CRICKET.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16627, 9 January 1922, Page 8

CRICKET.

PLUNKET SHIELD, CANTERBURY V, AUCKLAND (Per Press Association.) a. u U, oan uary 9Tlxe Plunket SineiU matron was resumed iu brilliant; weatuer, trie wicxet being m good order. Uaiueroury. witn tour runs on trie board ana wiuiout tne iobs oi a wicket in the second innings, resumed batting, but made a poor snowing against trie DO’ivang of It. oarrard, wno clean bowled tnree and got auotuer lbw in tne first Hour and a Quarter. T'ive wickets were down at 11.30 a.m. for 70 runs. 0 Sneddon and Smith bowled first this morning and the scoring was very slow, neitiier batsman -showing enterprise. Garrard came on at 28, and an occasional boundary, with singles and twos, took tne tally to the half-century. Young then hit over Coats’s head at mid-orf, and the next ball, doming in from leg, clean bowled Brosnah.an, who had scored 19 by lifeless cricks. Worker lo.iowed, but duplicated his first innings' fate, being out lbw to the second ball he received from Garrard. 50—2—0. Allcott displaced Smith on the arrival of Blunt, who strained his arm on Saturday. The batsmen continued very quiet. Five runs later Young was bowled off his pads, by. Garrard. 55—3 35. Three wickets’mad fallen in an hour, and the outlook was bad for Canterbury when Allcott got Blunt with a bailer, after a single to each batsman. 57—4—1. 6ra ( nt .ioined Patrick, and livened up the scoring with two boundaries. Patrick followed his example with a nice square cut to the fence, but the next ball- kept low and clean bowled him. 61—5—6. Evans and Grant scored freely, wiping off the deficit, and scoring 40 in twenty minutes. Coates replaced Garrard, and soon after Evans hit one from Allcott to Hemus. 110—6—24. Scores:— CANTERBURY. First Innings. Patrick, o Dacre b Smith . » .9 Blunt, o Cummings b Garrard . . 57 Brosnahan, b Smith . . .12 Evans, b Smith .... 6 Young, c Horspool b Smith ... SI Worker, lbw b Snedden ... 7 Grant, not out ...... 60 Sandman, b Sneddon 5S Read, b Snedden .0 M’Beth, b Smith . fi . . . 0 Fuller, b Smith o Extras 31 Total <34 3 Bowling Analysis.—Smith, six wickets for 67 runs; Snedden, three for 23; Garrard, one for 80. Second Inuingrs. Young, b Garrard 35 Brosnahan, b Garrard ..... IS Blunt, b Allcott 1 Patrick, b Garrard .... B 6 Worker, lbw b Garrard . . . . 0 Evans, c Hemus b Allcott . . . .25 Sandman, lbw b Garrard . . „ 41 Read, b Garrard 0 M’Beth, lbw b Garrard . . . , 0 Grant, not out 54 Extras ....... 7 Total for nine wickets • . 187 AUCKLAND. First Innings. Horspool, o Fuller b M’Beth . . .21 Hemus, b Beid 21 Sneddsn, run out ...... 33 Smith, b M’Beth ...... 55 Anthony, b M’Beth ..... 5 Dacre, b M’Both ...... 22 R. Garrard, not out . .... 60 Cummings, b M’Beth « ... 31 W. Garrard, b M’Beth ..... 0 Allcott, lbw b M’Beth 19 Coates, c and b M’Beth .... 2 Extras . . . « . « .14 Total 352 Bowling Analysis.—M;Beth, eight wickets for 26 runs; Beid, oife for 105. City Council met Wiiitcorube and Tombs at Sydenham Park, the former winning by 16 'runs. Scores:—City Council 102 (Giles 40, Bateman 19, Horwell 10), Whitcomb© and Tombs 88 (Beeves 25, Bow-ley 17). Fletcher and Horwell for City Council, and Perry and Bowley for Whitcomb® and Tombs were the moat successful bowlers. A most enjoyable game of cricket was played at South Brighton on Saturday betw-een the Mairehau Presbyterian Bible Class and the boys of the Presbyterian Orphanage, who are camped at. Pleasant Point. Mairehau scored 47 and 67, while the Orphanage boys made 39 and 47, Mairehau thus winning by 28 runs. J. B. Walter and L. Hartley batted best for the winners ana A. Gibb, M. Beyer and D M’Fadden bowled best. Reese, Norris and Grooby batted well for *the losers and S. M’Cuish and H. Grooby wefe the most successful bowlers. Mrs T. M’Fadden kindly provided afternoon tea, and Mvs (!. Taylor a plentiful supply of ice cream.