AUCKLAND BOWLERS ARE IN FINE FORM.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19267, 2 January 1931, Page 10

AUCKLAND BOWLERS ARE IN FINE FORM.

OTAGO BATSMEN HAVE UNCOMFORTABLE TIME. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, January 2. In bright sunshine on the Carisbrook wicket that promised many easy runs Otago resumed their innings in the Plunket Shield match against Auckland. Cavanagh (9) and Dickinson (5) took strike and the fast bowlers, Cleverley and Matheson, took up the attack in traditional fashion. The trundling was accurate and fairly dangerous. Dickinson could make no sort of showing against Matheson, whose fourth ball rattled the batsman’s stumps. Moloney shaped better, but Cleverley, who was giving all the batsmen a taste of his bumping propensities, beat him with a trimmer which ran up the bat and flew high into the hands of Wensley' at third slip. When Blunt came in three wickets were down for 26. Blunt was the only batsman so far who had made an effort to pick out the loose ones. Several times he got Cleverley well around to leg, one of the strokes producing the first boundary. The Auckland fielding was keen. Cleverley, who had been no-balled three times, was relieved by Wensley after half an hour’s play. Blunt continued in confident style, but Cavanagh, after a string of singles, went lbw to the English coach, 47—4—11. Badcock, the newcomer, helped Blunt to carry on in a more convincing manner. AUCKLAND. First Innings. Mills, lbw b Blunt 25 Postles, run out 100 Vivian, c Moloney, b Blunt .... 4 Weir, lbw b Blunt 12 Thakabau, b Blunt 7 AUcott, not out 114 Wensley, b Blunt 40 Mathieson, lbw b Blunt 8 M’Coy, st Hawksworth, b Blunt 0 Cleverley, lbw b Blunt 0 Hunt, b Alloo 1 Extras 20 Total 331 Fall of wickets.—One for 75, two for 85, three for 125, four for 134, five for 186, six for 296, seven for 316, eight for 320, none for 322, ten for 331, Bowling Analysis*

OTAGO. First Innings. Cavanagh, lbw b Wensley 11 Cherry, b Cleverley 1 Dickinson, b Matheson 5 Maloney, c Wensley b Cleverley .. 1 Total for 4 wickets 54 NORTH OTAGO V. SOUTHLAND. Per Press Association. OAMARU, January 2. There was perfect weather for the Southland v. North Otago cricket match. The home side batted and at lunch had lost five for 112 (Uttley 24, Blakely 30, Zimmerman, not out 24, Borrows, not out 11). M’Kay bowled best.

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