TEST MATCH.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19861, 24 February 1930, Page 13

TEST MATCH.

jj.C.C. SCORE 540.

pUgga FINE INNINGS.

FOUR FOB 174

ISBOCUTIOS TII-EOBAM) AUCKLAND, February 22 „ J rlh cricket Test between the tfCC team and New Zealand Parkth» mornin bnlUani s unsh » ne - ' „ their innings, carried the score six wickets to 540 before mnc its innings at 2.40 p.m., four wickets for 174 when ** Iflere drawn. A large crowd liafflP 8 r;L play in the morning, to over 10,000 in the after*"flS gate takings to-day were which, with yesterday s a "■»' «• 4s Legge Bats Well. tu wicket, although tending to i Hirtv patches at the end o the r nlaved splendidly throughout, «*> very little assistance to the l!k LeeEe, who had reached his hi™ on Friday, carried his total f ,Si to-day before being dismissed, and Weir's for New ZcaKere'the features of the day showed a greater variety ot lK than was the case yesterday, !minz into his stride right from the SthaU He appeared certain to get fjoable'century, but fell a victim to L enly weak stroke he played in the The remainder of the EngSLen all batted solidly. The New snd bowling and fielding were Sgood, Merritt in particular stnkLAood length and puzzling the «C.C. men. Mills seemed set for runs when he Jned with Dempster, but went out finsh nibbling at the off theory. Dempster and Page batted brightly, tot Weir was the real backbone of the ide running U P 59, n °t out, in his iraal steady and forceful style. Allom tnd Nichols bowled exceptionally well, »Be Duleepsinliji gave a great exhiKob of slip fielding.

• M.C.C. Innings. |Mge and Gilligan resumed the HC.C. innings, the latter taking the M over from Merritt and scoring , »uple of twos. Facing McGirr, ta& Sftnt a fast delivery for four, cithen pulled a short ball for an,tor bringing up 400. Gilligan Aral a rather uppish shot off McGirr, fe the ball dropped clear of the ieitaen; He got into double figures i minutes later at Merritt's cost, looking tie slow bowler to the square k fence. The rate of scoring was m fast, 36 runs having been added 116 minutes. Allcott and Matheson Sol over the bowling and instantly teked thebatsmen, who were confab to singly for the most part. Hitheson 'soon lost his length howner, and Merritt was brought on again. ; Merritt Troubles Batsmen. He had Gilligan troubled and in his Hcoivd over caught the batsman in two minds with a flighty ball and howled him. 432-7-25. Barratt, who joined Legge, lacked confidence to Merritt, but Legge stepped out to the slow bowler and drove him repeatedly through the covers. He approached 150 with a fine drive past mid--OB.JI, Jfe i-could have , v . easily. I heen'run out when Barratt hit the ball, 1 to. lowry at cover and called for a single, bnt the New Zealand captain shot at the bowler's wicket which mined, instead of returning the ball to James. Tie batsman welcomed his eicape by hating his .150 with a boundary off Merritt, at the same time taking the side's total past 450. Lowry spelled Allcott and substituted Blunt it an endeavour to trap Barratt, who wai hitting out at the slow bowling. Tie batsmen were placing their shots in lpasterfu] manner and had the ficldstteij alwaya on th§ move. Barratt eventually ..lifted- Merritt into Lowry'a lunds on the boundary, but the fieldstow dropped it. Mills was more reli--1% *B4 when the batsman put a ball WB Blunt into his hands at long-on, , le .fid jt safely. 475—8—17. CornMi the incomer, was subdued for, the especially when facing Blunt, but continued to score freely, soon i« ve hundred appeared •ho.tie innings had been in progress T?™> minates - Page and Blunt-han-?,tte attack, but could not separate score at lunch being 509 an d Corn-

