PLUNKET SHIELD MATCHES DRAWN

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6802, 4 January 1929, Page 8

PLUNKET SHIELD MATCHES DRAWN

Advantage With Auckland Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Last Night. Tho Otago v. Auckland Plunkct Shield match concluded to-day, resulting in a draw. During the afternoon, three adjournments, totalling 2 hours, took place owing to rain. Scores: — AUCKLAND. —First Innings. Bowlcy, b Monk .. .. 75 Mills, b Eastman .. 134 Postlcs, 1.b.w., b Blunt ........ 33 Weir, not out 3.06 Alicott, b Eastman 0 Gillespie, c and b Eastman ...... 43 Wbitelaw, not out 0 Extras 27 Total for 5 wickets (dec.) .. 384 Bowling analysis: Eastman, 3 for S 9; A. W. Alloo, none for 72; Leader, nono for 3: Blunt, 1 for 58; Monk. 1 for 39; Elmes, none for 30; Zimmerman, none for 66. OTAGO. First Innings 18S Second Innings. H. C. Alloo, c and b Alicott .... 24 Ivnight, std. Rowntree, b Bowlcy . 30 Blunt, b Alicott 32 Eastman, not out .. 42 Elmos, not out 5 Extras .. 3 Total for three wickets .... 94 Bowling analysis: Alicott, 2 for 43; Player, none for 3; Dunning, none for 35; Bowlcy, 1 for 6; Weir, none for 26. Draw Between Wellington and Canterbury FORMER TEAM ON TOP. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night.' Tho Pluukot shield match between Wellington and Canterbury resulted in n draw'. The scores were: WELLINGTON. First Innings' • 433 Second Innings, Dempster,c Burns, b Merritt .... 6 Foley, not out 38 Lowry, c Roberts, b Page .. .. 34 Lamason, b Page 31 Lambert, not. out .. 13 Extras 13 Total for three wickets (dec.) 115 Bawling analysis: Cunningham, 0 for 22, Roberts 0 for 4, Merritt 1 foi 39. Newman 0 for 19, Page 2 for 18. CANTERBURY. First Innings. Hamilton, tuu out • • 9 Newman, c James, b Henderson 04 Roberts, b Lowry 12 Page, c Dempster, b Lamason .. 71 Gregory, b Hope 20 Jacobs, c Hope, b Lambert .. .. 26 Powell, c Brow'n, b Lambert .... 16 Merritt, b Hoar 46 Read,, b Henderson .... :. .. 28 Burns, c and b Hoar 19 Cunningham, not out 9 Extras , .. .. 88 Total .. .. v. .. .. .. .. 364 Bowling analysis: Lamason 1 for 5, Hoar 2 for 77, Hope 1 for 40, Eothe.ram 0 for 23, Hcn'derson 2 for 78, Lambert 2 for 49, Lowry 1 for 24, Foley 0 for 27, James 0 for 27, Browne ‘0 for 3. Second Innings. Hamilton, not out 1 Newman, not out 21 Extras 3 Total for no wickets .. .. 31 Bowling analysis: Hope 0 for 11, Lamason 0 for 37. SHEFFIELD SHIELD. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Thursday, 11.10 p.m. SYDNEY, Jan. 2. In the Sheffield shield match, Queensland, in the second strike, made 364. Thompson notched 76 and Nothling 121. Nicholls took 4 for 111, Jordan 3 for 65 and Fairfax 2 for 66. Nothling hit 15 fours in most aggressivo style. New South Wales, in the second innings has 201 on for four wickets. (Pudeh 91. Sedcfon 59).