OTAGO TEAM OPENS BADLY

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 31, 20 February 1937, Page 16

OTAGO TEAM OPENS BADLY

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Canterbury Colt Takes Sk For 43 PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH

(By Telegraph—;

DUNEDIN, Last' Night. Rain in the moming caused s pojit4 ponement of the commencement of thf Plunket Shield match between Canterbury and Otago till the afternoon. Otai go won the toss and elected to baL They made a disastrous start, ihe first four wickets falling for seven runsi Uttley and Chettlehurgh, then Chettle-1 Kurgh and Mills stopped the* rot, hut! on their dismissal the remaining "wiek«i ets fell cheaply, Otago 's innings, whichl lasted 118 minutes, closing for 124. The' Canterbury colt, Mapplebeck, bowled well, taking six for 43s Scores:— - OTAGO. Knight, b Mulcock 1 Badcock, c Hadlee, b Mulcock ». ft Kerr, h Mapplebeck Uttley, b Mapplebeck 18 Elmes, b Mapplebeck .. .. .. .. 0 Chettlehurgh, e Mapplebeck, b Mulcock .. ... .. . . j. ., .. . ., 39 Mdls, b Sharpe •« •• • • . . .. . . • • 21 Groves, b Mapplebeck .. M ... 2 Dunning, not out .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 Nixnmo, c Mulcock, b Mapplebeck . 4 Sllver, b Mapplebeck • * •« * * .«• 12 Extras . «. ... . «. .« .. * «, . . . . 171 Total ». mm »• 3G a. 1241

Fall of wiekets: one for three, twoj for three, three for five, four for seven^ five for 40, six. for 76, seven for 91^ eight for 91, nine for 95. CANTERBURY, Kerr, b Dunning .. .. .. ^ M „ Hadlee, b Elmes .. . . . . . . 13 Menzies, lbw, b Dunning „ ,« „ 12 O'Brien, in .. •• .a . .. ... 4 Fage, m . . *. »«, 1 Extras « . ■«•. ».«, .«•. ^ h. 6 Total for three wickets 63?

Fall of wickets: Oue for 31, two forj 51, three for 61s

O. M. R. W, Mapplebeck .... .. 125 3 43 6 Mulcock ... ... a, 15 5 29 3 Cromh . . ... ... .. 41 6 0 Sharpe ........ 8 0 29 1

Bowling Analysis.

O. M. R. W. Dunning .. .. M. 8 7 4 2 Silver .. .. 9 3 17 0 Elines 12 4 23 1 Nimmo .. .. 5 2 12 6 Groves .. .. .. .. 10 10

Bowling Analysis.