PLUNKET SHIELD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 3 January 1927, Page 5

PLUNKET SHIELD

WELLINGTON V. CANTERBURY "

(United Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH ,This Day.; ._;, Canterbury met Wellington for th~e Plunket Shield match in'ideal weather,

Although lliddleston and .Kortlang . put up 150 for the second wicket- and the former went on to score another-,,.,, century, the next wickets fell fast, and; Canterbury were doing well..til.l-,Bad-., r .. cock joined James as he did against Otago. These two started to hammer the bowling all over the ground ;; and \ knocked up 154 in an hour and a quar- ~ T _ ter. At one time they scored oft 23 secutivo balls. ■-.-: *.'••;-,''

After James was caught Badcock found useful -assistance in the last two" men and the total was carried to 488, which puts the local side in a losing po;" sition. • .■•.-•-

The chief scores were: Badcock 155,., ■•' lliddleston 114, James 56, Kortlang 55 ; \ Bowling: Read 4 for 107, Cunningham...,.: 2 for 132, Sandman 1 for 95, Mcßeth :: ;: 1 for 93. ■..--•

PLAY CONTINUED

CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.The Wellington-Canterbury" Plunket;;.,., Shield match/was resumed to-day in fineweather with the wicket in good'order.*.' Canterbury went : to the wickets • faced—: with the task of catching Wellington'.s7 488 score, but did not start promisingly,'>■■-; losing the first two wickets for only 11.runs. Gregory and Page stopped Qiei*'22 rot, but the third wicket fell with. Hie total at 46. Woods and Crawford"open-:.;.: ed to the howling of. Badcock- and U M &■-* Girr. Off the first ball Crawford scoiv~ ed a single and Woods scored one'-off-'"; tlie third. Woods sent McGirr's first....i delivery to the leg boundary for four. McGirr's fourth delivery clean bowled Woods, beating him all tlie v>'a'y. , '6-l'-5 f .'" .Page joined Crawford and three byes brought ten up. In McGiur's second over Crawford's stumps were scattered.; Gregory was next man in, and opened' his account with a single off, McGirrj Scoring was steady and thirty appeia.rJeM,'. .„ for half an hour's play. With the'.'total.-.. at 46 Henderson replaced Badcock. From his first ball Gregory was caught by- , James (the wicket-keeper) ' who'.'. >vaX'.-. standing well back. 46 : 3-10. 'Oliver""" was next in. The halLcentury. appeared for 52 minutes' play. ' ~~"

OTAGO V. AUCKLAND:-"--''<"-•"

DUNEDINi'This Day.' Although the weather was firie ; i,aricl the wicket good, low scoring ruled in— •'■. the Shield match against Auckland; Th'ej'' latter were disposed of for 155.-Dacfey-top scorer with 62. was badly run out," at a critical stage. Mills, 29, and- Player 18 (not out) were the only other.''-' double figures. -■ ' >'* •■'•''^'. Bowling: Blunt 5 for 56,' Torrance'-a ■"'-'' for 51, Dickenson 1 for 35. ' ■.•SyW'-O Otago lost 4 for 155. , Blunt and Mc-" -' Knight made 101 for the- first wicketV" ' the former 60 and the latter 58, Cherry made 22. '.: ' :-:.'.~-:v:: r'r'it J

TO-DAY'S \PLAY? IZd'Z%

DUN.ED-IN.-This Da v. The Plunket Shield match., hetween « Otago and Auckland' was contihued'"this morning in beautiful weather on a perfect wicket, dago's innings was continued by Shepherd and A. Aloo'to the . bowling of Matheson and Alcott. Aloo found the latter troublesome, but Shepherd, who was 'showing glimpses of' his . his best form,' played fairly confidently,^' ':■. clouting Alcott to the fence. He reeeiy-' '." ed a gift of four from a throw in Jby'.V.' Dacre. : . '•■,

At 171 Bowley lookup the bowling'in -- place of Alcott, who relieved Mathesorii.;' ' Shepherd drove Bowley straight'-to the-' fence and square cut' the next fo¥"a : ?? quartette, and after both had ■added"'* a single Shepherd again drove tlie"Eng-" 7 * lishman to the pickets. Fifteen ca'iHfe' 1 ?' off this over, which was the most expensive of the game so far. —Aloo'■'"' brought the second century up' after -190":;: minutes' play. Shepherd "was then'"'? caught by Gillespie, 202—5—46.-.-'. .'.-.U-.t