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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 4 January 1927, Page 5

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PLUNKET SHIELD CANTERBURY V. WELLINGTON (United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, 3rd Jan. In the Plunket i,Shield match Canterbury’s fourth wicket, fell with the total at -59, Page being caught in the slips by lliddlestou off the fifth ball of Henderson’s third over—s9—4—3o. .Bowen went in, but the second ball from Henderson caught his leg stump—--59—5—0. At this-stage. Henderson had taken three wickets for six. Patrick was next. Oliver when 12 survived a strong appeal fur caught behind the wicket. With the total at 64 Brice relieved McGirr. Patrick, who had been in 13 minutes without scoring, opened his account with a four olf Brice. The sixth wicket 101 l with the total at 73, Oliver being caught by Hollings off the third ball of Brice’s second over —73—6—16. Sandman joined Patrick and bad scored two-when lie was skittled by the first ball of Brice’s next over —77—7—2. Be id opened with a couple off Brice, but three deliveries later was bowled — 79—8—2. The inning closed for 107. •Scores : C'ANTERBURY —Ist Innings Woods, b McGirr 5 Crawford, b McGirr 1 Gregory, e damns, b Henderson 10 Page, c lliddlestou, b Henderson ... 30 Boon, b Henderson 0 Oliver, c Hollings, b Brice 16 Sandman, b Brice 2 Reed, b Brice 2 Cunningham, c James, b Henderson 0 Patrick, run out 32 ■Mcßeath, not out 3 Extras ' 6 Total 107 Bowling—McGirr, 2 for 31; Henderson, 4 for 29; Brice, 3 for 19. Wellington elected to bat again, Hiddleston and Worker opening after lunch to the bowling of Read. Hiddleston s scoring was brisk. Hiddleston was the first to go, being caught in the slips by Page—36—1—25. Kortlang went in and at 2.30 the score was 37 for one. When stumps were drawn Wellington had scored 265 -for 8 wickets. WELLINGTON’S BIG LEAD CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Canterbury collapsed badly, only making 107—Patrick- 32, Page 30. McGirr, Henderson, and Brice took the wickets. Wellington did not make them follow on, but went in again. Except Worker, who was let off six times and ultimately made 70, the men mostly failed, and five were down for 93, Then for the third time in succession the tail end came to the rescue, James (44), Badcock (29), and Hollings (not out 45) pulling the total up to 8 for 264, so that Wellington is 625 to the good. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The Plunket Shield match was continued this morning, Hollings (45) and Brice (7) the not outs, resuming batting for Wellington. Just after 300 had appeared Brice was bowled by Read—3ol —9—2 B. Henderson was last man. With the total at 308 Cunningham went on to bowl in place of Sandman, and he scattered Henderson’s stumps first ball. Hollings carried his bat for a well played 65. Additional scores: Brice, b Read 28 Hollings, not out :... 65 Henderson, b Cunningham 3 Extras 16 Total 308 Bowling: Read, 4 for 86; Cunningham 4 for 94; Mcßeath, 2. for 57; Sandman, 0 for* 49; Patrick, 0 for 6. Woods and Crawford opened Canterbury’s second innings, the local side requiring 690 to win At noon twelve had been scored without loss. The batsmen scored freely anl 30 appeared for 27 minutes’ play. When the total was 40 Henderson relieved Badcock. Just after the half century had appeared Crawford was bowled—--50—1—23. Page was next. Woods square cut Henderson for a boundary, but three balls later lost his stumps—s 4— 2—24. Page and Gregory were then associated, but Gregory liaci a short life. At lunch Canterbury had lost tbre e wickets for 82. OTAGO V. AUCKLAND DUNEDIN, 3rd Jan. In the match Otago- v. Auckland Alloo was at the crease an hour for 10. He opened out to Bowley, hitting the coach for three and two fours. Blanrires opened with a four of! Allcott, but scoring became dolorous again until Cooper relieved Bowley, Alloo getting him toi the pickets once and Blamires twice, but the Aucklander got his length in the next over sending down a maiden to Blamires. Matheson went on jvico Cooper at 252. Blamires placed Otago 100 ahead by turning the new bowler to the leg boundary. Player at the other end was very steady. Only four were hit off five overs. Alloo square cut Matheson to the fence and Blamires snicked a lucky one tb leg for a brace ami drove the next to the boundary. Bowley came on again, sixteen being hit off the over, Alloo getting most of them with beautiful leg shots. Blamires was at the wickets an hour for half a cenlurv.

