CRICKET

Evening Star, Issue 20059, 27 December 1928, Page 2

CRICKET

PLUNKET SHIELD AUCKLAND V; CANTERBURY VISITORS’ BIG LEAD. [l’jjr United Press , Association.] CHRiSTCHURCIJ., December 2(1. A most uninteresting clay’s cricket left. Auckland'iua. position front wlnen they, should have; no dilliculty in winniug liicu* tirsjj'. Pliuikct yiiidd iaatcli ol tins season. . The heavy ruin ol the previous evening had Iclt the wicket Heavy, and the outlield was also slow, but after making allowance lor this'it must be admitted that Canterbury’s batting \,>as very weak. Auckland ' were out' lor Canterbury w.ero disposed of for the ivretehed total -of 15J, and, following on, lost two 'rickets lor 12 runs. ... The continuation oi the Auckland innings saw soiim very lame - batting, even allowing that the bowling wa»_ goodj ■ The bjitsuicu showed a woelui lack ol enterprise, llorspool’s lit) was the result of very souml defence, with some good scoring strokes at times, but tlieso were lew and--lar between. Canterbury s" attack was ol a high order. Cunningham has rarely bowled better, and none of the batsmen was happy to him. His tally for the day was fifteen overs, eight maidens, 12 ruing and lour , wickets. Merritt also kept a much bettor length, ami the howling all through was such as Ur suggest that the Auckland l.otal would have been much smaller but lor the local men, being handicapped Jjy the wet ball on the previous day. The lidding was also an improvement on that of Tuesday, though it was still, far from first-class. Hums made amends for bis one mistake of, the first day by stumping Cillespio very smartly, and bo gave a creditable display -with—the--gloves-rig-bt- tbroughv-.i' Canterbury's batting display was very disappointing, for several of those who wero included in the loam lor their baiting alone failed to show anything like batting form. The.-wicket certain I v gave the bowlers some assistance, bill alter making due allowance for this tbo batting was still lamentably weak. Pago himself played very good cricket, meeting the bowling with a very confident defence ami losing few opportunities of scoring when the opportunity offered. In flic end be threw bis wicket away by a rash stroke. Newman played very sound . cricket, and never looked like getting - out to tbo pace bowlers, but bo was , nob at all happy to Bowley's slows. 1 Merritt batted very promisingly while • lie was at the wickets, but, like Ins ■ captain, be fell to an impatient stroke. Auckland’s out cricket was dis- ' tinctly good. The bowling was of a high order all through, and it was to accurate to look like being,collared at any stage of the innings. Dunning, • a fast medium bowler, got tlie good ’ average of five wickets for 45, but Ins ‘ ihnires flattered him, for be did not a bowl as well as cither Allcott or Player, both of whom, strangely enough, failed . to wet a wicket. Bowley was also lucky in 'getting four lor 118, stago_ tnght among the latter batsmen helping his - (mures materially. Weir’s figures, one 1 tor 24, did not Hatter him, lor he - bowled very well. However, bo cap- • tured both wickets that tell m tbo second innings, liic Auckland helamg was very good, and a distinct advance on that ol the local men. Practically all the cpancois that offered, were taken; and few-of them were easy. The one,bv which Postles disposed of Read was an exceptionally brilliant effort. Details ; AUCKLAND. L’irsf Innings. ; ' Bowlev b Newman ...... ... ... 40 Mills b Read ... ' Postiea c Newman b Merritt ... -1 r Weir b Newman - , Allcott'b Page ..., ... L’2 i Gillespie sfc Burns, b Merritt ... <o Whitel’aw b Cunningham ... ... -A Horspool c Hamilton b Cunningham JO :1 Player c Hamilton b Cunningham 8 i. Dunning not out ••• & e Rountree Ibw b Cunningham ... 0. Extras ... ... ... ... ... ••• 17 ,- Total ... ... ... ... ... 340 Bowling Analysis.—Read, one Tor 79; r Cunningham, four for 48; Merritt, two. '• for 1)4; Newman, two for 59; Pago, oho! J for 33., CANTERBURY. First Innings. Crawford c-Whitelaw b Dunning ... 10 Brosnahau b Wcfr ... ... ... 14 Roberts c and b Dunning ... ... 0 i Page st Rountree b Bowley ... ... 44 Newman Jbw ib Bowfey ’... 31 Hamilton b Bowley ... ... ... ... 4 Read c Postlcs b Dunning ... ... G Merritt b Diinning 19 Evans c Mills b Dunning ... ...• 0 Burns c and b Bowley 5 Cunningham not out ... 5 Extras 12 . Total ... ... ... 153 Bawling Analysis,—Dunning, five for 44; Player, none for 14; Allcott, none for 21; Weir, one for 24; Bowley, four for 38. , . . , Second Innings. Brosnahan not out -... ...... 5 Crawford ,c Dunning b Weir ...... 4 Roberts b Weir ... ... ... 0 Page not out ... ... ... ... ... 0 Total'for two wickets ...12 SOUTHLAND V. TOGO B MATCH DRAWN ♦ ■ .VISITORS IN. ASCENDANCY., Though the representative match at Carisbrook between Otago B and Southland ended in a draw, the honours were undoubtedly in favour of the. visitors, who shaped much; more impressively than the homo side, both with bat and ball. Southland had the misfortune to have to continue its first innings on a wic- ' keb 'which, after the recent rain, was in the bowler’s favour. By the time Otago went in it had. improved greatly, but the home sido’£ batting was dull and unenterprising. In fact, throughout yesterday the cricket, except., in patches, was of an uninspiring nature, and on the run of the play Southland deserved a win. The southerners, with one or two exceptions, fielded well, being a long way ahead, of-Otago'4n this respect. There was a lack of resource and initiative.about .the..Otago, batting, top score going to Boyd, who made 27. The Grange man scored well on both sides of the wicket, though- he was rather prone to uppish strokes. The only "other players who--made' a .stand were Erector' (who carried 'his, bat -for; 17), M'Grcgor (who hit- hard -lor 15), and Nimmo (who- got 12).■ • Claridgo was going nicely when he was run out after making 11. The Southland bowling was well handled, the best figures being obtained by Nisbet, a young left-hander, who took four, wickets for 21 runs. At one stage he had, three wickets for 2 runs. I Me aias swinging the ball! dangerously/ 7. ; r ‘V': ■' ; (

