SHIELD CRICKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 887, 3 February 1930, Page 11

SHIELD CRICKET

WELLINGTON SETS STIFF TASK OTAGO AT WICKETS Press Association DUNEDIN, Today. Junket Shield match was resumed at Carisbrook today in fine, warm weather. The wicket was fast and the outfield good. AV ellington’.s overnight score was six wickets lor 122, and McGirr 13 and Ward 0, resumed their innings. Ward took the strike to Himes. The first was 3* maiden. Dunning took up the attack at the other end, Mca s i n »l e to square-leg. die the first ball in Dunning’s second ? ve S’ ard sni .keel a low easy catch to Dimes in the slips, but the fieldstnan failed to hold it. In the next over Dimes retrieved himself, clean-bowling Ward for a duck. 3 26 —7—o. Uamason joined McGirr and played somewhat luckily, and fell to Dunning when eight. 143—8—S. Newman, the new batsman survived an appeal lor leg-before in his first ban. Lenun now replaced Himes. Mc(,ll'r - batting steadily, and taking no i isks, brought tlio score up with exv; 111 strokes all round the wicket, McGirr, when 10, fell to a yorker from ~; lln . nin r?* His previous lowest score on Carisbrook was 57. Fie had played a chanceless innings. 164—9—40. Henderson was the last man in. Newman gave a difficult chance to Dunning in the slips off Lemin when nine, and he was also very lucky. Otago’s fielding was patchy, both Lermn and Dunning, bowling well, had to be watched carefully. Wellington’s second strike finished after 50 minutes’ play, Henderson being run out through a tine return from McMullan from cover. Faced with getting a fairly formidabffi total of 258 to win, Knight and • hephord took! the crease to the attaek of McGirr. Shepherd, taking the strike, opened the score with a boundary to leg. Badcock bowled tiom the other end and started with a maiden. Then Shepherd drove McGirr to the long field and ran four. Shepherd opened brightly and allowed nothing loose to go by. Knight was much more cautious. Badcock bowled the leg theory and brought the field close in. When the lotal was 3S Henderson replaced McGirr and fc>hepherd squarecut the first ball bca’/ifully to the pickets. Baker replaced Badcock, and it was not lo ng before Shepherd also sent him to the boundary. When Knight was four lie just touched the hall and gave Lowry an easy catch, but he dropped the ball. The next over Knight again just poked the bat at an off ball, touched it, and Lowry accepted the ball. 37—3—5. Cavanagh came in, and Shepherd at 32 survived an appeal for leg before. ! Shepherd continued attractively till he had made 49. when he skied a ball to Badcock. He was at the crease 47 minutes. Details: OTAGO First innings 198 Second Innings SHEPHERD, :• Badcock, b Henderson 4!) KNIGHT, e Lowry, b Henderson . . 5 kAVANAGH, not out 6 Extras 2 Two wickets for 62 WELLINGTON First innings (nine wickets dec.) .. 283 Second innings FOLEY, run out 0 BAKER, b D inning 4 HOLDINGS, c Alloo, 1> Moloney .. Ct LOWRY, c K night, b Moloney .. .. 23 CAMERON, c Dunning, b Alloo .. .. 26 BADCOCK, lbw. b Dunning 2 McGIRR, b Dunning 40 WARD, b Elines o LA MASON, b Dunning S NEWMAN, not out 30 HENDERSON, run out ' 4 Extras 21 Total 172 Bowling: Dunning, 4-57; Elmes, 1-35: Lemin, 0-34; Moloney, 2-120; Alloo, 1-5, M.C.C. BOWLERS IN FORM AT NAPIER Press Association NAPIER, Today. With one wicket down for 15 against the M.C.C.’s big score of 511, Flawke’s Bay made a disastrous start when the game resumed this morning, losing five more wickets for 20 runs in half an hour’s play. Stephenson and Evans resumed batting to the bowling of Nichols and Allom. The pair were in deadly form, and had the home batsmen demoralised. At the end of half an hour’s play, Hawke’s Bay had lost six wickets for 35 runs. Evans and Beck made a stand for the seventh wicket, and 50 went up after an hour’s play. At 55 Nichols and Allom, who had two for 15 and four for 26 respectively, came off, and Wolley and Bowley went on. Pour maiden overs followed. The partnership was broken at 65, Evans being caught at silly-point after a patient IS, made in 80 minutes. Three more maiden overs followed, Nichols coming on again in place of Bowley at 70, but Legge replaced him after one over. Beck brought 90 up with two fours. Luncheon was taken with the score seven for 91. Details:—• • ENGLAND First innings 511 HAWKE’S BAY First Innnigs. O BRIEN, b Nichols 3 0 EVANS, e Nichols, b Woollev is STEPHENSON, b Allom ..” 17 WORKER, lbw.. b Allom 4 KEANEY, b Nicholls o SHEPHERD, b Allom o SHEPHERD, b Allom o OWEN, b Allom o BECK, not out *>7 KAVANAGH, not out l Extras 24 j Seven wickets for 91 1