OTAGO STRUGGLED FOR RUNS AGAINST AUCKLAND

Chronicle (Levin), 5 January 1948, Page 8

OTAGO STRUGGLED FOR RUNS AGAINST AUCKLAND

DUNEDIN, Jan. 4. OtagJ made 308 runs in repiy to: Auckland ;s 415 in the first innuigs of the Plunlcet Shield game. Otago resumed with three wiekets down for 121 runs and B. Sutcliffe *carried his overnight total of 60 to 99 be-. fore J. Oowxe bowled him after luneh with a fine ball on the leg stunxp. . With Otago fighting for runs all day, Sutellffe took 329 minutes at the wiekets and hit onlv six fours. G. H. Mills made 68 in another innings made cautious by Otago 's effort to avert any disparity in tlle first inning's seores. J. Cowie, the* fast medium right-hand-er, took six wiclcets for 94 runs. Ile leept a eonsistently good length and was most dangerous with a new ball. Seores: — AUCKLAND Eirst Innings 415 Second Innings. H. T. Peaxvson, not out 10 I. Wyatt, not out 8 Extras . . " 0 Total for no wiekets 18 OTAGO First Innings. B. Sutcliffe, b Cowie 99 L. A. Watt, b Cowie 2 B. T. Hunt, b Burlce 11* R. H. Robinson, e and 1) Burke . . 19 L. W. Miles, e Taylor, b Cowie .. 35 G. H. Mills, e Ivent, b Cowie .... 6S D. St. John, e Taylor, b Ilemmingson . . 13 L. D. Smith, b Snedden 4 I. W. Payne, not out 23 T. A. Ereeman, e Cleal, 1) Cowie . . 10 G, W. Overton, 1j Cowie 0 Extras 24 Total 308 Bowling: J. Cowie 6 for 94, O. C. Cleal none for 19, C. C. Burke 2 for 50, C. A. Kneddon 1 for 60, F. E. Hemmiiigson 1 for 56, D. D. Taylor none for 5.