CRICKET.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20006, 25 January 1927, Page 10

CRICKET.

THE PLUNKET SHIELD. STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY. [WELLINGTON’S BIG EFFORT. 'AUCKLAND'S STRONG POSITION. (Peb United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, January 24. The great cricket match drew towards its concluding stages when Wellington struggled to obtain the upper hand oxer Auckland in the final game of the season for the Plunket Shield. The wicket was beginning to show signs of wear. Wellington’s second innings score reached 32J, leaving Auckland 199 to get to win. jjowry stayed long enough to top his century, and his dismissal was followed shortly afterwards by a fine partnership between Badcock and M Girr. Bndcock batted beautifully for 77. The wick:t got steadily worse as play progressed, and after a bright opening six of Auckland’s batsmen vent fairly cheaplv. However, Bowley played beautifully for 75 not out, and with tour wickets still in hand the home team requires 3fo Sho 1 rtly > after the resumption Lowry raised the first individual century of the match by playing Alcott to the off for a single, but then lie lost James. James snicked one from Matheson—he had previously been edging slightly those on tne 0 g—and Rowntree took his fifth catcfi of the match. , , , Runs came slowly but steadily. Bowley came on to tempt the batsmen with his slow breaks, and a separation was instantly effected. Lowry could not remain patient in the face of an over-pitched one. He hit out, and Anthony at deep mid-on terminated the fine innings with a welitLb total reached 228, and then Mathegon, who had been bowling for 70 minutes, was given his first rest. Snedden was the new bowler, and although he got an occasional one past M'Girr neither he nor Alcott troubled the batsmen much. After several bowling changes Bowley again came on, and M'Girr played his third back to the bowler, who took a fine catch. Badcock continued to bat stylishly. He soon passed the half-century. An injury to Rowntree caused a slight break in the play, a ball from Matheson catching the wicketkeeper on the throat. The score was taken to 300 just before the luncheon adjournment. Badcock jumped right into form on resumption, but Lambert was manifestly noc at home in playing a waiting game. In Alcott’s third over a change in pace completely U©ctiv<?cl the batsman, and he was clean howled. At this stage Alcott was dangerous, keeping his perfect length, making pace off tne wicket, and breaking at times. Matheson was faced with confidence by both Badcock and Rollings. However, he brought about a separation with a ball that did not deserve to take a wicket. Rollings ’Tied to hook it to log, skied it, and Playei held the catch. It was the twelfth ball of an over of 14, the umpire having lost count for the second time in the match. ‘ , , , , Player went on at Matheson s end and Badcock played one to leg and Matheson dived and took the catch. Brice and Henderson could not repeat their performance of the previous innings. Henderson played only a few balls and then Alcott knocked his middle stump back with one that came back from his leg—a beautiful ball. , Once again a good opening was made for Auckland by Bowley and Mills. Both played freely. Henderson was not nearly as deadly as on Saturday. A doub e change was tried and proved successful. Mills waa playing * confidently, but Brice trapped him into playing gently at a ball going away to leg. He just tipped it and James held an easy catch. ~ „ The scoring slackened when Snedden joined Bowley. Bnce tried the policy rapid changes, bringing on. Henderson few a while and then relieving him with Lambert. The new bowler was successful, ior Snedden fell into ths same trap that dismissed Mills. Ha tried to glance a ball going away to leg, and gave James another catch. Cooper and Bowley played soundly until the tea adjournment was taken. borne half volleys from Lambert met with scant courtesy from Cooper on resumption, the batsman showing a powerful off dr . lve placing the ball welt However he tried to force the pace too much. He did not get quite the