VIVIAN BRILLIANT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 200, 24 August 1937, Page 7

VIVIAN BRILLIANT.

HIS FIRST CENTURY. Hampshire Leads N-Z. by 97 on First Innings. WEIR AMD CARSON EXCEED 50. United Prees Association.—Oopyrifht (Received 10.30 a.m.) LOXDOX, August 23. With one more day to play, the position in the cricket match, at Bournemouth, is that Hampshire after leading New Zealand by 97 runs on the first innings, had 49 on the board in the second for the loss of one wicket. On Saturday the county ran up 393 for eight wickets, the innings dosing this morning for 421. The Dominion's reply was 324, and the net position at stumps showed Hants 146 runs ahead with nine wickets standing. Vivian, now batting better than at any part of the tour, brilliantly compiled his first century of the tour and reached 1000 runs in first-class matches. He drove exceptionally hard, cut and pulled strongly. He hit two sixes (straight on-drives) and 11 fours. His century occupied 150 minutes against steady bowling, supported by smart fielding. Herman and Heath, fastish bowlers, got plenty of life out of the pitch, while Creese (who came from South Africa to qualify for Hants), was accurate with left-arm slows. Weir and Carson, in a fine partnership, added 112. Carson played very soundlv, and scored five boundaries, "all strong leg-hits. Weir was workmanlike, driving cleanly and placing well to leg. The light faded quickly after tea and Xew Zealand lost the last five wickets quickly to the steady bowling of Creese. Hants batted for half an hour. The Xew Zealanders proved a popular attraction at Bournemouth on Saturday. Over 4000 paid £224, a record for the ground for this season. This was eclipsed to-day, 5500 paying over £280. Scores:— HAMPSHIRE.—First Innings. Moore, c Donnelly, b Cowie . 1 McCorkell, run out 26 Walker, c Tindill, b Cowie . 35 Arnold, b Cowie ...._. 8 Pothecary, b Moloney 130 Aird, b Gallichan 28 Creese, b Vivian ...... el G. Jones, not out 37 Herman, c Carson, b Dunning , mmmm 67 Hill, b Cowie __ 13 Heath, b Dunning 3 Extras 11 Total ~^{ BOWLIXG ANALYSIS. O. M. B. W. Cowie 34 4 112 4 Dunning 53 10 127 2 Vivian 30 17 34 1 Gallichan 11 3 42 1 Moloney 5 — 44 1 Weir 8 1 24 — Carson 4 — 27 — Second Innings. Moore, lbw, b Dunning ..»». 31 McCorkell, not out 18 Total for one wicket ......... 49 Bowling: Dunning took one wicket for 6 runs, Moloney none for 12, Weir none for 15, Cowie none for 16. XEW ZEALAXD.—First Innings. Vivian, c McCorkell, b Herman .... 112 Kerr, b Herman 4 Hadlee, b Heath 1 Moloney, lbw, b Creese 32 Donnelly, c Walker, b Creese 4 Weir, c Arnold, b Pothecary 56 Carson, c Walker, b Creese 54 Gallichan. c and b Creese 18 Tindill, lbw, b Creese 2 Dunning, not out 12 Cowie, c and b Creese 9 Extras 20 Total 324 Bowling: Creese took six wickets for 81 runs, Herman two for 69, Pothecary one for 25, Heath one for 44. The leading aggregates in the 28 firstclaes matches of the tour now are: W M. Wallace. 1341; M. P. Donnelly. 1151D. A- R Moloney, 1043; H. G. 'Vivian, 1030: W. A. Hadlee, 91S; J. L. Kerr. 764; G. L. Weir, 724; M. L. Page, 651; W. X. , Carson, 550.