CRICKET JOTTINGS

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11737, 26 January 1924, Page 10

CRICKET JOTTINGS

PLUNKET SHIELD CONTEST

MEMORABLE SAME A6AIHST OTAGO

The final of the Plunkot Shiold contests for the season 1923-24 was a groat climax to the splendid battles that have taken place this year. For five days Otago and Wellington fought for supremacy, and it was not until the last two hours of the match that the issue was beyond douot. This remarkable gamo is unprecedented in the annals of New Zealgnd cricket, and there aro few matchos on record in any other country to equal it. At least three New Zealand records wont by tho board. The aggregate of 1905 is unparalleled as far as this country is concerned, while the seven centuries and the fourth inning’s tally of 495 by Otago aro also something new to New Zealand. Another (point worthy of note is the fact that no less than ten balls were used in the match. The highest aggregate score in firstclass matches was obtained in 1908-9, when tho six-day match between Victoria and New South Wales produced 1911 runs for 34 wickets. Had the outfield been fast on the final day, the Plunket Shield match would have probably beaten this huge tally. In tho New South Wales-Viotorian match seven centuries were scored —a performance equalled in the Plrankot Shield game, when the following players passed the hundred markW. A. Baker 148, B. J. Kortlang 108, H. M. MoGirr 117, J. S. Hiddleston 150, D. C. Collins 110. R. de Worker 106, J. McMullan 111. There were 18 other instances on record of the same pair of batsmen making 100 runs or more together for the first wicket in both innings of a firstclass match, and of these only three are greater than the performance of Shepherd and Worker, who compiled 154 and 155. In 1903, C. B. Fry and J. Vine, playing for Sussex against Leicestershire, made 170 and 179; in 1904, J. Iremonger and A.’ O. Jones, pladyng for Notts against Gloucestershire, made 102 and 803; and A. H. Hornby and H. Makepiece, playing for Lancashire against Notts, made' 141 and 193. In 1907, T. Hayward and J. B. Hobbs accomplished a feat quite unparalleled by making 100 runs together for the first wicket for Surrey four times in one week. Their totals were: 106, 125, 147, and 105. The heaviest score registered in a fourth innings was in 1907-8, when New South Wales, .playing South Australia at Sydney, were 6et 593 to win, and amassed 572. Other fourth innings totals that exceed Otago’s 495 completed last week number only two —<507 (seven wickets). Cambridge University v. M.C.C. and Grouqd, a- Lords, 1896, and 5Z<3 (eight wickets), Players v. Gentlemen, at Lords, 1900. The next highest total recorded is 472, which was made in 1905-6 by the New South Wales team against the Australian team a.- Sydney, after being set 552 to win. Trumper, Duff, Noble, Cotter, Kelly, and Howell were ploying against their The sixth wicket partnership between McMullan and A. W. Alloo in the second innings was notable for producing as many as 136 runs, which falls short of the English record for that partnership by only 22 runs. The Australian fifth wicket Tecord is 142, and the sixth 186. _ So far in New Zealand first-class enoket no player has scored two separate ; hundreds in ore match, but some of the ' batsmen in the game just over went I near to accomplishing this feat. Shepherd got 76 and 94; Worker, 106 and 94; Collins, 85 and 110; “MoGirr. 117 and 72. Since this game has been so notable the following statistics of previous games should prove of interest: —

