CRICKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18589, 27 December 1934, Page 11

CRICKET

PLUNKET SHIELD PLAY

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AUCKLAND jV’. 3 .CANT^IEBUiiY t ■> , ,w ■y^r i x j i i-\ ‘TOOR BATTING DISPLAY. '* \ W > % ' ■ 1 l " ■' 11 ft'-: *k i, 11 .■« . (Per-rProtfs /Association,) s ,OHHIsl v CHIijKC4IIj...IMt night. The Plunket Shield match between Canterbury aiT3'*'SiicßTrriu'l~' opc^’etTTaf Lancaster Par&. ,ort .'/AiOfulny.;The wicket and outfield wore very fast and dry. The weather was overcast but fine, with a strong, thisterly bree/.d. ■Canterbury’s " bpw;ling. is byeak this season, but,! eatly ■+ in the }'.alignings, Whitelaw, and';' ‘Thwnsend made the bowling look first class, and Roberts and Andrews frequently beat the batsmen With balls that passed very, near the stamps. d, Whitelaw /s’, innings was more useful than, impressive with few really good scoring strokes. Vivian, on the other.' hand,, played such cricket as might have been■.■expected, from him, His defence whs sure and confident, dnd he showed enterprise, Cyetf daringy iirdqokihg felt .qin'sh’.;-. . Weir Was 'soilhd' and; careful as /Usual, with occasional stylish .and forheful strokes. Wallace impressed as a batsman with a good' useful stroke } equipment and, good defence. ■; \•})" ( • ■’< Canterbury’s bowling was as expected. Roberts kept a good length, but Tacked "' a "little luck. 6rahain r s length at first was erratic, but he corrected this fault. Andrew's sent down many difficult balls, but his length and direction wero erratic. The, Canterbury fielding.was good, but Allen had a day off as wicket-keeper. The second dnyVs play was full ( of surprises., The last five Auckland wiidtots fell cheaply and the side Was out’for the modest total of 279. Canterbury fared even worse, however, and at the end of the day were all out for'23o. Details:--

AUCKLAND. ‘--First Innings—

Whitelaw, e Roberts, b Lester .. <55 Fdmohds, fun out ..... ,* .. >..11 Townsend, b Roberts .. .. 8 Vivian, cradled, b Graham . . 70 Wpjr, b Andrews . 33 Wallace, Jbw, !b Pago .. .. 26 Bush, b Roberts .. .. .. 0 Garrard, b Andrews ... - ••, . 4 Sale, c, Roberts, b Andrews ' ' i 4 Matheson, run out .. .. 18 Cowie, not out . -.. .. • • 4 Extras .. .. . • .. 36 Total .. 27'9 Bowling: Roberts, 37 overs, 14 maidens, 67 runs, 2 wickets; Graham, 18, 5, 43, 1; Andrews, 23, 4, 11, 3 j Lester, 17, 3, 58, 1; Bellamy, 6, 2,18, 0; Pago, 7,2, .17, 1.

CANTERBURY. —First Innings—

’Cromb, i c Townsend, b Cowie .. 2 Bellamy., c Gerrard, b TqwnsondmdHv Olivory c Weir, b-Townsend' :-wq, *lß* Kerr, c Whitel ( aw. b Townsend kfc. "‘44Page, c Sale, b Cowie ’J Hadlee, b Townsend ..

.Roberts, b Bush .. • • • • ” Allen; not but .. •• ’ •• 2 ‘ Lester, b Bush . .. • • Andrews, c Townsend,-b Cow-jo .. •> Grahain, lbw,b Townscn^.. . .. H Extras Total .. 230 'Rowlings Cowio, 26 overs, 7 maidens, 53 runs, 3 wickets; Matheson, 19, 4. 37, 0; Garrard, 9,2, 26, 0; 'Townsend, 33,. Jl, 66,, s;'. Vivian, 5, 3,10, 0; Bush,:io, 5, 11, 2.