Canterbury Collapse Before The Wellington Bowlers, Making 107.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18044, 3 January 1927, Page 5

Canterbury Collapse Before The Wellington Bowlers, Making 107.

VISITORS HAVE COMMANDING LEAD IN PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH.

The Plunket Shield match between Canterbury and Wellington was continued at Lancaster Park to-day in fine weather. The wicket was again in good order. By making 488 on Saturday Wellington had set Canterbury a hard task. Tljis morning Canterbury did not set out promisingly on the accomplishment of this task, losing their first two wickets (Woods and Crawford) for only 11 runs. Gregory and Page stopped the “rot.” hut the third wicket fell with the total 46, and Canterbury's prospects were not bright. The innings continued fo be disastrous for Canterbury, and closed before lunch for the poor total of 107.

Another Bad Stajrt. Woods and Crawford were the opening batsmen for Canterbury. Crawford faced Badcock bowling from the north end. First ball Crawford scored a single and Woods scored one off the third. M'Girr bowled from the south end, and Woods sent his first delivery to the leg boundary for four. M’Girr’s fourth delivery clean bowled Woods. It beat him all the way. 6—l—s. Page joined Crawford. Three byes brought 10 up. Badcock’s second over was a maiden to Crawford. In M’Girr"s second over Crawford had his stumps scattered and with two wickets down for eleven runs things were looking bar! for the. home side. Page and Gregory Make Stand. The incoming batsman, Gregory, opened his account with a short run single off M’Girr. Badcock’s third ovez was a maiden. First and second balls of Badcock’s fourth over Page drove to the boundary and reached double figures. This brought 20 on the board. A maiden over from M’Girr to Page followed. Gregory glided Badcock prettily to leg for three and then Page drove him to the off for four. Gregory made a couple off M’Girr and the total was 30 after half an hour’s play. Page made a two and a single off Badcock. This made the total 40 and Page was past the 20 mark. Gregory, who had been in for half an

hour reached the doubles with a single off M’Girr.

Third Wicket Falls. With the total 46 Henderson, Wellington’s fast left-land bowler, went on at the north end in place of Badcock. The change was effective for first ball Gregory was caught by James, the wicketkeeper, who was standing well back. 46—3—10. Oliver was next in. lie was pOKing at Henderson’s deliveries and looked like going out in the same way as Gregory. However, Oliver broke his ’ cluck” by scoring three off Henderson’s last delivery. Then one off M Girr brought up the half century after o'2 minutes’ play. Wickets Continue to Fall. The fourth wicket fell with the total 59. Page being caught in the. slips by Hiddleston off the fifth ball of Henderson's third over. 594 —30. Boon went in. but the second ball from Henderson caught his leg stump. 59—5—0. Henderson had taken three wickets for six runs. Patrick was next, and Oliver brought 60 up with a couple through the slips off M’Girr. Oliver now had 10 against his name. With his total 12, Oliver survived a strong appeal for caught behind the wickets off M Girr. With the total 61, Brice relieved M’Girr at Ihe south end. Patrick, who had been in 13 minutes without scoring, opened his account by glancing Brice to leg for four. Then two off Brice brought 70 on the board.

Brice Does Damage. The sixth wicket fell with the total 73, Oliver being caught by Hollings off the third ball of Brice’s second over. Brice attempted to catch the ball, but missed it. and it went into Ilollings’s hands at long-off. 73—6--16. Sandman joined Patrick. lie scored two, but he was skittled the first ball of Brice's next over. 77—7—2.

