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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18448, 9 January 1922, Page 7

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PLTJNKET SHIELD GAMES. WELLINGTON BEATS OTA GO. (Pta Unites Pkkgs Association.) i WELLINGTON, January 7 | The Plunket Shield match, Wellington v. Otago* was continued in beautiful weather. Wellington, with five -wickets down for 209, resumed batting. Burton, whose score was 18, and Patrick opened to the bowling of Carlton and Dickinson. The fourth ball of Carlton's second over bowled Patrick — 215—6—1. Bmnie, who took the place of Brico, the latter being unable to play, fell to an easy catch by Duncan off Carlton—226—7—4. Burton scored freely on the off, and hit four boundaries in succession. Condliffe ran into double figures. with a nice drive for four. Shepherd replaced Torrance, who had ;bowled three overs for two rune. The change was quickly justified, as h© completely beat Burton with a well-pitohed ball that took his off stump. The retiring batsman bit nine fours —2,71—• 8—49. Condliffe was .beautifully caught at the wickets by Obadwick off Carlton—27l—• 9—13. Barclay was missed in the slips by Carlton off Torrance. Henderson was bowled by Shepherd, and the innings closed for 272 runs after three and. a-half hours-' batting. • The last five wickets fell in an hour. • The fielding was fair. Shortly after noon Otago commenced their second innings, Shepherd and M'Mullan opening to the bowling of M'Girr and Barclay. The batsmen opened quietly. The first'half hour produced 35 runs. With the score at 45 Patrick replaced Barclay. He tempted Shepherd, who pulled him into Binnie's hands at square leg—4s—l—l7. Siedeberg, who limped painfully, after his Christchurcn,injury, opened his account'with a fine glance to the leg boundary off M'Girr whom M'Mullan also pulled to leg'for 4. The half-century appeared for 40 minutes' batting. At the luncheon adjournment Otago.had lost one wicket for 74;' A few minutes after resuming M'Mullan nuV timed a good boll from Barclay, and was bowled. His score included five boundaries Carlton, another left-hander, filled she vacancy, but after sooring 5 was smartly stumped by Condliffe off Barclay—--8&—3~-5. Galland partnered Siedeberpf. The century appeared at' 2.30 after 80 minutes' -batting. In trying to pull Henderson Galland was hit on the finger; atid the ball went -into Hiddleston's hands at square, leg— When he had scored 26 Siedeberg was bowled by Henderson—ll6 — 5—26. Patrick easily caught Westbrook from a weak stroke to leg off Barclay---118—6—7. Conradi was loudly applauded for his well-timed drives to the off, treating alike . Henderson, Barclay, and Patrick. One hundred and fifty appeared after "two and %-half hours' batting. A few minutes after Conradi put one from Henderson into Baker's hands. The retiring batsman the best display of baiting to date—l 66—7 30. M'Girr replaced Henderson, . and bowled- Torrance with his fifth ball—rio4 B—l2.8 —12. In Barclay's next over M'Girr neatly caught Duncan dose in—lß4■■■9 j 23. •Dickinson went in, and after a single "had been scpred the players adjourned for tea despite the. crowd s disapproval After the adjournment Chadwick was bowled by M'Girr's second delivery, and the innings closed for 188. Requiring 126 to win Wellington commenced their Becond innings in a elight drizzle,' Hiddleston and Baker opening to the bowling of Carlton and Torrance. Both batsmen were shaping confidently. Galland and Dickinson were the.next bowlers tried, but failed to effect a separation. At the hour for the drawing of "stumps the captains decided that, as Wellington required only 26 runs to win, play' should be continued. The batsmen continued at a 'merry pace. Play ceased at 6.25. Hiddleston waa 77 (not out) and Baker 47 (not out), the total being 130 for no wickets. Wellington thus won by 10 wickets. Otago. First Innings _. ._ _ _. _. ... 