Record Opening Plunket Shield Partnership
AUCKLAND, Jati. 7. A record openuig partnership |or A.uckland in the Plunket Shield games, 220 hy B. Hutclift'e and Taylor, gave A.uckland an excellent start in the mateh against Canterbury connnenced at Eden Park today, The young opening batsmen scored runs in better than | even time and neither gave a chance before Taylor was eaught b)T Burtt at midoff trying to steer a ball l'rom. Cook fc'or a single whicli would have given him 100. A.t stumps Auckland \s total ! was 270 for two wickets. Play started under ideal weather with a bright sun and a g^ntie breeze^ but a heavy rain ehower at 2.25 p.m. hold up play until four o'clock. Scores; — AUCKLAND. Pirst Innings. Taylor, c Burtt, b Cook ....... . 99 Sutcliffe, lbw, b MacGibbon .. .. 141 V. J. Scott, not out 21 Hardstaff, xrot out 6 Extras 19 Total for two wickets . . . . . . '276 Bowling: R. H. Scott 0 for .50, Small 0 for 80, Cook 1 for- 89, Burtt -0 for 36,' Anderson 0 for 5, jVfacGibbon 1 for 7.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 January 1949, Page 4
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