CRICKET.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18444, 4 January 1922, Page 6

CRICKET.

PLUNKET SHIELD MATCHES. AUCKLAND BEATS OTAGO. (P*» United Pbess Association.) ' i AUCKLAND, January 3. , Auckland won the Plunket Shield match against Otago by 198 runs. Otago commenced tlfeir second innings in perfect weather, requiring 323 rone to win, but made a' poor showing, being all out, after two hours’ batting, for the small total of 124 runs. Otago teams have rarely done themselves justice in Auckland, and to-day was rio exception. The Otago men lacked all semblance of enterprise, and, with the , exception of Shepherd and Galland, nearly all played a defensive game, making the Auckland bowling appear more difficult than it was. Shepherd played a fine innings for 43, and was ably assisted by Galland, who compiled 41. Scores:— AUCKLAND. First innings ... 298 " Second innings ... ... 178 OTAGO. First innings 154 Second Innings. t Siedeberg, c Dacre, b Allcott 2 Shepherd, c Rountree, b Dacre 43 Carlton, c Garrard, b Snedden 7 Galland, Ibw, b Garrard 41 ( M’Mullan. c Allcott, b Garrard 5 !'. I Westbrook, b Garrard 2 f ! Casey, b Allcott 9 1 Chadwick, b Allcott 1 / Torrance, b Garrard 0 V Smith, not out 3 ■ Dickinson, b Horspool 4 Extras 7 Total ...124 Bowling Analysis: Allcott. three wickets for 30; Sneddon, one for 25; Garrard, four for 24; Daore, one for 20; Horspool, one for 0. WELLINGTON v. CANTERBURY. THE FORMER’S EASY WIN. . WELLINGTON. January 3. Wellington defeated Canterbury to-day by eight wickets. Playing conditions improved considerably since the previous . day. the wicket at "midday being hard and true. The , southerners concluded their i innings for 127, leaving Wellington, to gain ■ 17 to win. This they accomplished with ‘ eight wickets to spare. Scores: — CANTERBURY. First innings ' 133 ' . Second Innings. ; Worker, o Hiddleston, b M’Girr ...' ... 5 Blunt, b Hiddleston 54 Broanahan, b M’Girr 0 Grant, h Barclay Patrick, Ibw' ... 3 Hayea, o Middleton, b Hiddleston ... 2 Evans, b Barclay 5 , Sandman, b Brice - 18 Read, not out . 9 Fuller, b Brice ... 4 M’Locnkn, run out ... .*. 0 1 Extras ’ Total, ... t•• • ...127 Bowling Analysis: Brice, two wickets for 24; 1 M’Girr, three for 47; Barclay, two for 21; Middleton, none for 3; Hiddleston, two for 22. / WELLINGTON. . First innings . ••• k . Second Innings. 1,, Hiddleston. o and b |3vans 41 Baker, not out 53 Dempster, b Evans ™ 1 Lambert, not out w s Extras 13 Total for two wickets ... ’ ... 178 Bowling Analysis: M’Lachlan, no -wickets for 62; Read, none for 28; Sandman, none i for 28; Blunt, none for 20: Hayea, none for 5; Grant, none for 7; Evans, two for ‘ls. \ JUNIOR MATCH. , WELLINGTON BEATS CANTERBURY. • J... ~ CHRISTCHURCH, January 3. The junior representative match Canter- ■ ’ burys r Wellington was continued to-day, and an exciting game against time saw Wellington gain a meritorious win by 91 runs almost on the call of time. Wellington’s second strike was. remarkable for the fine innings by Banks, of College, who ' went in first and carried his bat for a ’"faultless 135. In their innings Wellington made 256 (Algar 15. Myers 42, Moor 19, >■ fand Banks, not out, 135). Bowling analysis: Harry, 2 wickets for 65 runs; Yates, 2 for 62;, F. Powell, 2 for 12; and Cromb, 5 for 43. Canterbury’s first innings closed , . for 282.- In their second strike they made b: 128 (Nicol 45, J. Powell 18, and Copeland 20)'. Bowling analysis: Myers, 5 wickets for 47 runs; Smith, 2 for 10; Souper, 4 for 14-.; Rodgers, 1 for 7. i, IV. V THE HAWKE OUP. NELSON BEATS RANGITIKBI. k MARTON, January 3. Resuming to-day the Hawke Cup contest. Rangitikei, in their second innings, made 135 (Cameron 51, Broad, not out, 20, and; R. M‘Kay 18). This left Nelson to get - 87 to win, which they did with the loss of two wickets (Neale, not out, 42, Fletcher 30, M. Eden, not out, 15). Bowling for Nelson the best averages were ginned by Newman (four for 51), Hull (3 , tor 36), and Neale (2 for 24). For Rangitikei R. ,M‘Kay took one wicket for eO '•/ funs, and O. Burgess one for 22 runs. I , . NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS. , ; ' WANGANUI, January 3. The cricket match New South Wales ■ Teachers ,v. Wanganui was drawn. Wanganui made 138 (Williams 50, Wood 53, and Stapleton 14). The visitors replied with. 280 for eight wickets (Golding, not "‘•-tiut, 126. O’Neill 60, Taylor 22, and Watson 19). Holland took three wickets for 53, , and Treadwell four for 78. WELLINGTON v. OTAGO. ... WELLINGTON, January 3. The following is the team to represent Wellington against Otago;—W. S. Brice (captain), W. A. Baker, H. E. Burton, J. S. ' Hiddleston, H. M. M’Girr, M. Henderson, J. W. Condlifle, H. Lambert, S. Dempster, W. A. Barclay, and D. Patrick. Reserves; tF. S. Middleton and D. Binnie.