Drab and Colourless Cricket

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 44, 22 February 1938, Page 7

Drab and Colourless Cricket

Auckland Face Defeat PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. Dropped catches proved costly to Auckland in the third day ’s play of the Plunket Shield match with Wellington to-day. After dismissing their opponents for 156, Wellington compiled 223 but Tindill, Donnelly and Moloney had given “lives.” The northerners face defeat although this is not likely to affect their grip on the shield. The day’s cricket was drab and colourless. Scorte:— AUCKLAND. First Innings. A. J. Postles, c Tindill, b Pritchard 21 P. E. Whitelaw, lbw, b Donnelly 32 J. E. Mills, b Pritchard ........ 12 W. M. Wallace, not out 51 W. N. Carson, c Moloney, b Parsloe 10 V. Scott, c Pritchard, b Donnelly II A. M. Matheson, b Pritchard .... 2 M. McMahon, c Tindill, b Griffiths I D. Edmonds, run out 7 J. Cowie, c Pritchard, b Griffiths . • 4 J. B. Simpson, c and b Pritchard .. 1 Extras 4 Total 1. .. 156

WELLINGTON. First Innings. H. F. Rice, b Carson 10 E. W. Tindill, c Edmonds, b Cowie 43 D. A. R. Moloney, c Edmonds, b Cowie * 1 M. P. Donnelly, b Carson 52 J. R. Lamason, c Simpson, b Matheson 51 W. Bain, c Edmonds, b Matheson 0 C. K. Parsloe, c Postles, b Matheson 1J T. Pritchard, e Scott, b Matheson 6 B. Griffiths, lbw, b Cowie 6 E. D. Blundell, not out ....•••• 7 Extras •• •• 27 Total - 223

Bowling Analysis. o. M. B. w. Blundell . 11 23 0 Parsloe . 2 25 1 Donnelly 4 12 2 Griffiths . 0 51 2 Lamason 0 14 0 Pritchard 10.6 i 27 4

Bowling Analysis. 0. M. H. W 17 60 4 Matheson .. .. .. 20.6 6 55 4 0 16 0 6 1 18 2 8 2 28 0 McMahon 3 0 19 0