CANTERBURY WINS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1832, 29 December 1919, Page 8

CANTERBURY WINS.

BY SEVEN WICKETS. i PLTJNKET SHIELD MATCH. \ After a game of somewhat dramatic Changes, Canterbury beat Wellington today, in the first l'lunket Shield match •f'the season, by seven wickets.. Tho imatch opened oil Christmas afternoon, ■when Wellington scored 223 for eight nriekets. On the following Jay the play iiras interrupted by heavy rain. Wellington finished its first innings at 239, and Canterbury scored 20 for no wickets. On Saturday. Canterbury completed its first innings for 350 runs, after >Bonie of the batsmen in the middle of the innings had been disposed of cheaply. Wellington, batting a second time, ■lost eight wickets in scoring 97 runs. ■ This morning. Wellington carried its ■fceeond innings to 153, Lambert and Marris adding 6ti for the ninth wicket. Three chances in the outfield were dropped br Canterburv fieldsmen before ,a fourth was held. Left to get 43 to •win. Canterbury lost three wickets in getting them. Marris, a slow leg break Lbowler, who was the fourth trundler tried, got two of the wickets in the first half of his first over. To-day's play [ lasted for two hours. When stumps were drawn on Saturday, Wellington, with only two wickets in its second innings, was still 14 runs behind Canterbury's first iun- ' Jags total. The wicket had lasted well, : but the Wellington batting in that second venture had been only a shadow of | Its true self. Certainly the Canterbury ! bowling had been good, and it had had behind it the moral support of the team's lead, of 111 runs, on the first Innings, and ;t had been assisted by smart fielding. Still, the Wellington ' batting had lacked aggressiveness. In their uphill fight the visitors had treated i the bowlers with a little too much re- ! epect. An analysis of the bowling figures shows that only 52 of the 264 balls sent down to them in that innings had been scored off. Bind was the [ freest of the Wellington batsmen. [ Lambert batted steadily and well this morning. Some of the batting in Canterbury's first inning* had been in marked contrast to Wellington's. R. C. Blunt, one of the opening batsmen, had set an excellent example with his 73, scored with beautiful shots on both sides of the wicket. His leg-hitting was particularly nice. Blunt has improved his placing a lot. He made only one bad ■hot in his innings, and that was not a ehance of a catch. Sandman batted vigorously for his 35. Later, A. W. Thomas played a fine innings for 83 i not out. Thomas has not done well in I elub matches this season, his scores havI ing been only 18, 1, 20, 31, 0, 0, and 4. 1 But this time he battel really well, ■miting the bowling with crisp shots on both sides of the wickets. H. B. 1 Whitta got his 52 in characteristic fashion. The Wellington bowling had not been of remarkable quality, anil it had I not been handled with any brilliance.

LWell over 2000 people watched Satday's play, but the gate-takings dropped below those of Christmas Dav, totalling £IOB 18/-, against £122 6/-. On Friday morning the takings had amounted to £33 16/-, but many people who attended that morning were giving passes to admit them on Saturday. This morning the collection produced £S 4/-, giving a total of £225 4/-.

