TOWN Y. COUNTRY

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 145, 16 December 1933, Page 11

TOWN Y. COUNTRY

MATCH At AUCKLAND

(By Telegraph.—Press Association) AJJCKLAND, December 15. A Town.v. Country cricket match, the first o£ its kind held in Auckland, com- j menced today. ■ ; .Country batted first, "compiling 248 runs.. The visitors maii'e a particularly bad start, three wickets being lost for 26 runs. A strong stand for , the fourth wicket by Cleave and 'McKenzie relieved the position, the former scoring 66 and McKenzie 77. Going (43) and Aitken (24) further improved tho side's position with vigorous batting. ' • Auckland bowling, was mediocre, Mcßae returning the best figures with three wickets for 48 runs. The Town team in the first innings had compiled 116 for three wickets at stumps, Whitelaw, after being dropped early, going on to score 64 not out. .AUCKLAND, This Day. The weather was fine but sultry for the continuation o£ the Town y)' Country cricket match today. A feature of,1 the play was a fine fifth wicket partnershipbetween. M. C "Wallace and S. Sale, two of the youngest city players, who added-115 in 72 minutes. The latter is a son of tho late, Ned Sale, a member of the 1907 Now Zealand'representative team which beat at.CC. at Wellington by 56 runs. . . The Town score at. luncheon was 341 for five wickets (Whitelaw, c McKay,! b Going; 64; Wallace,'not out, 154; Salo, b.Robertson, 48; A. W. McCoy, not out, 50; extras, 4). '•