from ■ the off, and was treated with great respect by .the Otago batsmen. Though his ono wicket cost 33 runs, Keast bowled better than his ligures indicated, and ho was mixing them .well, varying-.slow.:.stuff ...with., att. .occasional fast oiietthat made pace off'.the wicket. Johnston, Grotes, and Anderson each secured a" wicket' at fairly moderate cost. ‘ -Southland -had two wickets--for 80-in. tlieir. sccond.;essay at the wickets, stumps being drawn at 0 p.m. There were a couple el hundred spectators in the afternoon, the umpires being Messrs Douglas and M'Queoin Play resumed after lunch at 2.25, Silver (2) and Boyd (,'J) being at the, wickets. Johnston bowled 'a maiden from the pavilion end to, the former, Keast bowling from the Cargill road end.- The batsmen Were, very , quiet until Silver despatched Johnston to the off boundary,'and Boyd pulled Keast to the on for a single. With Boyd lacing Keast two; byes were run, and in attempting, a third Silver was , run out. 29—2—7, ■ Cameron partnered Boyd,, who square cut Johnston lor a single. Cameron opened his account with a brace, and Boyd bit Keast to the lug boundary. Boyd hoisted 41) with a single to line leg, and snicked Keast through the slips. 1 to Jhq.Jjoundiiiy. __ W t Hlri'lvo‘Scdrc''at'4SrGrotrcß' replaced Johnston, ami for a while Boyd and Cupicrun scored fairly steadily, the former making sonic good shots on the leg side,: while the hitter..made, one,or two neat square cuts. Boyd placed Keast nicely to log for 4, but two balls later the latter, who had been sending down some slow stnlf, boat him completely with a ball that kept low and made plied off 'the ‘ wicket. -58—3—-27-. --• Off the. last-bull of Groves's next over Cameron was caught in the slips by Keast. (50—4—10.” Claridgo” and M'Gregor wore now associated, the Jormcr notching. a 2 and 3to leg. Claridgo was batting quietly, scoring in singles, and neither batsman was taking any liberties with Groves or Keast. . Claridgo reached double figures by off-driving Groves'.for a single, _and SO appeared when M'Gregor hit Keast to square-leg. .:Claridgo::was placing nicely through the.covers, but the Southland ground lidding was good. M'Gregor sent Groves to the off pickets with a hard drive, and with the score at 88 Nisbet replaced Keast at the south end- The second last ball of the over M'Gregor skied just short of Cherry. The batsmen ran, but Lee lifted the bails before Claridgo reached the crease. 89—5—11. M'Lood partnered M'Gregor, who lifted ono from Nisbet mto the bowler’s hands. 94—G—15. lorraucc came in, but lost M'Lood with the addition of one to the score, the latter touching one Irom Nisbet __inlo Keast’s hands in the slips. 95—7—2. Nisbct’s three overs included two maidens for ono run and two wickets. There was no alteration to the score when the tea adjournment was taken, and on resuming Nisbet brought about Torrance’s dismissal, the; latter spooning one up just past the wickct-kccper for Johnston to take an easy catch. 98—8—1. Nimmo and Proctor wore together for some time, and though the former opened with a 4 to fine log the rate ■of scoring was very slow, ueithei batsman being inclined to take chances. Proctor made some nice shots on the leg side, and Nimmo cut Nisbet through the slips for 4. Anderson replaced Johnston at the pavilion end when the score was 121, and the over produced 3 runs. Nimmo went Ibw to Nisbet after making 12. 124-9-12. Proctor was joined by White, and the Caiishrook man drove hard to the boundary, White also despatching Anderson to the on boundary. Proctor lilted Nisbet to leg for 3; hut in going lor a. hit Off Anderson White played all °voi W and was clean bowlqd. 139—f U—u. ■Ota’o-o was-at the wickets 185 minutes. Southland did hot put Otago m again but elected to bat, though play was evidently not taken very seriously, as none of ’ Otago’s' stock bowlers wore used. Boyd and Allan had charge of the attack the latter bringing about Cherry s dismissal with a hall that kept low and beat the batsman badly. 2—l—l. Lee batted-nicely tor 17, notching a couple of 4’s'off Lister, but an over later he played one from the same bowler ou to his “ wicket. 30—2—17. Carson and Dalglish were then associated in a good partnership, which took the score to GO before stumps were drawn without iurther loss. Dalglish made some good drives to the on and had 12 to his credit, while Carson played an aggressive knock ■ for 17, making some lusty drives'to .the-off and also reaching the leg : boundary with well-timed shots. The'match'was drawn. Details: OTAGO. First Innings. D. Allan c and b Johnston ... 6 A. Boyd b Keast ... ... ... ... 27 R. .Silver, run out ... ... V .7 Dr Cameron c Keast b Groves -.., 10 C. Claridge run out. .. 11 P. 'M'Gregor-c and b Nisbet ... ... 15 W. M'Leod c Keast b Nisbet ... 2 R.-Torrance o Johnston b Nisbet ... -1 A. Proctor not out 17 Nimmo Ibw b Nisbet ... 12 R. White b Anderson ... G Extras ... ... ... ... ... "... 25 Total ... 139 Bowling Analysis.—Keast, 18 overs, (i maidens, 33 runs, 1 wicket; Johnston, 18 overs, 6 maidens, 24 runs, 1 wicket; Groves 8 overs, 1 maiden, 24 runs, 1 wicket; - Nisbet, 11 overs,- 3 maidens, 21 runs, 4 wickets; Anderson, ‘2l overs, 12 runs, 1 wicket.- . SOUTHLAND. First innings, ... ... 277 ■ Second Innings. E, Lee b Silver 17 R. Cherry, b Allan ... , x G. Dalglish not out ... I ... ... ... 12 W.--M. Carson not out ... 17 Extras ... ... ... 13 Total for two wickets ... GO Bowling Analysis.—Boyd, 6 overs, 2 maidens, 6 runs, 0 wickets; Allan, 4 overs, 1 maiden, 6 runs, 1 wicket; Silver, 3 overs, 1 maiden, 10 runs, 1 wicket: M'Leod, 4 overs, 1 maiden, 1 no ball, 15 runs,' 0 wickets; Claridgo, 2 overs, 10 runs,.o wickets. ESSEX CAPTAINCY THE CHANGE EXPLAINED Pres* 'Association—-By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 25. The Essex Cricket Club has reluctantly decided to publish the circumstances in which the change of captaincy has been made. It states that the committee was long aware of a feeling in- favour of a change. The committee asked* Douglas whether 'hi would resign, and this he promised to give consideration to. He was unable to attend the sub-committee meeting -which ■recommended ‘ the- -bnt the complete minutes were sent to Dougin’s. -Morris’s-appointment to the captaincy was mot made- without full The committee ■ was aware that' certain' members of the team were disloyal to Douglas, and was also fully aware of Douglas’s services to cricket, for which it was most grateful, and it asked Douglas to play as often as possible for Esses and .to join the Selection-(Committee,' ■

