SHIELD CRICKET

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 84, 3 January 1935, Page 9

SHIELD CRICKET

Canterbury Defeats Wellington WIN BY TEN WICKETS Lamason’s Fine Innings By Telegraph,—Press Association. Christchurch, January 2. An interesting game, in which there were several surprises, ended this afternoon in a ten-wickets victory for Canterbury in the Plunket Shield match against Wellington. Canterbury was in a strong position at the close of the first day’s play, and though the fine partnership between Lamason and Ell yesterday seemed likely to give Wellington a fighting chance, the Canterbury players did not lose their grip of the game. The substantial margin by which Canterbury won gives it an excellent chance of capturing the shield. The rain of yesterday had not impaired the wicket in the slightest, and it played as true to-day as when the match started. The outfield, too, seemed as fast as ever. There was a good attendance, especially in the afternoon, when it was known that Wellington were promising a good recovery. However, the game took an unexpected turn when six wickets fell while the score was being taken from 190 to 215. A spirited knock by Blundell at the end improved the position, but even then Canterbury was left with only 74 to get. and Wellington’s chance was about as hopeless as it could be. Two Prominent Batsmen. Wellington’s innings to-day bore close resemblance to Canterbury’s in that a very large number of runs was made by two batsmen. Lamason’s fine stand with Ell completely changed the aspect of the game and made it appear likely that Canterbury would require a total of perhaps 150 or 200 in its second innings, but it was then that the slump set in, the four following batsmen, all capable of making runs, making nine runs between them. Lamason played a very fine innings in his partnership with Ell, which added 153, He played the bowling correctly, and with the utmost confidence. There was power in all his strokes, even his defensive ones bringing him runs at tiroes. His strokes, when he attacked the bowling, were orthodox, powerful, and welltimed. He had 'a lucky period when he was about 60, two hard catches and one easy one being missed. Apart from this he never looked like getting out. A ..pleasing feature of his partnership with Ell was the running between the wiekets. They judged the single or the last run from a stroke with the greatest nicety. It was in direct contrast to Canterbury’s running between the wickets in its first innings. In the latter case, however, there was some excuse during the time Bellamy was in, as he was. still suffering from a strained leg muscle, which he suffered in the Auckland match. Ell’s Innings. Ell's inningw was little inferior to Lamason’s. He did not score quite so fast, and there was not quite the same power in his strokes, but his defence was equally good and his scoring strokes were all well executed. Indeed, there was a little more polish of the stylish batsman than Lamason had shown. It was a really good innings, and a most meritorious partnership. In dismissing Wellington for the very moderate total of 241 Canterbury demonstrated,, a® it had done in the Auckland match, that its bowling was not nearly so weak as it was thought to be. The opinion might, even..be.yentured that it was quite as good as, if not better than, Wellington’s, and little if at all inferior to Auckland’s. Andrews was the star performer today. He was not bowled much in the early part of the day, but later, when several other bowlers seemed tired, he was at his best. He sent down fewer loose balls than usual, kept his best pace going, and there was generally two or three sizzling good balls in an over. Though not getting such good figures, Roberts again bowled really well. He was always difficult to score off, and accurate in length and direction. The Canterbury fielding was well up to representative standard. Two or three catches, more or less difficult, were missed, but against this several exceptionally good ones wore taken. Details of scores are as follow: — CANTERBURY. First innings 323 Second Innings. J. L. Kerr, not out !. 44 F. W. Bellamy, not out 22 Extras 3 Total for no wickets 74 Bowling Analysis.—Blundell, nono for 26 runs; Symes, none for 13; Tricklebank, none for 18; Lamason, none for fl. WELLINGTON. First innings 133 Second Innings. Tindfil, c. Bellamy, b. Andrews 11 Whyte, b. Roberts 0 Ward, b. Graham 13 Ell. c. Bellamy, b. Andrews 73 Lamason, c. Kerr, b. Bellamy ........ 91) -Morgan, b. Andrews 8 Tricklebank, c. Roberts, b. Andrews . 0 Wareham, b. Andrews U Riley, b. Roberts 1 Symes, not out 1 Blundell, c. Page, b. Andrews 20 Extras 24 Total 241 Bowling Analysis—Roberts took two wickets for 50 runs; Andrews, six for 59; Graham, one for 35; Bellamy, one for 39; Page, none for 4; Lester, none for 30. AUCKLAND DOES WELL Large Score in Match With Otago By Telegraph—Press Association.