209 Second Innings. Shepherd, o Binnie, b Patrick _. _ _. ... 21 M'AluHaq, b Barclay ... _ „ _. 34 Siedeberg, "b Henderson ... ... ... 26 Carlton, 6t Condliffe, b Baxclaj ._ .„ ... 6 Galland, 6 Hiddlceton, b Henderson „. .:. ... - B Westbrook, c Putrick, b Barclay ... ». ... 7 Dnncan, o M'Girr, b Barclay ._ _ ... _. 23 Conradi, o, Baker, b Henderson ... ... ... 30 Torrance, b' M'Girr ._ ... „. '„ _ ; 12 Chadwick, b M'Girr „ _ „. ... 1 Dickinson, not out ... -. ... _. ... ... _. 3 Extras _ _. _. ... ... ......... 18 Total ... .„ „. „; „ .;. ... „ „; 188 Bowling- Analysis.—M'Girr_ two for 58,' Barclay foiir for 49, Patrick' one for 79, Henderson, three. for 31. ' . ' Wellington. ;■ • First- Innings. Hiddleston, o Chadwick, b Carlton _ _. „ 118 Baker, o Duncan, b Dickinson ...,._. _ ... , 6 Dempster, b Torrance ... ._ _. _. 38 Lambert, c Chadwick, b Shepherd M'Girr, b Carlton „._....„„_ „ 18

Burton, b Shepherd ... 49 Patrick, b Carlton _. ... Binnie. o Duncan, b Carlton 4 Condlifie, c Chadwick, b Torrance ... _ ... 19 Barclay, not out _ ~ 0 Henderson, b Shepherd ... ... 1 Extras ... ... _. ... _. ... „ _. S 3 Total ... ... _ ...... 273 Bowling Analysis.—Carlton lour lor 73, Dickinson one lor 92, Torrance two lor 64, Shepherd three lor 19, Galland none lor 11. Second Innings. Hiddleeton, not out ... ... „ „ ... 77 Baker, no* out ... ._ _ „ ... 47 Extras • ... _ Total lot no wickets „ ... ... ... ... _. 130 Bowling Analysis.—Carlton none ior 25, Torrance none lor 40, Qalland none for 33, Dickinson none lor 11, Shepherd none lor 26. CANTERBURY v. AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, January 7. The Plunket Shield match between Canterbury and Auckland was continued to-day in glorious weather. The wicket was hard and fast. Canterbury carried their overnight score to 248, Grant playing a useful innings for 66, not out . Tne last three batsmen offered no resistance, all being dismissed without scoring. ’ Auckland ecorcd 352 in their first innings, tho, batsmen giving a bright display and showing more enterprise than the Canterbury players. Tho majority shaped confidently, particularly Sneddon who had hard hick in being ran out when one short of tho century. The partnership between Smith and Snedden added ,123 runs. Canterbury’s fielding was vary fine, but the Aucklanders frequently found the boundary out of the roach of the fieldsmen. Canterbury commenced their second innings just before call of time, and scored four runs without the loss of a wicket. Scares . Canterbury.— First Innings. Patrick, o Dnore, b Smith ... „. _. „ 9 Blunt, o Cummings, b Garrard _ _ 57 Erosnahan, b Smith ... _ 12 Evans, b Smith ... ._ ... 6 Young, c Horspool, b Smith ... _ ... „ 2 Worker, Ibw, b Snodden .„ _. ... 7 Grant, not out ... ... 66 Sandman, b snedden ... ._ _ ... .„ 58 Head, b Snedden 0 M'Beth, b Smith ... _ 0 Puller, b Smith ... _ ... L. ... .:. '... 0 Extras ... .; ~ ... ... 31 Total ... i. \ 248 Bowling Analysis.