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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16837, 28 December 1928, Page 4

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THE PLUNKET SHIELD VICTORY FOR AUCKLAND (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHUECH, last night. Auckland won the Plunket Shield cricket, match against Canterbury by 10 wickets. Canterbury made a better showing in batting to-day, compiling the respectable score of 254, leaving Auckland with 77 runs to get. These Auckland obtained without the loss of a wicket, although Bowley retired hurt after being struck on the hand by a, rising ball from Newman. | Mcrritt and Pago were the only two Canterbury batsmen to play up to Plunket Shield batting form, Merritt 's being a particularly good knock. Scores: AUCKLAND First Innings 330 Second Innings Bowley, retired hurt . - . . 20 Mills, not out .. .. *.. 30 Postles, not out .. .. .. 16 Extras ..13 Total for no wickets .. 70 CANTERBURY First Innings 153 Second Innings Brosnahan, b Dunning ... .. 5 Crawford, c Dunning, b Weir .. 4 Roberts, b Weir 0 Page, c Dunning, b Weir .. 76 Newman, b Bowley .. .. 17 Hamilton, run out .. .. 18 Mcrritt, c Mills, b Dunning .. 84 Evans, c Rountree, b Alcott .. 0 Burns, b Weir .. .. .. 23 Kcad, st. Rountree,: b Bowley .. 7 Cunningham, not out .. .. 3 Extras .. .. .. ..17 Total. 254 Bowling analysis: Player none for 15, Weir four for 73, Dunning two for 47, Allcott one for 50, Bowlev two for 52. OTAGO V. WELLINGTON SOUTHERNERS BIG LEAD (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. Honors were all with Otago for the third day's play in the Plunket Shield game against Wellington at Basin Reserve to-day. After dismissing Wellington for 351, the southerners went on to pile up 234 for three wickets in their second knock, so that they ended the day 281 runs in the lead, with seven wickets still in hand. After the previous morning's heavy rain, the ground was in good order,, but the sky was clouded most of the day. Scores:— WELLINGTON First Innings .. .. .. 351 OTAGO First Innings 398 Second Innings A. E. Knight, run out .. .. 31 H. C. Alloo, c Dempster, b Lambert ..' ~ .. .. 33 R. C. Blunt, not out .. ..61 L. C. Eastman, e Henderson, b ' •Hoar .. 67 Monk, not out .. .. .. 31 Extras .. .. .. .. 11 Total for three wickets .. 234 Bowling analysis: McGirr none for 5, Henderson none for 33, Hoar one for 67, Badcock none for 37, Lowry none for 15, Lambert one for 44, Rotherham none for 20, Foley none for two. THE HAWEE CUP MANAWATU V. HAWKE'S BAY i (Per Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., last night. Hawke's Bay (challengers) continued the Hawke Cup game against Manawatu to-day. The weather was fifle, following the rain of Boxing Day, while the wicket wa3 drying. Manawatu completed their first strike for 221, to which ,the Bay replied with 195. ' When play ceased on the previous day, it appeared that the home side would be dismissed for under the 200 mark, but a surprising last-wicket partnership between McVicar and Tarrant prevented this.

When Manawatu resumed ,to-day, a bad rot set in, three wickets falling for as many runs. Then Tarrant joinMcVicar, who had been at the wickets throughout the innings, and the pair took the score to 221. When three short of his century, McVicar terminated the innings by returning a delivery to Evans. He had scored well after an uncertain beginning. The most outstanding feature of the Bay's innings was the fine scoring of their captain. Shepherd, who was unbeaten with 85, made in a little over two hours. His tally included five sixes and was compiled in vigorous fashion, with strokes all round the wicket. Stephenson also contributed an attractive 60, though he gave some chances. Manawatu were at the wickets for an hour in their second strike, and had lost one wicket for 30 wuen stumps were drawn. Scores: — MANAWATU First Innings .. . . ~ 221 Second Innings Wild, not' out . . . . .. 9 Young, lbw, b Beuth .. ~ 1 Pacey, not out 18 Extras .. .. .. .. 2 Total for one wicket .. 30 HAWKE'S BAY First Innings Beuth, c Norris. b Tarrant .. 7 Stephenson, b Diedericli .. GO Beck, c Pegden, b Ale Vicar .. 2 O'Brien, b Diedericli .. .. (5 Shepherd, not out .. ~ 85 Evans, lbw, b McVicar .. .. (j Reancy, b Pegden, b McVicar .. 3 Gilbcrtson, run out .. .. 0 Pirie, c Gallichan, b McVicar .. 19 Mitchell, c Baumber, b McVicar 0 Yarwood, run out ..'*.. , .. () Extras .. .. .. .. 7 Total 195 Bowling: McVicar five for 46, Diedericli two for 37, Tarrant one for 48, Baumber none for 19, Gallichan none for 38. SHEFFIELD SHIELD N.S.W. DEFEATS VICTORIA (Elcc. Tel. Copyright—Unitod Press Assn.) MELBOURNE, Dec. 27. In the Sheffield Shield match Victoria, jn their second innings, made 251 for six wickets and declared. Fairfax took three for 45. New South Wales in their second innings made .156 for two (Bradman not out 71, Scddon not out 38). New South Wales won by 44 runs on the first innings.