CRICKET Canterbury Has Five-wicket Win Over Auckland

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 December 1949, Page 8

CRICKET Canterbury Has Five-wicket Win Over Auckland

. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day (0.C.) —A second wicket partnership of 115 between W. A. Hadlee and P. O’Malley made a Canterbury victory almost certain in the. Plunket Shield match against Auckland at Lancaster Park yesterday, arid the game was won, a few minutes after tea, by five wickets. At the start of the day Canterbury with all its wickets scored 80 of the 324 runs needed. Hadlee and his opening partner, J- G- Leggat, were not separated until the totalwas 114—the sixth opening partnership of 100 or more by this pair in 12 innings in representative cricket —and Hadlee went on to score 125, his seventeenth century in first-class cricket. Hadlee has now scored nine centuries in shield matches, and has beaten by one the record held by--J. S. Hiddleston (Otago and Wellington). The pitch helped the bowlers a lit-, tie more than on the previous day, but still played extremely well. Hadlee played a masterly innings, and O’Malley, who scored 59, was also in his best form. Canterbury reached 300 with only three wickets down, and from the. middle of the afternoon it was obvious that the only thing that could deprive Canterbury of victory was rain. . The story of Canterbury’s win is simply told. Hadlee, Leggat, O’Malley, and F. B. Smith all batted extremely well against steady but uninspired bowling. Auckland’s greatest need was for a leg spinner. Scores: — AUCKLAND First innings .. 207 Second innings 445 CANTERBURY First innings • • 329 Second Innings W. A. Hadlee, b Cleall2s J. G. Leggat, c Donaldson, b Hollywood . . 49 P. O’Malley, b Hemmingson 59 F. B. Smith, run out • .. • • 43 W. McD. Aiylersori, c Kent, b Hemmingson 29 M. E.-Chapple, not out 0 A. R. AfScGibbon, not out 3 Extras .. l f>

Team To Piay Wellington The Canterbury team to play Wellington at Lancaster Park on Saturday in the second Plunket Shield match of the season was announced last evening by the selectors Messrs V/. J. V. Hamilton and C. G. Crawford.

The team is:—W. A. Hadlee (captain), W. McD. Anderson, J. G. Leggat, F. B. Smith, P. Small, J. D. Alderson (Old Boys), A. R. Mac Gibbon (Old Collegians), P. O’Malley, M. E. Chapple (Lancaster Park), R. C. Webb, T. B. Burtt (St Albans). The twelfth man is W. Bell (St Albans). There are two changes in the team from the side which beat Auckland. Cameron was injured in the Auckland game, and Bell has been made twelfth man. Small is a right-hand mediumpaced bowler, and Alderson, who will be playing his first . representative match, is a fast medium right-hander.

Total for five wickets . 324 W. Bowling Analysis R. 0. M. B. Donaldson .. . . 19 £ 50 0 K. uollery , 30.1 63 0 F. E. Hemmingson . . 26 6 J. Hollj’wood ; . . . 22 1 84 1 J. Hardstaff 1 19 0 0. C. Cleal .. . . 6 0 17 1