CANTERBURY DEFEATED.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20194, 3 January 1934, Page 8

CANTERBURY DEFEATED.

Last Day’s Play in Plunket Shield Match. WELLINGTON WIN BY 115 RUNS. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, January 3. WITH FIVE WICKETS in hand and 181 runs needed to win, Canterbury resumed their second innings to-day against Wellington at the Basin Reserve. Conditions were good and the wicket was wearing well. Canterbury’s innings ended for 180, and Wellington won bv 113 runs.

Bellamy and Smith resumed for Cantergury against Blundell and Parsloe. Shaping like opening batsmen, they met everything confidently and executed some nice scoring strokes, particularly off Parsloe, who eventually was replaced by Hatch, with Lamason later relieving Blundell.

The changes were no more successful j in unsettling the batsmen, who reached | 150 when the innings had been in progress 162 minutes. The 35 runs registered this morning occupied even time. Smart fielding by Ward and slow running by Bellamy resulted in the latter's dismissal after the partnership had produced 50 in 53 minutes. T his good knock was spoilt by a wicket being thrown away. 163—6—28. At noon the score was 170 for six. Canterbury’s task was made more difficult when Riley stopped a straight ball with his leg alter a short stay. 173 —7—5. lie was quickly followed to the pavilion by Smith, who was clean bowled after batting seventy-four minutes. Smith played another useful innings and hit two fours. 176—8—32. The damage was done by Lamason, who registered two successive maiden overs with a wicket in each. Hope stonewalled. Lester was also defensive, but Parsloe, bowling into the wind, beat his bat. 180—9—3. The innings closed in the next over without addition to the score. The innings was over at 12.20 p.m. after lasting 214 minutes. Scores: — WELLINGTON. First innings 328 Second Innings. Dustin, b Smith 1 Tindill, c Page b Cromb 56 O’Brien, b Smith 0 Ell, c Bellamy b Cromb 50 Lamason, lbw b Lester Ward, b Riley 12 James, c Stringer b Cromb 66 Morgan, c Page b Smith SI Parsloe, c Cromb b Riley 12 Hatch, not out H Blundell, b Hope 10 Extras 30 Total 39! Bowling analysis.—Cromb, three wickets for 63 runs; Smith, three for 69; Lester, one for 59; Hope, one for 90; Riley, two for 82; Stringer, none for 3. CANTERBURY. First innings 424

Second Innings. Kerr, c James b Parsloe 0 Stringer, c Parsloe b Lamason .... 29 Hadlee, c James b Blundell 13 Page, c Lamason b Parsloe 21 Cromb, c Ward b Morgan 37 Bellamy, run out 29 Smith, b Lamason 32 Riley, lbw b Lamason 5 Lester, b Parsloe 3 Hope, b Blundell 0 Burns, not out 9 Extras 12 Total 180 Bowling analysis.—Parsloe, three for 44; Blundell, two for 51; Hatch, none for 22: Lamason, three for 34.; Morgan, one for 17. Yesterday’s Play. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, January 2. In their first innings Wellington made 328 runs, to which Canterbury replied with 424. Wellington’s second innings was resumed to-day, when the score reached 391, and the South Island team had put on 115 for the loss of five wickets when stumps were drawn at the end of the third day’s play. A Good Recovery. Considering the bad start made by Wellington in their second innings the team did remarkably well to finish up with 391 runs, in compiling which Morgan, James, Tindill, Lamason and Ell figured prominently, all reaching or passing the half century. Canterbury also made a disastrous start in their second innings, the first wicket —Kerr’s —falling before the side had scored, the second when the total had reached 21 and the third at 56. They were in a parlous position when the fourth wicket fell at 88. A Fighting Chance. The score was carried to 113, however, before the fifth wicket was captured, and now they have a fighting chance to win. The play generally today was quite bright, although the fielding did not show any appreciable improvement on Monday’s. One of the highlights of the day and, indeed, of the series so far was a magnificent catch by Ward which dismissed Cromb. Several experienced cricketers remarked after the match that they had never seen a better. Batsmen Cautious. Tindill and Lamason, continuing the home team’s second innings, faced Cromb and Hope confidently. Without attempting to force matters, Tindill reached 50 in eighty-five minutes, but soon afterwards snicked Cromb into slips. He gave no chances and hit five fours. 120 —4 —56. In consequence of the team’s position, the batsmen were cautious. Lamason, who is usually free, was very restrained. Ward put on 10 after twentyfive minutes’ batting. The fieldsmen were very keen, giving the bowlers every support. When 14 Lamason survived a leg appeal. The score was 143 at noon. Ward failed to repeat his first innings effort, Riley finding his stumps. 144—5 12. Joined by his clubmate, James, Lamason opened out to Riley, lifting him out of the ground—the first six of the match. This raised the score to 150 for 172 minutes’ play, the last fifty taking

