PLUNKET SHIELD.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 25, 30 December 1936, Page 12

PLUNKET SHIELD.

WIN FOR WELLINGTON. gallichanWats WELL. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Dec. 29. Wellington w'on its first Plunket Shield cricket match of the season today, beating Otago by 107 runs on the first innings. Rain prevented play on the first and third days of the game which thus became a two-day fixture. It was marked by low scoring throughout. On the first day Wellington made 249 and Otago lost four wickets for 93. To-day the remaining six wickets fell for 49 before lunch, Otago making only 142. Wellington lost seven wickets for 125 runs before declaring in an effort to force an outright win. Otago, after losing five for 57 quickly, played out time, making 127 for seven wickets. Scores: — WELLINGTON. First innings 249 Second Innings. Tindill, b Silver ... 19 Moloney, c Mills, b Silver 16 McLeod, b Silver 18 Lamason, b Elmos 40 Ward, b Silver - 0 Blandford, l.b.w. (n.r.), b Silver 1 l’arsloe, c Knight, b Dunning ... 0 Gallichan, not out 24 Tricklebank, not out 4 Extras 6 Total for 7 wickets (dec.) ... 125 Bowling analysis.—Silver, 5 for 27; Badcock, none for 10; Dunning, 1 for 30; Elmes, I for 17; Groves, none for 38.

OTAGO. First Innings,

Badcock, b Parsloe ... 8 Knight, c Blundell, b Gallichan ... 33 Kerr, b Parsloe ... ... 0 Elmes, c Moloney, b Gallichan ... 42 Dunning, l.b.w. (n.r.), b Lamason 10 Mills, b Gallichan ~ H Uttley, run out ••• ' McGregor, c Lamason, b Griffiths 12 Scandret, b Lamason 5 Groves, not out 2 Silver, c Parsloe, b Griffiths ... 0 Extras 12 Total 142 Bowling analysis.—Parsloe, 2 for 32; Blundell, none for 44; Tricklebank. none for 5; Gallichan, 3 for 17; Griffiths, 2 for 15; Lamason, 2 for 8; Moloney, none for 9.

Second Innings. Knight, l.b.w. (n.r.), b Blundell ... lu Badcock, b Parsloe 8 Kerr, run out 2 Elmes, b Griffiths 22 IJttley, not out 44 Groves, b Griffiths 2 Dunning, 1.b.w., b Lamason ... 23 Mills, b Parsloe 2 McGregor, not out 9 Extras 5 Total for seven wickets ... 127 Bowling analysis.—Parsloe, 2 f or 32; Blundell, 1 for 27; Tricklebank, none for 9; Lamason, 1 for 5; Griffiths, 2 for 38; Moloney, none for 11. CANTERBURY WINS. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 29. Auckland’s position looked impregnable in the Plunket Shield match today, but the five last wickets fell for 21 runs. The wicket tv as soaked and treacherous after the rain and Canterbury had a first innings win. Auckland only needed 24 runs to wiu with five wickets in hand. Scores: — CANTERBURY. First innings 280 Second Innings. Kerr, c Vivian, b Cowie 7 Page, c Dunning, b McMahon ... 37 Olliver, c Vivian, b Cowie 4 Hadlee, c Carson, b Spring 17 O’Brien, b Cowie 1 Cromb, c and b McMahon 17 Menzies, b Matlieson 10 Roberts, not out 36 Jackman, b Spring ... 14 Graham, c Wallace, b Spring ... 2 Mulcock, b Cowie r Extras 18 Total 164 Bowling analysis.—Cowie, 4 for 31; Matheson, 1 for 16; Vivian, none for 1 29; Spring, 3 for 28; McMahon, 2 for 42. AUCKLAND. First Innings. Whitelaw, c Jackman, b Mulcock 52 Dunning, c Cromb, b Roberts ... 0 Weir, b Graham 53 Wallace, c Roberts, b Graham ... 46 Vivian, c Cromb, b Graham ... 46 Carson, c Jackman, b Roberts ... 12 Spring, c Jackman, b Roberts ... 30 Matheson, run out 0 Marshall, c Menzies, b Mulcock ... 7 Cowie, std. Jackman, b Roberts ... 3 '• McMahon, not out 0 Extras 29 Total ..' , 278 Bowling analysis.—Roberts, 4 for 61; Mulcock, 2 for 92; Cromb, none \ for 54; Graham, 3 for 42.