AUCKLAND SCORE MOUNTING

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5298, 10 January 1947, Page 5

AUCKLAND SCORE MOUNTING

(Press Assn.-

PLU NKET SHIELD SIX FOR 209 AGAINST CANTERBURY'S 299

- By Telegravh — xJopy right.)

AUCKLAND, Last Night- • The Plunket Shield cricket match between Canterbury and Auckland is at a most interest"11 L stage. On Wednesday, Canterbury scored 279 for the loss of 8 wickets, and continuing yesterday, the side was all out after 25 minutes, for 299. Auckland, at stumps, had lost six wickets for 209 runs. The playing- conditions were good when play was re'sumed to-day, the only change being a northerly switch in the wind, which was rather stronger than on the opening day. With 279 runs on for eight wickets Canterbury carried on the innings with T. B. Burtt and A. E. Britton at the wicket. Neith-er had yet scored. Each scored a single from Burke, who completed an unfinished over stirted the previous night. Then Snedden > and Cowie took up the attack, and it appeared that the Canterbury "tail" was out for runs when Burtt square-cut Snedden for three and Britton drove him for four. Both batsmen seemed comfortable" to Snedden, but at 297, in his second over, Cowie knocked hack Britton's leg stump after 15 minutes' play. C. Garston was last man, and, in Cowie's next over, he was caugbt at the wicket, the innings elosing after 20 minutes' play in the morning for 299. Cowie finished up with four wickets for 65 runs. Cautious Opening Auckland's opening men, Wliitelaw and Burgess, were extremely cautious to the swing bowling of Seott and.Parks, the latter having a close cordo-n of six- men clustered round the 'keeper to cramp the bats- > rai'n's style. Scoring was very slow, and 18 runs had come up in 13 overs when Parks made the first breach by clean-bowling Burgess. V. J. Scott breught up 20 after 35 minutes' battirg, by on-driving Parks for two, and then Wh-itelaw drove R. Scott tlnough the covers fo-r the first ho'indary of the innings. Rain stopped play at 3.38 p.m. Pk y was resumed at 4.59, but after 'our overs, the players again left the field. An appeal against the light at 5.52 p.m. was tipheld, and heavy rain began to fall as the players left the field. . ' Details : — CANTERBURY — Firat Innings T. H. Parks, c.. Kent b. Cowie .. 34 I. B. Cromb, c. Sutcliffe b. Burke - - 61 W. Pollitt, b. Cowie 3 R. C. Shand, l.b.w. b. Snedden 2 W. McD. Anderson, c. Kent h. Burke - _ _ _ — — 43 r*'. B. Smith, c. and b. Burke „ 0 R. H. Scott, c. Taylor b. Burke 85 A. Burgess, b. Snedden .. - 28 T. B. Burtt, not out - 11 A. E. Britton, b. Cowie ~ .. 5 C. Carston, c. Kent b. Cowie .. 0 Extras - - - - 27 Total .. 299 Bowling: J. Cowie, four wickets for 65 runs; C. Burke, 4 for 81; C. Snedden, 2 for 82; B. Sutcliffe, none for 1 ; A. V. Wiles, none for 43. AUCKLAND — First Innings F. E. Whitelaw, b. Parks - - 18 C. G. Burgess, b. Parks - - 8 V. J. Scott, run out - — 42 W. M. Wallace, c. Britton b. , Parks 15 B. Sutclifvg, not out' 76 D. D. Taylor, l.b.w. h. Parks _ 0 A. V. Wiles, c. and h. Cromb _ 30 C. Burke, not out - ~ .11 Extras .. _ 9 Total, for 6 wickets .. _ 209 Bowling: Parks, 4 for 64; Cromb, 1 l'or 22; R. H. Scott, none for 26; Burtt, none for 30; Carston, none for 23; Pollitt, none for 1.