Havre relieved Player, Blamires hooking him for a quartette. The next .shot, which went dangerously near the bowlers’ hand, saw 300 hoisted. The last ball before luncheon went rattling to the pickets. At the adjournment the score was 304 for 5 wickets.

Shepherd, c Gillespie, h Bowley 46 A. Alloo, not out 46

Blamires, not out Extras ....

Alloo on resumption faced .Matheson, whose seventh ball was square cut nicely for a single. Allcott bowled from the other end, Alloo glancing him to leg for one. Alloo square cut .Matheson off the first ball of the next over, Blamires being run out —3066—62. Blamires played a bright attractive innings. H. C". Alloo, the incomer, was given out Ibw first ball—3o6—7—o. Zimmerman came in. notching a brace t o> Ipg. Off Mathesonnext ball Bowley brought off a fine catch at first slip—3oß—B—2. Torrance played out the over, ‘but Alloj was clean bowled by Allcott in the next over— 308—9 —43. Four wickets had fallen for four runs, when Green' joined Torrance, the wicketkeeper opening with a single. Torrance opened his account by hinting Matheson to square leg for three. Green made a couple of nice shots to the off for three and one. Torrance square cutting Matheson to the boundary and driving to the off for 3. A. W. Alloo. b Allcott 43 Itlainircs. run old 62 If. G. Alloo. Ibw. h Matheson 0 Zimmerman, c Rowley, b Matheson 2 Torrance, b Rowley U Green, not mil 9 Extras 4 Total 336

AUCKLAND MAKING A GOOD STAND DUNEDIN, This Day. Otago’s early batsmen did very well against Auckland. Shepherd, Alloo/ and Blamires brought 300 up for five wickets, but after lunch there was an extraordinary collapse. Four wickets went fur four runs. Some hitting by” the last, two men brought the total to; 336, a disappointing result after the fine' start-. Mathieson took 3 for 82; Bowley 4 for 110; ALlcott 1 for 49; Cooper. 1 for 30. . “U. The Northerners did much better - on going in again, and wiped off the deficit with a bit to tile good for the loss of. only two wickets. Bowley (85) played an excellent innings. Mills was 34, Cooper, not out, 55, Gillespie, not out,” 19, and the total was 2 for 212.

TO-DAY’S PLAY

DUNEDIN, This Day

The. Plunket Shield match Otagq. v' Auckland was resumed in fine weatherJ the wicket being as good as on the first day. Blamires, who was injured yeste'r-.. day, did not field.

Cooper (56) and Gillespie (18) YesttrftC. ed Auckland’s second innings (2 for 212) to the howling of Torrance arid- Blunt.",. When Cooper had added three lie returned a hot one to Blunt, who failed’ to hold the ball. The batsmen ran a single, but had Blunt hit the wickets ■ with a return Gillespie would have been run out. •

With the total at 230 Gillespie hit' a slack one from Blunt, into mfd-ofUs hands—3-26-230. . ■

Two halls later Cooper stepped in front of one from the same bowler— l 4-60-231, The retiring batsman was at the wickets 118 minutes for 66. ’

Alcolt and Da ere were associated, the, former’s first four scoring strokes in-' eluding three fours. Dacre, ope'ned qui.eC ly, but lifted Torrance over . the fence—the first six of the match.., Blunt’s next over saw 260 hoisted, Dacre square.,cutting him for 4 and notching three ,fo fine leg. Alcolt reached 20 by. drivirjg Torrance to the on boundary.

Dickinson replaced Blunt, Dacre tak-'. ing five from the over. Shepherd relieved Torrance, Dacf-h reaching 30 with a pretty glance to the square leg boundary. Alcott gave a chance off Dickinson in the next Oyer, cutting through Blair’s hands in the slips. At noon Auckland had lost- 4 for 303, after 3 hours 50 minutes’ play. '

SHEFFIELD SHIELD

VICTORIA V. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.;"!

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.MELBOURNE, 3rd -Jam • In the Sheffield Shield match ’ South' ” Australia in tlie first innings scored 148- - —Williams 21, Pritchard 56, Grimmett'U 19. Bowling—-Morton 5 for 70; Blackie'-.': 4 for 59.

