CRICKET AT THE BASIN

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 151, 24 December 1934, Page 11

CRICKET AT THE BASIN

AUCKLAND V. WELLINGTON

CONCLUDING' PLAY

The special Auckland-Wellington cricket match, which concluded at' the Basin Keserve on Saturday, had as one o£ its main purposes the tuning up of players Eor immediate Plunket Shield engagements. Up to the ending of the first innings it was treated seriously as, .an interprovincial encounter. After that, with but little of the. limited playing time left and no prospect of anything but a drawn game, it was match practice purely and simply. As recorded in "The Post" on Saturday, Auckland failed by 55 runs to reach. Wellington's score-in the first innings. Wellington's second visit to the crease had commenced when "The Post" went to press, and after 95 runs had been made for the loss of four wickets the closure was applied to give Auckland some further batting practice, during which 107 runs were hit up for the loss of two wicket^.. ■':. . .;-.■■.:' ;.,/■ ■ ■.■■':■ TINDILL SHAPES WELL. Hepburn and Tindill were Wellington's opening batsmen in the second innings, as they were intended to be appearing in a similar role in the shield matches. Though beginning confidently, Hepburn was; soon out.' Ward again played soundly until he, too, was bowled by Cowie. Tindill was shaping better than in the first innings, more like his form of last season, and he settled down to scoring freely., Elltook some little time to connect, but when he did he made the ball go hard and fast tswards the boundary. Once again, however, he wassunfortiinate in being given out lbw, this time to a ball delivered from round the wicket. Riley was right out of luck, an appeal for lbw going against him as soon as he took strike. Tindill. and Wilson carried on nntil the innings was closed, Tindill carrying his bat for a well-played 42. ' SALE'S FORCING PLAY. Auckland having been given the chance of further batting practice, Wallace and Mills opened the innings. Tricklebank and Blundell were the /bowlers, and in Blundell'g first- over Mills, after, coverdriving a ball to the fence, was dropped by Symes at mid-off. Mills afterwards made some pretty strokes, but in snicking one into the slips he was well caught by Riley, whose fielding during the match had been of the best. 14—1—11. Sale was next and reached double figures in,,the first over he received from Blundell, and when O'Neill was brought on he opened- his shoulders and made two more big hits to the .boundary. Only four singles had been scored from Trieklebank in four overs when that bowler was relieved by Symcs, and later Kiley was tried in place of O'Neill. The batsmen were intent upon making a better ■ snowing than in the first innings. Sale continued to hit hard and often, while Wallace proceeded steadily. Two splendid drives to the boundary were made by Sale when Tricklebank was recalled, but shortly afterwards he should nave been stumped off Riley. Continuing forcefully. Sale reached his half-century in 47 minutes, and the 100 was brought up at the same I time. A quickly-compiled 100 it was—made in an hour. When Wallace lifted sl ball from Riley high into the outfield Wilson made no mistake with the catch. At that Ui<! match ended, stumps being drawn a quarter of an hour early, as the vnstors were leaving for Christcliurch that night. Wallace made 38, and' Sale was not out with an attractively-compiled 50.' The match was drawn. Details:— , c ' WELLINGTON. First innings >83 Second Innings. Hepburn, .b ,Cowie 8 Tindill, not out ...;..:,...,.-...*..*... 42 i Ward, b Cowie 19 Ell, lbw, b Townsend 15 Riley, lbw, b Townsend .0 Wilson, not out 7 Extras J> Total for four wicketi' (innings declared closed) 91 Fall of Wickets.—One for 12, two for i 6, three for 65, four, for 65. Bowling Analysis. O. M. R. W. Cowie ." ..^i. 7 2 21 2 Matheson , 5 — 27 0 Townsend S3 16 2 Sharp .6 —_ 27 0 '' AUCKLAND. ' - First innings ... 228 Second Innings. Wallace, c Wilson, b Riley 38 Mills, c Rileyib Blundell ]1 Sale, not out1 50 Extras (Bye 1, leg-bye 1) 2 Total for two wickets 107 Fall of Wickets.—One for 14, two for 107. Bowling Analysis. ■ O. M. R. W. Tricklebank ;.. 0 I 22 0 Blundell 3 0 23 1 O'Neill 3 1 13 0 Symes 6 2 39 0 Riley ..6 — 28 1 The umpires were Messrs. Rust and Burns, and the scorers Messrs. B. Warwick and D. Mclntyre.