PLUNKET SHIELD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 29 December 1937, Page 6

PLUNKET SHIELD

MATCH AT CHRISTCHURCH SPLENDID ROWLING BY DUNNING OTAGO STARTS SECOND INNINGS WELL lßy Telegraph l J re«s AMoeiatlonl CHRISTCHURCH, 28th December .There was again little bright cricket in the second day’s piay in the Plunket Shield game between Canterbury and Otago at Lancaster Park to-day, when Canterbury continued its innings which was postponed yesterday because of rain. The pitch was soft and the outfield slow, Canterbury batsmen playing the bowling of Dunning and Elmes carefully and quietly. These two bowled almost unchanged throughout the innings. Mcnzies and Stokes, the not-out batsmen, carried Canterbury’s first day’s score of 58 for two wickets to 105 before the former was caught and bowled by Dunning for 49. Stokes was quietly confident and took no risks, scoring steadily with well-placed shots. The brightest moments of the innings were provided by Hadlee, who batted freely and aggressively. The best bowler was Dunning, who bowled unchanged from one end 33.6 overs for six wickets costing only 51 runs. In their second innings Otago lost one wicket for 105 runs, Uttley, 74 not out, batting soundly and scoring stead- , ily with crisp, hard-hit strokes . The scores were:— OTAGO First Innings 172 Second Innings Knight, b Read 17 Uttley, not out 74 Robertson, not out 14 Total for one wicket 105

CANTERBURY First Innings Kerr, b Silver 14 Gasson, b Dunning 14 Mcnzies, c and b Dunning 49 Stokesj c Mills, b Dunning 56 Cromb, c Uttley, b Groves ...... 15 Hadlee, c sub, b Dunning 28 Mcßae, c Knight, b Elmes ............ 8 Webb, b Dunning 2 Burtt, c Miles, b Elmes 0 Read, lbw, b Dunning . 19 Mulcock, not out 3 Extras 5 Total 213

TO-DAY'S PLAY CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. With both sides hopeful of outright wins, considerable interest was manifested in the resumption of play in the Plunket Shield match between Otago and Canterbury this morning. With one wicket down for 105 runs in their second innings, Otago, it was believed, were hopeful of adding another 140 runs before putting Canterbury in on a worn wicket with just over 200 runs to get in about three hours. Uttley (34) and Robertson (14) started off again confidently. Uttley’s fighting knock came to a close in Burtt’s fifth over. Otago’s total was 127 runs for two wickets, the partnership having added 90 runs. Scores:— OTAGO Second Innings Knight, b Read 1? Uttley, lbw b Burtt 88 Robertson, not out 30 Chettleburgh, not cut 24 Extras 3 Total for two wickets 164 TARANAKI DEFEATED MANAWATU’S SUBSTANTIAL MARGIN HAWKE CUP MATCH PALMERSTON N., 28th December. By the very comfortable margin of 374 runs Manawatu successfully warded of! the first challenge for the Hawke Cup in the third day’s play against Taranaki to-day. Manawatu made 373 in their first innings, and declared with eight wickets down for 275 in their second. Taranki’s reply was 131 for the first innings and 143 for their second. Manawatu were on top from the start and the issue never looked in doubt. In both innings Taranaki were unable to stand up to Manawatu’s bowling and fielding, . rd at no stage were the visitors comfortable at the crease. A feature of to-day’s play was a century by C. McVicar, who compiled it with the utmost care, occupying 213 minutes. When Manawatu’s second innings closed Taranaki were faced with the almost impossible task of reaching 517 to win. Details are as follows: MANAWATU First Innings 373 Second Innings C. McVicar, not out 115 W. Pollitt, c McCoy, b Parkinson 20 G. Robertson, c Nasmith, b Christensen 16 J. Ongley, b Christensen 3 N. Gallichan, c N. Giddy, b Betts 82 T. Pritchard, b Betts 0 Norris, cN. Giddy, b Christensen 5 V Hatch, run out 16 I. Hearsey, b Spedding 7 T. Downes, not out 3 Extras 8 Total for eight wickets decl 275 Bowling Analysis:—Christensen took three wickets for 72 runs; Betts, two for 51; Parkinson, one for 42; Spedding, one for 7; McCoy, one for 47; Donnelly,,

none for 38; S. Giddy, none for 10. TARANAKI First Innings 131 Second Innings R. Fra ter, b Downes 3 A. McCoy, c Downes, b Pritchard 4 M. P. Donnelly, c Pollitt, b Pitchard 23 S. Betts, c Gallichan, b Downes .... 6 J. Spedding, c McVicar, b Downes 0 O. M. Nasmith, l.b.w. b ITcarsey 33 N. Giddy, c Noris, b Hatch 17 T. Larkin, b Pritchard 22 S. Giddy, c Robertson, b Downes .... 11 V. Parkinson, b Downes 7 E. L. Christensen, not out 0 Extras 12 Total 143 Bowling Analysis.—Downes took five wickets for 32 runs; Pritchard, three for 40; Hearsey, one for 11; Hatch, one for 16; Gallichan, none for 32. SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCHES PLEETWOOD-SMITII BOWLS WELL NEW SOUTH WALES FOLLOW ON I United Fresx Annotation— By Electric Tpleeraph—Popvrii iD . SYDNEY, 28th December. In the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria at Melbourne, New South Wales in its first innings secured 184 (Fingleton 59, McCabe 16, Barnes 14, Chipperfield 36, Crossman 36 not out; Fleetwood Smith six for 94). New South Wales followed on, and in the second innings lost four for 100 (Fingleton 21 not out. Barnes 28 not out At Adelaide, against Queensland, South Australia declared with eight down for 429. declared (Dixon three for 130). L Queensland, in its second lost six for 330 (W. Brown 132, Rogers l ' 117 not out). Bradman is now within 87 of Clem Hill’s record aggregate of 6274 runs for Sheffield Shield matches.

BOWLING ANALYSIS 0. M. R. w. •) McRae . 8 4 8 0 Read 11 2 30 1 Cromb . 10 0 34 0 Mulcock .... 6 1 14 0 Burtt 3 0 19 0

BOWLING ANALYSIS 0. M. . R. W. Dickinson 11 1 34 0 Dunning 33.6 15 51 6 Elmes . 25 6 71 2 Silver . 3 0 14 1 Howden .. . 4 1 10 0 Groves . 7 1 28 1