—Smith, six wkkets _forJ>7,; Snedden, 3 lor 23; Garrard, one lor‘'3oT~ / £. / Second Innings. t'*., Brosnahan, not out ... _ 4 Patrick, not out ... 0 Total lor no wickets „ ... 4 Auckland.— First Dinings. Horspool, c Fuller, b M'Beth _ 21 Kemus, b Reid ... 24 Snedden, run out ... ... 99 Smith, b M'Beth 55 Anthony, b M'Beth ... - ... Daore, b M'Beth _ 22 E. Garrard, not out Cummings, b M'Beth ... .. ... ... 31 W. Garrard, b M'Beth - .. 0 Alloobt, Ibw., b M'Beth _ ... ... ... 19 Coates, o and b M'Beth ... 3 Extras Total ... ... ... - ... ... ... ... 352 Bowling Analysis.—M'Beth, eight . wickets lor 96; Reid, one lor 105. LOCAL MATCHES. FIRST GRADE. 1 AUBION v. DUNEDIN. The mutch between Albion and Dunedin was concluded on the North Ground in beautiful weather on Saturday . afternoon but the wicket was a trifle bumpy. There waa a fair attendance of spectators who were treated, to one of tho most interesting finishes witnessed in local cricket this season, Albion, who were short of several of their best men, eventually securing a two point win on the first innings by 123 runs. Tho position when play was .resumed was that Dunedin had a score of 138 runs in the first innings and the north-end team had six wickets down for 163 runs. Tho remaining Albion batsmen carried the total to 261 runs, of which O’Brien made 22, B. Williams 44, and Bowie 29 (not out). Dunedin, after nutting on 188 runs for tho loss of- six wifckets; sent Albion in, and tho latter team, with only seven inen to bat, required to make 65 runs in 35 minutes to obtain a three-point win, whereas if Dunedin disposed of the side in that time they would obtain a three-point win. It was a good EDorUng “go,” and- although Albion lost

six wioketa for 20 runs tfcey just managed to so© out the time, and Dvraedin jrussed their objective by the narrowest of margin*. The following are the goores:— DUNEDIN. First Innings - Second Innings. Higgins, o E. Williams, b' O'Brien ._ Edwurds, o E. Williams, b Donaldson _ ... 47 Grigg, b Williams Cusqy, o and b Williams Strang, not out .' - -'• ll'Kay, o and b Cook ... M'Carten, o Bowie, b Cook: .- ~ .- Cherry, not out - - - ••• »jj Extras - " " Seven wicketa down (innings dcolared closed) > 18S Bowling. Analysis.—Anderson, *4B balls,, 87 runs; O'Brien, 24 baUs, 25 runs; Duthie, 24 ball?, 25 runs; Williams,'Bo balls, two maidens, 17 runs, two wickets; Donaldson, 24 bnllß, 10 runs; Cook, 6G balls, ono maiden, 20 runs, two wiokets.' v '' .Albion. First Innings. Siedeberg, o Cherry, IS Casey _ ~. ™ 9 Shepherd, not out .".. .- Carlton, o Higgins, b Casey ._ ... -. ..■- 10 Conaldson, o substitute, b Torranco ._ ~ 12 Duthie, b Torrance ... ._ .._ .... ... -. j> Binney; b Edwards ... Anderson, b Edwards _ .- ... .- ... 4 O'Brien, b Casey ... .- _. E. Williams,; b Cheny ... - 45 Bowie, not ont ~, ... ... - 29 Cook, b Cherry _. ._ - -. 9 ' Extras ■.— . .-r. —— Total _. _. _.__.__. ... 261 .Bowling Analysis.—Oasey, 128 ballß, 95 runs, three wicketa; Torrance, 104 balls, one maiden, 72 runs, two wiokets; Edwards, 80 balls, ono maiden, 47 runs, two wicketa', M'Kay, 24 balls, 10 runs; Cherry, 15 baUs, two runs, two wicketa. Second Innings. E. Williams, b Edwards ... ..._„ Duthie, o Brown, b Casey ... ... O'Brien, o Cherry, b Edwards ... -. ~ 3 Donaldson, b Edwards -. ... ~l ~- Binney, b Casey __._ S. Anderson, *b Edwards ... ». - 3 Bowie, not out ... Extras ... _.__..— .-" Total for six wickets .~ ~. ~- • .