North Beats South By Two Wickets

Chronicle (Levin), 11 February 1948, Page 2

North Beats South By Two Wickets

DUNEDIN, Feb. 10. Nortlx Island defeated South Island by tvvo wickets in an exciting iinisli at Carisbrook this afternoon. The day's play was dominated by the brilJiant lefthander, Sutcliffe, wlio made 20S not out in a superb exhibition of battiug. He hit 20 fours in a stay a; the wickets of over live koura and none of the bowlers coutd make any iuipression. The only cliance he gave was at 197 when l'xe was dropped behind the stumps. He made the winning hit for North five minutes before stumps, after Hadlee had deelared leaving North 320 minutes to seore 371 runs for victory. SOUTH ISLAND. First Inuings 304 Second Innings. J. G. Leggat, lbw, b WiLon .... T. B. Burtt, b Wilson H P. O'Mallev, not out 132 D. S. St. John, c Snedden, b.Murray 63 F. B. Smith, c Wallace, b Murray 12 W. A. Hadlee, b Murray .. 35 It. II. Bobinson, c Snedden, b Sutcliffe . . . . • • • 77 G. H. Mills, e .Sutcliffe, b Snedden 2 P. Small, c Scott, b Wilsoa .... 8 B. H. Scot't, not out 0 Extras . . . . 13 Total for S .wickets (dee.)- .. 37 j Bowling: Murray 3 for 88, Wilson 3 for S3, Snedden 1 for 72, Sutcliffe 1 ior 27. NURTHTSLAND. 3* j First Innings * 365 Second Innings. D. D. Taylor, run out 20 B. Sutcliffe, not out 2U8 V. J. Scott, b 'Overton 45 W. M. Wallace, c Small, b Overton 59 D. S. Wilson, c Leggat, b Small .. 14 J. Reid, c Mills, b Scott 12 R. J. Kemp, c Scott, b Burtt .... 5 L. A. Keut, b Burtt 1 R. M. Murray, b Scott 6 Extras -1 Total for S wickets 371 Bowling: Scott 2 for 117, Overton 2 for 86, Small 1 for 82, Burtt 2 for 66, Robinson 0 for 19.