Dunedin, January 2.

Taking lull advantage of conditions that were very much in their favour, Auckland piled up a large score in the Plunket Shield cricket match, whic'h was resumed on the Carisbrook ground to-day. When play commenced, Auckland, in reply to Otago’s first innings total of 278, had lost five wickets for 216, and the visitors went on to make a total of 450, which left the home side 172 to make to avoid an innings defeat. When play ceased at 5.15 owing to bud light, Otago had'lost two wickets for 42 runs. Few bright passages were seen in today’s play, for, until the closing stages of the Auckland innings, the visitors adhered to their highly successful policy of waiting for runs to come, and there were periods when the crowd, as on the previous day, expressed its disappointment at the lack of enterprise in batting. Otago’s only hope of success was the rapid early fall of wickets, but on a wicket, that gave them not the slightest help the bowlers couid not bring about a separation until Auckland was within easy reach of Otago’s total. Wallace, whose partnership with Vivian had been worth 54 runs to Auckland, then went l.b.w. to Elmes, who ultimately proved to be Otago's most effective bowler. Early Dismissal of Edmonds. After the early dismissal of Edmonds, at which stage seven were down for 252, there was still hope for the home side, but Vivian secured another worthy partner in Sale, and another fine stand, which added 95 runs at a critical period of the game, placed the visitors well on the road to victory. Vivian’s fine score of 101 gave the Dunedin public a long-awaited opportunity of seeing the New Zealand representative properly in action. Throughout his innings he was prepared

to play a waiting game, but with 11 shots to the boundary ana one over the fence he proved his ability to take advantage of loose balls toward the end Of his innings. ,

Dickinson was bowling extraordinarily well, and though Vivian managed to get a brace to complete his hundred, he immediately afterward played the fast bowler into the slips, where a catch was held. Sale, who had the good fortune to be dropped when he gave the easiest of chances at 26, merely plodded along until Matheson set him an example, and he then scored in lively fashion. Auckland’s batting at this stage must have satisfied the longings of spectators, for runs came at a fast rate, 63 being added for the ninth wicket, and the pace being maintained during the closing partnership of 40 runs. A Batsman’s Wicket. Auckland had taken the fullest advantage of the batsman’s wicket, and had left Otago a heavy task. As on the previous day, the Otago bowlers stood up well to their task and they made the batsmen fight for runs until the concluding stages of the innings. Dickinson gave one of his best performances for the province, and his effort was worth more than his figures indicated. Dunning was also extremely accurate, but Badcock could not maintain his form of the previous day. Elmes gained, valuable wickets by good bowling. Otago’s scoring in the second innings was no more lively than that of Auck land at its slowest, but the tactics of the batsmen were'well justified, owing to the loss of Cavanagh in the first over and the distinctly bad light, against which consistent appeals were made. The blaming of the light for the dismissal of Uttley may have been justified, as it was only, five minutes after he was bowled that stumps were drawn, Following are the scores:— OTAGO. First innings 278 Second Innings. Cavanagh, b. Cowie 4 Saxton, not out 22 Uttley, b. Vivian 14 Leader, not out 0 Extras 2 Total for two wickets 42 Bowling Analysis.—Cowie took one wicket for 7 runs; Matheson, none for 10; Bush, none for 0; Vivian, one for 8: Townsend. none for 9. AUCKLAND.—First Innings. Mills, c. Smith, b. Badcock 70 Whitelaw, 1.b.w., b. Dunning . 22 Weir, c. Cavanagh, b. Dunning 43 Bush. c. Clark, b. Dickinson 30 Vivian, c. Smith, b. Dickinson 101 Townsend, e. Dunning, b. Elmes .... 11 Wallace, b. Elmes It) Edmonds, 1.b.w., b. Elmes 1 Sale, e. Badcock, b. Elmes 05 Matheson, b- Cbettleburgh 44 Cowie, not out 24 Extras 18 Total 450 Bowling Analysis.—Dickinson took two wickets for 73 runs; Badcock, one for 97; Smith, none for 22; Dunning, two for 121; Elmes, four for 72: Chettleburgh, one for 47. PLAY POSTPONED Hawke Cup at Palmerston Dominion Special Service. Palmerston North, January 2. There was no play to-day ip the Hawke Cup cricket match between Alanawatu and Poverty Bay which was commenced at the sportsgrouud yesterday. As the match is limited to three days, to-morrow will be the final day. This morning, the match was postponed until noon, but as rain was falling then it was decided to carry out an inspection of the wicket at 3 p.m. However, rain was falling at that hour and play was postponed until to-morrow morning. WIN FOR WANGANUI Annual Game With Mercantile League The annual match between the Wellington Mercantile Cricket League and the Wanganui Cricket Association was concluded at Athletic Park yesterday, and resulted in a win for Wanganui bv 42 runs. On the first day' Wanganui! who had bad first strike, made 173. to which Wellington replied with 19 for one wicket. When play was continued yesterday morning, the wicket was greasy and the foothold was not good. The Wanganui fast bowler, McDougal, proved a difficult proposition, and AVeilington were all out before midday for the rather poor total of 89 runs.

