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PLUNKET SHIELD

Y PENDING BATTLE SOMETHING OF THE TROPHY'S HISTORY ' AND OF OUR CHANCE The crioketmatch between Wellington and Canterbury, which is set down to commence to-morrow,, will be' the first Plunket Shield contest played in Wellington. The' indications are that it may prove to be one of the most exciting. . i In the half-score of years since the institution of Plunket Shield contests the honours have gone the way of Canterbury and Auckland. First of all the trophy -was handed to Canterbury. From them Auckland lifted, it, and the northerners (chiefly through the wonderful of Relf) defended it successfully for several years, Qaaterbury have had it back a. little while, and will now, be called upon to defend their right' to hold;, it. The visitors are strong m batting, bowling, and fielding, and like most Canterbury teams ? i probably be exceptionally, hard to beat. So far.,they have easily beaten l/fcago and; Hawke's 'Bay this season, and have just snatched victory from Auckland by one wicket. .. Eyes on Eden Park. •; _: s^^*!' Auckland win meant a great deal to Wellington. Had they been defeated _ they would have left the shield in 'Auckland, and the big prize would not have been ait, stake here tomorrow. Worse still, Wellington had already played Auckland, so would cave really no opportunity of contesting, the shield this season. This explains why such keen interest was taken by Wellington people in the Auckland-Canterbury match. While Wellington _ was playing Otago the crowd at the' Basin Reserve had both 1 eyes -Slued on the game before them, and both ears booked for "any word from Auckland." The northern fixture to S n'-^_^ ain - e r °t U P 3 and downs, and Wellington, feeling that-this year we i , a , team well worth trotting out to nght .the big battle, looked at the game .on Eden -Park: through Canter»nirjr 6'Mses, and did hot rest content till a telegraph messenger arrived with .good news of the southern Yiotory.: ■ Welcome Revision of Rules. . The iPluhket . Shield rules have undereone ; revision recently. In the earher years of : it's history there was a. time-limit which was always liable to prevent the match being played to in WrJ 81<m ' was always liable 1, aa '? nsa I tlsfaot «7 draw. Anting V ij n Pii n 6 conditions is that the shield-holders now take the shield iW a u r ' •£?' rt . w <*°; Formerly, the shield could only bis won by a challenging eleven which beat the holders on the holders' own ground. If there had W/V 6611 alt f ration to-morrow's mateh would not have been a shield t!™ I '™? 11 ? though Wellington might th f, su S erior team they v: afe fact recorded in SmJ 7< . 20111 are Pros P®otß of Wellington. done wonderfully ■ well this/ season,' and rr iVv I r ?^' rea a .Shield victory to set '(£« W ir g i on , in the City. +v» fr 'J - V 11 6,., ! r ? m registering , wins over Auckland and Otago, and Marlborough was defeated easify. In everv 'OWV t''l in i was heavy ipose big totals are only what might be s expected after the remarkable bat'estate 'as ;v e - dono 111 the club IJnforimnatoly Cate has found it impossible to get off for the match and J. Burns will replace, him.' Strong Batting and Bowling. ♦wwJ" 11 io kept team, although there are; some cricket followers who reckon that he has;not struck representative 'form this Be&fion. Hott,,a left-hander with the bat and the ball, and a left-hander is required, in every, eleven. Dickson has been dropped out of the eleven. The team is:— -W; A. Baker, F. A. MidSrV* r PT^ leS a° n n'• ■ E - Burton > W. L. Gihbes, S. Bnoe, 0. G. WilnU°' R - Robinson, W. Bray, T.. SouthaU, and J. Bums. The twelfth man is JV Rodgers. This is an exceptionally strong bat- ? ) -' S 6 on,y Man not capable of making"mns against good .bowling., The . bowling strength may be gauged from the following:— Robinson, fast; Southall, slow to medium,; Brice. iast medium; Hiddlestone, medium; Gibbes, medium left-hand; Bray, change. If the fielding of the team is polished up a little, if the placing of the men is. good, ' ana tne bbwleri ar© properly handled, Canterbury may find rim-maEmg an uphill business. Dan Reose and c. c. Wilson. It is well, said that Dan fteese is half the Canterbury team, for the eleven always does much better under his guidance than, in, his sbsehce..- On. account of his having' a trip to Australia in view, Beese has not Tjeen touring with Canterbury this season, but it is quite possible that he will be induced to come to Wellington specially for this match. Tho veteran of the Wellington side is C- G:-Wilson, who has been playing first-class cricket for twenty-eight years. Prior to coming .to New Zealand he wa6 captaiji •of tho St. Kilda Club, Melbourne, for. fourteen year& in succepsion. . His highest More is 226, made in Victoria, and his next best was'made in-a Wednesday match here a month ago, when he knocked off 221 not out, and. thus equalled the then Wellington recorS (held by E. Tucker). He played a brilliant innings in one of the Plunket Shield matches, which will always stay, in, .the memory of, those who witnessed match between Otago and Auckland seven years ago. The match was "played on,-Victoria Park, Auckland. Wilson made 144 in Otago's first innings, and Auckland were in a bad position when the final day's play was, entered upon. . ; The Defianpß of Hadden. However, there was a time limit, and A. HacTden,' the Devonport cricketer, set out to save Auckland-from defeat. For four hourß lie defied the Otago attack, and so solid was his stonewiiU that when stumps were drawii he had only made 66 runs., Otago's bowlers tempted him with stuff pitched well off ■ the' wicket, and he simply kicked the ball away_ with his boot. Auckland throw its tot m the air with delight, and toolc iip a subscription on tho ground, 'and gavo the,hero of the day something to mark the public's appreciatioA of his feat. . On the way -borne that, year, Otago called in at Napier, and Wilson, in his aggressive way, ran up 188. The team .includes the century-makers against Auckland and Otago—Midlano and BAker._ Midlanc's innings of 222 not out against Otago constifctued a new Wellington record. Baker lias a fine record for a young player. He first played senior cricket in 1911, and in tho following season headed the City batting 'averages with a yield of 64.25 per innings. He has_ made four centjiries, one of them in representative cricket. _ His best score is 144 against Central in 1913. Ho made 119 against Auckland two _ weeks ago. His averago in representative matches is 40.6 runs, and. bis average ever all his crioket Ts 31.5 ftih's. ' The match' will begin at 11 a.m,

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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2353, 8 January 1915, Page 7

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PLUNKET SHIELD Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2353, 8 January 1915, Page 7

PLUNKET SHIELD Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2353, 8 January 1915, Page 7

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