CRICKET PLUNKET SHIELD

Hokitika Guardian, 9 January 1932, Page 5

CRICKET

PLUNKET SHIELD

CANTERBURY SCORES 218

(By Telegraph — L‘t. Tress Association)

AUCKLAND, January 8

The Plunket (shield match between Auckland and Canterbury, which commenced at Eden Park yeterday was responsible for an unaccountable batting co,lapse of the home team which was dismissed for 56 runs in the first innings. The wicket was good and the weather conditions ideal so it is all the more surprising that the bats-, nun should fail.

Seine members of the Caiitcrliiir;, team are reputed to be amount Liu-, leading batsmen or the Diiin.u.oii, but while they fared much better than the Aucklanders, the visitors’ total did not reach expectations. Roberts made a liberal contribution to Canterbury s total. Auckland made a. much better start in its second innings, Prater in particular playing the bowling with <rioni confidence.

The Canterbury bowlers were on top all the way in Auckland’s first innings. Burrows, swinging away, took four wickets for 24 runs, and Merritt got among the tail to secure three foi six.

Roberts played a solid innings top scoring for Canterbury. Although unable to do much with Cieverley he scored the majority of the runs with a late cut past point.

Vivian bowied well to take five for 59, Scores :—•

CANTERBURY.—First Innings. Kerr, c Vivian b Cieverley ... 3 Crawford, 1.b.w., b Cieverley ... 15 Roberts, b Vivian 78 Cmmb, c McMillan, b Vivian ... 16 Page, 1.b.w., b Cieverley 1

Lester, c Alatlieson, b Vivian ... 21 Powell, b Alatlieson 15 Bellamy, st. Smith, b Vivian ... 15 Merritt, c and b Vivian lb Burns, c Mc-Millan, b Alatlieson ... II Burrows, not out 1 Extras 1 23 'Total 218 Bowling Analysis.—Vivian five wickets for 59, Cieverley three for 48, Alatlieson two for 57, AlcCoy 110110 for 3, AVeir nolle for 10, AfcAlillan none for 18. AUCKLAND. —First Innings. Frater, c Bellamy b Burrows ... 17 Whitelaw, c Bellamy b Burrows 9 YVeir, c Burns b Cromb 0 Vivian, c Cromb b Burrows ... 7 McCoy, c and b. Cromb 0 iGi.llespie, run out 3 McMillan, l.b.w. b Burrows ... 5 Clark, c and b .Merritt 4 Alatlieson, c Cromb b Merritt 6 Cieverley, not out 1 Smith, b Alerritt 2 Extras 2 Total 56 Bowling.—Burrows 4 for 24, Merritt 3 for 6, Cromb 2 for 24. AU CKL AN J).—Second Innings. Whitelaw, c Cromb, b Merritt ... 13 Frater, not out 37 AVeir, not out ... .!. 3 Extras 2 Total for one wicket 55 SOUTH AFRICA V. TASMANIA. DALTON RECORDS A CENTURY. HOBART, January 8. The South African cricketers batted first in their match against Tasmania, when it commenced at Launceston today. Following are the scores:

SOUTH AFRICA.—First Innings. Mitchell, Ii Burrows 0* Curnow, I) James 21 Taylor, c Nash, b James 37 Steyn, b Nash ... IS Cameron, c Cahil, b Burrows ... 17 Vincent, c Rushforth, b James ... 14 Dalton e Atkinson, Ii Burrows ... 103 Vincent, c Rushforth, b James ... 14 Morkel, c Nash, b Townley 15 McMillan, Ii James 7 Van Dei' Merwe, b Townley 35 Brown, not out 1 Extras 6 Total 277 Bowling analysis.—Nash 1 for GS, Burrows 3 for 59, James 4 for 67, Townley 2 for 40. TASMAN 1 A. —First Innings. Atkinson, not out- 11 Morrisby, b Morkel 0 Extras 2 Total for ono wicket 13