HIGHEST AGGREGATES*

OVER 1000 BUNS. 1905—Wellington v. Otago, 1923-24. 1554—Auckland v. Wellington, 1822-23. 1541—Auckland .v. AVellington, 1923-24. 1200 —Wellington v. Canterbury, 1922-23. 1150—Auckland v. Canterbury, 1913-14. 1137 —Otago v. Auckland!, 1923-24. 1126—(30 wickets)— Canterbury v. Auckland, 1919-20. 1113—Auckland v. Wellington, 1920-1921. 1112—Otago v. Canterbury, 1923-1924. 1097—(34 wickets)— Canterbury v. Auckland, 1910-1911. 1040—Auckland v. Canterbury, 1922-23. 1026 138 wickets)— Wellington V. Canter•burv, 1918-1 £l9. 1012—(86 wickets)— Otago v. Canterbury, 1921-1922. (•) Match played on ground of last mentioned province in every ease. - BIX LOWEST AGGREGATES. 410—When Canterbury beat Otago at Christchuch by an innings and 26 in 1914-1915. 433—When Canterbury beat Otago at Christchurch by an innings and 51 in 1912-1913. 517—" When Canterbury beat Otago at Christchurch by six wiokets in 1913-1914. 522 When Wellington beat Canterbury at Wellington by eight wickets in 1921-1922. 523 When Canterbury bent Hawke’s Bay at. Napier by an innings and 149 in 1914-1916. 557—When Auckland beat Canterbury at Christchurch by two wickets in 1911-1912. OVER 500 IN AN INNINGS. 643—8 y Auckland against Canterbury at Auckland, 1919-1920. 579—8 y Auckland against Otago at Auckland, 1920-1921. 569—8 y Wellington against Auckland at Wellington, 1923-1924. 560—8 y 'Wellington against Otago, at Dunedin, 1923-1924. £39 —By Auckland against Canterbury at Christchurch, 1907-1908. 537—8 y Auckland against Hawke’s Bay, at Auckland, 1920-1921. OVER 400 IN AN INNINGS. 495—8 y Otago (second innings) against Wellington, at Dunedin, 19231924. 465—8 y Wellington (seoond innings) against Otago at Dunedin, 19231824. 442—8 y Canterbury against Otago at Dunedin, 1913-1914. 435—8 y Wellington against Auckland at Wellington, 1922-1923. 432 —By Canterbury against Wellington at Christchurch, 1922-1923. LESS THAN 100 IN AN INNINGS. £9 —Hawke's Bay (second innings) v. Auckland, 1914-1915. *97—Otago at Dunedin (first innings) v. Canterbury,' 1922-1923. *92—Auckland) (second innings) v. Canterbury, 1908-1909. (Played at Auckland, whooo team still wpn by 32 runs.) 88—Hawke's Bay (first innings) v. Auckland, 1914-1915. *B6—Canterbury at Christchureh first inings v Auckland, 1911-1912. 84 —Otago second innings v. Canterbury, 1914-15. 82—Otago second innings v. Auckland, 1907-1918. i 81 —Otago first innings v. Auckland, 19071908. 81—Otago second innings v. Canterbury, 191271 —Otago second innings v. Canterbury, 191353—Hawke’s Bay second innings v. Auckland, 1920-1921. 52—Otago second innings v. Canterbury, 1911-1912. •[NOTE. —Always played on opponent’s —i.e., last-named —ground except in- tbe three cases starred n

RUNAWAY VICTORIES

Innings. •AUCKLAND. 1907-1908—Beat Canterbury by an innings and 135 runs. 1919-1911—Beat Otago by an innings and 161 runs. 1919- —Beat Canterbury by au innings and 160 runs. 1920- —Beat Hawke’s Bay by an innings and 354 runs. Also, 1909-1910—Beat Wellington by 10 wickets. 1921- Beat Wellington by 10 wickets. 1923-1924 —Beat Canterbury by, 10 wickets. •All on the “home” field. CANTERBURY. 1912- Beat Otago at Christchurch by an innings and 51 runs. 1913- —Beat Otago at Dunedin by an innings and 132 runs. 1914- —Beat Hawke’s Bay at Napier by an innings and 149 runs. 1914-1915—Beat Otago at Christchurch by an innings and 26 runs. Also, * 1912-1913—Beat Otago at Dunedin by 10 wickets. WELLINGTON. Wellington has not yet won a match by an innings, but in 1921-1922, left with 126 runs to get against Otago at Wellington, scored 130 without loss. OTHER BIG WINS. Nine Wickets. Auckland has twice won by a margin of nine wickets: (a) Beat Wellington at Auckland 1912-1913 (b) Beat Wellington at Auckland 1919-1920 Over 800 runs. 382—Auckland beat Canterbury at Christchurch 1920-1921 375—Wellingtonb beat Auckland at Wellington 1923-1924 318—Canterbury beat Auckland at Christchurch 1920-1921 315—Auckland beat Otago at Auckland 1907-1908 THE AVERAGES PLAYERS IN SHIELD GAMES. The following tables show the averages of all batsmen and bowlers that 'have taken part in the series of Plunket Shield matches just completed:—

SHOTS AT RANDOM

THE GAME AND THE PLAYERS. A menjper of the Wellington team, was on his way to the Cariebrook ground on Wednesday—the final day of the Plunket Shield match—when aho was accosted by an old citizen of the Dour City: “I hope ‘Oturgi’ wins,” he said, in a slow, Scottish dialect. "Besides, its only saxpence to-day, ’ was the somewhat disconnected remark that followed. Shepherd told the "Times” representative at the Plunket Shield match that he would not be available ~ for the ' Testsl This will mean n serious loss to the batting strength. Hiddleston now heads the aggregate scores in all Shield matches. He has scored 1399 runs for 29 innings, including once not out. This givos him an average of 49.96. Previously L. G. Hemus (Auckland), 1341 for 39 innings, and W. R. Patrick (Canterbury), 1331' for 49 innings. were ahead of Hiddleston. There 16 a probability that Dempster, who is employed by Messrs Sargobd, Son and Ewan, will be transferred to Dunedin in the near future. He will be a loss to Wellington cricket, brut will be in good company in tbe southern city. J. Hutchings will probably be given a placo in tho match against the Australians. He certainly deserves it. "Dad" Wilson was true to his nicknsf.ie when manager of the team on the vthern tone

