CRICKET

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 51, 1 March 1941, Page 11

CRICKET

CANTERBURY'S LEAD

MATCH WITH WELLINGTON

TODAY'S PLAY

Already well placed after one day's play, Canterbury's cricket representatives set out at the Basin Reserve today to make the most of their advantage and the ideal conditions. Wellington's initial job was to capture the remaining two wickets in the first innings, and this was not easy. Burgess had established himself yesterday and he made further good progress without scoring so freely as he did before' stumps were drawn yesterday. The visitors carried their score to 264, which gave them a lead of 100 runs on the first innings. ■ RUN OF PtAY. Burgess (38) had Cameron as his new partner at the batting creases when play was resumed today, and the Manawatu combination (Dowries and Pritchard) supplied the first of the •bowling. While Cameron held his end up, Burgess set about building up the score, and by steady batting he reached his half-century. Just before that he was lucky in being dropped off. Downes. Nevertheless he had played] well and already • had given valuable aid to his side. ■ A double bowling change was made by bringing Ashenden. arid Morgan into the attack, and during Morgan's first over a chance of running-out a batsman was lost through the ball being fumbled by a fieldsman..- Runs still came steadily, but there was notthe same certainty in stroke-making as against, the faster bowlers. The batsmen, however, sjiowed more freedom in their endeavours until Cameron was bowled by Morgan (one for 4). When Westwood, the last man, took the crease, Canterbury needed one run for a lead of 100 on the first innings, and this the newcomer soon notched. Pritchard was brought on immediately, and his first delivery to Westwood j ended the innings, a simple catch being I accepted at silly mid-on. Pritchard and Ashenden were Wellington's most successful bowlers, although Morgan did well in his brief spell at the crease. . ■ WELLINGTON AGAIN. The local side had a little over an hour's batting before lunch, and in fthat time two -valuable wickets were lost. Wrigley was caught when he snicked Westwpod's first delivery after Mapplebeck had set the Canter-, bury attack, going. Osborn and Duffy , settled down with a view to digging- .. in, but soon after he had reached double figures Duffy fell ibw to Mapplebeck. ( , With Morgan and Osborn together, a rebuilding process began, and the batsmen made a good job of it. Canterbury's bowling was varied, but the fairly frequent changes did'not have an upsetting effect, even if the funs did not come freely. Morgan's play was hot without a jshow "of enterprise, and while it produced needed.'results," Osborn was mainly concerned with holding the fort So it was; that at the luncheon adjournment Morgan had gone well ahead of Osborn in contributing to Wellington's' score of 56 for two wickets. ' During that period of Wellington's ■• innings, • Mapplebeck, Westwood, Burgess, Cameron, Cromb, and Anderson were all used as bowlers. AFTER-LUNCH PLAY. Osborn .(13) and Morgan (25) resumed after the luncheon adjournmant to the bowling of Cromb from the southern end. Morgan, facing the bowling, scored a single from the second ball, and Osborn played out the over. Mapplebeck dropped them too short in his first over to be really effective, and several runs were scored from him. There was a mild sensation when Osborn stepped out to a no-ball from Cromb and the wicket-keeper lifted the bails., In the same over: Cromb was no-balled again. The batsmen were fairly restrained at this stage and runs came slowly. •^Morgan found it hard to pick gaps in Cromb's leg field. ~ He slammed, one ball to square leg, but Cameron, failed -to accept a difficult chance. At 2.20 Wellington had scored 90 for two wickets/ Morgan being 48 and Osborn 23. ; Details:— CANTERBURY. First Innings. Cromb, c Ncrris, b Pritchard ..... 66 O'Brien, c Norris, b Ashenden ... 9 Anderson, Ibw, b Ashenden 66 James, b Pritchard 1 Menzies, Ibw, b Pritchard 1 Moynihan, c Ashenden, b Wilson .. 21 Burgess, not out 61 Mapplebeck, b Ashenden 0 Harbidge, b Downes 23 Cameron, • b Morgan 6 Westwood, c Morgan, b Pritchard . 1 Extras: Byes 7, leg-byes 2 9 Total 264 Fall of Wickets.--One for 12, two for 118, three for 140, four for 142, five for 158, six for 174. seven.for 175, eight for 232, nine for 263, ten for 264. , . BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Pritchard ..... 13.1 — 71 4 Ashenden ..... 15 — 79 3 Downes 13 : — 67 1 Wilson 11 2 33 1 Morgan 2 — 5 1. WELLINGTON.First innings 164 Second Innings. Wrigley, c Burgess, b Westwood . 0 Osborn, not out 23 Duffy, Ibw, b Mapplebeck 11 Morgan, not out 48 . Extras 8 Total for two wickets 90