Great Bid for Shield

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 918, 11 March 1930, Page 13

Great Bid for Shield

AUCKLAND’S FINE BATTING Wellington’s Back to Wall THE SUN’S Special Reporter WELLINGTON, Monday. AUCKLAND'S great bid for victory, Lowry's astute captainship, and the fight of Wellington to avoid defeat, marked the third day of the vital Plunket Shield match at the Basin Reserve today. Anthony and Mills were going very confidently, though the former had a lucky escape when the reliable Rollings, in slips, dropped him in the early twenties, and when they had reached 90 in quick time Lowry decided that the odds against Wellington were growing too great. Frequent changes of the bowlers had failed to keep the batsmen quiet so the Wellington captain took off Galliehan and bowled into the wind himself.

He sent down a ball a little inside ! the wide and had James a good yard to the leg side, with eight fieldsmen there waiting for a chance. These tactics he continued for hour after hour. Eefore the innings closed. Lowry had bowled 29 overs, 13 of which were maidens. At the other end he made judicious use of the youngster, Massey, who was sending down a perfectly pitched hall, and the wisdom of these tactics were shown in the fact that though Massey had taken only one wicket for 40 runs, he gained two more, and would have taken others but for the unaccountable sluggishness of the field. Despite Lowry's defensive tactics in seeking to waste time, the batsmen were hard to keep down, and put on 77 in partnership for the day, before being separated. With the departure of Anthony and the arrival of Weir, Lowry had hisway, and the Wellington net closed on the batsmen, who had. to fight for runs, Lowry sending down 14 overs for 16 runs with the valuable minutes speeding by. MILLS’S CHANGELESS CENTURY Lowry was trying his fast bowlers, Henderson and McGirr, with the wind after the luncheon adjournment, which had helped to wreck the Weir-Mills partnership that had functioned soundly, but the best that could be done was unavailing against the sound Auckland opening man. Gillespie, who took Weir’s place, had almost incredible luck, being dropped twice, and seeing another ball fall to the ground through the uncertainty of a pair of. fieldsmen. He was never happy, and seldom looked like making a scoring stroke. There was a formidable array in the slips, and Henderson was treated with considerable respect. After 107 minutes at the crease, Mills reached 99 and raised his century with a leg drive for four. Most of his boundaries (of which there were 11), had been scored on the leg side. His batsmanship was sound and chanceless and marked by discrimination. Through his solid effort Auckland was placed in a winning position. After he and Gillespie went In rapid succession, Wensley and Allcott, both bitters, came to the crease to liven things up. Wensley had a hitter’s luck, for James twice fumbled the ball behind the wickets when the Sussex man was well out of his crease, Hollings just missed him on the boundary, Massey dropped a catch which he had to approach from sideways, and McLeod, when bowling against the wind, saw one slip through his hands on its way to the boundary. AUCKLAND’S MERRY PACE

“That will make Badcock blush,” yelled the crowd, as Wensley slammed one clean out, of the ground after Lowry had spent Infinite patience on arranging the field to his liking when taking the ball again. The Sussex man danced in and out of his crease, lashing at everything. Allcott, playing sounder cricket, was also aggressive, and the partnership yielding a harvest of runs in quick time was Wellington’s final drop of misfortune in the match, for the pair hit up 104 runs inside 45 minutes, and at one time were hitting so freely that they put on 36 runs in 10 minutes. Henderson, in particular, suffered, having to see 15 runs come off one over and 13 from another, so he

AT HASTINGS

HAWKE’S BAY ACCEPTANCES Press Association NAPIER, Monday. Following 1 are tlie acceptances for the first day of the Hawke’s Bay Trotting Club’s meetinsr on Saturday and Monday next at Hastings:— NOVICE HANDICAP Of £100; 3.45 limit; 1J miles

was taken off and Gallichan replaced j him, Nothing would keep down the Auckland attack, for chance after chance by Wensley was refused, and by afternoon tea time the shield seemed virtually in Auckland. “I’ll be there till the pictures go in,” said Cameron, cheerfully, as he put his pads on, but fate was against both the Wellington opening men. They went out to »bat to instructions and carefully wait for the loose ones, but the waiting game was of little use. Six maidens were included in the first eight overs, and only 19 runs came from the first 11 overs. WELLINGTON’S STONEWALL Scoring chances were going by and the Wellington men, though playing with confidence, were not making the most of their time. Ross went before he had scored a run, bowled off his pads by a ball he misjudged, but Cameron’s dismissal was the worst of luck, for he was sent home by a ball which came off his pads, then struck him a second time as he drew his legs together and bounced on to the wicket. Foley and Hollings, two fine batsmen, were associlted in the effort to play out time, and though Hollings was nearly caught behind the wickets before he had scored a run, the two made a creditable showing and promised better things than had gone before. One of the curiosities of cricket marked Hollings’s innings, for he was at the crease for 40 minutes before he faced a ball from Allcott. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN MATCH WITH TASMANIA McCABE REGISTERS CENTURY LAUNCESTON, Monday. The cricket match between the Australian team which is to tour England and an eleven representing Tasmania was resumed today in beautiful weather.

