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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 63, 12 February 1936, Page 14

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AUCKLAND COLTS. NEXT WEEK’S FIXTURES. Two attractive cricket matches are set down for the Sportsground next week, the Auckland Colts, who will be coming south to play their annual match with the Wellington Colts, meeting a Manawatu Colts side on Wednesday and Thursday, while Poverty Bay will present a challenge for the Hawke Cup on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The team to represent Manawatu in the Hawke Cup challenge fixture will not he selected till after Saturday’s inter-club games, hut the following Colts team has been selected:—K. Hatch, C. Edlin, W. Hastilow p! Spelman, W. Allan (Y.M.C.A.), M. Ongley (Palmerston). J. Galliehan, W. Pollitt, L. Cookery (United), H. Nairn (C.C.). D. Spring (O.B.); 12tii man, S. McVicar (C.C.). Play will be entered upon at 10.30 a.m. each day. Any player unable to take part is requested to notify the selectors immediately. SATURDAY’S FIXTURES. On Saturday the inter-club cricket series will he advanced a further stage, when Palmerston seniors will meet Old Boys at the Sportsjjfound; United will oppose City Council on the same area, while Y.M.C.A. and High School will try conclusions on the Featherston Street ground. The junior A players will enter upon the seventh match in that grade, the draw being:—City Council (m.) v. Combined Services, Terrace End Pa.rk No. 1 ; Palmerston (m.) v. Kin Toa, Terrace End No. 2; Massey College (m.) v. Old Boys, No. 3 Sportsground; Y.M.C.A. (m.) v. High School, No. 4 Sportsground. In the junior B competition the draw is:—Kiwi (m.) v. United, North Street Park: Old Boys (m.) v. H. L. Young’s, No. 5 Sportsground; Y.M.C.A. (m.) v. Combined Services, No. 6 Sportsground.

NOTES ON THE GAME. With a very sticky wicket, the outfield heavy a.fter the- rain and a cold wind blowing, conditions were not by any means favourable for the Manawatu Cricket Association’s competitions last Saturday. Those recording the scores did so from within closed cars, owing to the condition of the grandstand after the hurricane. Scoring was remarkably low, only two senior batsmen managing to pass the half-century mark. J. Rose (Old Boys) played an aggressive innings for 45, during which lie hit three sixers. However, he was dropped several times, besides which it was not difficult to find a gap in the field. There were some very unusual features about the junior B fixture between Kiwi and Old Boys. AYaldin contributed 33 of Kiwi’s total of 41 for the first innings, his team-mates managing to sdratch together only 8 runs. Bowling for Old Boys in the second innings, Triggs, who finished up with a bag of 4 wickets for 7 runs, dismissed four batsmen with four successive halls. He captured three wickets with his last three balls of the third over, and then broke the leg stump in taking his fourth wicket after achieving the “hat trick.” Combined Services, in their junior A fixture with Y.M.C.A., had to submit to defeat after just failing to last out the time limit. The winners captured the final wicket just a few minutes before time expired.

PLUNKET SHIELD. WON BY WELLINGTON. LAMASON’S FINE DISPLAY. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Eeb. 11. Though Auckland secured a first innings lead, "Wellington avoided an outright defeat with comparative ease in the interprovincial cricket match at the Basin Reserve to-day and won the Plunket Shield. Wellington heat Canterbury and Otago outright and lost on the first innings to Auckland, scoring 18, points. Auckland scored an outrigut win over Otago and beat Cantrebury and Wellington on the first innings, scoring 16 points. To-day Auckland, replying to Wellington’s first innings total 152, made 235. A declaration in an effort to force an outright win was not made, the visiting captain preferring to let liis batsmen get runs quickly or get out. Wellington batted all the afternoon for 308 for five wickets, the feature being a great stand of 201 for the third wicket by Lamason, who played a brilliant innings for 127, and McLeod, who shaped very solidly for 94. Moloney and McLeod, opening for Wellington on a perfect batting wicket, took their time in putting up 55 in 75 minutes. Since Wellington could not will on the first innings, the only other game open to the home team was to prevent an outright win by Auckland. From a tactical point of view, the slow batting in the first two hours after lunch was justified. Some of the spectators, however, did not relish the dullness of the play and barracked the batsmen. However, after Moloney went, Lamson and McLeod, in a great partnership, put all prospect of a collapse out of count and made the shield safe for Wellington. McLeod took 215 minutes for 94. Following the cheap dismissal of Ell, Lamason attacked the bowling with resolution and effect. He reached 50 in 50 minutes, not being .troubled by the bowling, though he was dropped on the boundary at 77, going on to complete a brilliant century in 95 minutes. He was in for two hours for 127. For variety and soundness of stroke play, it was prol>a.bly the best innings lie has ever played for Wellington. The Auckland bowlers stood up to the heavy attack on the hard wicket with great determination, though they showed signs of tiredness after afternoon tea, when it became obvious that the fate of the shield was decided. Scores :