WELLINGTON'S SECOND INNINGS. McGtrr and Burton opened Wellington's second innings. Read bowled from the southern end and Sandman from the northern. McGtrr was the more aggressive of the two batsmen, and scored eight of the first 10 runs. With the second ball of his third over—one of good length—Sandman howled McGirr. 13—1—9. Wilson joined Burton, who had scored three. But Burton, who had •cored so well In Wellington's first innings, did not stay much longer. Sandman caught i him in two minis, and got him leg before fwicket. 16—2—3. Sandman had two for rflve now. Baker joined Wilson, and pre£«ently got Read to square-leg for three. ; Wilson played forward to the fourth ball of I that over, and it came across and took his ' leg-pin. 24—3—7. Read had one for 14 now. M. J. Dind, a left-hander, was Baker's next partner. After getting a single off Bead he smacked Sandman past cover for four. Baker glided Read to the boundary. A beautiful, crisp square-cut by Dind off Head flashed to the boundary. At 47, McEwin relieved Sandman (two'for 18 in seven oversi. Dind played McEwin confidently, hut Baker was quieter. The seventh ball of the over Baker lifted high just behind square-leg, and Blunt took the catch surely. 62 —i—ls. Dind had 17 when Condliffe Joined him. The score crept up very slowly- At length Dind banged McEwin to leg for four. At 60, Thomas relieved Read (one .for 30 in 10 overs). Halfway through Thomas's first over, Condliffe had a very Harrow escape from being run out. He played a shot to cover, -,nd called. Dind declined to run, as Reese whipped up the hall and threw it in. Condliffe turned back, •nd had to throw himself at full-length to Met his bat in, as Brunton whipped off the hails. Dind was more careful now to McEwin, who had improved his length, that bowler sending down a maiden to him after Thomas had bowled a maiden to Condliffe. Dind survived an appeal for a catch at the wickets off Thomas; he had 25 then, and the total was 64. Dind put McEwin to leg for four. At 71, Reese took the ball from

McEwin (one for 10 in five overs). The I seventh ball of his first over howled Hind, I I who had been at the wickets for 47 minutes, i 71—5—31. Lambert then joined Condliffe, who had ' I scored three singles. In his second over Reese "heat everything" against each hats-I man. After one run had been scored off j | four overs, Lambert opened with a two off .Thomas, and then a single. The next hall! pitched between Condliffe's Mock and his, stumps, and bowled him. 77C —4. Hut- i Icblngs, next man in, survived an appeal for . lhw, off the next hall (>r that over from Thomas, but put the next after that into the ' hands of Evans, at mid-on. 77 —7 —o. Thomas had two for eight, lirice put the [ last ball of the over to leg for two. Lam- ' hert was the first man to score off Reese in ithis innings, square-cutting him to the boundary, and cutting the next ball for a I single. Two halls later, Reese got Rrlce I I leg before, with a ball which "came back" l !vc ry sharply. 81—8—2. Reese had two for I five in three overs.

With Marris in, Lambert opened out on Thomas a little, getting fours off the first two balls of the next over. Off the last ball of the over, Lambert, then 17, gave a hot chance to the bowler, who dropped It. When slumps were drawn, at (1 p.m., Wellington liad !I7 for eight wickets (Lambert not out 18, Marris not out 1). TO-DAY'S BATTING. When the game was resumed this morning, the weather was clear and sunny, with a south-easterly wind blowing. Read howled from the northern end to Lambert, who scored a single to the on off his fifth delivery. Marris cut him for a single. Sandman took up the attack from the southern end. The seventh ball of Sandman's first over Marris lifted high to squarc-Icg. Evans, fielding near the boundary, ran in a few yards, and then set himself for n catch." But he rather misjudged the ball, and after half-cuddling it he dropped It. The batsmen ran a single for the hit. The last ball of the over was just edged by Lambert off bis off-stump, and it beat both wicketkeepcr Brunton and Thomas, in the slips, before going for two. Wellington's deficit was wiped off when Lambert smacked the first ball of Read's third over hard along the carpet trf the boundary. He punched the next past point for four. At 120, Beesc relieved Sandman, whose analysis had now become two for 2f> in 10 overs. Sandman came on at the northern end, to bowl against the wind. His sixth delivery from that end was lifted by Marris into the deep-field, but Thomas, fielding near the boundary, misjudged the chance, running in too far under it, and then merely touching the ball with one hand. Lambert was batting very soundly. He off-drove Sandman nicely to the boundary. At 133 McEwin took the ball from Sandman (two for 35 in 12 oversi. Several times Lambert tried bard, without success, to swing McEwin to leg, McEwin bowling a maiden to him. Marris was very careful to Beese, who was keeping the batsmen quiet. Presently, however, Marris scored his first boundary shot by gliding a loose one from Reese to fine-leg. At last Lambert Rot properly on to one from McEwin, and ondrovc it to the boundary. He had made 13 when he drove, high, the last ball of that over from McEwin, and Read, in the deepfield, dropped the chance. At 143, Thomas relieved Reese (two for 12 in eight overs!, at the southern end. At last, Lambert lifted the first ball of McEwiu's fourth over this morning deep to square-leg, and Blunt held the catch. 150—9—49. The pair had carried the score from 84 to 150.