The wicket then began to dry out, and although Wanganui made a good start with 43 for the first wicket, five wickets Y ele _ down at the luncheon adjournment for 58 runs. The after-lunch play was disastrous for Wanganui, who collapsed completely before the devastating bowling of W. Johnson and Aldridge, and the next five wickets added but eight runs in seventeen minutes, the whole team being out for 66 runs.

Requiring 151 to win, the Mercantile League batsmen opened rather badly on a wicket which had rolled out well, and lour wickets were down for 15 runs. W. Johnson and Condliffe made a valuable stand for the fifth wicket, but with the exception of Foley and Tucker, the remaining batsmen seemed to experience difficulties with the bowling, and the innings ended 43 runs short of that required for a win with 40 minutes still to Play. McDougal again bowled particularly well, and secured five wickets cheaply, while he. was ably supported by the former New Zealand representative, Holland, who took three wickets. The scores are as follow:— , ' WANGANUI. I'irst innings ~,, 173 Second Innings. G. Thrush, c. and b. Aldridge 23 A. Davidson, c. O. Johnson, b. Aldridge 20 (.'. Byers, b. James 0 K. J. Sewell, c. Tucker, b. James .... 0 Holland, c. 0. Johnson, b. Aldridge (I 11. Thomas, not out 5 L. 11. B. Wilson, run out 0 W. Evans, 1.b.w., b. W. Johnson 1 G. McDougal, c. Robinson, b. W. Johnson 3 C. Sniilh, run out 0 11. Lowe, c. O« Johnson, b. Aldridge .. 0 Extras 8 Total co Bowling Analysis.—Swain took no wickets for 21 runs; James, two for 10; Aldridge, four for 18; W. Johnson, two for two. WELLINGTON.—First Innings. O. Johnson, c. Evans, b. Holland 10 N. Aldridge, e. Wilson, b. McDougal .. 11 W. Jupp, c. sub., b. Evans 19 T. Tucker, c. sub., b. McDougal 0 J. Melville, b. McDougal 0 L. Foley, b. Evans 6 W. Johnson, c. Lowe, b. MeDougal .... 12 J. 11. James, c. Wilson, b. McDougal .. 21 E. 11. F. Robinson, b. McDougal 0 F. Swain, not out 0 W. Condllffe, b. McDougal 0 Extras 10 Total SO Bowling Analysis.—McDougal took seven wickets for 27 runs; Holland, one for 36; W. Evans, two for 14; Davidson, none for two. Second Innings. N. Aldridge, c. Holland, b. McDougal 3 W. Jupp, c. Wilson, b. McDougal 0 O. Johnson, b. Holland 0 J. Melville, c. Holland, b. McDougal 2 W. Johnson, b. Holland 13 W. Condliffe, c. Lowe, b. Sewell ........ 23 E. H. F. Robinson, b. McDougal 1 L. Foley, c. Evans, b. Holland 23 T. Tucker, not out 19 J. H. James, c. Davidsou, b. Thomas .. 5 F. Swain, 1.b.w., b. McDougal 3 Extras 5 Total .' 108 Bowling Analysis.—MeDougal took live wickets for 13 runs; Holland, three for 15; Smith, none for 16; Sewell, one for six; Lowe, none for nine; Thomas, one for 11.