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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8343, 1 February 1913, Page 14

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PLUNKET SHIELD MATCH EASY VICTORY FOR CANTERBURY WIN BY EIGHT WICKETS. Press Association. AUCKLAND, January 31. The Plunket Shield match was concluded to-day in fine weather, Canterbury winning by eight wickets- Auckland’s tail wagged freely, the last tour wickets putting on 107 runs. Glint (5), not out, and Taylor (34), not out, resumed their innings, and, pia.ying confidently, carried the score to 200, when Olliff was bowled by Bennett. 238—7—23. Kavanagh foUowed, but with tho addition of only H t uns w “ s clean bowled by Reese. 255—3-o-Kerr followed, bub only made 1, tv nig then out Ibw to Reese. 263—9—1. Robinson played the “ rock ’’ game for Jill it was worth, and hpld the wickets ap despite many changes in the bowling. Taylor meanwhile was plugging steadily along, eventually running into the nineties. There were several appeals for Ibw against him, but the umpire’s decision was always in his favour. When only 8 short of the century he was smartly stumped by Boxfihall. 292—10—92. Taylor gave a fine display, and his innings will long bo remembered. H© never gave a single chance, and showed steadiness surprising in one so young. He is only nineteen years of age. . The wicket played better than on the second day, and the batsmen took advantage of their opportunities, Requiring only 119 for a win, Canterbury opened with Lusk and Caygill, and before a separation was effected tho score was taken to 55. Lusk hit brilliantly, and soon ran into the eighties, at which stag© ho was taken at point, off Taylor. He hit two 6’s and twelve 4’s, and never gave a chance. He was only at the wickets sixty-one minutes. Hayes and knocked off the remaining runs in a few minutes. Scores: CANTERBURY. First innings • 364 Second Innings. Lusk, c Sneddon, b Taylor 82 Caygill, b Olliff Hayes, not out 17 Carlton, not out 4 Extras —.. 1 Total for two wickets 122 Bowling Analysis.

AUCKLAND. First innings 190 Second Innings. Hem ns, o Lusk, b Carlton 33 Horspool, b Bennett .■ 7 Snedden, Ibw, b Bennett ...'. 20 Grenier, o Boxshall, b Bennett ... 14 Sale, h Sandman „. 14 Cummings, c Sandman, b Carlton 34 Taylor, c Boxshall, b Carlton 92 Olliff, b Bennett 23 Kavanagh, b Reese 6 Kerr, Ibw, b Reese 1 Robinson, not out 6 Extras 42 Total 292 Bowling Analysis.

NAPIER v.' CANTERBURY. Press Association. NAPIER, January 31. The following team has been selected against Canterbury: Bernau, Board, Creed, Fairey, Fulton, Lusk, Macassey, O’Brien, Richards, Smyrk, Vivian. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Basin Reserve was again occupied by cricketers on Saturday last, when tho games commenced on January llth were concluded. Central, who had made 242 on the first day, disposed of East A for 105 and 137,- and this left them one run to get in tho second innings, which Paterson secured off the second hall of the first over. Midlane and Hickson were tho principal scorers for East A, the former getting 39 in the first innings, and the latter 45 in the second strike. Ho got four boundary strokes in his score and five 3’s. Johnson also gave a good exhibition in compiling his 28 not out. Robinson was in fine form with tho ball, and he secured six wickets in the two innings, which worked out at 9 1 runs each. Blamires also had good figures. East B were vory unlucky in their game against College, for they only required four more runs to make a three point win when time ran out. They, however, beat College by that margin on the first innings. College made 63 in their first essay, and the best they could do in their second was 119. East B opened poorly, but they piled on the runs when Dooley went in. With ten minutes to go they required as many runs to make a twoinnings victory, but Saunders was in great form with tho ball and all they could get was six. Dooley played a careful innings, and though ho was fourth man he carried his bat right through. North completed their first innings in their match against South, taking their score from 138 for five wickets to 263 before they were all dismissed. Crombio and Wilkinson, tho not-out men, compiled 80 and 73 not out respectively, and they hit oht in a very vigorous manner. Wilkinson had only 8 runs to his credit when he started on Saturday, and he carried his bat right through the innings. South were set a fairly solid task to save a twoinnings defeat, and in their second venture they only made 84, which with their previous total left them 5 runs short of North’s score. Southall took six wickets for 54 runs, while Luckie had the splendid average of two for 4. A very interesting point cropped up in connection with the Petone-Hutt match. The former made 211, and the tatter,' according to the batsmen's scores, 210. The bowling analysis, however, showed Hntt to have 211 runs, thus making the match a draw. The matter was referred to tho Cricket Association, which ruled that Petone won the match hy .l mn. Where there was a disagreement between the batsmen’s scores and the bowling analysis the former had to be taken as the correct recoi-d. In view of this decision it behoves clubs to have scorers

