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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18283, 27 December 1922, Page 6

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PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH. ! AUCKLAND COMPILES 386. WELLINGTON'S SECOND EFFORT. : TOTAL OF 284 FOR 7 WICKETS. ! [BY TELEGBAFH. —PIU2S9 ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Tuesday. The Plunket Shield match between I Auckland and Wellington was continued to-day in fine weather. The wicket and ) outfield were hard and fast. Dacro and McLeod resumed against the bowling of Brico and Bernau, Brice bowling on the off theory. Dacre soon fell a victim, being bowled by Brice; 312—5—145. McLeod followed him soon after, being bowled by Bernau who had . ] the advantage of the wind; 316—6—25. Wellington's hopes now roso high. The partnership between Garrard and Alcott was the only other worthy tof note in the innings. Thoy put on 49 between them, Alcott contributing 29. Neither Whelan, Patterson, nor Rountree made any showing, and the innings closed for 386. Hiddlestone and Baker opened Wellington's second innings and off Alcott's second over Baker played one on, s—l—" 3. Soon after Bernau skied his ball to Alcot t, off Garrard ; 10—2—6. The luncheon adjournment saw 20 up. In the second over after the resumption, Hiddlestone returned a catch to Garrard, whose record now was two for 1. Collins was the new batsman, and he steadily played himself in, scoring nine singles before reaching double figures with a boundary. Fifty appeared after an hour's play, and soon after, while running a close 'one, Kortlang had the misfortune to injure himself and had to retire. Dempster joined Collins and the scoring was slow, Garrard bowling four maidens out of ten overs. The scoring livened up after 70 appeared, but still the batsmen were cautious. Some Slow Scoring. Anthony relieved Alcott and Smith took the Kill from Garrard. After 12 overs, characterised by slow scoring, Snedden changed with Anthony. Dempster was giving a poor display and poking all round tho wicket. Collins was sato and steady. Tho century appeared after two hours' play. The game now livened uv>, and the batsmen beca'me more at h< me. At 121 Alcott took tho ball from Smith, who had bowled six overs for 16 41111s, and Collins hit three fours off tho over. McLeod replaced Snedden at 130, atid the batsmen relished t lie change. Twenty-two runs wero knocked off McLeod in three overs, and off Alcott's, in the same number of overs, 17 runs were made. Smith spelled Alcott at 160. At the afternoon adjournment the scoro was 172 (Dempster 43, Collins 67). Garrard and Alcott were the attacking pair at tho resumption, and 180 runs quickly went up. Ten minutes after the second century w:;,s passed, with Collins 88, Dempster 60. The score was mounting up quickly and boundaries were frequent.

Rain Stops Play. At 234. Dempster was missed in the outfield by Horspool, but at tho next ball he was stumped by Rountree off Smith. Ronaldson, tho new batsman, met disaster two balls later, being bowled by Smith. Ivortlang came in again with a substitute to run for him. At 230, Collins reached his century with Kortlang 41. Threo more boundaries closed the letter's innings, for ho then returned ono to Smith. 53—6—246. McGirr filled tho gap, and opened his score with a brace. The bowling was changed, but a Scotch mist gave the batsmen an advantage. At 279, Collins attempted to pu'il ono from Snedden. rad was clean lx>wled. 278—7 —116. Grant joined McGirr, and the two played until play was stopped by the weather. De- j tails: — , AUCKLAND. —First Innings. Anthony, b McGirr G Horspool, b Brice ... ... ••• 5 Smith, c Baker, b Grant 37 Dccre, b Brice ... ... ••• ••• 145 Snedden, b Brice ••• ••• ••• 79 MeLeod, b Bernau ... 25 Garrard, c Baker, b Hiddlestone ... 24 Paterson, thrown out 4 Whelan, c Kortlang, b Bernau ... 7 Alcott, b Hiddlestone 29 Rountree, not out 4 Extras 21 Total 386 Bowling Analysis.—Brice three for 118, McGirr one for 55, Grant one for 44, Bernau two for 67, Hiddlestone two for 49. Collins none for 32. ® 32 * V WELLINGTON. First Innings 435 Second Innings. Baker, b Alcott 3 Hiddlestone, c and b Garrard ... 10 Bernau, c Alcott, b Garrard 6 Kortlang, c and b Smith ••• — 53 Collins, b Snedden _ ••• 116 Dempster, st Rountree, b Smith ... 70 Ronaldson, b Smith ... ® 0 McG'rr, not out ••• 1° Grant, not out 2 Extras & Seven wickets for 284 THE PLAY REVIEWED. DACRE'S GREAT INNINGS. ROWNTREE SAVES 'EXTRAS. [by telegraph.—own correspondent.] WELLINGTON. Tuesday. j After opening in the Plunket Shield match in a manner which gave promise of an even better total than Wellington, Auckland failed to reach their opponent's tally by 49 runs. Feature? of the Auckland innings were the brilliant batting display given by Snedden and Dacre. The Auckland captain played a particularly useful innings, playing in Auckland's best interests. Dacre was brilliant and forceful, treating the Wellington bowling with little respect on Christmas Day. To-day he was unable, to get going properly, and added only five to his over-night tally. Horspool and Anthony, who opened for Auckland, were never comfortable. Smith played attractive cricket, and MeLeod, Garrard, and Alcott all contributed useful tallies. The Wellington bowling was not firstclass by any means, Hiddleston finishing with the best average, and Brice taking most of the wickets. The fielding generally was smrtrt, although Dacre was badly dropped by Kortlang when only 69. The second innings of tho homo team opened disastrously, Baker, Bernau, and Hiddlegton all being dismissed cheaply. At ono stago three wickets were down for 21 runs, but Kortlang, Collins, and Dempster saved the situation by careful batting. Kortlang was badly injured, and had to retire, but, despite his injury, hatted attractively on his return. Collins played patiently for the century, and was only aggressive toward the close. Dempster was inclined to be aggressive. Smith bowled well, as did Garrard Rowntree, despite an injury, was brilliant behind the stumps, as the figures i show. 1 The match will bo resumed to-morrow