PLUNKET CRICKET SHIELD

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 February 1939, Page 7

PLUNKET CRICKET SHIELD

CANTERBURY DEFEATS OTAGO. A GOOD PARTNERSHIP. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, February 7. The Canterbury-Otaga Plunket Shield match on the Carisbrook ground was finished at 3 o’clock this afternoon, expectations of an interesting last day disappearing. The remaining Canterbury batsmen settled down to steady scoring, and the result was a win for Canterbury outright by five wickets. The day’s play began with Canterbury in the position of having to score 178 runs with seven wickets in hand for an eight-point win. The wicket had dried out and was in good order for run-getting, and it was soon evident that the not-out batsmen, R. C. Shand and F. W. Bellamy, were sighting the ball well. Bellamy was dismissed with the total at 150. and then Shand and R. E. J. Menzies settled down to put the result beyond doubt. They added 132 runs for the fifth wicket in even time, and Shand was not out till only 15 runs were required for a win. The scores were as follow: —

OTAGO. First Innings 266 Second Innings 232 CANTERBURY. First Innings 202 Second Innings. J. L. Kerr, b Moloney 32 M. P. Donnelly, b Ehnes 49 I. B. Cromb, c Knight, b Loader .... 12 R. C. Shand, c Silver, b Loader .... 70 F. W. Bellamy, c Mills, b Elmos .... 27 R. E. J. Menzies, not out 80 W. McD. Anderson, not out 8 Extras 18 Total for five wickets 297 Bowling.Analysis: Silver 0 for 62. G. J. Robertson 0 for 22. D. A. R. Moloney 1 for 66. V. J. Leader 3 for 63. C. J. Elmos 2 for 40. G. Lemin 0 for 26.