OTAGO HAS LEAD IN FIRST INNINGS AGAINST WELLINGTON

Wanganui Chronicle, 29 December 1947, Page 6

OTAGO HAS LEAD IN FIRST INNINGS AGAINST WELLINGTON

(P.A.) Wellington, Dec. 28 A crowd of 4000 spectators at the ; Basin Reserve on Saturday were' keyed up to a high pitch by the exciting and successful effort of Otago' batsmen to head the 263 runs which had been set them by Wellington in I the Plunket Shield match. i With two wickets down for 120 at I the luncheon adjournment, Otago appeared to be in a winning position ! 1 but the break proved disastrous to i the batting side as three wickets felll without a run being scored at 129, and the southerners were again fighting for runs. However, a spirited stand by R. St. John and the Otago captain (Langford Smith), which put on 82 for the seventh wicket, carried the score to 250 and saved the day I for Otago. Amid the keenest ex- i citement, the score gradually crept' up and eventually the Wellington I total of 263 was headed by nine runs.. Wellington, in its second strike, had scored 23 without a loss atl stumps. The weather was fine with a I strong north-westerly wind. Scores:

WELLINGTON First Innings Tindill. o. Hunt, h Overton 24 C. S. Dempster, c Mills, b Roberts 1 Mooney, b Overton 18 Ongley, b Roberts ... 83 Crawford, b Roberts 11 E. Dempster, b Roberts 0 McLean, b Roberts 41 D. S. Wilson, not out 42 M. Browne, c Snook, b Freeman 1 J. Little, run out 0 R. McK. Murray, b Overton 22 Extras 20 Total 263 Fall of wickets: One for 5 two for 52, three for 57, four for 75 five for 73. six for 187, seven for 210, eight for 211, nine for 222, ten for 263. Bowling Analysis O. M. R. W Roberts >10 15 62 5 Overton 30.2 8 71 3 Freeman ...... 35 12 70 1 Robinson 18 7 24 0 Smith 9 3 14 0 Sutcliffe 2 1 2 0 Second Innings C. S. Dempster, not out 18 E. W. Tindill, hot out 5 Total for no wickets ... 23 Bowling Analysis O. M. R. W. Overton 4 2 6 0 Roberts 3 1 4 0 Freeman 1 0 8 0 Robinson 1 0 5 0 OTAGO First Innings B. Sutcliffe, c E. Dempster, b MeLean 75 L. Watt, c Wilson, b Little 5 R. Hunt, b McLean A. W. Roberts, c Tindill, b Mur12 rav 31 R. Robinson, c Wilson, b Browne 18 G. H. Mills, c Tindill, b Murray 0 D. St. John, c Mooney, b Little 85 L. D. Smith, c Tindill, b Murray ... 26 T. A. Freeman, b Murray 8 I. W. Galloway, c Wilson, b Little 4 G. W. Overton, not out 0 Extras 8 Total 272 Bowling Analysis O. M. R. w. E. Dempster 7 1 21 0 McLean 37 16 50 2 Wilson 23 9 40 0 Little 14 2 41 3 Browne 20 3 53 1 Murray 23 6 59 4