In. NO. H.S. Tl. Av. Worker (0.) 6 — 172 515 85.83 Hiddleston (W.) 6 — 163 510 85.00 Collins (W.) 6 127 364 60.66 Kortlaner (W.)... 6 — 134 318 53,00 Shepherd (O.) ... 6 — 92 307 ri.16 MeGirr (W.) ... 6 1 117 255 51.00 Smith (A.) 5 — 79 248 <9,60 Dacre (A.) 5 — 88 246 49.20 Anthony (A.) 4 1 87 137 45 66 Blamires (O.) ... 6 — 133 271 45.16 McLeod (A.) 4 1 52 131 48.66 MoMullan (O.)... 6 — 111 242 40.33 Blunt (C.> 6 — 104 238 39.66 Baker (W.) 6 — 143 231 38.50 Burton (A.) 5 — 47 167 33.40 Olliver (C.i 6 — 72 , 192 32.<fo Bernau (W.) 3 — 65 95 31.66 Holland (WA ... 4 1 54 95 31.66 Snedden (A.) ... 5 — 63 150 30.00 Henderson (W.) 2 1 30* . SO . 30.00 Orr (W.> 4 — 69 113 28.25 Cherry (O.) .2 — 35 56 28.00 James (W.) 5 2 45* 80 26.66 Young* (C.) 6 2 33* 88 22.00 Irving (A.) 5 — 34 105 21.00 Alloo, A.W. <0.) 6 ■ 30 115 19.16 Patrick (C.) € — 30 120 £0.00 Alloo, H. C. (O.) 6 — 30 115 19.16 Snndman (C.) ... 6 — 37 114 19.00 Brice (W.) 5 2 25 57 19.00 Allcott (A.) 5 2 19 56 ’8.68 Knight (O.i 4 — 45 73 18.25 Gillespie (A.) ... 5 — 61 82 16.40 Galland (0.) 6 — 44 97 <6.16 Dempster (W.)... e — 69 91 15.16 Watson CW.) ... 2 — 29 29 14.50 Duller (C.) 2 2 12* 13 13.00 Bead (C.) 4 — 23 57 12.75 Cunningham (C.) 6 1 17 62 12.40 Boon (C.I 4 — 28 47 11.75 Chadwick (O.) ... 4 1 16 S3 ■<1.00 Wilson (A.) 5 1 17 37 925 Gregory (C.) ... 6 — 27 51 8.50 Dickinson (0.)... 2 2 6* 8 <\00 Talbot (C.) 6 — 20 43 7.16 Torrance (O.) ... 4 2 7* 11 5.50 lloUntre© (A.) ... 4 1 8 16 5 S3 McBeath (C.) ... 6 1 13 26 5.20 Dunning (O.) ... 2 . 7 7 3.5 White (W.) 2 — 5 6 3.00 Douglas (O.) ... 4 1 5* 5 1.66 Duncan 2 3 3 1.5

BOWLING. Anthony (A.) GaUand (0.) McBeath (C.) ..... Wkts. Buns. 91 35 15.15 17.5 340 20.00 McGirr (W.) Blunt (C.) 323 20.18 .... 1 21 21.00 Hidddoston (W.) „ ..... 5 106 21.20 Smith (A.) Patrick (C.) 528 22.95 .... 3 69 23.00 Collins ; \V.) 186 23.25 Torranoo (O.) 11 258 23.45 Alloo, A. W. (0.) .. 24 606 25.25 Price (W.) '507 26.63 Sandman (C.) 257 28.55 Alloott (A.) 413 29.50 Douglas (0.) .... 11 347 31.54 McLeod (A.) 130 82.50 l>acrcj (A.) 70 35.50 Watson (W.) .... 1 35 95.00 Cunningham (C.) .. 320 35.55 Wilson (A) 249 45.50 Bead (C.) .... 5 213 42.60 Holland (W.) Snodden (A.) 173 179 57.66 59.66 Talbot (C.) .... 1 64 64.00 .... 2 136 141 68.00 70.50 Bemau (W.) .... 2 Henderson (W.) .. 148 74.00 Dickinson (0.) .... 2 304 15.20 Dunning (0.) 2 Gregory (C,) McMnllan (0.) .... — 9 13 — Irving (A.) 13 White (W.) 64