Y ®*tlißsoa Catches Legge. • J&*^ w " ted with Page after the Weir being given the other end. Legge took two * 'vPjge, asd followed with a PI a'boundary, to take him past ihb v *** hatting in confident JimM. within four of the tin «u en^ r > * n Weir's next , e to chop one through to Matheson, in!* catch. Legge had , / JW on five hours at the crease ®®—l96. Weir was Bljjt ™Mbe advent of Allom, and tkjrfi..' on * Cornford welcomed ! too tin g a full toss high i l »t bit lle partnership did I Uujij lt D & however, Cornford being |%ii{ im,* . COver * n attempting a Pjb. f' J*. 9 Jnnings closed at 2.25 | WI Ml) runs. •

jjj, Ks * Zealand Batting. P®nipat er opened the New Sitlo], S tingle, r v- t<; u , Dem P ster took Nlchols > and Mills a fn ni , , ee .® a fratt 'b expense. iliJli innings came from t« the w- tly late ;cut Barratt ' N'chols was bowling a S^kjl^ lß °" the le s> which .w? ®i cel y-timed glides. *Sh h a ? er att . em Pt to late-cut Wu fiS [ ak *« Barratt's plaro, on,.- ' ; Weir partnered in 8 his account with a fte "Placed Nichols, Pt the New Zealanders firfun ,l f du " pUy fo1 " *0 taking 45 minutes. Up. 4 b ¥ ! from Allom Deap gtp g . ® ri ckct was wit- £ r mn * the half-ccn-C A •- le2, ti '? ed ?q«are-cut for L/f 6 *' tiifcA luiek bowling WrgfiT , W °oUey and Bow&S&£ edwith until aftersJ** Weket t£ BCore -board read 71 bei »B 27 »<> B&?* Allom »s trol Teaumm Z> w as U%#haiJr - over - 71—2— «eaae' n l °? en tly on coming teck m „» Hy ,t out to Allom. .tyeen Blow Bcorlng. K? la s r '• Weir added S^ m e that the ,n the face of k iSiP® gave tk il? 4 temptbt/®feeed Allftm i B°wlev, °* at tW'.u"' 1 P ut Worth- « the other end. The

change had no effect, neither hatsman allowing himself to he lured by Bowley's enticing deliveries. Several singles ran the score along to 90, Weir not having moved out of the twenties, while Page was nine. Page brought 100 up, after 130 minutes, with two to leg, and lasted' until another 27 runs were added, when he was brilliantly caught behind the wicket bv Cornford off Woolley. 127—3—25. Blunt lasted three balls, and was cleanbowled by Nichols, who. after being spelled replaced Bowley. 131 —4—o. Weir reached fifty after being two hours at thp crjjase, Allcott and he being together at' stumps, with the score at four wickets for 174. Scores:—■ M.C.C. First Innings. E. TT. Bowley, run out .. 42 E. W. Dawson, c Allcott, b Blunt .. 55 K 8. Duleepsinhji, b Allcott ... 63 F. E. Woolley, b Allcott .. .. 10 G. B. T/en;ge, c Mnt'heson, b Weir 196 M. S. Nichols, b McGirr .. .. 75 S. Worthington, b Merritt .. 0 A. H. Gilligan. b Merritt ... 25 F. Barratt, c Mills, b Blunt ... 17 W. Cornford. c Matheson, b Page 18 51. J. C. Allom, not out ... 8 Extras ... ... ... 31' Total 540 BOWLING. O. M. B. W. McGirr ... 15 2 6-5 1 Matheson ... 30 6 ,89 Merritt ... 34 2 127 2 Allcott ... 47 17 102 2 Weir ... 10 1 29 1 Blunt ... 21 3 61 2 Page ...14.4 4 30 1 NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. • J. E. Mills, c Duleepsinhji, b Allom ... ... ... 12 C. S. Dempster, c Cornford, b Allom ... * ... ... 27 G. L. Weir, not out ... ... 59 M. L. Page, c Cornford, b Woolley 25 Tl. C. Blunt, b Nichols 0 C. F. Allcott, not out ... ... H Extras ... ... ... 30 Total for four wickets ... 174 BOWLING. O. M. B. W. Nichols ... 8 Barratt ... 13 5 23 Allom . ... 14 3 24 2 Woolley ... 14 4 40 1 Bowley ... 8 1 T9 Worthington ... 8 3 13