HOLIDAY CRICKET

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 81, 29 December 1937, Page 2

HOLIDAY CRICKET

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Plunket Shield Matches in Progress

CANTERBURY V. OTAGO

(By Telegraph-

CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. There was again little bright crieket il the se'Cbnd day's play in the Plunket Shield game between Canterbury and Otago dt Lancaster Park to-day when Canterbury contimied lts inilings which was post.poa.cd yesterday because of the rain. The pitch. was soft and the outfield sloW, the Canterbury batsihen playing the bowling bf Dlihiiiiig and Elmes c'aiefiiliy ahd quietly. ThCse two bbWlfed al'most iihCHhngCd thfbiighdut the inm ings.

MenzieS and Stokes, the not out batsinCh, carried Canterbury 's first day's score of 58 for tWb Wickets tb 105 b'e; fore the former was CaUght find bdWlfeci by Dunning for 49. Stokes Wfis quietly confident and took no risks, SCdtifig steadiiy with weii-placed shbts. Thd brighteBt fnoffiehts df the innings WbrB gtbvidCd by Hadibb Who battfed freely and aggressivCly. Thb best bowler Was Dunning whb bowled mjj changed from one end 33.6 bvers for six wickets, costing only Oi rhns, In their seCond innings Otago lost one Wicket for 105 runs; Uttley (74 not oiit) battiiif Boufidly ahd fecoring stehdily With. Cfisp hafdhit stfokeS. SCbrCg*:— OTAGO. Fifst Innings . . . . • . . j > * • • « • -N2 SCcohd Inhlhgs. Knight; b RCad 17 Uttley, not out . . i. »• ■**. ••.»* 74 Robertson, not OUt .. .. •» • ** 14 Total fdr ofie wihket .. .. 105 '5 ' CANTERBURY. First innihgs. \ • Keff, b Bilvcf .... .j .» .... «• Gass'on, b Duhnihg .. .. .. ... .. >4 Mcnxjes, C ahd h DU&nlng .« .,i • 49 Steket; e Mills, b Dunning , . .. 56 3refiib) C Uttiey; b Groye§ ... s ... i3 Hadlee, c Ihb., b Dhttning" » , ,. .« M McRae; c Knight; b Eltrfes .. 8 Welb, b'Dhiihifig *«•, .2 Buftt; e-Mill§, b -Elihes •- .. 0 Sead, ibw,b Duahihg 10 Muiceek, net 'out- . : .. .. • • •• -• ° Extras •* d ' Tatai , , .. « • Bowling: Dickinson 0 for 34, Dunning 6 for 5i> Elmes 2 for 71, Silver i for 14, Hawden 0 for 10; Groves 1 for 28,