CANTERBURY FOLLOWS ON

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 547, 27 December 1928, Page 13

CANTERBURY FOLLOWS ON

Home Side Has Disastrous Day In Plunket Shield at Christchurch dunning and bowley in form (Special td THE SUN) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. WITH the exception ot Page and Newman, Canterbury gave a m'O'Tul display of batting against Auckland, in the Plunk* Shield match to-day. Fine bowling by Dunning And Bowley was mainly responsible for giving" Auckland a lead ot 1 < < on the first innings, and already the Northerners / look to have victory in sight.

The morning was fine, but rather cloudy, and with the assistance of an fast wind the wicket dried out slowly. It looked easy enough, but it was slow for part of Auckland’s first innings to-day and was a little bumpy at one . nd. Auckland's batting to-day was very solid and comparatively unproductive against good bowling. Cunningham bowled very well today, and in 14 overs took four wickets for 12 runs. He kept a good length. Bowling from one end, he swung to leg with the east wind. Then he was (hanged to the other end, and he turned the ball appreciably from leg. Newman also bowled very well, but it was Merritt who got the man who had looked most likely to make a century for Auckland. Gillespie. That batsman h.id been restrained to-day, until he made his fatal jump out to the slow bowler. liorspool was in trouble to bumpy ones at one end. He struck another kind of trouble at the other end, for when he had made 27 he tried to pull

a full toss from Page, and mistimed it. The ball struck him in the face, cutting his lips and bruising his nose, but not breaking any teeth. He resumed after the fall of the next wicket, but was soon caught in the slips at the bumpy end, where Cunningham also had got Player caught. Auckland thus lost its last five wickets for 66 runs in about 110 minutes this morning. Canterbux*y started its innings just before lunch and was all out for 153. leaving Auckland with a lead of 177 on the first innings. Canterbury's innings lasted 188 minutes. Pag€s played a nice innings for Canterbury and scored exactly half of the runs obtained by the fall of the fourth wicket, although he wfnt in second wicket down. He exploited back and forward shots on both sides of the wicket, but was stumps* off the very first ball he received from Bowley. Zest was added to the game with the arrival of Merritt after Hamilton had played Bowley on. The very lirst ball he hit to square leg for six, sitting down at the end of the stroke, arousing laughter and cheers. The slow bowler went blithely to 19 with hard-driving and a few risks, before he was bowled first ball by Dunning who had replaced Allcott. Three balls later Evans was caught at silly mid-on by Mills. Dunning got two wickets in the 13th over, and had taken four for 31. Merritt’s innings had been a contrast to the correctness of Newman’s display, which was mainly from the back foot. After Merritt’s departure, however, Newman livened up and smarted to hit Bowley. He went out too far to one ball, however, and was lbw. He hit two fours, but never seemed really at home for his 31. DUNNING AND BOWLEY The Auckland bowling did not show a great deal of variety or promise till about the middle of Canterbury’s innings when Dunning and Nowley got going. Dunning was making pace off the pitch and keeping a good length, bowling on the wicket. He collected five for 44 in 2 6 overs, one a maiden. Bowley flighted his slow stuff well, nnd came off with the good figures of four for 38 in 13.2 overs two of which were maidens. The unlucky bowler was Allcott, who kept a fine length and was dangerous all the time. He bowled 21 overs, ten of which were maidens. Auckland's fielding was smart, and Postles took a fine catch off Read at short leg. TO-DAY’S PLAY | Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, To-day. The Plunket Shield match was resumed to-day in fine weather. The wicket was in good order. Canterbury continued its second innings with two wickets down for 12. Brosnahan (5) and Page were the batsmen. Dunning’s fifth delivery ' lean-bowled Brosnahan with the total at 16, and Newman came in. Weir’s first over was a maiden. After steady play Page reached double figures. With 43 up Allcott replaced Dunning at the south end and Player replaced Weir. Scoring continued to be slow. *At 60 Rowley relieved Player, and Newman Played his fifth delivery on to his stumps. Hamilton joined Page and both batted solidly, bringing the 100 up after minutes’ play. With 50 to his credit Page nearly Played Bowley on. Later the batsman tried a short run, and Hamilton was run out just as he was going well. 117—5— 18. Merritt came in. but was restrained. At luncheon the score was 134 for five, ' 'anterbury still requiring 43 to avert an inning’s defeat. AUCKLAND First Innings MILLS, b Read .. .. .. .. .• •• •• 7 ®UWL,EY, b Newman 46 RUSTLES, o Newman, b Merritt .. 21 WEIR, b Newman -’7 ALLCOTT. b Page 6? •‘ILLESPIE, st Burns, b Merritt .. 75 vYrIITELAW, b Cunningham .. .. HORSPOOL, c Hamilton, b Cunning- _ ham SO PLAYER, C Hamilton, b Cunningham 8 S'NMNG, not out S ■ROWntreE, lbw, b Cunningham.. 0 Extras 17 Total 330 „ Rowling: Cunningham, 4-4*: Newman. Merritt, 2-04. Page. 1-33; Read. 1-7 s. CANTERBURY First Innings LRa WFORD, c Whitelaw, b Dunmng .. .• .. v •« 10^

ROBERTS, c and b Dunning: .. .. 3 PAGE, st Rowntree, b Bowley .... 44 NEWMAN, lbw, b Bowley 31 HAMILTON, b Bowley 4 MERRITT, b Dunning: 10 EVANS, c Mills, b Dunning: 0 READ, c Postles, b Dunning: 6 BURNS, c and b Bowley 5 CUNNINGHAM, not out 5 Extras .. 12 Total Bowling: Dunning. 5-44: Bowley, 4-3 S: Weir, 1-24; Player, 0-14: Allcott, 0-21. Second Innings CRAWFORD, e Dunning, b Weir .. 4 ROBERTS, b Weir 0 BHOSNAHAN, b Dunnir.g 5 PAGE, not out 60 NEWMAN, b Bowley ' 17 HAMILTON, run out * i S MERRITT, not out 1* s Extras 16 Total for five wickets 134