HOLIDAY CRICKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 December 1940, Page 6

HOLIDAY CRICKET

AUCKLAND V. WI-LUNfiTON HOME TEAM'S POOR DISPLAY. FAILURE WITH BAT AND BALL. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. By superior all-round play yesterday Auckland maintained the grip they had secured in the representative cricket match with Wellington on Christmas Day, and at the close of play only required 62 runs to win with all their wickets in hand. The spectators were disappointed at the display made by the Wellington players with both bat and ball. Scores: — AUCKLAND. First Innings. P. E. Whitelaw, 1.b.w,, b. Parsloe .... 1 G. W. Burgess, c Norris, b Lamason 21 H. T. Pearson, b. Parsloe 70 G. L: Weir, b. Lamason 0 V. J. Scott, c. Parsloe, b. Downes .... 21 O. C. Cleal, c. Burnette, b. Parsloe 58 J. A. R. Blandford, b. Downes 8 H. J. H. Harrison, 1.b.w., b. Parsloe 8 C. Burke, b. Downes 2 O. C. Bleverley, run out 5 H. M. Andrews, run out 17 Extras 19 Total 222 Bowling—Parsloe, four for 62; Downes. three for 74; Lamason, two for 30! Rabone, none for 14; D. S. Wilson, none for 23. Second Innings. Whitelaw. not out 5 Burgess, not out 5 Total for no wickets 10 - WELLINGTON. First Innings 143 Second Innings. J. A. Standidge, st. Blandford, b. Cleverley 4 H. W. Osborn, b. Weir 0 P. D. Wilson, c. Cleverley, b. Andrews 12 W. E. Norris, c. Cleal, b. Weir 48 D. S. Wilson, c. Blandford, b. Andrews 16 N. S. H. Burnette, 1.b.w., b. Andrews 44 J. R. Lamason, st. Blandford, b. Burke 7 T. S. Russ, 1.b.w., b. Burke 0 C. K. Parsloe, b. Weir 1 G. O. Rabone, c. Blandford, b. Andrews 8 T. A. Downes, not out 2 Extras 8 Total 150 Bowling—Cleverley, one for 39; Weir three for 30; Andrews, four for 45; Burke, two for 26; Harrison none for two.

TODAY’S PLAY

EASY WIN FOR AUCKLAND. EIGHT WICKETS TO SPARE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Needing 62 runs to win, Whitelaw and Burgess resumed Auckland’s second innings against Wellington on the Basin Reserve this morning. When the total was 28 Whitelaw was caught by Norris off Parsloe — 28/1/17. Burgess and Scott carried the score to 67, it being a bright partnership, before the former was also caught by Norris off Wilson—67/2/26. Pearson joined Scott who scored the winning run. Auckland thus won by eight wickets. Scores: AUCKLAND Second Innings Whitelaw. c Norris, b Parsloe 17 Burgess, c Norris, b Wilson 26 Scott, not out .... ' 28 Pearson, not out 0 Extras 2 Total for 2 wickets 73 Bowling: Parsloe 1 wicket for 20, Downes 0 for 25, Rabone 0 for 19, Wilson 1 for 7.

OTAGO V. CANTERBURY VISITORS LEAD ON FIRST INNINGS. SLOW EXHIBITION OF BATTING. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, December 26. With only one day left for play. Otago are in, a strong position against Canterbury in the interprovincial cricket match. The weather today was again perfect for play, which was watched by a good crowd. Otago’s last three wickets took the total to 298, after a rather slow exhibition of batting, but, though Canterbury batsmen were dismissed for only 237, theirs was a much brighter display In their second innings Otago have made 41 without loss. Scores: — OTAGO. First Innings 298 Second Innings. Knight, not out 28 Duncan, not out'■ 11 Extras _2 Total for no wickets 41 CANTERBURY. First Innings. W. A. Hadlee, c. Knight, b. Elmes 9 K. F. M. Ultley, c. Robertson, b. Smith 3 g F. P. O'Brien, c. and b. Smith 1“ W. McD. Anderson, c. Duncan, b. Elmes 1. B. Cromb. st. Mills, b. Chettleburgh D. Moynihan, b. Smith V. James, b. Begg r „ A. W. Roberts, not out A. Burgess, b. Smith •••••» „ R. H. Scott, c. Mills, b. Leadei .... t R. Westwood. c. Robertson, b. Begg Extras “ 237 Bowling:—Begg, two tor 43: Eime . two for 30; Robertson, none or n. Leader, one for 31; Smith. 4 <> Chottleburgh. one for 6. DULL PLAY AGAIN TODAY. OTAGO'S GOOD START. (Ey Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. Dull cricket was again witnessed when the Canterbury-Otago match] wtr resumed today. The not out bats-

men were Knight (28) and Duncan (11). The scores are: OTAGO. Second Innings. A. Knight, not out 53 S. Duncan, not out 42 Extras 5 Total for no wickets 106