SHIELD CRICKET

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20996, 26 December 1939, Page 7

SHIELD CRICKET

GOOD RECOVERY AUCKLAND PLAY WELLINGTON SALE MAKES GOOD STAND (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Monday Neither Wellington nor Auckland reproduced batting form in their first innings of the Plunket Shield match which was commenced on the Basin Reserve on Saturday and continued today, and small totals were the order of the day. Auckland batted first for 134 and Wellington could do no better than 164. Auckland, in its second strike, thanks largely to a second-wicket partnership by Sale and Pearson, did much better and had 254 on the board for nine wickets at stumps. Details:— AUCKLAND.—First Innings P. E. Whitelaw, C Wilson, b Pritchard 2 H. T. Pearson, b Ashenden . . 6 V. S. Sale, c Tindill, b Lamason 14 W. M. Wallace, c Du Chateau, b Lamason 47 G. L. Weir, b Pritchard . . . , 10 V. J. Scott, c McLeod, b Lamason 7 A. M. Matheson, c Wilson, b Ashenden . . 3 C. E. Burke, c Tindill, b Pritchard 3 J. A. R. Blandford, not out . . 14 D. C. Cleverley, c Tindill, b Pritchard 2 J. Cowie, run out 0 Extras 21 Total 134 Bowling.—Pritchard took four wickets for 45 runs, Ashenden two for 29, Lamason three for 24, Wilson none for 15. Second Innings P. E. Whitelaw, lbw, b Ashenden 0 H. T. Pearson, b Pritchard .. 53 V. S. Sale, b Pritchard .. .. 97 W. M. Wallace, c McLeod, b Pritchard 7 G. L. Weir, b Pritchard . . . . 50 V. J. Scott, c Wilson, b Ashenden 11 A. M. Matheson, b Ashenden .. 0 C. E. Burke, b Pritchard . . . . 5 J. A. R. Blandford, c Pritchard, b Ashenden 11 D. C. Cleverley, not out .. .. 4 J. Cowie, not out 6 Extras 10 Total for nine wickets .. 254 WELLINGTON.—First Innings V. H. Du Chateau, c Cowie, b Weir .. .. 19 W. Hepburn, b Cleverley .. 26 W. G. Rainbird, lbw, b Cleverley 19 E. W. Tindill, lbw, b Weir .. 1 J. A. Ongley, b Weir .. .. 1 J. R. Lamason, c Pearson, b Cleverley 25 W. F. Airey, b Cleverley .. .. 11 E. McLeod, not out 20 D. S. Wilson, c Blandford, b Matheson 12 L. T. Pritchard, c Wallace, b Matheson 20 J. Ashenden, c Cleverley, b Cowie 0 Extras 10 Total 164 Bowling.—Cowie took one wicket for 36 runs, Matheson two for 39, Cleverley four for 45, Weir three for 33, Burke none for 1. BETTER SCORING CANTERBURY IN LEAD MATCH WITH OTAGO (3y Telegraph.—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Monday The scoring in the Plunket Shield match between Canterbury and Otago was much better. Canterbury batted first and scored 374, M. P. Donnelly scoring the first century of the series. Otago replied with 249 and Canterbury, in its second strike, had scored 36 for two wickets at stumps. Scores:— CANTERBURY.—First Innings J. L. Kerr, c Mills, b Lemin .. 0 M. P. Donnelly, c Mills, b Begg 104 F. P. O’Brien, c Monteath, b Lemin 65 W. A. Hadlee, c Mills, b Lemin 58 I. B. Cromb, c Mills, b Lemin i R. E. J. Menzies, c Chettleburgh, b Robertson 14 W. McD. Anderson, not out .. 70 A. W. Roberts, lbw, b Robertson 10 D. N. Mcßae, c Fraser, b Moloney 15 R. C. Webb, run out .... 12 H. Davis, b Lemin 20 Extras 5

Total 374 Bowling.—N. Begg took one wicket for 52 runs, G. Lemin five for 96, D. A. R. Moloney one for 85, G. J. Robertson two for 87, C. J. Elmes none for 34, T. Chettleburgh none for 15. Fall of Wickets.—One for 3, two for 140, three for 208, four for 213, five for 238, six for 256, seven for 273, eight for 304, nine for 331, ten for 374. Second Innings J. L. Kerr, c and b Lemin .. 4 M. P. Donnelly, not out .. .. 20 F. P. O’Brien, c Robertson, b Lemin 0 W. A. Hadlee, not out .. .. 12 Total for two wickets .. 36 OTAGO.—First Innings G. J. Robertson, not out . . .. 83 T. Chettleburgh, c Webb, b Davis 3 A. H. Cutler, c Kerr, b Mcßae 13 D. A. R. Moloney, b Davis . . 15 C. J. Elmes, st Webb, b Cromb 16 A. P. J. Monteath, c Davis, b Mcßae 12 T. C. Fraser, b Mcßae .. .. 47 G. H. Mills, b Cromb .. .. 7 G. McGregor, b Mcßae .. .. 8 N. Begg, c Mcßae, b Lemin .. 16 G. Lemin, b Roberts .. .. 6 Extras 23 Total 249 Bowling.—H. Davis took two wickets for 64 runs, A. W. Roberts two for 35, D. N. Mcßae four for 58, I. B. Cromb two for 54, M. P. Donnelly none for 15. Fall of Wickets.—One for 15, two for 45, three for 49, four for 68, five for 80. six for 168, seven for 195, eight for 206, nine for 227, ten for 249.