Canterbury Has Outright Win

Northern Advocate, 5 January 1948, Page 3

Canterbury Has Outright Win

CHRISTCHURCH, Mon. (Sp.)—The last Wellington wicket fell in Wellington’s second innings on Saturday with 30 minutes remaining for play and Canterbury thus snatched an outright victory by 142 runs. Wellington required 417 runs to win but was all out for 274. At one stage, six wickets were down for 82 but the later batsmen stepped into the breach and there was a chance that Wellington might play out time. The run out of Reid in the first 20 piinutes of play was the turning point of the game. C. S. Dempster and Crawford did not look like staying and it was not till Tindill and Wilson became associated that the side made any material progress.

I Tindill was beaten by a good ball j from Small half an hour after the lun- | cheon adjournment, j FIGHTING CRICKET | Wilson hit 10 fours in his total of IGO but was at the wickets for two jand a quarter hours. He was caught J behind 15 minutes before the tea ini terval j E. Dempster and McLean seemed I set to save Wellington but Dempster touched Burtt’s off-break and was ! caught. McLean and Browne stuck there for three quarters of an hour in a last wicket stand before Browne fell to Small. Gate takings for the match exceeded £9OO and the record set at the recent Wellington-Otago game. CANTERBURY First Innings , .... 462 Second Innings Total for six wickets, dec 277 WELLINGTON First Innings .-. 323 Second Innings R. McK. Murray, c Small, b MacGibbon 12 J. Little, c Anderson, b Snook o J. Reid, run out i E. W. Tindill, b Small £1 J. A. Ongley, lbw, b Small 17 C. S. Dempster, lbw. b Burtt 12 R. Crawford, c Anderson, b Small .... 4 D. S. Wilson, c Britton, b Hadlee .... 60 E. Dempster, c Britton, b Burtt 52 A. McLean, not out 38 M. Browne, b Small 3 Extras 24 Total 274 Bowling.—MacGibbon, one for 59; Small, four for 52; Hadlee, one for 20; Snook, one for 25; Burtt, one for 59; O’Malley, none for 11; Anderson, none for 24.