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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 30, 22 January 1929, Page 2

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PLUNKET SHIELD GAME AUCKLAND NEEDS 334 TO WIN. WORKER AGAIN BATS WELL. Auckland, Jan. 21. Fortunes fluctuated in the , third day of the Plunket Shield match between Auckland and AVellington at Eden Park to-day. Auckland’s first innings realised 311 runs in reply to sVellington’s total of 403, but the visitors in their second innings were dimissed for 241, leaving Auckland with 334 to get to win. Auckland batted for about fifty minutes and scored "I for the lose of ono wicket, so that the home side has the whole of to-morrow in which to score 260 runs for victory.

55 r ellington’s second innings was generally somewhat dull. Good displays by sVorker and Hiddleston relieved the monotony of slow scoring, but the batsmen could not afford to take risks when an occasional ball kept very low. The Wellington men were playing under conditions utterly foreign to those generally ruling at the Basin Reserve. WORKER’S FINE TALLY. sVorker played another fine innings. Indeed this has been his match, for out of his side’s grand total of 644, the Napier player has scored 224. Worker was not quite so enterprising to-day as on Friday, but his driving was delightfully crisp, amj he made his runs in good time. It was the Hiddleston of about six years ago, who made his 51 runs today. His timing was excellent, and he scored chiefly through powerful strokes.

Dunning and Allcott both bowled well, taking full advantage of the wicket when the balls began to keep low. The Auckland fielding, while not quite up to Wellingtm: standard, was very safe, and only ono or two very hard catches were dropped. Worker and Laraason have been prominent in the field for TVellington throughout the match, while Gillespie has done some good work for Auckland.

The brightest batting of the game to date was seen when Bowley and Mills opened Auckland’s second innings and scored fifty in half an hour. They ignored the state of Uie wicket, and scored almost as they liked. The score would have been much higher if it had not been for keen fielding. Providing the weather keeps fine to-morrow, the task of beating sVellington should not be beyond Auckland’s powers, and there are prospects of an exciting finish. Full scores are :— WELLINGTON. First Innings 403 Second Innings. Hiddleston, c Player b Dunning 51 Dempster, c tVhitelaw b Bowley 22 sVorker, b Allcott 73 Lowry, c Player b Dunning 4 Lamason. b Allcott 21 James, l.b.w, b Dunning 27 McGirr, b Dunning 11 Rotherßam, e Dunning 3 Lambert, b Allcott 18 Henderson, not out 0 Extras 17 Total 211

Bowling Analysis.—Dunning took six wickets for 71 runs, Allcott three for 40, Bowley one for 26, Postlea none for 15. Weir none for 25, Player qpne for 47. AUCKLAND. First Innings. Bowley, b Henderson 4 Mills, b Henderson 14 Postles, c Hiddleston b Rotherham 58 Weir, c Hiddleston b Rotherham 57 Allcott, c James b Henderson .. 28 Gillespie, l.b.w. h Henderson ... 78 Whitelaw, b McGirr 4 Horspool. b McGirr 9 Dunning,' c James b Lowry 34

Player, not out 10 Rowntree, c Foley b Henderson 1 Extras 14 Total 311 Bowling Analysis.—Henderson five for 90, Rotherham two for 60, McGirr two for 65, Lowry one for 12, Lamason none for 7, Lambert none for 12, Foley none for 6, Hiddleston none for 17, Worker none for 28. Second Innings. Bowley, b McGirr 28 Mills, not out 39 Postles, not out 6 Extras 1 Total for one wicket 74