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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 December 1924, Page 6

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SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCII. : A POSTPONEMENT alidwed. BY jCABIiE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT ' ■/': Sydney, Dec. 23. The Cricket- Association fias agreed to the postponement of the Sheffield Shield.; match against Victoria te a' date, to' he fixed, ' " . .'.''i PLDNKET match. , CANTERBURY’S GOOD POSITION. (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, Dec, 27,, The Plmiket Shield match between Auckland and Canterbury was resumed on Saturday. The wicket was very soft after the heavy rains. Canterbury did not add to Thursday’s score, the innings closing tor 214. V Auckland responded with only 89, ! being quite outplayed fi y the southerners. The principal scorers were: Horspooil 13, Smith 30, Gillespie 16. Read took six wickets for-38 runs. Me Beth two for 26, Cunpiugbam two for 18, Canterbuiyj in their secorid innings, have lost two wickets for 96 (Blunt not out 24, GTassoii 21, Crawford 12, Oliver not out 15).

AUCKLAND UN TOUR, VICTORY OVER SOUTHLAND. INVERCARGILL, Dec. 27. Beautiful weather with a good wicket was experienced for the resumption of play in ifie riiatcli betweenten Auckland eleven and tfie Southland representatives. 1 ‘ ’ Southland, which had made 215 in the first innings,' put up 161 in the second attempt, while Auckland’s first afctempt»yielded 280, and- in the second the .visitors' lo,st four wickets for '9B, Auckland tjius winning by six wickets,.. HAWKE CUP MATCH. NELSON 103 BEHIND ON FIRST INNINGS. TROPHY MAY GO TO NAPIER, NELSON, Dec. 27. In the Hawke Cup match, Hawke’s Bay scored 202 (Bernau 136). Fowler took four for 17, Neale two for 28 and Haycock; one for 7. Nelson' made 99 (R. Eden 30). Bernau took five for 19. Hawke’s Bay in tfie second innings have three down for 16.