pitch of a ball from Lambert and was caught and bowled. The scoring slackened down v.hile Gillespie played himself in. Then Bovley brightened up to M'Girr, scoring with a powerful on drive, while his partner forced the same bowler to the leg boundary. With the total at 126 Gi } ies ß ie ß^c 8 0 l Ut t 0 a half-hearted Ibw appeal off Badcock . The next man was Dacre, but once again he refrained from going for . b °™w’’ and instead played some neat shots to Then Auckland’s hopes eil for Dacre wa bowled off his pads, and with five wickets in hand 61 runs were needed for victory The excitement was intense. “ a placed his leg field close in to Bowley. The batsman would not be trapped, but made the field move out when he drove one hard to the boundary perilously close to Worker, who was standing yard or so from the batsman. Then b ?5MJ 5 *wSfc S lon tad a fighting chance, and the bowlers 5S d ”me XoM b»l Bowley and kh s-jss 1 'Jsnseru s the bat. while Bowley took any opportunity of scoring that presented itself. He covering Henderson beautifully and using s f p "tT p. “•“ outside the on. im. i , i cricket hen r stum p's* for the day with wkkets down for 167. Following are the vELLINGTON> . . .... 103 First innings Second Innings. Hiddleston, c Rowntree b Alcott .. 2 Worker, c Rowntree, b Matheson .. 1 Kortlang, Ibw, b Bowley •• •• ■ • , j 0 Lowrv, c Anthony, b Bowley .. •• 11 James, c Rowntree, b Matheson .. . • 6 M'Girr, c and b Bowley Badcock, c Matheson, b Player .. . -7/ Lambert, b Alcott . • ■ • ■ • • • i Rollings, c Player, b Matheson .. .. 1 Brice, not out • • 1 Henderson, b Alcott Extras • • • • Total 323 Bowling Analysis—Alcott, 28 2 overs, nine maidens, three wickets, 40 runs, Bowley, 18 overs, three maidens, three wickets, 70 runs; ' latheson, 28 overs, five maidens, three wiclu , 91 .runs, Bl a > er » six overs, one maiden, one wicket, -0 urns. Cooper, one over, six runs: Dacre, two overs, 12 runs; Anthony, six overs, one maiden, 28 runs; Snedden, 10 overs, one maiden, 37 runs. AUCKLAND. First innings .. ~ 303 Second Innings. Bowley, not out •• •• Mills, c James, b Brice .. .. ... 2( Snedden, c Ja.-es b Lambert .. .. 7 Cooper, c and b Lambert j 4 Gillespie, Ibw, b Badcock 14 Dacre, b Henderson .. Alcott, b Badcock • • ” Anthony, not out • •• » Extras .. _ Total (for six wickets) .. 167 The gate takings for the match indicate that interest in cricket is increasing m Auckland. The receipts for the three days were £127 13s, £345 16s 3d. and £l5O 8s 6d. making a total of £623 7s 9d. TOUR OF ENGLAND. POSTPONEMENT OF SELECTION. (Special to Dailx Times.) CHRISTCHURCH, January 24. The Selection Committee of the New Zealand cricket team to tour England has telegraphed to the Management Committee of the New Zealai. I Cricket Council asking that the selection of the first eight men to tour be postponed instead M being made after the present Aucklanc.Wellington Plunket Shield match. The Management Committee has telegraphed the lollawiaa reply:—“The committee accedes U

your request to delay the selection of the first eight. As the Wellington match against the Melbourne Cricket Club does not take place until February 25 we do not think that you can delay the final selection later than the Auckland-Mel-bourne match (February 7). This also gives you the Canterbury-Otago match. Wire selectors’ opinion.” PRECAUTIONS AGAINST INFLUENZA. (Special to Dailv Times.) CHRISTCHURCH. January 24. In view of the influenza epidemic which is raging on the ether side of the globe, it is probable that the Management Committce of the New Zealand Counoil will arrange for the vaccination of all members of the New Zealand team before they leave for their tour of England in April. JUNIOR MATCHES. In the second grade A match, Albion v. Grange, on Saturday, Grange made 55 and two wickets for 9 (Vorrath 18). Bowling for Albion, M'llroy took two wickets for no runs and two wickets for 2, Williams four for 21, and Churchill three for 24. Albion made 194 (J. Allen 62, E. Williams 43, MMlroy 29, Kendall 14 not out, L. Silver 13). Bowling for Grange, Stevens took four for 38. . In second grade B, Albion met Cansbrook, who made 188 (Raynor 