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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17179, 8 February 1930, Page 15

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M.C.C. V, AUCKLAND HOME TEAM’S GOOD START (Par Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day,

There was. fine-weather and a fast wicket for the start of the; match M.C.G. v. Auckland. Nichols and Turnbull stood out of the English team, Benson being twelfth man. • Auckland won the toss, Mills and Anthony opening to the bowling of Allom and Barratt. The left-hander got Allom’s third ball nicely through the slips, and Anthony placed the. next ball ’for two. After a single off ‘the last ball of the over Barratt took up the attack at the other end, Mills offdriving a short;. ball. for three. Anthony was shaping confidently and got Barratt away to. leg. No runs were scored off Allom’s next over, although he bowled a no-ball, and Barratt followed with a maiden with crowded slips. Mills got Allom away salfely for a single, and with a bye Auckland had 10 up.

Barratt bowled another maiden over to Anthony, who-turned him next over for a brace and a single. The samet!,batsman scored hikifirst boundary at AUoih .’s expense, reaching double figqrcsi-. Tfie Pdfnell man was getting, emost <of .flip- 'bowling, and concentrated on iflfo- leg siiVo. After running;,; a .short- single off Barratt, Mills’ faced Allom and -.the crowded slips proved-, fatal to him:-. He cut one ball crisply, to. see it .quickly stopped: by ;DulofepsdnhjI v Then Mills cut a rising ball and Woolley snapped up a beautiful catch at his ankles. — 2i-4-i-f.fi,'.:, The;-dismissal of. Mills took tho sting ..put : of. Ahtiojiy.’s batting, and he vslpw-ad down,' while the. newcomer Gilloipip was playing himself in. Half! an.diatir.’s play saw. -.-2 S up. Allomfa 1 changes of-pace, had to bo watched; laud iu . successive, oversextra fast, balls went.to' the boundary foyivbygßi.v, Barratt 1 -.tried j am - occasional. 'slower '.balh' fot variety,, but was: note so-impressive as the. Surrey fast-.jmVler. The scoring- was now slowoT, 1 (Qply: eight ,being spoked in the first; quarter of an dtPUr after Gillcs* pie’s,; s arriyaL/ After a chain .of singles, Anthony reached .20 with a leg glance for; three off Allom;.. At: 37 Worthington replaced Barratt and started with: a no ball,’ and at 40 Woolley relieved. Allom. Worthington had Anthony quiet for a couple of overs facing the slow bowler, but Anthony pulled the third ball to the fence, bringing 47 up for one hour’s play. Gillcspio, who had been in for half an hour for two singles, then got moving and turned two successive-balls to leg for twos. He could not do. much with Woolley, who sent him down • several maiden oyers. Anthony collected half a dozen off Woolley’s next over, bringing the score to 63, and Barratt came on again vice Worthington. Gillespie hit Woolley through covers for his first boundary,, and then cut him a bit upishly just 1 out of Dulcepginhji’3 reach for another four. This brought up 74 for 7.1 minutes’ play, Worthington again replacing Barratt. Anthony pulled Woolley for another boundary and at So Bowlcy replaced the Kent left-hander. His third ball Anthony hit to the square leg boundary, but the next was fatal, Cornford taking him at the wickets.— 89—2—48. He had batted 86 minutes. Gillespie (37) and Weir (5) played out time to lun-ch, when tho spore was two wickets down for 110, the extras being 14.

At 2.40 p.m. Auckland’s, score was 137 for four wickets. —Gillespie, e Cornford, b Barratt 38; Weir, not out, 16; Wen-slcy, e Woolley, b Bowley 12; Anthony, e Cornford, b Woolley 48; Mills; c Wbol lev, b Allom 6;'extras 17. ' .