PLUNKET SHIELD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19827, 3 January 1939, Page 7

PLUNKET SHIELD

STEADY BATTING WELLINGTON INNINGS 4 WICKETS DOWN FOR 155 TINDILL MAKES 60 (Per Press Association.) CIHRISTCHURCH, this day. Ideal conditions again prevailed for the resumption of the Plunket Shield match Canterbury v. Wellington. In reply to Canterbury's first innings score of 349, Wellington had lost thro* wickets for 93.

Tindiil. 48, and Ongley faced the bowling of Donnelly and Roberts this morning. After some nicely placed singles' Tindiil tracked Donnelly 1o the fence with a sweet square cut. The first hundred appeared after two hours' play. The bowling was up to the best form and the bowlers were getting a considerable nip off the pitch, Roberts causing the batsmen concern.

After 12 minutes Tindiil was caught with his legs in front. Four wickets were down for 105. Tindiil having batted for over two hours for his GO. Rainbird and Ongley, who added 180 for the sixth wicket against Otago, were now at the crease. Rainbird opened shakily against Mulcock, scoring a boundary with a shot that sent the ball flying just out of reach of the slips. After that he settled down and both batsmen scored steadily off Roberts, Mulcock and Donnelly.

Scores: — CANTERBURY First Innings 349 WELLINGTON First Innings Rice, c Webb, b Mulcock .. .. 16 Sheffield, c Kerr, b Donnelly .. 9 Ell, b Donnelly 14 Tindiil, lbw., b Roberts .. ..60 Ongley, not out 2:1 Rainbird, not but 20 Extras .. 7 Total for four wickets .. 155 OTAGO V. AUCKLAND PERFECT WICKET HOME TEAM BEGINS WELL (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN. this day. The winning of the toss gave Otago advantage of a perfect wicket in the Plunket Shield match with Auckland which opened this morning at the Carisbrook Park in overcast weather

Robertson and Uttley were the opening pair and they confidently faced Cowie and Matheson, a maiden over not being bowled until the score wis 35, when Vivian took over from Matheson.

Cowie's first over cost seven, including a neat forcing shot by Uttley to the cover fence. Cowie was erratic and short. Matheson, too, was not dangerous. The only ball so far that was in keeping with Cowie's reputation was one that spread Uttley's wicket when the total was 37.

Then there was another surprise for Saxton faced only one ball from Cowie before he was out, his stroke impressing the onlookers as if he knew nothing about the delivery. Both these wickets came in the Aucklander's sixth over ancld they had cost 18 runs. He was now keeping a more consistent length. Moloney partnered Robertson, who had made a steady 20. R'aki, which had started to fall during the taking of both wickets, had now stopped. At lunch Otago had lost two wickets for 70 runs.

PROVINCIAL CRICKET

BAY EQUALS LEADERS

SHARE WITH SUBURBAN

(Special to the, Herald.) AUCKLAND, this day,

The Poverty Bay cricket team shares honours in the Auckland provincial cricket tournament with Suburban, the honours being decided on the averages of the teams engaged. The visitors from Gisborne suffered only one defeat, this being a thorough trouncing by Auckland, but they recovered their earlier form when they met Suburban yesterday, and declared their first innings against that team for 320 runs, with six wickets down. • , . , t i In the match against Auckland, Poverty Bay did not have first use of the wicket, and their bowlers had a hard time against four Aucklanders who each exceeded the half-century. M. Sharp, the slow bowler, failed to register on this occasion, and indeed was treated with scant courtesy as often as he went on.

E James, U. Wells, and P. 11. Dow were the life-savers of the Poverty Bay attack, each taking two fairly expensive wickets. Auckland declared for 310 with seven wickets gone, and then disposed of Poverty Bay in their first knock for 87 runs. Stewart and Somerville got 26 and 20 runs respectively, and D Cederwall helped with his 13. but the others were hopeless, against Harrison and Burke especially. The Bay batting list was scrambled for the second innings, but when stumps were drawn, they had only 35 runs on the board for "four Wickets. In the circumstances, it was heartening to find them full of fight again when they took the field against Suburban yesterday. Their opponents on this occasion were well ahead of the field, on match points, but they lost the toss, and then spent a tiring morning and early afternoon in the field, while Poverty Bay knocked up 320 before declaring with six wickets down.

Suburban then went a little better in the batting, for Poverty Bay's bowlers had onlv sent four of them back to the pavilion when stumps were drawn, and there were 270 runs on the score-board at that time. Honours were fairly evenly divided between the teams in the match, and it o-ive general satisfaction to find that Poverty Bay had levelled up with Suburban, on championship points and on the averages registered in the tournament.