PLUNKET SHIELD

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 71, 23 February 1932, Page 4

PLUNKET SHIELD

OTAGd v. WELLINGTON. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Feb. 22. The Plunket Shield cricket match Otago versus Wellington was continued this afternoon, when the wicket and outfield were dead as a result of :he heavy rain over the week-end. Wellington, which started the day with no wickets for nine runs, did not commence very well, losing the first four wickets for 64. However, James and Lambert became associated in a partnership which yielded 153, the latter giving a high-class display marked by good, clean hitting, but James was not at any time impressive, although his was a valuable innings to his side. An amazing feature of the dafy’s play was the fact that Blunt was not given a bowl until Otdgo’s first innings score had been passed, and in his only over he took two wickets for one run. The Otago fielding was poor. The game had not been long in progress when Dustin was caught close in on the on-side by Dunning, off Badcock. A few overs later Dempster was out l.b.w. to Elmes, the lefthanded swinger, having scored 24. The batsmen were treating the bowling carefully, but although Badcock had all the fieldsmen grouped on the leg and the on-sides, the Wellington men were not falling into the trap. Badcock claimed another victim in Hepburn, who was bowled while trying to tap a leg-break to the off. Three wickets were now down for 55. With the score at 64, Lowry, who had been scratching a little, played on a full toss from Dunning, and tour wickets were down, the captain having scored 4. Lamber, who followed, was not comfortable for a time, but brought 70 up with a beautiful six off Dunnir.g. The rate of scoring was, however, not fast, the batsmen having to play very carefully on account of the difficult state of the wicket. Bacfcock, who had bowled with accurate length since the beginning of the day, was still employing all the fieldsmen on the leg and the onsides, and was keeping the batsmen quiet. Lambert refused to touch anything off the wicket. Badcock was taken off after bowling for nearly an hour and a half, having sent down 18 overs, including six maidens, for 25 runs and two wickets. James reached 30 with an uppish shot, such hits hnving been a noticeable feature of his innings. The century came after 105 minutes, Lambert catching up on James. Lambert was going well and created & favourable impression with clean and forceful hitting. At the tea adjournment Wellington had four wickets down for 112, James having been at the wickets 97 minutes for 34 runs. Dunning made frequent changes in the bowling after the resumption, and after James had narrowly escaped being bowled by Dickinson he put up an easy catch in the slips off the same bowler, but Dunning dropped it Lambert reached the half-century with a four to the leg off Badcock, whom he was beginning to relish, and James brought his score to 50 by pull- 1 ing for two off Dickinson, who was. bowling well on the soft wicket. James had been at the wickets 131 minutes. The pair continued to resist the bowling successfully, and the partnership reached 100, when James drove Dunning to the on for a single. Lambert continued-to help himself to Dunning and reached 70 with a four to the leg fence. . . The second century was hoisted after 181 minutes’ play, when Otago’s attack was noticeably weakening, although Blunt had not been given an over on a wicket which, should have suited him. Badcock,'was brought on again with a new-ball, but failed to make an impression, and the pair were still going when Otago’s score was passed. . After being at'the wickets for 183 minutes James tried to bring off a shot he had been getting many runs w ith —a hook from outside the offstump —and was bowled by one from Dickinson which swung in. He made 82 and did not appear very comfortable at any time. Lambert got a well-earned century after batting for 149 minutes. With ten minutes to go before

stumps were drawn for the day, Blunt was given his first over, and with his third ball had McGirr caught at deep square-leg by Smith. He claimed Lambert’s wicket two balls later, the batsman missing and being stumped by Hawkesworth with Ins score at 107. The first ball of the next over from Dickinson Reaney snicked and was caught behind the wickets by Hawkesworth. Time was then called with the score at 248 for eight wickets. The scores are as follow:

CRICKET IN JAMAICA. KINGSTON, Feb. 21. Jamaica scored 480 runs for the loss of five wickets in the first innings against Lord Tennyson’s English team, largely through a brilliant and unbeaten sixth wicket combination between Headley and Passailaigue, the former making 236 and the latter 157. The Jamaicans batted all day.

OTAGO. First innings ~ ... 211 WELLINGTON. First Innings. Dempster, l.b.w., b Elmes ... 24 Dustin, c Dunning, b Badcock 0 James, b Dickinson ... _. 82 Hepburn, b Badcock ... ... 9 Lowrv. b Dunning 4 Lambert, st. Hawkesworth, b Blunt ... ... 107 McGirr. c Smith, b Blunt ... 13 Heaney, c Hawkesworth, b Dickinson - u Crook, not out •— — ... 0 Extras ... • - — — ... 9 Total . for eight wickets ... 248 Bowling Analysis. 0. M. R. W. Dunning „ 14 0 39 1 Blunt ... 1 0 1 2 Badcock ... 33 8 65 2 Dickinson 16.1 2 50 1 Moloney ... 5 0 16 0 Elmes — 10 1 38 1 Smith _ 2 0 12 • 0 Coupland ... 5 0 28 0