PLUNKET SHIELD.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 25, 28 December 1935, Page 2

PLUNKET SHIELD.

WELLINGTON v. CANTERBURY. BATTING WEAKENS. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Dec. 27. Erratic hatting by Wellington should have enabled Canterbury to gain a promising position on the first day of the Plimket Shield match at the Basin Reserve to-day. However, Canterbury’s batting slumped as well, and Wellington received a first innings 16 Alter O’Brien (Hawke’s Bay) and Moloney (Manawatu) had put on 56 for the first wicket for Wellington, the batting weakened before the slow bowling of Canterbury. Blandford played a very creditable knock of 62, with help'in adding 71 for the sixth wicket by Lamason. Merritt, the former New Zealand representative slow bowler, secured five for 72, and Cromb took four for 53. Jackman, the wicketkeeper, dismissed five batsmen against steady bowling, well supported in the field. Canterbury never settled down, the whole side being out in just over two hours for 122 —74 behind Wellington. E D. Blundell bowled especially well, taking three for 29, and C. Parsloe had three for 35. . Wellington lost one wicket for 18 in their second innings. Scores:— *

WELLINGTON. First Innings. Moloney, b Cromb 23 O’Brien, lbw, b Roberts 36 Ell, stp Jackman, b Cromb 0 Ward, lbw, b Merritt 5 Lamason, stp Jackman, b Merritt 28 Rninbird, stp Jackman, b Merritt 6 Blandford, c Jackman, b Merritt 62 Parsloe, b Cromb ... ... II Newman, c Cobden, b Cromb ... () Griffiths, not ont 4 Blundell, stp Jackman, b Merritt 16 Extras ■ 5 Total ... ... 196 Bowling analysis.—Roberts, 1 for 34 ; Graham, 0 for 38; Merritt, 5 for 72; Cromb, 4 for S 3; Bellamy, 0 for 4. Second Innings. x Moloney, not out 7 O’Brien, lbw, b Graham 2 Ell, not ont 8 Extras 1 Total for one wicket IS Bowling analysis.—Graham, 1 lor 4 ; Roberts, 0 for 3; Merritt, 0 for 3; Cromb, 0 for 7. CANTERBURY. First Innings. Butterfield, b Parsloe 0 Bellamy, b Blundell ' 26 Hadlee, b Parsloe 0 Kerr, lbw, b Blundell 27 Cromb, c Blandford, b Newman ... 6 Roberts, c Blandford, b Parsloe ... 18 O’Brien, c Ward, b Blundell ... 5 Cobden, b Griffiths 23 Merritt, c Ell, b Newman 4 Jackman, not out 6 Graham, b Griffiths 1 Extras 7 Total 122 Bowling analysis.—Blundell, 3 for 29- Parsloe, 3 for 35; Newman, 2 for 30; Griffiths, 2 for 21.