When stumps were drawn on Sat- j urday Tasmania had made 157 in its i first innings and Australia 140 for one wicket. McCabe (93 and Kippax (8) were the no-t out men. McCabe completed his century in S 4 minutes in a chanceless innings. He hit 15 fours. Woodfull batted solidly for 71 minutes and hit three fours. James was the most troublesome bowler. He took five wickets for 97. The bowling was accurate and the fielding smart. Nash played a fighting innings for Tasmania. He was in 94 minutes and hit four fours. Following are the details of the scores:— AUSTRALIA First' Innings PONSFORD, lbw, b James . ♦ . 36 McCABE, b Hooper 103 KIPPAX, lbw, b James 17 RICHARDSON, c Martin, b Town]ey 33 BRADMAN, lbw, b Nash 20 FAIRFAX, c Pickett, b James . . 3 8 WOODFULL, not out 50 OLDFIELD, run out 4 HURWOOD, b James 1 HORNIBROOK, b James . . .. 12 WALL, c Atkinson, b Townley .. 4 Extras * 13 Total 311 Bowling: Nash, 1-S2; James, 5-97; Hooper, 1-69; Newton, 0-34: Townley. 2-16. TASMANIA First Innings 157 Second Innings ATKINSON, c Hornibrook, b Wall 2 GREEN, b Hornibrook .. .. . . . is NASH, c Oldfield, b Fairfax .... 49 DAVIS, e Hornibrook, b Fairfax .. 4 MARTIN, lbw. b Fairfax 29 NEWTON, run out 0 BADCOCK, not out 2 JAMES, not out 0 Extras *’ 5 Total for six wickets 109 Bowling* Wall, 1-27; Hurwood, 0-13; Fairfax, 3-31; Hornibrook, 1-21; McCabe, 0-12. insurance match An interesting match was played last Thursday by teams representing the ordinary and industrial departments of the A.M.P. society, at the Domain, the latter department gaining a decisive win on the first innings. The teams and their friends lunched together at the Domain Kiosk, all present expressing the hope that the head office of the Society would grant i necessary leave to permit the match ; being made an annual event for the | staff. Advantage -was also taken of the I gathering to make a. presentation to j George Spooner, one of the oldest i an d most respected members of the I canvassing staff, who is retiring owing j to having reached the age limit. The i district manager, Mr. Francis in a very ■ happy speech made the presentation ; and Mr. Spooner suitably replied. Mr. Francis also opened the game by bowling the first over of the day. The following are the scores: Industrial Department.—Scotland 2, Peters 3, Miller 22, Maxwell 0, Martin 8, Green 0, Mawhiney 51, Amadio 15, Tonks 13, Levien 17, Tozer 6. McFarland 13, Miller 0. Extras 25, Total 175. Ordinary Department.—Kissling 0, Somervell o.Watson 4. Rankin 4, Harold 3. Potter 16, Garnett 6, Buckley 23, Hyde 1. Carrington 0, Cochrane 0, Ingall 17. Miss Connell 11. Miss Speedy 1, Miss Sprott 1, Extras 8, Total 100.

pigeon flying

The fifth young bird race of the season was flown by the Onehunga Club on Saturday, March 1, in good weather,*from Poro-o-tarao, an airline distance of 117 miles. The winning bird flew the journey in 2 hours 50 minutes. Results: —Mr. B. D. Smith’s Conqueror, 1,213yds a minute, 1; Mr. W. R. Larking’s Eulogy, l,2lovds a minute, 2; Mr. J. Wallace’s Wee Uhlan, 1,209yds a minute, 3; Mr. T. Collins’s All Logan, I, a minute, 4. On Saturday last the club’s sixth race for young birds was flown from the National Park, a distance of 160 miles, when another of Mr. B. D. Smith’s birds was the first to reach home—although released in thick weather and battling against a fresh north-east breeze, Praiseworthy covered .the distance in 5 hours 28 minutes. beating the second bird by 12mins. Results:—Mr. B. D. Smith’s Praiseworthy, 835yds a minute, 1; Mr. T. Collins’s Bonny Logan, 816yds a minute, 2; Messrs. Langton Bros.’ Royal Saxon, 811yds a minute. 3; Mr. W. K. Larking’s Sunshower, 792yds a minute, 4. Also started: Mr. W. Had win’s Mountain King, 791yds a minute; Mr. J. Wallace’s Uhlan’s Reject, 777yds; Mr. N. Paddy’s Lovesong, 690yds; Mr. W. Sargent’s Queen Abbey, 680yds; and Mr. F. Glass’s Valley Girl, 675yds.

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