66 not out, Martin 30, Cameron 25). Holden (two for 15), Silver (three for 39), and Stanaway (two for 32) bowled best for Albion, who lost five wickets for 150 (Holden 42 not out. Miller 37, Stanaway 26, M'Ghie 18, Brown 15. Cameron (three for 41) bowled best for Carisbrook. The game was drawn. . . In the third grade match, Albion v. Ivaikorai, Albion made 75 (Rigby 20 not out, R. Silver 23). Gibb took four for 36, and Yorstou four for 27. Kaikorai made 70 (Harbourno 21, Bews 14). Rigby took three for 13, R. Silver three for 17, and Sinclair four for 32. Albion won by five runs. in the match between the fourth grade Christian Brothers team and the Boys' Association, Christian Brothers made 77 (M'Carten 14). Edgar (six for 22) and Lowe (two for 9) bowled best for the Boys ’Association, who made 109 (Grant 28, Lowe 18). The Boys’ Association won by 32 runs. LEAGUE MATCH. In League cricket on Saturday, D.S.A. (28 and seven for 55) defeated Port Chalmers B (26 and seven for 32) by two runs on the first innings. For the winners, Olsen and Anderson were the principal scorers, while for Port Chalmers B, Pepperell, H. Nelson, A. Davis, and East batted well. Bowling for D.S.A. Anderson took 11 for 30, M‘Allan four for 9, and Olsen two for 15; and for the losers, A. Davis took six for 29, Geddes seven for 37), Russell two for 5, and W. Davis two for 3. BOYS’ ASSOCIATION. TEAMS FOR CHRISTCHURCH. The following players have been selected to represent Otago against Canterbury at Christchurch on Friday and Saturday next. Players not able to travel are requested to inform Mr H. Vorrath. Seniors: E. N. Conradi, E. H. Mount, A. F. Buswell, A. L. Garden, R. R. Edwards, R. Torrance, L. R. Constable, A. J. Hardman, J. G, Aitken, J. J. Russell, J. S. Parsons, A. C. Holden. Juniors: L. J. Groves (captain), V. J. Chettleburgn, J. B. Manson, J. G. Cameron, H. R. Cameron, A. F. Bell, O'. G. Leader, L. Neilson, F. Edgar, F. J. Tobin, R. A. Pyne, V. J. Cusack. The following will represent the Boys’ Association in a match against' the Evening Star office at Carisbrook at 2.15 p.m. to-day;—Constable, Hardman, Mount, Russell, Holden, Aitken, Groves, Tobin, Leader, Cameron, Chettleburgh; emergencies—Cusack, Cameron, and Bell. SOUTH OTAGO CRICKET. NORTHERN DIVISION. (1 BOM OCH OWS CORUES PONDSNT.) MILTON, January 24. Another instance of how the unexpected happens in cricket was given on Saturday afternoon in the northern division matches for the South Otago Association’s shield. The two leading teams, Kaitangata and Lovell’s Flat, who were running an equal race for the supremacy, both fell easy victims to teams occupying a lower position in the competition. Milton A scored a victory by 74 runs over Lovell’s Flat on the latter’s ground, the leaders being dismissed by the bottom team for the meagre total of 28 runs. Milburn scored an easy victory over Kaitangata on Milburn ground. The defeat of both leading teams leaves the competition in a most interesting position, each team having one match to play—Kaitangata against Milton A, and Lovell’s Flat against Milton B. The present points are:— P. W. L. D. Pts. Kaitangata 7 5 2 10 Lovells’ Flat .. .. • 7 5 2 10 Milburn 8 4 3’ 1 9 Milton A 7 2 5 Milton B 7 1 5 1 3 MILTON A v. LOVELL’S FLAT. Owing to several Milton A players attending the territorial camp the services of five members of the club’s B team were requisitioned for the match against Lovell’s Flat on the latter’s ground. The Milton team batted first, and scored 102, of which the opening batsmen (Olver and Hood) were responsible for 22 and 13 respectively. Other double figure contributors were Turnbull (18), Long (14), and Heads (II). Lovell’s Flat started disastrously, Gale being caught behind the wickets before opening his score. The dismissal of this valuable vatsman, who has some excellent scores to his credit this season, spelt disaster to the Flat, whose wickets collapsed against the bowling of Jeffery (six for 19) and Gibb (three for 5). The bowling was backed by smart fielding, and the innings closed for 28, Scores:MILTON A. E. Olver, c, b Gale 22 H. Hood, c, b Heads 13 W. Jeffery, c, b Heads .. .. .. .. 