Read also opened his account with a couple, off Brice, but three, deliveries later Brice bowled Read. 79—S—2. Cunningham was next. M’Girr is beginning to lose his length. The crowd don’t like the way the batsmen feel for Henderson on the off. Page pays the penalty of snicking one to Hiddleston in the slips. Bad luck as “Curly” was going well. Four for 59 becomes five for 59. when Mick Boon is clean skittled second ball. Half the side out. They’ll be cleaned up by an innings if Bill Patrick doesn’t come to light. Henderson’s average is three for six. Oliver survives a loud appeal for a catch at the wickets off M’Girr. He didn’t appear to get near it, and the crowd yelled “Turn it up.” Brice goes on in place of M'Girr. Henderson—five overs, three maidens, six runs, three wickets. Oliver sticks at 13 for some time. Will it be lucky or otherwise? Unlucky, as after getting three more he hit Brice to Rollings at mid-off. Six for 73. Canterbury are well in the cart. “Sandy’s gone.” Bowled by Brice. Seven for 77. Brice two for 8. Reg Read batted well against Auckland. Will he come to light again today? He gets a nice two to third man and then Brice beats him all the way with a slow one. The crowd cheer loudly when Bill Cunningham makes his entrance. What is it Canterbury lacks—bowlers or batsmen ? Brice and Henderson are both three for ten. A wag on the bank calls out to Patrick. "Keep going. Billy—only 400 liehind.” A Dying Flutter.

Patrick reached double figures by cutting Brice through the slips for four. In the next over (third ball) Cunningham was caught behind the wickets by James off Henderson. 86—9—0. M’Beath was the last man in. Patrick brought 90 up by punching Henderson to the off for four, and the crowd cheered when a ball or two later he found the boundary again with a cut through the slips, and followed it. with two other fours to the off. This brought 100 up after 117 minutes’ play. Henderson had 16 scored off him this over, easily the most expensive over to date. Patrick’s score was now over 30. With the total 107, Patrick was run out. He was trying to get the bowling. Patrick played a nice knock for 32. The innings closed at 1.8 p.m. It had lasted 125 minutes. WELLINGTON BAT AGAIN. Wellington elected to bat again instead of making Canterbury follow on. Hiddleston and Worker opened. Read bowled from the south end and Hiddleston cut his first ball for four. Then one to Hiddleston and three to Worker followed. Cunningham was the other bowler. In Cunningham’s first over Hiddleston reached doubles with a square cut to the boundary. The score was now 20. Read's second over was

a maiden to Worker. Hiddleston square cut Cunningham nicely for four and a single round to square leg made his total 15 after twelve minutes’ play. In Cunningham’s fourth over Hiddleston reached 20 and brought 30 up with a leg boundary. The innings had been in progress for fifteen minutes. With the total 32 and with four to his credit Worker gave a chance in the slips off Read. Crawford dropped the bail, which was travelling hard and low. Tn the. next over Hiddleston was caught in the slips by Page off Cunifingham. 36—1—25. Kortlang went

Bill Cunningham skittled Kortlang and Lambert in quick succession. He is on the job to-day all right. It is Reg. Read’s turn next. He appeals twice against Dempster for legbefore, the second time successfully. Dempster got the devil’s number. Worker is painfully slow, taking an hour and a quarter to make 25. He should have been out four times, giving two chances at the wickets and two in the slips, lie’ll soon be like the cat. The crowd start to jeer Worker, who waves his bat. in-reply to the “bankers.” Read, in his fourteenth successive over, was still bowling well, and he beat M’Girr with a beauty. Five for 93 was not too bad for Canterbury. James was next. Would he repeat his first innirfgs performance? Worker had his fifth life when he lifted M’Beath to Cunningham at midon, the ball “falling to the floor.” Worker appreciated the let-off by smacking one to the boundary. Two Wickets Go Cheaply. The half-century was hoisted after 32 minutes' play. Worker brought it up with a single off Cunningham, which made his total 10. When the total was 52, Kortlang had his stumps scattered by Cunningham. 52—2—9. Lambert went in, but before he had scored, Cunningham ’caught his off pin, much to the delight of the crowd. Dempster, the next man, played out the rest of Cunningham’s over, which was a maiden with two wickct.s. With a couple off Cunningham, Worker brought 60 up, and then a single made his own

