AUCKLAND V. OTAGO

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 2, 4 January 1932, Page 13

AUCKLAND V. OTAGO

AN INTERESTING STAGE

GOOD PERFORMANCE BY HAWKESWORTH

(By Telegraph,—Press Association) , AUCKLAND, 2ud Januaiy. The Plunket Shield match, Auckland v. Olago, was continued to-daj «it E,denPark in fine weather. The wicket was'm good order and the .outfield fast. -l -* - Ou the first day's play Otago made 347 and Auckland had lost two wickets foi 24. Continuing the innings to day "Auckland were S«ll out jor 200, _ .Auckland's innings was A rather di&appointi g exhibition under the conditions. The fortunes of the game-vare not with the home team, as Vivian,—Weir, and Gillespie went in an unexpected manner,.3 lule Lyou and Hay were both suffeiinjf fiom ankle "Injuries.' Auckland's failure, however, must ivsfc^e -to the ill foi tune or llirk~-whirih -plays, an important part in the game of cricket. AH eiedit is due to the Otago players for their good all-iound bowling and fielding,. exhibition The visitors' fielding i was -vastly superior to that of Auckland, while the bowlers maintained a much more accurate length, at tho same time getting rnoie woik on the ball. r , Auckland made a good start, Weir and Vivian putting on 65 before being sepaiated. They left'within a few minutes 'of one another, and, cuuouslj enough, both, were caught behind* the wickets Gillespie made a valiant 'effort to save the side, but threw his wicket away in going ljr a. second: run vvhen the fieldsmnn aheady h&d the bull in his heads. Ihis was bad for Auckland, as six wickets vvoio now down,for 134 Lj'on, McCoy," and Matheson all made useful double' figure contributions, ''and Smith -held- hii. wicket up and saw, fhe lollow-on averted. Vijiaa Batted attractively, his scprwg fchpts being 'placed, with plenty of free ddfh'Srid vigQur, Weir's was a solid ejclirbitipnf ? air ltd occupied the crease, for 74 minutes.' Otagp^ was really fortunate .to getf^id of these two batsmen in, such a niahfieK t- Gdlespie-, Was at the wickets for foityvejght minutes and was playing so confidently' that be looked set fo^ a good Bcoie. » •„ j Me Coy batted attractively, and lost his wirket in attenuating^ to force the pace. Great piaise must be g;ven to'Hawkesworth, the Otago wicketkeeper. He caught three batsmen, stumped one, and was associated in running out another. 'This itself was a mentoiious performance, but, in addition, he allowed only one bye during the innings. The Otago bowling was probably not so good as Auckland's score made it out to be, but every man who went to the ciease maintained a much better length than the Aucklanders had done on the previous day, with the lesult that tuns had to be fought for all tho way. A DISASTROUS OPENING. Otago's second , innings opened disastrously, BadcoClT*"«ld Blutit-^Bein^' back, in the pavilion with, only'd runs ran the* board. Badcoek,.was" caught off a miss hit< After being nearly bowled "by Weir^ Blunt fell to a shot,,which has tbroughtP-about his downfall otT" numerous occasions, nibbling at a ball just outside the off stump. Smith played brightly for 36. His partnership with Cherry added 57 runs. Cherry^carned jan steadily,, finding it difficult to1 score off 'Weir, .Viviata, and McCoy. _ For"ai period oi twenty-five mintitSa^fter tea he scored but b runs, wliich gavelEiftr-ii^hdf-centuiy. He was eventually caughtSSS^toasledaftei an invalu-ahitejnnjngaj-aMideedr^Ots&s^vvoukl been in a bad way without hini7=^CJherry was at the wickets over two and aS^lf hours, _A big majority of his total coml--prised singles, there being but six boundaries opposite his dame. He gave two hard chances. Weir handled the bowling in a praiseworthy manner. Without Ljon he v^as "" lJtTa^guandaT}'. Matheson did not look •very dangerous at any penod, and so the captain had to make the best of matteis •with only himself, Vivian, and McCoy to carry on That eight Otago wickets have fallen for' 190 runs sajs a great deal for Weir's judgment. <■* The following are the scores.— ,\, AUCKLAND. r**V •-'/■$ *-■\ vrv*irtt faWgsi'^. <) -T" A. J. Poiiles, b Dunning! , <= ."" * 3 .L'JOWlsyb Badcockr :is . 12 jS^J.~''yivianfc Hawkesworth/V Smith* 35 G/Bt-'Weir, tFHawkeawcsrth, b Mix-oney -38 H.; D. Gaiespie, rthi out\(, , v . , ','29 P:i%>Whitelaflf e -st Hawkiswor^, b - "Moloney .\."\ -. Jr. 6 S. C. Hay, b Moloney 11 *T. Lron, c HawEesworth, b> Co'upland 16 A. W. McCoy, c^and b Coupland .? . 10 A. M. Matheson, c^Knight, b Badcock 18 L. S Smith, not out '-". . . 9 Extras . . .... 4 Total . 200 Bowling Ana!} sis—Dunning took one wicket "for* 37... rufis, Badcock. tvoJor.42, Coupland two for "34, Smith." one"for: 22, Moloney*three for 42/Bhmt none for_l9. --_ otago., , First Innings ."""" ~ 347 Second Innings. F. T. Baflcock,_xf Gillespie, b Weir 4 R. Cherry, c and b Vivian .'.. 79 R C. Blunt, c McCoy, b Weir 0 A Knight, lbw, b Vivian v 9 S Elmes, b Vivian 16 D Smith, tjm out -, -.- 36 «7 A. Dunning,~c"Mills, b Vivian .... -^ 0 D A. JR.JMQloney,_lbw, bJtfcCoy .... 10 R. Coupland, not out » 21 J. McHatfie, not out {. 11 Extras ...., i Total^ for eight wickets ~ 190