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Hokitika Guardian, 22 January 1929, Page 3

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PLUNKET SHIELD. AUCKLAND V. WELLINGTON. By J elegraph—Press Assn., Copyright PLUNKET SHIELD! AUCKLAND, January 21. Fortunes fluctuated on the third day of the Plunket Shield cricket match at Eden Park to-day. Auckland’s first innings realised 311 runs in reply to Wellington’s total of 403. but tho visitors in their second innings were dismissed lor 21 J, leaving Auckland with 334 to get to win. Auckland hutted for about fifty minutes. and scored 74 for the loss of one wicket, so that the home side has the whole of to-morrow in which to score 260 runs for a victory.

Wellington’s second innings was generally somewhat dull. Good displays by Worker and Hiddleston relieved the monotony of slow scoring, but the -batsmen could not afford to take risks when an occasional ball kept very low. The Wellington men were playing under conditions utterly foreign to those generally ruling at the Basin Reserve.

Worker played another fine innings. Indeed this has been his match, for out of his side’s grand total of 644, the Napier player has scored 224. Worker was not quite so enterprising to-day as on Friday, but his driving was delightfully crisp, and he made his runs in good time. It was the Hiddleston of about six years ago who made his 5 7 runs today. His timing was excellent, and lie scored chiefly through powerful on driving. Dunning ancf Allcott both howled well, taking full advantage of the wicket when the halls began to keep low. The Auckland fielding, while not quite up to the Wellington standard. was very saife, and only one or two very hard catches were dropped. Worker and Lamason have been prominent on the field for Wellington throughout the matcliq'while Gillespie lms done some good work for Auckland. 'The brightest batting of the ganm to date was seen when Bowley and Mills opened Auckland’s second innings and scored 50 in half _an hour. They ignored the state of the wicket, and scored almost as they liked. The score would have been much higher if it had not been for keen fielding. Providing the weather keeps fine to-mor-row. the task of beating Wellington should not he beyond Auckland’s powers, and there are prospects of an exciting finish. Scores:— AUCKLAND, Jan. 21. WELLINGTON—First 1 11 nings. H. Foley, e Hors pool, b Allcott ... / C. S. Dempster, 1.b.w.. h Allcott 77 R. V. De . Worker, stpd. Rowntree, l> Dunning ... 151 T. C Lowry, l.b.w. b Weir 37 J. R. Lamason, c Weir, by Allcott 37 K. C. James, run out ... 24 J. S Hiddleston, l.b.w. 1> Allcott 10 H. M. MeGirr, stpd. Rowntrce b Bowley ... 9 G. A. Rotheram, c Gillespie, b Weir 27 H. Lambert, e Player, b Bowley 4 M. Henderson, (not out) ... ... 9 Extras 11 Total 403 Bowling analysis: Allcott 4 for 95 Weir 2 for 39, Bowley 2 for 80, Dunning 1 for 99, Postlcs 0 for 19, Player 0 for 55. A UCK LAND—First 1 nn i n gs. E. 11. Bowley, 1> Henderson ... ... i J. E. Mills, b Henderson 15 A. J. Postles. c Hiddleston, b Rotheram of G. L. Weir, c Hiddleston, b Rotheram 57 L. F. W. Allcott, c James, b Henderson 28 11. Gillespie, l.b.w. b Henderson 78 P. li. Whitelaw, b MeGirr a E. Hornspool, b MeGirr v J. A. Dunning, c James, b Lowry 34 Player (not out) 10 Rowntree, c Foley, b. Henderson ] ' Extras 14 Total 311 WELLINGTON.—Second Innings. Dempster, c Whitelaw, b Bowley ... 22 Hiddleston, e Player, I) Dunning . 51 Lowry, c Player, I) Dunning 4 Worker, b Allcott 73 Lamason, l> Allcott 21 James, 1.b.w., b Dunning 4 Foley, 1.b.w., b Dunning 11 MeGirr. b .Dunning 11 Rotheram, b Dunning 3 Lambert, b Allcott 8 Henderson (not out) U Extras 17 total 241 Bowling analysis: Henderson 5 for 90, Rotelirham 2 for 60, MeGirr 2 for 65, Lowry 1 for 12, Lamason 0 for 7, Lambert 0 for 12, Foley 0 for 6, Hiddleston 0 for 17, Worker 0 for 28. AUCKLAND.—Second Innings. Bowley, b MeGirr 28 Mills (not out) 39 Postles (not out) 6 Extras 1 Total for one wicket "I AUCKLAND, Jan. 22. I At flic • adjouri merit Auckland had

losf four wickets for 123.