who thoroughly know the game and will devote their whole attention to a match. Victor Trumper's big innings of 201 not out for New South Wales against South Australia completes a unique chain of innings exceeding 200 runs in inter-Stato cricket. He is the only player who has scored over 200 in an innings for one State against every other State he has played against and New Zealand, these scores being: 292* v. Tasmania, at Sydney. 253 v. New Zealand, at Sydney. 203 v. Queensland, at Sydney. 230 v. Victoria, at Sydney. 201* v. South Australia, at Sydney. The other innings in first-class cricket exceeding 20u played by Trumper were for Australia, as follows: 300* v. Sussex, at Brighten; and 214* v« South Africa, at Adelaide; besides, which ho made 218 not out against the Transvaal in South Africa. Cricket in Victoria is prospering, says the “-Referee,” though it might not bo cordially admitted by some of those who do not sec eye to eye with the Board Controllers. In "Melbourne, colts of the type which develop into International lights are now being found and nurtured. Already the doings of J. Ryder and If. Baring aro bringing into prominence the puissance of the young men in Victorian cricket. The V.C.A. is wise in arranging as many matches of a higher flavour than those for the club pennant as is possible. Each match, be it for the Sheffield Shield, a minor inter-State, or a colts’ match, provides young players with essential experience to ripen their abilities as nothing else can. Club cricket is a form of apprenticeship, to which the higher cricket gives the finishing touches. Playing for the Oaks against Mount Hunter (New South Wales) on January 11th, T. Littlewood ivas responsible for a remarkable bowling feat. It was the last over of the day. Ho .bowled two men with the first two balls, the third was not scored off, and three more batsmen were bowled with the remaining three—five wickets (including the hat trick) for no runs off six balls. Another remarkable performance was accomplished in Adelaide on the same day by J. H. Pellew, the old interstate cricketer, who now prefers to play pleasure games with outside touring teams. Playing for the Grange against Coromandel Valley, he carried his individual score from 96 to 201, when he got out without any other batsman or even “sundries” scoring a single run. This is surely a new record. He made the last 105 in thirty-eight minutes. Dan Reese again demonstrated his return to form by top scoring for West Christchurch last week, and his 69 were made in his very best style. Good as the bowling was, his defence was never taxed, and there was hardly an uppish stroke in his display. His--off-driving was a treat to waten, whilst his other scoring shots were all executed in masterly style. It only took him fifty minutes to make his 69, and except that ho should have been run out when he had made 29, no chance could bo urged against him. _ It is to be hoped that the Canterbury sub-committee, consisting of E. B. Caygill, A- T. Donnelly and D. Reese, will be successful m arranging for Auckland to come south next year, says a southern writer. If so, the result will be that the Dominion scheme of matches, as arranged at the Wellington Conference, will be brought into operation next season. If Auckland came south then there should be no difficulty in arranging for Wellington and Canterbury to go a tso. To my mind the best way would bo for Canterbury to win the Auckland match. In view of next season being the Otago-Canter-bury jubilee, there should bo no dittivdty in arranging a home-and-home match which would fit nicely into the scheme.

o. M. R. W. Kavanagh .... 3 0 23 0 Olliff 9 1 43 1 Kerr .... 6 0 25 0 Snodden ... 3 0 18 O' Taylor 2 0 12 1

O. M. E. W. Reese 4 65 2 Bennett .... 45 17 67 4 Patterson .... 3 1 8 0 Carlton .... 23 6 55 3 Sandman .... 21 8 51 1 Patrick 1 4 0