Light showers fell in the morning” and ihe wicket was a bit tricky. The visitors made a poor showing against 1 , the deadly bowling of Morton aridBlackie, the first seven wickets yielding only 60 runs. Pritchard and Gri’rnmelt stemmed the debacle for, a .time"’ the partnership putting on 53. Once it was broken the bowlers made short work of' the remaining batsmen. Victoria in th e second innings lost three wickets for 168 —Woodfull 34, Ponsford 84, Hendry not put. 36! Ponsford and Woodfull opened brightly, cutting and driving freely!--After losing Woodfull, Ponsford looked like adding another three figure score to his list, but had the misfortune to get leg before. He gave two chances-To-day lie passed the coveted mark of. 5,000 runs in first-class cricket. Hendry played bright cricket and made tho bowling look easy'. '

JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE MATCH,,,

A junior representative match. Nelson v. Marlborough, was played at the; Park on Saturday under good conditions, with the ground in splendid order. Nelson l ; were much too strong for their opp'on- •' cuts and won easily by- an innings and 148 runs. The pace of the wicket and) • Wells’s fast bowling upset the : in the first innings and they, had 1 fivedown for 8 and later nine for 31,/but‘the ‘ last wicket added a valuable 17, —ln the second innings the bowling was experimented with somewhat, and Hie* total reached 115, McCoinvay w.hogtqp.‘.cored hitting 20 off the four balls‘preceding his dismissal. Nelson, put-up the" respectable total of 311, "which is'Thehighest made" by a Nelson junior representative team. The scoring-was very even, there being nine" double figures and six over 30. The Marlborough* aD- . tack was weak and the bowling Jacked length. Although the Nelson team was not at full strength, it reflected the high standard of local junior cricket"'at‘the present time and with the gradual improvement in wickets and grounds, the junior teams should find increasing en(tfturagemcnt. Of late years a number,, of players completing their senior careers have gone back to junior ranks instead of giving up the game arid'this mffstW have a beneficial effect on the standard of play. In Saturday's team there were seven former seniors, four of them old senior representatives. (In last year’s 7 match Nelson won by 28 runs and in a the previous season by an'innings and 40 runs). Messrs Oresswell (Blenheim) and <- Franklin (Nelson) umpired ‘throughout ; Saturday’s game of which the scores are as follow: MARLBOROUGH—Ist Innings. , Tarrant, b Wells :).... 0 Auiv. li Wells 0 •• Woollev, b Wells , 1 Moore,' b Wells * 0„ Fraser, b Veysey ’ 3 Haswell, b Veysey O') Holdaway. b Wells2 1 McConwav, b Wells ...A..........i..,L Ll 5 Neal, b Wells A.A...;.. ; ‘ 9 Alexander, b Wells . 0 Hauler, not ou’t 9 Extras 13" Total : 48' Bowling: A Wells 8 for 12; Yeysev ” 2 for 18Best 0 for 9. MARLBOROUGH—2nd Innings Hasweli. b Coleman 22 Hanky, h Best 7 Woolley, li Best ;..... 0 , Moore, b Vass 5 Eraser, b Wells • 7 ' Autv. Ibw. Coleman 11 Tarrant, b Wells .9 McCoinvay. b Pike 32 ' Neal, b Veysey : —-0 ■ Holdaway. not out 8.) Alexander. Ibw Pike 3 Extras 11" Total 115 ; Bonding: Vass 1 for 13: Best 2 for 27: Coleman 2 for 13: Wells 2 for 18; Veysr-v 1 for 11 ; Pike 2 for 22. " 7 . NELSON—Ist Innings R. Pike, Ibw Moore A 12 A 11. Kin/.ctt. c McConwav, h Neal ...*• 62 - A. Wells. Ibw, Neal 15 \ P. Coleman, e Haswell, b Moore ... 31 ■ B. Veysey, b Hanley 39 t R. Best, c Alexander, b Moore 34 j F. W. Huggins, not out 44 A. C. De Lacy b Fraser 4§ ' Yaps. I>' Fraser 11 , 0. Exton. c McCoinvay, h Autv tl R. Rf John, b Fraser (,-••• -iC Extras •.. -A)v

Total :..:;t.;,3Jf Bowling: Moore 3 for 54; Hanley 1 for 36; Woollev 0 for 38; Neal 2 f0r.35; Erase*' 3 for 45 ; Haswell 0 for 41 j tarlant 0 for 36 : Autv 1 for 19.