PLUNKET SHIELD.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 28, 3 January 1931, Page 5

PLUNKET SHIELD.

WELLINGTON-CANTERBURY MATCH.

Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 2. The sum total of play in to-day’s Plunket Shield match between Canterbury and Wellington was that Canterbury improved its position somewhat. The previous day’s play had put Wellington in such a strong position that there appeared possibilities of an inning’s victory, but Canterbury’s bowling to-day was much better than it was on the first day and the bowlers did very well to capture the remaining seven Wellington wickets at a cost of 167 runs. Canterbury had further improved its position when in the second innings it had wiped off the deficit and was 60 to the good with eight wickets still in hand. Three wickets fell, however, toward the close of play and this left Wellington still in a strong position. However, the game is not by any means a foregone conclusion. Much will depend on what the remaining five Canterbury wickets can get to-day. Detailed scores are as follow: CANTERBURY. First Innings ... ••• 214 Second Innings. Kerr, b Blundell 0 Hamilton, run out 24 Roberts, c James, b Crook 116 Talbot, b Massey 61 Jacobs, b Crook 0 Page, not out 21 Cromb, not out 1 Extras 13

Total for five wickets 236 WELLINGTON. —First Innings. Dempster, 1.b.w., b Talbot 41 A. Newman, c Dorreen, b Cun-

ningham 4 James, st. Dorreen, b Merritt ... 32 McGirr, c and b Lester 101 Lowry, 1.b.w., b Cromb 91 Lamason, b Lester 0 Crook, c Cromb, b Merritt 14 McLeod, run out 14 Massey, b Merritt 0 J. Newman, c Cromb, b Talbot ... 22 D. Blundell, not out 2 Extras 30

Total .351 Bowling analysis.—Talbot, two wickets for 41 runs; Cunningham, one for 80; Merritt, three for 90; Lester, two for 36; Cromb, one for 61: Roberts, none for 6; Page, none for 4.

OTAGO v. AUCKLAND. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Jan. 3. The Plunket Shield match, Otago versus Auckland, was continued today. The home team was dismissed for 135 and followed on with 196 to get to avoid, an innings defeat. In the second innings Otago have lost eight wickets for 264. Blunt, who took all the wickets yesterday, made 40 and 43 to-day, and Dickinson and Badcock comprised a partnership in the second strike that provided the fastest display of the match. They made 50 in 20 minutes. Dickinson made 59 and Badcock 70 in just over an hour. Detailed scores are as follow : AUCKLAND. First innings 331 OTAGO. First Innings. Cavanagh, 1.b.w.. b Wensley ... 11 Cherry, b Cleverley 1 Dickinson, b Mathieson 5 Moloney, c Wensley, b Cleverley 1 Blunt, b Cleverley 40 Badcock, b McCoy 11 Elmes, b Wensley 8 Galland, 1.b.w., b Mathieson ...! 10 Alloo, c Wensley, b Mathieson ... 0 Hawkesworth, not out 17 Lemin, b Cleverley 1 Extras ... . ... ••• <••• 30 Total* .1. ... -135 Bowling analysis.—Mathieson, 3 for 26; Cleverley, 4 for 24; Wensley, 2 for 28; McCoy, none for 27. Second Innings. Cavanagh, b Mathieson 8 Cherry, b Allcott ••• 14 Blunt, c Thakabau, b Cleverley ... 43 Dickinson, c and b Weir 59 Moloney, c Weir, b McCoy ... 18 Badcock, b Allcott ••• 70 Elmes, b Cleverley ... 10 Galland, c Postles, b Weir ... ~. 0 Alloo, not out 1* Hawkesworth, not out ».. 9 Extras 1° Total for eight wickets 264 Bowling analysis.—Cleverley, 2 for 50; Allcott, 2 for 29: Mathieson. 1 for 58; Wensley, none for 42; McCoy, 1 for 35; Weir, 2 for 35. ’VARSITY TEAM’S TOUR. Per Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, Jan. 2. A cricket match between North Taranaki and Victoria University was opened to-day.. . ’Varsity batted well for 326 in the first innings, and when stumps were drawn for the day, North Taranaki had made 91 for three wickets. SHEFFIELD SHIELD. MELBOURNE, Jan. 2. In the Sheffield Shield cricket match against South Australia, Victoria in the first innings lost six wickets for 243. O’Brien made 75 runs, Ryder 49, and Oakley 41. WEST INDIES v. AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY. Jan. 2. There was no play to-day in the West indies versus Australia cricket match. .There had been heavy rain showers.