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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 18760, 26 December 1930, Page 10

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PLUNKET SHIELD MATCHES. OTAGO v. WELLINGTON. By Tele-rraph—Press Association WELLINGTON. December 25. The Plunket Shield match, between Ctarp and Wellington, opened sensa- ' tionally at 2.10 on the Basin Reserve j this afternoon. The weather was ideal, the wicket firm, and the outfield fast. A crowd of about 2000 settled down in confident anticipation of watching pome fast scoring when Lowry won the toss. After Badcock had sent down a maiden over to Dempster. A. Newman scored a single off Lemin, but Dempster placed the last ball of this over into Blunt’s hands in the slips. James came next, and saw Newman turn one from Lemin to the ropes at long leg. With the total at 10. James played a ball to the off. and called the Nelson man for an impossible run. Badcock followed up his bowling, and put the wicket down with Newman a couple of yards short of the crease. McLeod came next, but with three runs added, Hawksworth took a smart catch at the wickets, off Badcock. Wellingtons had further disaster i when McGirr touched one of Lemin’s I offswingers, and was brilliantly caught l up by Blunt at second slip. Four wickets were down for 16 runs, Lemin having secured two for seven. James made a few, but fell l.b.w. to Dunning, and five wickets were down for 55. Lowry and Lamason then made a stand, which added 80 runs for the sixth wicket. Both batsmen drove well, and used the square cut to good effect. With the total at 125, Lowry mishit one from Lemin, and Moloney took a good running catch at mid-off. The Wellington captain had . hit seven fours. Lamason did not long survive his captain, as shortly after passing the half-century, he started to nibble at Lemin’s off-swingers. and was caught by Galland at third slip, after having been dropped by the same fieldsman in the same over. Lamason gave a confident display, finding the boundary seven times. Gallichan and R. Crook were now together. With the total at 145, Gallichan, who had batted patiently for 9, fell l.b.w. to Dunning, and eight wickets were down for 145. Crook and J. Newman roused applause by having a dip at the bowling, and notching a few boundaries.

With the total at 169, Newman was clean bowled by a googly from Blunt. The innioirs closed at 5.45, when Blundell’s wicket fell. Following are the scores:— WELLINGTON. First Innings. C. S. Dempster, c Burnt, b Lemin 0 A. Newman, run out 9 K. C. James, lbw.. b Dunning .. 14 E. G. McLeod, c Hawksworth, b Badcock 1 H. M. McGirr, c Blunt, b Lemin 2 T. C. Lowry, c Moloney, b Lemin 44 J. K. Lamason. c Galland, b Lemin 54 N. Gallichan, lbw, b Dunning .... 9 R. Crook, not out 32 J. Newman, b Blunt 9 E. D. Blundell, b Badcock 7 Extras •. 8 Total 189 Fall of the wickets: —One for 1; two for 10; three for 13; four for 16; five for 45; six for 125; seven for 130; eight for 145; nine for 160. Bowling Analysis. O. M. R. W. Badcock 19.3 6 43 2 Lemin 23 6 54 4 Dunning 21 7 36 2 Blunt 8 3 24 1 Elme-s 2 0 6 0 Alloo 2 0 13 0 WEST INDIES V. TASMANIA. United Press Association--By Electric Tel egro ph — Copy rlgh t HOBART, December 24. The second match Tasmania versus West Indies commenced at Hobart on Wednesday, in fine weather. There was a slight adjournment after lunch, on account of rain, which caused a further suspension for ten minutes. At 5.30 play was abandoned for the day. Tasmania won the toss, and scored 216 for the loss of five wickets (Nash 53, Burrows 44 not out, Putman 34. Green 33). (Received December 25, 11.25 p.m.) HOBART, December 25. The match was continued to-day in fine weather on an excellent wicket, before a good attendance. Tasmania, in the first innings made 280 in 294 minutes. Burrows made 54. Constantine bowled remarkably well, taking six wickets for 25, getting his victims with the slower ball. Francis took one for 46, Scott two for 69, Sealey one for 41. The West Indies team at stumps had scored 139 for two wickets (Roach 23, I Birkett 74 not out, Martin 36 not out). James took one wicket for 34. M.C.C. TEAM IN AFRICA. PLAY IN FIRST TEST. (Received December 25, 5.5 p.m.) CAPETOWN, December 24. ( In the first Test, M.C.C. v. South | Africa, at Johannesburg, Chapman j won the toss and put South Africa in on an easy wicket. I The South African side collapsed, j and were all out for 126 (Siedle 13, Curnow 13, Mitchell 6, Catterall 5, ; j Viljoen 7. Balaskas 7, Cameron 0. McMillan 5 not out, Nupen 0, Vincent 2, Newson 10, extras 18). i Bowling analysis:—Tate took twe • wickets for 20; Voge four for 45; i Peebles four for 43. ) The Marylebone team made 167 for : five wickets (Wyatt 8, Leyland 29. Hammond 45 not out. Hendren 8 Turnbull 28. Chapman 28, White 8 nol out, extras 10).

