SPARKLING CRICKET

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 2, 4 January 1939, Page 8

SPARKLING CRICKET

BRAHIN SHIELD MATCH WELLINGTON AND CANTERBURY DRAW. L Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Jan. 3. Some sparkling cricket was seen today in the second and concluding day’s play of the Brahin Shield match on the Bason Reserve, Wellington, which ended in a draw with honours easy. Though the weather was fine and the wicket firm, cool, and blustering north-westerly winds made conditions rather cheerless. The feature of Canterbury's first innings this morning was a splendid stand for the sixth wicket by Rumbold and Burgess, which carried the score from 74 to 179, The innings, closed for 220, 45 runs behind Wellington's total. Palmerston Colt Does Well. G. Rahone, the 17-year-old ex-Pa'l-merston North colt, bowled remarkably well for Wellington, taking six wickets for 59 runs off 15 overs. He bowled into the strong wind all morning and had all the batsmen tangled up with his off breaks. Wellington applied the closure in their second innings when five wickets had fallen for 217 runs. Parkin and Dentice put on 101 runs for the second wicket. Requiring 263 runs to win in about 113 minutes, Canterbury gave a refreshing display of free hitting in its second innings, and had 179 up for the loss of six wickets when stumps were drawn at 6 o’clock. Smith scored 70 in 60 minutes, hitting a six and six fours, and Baxter and Morley also played sparkling cricket. Hit By a Ball. While the fielding in the "suicide” position at square leg in Wellington's second innings, Empson, of the Canterbury team, stopped a shot by Dentice with his left cheeKoone, and had to be taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment. He returned to the ground later, but there was no more cricket for him to-day.