DOUBLE CENTURIES
NINE IN PLUNKET SHIELD MATCHES TO DATE The 211 scored by W. M. Wallace, the Auckland captain, against Canterbury, in Auckland last Saturday, was the ninth recorded in Plunket Shield matches in New Zealand. The list is:— 338, not out, R. C. Blunt, for Otago v. Canterbury, at Lancaster Park. Christmas, 1931. 290, W. N. Carson, for Auckland v. Otago, at darisbrook, New Year, 1937. 256, S. G. Smith, for Auckland v. Canterbury, at Eden Park, New Year, 1920. 221, R. C. Blunt, for Otago v. Canterbury, at Carisbrook, February, 1929. 214, not out, B. J. Kortlang, for Wellington v. Auckland, at Basin Reserve, February, 1926. 212, J. S. Hiddleston, for Wellington v. Canterbury, at Basin Reserve, New Year, 1926. 211. W. M. Wallace, for Auckland against Canterbury, at Eden Park, January 6, 1940. 204, J. S. Hiddleston, for Wellington v. Auckland, at Basin Reserve, February, 1926. 204. A. Cox, for Canterbury v. Otago, at Lancaster Park, Christmas, 1925.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21559, 23 January 1940, Page 8
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