score 20. The rate of scoring was slow, at this stage. Seventj- appeared on the board at 3 p.m. A three off Read made Dempsters total 10. lie had been batting 20 minutes. In Read's next over Dempster went Ibw. 79—4?—13. M’Girr was next, and be broke his “duck” with a short, run single off Read. This brought 80 up. Worker Dropped. The total was 82 when M Bcath relieved Cunningham at the north end. Worker, who had been scoring very slowly, registered his first four off M’Beath. Two balls later he gave a chance in the slips to Page, who dropped the ball. Worker at this stage had 29 to his credit. The crowd barracked Worker for his “stone wall” tactics, and they cheered ironically when he scored a single off M’Beath. This made the total 90. A minute or two later M’Girr was bowled by Read with a ball which beat him all the way. 93 —5 —6. Century Hoisted James joined Worker, who brought the century up with a couple off Read. It had taken 95 minutes to make. With his total 39, Worker gave another chance. It was off M’Beath. Cunningham, at mid on, dropped the ball. WELLINGTON. First Innings. R. dc R. Worker, 122211, lbw, b Read 9 J. S. Hiddleston. 441114111241 111 11 4111311111411311111111111211111 111111141411142121112441, c Grcgorv b Cunningham 114 B. T- Kortlang. 211314111111412111 1141121111111211411, c and b Sandman 55 11. M. Lambert, 1114111111111, run out 16

C. S. Dempster, 11412, c Boon b Read 9 H. M. M’Girr, 2211, lbw b M’Beath 6 K. 0. James. 141111111111111111112 412111141111411111111, c Boon b Cunningham 56 A. M. Rollings, 11411, lbw b M’Beath 8 F. T. Badcock, .111214112141111144 4111111412211141131444141344411 62342411411142412112141111, lbw b Read 155W. S. Brice. 21111441, c Cunningham b Read 15 M. Henderson. 1111111111214, not out 18 Byes 22 Leg bves 4 Wides 1 Total 4SB Second Innings. J. S. Hiddleston, 4J1441141112, c Page b Cunningham 25 R. D. R. Worker, not out 52 E. J. Kortlang, 12141, b Cunningham 9 IT. M. Lambert, b Cunningham .. 0 C. S. Dempster, 14111131 lbw b Read 13 11. M. M'Girr, 12111 b Read 6 K. James, not out 6 Extras 7 Total for five wickets . . 118 BOWLING. ANALYSIS.

Fall of wickets:—One for 27, two for 132, three for 168, four for 207, five for 224, six for 226, seven for 240, eight for 394, nine for 441, ten for 488. CANTERBURY. First Innings. F. Woods, 14, b M’Girr 5 C. G. Crawford, 1. b M’Girr 1 G. R. Gregory, 132211, c Janies b Henderson 10 M. L. Page. 11-14141112112231, c Hiddleston, b Henderson .... 30 M. Boon, b Henderson 0 C Oliver, 32421121, c Rollings, b Brice 16 D. Sandman. 2. b Brice 2 R. Read, 2, b Brice 2

W. Cunningham, c Janies b Henderson 0 W. R. Patrick. 121142144441, run out 32 D. T. M’Beath, 21, not out 3 Bves 4 Leg byes 2 Total 107 BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W.

11. three for 46. four for 59. five for 59, six for 73. seven for 77, eight for 79, nine for S 6. ten for 107. NOTES ON THE PLAY. Crawford and Woods set about Canterbury's big task of making 48S runs, which Wellington had knocked up on Saturday. Disaster came very early, as in the second over M’Girr scattered Woods's stumps. One for 6. The crowd barracked Crawford for not running easy singles. Then M’Girr broke through Crawford’s defence with another fast. one. Two for 11. W’hat’s wrong with Canterbury? Dempster. M'Girr, Lambert and Rollings are all fielding near the wicket, on the leg side, when Badcock is bowling, while Worker is just a little further out. The Englishman is bowling “Curly” Page drives Badcock for two successive fours and then gets a single for an overthrow’. The crowd enjoy this. Badcock now bowls something different and brings the fieldsmen over to the off.