WELLINGTON. First innings 162 Second Innings. Moloney, b Garrard 29 McLeod, b Hook 94 Ell, st. Edmonds, 1> Garrard ... 4 Lamason, c Edmonds, 1> Garrard Morgan, not out ..." 20 Blandtord, c Edmonds, b Garrard -t Galliehan, not out o Extras 25 Five wickets for 308 Bowling analysis.—C'owie, none for 34; Townsend, none for 55; Andrews, 'none for 48; Garrard, four for 95; I l’ostles, none for 29; Hook, 1 for 21. I AUCKLAND. First Innings. Whitelaw, b Symes 10 Mills, b Parsloe ... 4 Townsend, st Blandford, b Griffiths 9 Wallace, c Lamason, b Griffiths . 55 Postles, std. Blandford, b Griffiths 51 Hook, b Parsloe 8 Garrard, b Griffiths 40 C’owie, c Symes, b Griffiths " 4 Pearson, not out 27 Edmonds, c Ell, b Parsloe ... ... 8

Andrews, run out 2 Extras ... 16 Total 235 Bowling analysis.—Parsloe, 3 for 51; Symes, 1 for 30; Griffiths, 5 for 90; Galliehan, none for 41; Lamason, none for 7. THE M.C.C. TOUR.

PLAY AT GISBORNE. Per Press Association. GISBORNE, Feb. 11. In the match "between the M.C.C. team and Poverty Bay the visitors made 206 for 5 (declared) and Poverty Bay 105. At lunch time three M.C.C. wickets were down for 90. After lunch Mitchell-Innes scored especially freely, eventually being fourth out for 43 with the total at 134. Human followed and immediately attacked the bowling, but lost Parks, who had played very solidly for 45, at 141. Human then hit out at everything and the score mounted rapidly to 206, when the closure was applied. Blatliwayt, a fast-medium trundler with a deceptive swerve, did best of the howlers. r

With just under two hours to play, Poverty Bay opened, Boon scoring five off the first three balls, hut eventuallv going for 12. Four wickets were down for 26, hut a fine fighting innings by Reeves, who played chanceless cricket, took the total to 105, all out just before stamps. Reeves bit three 4’s in bis 51 and frequently found gaps to the off for slashing drives. Baxter impressed most of the visiting howlers, swerving the hall remarkably. Scores are as follow: —

M.C.C. First Innings. Perks, c and b Sharp 45 Sims, b Blatliwayt 1 Hardstaff, b Blathwayt 39 Holmes, c Sharp, b Stewart ... 8 Mitchell-Innes, 1.b.w., b Robertson 43 Human, hot out ... 50 Langridge, not out 15 Extras 5 Total for five wickets (dec.) 206 Bowling analysis.—J. Blatliwayt, 2 for 45; E. James, none for 52; G. J. Robertson, 1 for 40; M. Sharp, 1 for 37; G. H. Stewart. 1 for 27. POVERTY BAY. First Innings. Boon, c Langridge, b Lyttelton ... 12 Janies, b Baxter 5 Fraser, c Langridge, b Baxter ... 1 J. Robertson, 1.b.w., b Baxter ... 2 Dow. c Human, b Langridge ... 3 IX Reeves, 1.b.w., b Sims 51 Bennett, b Read 3 Carroll, c Mitchell-Innes, b Langridge 0 Blathwayt, c Lyttelton, b Langridge 0 Sharp, not out 12 Stewart, b Sims 0 Extras 16 Total 105