AUCKLAND V. CANTERBURY. j By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 25. The Plunket Shield match between Canterbury and Auckland was commenced on Lancaster Park to-day. Very complete arrangements had been made for the match. A wicket, that looked as near perfection as possible had been prepared, and the ground was in better order for cricket than it had been for years, the outfield being remarkably fast and true. The weather was fine, though a boisterous and cold easterly made the conditions far from pleasant. Auckland’s innings was a combination of high-class and mediocre batting. with a little bad luck thrown in. It was certainly bad luck to have two fine batsmen like Vivian and Posties run out. Vivian, a left-hander, justified the high praise that Auckland had given him, and it was a stroke of genuine good fortune for Canterbury when his partner refused his call for an easy single. The left-hander is no ordinary batsman, for whilst his defence met all requirements, his scoring strokes were in a class by themselves. He timed Merritt’s slows to a nicety, and when he went out to them, he went all the way. Punctually at 2.15 Mills and Posties went out to open Auckland’s innings. Burrows, from the south end, opened the attack, and a loose over cost only 5. a four and a single to Mills. At the other end Talbot was entrusted with the ball, and an over, variable in length, gave Mills a four off a long hop to leg. Posties then got busy with a four off each bowler, and was into doubles with 20 on the board 11 minutes after the start. The scoring slackened for an over or two. but in Br rows’s fourth over, Mills was clean bowled with a good length ball. 22 —1 —ll. Vivian was next, and he sent a short one from Talbot to the air for three. Burrows bowled two successive maidens, and then Vivian, with a four past point, sent 30 up. Merritt replaced Talbot when the total was 33. His second ball, a full toss, was a gift of four to Vivian. The next ball the batsman went out to and was clean bowled. The umpire, however, had called “no ball.” Another good stroke to the off for four gave Vivian double figures. There was then an exciting moment. Vivian drove one towards the corner and Talbot only partly stopped it. The batsman went

for a close single, but Page gathering the ball quickly, sent it like a flash to I Doreen, and Posties was run out. 45 — 1 2—15. Weir filled the gap. and Vivian got Burrows away to leg for a four and a three. He had scored 30 in 26 minutes, and his off strokes had been magnificent. When Weir got opposite Merritt, he was visibly unhappy, and the last ball of the over he played halfheartedly, and Doreen took a good catch on the leg side. 593 —0. Gillespie, after getting a single and a pair, had an uncomfortable time against Merritt for a few balls. He got a single, however, and Vivian collected four off the last ball. It was nearly a 6. An hour’s play had produced 70, and Vivian made it 71 with a flashing offdrive for a single. Then he had bad luck. He called his partner for what would have been an easy single, but Gillespie wouldn’t budge, and a good return by Page, equally well taken by Doreen, and the good batsman was out. His scoring strokes had been many and magnificent. 71—4 —37. Allcott followed and Gillespie, who I had been playing very uncertainly, | livened up with a four for an off- | drive, which made Cromb. fielding at i silly point, consider his position. Eighty | was a long time coming, and Allcott I was in 15 minutes before he opened his I account with a single. At 79 Talbot i

