BRABIN SHIELD

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 January 1939, Page 2

BRABIN SHIELD

SPARKLING CRICKET SEEN IN WELLINGTON. MATCH WITH CANTERBURY DRAWN. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. Some sparkling cricket- was seen in the second and concluding day s play of the Brabin Shield cricket match on the Basin Reserve. Wellington, yesterday, which ended in a draw with honours easy.

Though the weather was fine and the wicket firm, a cool blustering northwesterly wind made conditions rather cheerless.

The feature of Canterbury’s first innings yesterday morning was a splendid stand for the sixth wicket by Rumbold and Burgess, which carried the score from 74 to 179. The innings closed for 220, 45 runs behind Wellington’s total.

G. Rabone, a 17-year-old ex-Palmer-ston North colt, bowled remarkably well for Wellington in taking six wickets for 59 runs off 'l5 overs. He bowled into the strong wind all morning, and had all the batsmen puzzled with his offbreaks.

Wellington applied the closure in their second innings when five wickets had fallen for 217 runs. Parkin and Dentice put on 101 runs for the second wicket.

Requiring 263 runs to win in about 115 minutes, Canterbury gave a refreshing display of free hitting in their second innings, and had 179 up for the loss of six wickets when stumps were drawn at six o’clock. Smith scored 70 in 60 minutes, hitting a six and six fours, and Baxter and Morley also played sparkling cricket.