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Hokitika Guardian, 2 January 1923, Page 3

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| RV TOimm’ii—run pitKsa association] , CANTERBURY BEAT AUCKLAND, j CHRISTCHURCH. January 2. I Canterbury won the Plunket Shield | match against Auckland by 06 runs. . g res Canterbury 318. and 181 (Sand- :

urn 82 Road 50. Worker 42. Rage fin). I Auckland 204 and 209 iTTorspool 42. j Anthony 31 and 3b. Burton 35 and fin. j Whelan 25. Patterson 31 and 3,. ! Brooke Smith 12). For Canterbury Dead and Sandman , did most of the howling and for A nek- < hind. Player and Anthony. SECOND AFHTCAN TEST. ■CAPETOWN. January 1. j r,i the second test match. South < VCriea ill tile first innings made 113. Cntterall e. Brown, b. Fonder P> Hen rue e. Fender !>. Mn-.-uully 0 Taylor h. Fender ■ Near- ■ l.b.w. h. Fender l.ing e. Alnnn b. Fender 14 Jti'iimi b. Kennedv P, lanekenborg e. Carr. b. .Tup,, 9 f-'i-cii.-ois (run "iiti ... IVaril b. Jnpp f* Nupen e. and b. Maeaullav Hull (not out) .. " Extra- ~ l Total Bowling- I'ender 4 for 29, Jnpp 2 for 18. Kennedy 1 for 24. Woolley 0 for 1. WjEBT.INGTON January 2. The test match was continued to-day in fine weather and good wicket. The scoring was slow, when the score was 55 Blunt was caught in the slips by Yfaelaren off Freeman 53-2-45. Sneddon followed. Gibson was bowling good balls, Five out of the first six

overs were maidens. At 72. Htiddlerone was caught by Mnclnretf off Gibson. 72-3-38. The next batsman was Kmitli who was caught by'Chapman off Gibson's second hall 72—1-O. ( oil ins was next to bat and after a few minutes lie tapped a simple one to Pitchmarsh off Gibson 72-1-0. Gan-mid went ; in but s.'tw Sneddon miss to pull a. leg ball it finding the wicket. 76-6-10-Mel.eod partnered Garrard and the -rowd cheered derisively when he scored three. At 12 o’clock the score was ii for SO. Garrard and McLeod in. NEW ZEALAND 2nd Innings. ’ All out 127 j England won hv an innings and 1(56 i runs.

j MELBOURNE. Jan. 2. | When stumps were drawn, Victoria | had lost seven wickets for 2Sf). (Hartj kopf O'-, Hansford 7M). Ilartkopf gave J a brilliant display in the latter part of j Ihe innings, showing a partiality for i front of the wickets drives.' He was I caught at the long-off boundary, but a | substitute nf WhitJ.v.