A TRICKY WICKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 557, 9 January 1929, Page 6

A TRICKY WICKET

BEALE'S XI. DRAWS WITH CANTERBURY COLTS TEAM BOWLERS GAIN UPPER HAUD /Special to THE BUS) CHRISTCHURCH. B. C. Beale’s Auckland touring drew with a. Canterbury colt?elp«S to-day in a match made interesti*. s ?' changeable weather. 11 s .“1 The tourists' lirst innings closed ,v morning at 170. Webb and Brown* ting on 37 lor the last wicket. w.JJvi' and Gee. the not out men overni»G had gone cheaply to-day. McCoy hla caught at cover with his score IS. and Gee adding only one run befnT ho was bowled. Webb scored 10 , Browne 13. There were 14 extras** 11 Heavy rain during the night ~h,,< made the wicket softer even than was yesterday, and this morning *a» dust had to be spread to give a bowlers and batsmen a footing tIT Canterbury batsmen did badly o n ,S ( wcket, nin. ° bei» dismissed befor? lunch for 43 nu, Butler had ulter' ■vc wickets fol the Canterbur,bit tsmen balloted lor places after the first three, and this brought w n- Patrick Nvas expected to stiffen the battinj? in as eighth mar uui.il uiauu uu difference, for Patrick was dismissed by the first ball Lan* ridge bow’led in the game. He forward, but played a weak shot that put the ball into the hands of Webb at point. After lunch. Escott and Yates made a stand for Canterbury’s last wicket which added 35 runs. Escott was easily top-scorer with 26. He brought Canterbury’s score up to that needed to avert a follow on by on-driving Langridge for a fine sixer. Butler finished with six wickets for IS runs. He kept a good length', and turned from the off. The left-hander, Langridge, got three for 21. McCoy who had 14 runs hit off him. did no: take a wicket, but made three fine catches in the field. AUCKLAND’S COLLAPSE The morning had been rather cloudy, though fine, but the early part of the afternoon was sunnier, and the wicket began to dry more quickly, threatening trouble for the Aucklanders. Trouble did come early, the first four wickets falling before the score had passed 13. all clean bowled. Vivian had a pair of spectacles for the game. Monteith and Langridge improved the position, taking the score to ii before. Monteith, whose 13 included some good shots to leg, was bowled. Langridge stayed long enough to make 10 when he played on a ball from Rlx, but the innings was over at 52. Rix, the veteran slow left-hand bowler, took six for 27. Simmondi, a young right-hander of medium pace, took four for 20. Canterbury, needing 145 runs for » win, had only an hour and a-quarter left to bat, as stumps were drawn hall an hour early to allow the Aucklanders plenty of time to catch the boat for "Wellington. The weather was brighter still now and the wicket faster, but yet not om on which risks could be taken. At stumps Canterbury had scored 83 lor seven wickets, four being caught, ore stumped, one leg before, and one rut out. Butler took three for 39. Following are the scores:— AUCKLAND

First Innings . 2fi PEARSON, c Simmonds, b Bix .. . <i BUSH.. J. T., st Tates .. . * . 34 McCCOY, c Cox, b Simmonds .. V1VIAX, b Escott i ■ . 1? , 0 . 1" . P . 14 . 17A Bowlins: G. Simmonds. 2-46. Escort 3-1S: Yates. 2-31: Rix. 3-40. Second Innings BUSH, R.G.. b Simmonds { 1>1GV—. U/ A . tl •- . * . 13 . 1" BUSH. J. T., st Allen, b Simmonds j WEBB, st Allen, b Rix Total « . Bowling: Rix, 6-27; Simmonds, 4 CANTERBURY First Innings HARRIS, b Butler COX. c R. G. Bush, b Butler .. .. ALLEY, c McCoy, b Butler .. .. SIMMONDS. c McCoy, b Butler .. HOBBS, c Browne, b Butler .. -20. . 4 . a . 11 . 1 4 SHACKELL, c McCoy, b Langndge J PATRICK, c Webb, b Eangndge .. « RIX, c R. G. Busli, b Langridge • • TritQi . 78 Bowling: Butler, 6-18; Langridge. 3-21; R. G. Bush. 1-13. Second Innings COX, st Browne, b Uangridge . • • H ALLEN, c J. T. Bush, b Butler .. HARRIS, c .1. T. Bush, b Butler LESTER, c Webb, b Butler .. • • ESCOTT, c and b Langridge .. * 2 SHACKELL, Ibw. b McCoy .. •• I 3 . 83 Bowline; Butler, 3-39; Langridge. McCoy. 1-2.