Page is going well, batting very confidently. Gregory is giving him good assistance at the other end. Page has 20 up and Gregory 10. Brice makes a change of bowling, Henderson replacing Badcock. The change is effective, as Gregory tips the left-hander’s first one, and James, standing a long way back, holds it, and the umpire answers the loud appeal in the affirmative. Three for 46. Charlie Oliver cuts Henderson to third man and a wild return to the wicket results in two for an overthrow. Bill Cunningham tried the rock successfully for about ten minutes, without scoring, and then touched one of Henderson’s, and James held it. Dan M’Beath is last man. Billy Patrick smacks Henderson for four, and is second top scorer. A late cut also reaches the fence, then another couple of square cuts to the boundary. Sixteen off the over. Henderson’s average is damaged. Four lor 27 now. Billy Patrick is top scorer, and the century is up. Page and Patrick arc the only two in the Canterbury team who have looked like batsmen. Two extra men are out on the off boundary to stop Patrick's fours. Dan M’Beath refuses to answer Patrick's call, and Canterbury’s skipper wliu was after getting the bowling, was run out.

Hard luck, Billy! All out 107. A follow-on for certain. No follow-on. Brice knows that Canterbury have come out on top too often after looking to be beaten for him to take any risks. Read opens and then Cunningham sends down a very erratic over. Crawford at second slip drops Worker in Read’s fourth over, and then Page takes Hiddleston in the slips off Cunningham. Hiddleston had scored 25 out of 36. Worker had a narrow escape from being run out when M’Beath fielded well and returned nicely to Boon. BEALE’S TEAM V. POVERTY BAY. Per Press Association. GISBORNE, January 3. In the cricket match, Poverty Bay v. Beale's team, Povert}’ Bay in their first innings made 220 (Robertson 100, Cooke 36). Weir took three wickets for 17 runs, Butler two for 41. Auckland. i:i their second innings, had made 69 for three wickets at the luncheon adjournment (Gee not out 15, Weir 19).

KORTLANG NOW IN RANKS OF PLAYERS WITH 1000 RUNS.

HIS PLUNKET SHIELD AVERAGE IS 60.35. (Special to the “Star.”) WELLINGTON, January 3. Kortlang has followed Worker into the ranks of players to score 1000 runs in Plunket Shield cricket, a distinction now held by twelve players. Kortlang has scored 1026 runs (twice not out) in nineteen innings—a performance unequalled since the inception of the competition. His average is 60.35. He is also the best of those players scoring over 500 Sandman requires 43 runs to complete his 1000 in Shield cricket. He has batted 5L times (five unbeaten) for 957 runs. The only player having more innings in Plunket Shield cricket prior to the present match was Patrick, with 57. WELLINGTON TO HOLD WALKER SHIELD.

AUCKLAND, January 3. The Walker Shield match between teams representing; Canterbury and Auckland Suburban Cricket Associations resulted In a draw. Auckland in the First innings made 206, to which Canterbury replied with 234, including; a century by B. Morris. Auckland declared the second innings closed at 128 for one wicket, and Canterburv had lost three for 16 at the close of play. 'Wellington, as the only winner in (lie tourney (with a £6 runs victory over Canterbury) is the 1926-27 holder. ALL INDIA OPENS POORLY AGAINST M.C.C. By Telegraph.—Press Assn-— Copyright. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received January 3, 10.30 a.m.) DELHI. January 2. At. Calcutta the All India cricket team in their first innings made 146 (Brooke 43. Xaidu 2 41. Tate took six wickets for 42. Marylebone have lost three wickets t>y Telegraph.— Press Assn.—Copyright " Sydney Sun *’ Cable. (Received January 3, 2.30 p.m.) J >EI/fIJ, January 2. Marylebone, in the first innings, made 233 (Ast.ill 66, Tate 58). All India in their second innings have lost, four wickets for 383 (Guiso 91, Brooks 72). ■

O. M. R. W. R. Read ., 22.7 2 107 4 W . r.imninghan i 27 I 132 2 D. Sandman .. 16 0 95 1 D. J. M’Beath .. 22 2 93 2 W . R. Patrick . - 5 1 17 0 G. R. Gregory .. 1 0 17 0 Sandman bowled on e wide.

F. T. Badcock ..7 2 22 <> H. M. M’Girr U 1 31 2 M. Henderson .. Jl 4 20 4 W. S. Brice 6 0 19 3 Fall of wickets—One for 6. two for