- ~ -20 Bowling Analysis.—Casey, 48 balls, two maidens, 12 runs, two wickets; Edwardß, 40 balls, six runs, four wiokets. CARISBROOK: A v. CARISBROOxt TOJIVBESITY. Thia match was continued on Carisbrook, and resulted in a rutin for the A team by 14 runs on the first innings. Cariftbrook on December 17 had made 198 runs, and C&risbrook-Universifcy had lost five wickets for 120. The not oh* man, H. O. (41) and A. W. Alloo (30) carried the total to 156 before 'WplstenhQJme bowlod A. W. Alloo. ■who had compiled a useful 43. H. C. Alloo was the next to go, being oat Lb.w. to Wolstenholme /or 65, got by attractive cricket. The remaining batamen were dismissed cheaply, and the innings closed for 184. Each team having only five it was agreed that C&rishrook won on the first innings. * Details: — Carisbrook. First innings ... ..'. _._-.- —IBB " OjIRISBBOOK-'DIrrVEIISITT. Marshall, b. Diokenson ~_-.....- ~ -, 0 Allan, b.Diokonson -. ._ _ _ ~ Fmser, o and b Dickenson - M'Kenile, b Diokcnson ... H. 0. Alloo, 1.b.w., b WolstealM>taio _. ... 63 Dean, c and b Dickenson ... ... _ 18 A. W. Alloo, b Wolstenhctoo ... ._ ~- ._ 43 B/eddingtoti, b Bamaden _ ... ... 8 Brinsley, o eub., b Wotstenliolmo _ 3 Swinton, o Livingstone, .b Wolstetutolme ... 9 Kennedy, not ont ... -. ... ■■■'... ■... ... ._ 0 Extras ~ ..; _ .„ ... [z, _ _ ._ 33 Total ...' _. ._ _. .„. -„. ... 184 Bowling Analysis.—Dickenson, 5 wickets for .33 runs; Livingstone, fonft for 4; Bjansden, one for 40;' Hairaway, none for 19; Livingston*, none for GRANGE v. MORNINGTON., The match between Grange and Morning, ton was concluded on the North Ground before a fair attendance of spectators, Grange securing a three-point win by !sn innings and 162 runs. The position of the game when play was resumed, was that Grange had made 361 runs in the first innings, and Mornington' had lost six wiokets for 80 runs. -'■ -Continuing their innings Mornington were disposed of on a good batting wicket for a total of 116 runs, and on going in a second time, they made only 83 runs. Keast, and Beeby were the most successful of the Grange bowlers. The following are the goores: GBANaK. First Innings ._ , „ , _ _ . ..,361 MOBNINGTOX. 1 First Innings. • Cameron, not oat ... _ „. _. _. 44 Catto, c L. Chadwick, b Koast „ ... _ .„ 13 .Shadwell, o and b Keast ... „. „ 4 Dlekel, o Samson, b Keast ._ ... „ 3 Daviee, b Keast .: i_' _ _ ... '0 F. Haig, b Keasb;, ,u-l ... _. ...-8 L. Anilerson, b Keast _. .*.' ... ... ...,.„. 0 A."Haig, b Beeby „. „ _ ... .« ._••„. 5 J. fLalgi. b Keast _ .- ......'_ „. „ 14 M'llroy, b Beeby ...' ~. _ ... ._ —. „. X> Holderness, sot out ... ... _ .- ... ._ ._ 0 Extras _' „ _.'_.,„•-.,_._ _ 15 Total ... _„ ...'.-.'./«. ,„ .„ _. „. 116 . Bowling maiden, 19 runs; Beeby, 64 baUs, 49 runs, two wickqts; Keast, 58 balls, one maiden, 27 runs, eight wickets; Bunn, 16 balls, one maiden, six runs. Second Innings. ■..'■' HoWerness b Boeby ... ... ... _. „. J. 1 Cameron,' b Keast •;.. " * ... „ ._ 0 Catto, o -SanMm, b Keast ... „ ._ ... „, 4 Shadwell; o Booby, b Bunn ... ... ... _ ... 10 F. Haig, st Knight, b Beeby _ _. 23 Anderson, o W. Galland, b Beeby _. _. ... 14 J. Haig, b Beeby „. 6 .Diokel, b Bunn ... ... ... ... ... ._ 0 Ddvlps, not out „ ... ._ _ 2 A. Haig, st Knight, b Beeby ..: _ ... .„ 3 M'llroy, run out ... _. _ L .»• ~.' .„ 3 Extras ~~ _ _ ... ... ._ _. _. 18 Total »._-.„ .„ ._ .„ 83 Bowling Analysis.