The innings was ended soon after that, Thomas bowling Garrod with the first ball of his next over. Thomas finished with three wickets for 25 runs.

Wanting 43 to win, Canterbury sent in Patrick and Blunt, at 12.15 p.m. Brice bowled from the northern crease. After the pair had run one for a bye, Blunt put Brice nicely to square-leg for three. Garrod howled from the southern end. Blunt got him away to leg for two. Of the first 10 runs, Blunt scored six and extras four. Then Patrick scored his first, a single, by cutting Brice. Blunt cut Brlcc, very late and very fine, for four. Garrod had only one over, which cost two runs, and then he was relieved by Lambert, with the total at 15. The seventh ball of Lambert's first over almost got Blunt before going away for a bye. In Lambert's next over, Patrick played one to square-leg, where Harris fielded it and threw it in to Lambert as Blunt, a little too eager to run, was moving up the pitch. Blunt turned and dashed back, but Lambert failed to gather in the return properly. If he had taken it, it would have been a close thing. At 23, Garrod went on at the northern end, in place of Brice (none for 11 in three overs). Patrick scored a brace to square-leg off Garrod, and cut him sweetly for another two. The score-board showed 20, when Brice took the ball, at the southern end, from Lambert (none for four in two overs). Blunt swung Brice to the on for three. At 29, Marris relieved Garrod. Blunt off-drove Marris's first delivery for oue. The second ball Patrick put into the hands of fairly close in at mldoff. 30—1—8. C. E. Evans swung round to leg to the fourth ball of the over, but it came through his legs and bowled him. 30—2—0.

Blunt had scored 17 when he was joined by Whitta, who got a single off Marris's next ball. At 40, Lambert relieved Brice (none for 16 In five overs). Ofi' the third ball of this over, Blunt was caught by Marris at silly mid-on. 40—3—24. Sandman smote the next ball to the square-leg boundary, and the match was over. Scores:— WELLINGTON. First Innings. W. A. Baker 1141211311 b Read .. .. 16 H. Lambert 13 b Read 4 M. J. Dind 1111411 b Sandman 13 H. E. Burton 1221114411111121111111411 41114111114421 c Brunton b Sandman 64 C. G. Wilson 211144214111141 c Read b McEwin 2!) 11. M. McGirr 21111111121111 b Sandman 10 J. W. Condliffe 23442211111111141312411 4 b Evans 48 J. Hutchings 3144211 b Reese 16 W. S. Brice 1111 c Patrick b Read .... 7 B. M. Marris 1132141 not out 13 W. Garrod 211 c Blunt 1. Sandman .. 7 Extras (leg-byes 111111) (j Total 239 Bowling:—