replaced Merritt, and some singles were i followed by a four for byes. A single sent 90 up. and Gillespie reached the i twenties with a brace. This was his j last, for he edged out to Lester and J Dorreen brought off a brilliant bit of ; stumping. 92 —5 —20. Wensley was next, but only a single had been added when Allcott hit one to j square leg, where Cromb, fielding close j in, brought off a great catch. 93—6 McCoy followed, and Merritt was at once put on in place of Talbot. Wemsley put some life into the game by getting Merritt for four twos and a four in two overs. McCoy being unwilling, he was running twos for strokes that most batsmen would have got only a single for. The 100 had gone up after an hour and forty minutes’ play, and with the I total at 106, the tea adjournment was taken. Lester, from the south end, and Talbot, had charge of the bowling when play was resumed. In the former’s second over, a full toss to leg gave Wensley four, and he straight drove another one to the fence. McCoy, after being in 20 minutes, opened his account with a single, and at 119 Merritt replaced Lester at the railway end. McCoy hit him magnificently to the off boundary, but in the same over he lifted one nearly to the on boundary. Cromb did not judge it too well, but made a quick recovery and then brought off a very fine left-handed catch. 125—7 —6. Matheson was next, and some slow play gave him three singles, Wemsley carried the score along with a couple of pretty fours off Talbot. At 147 Burrows and Lester replaced Merritt and Talbot. Burrows clean bowled Wensley in his second over. 152—8—39. With Claverley in, Merritt took the ball from Burrows, and after some slow play, Matheson went forward for a good length ball and Dorreen effected another stumping in remarkably smart style. 160—9—14. Hunt was last man, but Hamilton ended the innings by taking a fine catch in the slips. The innings had lasted 21 hours. Canterbury went to the wickets at 5.30, the opening batsmen being Hamilton and Kerr. The pair withstood several bowling changes, and were unbeaten when stumps were drawn. Canterbury’s out-cricket was good, and the bowling was uniformly steady, though several batsmen let the bowlers off lightly, when their length was erratic. Lester’s good figures flatter him a little. For most of the time he kept a good length, but there were spells when he sent down a lot of short stuff. Talbot bowled above his usual club form. Burrows was steady, and Merritt was erratic in length, though he had most of the batsmen puzzled. The fielding was good for the most part. Dorreen’s work as wicket-keeper stood out as really high-class. His stumping of Gillespie and Matheson was brilliant, and he took the ball smartly from the field in the case of two run-outs. Following are the scores:—•

AUCKLAND. First Innings. J. E. Mills, b Burrows 11 A. M. Posties, run out 15 H. G. Vivian, run out 37 G. L. Weir, c Dorreen, b Merritt .. 0 H. Gillespie, std Dorreen, b Lester 20 C. F. W. Allcott, c Cromb, b Lester 3 A. W. McCoy, c Cromb, b Merritt 6 Wensley, b Burrows 29 A. M. Matheson, std Dorreen. b

Lester 1 A W. Claverley, c Hamilton, b Lester 6 H. Hujat, not out 0

Extras 13 Total 134 Bowling.—J. T. Burrows two wickets for 29 runs; R. O. Talbot none for 38; Merritt two for 63; S. G. Lester four for 21. CANTERBURY. First Innings. I. M. Hamilton, not out 16 J. L. Kerr, not out 22 Extras 6 Total for no wickets 44 SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH. QUEENSLAND v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA United Press Association -By Electric (Received December 26, 12.5 a.m.) ADELAIDE. December 25. In the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland South Australia made 286 lor seven wickets. (Nitschke 142, Lee 39. Tobin 36). NORTH OTAGO V SOUTH CANTERBURY. A representative match, South Canterbury v. North Otago, will be played on Fraser Pane to-day, commencing at 11 o’clock.