CANTERBURY PUT ON 234 FOR FIVE WICKETS

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18960, 6 January 1930, Page 10

CANTERBURY PUT ON 234 FOR FIVE WICKETS

BRIGHT BATTING IN MATCH AGAINST AUCKLAND TO-DAY.

AT Auckland this morning, Canterbury carried their score from 104 for two to 234 for five. M. L. Page made 78 and A. W. Roberts 76.

(Special to the “Star.”) AUCKLAND, January 6.

The Plunket Shield match Canterbury v. Auckland was resumed to-day. Canterbury had 104 up for two wickets when play stopped last Friday. The not out batsmen were Roberts (49) and Page (35).

Heavy rain continued on Saturday and Sunday, but eased last night, and the sun, with a good drying wind, had the playing area in fine condition. The wicket was surprisingly good, a trifle dead, perhaps, but this was only to be expected. The first ball was sent down by Wensley, and was cut for a single by Roberts, who thus reached his halfcentury.

Matheson then trundled from the Edendale end. Roberts got a single off the first ball, and the third Page turned nicely for a brace. He repeated the shot to the last ball but one of Wenslev’s next over, but this time the ball reached the fence. A single to each batsman was notched off Matheson, plentv of power being put into the strokes, but, the field being well placed, runs were not easy to get. A Hot Chance*/ 1 Page gave a very hot chance when he drove a ball hard back to Wensley, \the coach failing to hold it. Page glanced Matheson through the slips for four, and smote him to the off for a double. Both Roberts and Page settled down and played the bowling with confidence. Every hit was made with the object of getting runs. Page reached the half-century, and ought the total to 130. He received round of applause. His forceful hitng was being appreciated by the specators. Wensley, at this stage, was mixing lis deliveries and varying his pace. A'ith his score at 60, Roberts glanced me from Matheson, which Weir just ailed to gather in and hold. The same batsman, three balls later, square cut Matheson for a well-run three. Roberts got a single and Page, far from comfortable to Wensley, played for safety. Matheson, who had 41 runs against him for one wicket, was replaced by Anthony, whose first over brought the visitors* total to 138. In half an hour they had put on 31 Wensley bowled a maiden, his second to Roberts, and Page notched an easy single off Anthony. Roberts turned him neatly to the square leg for a brace, and four came from Wensley. He Dropped It. At 69 Roberts drove one hard straight back to Anthony. It was not an easy one, and the Aucklander dropped it. The over was a maiden, Anthony’s first. Roberts brought the total to 150 by pulling Wensley to the fence, and Page also notched a boundary with a brace and a couple of singles. The over produced a dozen runs. The score of 150 had been gathered in 151 minutes. Wensley’s expensive over saw Elliott replace him with the total at 159. Wensley had delivered 28 overs for 63 runs and one wicket. Although only three singles came from the new bowler’s first over, the batsmen did not appear concerned. Page treated Anthony with no respect. but credited him with a maiden. The Unexpected. The unexpected came when the first ball of Elliott’s second over was snicked by Roberts to Weir at third slip. Roberts had batted for 136 minutes for his contribution of 76, and the partnership had put on 139 runs. 162—3—76. Talbot followed and displayed caution. Page was batting confidently and took his total into the seventies by pulling Elliott to the boundary. Page, who had been giving a bright display and seemed well set for his century, fell a victim to Anthony. Page Trapped. The Canterbury skipper stepped out to lift one from Anthony and Rowntree had the bails off in a twinkling. He had batted for 138 minutes and his score included 8 boundaries. 178 —4 —78. Allen was the newcomer. The first over by Elliott was a maiden. Talbot won by a touch in getting back after an attempt at a run which was not there. Elliott, with one victim for 15 runs, was given a spell, Sme*> + on relieving him and sending a maiden to Talbot. Anthony gave every encouragement to the batsmen to hit out, sending several innocent-looking ones well pitched up, but Allen was not to be trapped, keeping everything he hit on the ground. With a faulty shot he put Smeeton to the pickets and ran into figures. Anthony kept sending down easy ones, but the bait was not nibbled at till Allen sent the last ball of the over high and clear of the fieldsmen, bringing the total to 202 in as many minutes. Allen had been going along quietly and had taken his score to 21. When Mills took the bowling from Anthony, the latter had taken one wicket for 56, and the score stood at 209. The Auckland skipper did not make a very auspicious opening, 9 coming from his first over, including a boundary by Allen. Mills Has Revenge. Nine runs followed from Smeeton’s next, but Mills had his revenge in his second effort, when he got Talbot lbw. Talbot had been at the wicket for 54 minutes. 2275 —24. Kerr joined Allen and Elliott returned to bowl, relieving Smeeton (none for 41). Allen was scoring well and put together 35 in 4S minutes. At lunch the board read 5 for 234. After lunch the score rose quickly to 277, when Allen was dismissed. CANTERBURY. First Innings. I. B. Cromb. c Rowntree b Wensley 8 \V. E. Merritt, c Weir b Matheson 8 A. W. Roberts, c Weir b Elliott .. 76 M. L. Page, stp b Anthony ...... 78 R. O. Talbot, lbw b Mills 21 IV Allen, out 59 J. L. Kerr, not out 20 Total for six wickets .... 277

