CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1949, 5 January 1914, Page 6

CRICKET.

FLUNKET SHIELD MATCH.

?|'WELL!NGTON DEFEATED.

CANTERBURY WINS BY 243,

(By; „ Tolceraph.-rross Association,)

Chrlstehurch, January 3.

Perfect ''weather greeted tho players for the third day of tho Plunkot Shield match, Wellington v. Canterbury: Tho wicket waac.coiisiderably worn, and tho ball kicked about iu an eccentric fashion. Tho Wellington batsmen gavo a tame display, their timing of tjic ball being very ... faulty. Tho Canterbury bowling was very steady, whilst tho fielding'was very safe.

Tho Canterbury men took the field at 11 o'clock, and wero followed bv tho not cut men.-: Midlane (13) and Saunders (1). Wilson, from tho north end, and Monaghaii bowled, and after a dozen runs had teen 'ruldwl Saunders played one on. 70—5—4. With Tuckci in, Midlano reached 20, and got his first boundary with a businesslike leg hit. The sumo batsman 6ent 00 up with 4 to leg. It was' a high and hard chance to Monagh'an ■■' at short-leg. Monaghan twico U>at Tucker:with halls that just went over xho top of tho sticks, and then Midlano cut 0110 softly into Whitta's hands at point. 97—6 —30. Hay followed, and both batsmen did a lot of '■'scratching" at Wilson. Monaghan was also keeping them quiet, and with a succession' of four maidens play was very slow. One hundred went up for ah hour and play, and then Tucker hit ono finely to kg for 4. This mado him an unlucky 13, and next ball he opened out to, nnd hit it into BeaPs hands at mid-off. 106—7—13. Wilson's figures were now fivo for 46. Baker drove a full toss to the off fence, and otherwise livened things up a bit ' At 119 Watson replaced Monaghan, and at 123 Hay gave a difficult chance to the wieketkoeper on tlio leg side. Then Faker was bowled with '1 hz-kw 1 "

—B—lo. M'Girr joined Hay, and lifted Wilson to tho leg boundary. ,Ihms eontinuedto come steadily, and the wind increased to hurricane force, bringing clouds of dust across the ground. M'Girr hit Watson to square-leg boundary, and at 151 Monaghnn bowled again in Watson's place. Patterson also took thfi ball from Wilson, and M'Girr sent a very loose full toss from jlwioghan to the on boundary. Hay sent 160 up, and reached 20 with a kte cut for 3. After slow play Wilson bowled in plaice of Mono "hail. The lowling 'sou'-wsst wind kept the umpires busy replacing bails; but otherwise there was not much doinp, tho batsmen adopting the stay-in-and-rnns-r-ill-como principle. Wilson howled his sixth consceutiro maiden, and tho partnership Imd nut on 44 for an hour's play. At "171 Whitta had a turn with the ball, and tho luncheon adjournment was taker,

On resuming, thesoutherly still raged, and the umpires put the bails in their pockets. Patterson bowled froin the south end. and with a pretty led glide for four M'Girr Went into the thirties. Wilson front on against the wind. In Patterson's third over M'Girr was caught at the wickets. 170 —9 —32. "Wagvtaff was Wellington's last and forlorn hope, and he got Patterson nicely to leg for 4-. Hay made himself top scorer by cutting Patterson through the slips for a like jiumbor. Ths second century went up for three- "hours and threequarters' play, and runs were now coming: more freely than for some time. 'His ejul came, ti 203, Wilson liea+ins: Wagstaff with n slow hanging ball. Canterbury thus won by 243 runs. The scores were as follow:—

Canterbury. First innings 31>7 Second innings 253 '..•■ Total , G2O Wellington. , First innings ~ 169 Second Innings. S. Hiddlestone, st. Brunton, b. Wilson 8 J. P. Blackloek, b. Watson in C. <Grimmett, b. Mcnaglum 2 F. Joplin. b. Watson 22 F. A. Midlaiia, c. WTiitta, D. Wilson M .T. V. Saunders, b. Wilson 4 K, H. Tucker, e. Beal, b, Wilson ... 13 W. Baker, b. Wilson ; 10 D. Hav ..". 17 H. M'Girr, c. Bruirtoivb. Patterson 32 W. Wagstaff, b. Wilson 8 Byes 22 Leg byes '. 2 Total : 208 Bowling Analysis—G. C. Wilson, 80 runs for seven wickets; H. W. .Monaghan, 48 runs' for one wicket: H. Watson, 27 runs for one_wicket; J. L. Patterson, 29 runs for one wicket. POVERTY BAY V. HAWKE'S SAY, AN EXCITING MATCH. (By ttalejrnLjpli.—Press Association.) Glsporne, January 4. The cricket .match, Hawke's Bay v. Poverty Bay, was concluded on Saturday. Hnwko's Bay continued its' second innings, and \vith eight wickots down for 142 Gcddes and Napier niado a fino stand for tho ninth wicket, putting on 51 runs.' Geddes, who is a promising colt, made 27 in good style, while Napier was loft with 20, not out. Anderson, tho last man, was clean bowled with tho first ball, and tho innings closed for 103. Requiring 219 runs to win, _ Poverty Bay commenced its second innings badly, five, wickets going down for 63. Gartshoro, a local colt, and L. Maemalion then got together and put on 35. Gartshore, who was playing his first representative match, was run out with tho total at 98. Tho lad played a capital innings 0f'.39. Haltamoro did not add to tho score, but Guthrie helped Maomalion to take tho total to 1152. When Guthrie.fell to Seed for 13, nine wickets were down for 178. .When Moore; tho last man, joined Macraahem the pair established fl.- sound and prolific partnership, and thor-o w : as intense excitement as. the. scorfl was gradually taken, towards tbo number required to win. Frequent changes in the bowling woro made, and tho veteran, Jack Board,'of Napier, used every known device to effect a separation, but with-: out avail.' Amid tcrmelidous cnthus-; iasm tho necessary runs were- hit off. ■' and Poverty Bay won a most exciting match by one wicket. Maomalion and : Moore received ovations, tho former, ; who scored 82 nos out, being carried shoulder high from tho ground. Moore's total was 29.

MATCH AT PETONE. On' Saturday tlio Petone cricket team played a friendly mntch against representatives of the Government Railway Offices, which resulted in a win for tho farms* team by Go runs. The principal scorers were:—Petotte: Bennett, 60; Smvrkoj 42: Mcchan, 33 (not oiit)Smith, 19; Martin, 16. For the Hallway, Watson made- 14; Duff, 20 (first innings);' and in tho second innings Boyd scored 36 (not out): Munncry 89. Kiiilway played seven wickets' in tlio second innings for SO 11111 s. hi tho first innings Smyrko (Petone) took seven wickets for 24 runs, and Hardham (Petone), three for 5. In tho second innings Dalgloish took three for 11 ; Bennett. 1 for 16'; ami Walker, 1 for 17. Boyd and Watson oa'ch secured tiro wickets against Potonqj