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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 March 1930, Page 6

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AUSTRALIA V. TASMANIA. (By Cable—Press Assn. —Copyright.) Launceston, March 10. The match between the Australian eleven and Tasmania was to-day resumed in beautiful weather McCabe made 103 in S 4 minutes His innings was chanceless, and included fifteen £ °Woodfull, batting solidly, scored 50 in 1 minutes, hitting three fours. James was the most troublesome bowler, taking five for 97. The bowling was accurate and the fielding was smart. For Tasmania, Nash played a fighting innings of 94 minutes for 49 runs, including fopr fours. Scores: — AUSTRALIA—First Innings. Ponsford, l.b.w. b James .. •• 36 McCabe, b Hooper 103 Kippax, 1.b.w.. b James .. • ■ 1< Richardson, c Martin b Townsley 33 Bradman, l.b.w. b Nash .. .. 20 Woodfull, not out 50 Fairfax, c Pickett b James .. 18 Oldfield, run out 4 Hurwood, b James .. • • • • 1 Hornibrook, b James ■ ■ ■ ■ 12 Wall, c Atkinson b Townley .. 4 Extras .. • • .. 13 Total . ■ • • • • 811 Bowling analysis: Nash 13 overs, 0 maidens, 82 runs, 1 wicket; James 22, 1, 97, 5; Hooper 13, 0, 69, 1; Newton 5, 0,34, 0; Townley 3,0, 16, 2. TASMANIA—First Innings .. 157 Second Innings. Atkinson, c Hornibrook b Wall 2 Green, b Hornibrook . . • • 18 Nash, c Oldfield b Fairfax .. .. 49 Davis, cHornibrook b Fairfax .. 4 Martin, l.b.w. b Fairfax .. • • 29 Newton, run out .. .. • • 0 Badcock, not out .. .. - -2 James, not out .. • • ... 0 Extras .. . • • • 5 " Total for six wickets .. 109 ..Bowling analysis: Wall 6, 1,27, 1; Hurwood 6,2, 13, 0; Fairfax 10, 2, 31, 3; Hornibrook 7,1, 21, 1; McCabe 3,0, 12, 0. PLUNKET SHIELD. AUCKLAND WELL AHEAD. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 10. "

The third day’s play in the deciding match for the Plunket Shield in the Basin Reserve to-day saw the Auckland eleven tighten their grip on the cricket honours of the Dominion by plaving a brilliant second knock of 354 for'four wickets, before aplying the closure. Mills and Anthony put on 110 for the first wicket. Weir and Mills added 63 for the second. Mills and Gillespie contributed 65 for the third, and Wensley and Allcott capped a sterling batting display by rattling on 104 in 45 minutes for the fifth wicket, both having passed the half century when the closure was’ applied. Mills played a sterling innings for 102. This left Wellington with 505 runs to get to win, and in an hour and forty minutes left for play, Wellington lost two wickets for 76 runs. The fourth and concluding day’s play should be full of possibilities, as Wellington now require 429 runs to win, and can either go for runs, or elect to hold possession of the wickets for the whole of the day. Auckland require an outright win to take the Shield, as a win on the first innings will be no good to them. There was bright sunshine throughout the day. The wicket is lasting well. The scores are as follow: — AUCKLAND —First Innings .. 433 Second Innings. J. E. Mills, c Gallichan b Massey.. 105 A. Anthony, b Massey » .. .. 56 G. L; Weir, b Lowry .. .. 38 H. B. Gillespie, c Henderson b Massey .. .. . • 24 A. F. Wensley, not out .. .. 51 C. W.. F. Allcott, not out .. .. 53 Byes .. . • .. 11 Leg byes .. .. t •• . 6 Wides .. .. ... •• 3 No balls .. .. • • 7 Total for four wickets (dec.) 354 Fall of wickets: One for 110, two for 173,’ three for 238, four for 250. Bowling analysis: McGirr 17 overs, 1 maiden, 60 runs, no wickets; Henderson 10, 2, 39, 0; Ross 1,0, 8,0; Lowry 29, 13, 64, 1; Galichan 6,0, 35, 0; Massey 28, 3, 83, 8; McLeod 5,0, 38, 0.

WELLINGTON—First Innings 283 Second Innings. R. B. Ross, b Matheson .. .. 0 D. A. Cameron, b Anthony .. 18 A. M. Hollings, not out .. .. 32 El. Foley, not out :. .. .. 13 Byes 8 Leg byes .. .. .. 5 • Total for two wickets .. 76 Fall of wickets: One for 2, two for 44. Bowling analysis: Matheson 9 overs, 3 maidens, 19 runs, 1 wicket; Wensley 12, 9,8, 0. Allcott 11, 7, 13, 0; Anthony 12, 5, 21, 1; McCoy 1,0, 2, 0.

TO-DAY’S PLAY WELLINGTON, March 11. The final day’s play in the Plunket Shield match opened in fine weather, with a fresh southerly wind. Light rain overnight had had little effect on the wicket, which was still in excellent order. Rollings 32 and Foley 13 continued the innings to the bowling of Allcott (with the wind), and Wensley. Progress was slow, though several byes helped to improve the total. Foley survived an appeal for l.b.w. in Wensley’s second over. Ninety appeared after a quarter of an hour’s play. At 11.30, Allcott clean bowled Hollings, who had played a sound defensive innings for 34. Lowry was the next man in; After playing a defensive innings for 55 minutes, Foley lifted Wensley to Gillespie at cover point. 98/4/21. McLeod went in next. The 100 went up after the innings had been in progress 145 minutes. At noon the score was 110 for 4. Lowry and McLeod commenced to open out, and with the score at 125, Anthony replaced Alcott. The scoring rate improved, both batsmen playing confidently. At 144 Alcott went on again, vice Wensley. Matheson went

on with the wind. The score at 12.30 p.m. was 144 for 4 (Lowry not out 24, McLeod not out 16, extras 31). Lowry continued to score freely, placing Mathieson nicelj’ to leg, but McLeod was slower, taking 80 minutes to reach 20. At luncheon, the score was 184 for 4 (Lowry not out 49, McLeod not out 26, extras 36). JUNIOR COMPETITION.' POSITIONS OF TEAMS The positions of the various teams in the West Coast junior competition are as follow: —

The following are the final junior fixtures, to be played on Sunday next, at 1.30 p.m.:—Marists v. Watersiders, at Omoto; Kumara v. Kokiri, at Kokiri; Brunner A v. Brunner B, at Dobson; United v. Stars, at Victoria Park; Cobden v. Camerons, at Camerons. Third grade fixtures will be published later.

Pl’d W. (3) w. (2) D. (1) L. P. Marist 13 . 6 4 1 2 27 Kumara 13 8 1 0 4 26 Brunner A 13 6 2 2 3 24 Koklri 13 *> 4 2 4 19 Brunner B 13 4 2 0 7 16 Stars 12 2 3 0 7 12 Cobden 10 0 5 1 7 11 United 13 2 2 0 9 10 Camerons 13 .> 0 0 9 10 Watersiders 12 0 4 0 8 8