Wellington Piling up Big Score

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6747, 4 January 1932, Page 7

Wellington Piling up Big Score

DEMPSTER'S BRILLIANT 151. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. The second day ’s play in the I’lunkct Shield match, between Wellington and Canterbury saw Wellington obtain a lirnx grip of the game. The heavy showers overnight had affected the wicket which was drying when Canterbury resumed their first innings. With 19!) on for four wickets Newman, McGirr and Henderson seized their opportunity and the batsmen had to act strictly on the defensive. The weather i was gloriously lino and tho crowd present- in the afternoon was estimated a! 7000. ; After adding a Couple to his overnight score of 36 Cromb was taken in tho - slips by Crook off McGirr. There was • then a bad slump. Bellamy was bowled by McGirr after scoring two and Powell fell leg before to the same bowler before opening his account. Newman was bowling like a machine and at one } stage sent down 12 maiden overs in ] succession. ] Merritt attempted to hit the Nelson left-hander and was clean bowled. A £ plucky last-wicket stand by Lester and t Burrows carried the score from 238 to j 276. After scoring 49 Lester fell leg i before to Newman. The old collegian had given one of the soundest displays of tho innings. He was at the wickets for 135 minutes and hit five fours. Burrows was left unbeaten with 14 to his credit. The Wellington bowling was good throughout and Newman, McGirr and It Henderson took soniG playing on the ( drying wicket. In the morning New- f< man bowled superbly in capturing four t 1 for 51 off 40 overs, half of which were s< maidens. McGirr, too, kept an immacu- oi late length in taking three for 34 off 21 overs. The wicket was a batsman’s paradise when Wellington went to the wickets S at 12.44. Dempster and Dustin gave the re local side a splendid start by putting ce

on 939 for the first wicket. None of the Canterbury bowlers could do much , on the perfect wicket and all that could , be done was to wait for the batsmen to . make mistakes and get themselves out. I Strangely enough Cromb appeared to , be the easiest of the lot and was freely ' scored, off. ! The first hundred came up after .80 . minutes’ play, Dustin reaching the halt j century shortly before Dempster. The latter then started to forge ahead, hitI ting 11 oil an over by Merritt. Dcmpj ster reached his century in 161 minutes, Dustin being then 83. Dustin ran to , the nineties, but just as he appeared set for his century he was smartly stumped ■ by Burns off Merritt. The Midland r colt- was at the wickets for 193 minutes I for his 99 and gave a chaneeless display. i Tho first wicket fell at 239. Dempster i and Hepburn carried the score along to • 275 wlicro Dempster who had given a : masterly display for 221 minutes was brilliantly taken with a right-handed catch at deep mid-on by Roberts off > Burrows. Dempster never looked like 1 getting out and the 19 boundary strokes ' he made were of pleasing variety. ■ McGirr and Hepburn carried on the • run getting and were still together at > stumps. The 300 came up in 236 minutes and when time was called the score stood at 320 for the Joss of two wickets, Hepburn being 41 and McGirr 24. Scores:— CANTERBURY.-—First Innings .. Kerr, c Lambert, b Newman .... 46 Hamilton, b Henderson 4i Roberts, c McGirr, b Newman .... 22 Page, e Hepburn, b Lambert .. .. 27 Cromb, c Crook, b McGirr 38 Lester, lbw, b Newman ........ 49 Bellamy, b McGirr 2 Powell, lbw, b McGirr 9 Merritt, b Newman .. .. 2 Burns, c Crook, b Henderson .... 9 Burrows, not out ............ 14 Ext ras .. .. .. 20 Total 270 Bowling analysis: McGirr 3 for 34, Massey 0 for 14, Newman 4 for 51, Henderson 2 for 78, Lambert 1 for 60, Crook 0 for 19. WELLINGTON. —First Innings. Dempster, c Roberts, b Burrows .. 154 Dustin, std Burns, b Merritt .... 92 Hepburn, not out 41 McGirr, not out 24 Extras 14 Two wickets for .. .. .. .. 325 Bowding analysis: Cromb 0 for 72, Burrows 1 for 52, Merritt 1 for 89, Lester 0 for 35, Bellamy 0 for 32, Roberts 0 for 22, Rowell 0 for 9. At luncheon Mr. H. M. McGirr was presented with a ball suitably inscribed to mark his feat of having played in more matches than any bowler in the Dominion. Sheffield Shield Match Received Sunday, 5.5 p.m. ; SYDNEY, Jan. 3. In Sheffield Shield cricket Queens- i land in their first innings made 148 j (Mossop 25). Hooker took two wickets for 30, O’Reilly two for 19 and llird j two for 5. New South Wales in their second effort lost five for 173 (Hird, not out 52, Nott 39, Solomon not out 24).