, b Barnes ... „. Martin, c Rhodes, b Foster ... Windsor, b Foster ... ..< . Hudson, b Vine ... ..< M'Kenzie, 1.b.w., b Vine Paton, b Hitch ... ..« Boddam, b Hitch J. ..< Eltham, retired hurt Chancellor, b Hitch Carroll, not out Parkinson, c Foster, b Hitch Sundries „. ... , M ... 124 „< 9 ... 54 .... 4 ... 51 -29 ... 112 ... 62 ... 0 ... 0 ».. 3 ... 5 „. 36 j Total . ».. ... 355

First Innings , •... 173 Second Inninge. W. R. Gibbet*, not oat „< ... 76 F. A. Midlane, b Rccee ..< „.. 18 J. J. Mahoney, b Reese ... ■.„ 14 E. 0. Blamires, lbw, b B«ese ... 7 W. S. Brice, c Sandman, b Patrick 11 E. M. Beechey, b Sandman 2 D. Patrick, b Sandman ... >.. 5 M. J. Crombie, lbw, b Reese ... 21 A. H. Fenton, run out 7 J. V. Saundere, lbw, bT. Carlton ... 1 C. A. B^rehdeen, c W. Carllon. b T. Carltcm „. • 0 Extra* I<t ... „.. 32 Total .., t> , %w „. 193