CRICKET

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 27, 30 December 1926, Page 3

CRICKET

PLUNKET SHIELD MATCHES. WELLINGTON’S SOLID SCORE. WELLINGTON, Dec. 30. The fourth day of the Plunket Shield match between Otago and Wellington at the Basin Reserve to-day produced the most exhiliarating cricket of the game. Wellington, with eight w'ickets down for 169, were not# doing too well in their second innings till Badcock came in, and, aided by a bit of luck, assisted James to put on 72 for tho ninth wicket, the coach doing some hurricane hitting. This feat, however, was eclipsed by Janies and Brice, w r ho made a splendid stand for the last wicket, which added no fewer than 138 runs to the score. Eaced with 621 to get to will, Otago lost six wickets for 122, and are thus 498 runs behind with only four wickets in hand. Following are the scores : WELLINGTON. I First innings j 448 Second Innings. Worker, c Gren, b A. Alloo 25 Hiddleston, c and b A.. Alloo ... 21 lvortlang, c Blamires, t> A. Alloo 0 Dempster, b Blunt 6 Lowry,- b Torrance :.. 44 Lambert* c and b Blunt 25 McGirr, cH. Alloo, b Torrance 11 Hollings, b A. Alloo 23 James, not out 107. Badcock, st Green, b Blunt ...... 35 Brice, b A. Alloo 70 Extras 12 •r Total 379 Bowling analysis: Dickenson 0 for 68; Blariiires 0 for 12; A. W. Alloo 5 for 94; Blunt 3 for 113; Torrance 2 for 47; H. C. Alloo 0 for 3; Zimmerman 0 for 15; Shepherd 0 for 15. OTAGO. First Innings 207 Second Innings. Blunt, c Lambert, b Brice 38 Shepherd, b Badcock —... 9 Knight, c Hollings, b Badcock ... 19 Cherry, b Badcock 11 Dickenson, c Hiddleston, b McGirr 13 A. W. Alloo, b McGirr 19 Blamires, not out 2 C. Zimmerman, not out 0 Extras 11 Total for six wickets' - 122 Bowling analysis; Badcock 3 for 36; McGirr 2 for 37; Lambert 0 for 1; Brioe 1 for 25; Hollings 0 for 12.

GAMES AT CHRISTCHURCH. A WIN FOR - AUCKLAND. CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 29. The Plunket Shield match Auckland v. Canterbury ended this afternoon in a win for Auckland by five wickets. Canterbury, flattered their supporters by running up a total of 257 in the second innings, leaving Auckland with 166 runs to get for a win. Canterbury still had a chance when five Auckland wickets had fallen for 72, but thereafter Gillespie and Frater, Auckland batsmen, mastered the bowling, and made the necessary runs Following were the scores: CANTERBURY. First innings 128 Second Innings. Gregory, run out 6 Crawford, c and b Alcott 15 Cox, c Cooper, b Player 10 Page, Ibw, b Bowley 78 Oliver, b Alcott 0 Patrick, c Gillespie, b Bowley ... 8 Sandman, c and b Bowley 15 Boon, b Bowley 72 Read, Ibw, b Matlreson 44 Cunningham, run out 2 Burrows, not out 1 Extras 6 Total 257 Bowling analysis: Player one wicket for 50; Alcott two for 7i ; Bowley four for 84;Cooper none for 23; Dacre none for 10; Wilson none for 9; Matlieson one for 4. AUCKLAND. First innings 220 Second Innings. Bowley, b Read , 2 Mills, Ibw, b Cunningham 29 Cooper, c Talbot, b Read 20 Gillespie, not out 54 Alcott, b Cunningham 0 Dacrc, Ibw, b Read 1 Frater, not out 51 Extras 10 Total for five wickets ......... 167 Bowling analysis: Cunningham two for 60; Read three for 49; Sandman none for 21; Patrick, none for 13; Burrows none for 14.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH. VICTORIA’S GREAT SCORE. MELBOURNE, Dec. 29. In the Sheffield Shield match, New South Wales in the second innings made 230 (Phillips 36, Morgan 26, Kippax 26, Ratcliffe 44, Jackson not out 59). Liddicut took four wickets for 66 and Hartkopf six for 98. Tho record-making match ended with a record beating for New South Wales by an innings and 656 runs, the Victorian howlers, Hartkopf and Liddicut putting up proportionately almost as good a performance as tho team’s batsmen on the previous days. The weather was fine and the wicket still good. The batting was of the routine, though fairly lively, Older in the early stages, but the excellent bowling and keen fielding kept the runs down. The only sensation was when the veteran had his leg stump removed by Liddicut the first ball he received. Ratcliffe and the colt Jackson, who went in sixth, made things lively, and looked like making a long stand, till the former, in making a big drive, skied a ball from Hartkopf and Morton took a good catch. Jackson, who played a confident, and punishing game, could get no one to stay with him, the last lour batsmen adding only 11 runs, and Hartkopf bagged three of them.—Press Association.

COMMENT IN ENGLAND. AUSTRALIA’S WEAK BOWLING. HOME SCORES OVERSHADOWED. LONDON, Dec. 29. Sporting Life, in an editorial, says: “Victoria’s huge score is the culminating point in a succession of large scores, making it obvious that the standard of bowling in Australia is possibly lower than for half a century. If an English team were at present touring Australia it is very improbable that it would lose the Ashes. Our own bowling may not be so strong as we would like, but our Australian friends and rivals are in much direr straits.” . The Daily Telegraph, in an editorial, says: “Victoria’s new record hammers home the lesson of the modern

Tests between Australia and Britain, that the old balance of the game has been destroyed. In first-class games the greater part of the crowd goes to see the batting. If people like this sort of thing, it will be provided, but some will regret the past.” The Telegrapn, further, says that efforts in England in the direction of amassing huge scores are completely overshadowed by Victoria’s record total. “Nobody who has witnessed the putting together of these mammoth totals will grudge the Australians their preeminence in this direction. When batting masters bowling so pronouncedly a couple of days’ game becomes a tiresome business. It is fervently to be Jioped that the performance at Melbourne will not arouse a spirit of emulation in tho breasts of English players. The most refreshing feature Of the record is that the score was made in 10i hours. But there is something appalling in century-making hourly for ten hours.—A. and N.Z. cable.

WALKER SHIELD. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Dec. 29. In tlio New Zealand Suburban Cricket Association’s Walker Shield vompetition, Auckland, in their first innings, made 138 and Wellington 143.

MATCH AT NAPIER

BEALE’S AUCKLAND TEAM.

NAPIER, Dec. 29. Beale’s Auckland team commenced a match to-day against the Hawke’s Bay colts. Batting first the home side scored 159 runs {O’Brien 38, Heaney 32, Davis 18, Evans 22). Bowling, Butler took four wickets for 21 runs, Johnson three for 30, Saunders three lor 45. The visitors replied with 175 runs (Monteith 48, McCarthy 50, Coates 17). Bowling, Rouse took two wickets for 42 runs, Elliott six for 73. Hawke’s Bay went in again and had lost three wickets for 36 runs when stumps were drawn.

MONEY IN CRICKET. SCOTLAND BENEFITS. LONDON, Dec. 22. The Australian Eleven’s visit to Scotland was a godsend financially to the Scottish cricketing body, which had been struggling for years to make ends meet. The profits it made from the Australian visits have wiped out the accumulated deficits and provided a credit balance of £6Ol.