seventy-one minutes. Several good strokes helped the score along, but discretion was generally the keynote. James was strictly on the defensive, taking half an hour for five runs. Lamason gained his half-century in 107 minutes. James was in difficulties facing Hope, but eventually turned him to the fine leg boundary, reaching doubles and hoisting 200 for 181 minutes’ play. Jn the next over. Lamasen succumbed to a leg appeal after a valuable innings of 122 minutes. He gave no chances and hit three fours in addition to a six. 200 —6 —53. At lunch, the score was 206 for six. Brighter Play. The afternoon’s proceedings were livelier than the morning’s, 24 being scored in 15 minutes, and holes were being found in the fielding. The fourth half century was recorded when James got Riley away to the on boundary. The Wellington skipper had taken 99 minutes to compile his tally. His scoring methods had not been very satisfactory, his proneness to one hand shots being his principal weakness. Quick Scoring.

Three hundred came up after 248 minutes, the last 50 having been scored in 24 minutes. Twelve runs later James’s knock was ended when he skied one up to Stringer from Cromb. Eleven fours were included in his score of 66.

Parsloe joined Morgan who reached 50 when he got Hope away for a single. When Morgan was 56 he was dropped by Smith, and the lost chance proved expensive for Canterbury for the young batsman went on to score quickly and soon topped the list. Chance Missed. Another chance was missed by Canterbury, this time Cromb being the offender when he dropped Parsloe at mid-on, the batsman having scored five. Cromb atoned for the error not long afterwards when he caught Parsloe, the total then being 36L. Hatch filled the breach to see Morgan beautifully caught by Page at point, with the total the same. Morgan had been at the wickets for 103 minutes and his store of 81 included eight fours. Blundell came next and it was not until 391 was on the board that the last wicket fell, Blundell being bowled by Hope. Disastrous Start. Canterbury’s second innings start was even more disastrous than Wellington’s. Requiring 296 to win, Kerr and Stringer went to the wickets, and, with the last ball of the first over, Kerr snicked one to James off Parsloe and was caught before the side had scored. Hadlee followed, and when he had made 11, was dropped by O’Brien in the slips, Parsloe being the unlucky bowler. A further shock was in store for the Canterbury supporters, for, when the total had reached 21 Hadlee snicked Blundell to James who brought off a second catch. Blundell refused a hard catch from Page, who joined Stringer, but he was not to remain long, for when he had made 21 he was caught in the slips by Lamason. A Narrow Escape. Three were down for only 56 when Cromb appeared, and the new batsman would have been out for a duck had Blundell returned the ball to the wicketkeeper well. The partnership contributed 32 before being broken up through Stringer touching Lamason into the slips where he was held by Parsloe. Canterbury had four down for S 8 when Bellamy became associated with Cromb. A Magnificent Catch. A magnificent one hand catch—one of the best in memory—was seen toward the close of the game, when Ward took Cromb at square leg. The batsman brought the ball round hard and the fieldsman threw himself at it, effecting a catch that will be remembered as one of the highlights of the Plunket Shield series. At the end of the day’s play Canterbury had made 115 for the loss of five wickets. (Notes on yesterday’s play appear on page 4.)