A DRAWN GAME

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19892, 21 March 1939, Page 11

A DRAWN GAME

! AUCKLAND’S HARD FIGHT j I SECOND INNINGS STAND j I CK.YiTRY TO WUITIOLAW i ’ ! TOURISTS’ LAST MATCH ! I (lVr .PniSK Assnriiitirm.) ’ ; AUCKLAND, this day. ; The final match of the tour of Sir . Julien Cahn’s cricket 'team against | Auckland was concluded at Eden Park yesterday in fine weather, the j game resulting in a draw. , The visitors scored 45(j runs in 1 their first innings and Auckland replied with 270. Required to followon, the home side made 305 runs for ) three wickets. Conditions were again excellent and there was an attendance of 1200. | With its score at 175 for eight wickets, Auckland continued its first innings yesterday morning, Matheson ( and Pearson, the not out batsmen, I being responsible for the best part- ( nership of the innings. Sir Julien persisted with his slow attack, but al- ■' though both the batsmen were beaten several times by the spin trundlers, I they carried on stubbornly and occa- ( sionally brightened the play with some vigorous hitting. Eighty-eight f runs had been added before Matheson 1 fell in attempting a big hit off Smith. He had made a valuable contribution f of 44. The Auckland innings closed soon afterwards for 270.

Pearson, who watched the bowling intently from the start to the finish. was dismissed at 70 by Smith. He showed excellent judgment in choosing the right ball to hit and played attractive .shots all round the wicket. Walsh proved the most successful bowler with five wickets for 91 runs.

' Following on, Auckland made a more impressive showing, although the opening partnership between Postles and Whitelaw, which yielded 120 runs, produced dreary batting. Neither was prepared to take a risk in spite of the fact that the visitors' star bowler had strained his back end was unable to assist in the attack. Whitelaw, except for several bright patches in the closing stages, batted sedately for his century. During the last hour, Weir hit aggressively and seemed certain to reach three "gures but he was too eager and succumbed to a delivery from Sir Julien Calm v/hen *four short of his century. Wallace and Scott baited out time, the former being far from confident. The score at stumps was 305 runs for three wickets. Wallace being 34 and Scott 7. Details of scores are:— SIR JULIEN CAHN'S TEAM First Innings 450 AUCKLAND First Innings P. E. Whitelaw, c Hcane, B. Watts 14 A. J. Postlcs, c Mudge, b Phillipson 4 W. M. Wallace, c Walsh, b Watts 0 G. L. Weir, b Walsh .. .. 41 V. J. Scott, c Jackson, b Walsh 27 W. w, n.arson, stp. Maxwell, b Walsh 0 V. S. Sale, stp. Maxwell, b Walsh 0 H. G. Vivian, b .Walsh .. .. 37 11. Pearson, b Smith .. .. 70 A. M. Matheson, b Smith .. ~ 42 C. Burke, not out 2 J. Cowie. lbw., b Smith . . . . 0 Extras 15 Total 270 Bowling: Walsh took five wickets ! for 91 runs;'Smith, three for 50; Phil- ! lipscn, one for 30; Watts, two for 65; j Jackson, none for 7. Second Innings P. E. Whitelaw. b Smith .. .. 100 A. J. Postles, c Walsh, b Smith .. 34 G. L. Weir, c Watts, b Sir Julien Calm 90 W. M. Wallace, not out .. .. 34 V. J. Scott, not out 7 Extras 34 Total for three wickets .. 305 Bowling: Smith took two wickets for 72 runs: Sir J. Calm one for 31; Watts, none for 10; Phillipson, none for 51; Walsh, none for 5; Jackson, none for 49; Heane none for 19; llardstafT, none for 19; Oldfield, none for 9.