AUCKLAND BEATEN

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 3, 5 January 1932, Page 9

AUCKLAND BEATEN

OTAGO'S GOOD WIN

BADCOCK'S FINE PERFORM- ' ANCE

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, 4th January. Ihe Plunket Shield match between Auckland and Otago concluded at Eden Park to-day., and resulted in a victory for Otago by. 107 runs. The weather was fine, and the wicket in good order after the vain of the previous day. Otago thoroughly deserved its victory, as its all-round display was much steadier than that of the home team. This is tha tost occasion Otago has ever defeated Auckland on the latter's ground. Otago's second innings was quickly brought to a conclusion this morning. Then Postles and Mills set out to attempt to make the 346 runs needed for victory. They gave the side a good start, and at lunch-had 82 on the board. Tlie adjournment proved . disastrous, however, as the side slumped badly, Gillespie, Whitelaw, and McCoy being the only other batsmen' tbi'aee the bowling with confidence. '■ ; ■ The Auckland' batsmen went •to the wickets determined to take. no. risks. The first ten runs, took 22 minutes,- and the halt-ccntuiy . appeared in a minute over the : hour....Mills played, an attractive innings, scoring, all round .the." wicket with characteristically graceful "' shots. • Postles was painfully slow for. a start, but made amends after, lunch, scoring more freely. Vivian" throw-his.-wicket'away "in an attempt to force the' pace at a stage when there was no necessity to do so. AVeir was. dismissed by a, brilliant catch on the leg side by tho wickotkeeper. ■ Whitelaw, Gillespie, and McCoy made a valiant effort to savethe side, the firstnamed pair adding 63, but tho slump saw the side all out for'23S: ■« A remarkable bowling performance was put up by Badeock, who sent down no fewer than- 51 overs, 28 of them being maidens. Prior to lunch the ex-english-man .sent down 16 overs, 11 of which were maidens, for but -nine runW. The first boundary scored off him was by. "Vivian in his twenty-first over, while only four fours were hit oil Kirn all day. The most j expensive over' was his forty-ninth, off which McCoy obtained eight: The same I batsman had scored seven oS Badcoek's' previous over. Badcoek's was one of the finest marathon bowling in tho history of Plunket Shield cricket, and Otago can thank him to a very great extent for its victory. Apart from his bowl-J ing, he scored 84 runs in Otago's first innnigs, and did a great amount of splendid fielding on both occasions Auckland occupied the wicket. Dunning bowled much more accurately than in Auckland's first innings, and shared with Badcoek the honours of a strenuous day. His average, was better than that of tho coaeli, although the latter deserved more wickets. Scores arc as follows:— OTAGO. First inuings yl7 Second Innings. Uadcock, c Gillespie, b Weir 4 Cherry, c and b Vivian 7!) Blunt, o McCoy, b Weir 0 Knight, lbw,- b Vivian 0 Klirief, h Vivian l(i Smith, run out „ 30 Dunning, c Mills, b Vivian 0 Moloiiey. lbw. b Mct^y 10 Conpliind, b Vivian 21 McHiifile, c Smith, b Weir JM IlawlsC'sworth, not out fi Extras <5 Total" 19S Bowlinsr Analysis.—Matheson took, no j

wicknls for .'!■!; AVeir, three for 61; Vivian, five for C 2; McCoy,, one for '36. AUCKLAND. " First Imiings 200 - Second Innings.. . Mills, c Elmes, b Dunning 52 Postles, b Biiclcock 41 AVeir, o liawkesworth. b Dunning IK Vivian, c Knight, b Badcock S Gillespie, b Badcock ;>8 Whitelaw, lbw, b Badcock 26 Hay, c Blunt, b Dunning 5 fjyon,-.run out 2 Matheson, b Dunning 1 McCoy, not out 30 Smith, b Dunning 7 Extras 12 Total 23S Bowling Analysis.—Dunning took five wickets for (35; Badcock, four for 65; Smith, none for 3; Moloney, none for 4o; .Elmes, none for 19; Couplan'd," none ' for 16; Blunt, none for 13.