THE PLUNKET SHIELD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17452, 29 December 1930, Page 3

THE PLUNKET SHIELD

AUCKLAND'S FINE 537 WEIR CONTRIBUTES 111 CAN.VI LEBBIID'"S IIAIM) TASK (V.T ITi'.V. Ai-o'M-JJI » j-'ll -I ( UiUS'U HUB 11, l.i>t m-lit. In i;w eltering lit mI. Hi- Auckland I (Mm knocked n)'. 111■ 11■ <i;*' M'<' of n-.» i urns iu lln ir second innings ol Hm Flunket Shield match. lit'' edge was „!T Hu. Canterbury atlaek, the long 'lf,' in tlu' lii'li! in the Mazing sun •'<ut! Hit', sitisthiiiii breeze tilling a mu'l tale. Can loc bury was loft with I hi; big task of scoring 474 in its second innings to win. They scored 25 lor no wickets boI'ore I lie slumps were drawn for I lie day. Details : ,\i ( K LAN It Fits! l.nnin,:'. -- * l! '* Seeond Innings ,J. 1C Mills, b Crumb 6'> A. IWleu. e Doreen, b Lester . . 1 a ]i. 11. Vivian, b Lester H (I. L. Weir, b Huberts ... ... 154 11. I). Gillespie, b Talbot Id A. 1C Wensley. Ibw, b (Tomb . . 2(1 (!. W. A lira ill', I. .Merrill 65 A. WC McCoy, h Talbot 21 A. M. Maihieson,. not out 94 D. Cleverley. c Dorreen, b liurrows 4 11. linin', e Dorreen, h liurrows 0 Extras 2d Total 557 Rowling : lb U. Talbott, ?, wickets for jid runs; ,1. T. liurrows 2 lor 80; W. I'.. ! Merritt I. for 127; S. (I. Lester, 2 for 73,; 11. Croinb. Si for 66; M. L. Page, 0 for 44; A. WC Roberts, 1 for 29. CAN WEEP. CRY First Innings ... ... ... ... 229 Second Tunings ,1. !,. Kerr, not nut If] .1. ,M. Hamilton, not, out, 3 Extras 2 No wickets for 25 WELLINGTON’S SOUND POSITION OTAGO REQUIRE 256 ONI.Y THREE WICKETS IN HAND (Per .'Press Association.) ( WELLINGTON, last, night., Something more nearly approaching provincial form was revealed in the third day's play iu the Plunkct Shield match between Otago and Wellington at tin; Basin Reserve yesterday. The weather was (beautifully line, with a northerly breeze. The Otago batsmen again found the Wellington bowling too good for them and had In defend for their very existence throughout I lie innings. Cherry was the only man 1o shape wit'll anything like confidence. As in Ihe first innings, he met. the ball with the full face of his bat and was not. afraid to drive and cut. Moloney shaped well unlil lie made a mistake which brought about his downfall. J. Newman, the Nelson left-hander, carried off the bowling honors, Lowry kept him going this afternoon for 2.1 overs and this against a strong northerly wind. He was bowling just as well at the finish as when he started and, in that time, he had captured three wickets. He clean bowled both Blunt and Badrock and had Elmes caught behind the wickets. The fact that only, 21 runs came from the 21 ovqts he sent, down was eloquent testimony of the. machine-like length he maintained. # Crook, Hie Wellington eolt, proved once again that lie is a really senleealde medium bowler. ITc sent along 16 overs to-day for 45 runs, and got. two wickets. 'Blundell captured one for 5.8 off 20 overs and kept tbo batsmen very' quiet, (faliichan secured one wicket, for two runs off the four overs lie sent down. .M.rGirr made the highest score In; has ever made in Blanket Bliiehl cricket. (He gave four chances, but. his innings was a blend ol defence and aggression. Blunt bowled well for Otago. . . Otago was in a hopeless position when stumps were drawn this afternoon, as it still requires 256 runs to avoid defeat with only Hiree wickets in hand. Tin- gale takings fur the three lavs have aggregated £3B*. Details;—' WELLINGTON. ! 'First Timings .. •• M'O • Second Innings. C. S. Dempster, e. Hawksworfh, h Bad cock •• •• * ■ A. Newman, e Hawks worth, b Dunning •• -• ■ * K. C. .lames, e '[fa.wksworMi, b I tunning • • • • • * ■’* H. McDiir, e Bndeock, b Alloo 111 '!’. C. I.owry, b DUi.nl .. (| S F. G. McLeod, b Blunt .. .. .1. R. Lgmaspu, I* Alio J ( IJ. t'ropk, b lie in in •• •* In. (lallic.ha.il. e Elmos, b Blunt.. <> ,1. Newman, b Blunt .. •• 42 B, D. Blundell, not out 2° \ Extras: Byes 9, leg byes 7, no balls 1 1 7 Total Ball ~f wickets: One fur 29, two for 55. three for 147, four for 294. fivmlor 5,05. six for 510, seven for 520, eight, for 525, nine for 559, ten for 569. Bowling: Lemin, >B.l overs, 1 maiden, 56 runs, 1 wicket; Badcock, 15. 4, 44, 1: Dunning 26, 2, bin 2; Limes 8,2, 29. 0; Moloney 1, 0. jf, 0; Blunt 28, 15, 54, 4; Alloo 55, 10, 7 1, 2. OTAGO. Second Innings. V. Oavnuagh, e McGirr, b Crook I I R. Cherry, c lames, h Crook .. 4S i; C. Blunt, bI. Newman ... 11 ,T Moloney, e. McLeod, b Blundell 19 Is. Elmes,'e .lames, b .1. Newman 2 L. q\ [Unicode, b 4. Newman . . 5 \ \V \lloo, e A. Newman, b Galliclian 1? A. Gallaml, not out .. •• 1 ' ,T. Dunning, not out Extras: Byes 11, leg byes 2 b> Total for seven wickets .. 111. I Fall of wickets: One for 42, two for 79, three for 85, four for live for |u7, six for 112, seven Inr 151. Bowling: Crook, 16 overs, 2 maidens, 45 runs, 2 wickets; Blundell, 20, 7, ->B, ): \. Newman, I, 0, 10. 0; I. Newman, jo |. ip 21, 5; McLeod, (». L J- 9; Gallichan, I, 5,2, 1.