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA V. QUEENSLAND Press Association—By Telegraph'-Copyright . ADELAIDE, December 26. Queensland in the second innings scored 41(5 (Nothfing 4G, Lister 1 45; Williams live for 145, Wall ono for 82). South Australia, in the second innings scored 132 f i'or six wickets (Pcllow 53). [South Australia in the first innings made 582, and Queensland 296.] HEW SOUTH WALES V. VICTORIA KIPP.AX 260. Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, December 26. New South Wales in the first innings scored 420 (Kippax not out 260, Hootlor 62; Ironmonger three for 95, Hendry three for 58, A’Beckett two for 92,-libeling two for 81). The IvippaxHootler partnership was responsible for 307 runs, a record for interstate cricket. Victoria in the second innings scored 251 for six wickets (A’Bcckctt 95, Hendry not out G 5). [Victoria in the first innings scored 376.] SOUTHLAND V. SOUTH OTAGO A match between Southland and South Otago was commenced at Invercargill yesterday in excellent weather and on a good wicket. South Otago batted first, and scored 118 (Lennox 45, Kane 12, Tomlinson 25). Fogo took sis wickets for 38. , Southland’s first innings realised 446 (Cook 62, Cro/.ier 96,’P001e 32, Tapley 149, Hammond 45, Morgan 28). Noble took five wickets for 93. The match will be continued to-day.