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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 December 1928, Page 12

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PLUNKET SHIELD MATCHES. CANTERBURY V. AUCKLAND. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, December 26. In the Plunket Shield match to-day, Auckland were all out for 330 runs. Canterbury made a poor showing, being disposed of for 153 runs, and following on, lost two wickets for 12. Scores: — AUCKLAND —IST. INNINGS. Bowley, b Newman ' Mills, b Read . . ■ ■■ ■■ ■ ’ ‘ Postles, c Newman, b Merritt .• Weir, b Newman Allcott, b Page • \ ■ • Gillespie, st.,Burns, b Merritt ■ • Whitelaw, b Cunningham .. • • & Horspool, c Hamilton, b Cunningham /A. ■ Player, c Hamilton, b Cunningham Dunning, not out .. •• •• •• Rountree, 1.b.w.. b Cunningham 0 Extras Total -330 Bowling analysis: Read 1 for 79, Cunningham 4 for 48, Merritt 2 fot 94, Newman 2 for 59, Page 1 for 33. CANTERBURY—IST. INNINGS. Crawford, c Whitelaw, b Dunning 10 Brosnahan, b Weir 44 Roberts, c and b Dunning .. . - 3 Page st., Rowntree, b Bowley .. 44 Newman, 1.b.w., b Bowley .. • ■ 31 Hamilton, b Bowley 4 Read, c Postles, b Dunning .. . • 6 Merritt, b Dunning ..' 4 * Evans, c Mills, b Dunning .. .. 0 Burns, c and b Bowley ° Cunningham, not out 5 Extras 42 Total 153

Bowling analysis: Dunning 5 for 44, Player 0 for 14, Allcott 0 for 21, V/ eir 1 for 24, Bowley 4 for 38. • SECOND INNINGS. Brosnahan, not out 5 Crawford, c Dunning, b Weir .. 4 Roberts, b Weir 3 Page, not out 0 Total for two wckts 12 TO-DAY’S PLAY CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 27. The match was resumed in fine weather, the wicket was in good order, Canterbury resumed in the second innings with two down for twelve. Brosnahan (5) and Page were the batsmen. Dunnings fifth delivery clean bowled Brosnahan. With the total at sixteen Newman came in. Weir’s first over was a maiden. After steady play Page reached double figures with 43 up. Allcott replaced Dunning at south end, and Player replaced Weir. The scoring continued slow. At 60 Bowley relieved Player. Newman played his fifth delivery on his stumps. Hamilton joned Page and both batted solidly bringing the hundred up after 10 mins, play. Canterbury at luncheon had lost 5 for 134 (Page not out 66; Newman b Bowley 17; Hamilton run out 18; Merritt not out 8. Extras 16).

WELLINGTON V. OTAGO. WELLINGTON, December 25. Otago commenced its match against Wellington, the holders of the Plunket Shield, yesterday morning. Play continued yesterday afternoon with Otago at the crease and when stumps were drawn Wellington’s innings had just commenced, Otago having made 398. The top scorer was A. W. Alloo, the captain, who went in at a critical stage of the game and whose wicket was the last to fall when he had made 101. L. C. Eastman, the Essex professional, pleased the crowd with his forceful methods, and he made 88. Blunt made 39 runs in a stylish manner. Henderson four for 127 and Lambert three for 67 were the best of the numerous bowlers. Scores: —•

