DUNEDIN V. COLTS

Evening Star, Issue 20033, 26 November 1928, Page 4

DUNEDIN V. COLTS

With 89 runs to collect in order to gain a victory, I he Colts continued their innings against Dunedin at Logan Park on Saturday afternoon. Unco again the weather was ideal for cricket, and tho wicket, although inclined to crumble a trifle, was good. Dunedin had mado 139 runs in tho first innings, and when stumps were drawn tho previous Saturday the Colts had lost threo wickets for 51 runs.

Rao and Heenan, who resumed tho innings against the bowling of Torrance and Matheson, stayed together for some time, and by steady batting added a few useful rims to tho total. Heenan, the left hander, showed that ho is the possessor of a polished stylo and many forcing strokes, but, although there was a little fumbling of ground shots, tho fielding on the whole was keen, and therefore runs were hard to notch. Matheson started easily, and then gradually increased his pace. Tho batsman, however s did not find him difficult, and taking it all through they showed a more wholesome respect for Torranco, who was sending up many wilv balls with a bit of turn.

After bringing his score to 11 in a rather cautious manner Rao opened up to a delivery from Torranco. Ho missed, ami was promptly stumped by White. In tho meantime Heenan had played himself in thoroughly, and had frequently scored from well-timed drives. M'Avoy carried on for half a dozen overs or so, but eventually Torranco sent him pavilionwards with a ball which skittled his stumps. Hanning was run out a few ipinutcs later, and sinco six wickets were now down, with a* win still a good way_ off,_ Eastman thought it time to go in himself. From the outset tho coach forced tho pned, and it looked as though a batting treat was in store when M'Gregor, who was bowling with groat precision, got him Ibw, Eastman attempting to get tho ball well away to leg. The rest of the sido went cheaply, though there was a good last-wicket stand by Cullen and Heenan (who had batted right through that day’s portion of tho innings). However, White took Heenan smartly off M'Gregor’s bowling, and Dunedin was assured of a two-point win by 24 runs. As far as bowling was concerned, M'Gregor had a wonderful day out, and in consideration of the form ho showed his five wickets for 16 mm wore well deserved. A feature of the innings was the brilliant wicket-keep-ing of White. True, there were twenty extras on the score sheet, but when it is remembered that eleven of these were jotted down as a result of the previous Saturday evening’s play in ft bad light, and that another eight camo from Teg-byes, it will ho realised that White’s performance was something out of the ordinary. Dunedin’s second innings opened with a merry 23 scored by Cavanagh in fifteen minutes. It was a delight-fully-compiled tally, which included a sixer (a huge high drive slightly to tho on). Cherry had a long stay at the crease, and hatted attractively for his 15. Claridge played a hall from Eastman on to his wicket before he had scored. Monk again showed that ho knows how to rattle up the runs, and with hearty strokes which found the gaps all round the wicket ho attacked the bowling so strongly that at one stage the sido had 70 runs_ up in forty minutes. When Dunedin declared with seven wickets down for 171 Monk was still undefeated with 102 runs to his credit. It was one of tho brightest innings of the season so far, and it included two 6’s and fifteen 4’s. Details: — DUNEDIN. First innings •• 189 Second Innings. Cavanagh Ibw b Henderson ... ... 23 Cherry Ibw b Miller 15 Claridgo b Eastman ... ... ... 0 Monk not out 102 Strang b Cullen ... 0 M'Gregor b Miller 9 Matbeson run out ... ... 1 Ritchie c Conradi b M'Kay ... ... 0 Sinclair not out ... ... ... ... 3 Extras ... 18 Total for seven wickets (declared) 171 Bowling Analysis.—Cullen, 11 overs, 1 maiden, 34 runs, 1 wicket: M'Kay, 3 overs, 20 runs, 1 wicket; Eastman, 8 overs, 1 maiden, 24 runs, 1 wicket; Henderson, 8 overs, 1 maiden, 37 runs, 1 wicket; Silver, 2 overs, 1 maiden, 13 runs; Miller, 5 overs, 1 maiden, 25 runs, 2 wickets. THE COLTS.—First Innings, Conradi b Torrance 19 Twomey c Sinclair b M'Gregor ... 7 Silver o and b 'Cavanagh 9 Rao st White b Torrance ... 11 Heenan c White b M'Gregor ... 29 M'Avoy b Torranco ... 8 Hanning run out ... 0 Eastman Ibw b M'Gregor ... ... 2 Miller c Monk b Matheson ... ... 4 M'Kay b M'Gregor 0 Henderson b M'Gregor ... ... ... 2 Cullen not out ... ... ... 4 Extras ... ... ... ... 20 Total ... ... ... ... ... 115 Bowling Analysis.—Matheson, 24 overs, 9 maidens, 44 runs, 1 wicket; Torrance, 22 overs, 9 maidens, 31 runs, 3 wickets; Claridge, 3 overs, 1 maiden,. 2 runs; M'Gregor, 12 overs, 3 maidens, 16 runs, 5 wickets; Cavanagh, 8 overs, 1 maiden, 2 runs, 1 wicket.