—Keast, 40 balls, S 3 runs, two wicketi; Beeby, 56 balls, ,29 runs, five wickets; Bonn, 20 balls, throo runs, two wiokets. SECOND GRADE. , Duncdin A 82 (Thompson. 29, £etre 20 not out, Baker 15) defeated T.M.C.A., 64 and 70, by 28. runs on the first innings. Thomas (28) and Crowes (17) gained the highest scores for the lasers. JPetre (seven for 25 and four for 28) and Collet* (throe for 31 and three for 20) bowled in good form for Duncdin. Grange A and B teams met on the School wicket. Grange A made 141 (Stiglish 70, O'Connor 20 not out, Restieaux 15), the B's replying with 121 for eight wiokets (Hitchcock 21, Stevens 22 not out, Colbert 20, Milcns 20, Latimer 11). gtiglisb. (four for 30) bowled well for the A's. as did Hitchcock (three for 22) for the B a. North-East Valley A defeated Mornmgton at Morningtoh by four wiokets and 39 runs. For the winners, M. Forrester (86 not out), Ncamo (42), Davidson (19) and for the losers Caradus (46),- Crawford (33), and A. Sullivan (22) were the best scorers. Carisbrook O 171 defoated North-East ■Vallev B 83. For Carisbrook, Raynerlso) and Aicheson (42) gained the highest scores. For I\ T orth-Easfc Velley, J. Elliot (20), Dunn (14) and Lyng' (12) batted welL. Haynes (six wickets) bowled well for Carisbrook, i<s did W. Elliot (six wickets) for Valley.

Albion defeated Dunedin B by one ftm after on exciting game. Dunedin, made 99 (Blackledge 30, Jack "31, Abercrombie 111, and Albion 100 (Anderson 17, M'Ghie 17, Stewart 15, MTntosh 13). Bowling for Dunedin, Armstrong and Osborne took the wiokets, while Flnnagaq (tliree for 1) and MTvor were tho most successful bowlers for Albion. THIRD GRADE St. Hilda defeated Mornington by 148 runs. For St. Kilda, Kettle (76), Bcoby (16), H. Rennie (15), Caddie (12), Gore (10), and Fainnaid (10), and for Mornington,, Roberts, wore the principal- scorers Bowling for St. Kilda, Rennie took five wickets for 3, and Jones three for 1. Dixon took four wickets, and Roberts three for Mornmgton. Albion, 38 and 42 for five wiokets (Blair 10, Langley 6 and 12, Day 7 and 13 not out) beat Harris, 43 and 35 (Smith 13, Anderson 10, Harris 15 not out). Blair (five for 21), Harris four for 20 and eight for 16), and Howie (two for 8) bowled for Albion; and Smith (three wickets),.Clydesdale (four wickets), * and Maokcy (three wickets) for Harris. ' Grange O, 109 and.9s for. seven wiokets, defeated Carisbrook E, 91, by 18 runs on tho first innings. For Grange, Sansom (36 and 12 not out), Brown (40 not out), Gouid (14), Clayton (17), Beckingsale (15), and Cunningham (26) were the chief scorers. Lemin {six wiokets for 36), Brown (three for 9), and Safi sqm (one for 27) were the bowlers. For Carisbrook, Jack (10), Morico (30), and T. Robertson (14) batted well; while Morico and . Jack were the most successful bowlers. North-Blast Valley -defeated Dunedin by 130 runs. For the winners, T. Hughes (55), Faithfull (30), Aitken (14- not out) wore tho best scorers • LEAGUE CRICKET. Hudson's, 84 (Abbott retired 38, Charlton 16), boat Hillside B. 57 (Ravenwood. 15. M'Quoen 11, Lear 10);, Bowling for Hudsons, Abbott took three wiokets for 6 runs, and Russell six for 29. For Hillside 3. M’Queen took three for 26, Hunter two for 5. and Hazlewood two for 8. Railway A beat Tramways by six wickets and 18 runs. Tramways, who batted first, scored 99, Puddy, with, 51, batting well. Railway secured the necessary runs with the loss of four wicket* 40. Laurie sl. Proctor 13 not out;. Paddy, For Tramways, and Peat, for Rmwrj, wtoled well