CANTERBURY WINS

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 81, 29 December 1934, Page 13

CANTERBURY WINS

Plunket Shield Match With Auckland BATTING ON SLOW SIDE Victory By Margin of Five . Wickets By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, December 2S. In the Plunket Shield cricket match, Canterbury defeated Auckland by five ■widkets. Requiring 237 in the second innings tor an outright win, Bellamy and Kerr had made 91 yesterday without the loss of a wicket, and this left Can-, terbury only 146 to get to-day with all wickets in hand. It took three hours to get them. The Auckland bowling was distinctly good, and on a wicket that bumped disconcertingly the Canterbuiy batsmen had no easy task and the batti © was very slow. . , j The value of the fine stand made by Bellamy and Kerr yesterday was made more apparent by the difficult c o,l<ll^ a ® to-day, and their contribution of 91 made easy what might have been a very difficult task. Remembering that their pait nership of the first innings wasi easily the best, much of the honour of bury’s victory must go to them, lhere seemed a possibility that ram would, come to Auckland’s assistance to-day. A stron" south-west wind with heavy banks of cloud brought a drizzle during the morning, and it seemed like lv that heavy rain would set in. off, however, and later in the day all threats of rain bad disappeared. Canterbury's Batting. Canterbury’s batting to-ddy was slow, even slower than it should have been. It appeared that owing to the difficult bow.ing compelling the batsmen to make a large proportion of strokes defensively, they forgot or else were too timid to treascoring balls as they should have been treated. However, their apparent overcaution attained the desired end Cromb’s 38 came as a welcome addition to the total when conditions were very difficult and runs hard to get. His baiting did not suggest that he would, get very far, for he slashed at off-balls ip fl manner that was not at all reassuring. However, he made runs in quick time, and got in some beautiful scoring shots, He was. moreover, the only one who had shown any enterprise in a long period of slow batting. Oliver very sound and careful knock for bis 35, and his contribution came at a time when good bowling, made more difficult by a kicking wicket, seemed still to give the Auckland; ers a chance. He did some beautiful square and late cutting, and his defence ivas soundness itself. Confident Defence. Hadlee, after a rather uncertain start, soon settled down to an innings of very sound and confident defence, and he made, a number of very attractive strokes in scoring his 28. Auckland played a good fighting game to-day when the odds were heavy against them. Good bowling by Cowie and Townsend had the Canterbury men subdued, and they were assisted by fielding that, could hardly be improved on. Canterbury had to fight for every run they got. Scores are an follow:— AUCKLAND. First innings s 279 Second Innings • ••• CANTERBURY. First innings ....’. ~.,. 230 Second Innings. Bellamy, 1.b.w., b. Townsend 49 Kerr, b. Cowie < 40 Cromb, c. Bush, b. Cowie 38 Page, c. Vivian, b. Cowie 38 Oliver, b. Townsend , 35 Hadlee, not out . 28 Roberts, not out ” Extras -- Total for five wickets 337 Bowling Analysis.—Townsend took two wickets for 02 runs; Cowie, three for 60; Matheson, none for 47; Vivian, none tor 15; Bush, none for 25. NO CHANGE IN TEAM By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch. December 28. The Canterbury Plunket Shield team against Wellington will be the same as played Auckland, O’Brien as before being the twelfth man. The Wellington team will leave for Christchurch by steamer express to-night, and will meet the Canterbury eleven in a Plunket Shield match at Christchurch on Monday,-Tuesday, Wednesday, a nd Thursday next. . The Wellington team will comprise: E. D. Blundell, captain, R. D. Morgan, I. A. H. Symes, J. Ell, R. A. Whyte (Wellington), J. K. Lamason, C. Wareham (Wellington College Old Boys), E. W Tindill, L. Riley (Midland), W. Tricklebank (University), S. Ward, S. Wilson (Kilbirnie) (12th man), with Mr. W. P. Walker as manager. . OTAGO TEAM SELECTED By Telegraph.—Press Association, Dunedin, December 28. The Otago cricket team to meet Auckland in the Plunket Shield match at Dunedin, commencing on Monday, is as follows: Cavanagh, Leader, Uttley, Saxton. Badcock, Elmes, Chett.eburgh. Dickinson Dunning, Clark, Smith. Except that Smith replaces Moloney (now in Wellington), the team is- the same as that which met Wellington. GAME ENDS IN DRAW Victoria Just Misses Win Against Wanganui , Dominion Special Service. Wanganui, December 28. Wanganui made an excellent recovery in the second innings of the cricket match against Victoria College to-day. Davidson and Spurdie, who were together when stumps were drawn yesterday, batted cautiously, seeking to hold their wickets and tire the bowling. They succeeded in that purpose and compiled 83 runs beiori lunch, bringing the overnight score to 9*. when Spurdie was dismissed. Davidson had mastered tho bowling, however, and only needed the other wicket to be held up for him. He carried on to reach his century after lunch and received adequate suppon- from Byres (11) > Farrell (14), Connor (11), and Evans (17). Davidson’s was the ninth wicket to fall, and the innings closed at the afternoon tea adjournment for 282. University had two and a quarter hours play left and set out to compile the 171 runs wanted to win and failed to reach that total by 4, the match being drawn. Varsity’s second innings was a piece of audacious batting toward the last. Unfortunately the opening pair, Blandford and Wiren, wasted a lot of time playing the bowling rather than hitting t When Clouston and Fay got together the scoring rate changed surprisingly There were 81 runs on the board when Clouston came on, and with only half an hour left 90 were wanted to win when his first stroke was played and only 17 when he left. He was in less than half

1 an hour and made 47 in a very audacious I innings. , A | The clock chimed with Victoria only 4 runs short of victory. Blandford made 41, Wiren 13, Fay 31 Clouston 47 and Paerz 9. Extras accounted for the temaining 2G. Neale did best with the ball for Wanganui, taking three for 24. Davidson’s performance with the bat, 137, plus the confidence he inspired in the other Wanganui batsmen, saved defeat, but Victoria was very unlucky not to get the four runs which meant victory, TWO FRIENDLY GAMES University Team in Central Hawke’s Bay Waipukurau, December 28. A Victoria University College cricket team is at present making a tour in Central Hawke’s Bay, playing friendly games with various sides. On Wednesday, Victoria met Waipukurau Old Boys at Waipukurau. Victoria, in their first innings, could only make 65, Itoberts (17) and Wilton (12) being the top scorers. Old Boys replied with 212 (Spencer 58, S. Smales 25, A. Smales 22, Bliss 18, Monteith 12). In their second innings Victoria compiled (Smith 40, Evans _l4). Old Boys won by an innings ana 55 runs. Yesterday, Victoria met Eparnima at Waipukurau, and, batting first, made 161, to which Eparaima replied with Victoria hit up 75 for seven wl « 1!e / t V second innings, winning on the turn innings. WELLINGTON COLTS Dominion Special Service. Auckland, December 28. The Wellington colts team, which won the Brabin Cup against the Auckland aosociation’e colts, commenced a match against the suburban association s to-day. Auckland scored 303 (Wood 118. Barnes 68, Evenson 71 not out). Clark took five wickets for 67 runs. Wcl- ‘ liugton made five for no wickets.