Second Innings. H. M. McGirr 2121111 b Sandman ~ >, 9 H. E. Burton 12 lbw b Sandman ~ ~ 3 C. G. Wilson 111112 b Bead 7 \V. A. Baker 1321212 c Blunt b McEwin 15 M. ,I. Dind 1121141211112141 b Reese ~ 31 J. \V, CondlUTo 1111 b Thomas 4 H. X. Lambert 2141441112114411111241411 c Blunt b McEwin ; ~ 49 J. Ilutchlngs c Evans b Thomas >■ ~ 0 W. S. Brice 2 lhw b Reese. i », 2 B. M. Harris 111211111111121 not out ~ 20 \V. Garrod 21 b Thomas ~ ~ ~ ~ 3 Byes 111111 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ C Leg-byes 111 ~ »< ~ 3 Xo-ball 1 Total .. .. .. v, .. .. 153 Bowling: O. M. R. W. R. Read 14 0 44 1 I). McK. Sandman ..12 0 35 2 J. McEwin 9 2 27 2 A. W. Thomas .... 9.1 2 25 3 D. Reese 8 3 12 2 CANTERBURY. First Innings. W. R. Patrick .'111111113111112211111 c Garrod b Marris 27 R. C. Blunt 12:111311211111112112X112411 1222411111233111 lhw b Garrod .. 73 J. Gray b Lambert 0 I). Reese c and b Lambert 0 D. McK. Sandman 112111413111312122 c and b Lambert 35 C. E. Evans 1131112 b Brice 13 L. It. Brunton b Lambert 0 A. W. Thomas 4112311112112412114142141 11121211211111111111211 not out .. 83 H. B. Wliitta 1421114121141211111143111 124 lhw b Hutchings 52 R. Read 14411111 b McGirr 14 J. McEwin 1132:1 b McGirr 10 lives 111211111112111111 32 Leg-byes 11 2 Wides 3111 6 No-balls 3 Total 350 Bowling:— 0. M. R. \V. \V. S. Brice It 1 61 1 W. Garrod 10 H. M. McGirr 10.2 H. X. Lambert .... IS B. M. Marris f> J. Hutchings 5 ti 1 Brice howled three wides, Garrod three wides and three no-halls, and Marris one no-hall. Second Innings. W. R. Patrick 111122 c Lambert b Marris 8 R. C. Blunt 3214123112121 c Marris b Lambert 24 C. E. Evans b Marris 0 11. B. Whitta 111 not out 3 1). McK. Sandman 4 not out 4 Byes 111 3 Leg-bye 1 •. .. 1 Xo-ball 1 Total for three wickets .. .. 44 O. M. R. \V. \V. S. Brice 5 0 1(> 0 \V. Garrod 2 (I fi 0 H. X. Lambert .. .. 2.4 0 8 1 B. M. Marris 2 0 -9 2 Empires: Messrs R. \Y. Barry and A. Dey. THE CANTERBURY TEAM. PLAYERS FOE NORTHERN TOUR. The following players have been chosen by Mr W. R. Patrick for the Canterbury team's northern tour: — J. H. Bennett, R. C. Blunt, L. R. Brunton, C. E. Evans, J. Gray, J. McEwin, W. R. Patrick, R. Read, D. Reese, P. McK. Sandman, A. \Y. Thomas and B. B. Wood. H. B. Whitta and Hr P. S. Foster are not available for the tour. The team will leave for Auckland to-morrow evening, and will meet the Auckland representative eleven on January 2, 3 and 5. It will play Wellington, in Wellington, on January 8, 9 and 10. CANTERBURY B v. HAWKE'S BAY.

The following team has been selected by Mr W. R. Patrick to compose the Canterbury B team, which is to meet Hawke's Bay in a match at Hagley Park, commencing at 2 p.m. on Thursday:— E. R. Caygill (captain), A. R. Blank, A. Grant, W. Hayes, D. C. Nixon, D. W. Becse, H. T. Stringer, H. M. Taylor, H. Watson, R. D. Worker, J. Young. F. Woods is to be twelfth man. " THE HAWKE CUP. i rress Association. GISBORNE, December 27. The Hawke Gup match between Wanganui (challengers) and Poverty Bay (holders) was concluded here to-day, resulting in the retention of the cup by Poverty Bay, who won by seven wickets.

0. M. R. W. R. Read .. .. .. .. 25 5 80 3 D. McK. Sandman .. .. 20.2 3 <« ■1 J. HcEwiu .. .. 9 0 38 1 A. \V. Thomas .. .. 9 1 19 D. Reese .. .. .. 10 1 21) 1 C. E. Evans .. .. .. 4 0 13 1