M.C.C. BOWLERS GET WICKETS CHEAPLY.

SOUTHLAND FIVE FOR 19 AT LUNCH INTERVAL. Per Press Association. INVERCARGIL, January 6. The weather was clear, with a glar ing sun for the resumption of the match against the Englishmen. The wicket was fast. The last wicket added 106. Southland opened disastrously, five wickets falling for 19 before luncheon. Scores:— M.C.C. First Innings. Gililgan, b Copland 18 Turnbull, lbw b Coupland 5 Duleepsinhji. b Coupland 18 Woolley, c Anderson b .... 79 Legge. b Diack 44 Worthington, c Tapley b Coupland 11 Earle, c M’Gowan b Coupland .... 6 Nichols, c Lee b Coupland 3 Allom, b Coupland 61 Barratt. lbw b Diack 1 Cornford. not out 3H Extras 24 Total 309 Coupland took seven wickets for 86 runs. SOUTHLAND. First Innings. Lee, b Woolley 4 M’Gowan, b Nichols 0 Diack, b Worthington 1 Tapley, c Allom b Barratt .... 2 Anderson, c Barratt b Woolley .. 0 Southern, not out 5 Coupland, not out 2 Extras 5 Total for five wickets .. 19 TO PLAY FOR N.Z. IN TEST MATCH

CITY AND SUBURBAN. THIRD GRADE. Playing at Stewart’s Gully, Shirley A, SG (U. Walker 32, Agassiz 20, Whitehead 16) defeated Stewart’s Gully, 62 (Ford 13), by 24 runs. For Shirley, Johns took four wickets for 16 runs, and A. Algie, four for 16. For Stewart’s Gully, Sisson took four In a third grade match, Marists made S 3 (O’Malley 30) and 6 5 for one wicket declared (Barnard 30), defeating Beckenham A, 61 (Dawe 30) and 7S (Sands 10) by nine wickets and 9 runs. Steere took two for 0, and Barnard live for 3. HORTICULTURISTS TO MEET IN WELLINGTON. The annual conference of the Horticultural Trades Association will be held in the Dominion Farmers’ Institute, Wellington, on January 15 and 16. Delegates will be welcomed by the Mayor of Wellington (Mr G. A. Troup), and the conference will be opened by the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon G. W. Forbes). The order paper shows that several matters of national importance will be dealt with, including fruit tree and rose root stocks, the suggestion for a national scientific botanic garden, forestry matters and the need for a horticultural research station. A public session will be held on the evening of January 16, and three speakers will deal briefly with popular horticultural subjects. There will be a special display of floral designs, citrus fruits and novelties.