OTAGO—IST INNINGS. 11. C. Alloo, c Foley, b McGirr .. 6 A. K. Knight, c Janies,b Henderson 18 R. C. Blunt, c James, b Henderson 29 L. C. Eastman c James b Henderson 88 P. Monk, c Dempster, b Hoar .. 25 A. Galland, c Foley, b Henderson 2 V. A. Cavanagh, c McGirr, b Lowry 61 A. W. Alloo, c Rotherham, b Lambert 101 W. Dauglas, l.b.w. ,b Lambert .. 3 C. Zimmerman, c Lamason, b Lambert 29 C. Elmes, not out 6 Extras 20 Total 398 WELLINGTON—IST. INNINGS. C. S. Dempster, c Douglas, b A. W. Alloo :. .. 66 H. Foley, c Galland, b Monk .. 18 F. T. Badcock, b Elmes .. .. 36 T. C. Lowry, c Monk, b Elmes .. 42 G. A. Rotherham, b A. Alloo .. 0 J. R. Lamason, not out .. .. 13 Extras 14 Total for five wickets .. .. 189 TO-DAY’S PLAY. WELLINGTON, December 27. The match was continued in fine weather, McGirr and Lamason continued Wellington’s innings, batting freely. McGirr was out at 328, and Lambert three runs later. Hoar was bowled without scoring. Henderson was last man in, but Lamason was run out after bringing 350 up. Knight and H. Alloo opened Otago’s second innings. The scoring was very slow before lunch which came with the score at 14 (Alloo 8, Knight 3, extras 3). SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCHES. S. AUSTRALIA V. QUEENSLAND. ADELAIDE, December 26. South Australia in the first innings, made 582 (McKay 87, Whitfield not out 45). Bowling: Thurlow 3 for 116, Thompson 3 for 71, Breed 2 for 104. Queensland in the first innings made 296 (McCombe 51, Gough 95). Bowling: Wall 5 for 92, Williams 3 for 121. Queensland followed on, and in the'

second innings lost 4 for 262 (O Connor 61, McCombe 112. Rowe 52). ADELAIDE, December 27. Queensland, second, 416 (Nothling 46, Lister 45). Bowling, Williams took 5 for 145, Wall 2 for 82. South Australia, second 132 for 6 (Pellew 53). South Australia won by tour wickets. VICTORIA v. N.S. WALES. MELBOURNE, December 24. Victoria, playing against New South Wales, made 336 for six wickets in the first innings (Ryder 175, A’Beckett, not out 103). MELBOURNE, Dec. 27. Victoria —First Innings 376 (A’Beckett 113). Bowling: Everett 1 for 91, Kelleway ’l for 53, Nichoils 2 for 41 t Hooker 3 for 110, Andrews 2 for 49, Fairfax 1 for 30. N.S.W. —First Innings 420 (Kippax not out 260, Hooker 62). Ironmonger 3 for 95, Hendry 3 for 58, A’Beckett 2 for 92, Ebeling 2 for 81. The KippaxHookei' partnership was responsible for 307 runs, a record for inter-State cricket. Victoria —second, 251 for 6 (A’Beckett 95, Hendry not out 65). ESSEX CAPTAINCY. LONDON, December 24. The Essex Cricket Club has reluctantly decided to publish the cir-, cumstances in which a change of ‘dap-" taincy has been made. It states that the committee was long aware of the feeling in favour of a change. The committee asked J. W. H. T. Douglas whether he would resign, and this he promised to give consideration. He was unable to attend the sub-commit-tee meeting, which recommended the change. The complete minutes were sent to Douglas. Morris’s appointment to the captaincy was not made without full consideration. The committee was aware that certain members of the team were disloyal to Douglas, and also fully aware of Douglas’s services to cricket for which it was most grateful, and it asked Douglas to play as often as possible for Essex, and join the selection committee.

WEST COAST V. ASHBURTON. The following have been chosen to represent the West Coast against Ashburton on Saturday and Monday: —Barlow (Capt.), Knapp, Dewar, Langbein, Cooper, Merriman, Nightingale, Spender, Baldwin, Clarke, Casey. Emerg.: Matthews, Thompson. The first representative cricket match of this season, to be played in Greymouth, between West Coast and Ashburton on Saturday and Monday at Victoria Park, is creating great interest. Ashburton are sending over a strong eleven, and the game is expected to provide some excellent cricket. The Victoria Park field has been gradually improved under willing hands. The match will commence at 1.30 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. on Monday. Ladies and children are being admitted free.