0 R. Olver, Ibw, b Gale 0 R. Turnbull, c, b Gale 18 E. Long, b Yorston 14 W. Heads, c W. Yorston, b Gale .. 11 J. Gibb, c Clarke, b Gale 9 I. Wilkinson, b W. Yorston 8 J. Keen, c Heads, b Gale 1 M. Deyanney, not out 3 Extras 2 Total 102 Bowling Analysis.—Gale, six wickets for 55 runs; Heads, two for 16; D. Yorston. one for 26; W, Yorston, one for 3. LOVELL’S FLAT G. W. Murray, cE. Olver, b Jeffery ... i A. Gale, c E. Olver, b Gibb 0 J* Heads, c E. Olver, b Jeffery 7 W Yorston, cR. Olver, b Jeffery ... 0 J. M'Farlano, b Gibb 0 R. Murray, b Gibb ” 0 A. Taylor, e E. Olver, b Jeffery 5 1). Yorston, b Jeffery ’. 0 W. Hewitson, b Jeffery ,' 3 E. Clarke, not out 5 L. Robinson, b Keen 1 Extras ’ g 28 Bowling Analysis.—Jeffery, six wickets for 19 runs; Gibb, three for F Keen, one for none. MILBURN v. KAITANGATA. Milburn ended their shield matches by receiving a visit from Kaitangata. whom they defeated by one wicket and 124 runs. Milburn’s second wicket foil at 14, but the Colings-St-cwart partnership, with 59 and 06 respectively, carried the score to 123 for the third wicket. R. Anicich also contributed a useful 31, not out. For Kaiiangata the principal contributors were M'Auley (16), Stanaway (12), and Colbourno (10). H. Wisely secured three Kaitangata wickets for none, all caught. Scores; —

Bowling Analysis. Harrison, three wickets lor 48 runs; Oolbcurne, four for 48; E. Cowe, none for 24; Bennie, none for 27 ; W. Crowe, none for 13; Stephenson, none for 10; Paterson, none for 12; M'Auley, none for 9. KAITANGATA. Paterson, c Wisely, b Stewart 4 E. Crowe, b Stewart ® Stanaway, o Kane, jun., b Bowie ... 14 Scott, c Knne, sen., b Stewart ° Colbourno, b Bowie Bennie, run out M'Auley, c Codings, b Wisely 4” Kitto, c Anicicb, b Stewart ... ° Stevenson, c Kane, jun., b Wisely ... j W. Crowe, c Kane, jun., b Wisely ... o Harrison, not out . Extras 1 70 Bowling Analysis.—Stewart, four wickets for 38 runs; F. Bowie, two for 21; Anicich, none for 16; Wisely, three for none. SOUTHERN DIVISION. The southern division of South Otago Shield matches on Saturday resulted as Waiwera, with a total of 162 for nine wickets (Edwards 79, W Sutherland 52), defeated Clutha Valley at Clydevale. The latter team scored only 36, against th bowling of Anderson, who secured seven wickets for 14 runs. .... , _ The Freezer team administered a severe defeat on Clutha team, which was weakened by the absence of several players attending the territorial camp, and schoolboys were substituted. Freezer scored 200 for two wickets (Lennox 106, M Jcetcrs 69) Clutha wore disposed of for 14, Ben nox securing seven wickets for two runs and Gray two for two. OWAKA v. CLINTON. 'Fkom Oob Own Correspondent-) OWAKA, January 24. The match between Owaka and Clinton was played at Clinton, and resulted in a win for Owaka by one wicket and 84 runs. Owaka batted first, and declared with nine wickets down for 124, leaving the home team an hour in which to get the runs, but they managed to make 40. The grass was a foot long. I lie io lowing are the scores: OWAKA. H. C. Alloo, b Renfree 7 j? D. Finlayson, b Hanna A M'Phec, b Wilson "f J. Gray, b Wilson ... ? A. D. Angus, Ibw, b Wilson ‘J o A M'Donald, c Powley, b Renfree ... « SJ M'Phee, st Watkins, b Renfree ... o O. Latta, b Wilson ij* A. Bryant, b Renfree i A. Brownlie, not out Extras ... Total for nine wickets (declared) ... 124 Bowling.—Hanna, 1 for 26; Wilson, 4 for 21; Renfree, 4 for 20. CLINTON. Blaikie, c S. M'Phee, b Alloo Renfree, b Finlayson , Watkins, o Alloo, b Finlayson “ M'Lachlan, b Alloo . Hanna, b Finlayson ... - ••• - Powley, cA. M'Phee, b Finlayson ... u Clark b Alloo n Collins, b Finlayson ” Wilson, not out q Thomson, b Finlayson ... Q Bateman, b Alloo „ Extras ... Total 40 Bowling.—Alloo, 4 for 26; Finlayson. 6 for 26. .

H. MILBURN. Wisely, o Crowe, b Harrison ... 7 J. Gussette, b Colbourne ... 0 H. Collings, b Colbourne ... 59 K. R. Stewart, retired ... 55 F. Bowie, c M'Auloy, by Colbourne ... 6 J. Vidal, b Harrison ... 9 J. Kane, sen,, retired Allen, b Harrison ... 10 II. ... 1 R. Anicich, not out ... 51 D. Bowie, b Colbourne ... 0 J. Kane, jun., not out ... 3 Extras ... 3 Total for nine wicket? 194