MATCH AT LORD'S

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20251, 1 June 1931, Page 11

MATCH AT LORD'S

JODDLESEX DISMISSED.

(BOMB'S FINE BOWLING.

TAKES EIGHT WICKETS FOR 70 BUNS. (jneiAt TO wsesb association.) (Be eeivod May 31st, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 30. m howling by Cromb allowed the Zealand cricketers to dismiss Midcomparatively cheaply at Lord a. jle teams were: I Zealand. Middlesex. • « Lowry (cap- N. Haig (captain). I K H. .T. Enthoven if I Pt'e J - w - Hcarne Mills E - G * Canning II Bit E. A. Hendren. y r James C». O. Allen | £ Merritt G. C. Newman r Tj. Weir Hulmo ? f Kerr T. J. Durston | & Vivian I. AR. Peebles jt ft Talbot W. P. Price * £ R Cromb lost the toss for the first timo Hearne started confiJjL OB an easy wicket for MiddleJr J ibo bowling during the morning •M somewhat unsteady. iMrrrt policy of frequent changes ,Wked scoring- Hearne vas first out. jjfjru caught in the slips off Cromb s dismissed by a brilliant tofaaTeatch by Talbot at short leg. AsStiusr fiaa catch was made by Page IJut1 Jut slip. This ended Enthoven'a watflgfl, and Allen added 100 in a partnership. They 3r.il all the bowling. ' ' UUSer lunch Cromb struck form comwith that of his previous appoarat Lord's. He took a fine catch lIIWJI bowling to dismiss Allen, jr Hendren iooked like staying. two chances before he was sbind tho wicket, but he playrjitful innings, characterised by 'footwork. Ho hit nine fours, lit fire and six off Merritt and ' '''<Sranb received no assistance from ' H&*kket, but swung away late, varylllPffft* 11 ' u occasional in-swingcr. He 31 overs, including 12 maidens. and Talbot bowled, steadily, Brltt was below form. an adjournment after ■ iVfftilbntes' play. ii&Mfeftnlud batted for an hour beSMpijsaips were drawn and two valufell to the Test match bowl- \ and Peebles. ' 'mm tetted confidently. iXitaduM was 12,000. MIDDLESEX c b Blunt .. 34 '&%j|mrne, e Blunt, b Cromb .. 22 e Talbot, b Cromb 13 o James, b Cromb 74 -lIcMHb c b Cromb . ... 58 '' 0 cromb • * 0 b Cromb .. 0 vmmt Biunt.. i eight for 70; Jfernone for 8, Blnnt none for 30, Vivian ZEALAND. I, b Peebles .. 7 r two wickets .. 83 IDS OXFORD BOWLS WELL. NUEBS ASSOCIATION.) LOIJDON, May 29. during the luncheon ised the abandonment and-Oxford University For the play before favoured the bowlers, batsmen went cheapthen dismissed by a er which the Nawab Owen-Smith were nss partnership. >£ Pataudi, who was 't mid-off, gave an »y under the condiith, rather lucky to Hunt in the slips, was 1 facing Talbot, who y. Allcott also bowled n in every match exLeicestershire. The cketers are hoping for >r their match with Lord A ZEALAND. T four wickets ... 329 ysi»~Cromb took no un»; Merritt, none for > for 28; Talbot, two Se. none for 12.

Hp COMMENTS.

and it is a team

that has not yet been beaten this season. * * * tJFij® ? os ® Dempster will be felt keenly m this match, for had he been * ;I? en New Zealand innings J Mills, the team might now have wen in comparatively strong posiI or 40 runs on without toss. Weir, called upon to open against Test match bowling evidently round the occasion too much for him. fi.err s failure was more to be expected, for the youngjiDanterbury player is evidently a long way below his best rorm as yet, having played only two &°°C , irmin &s during the tour. With such batsmen as Page. Lowry, Vivian, lalbot, and Cromb to follow, with probable assistance from Blunt, James, and Merritt, New Zealand's chances" of overhauling the county's score can still be considered fairly good. In this game the New Zealand batsmen are opposed by a really strong attack, headed as it is by a pair of bowlers of Test match standard. With such a dearth of really fast men in New Zealand, Dominion batsmen have seldom been, comfortable when playing against bowlers of real speed. It must be remembered that fast bowlers m New Zealand rank only as fast-medium by English and Australian standards, and the success of such bowlers as S O. Everett, M. J. O. Allom and F. Barratt during tours of the Dominion shows to what an extent the local men are handicapped by having so little practice against good fast bowlers. After the 1927 tour Pago stated that nearly all the members of the New Zealand side had to revise their ideas of how to deal with fast bowling, but once accustomed to it they experienced less difficulty with this type of attack in the later matches.

For this reason G. O. Allen is potentially a dangerous bowler for the New Zealanders to face. Playing for the M.C.C. in 1927 in the second match of the New Zealanders' tour, the fast bowler took ten out of the fourteen wickets that fell for 156 runs. His value is enhanced by his contrast w Peebles, the other star bowler of the side, whose skilful mixing of the googly and the leg-break gave the Australians some trouble in the lest matches last year. Aljen was not successful in the only Test that he played in, but for Middlesex he took six Australian wickets for 77 in one innings. The other bowlers on the side are "J. W. Hearne (slow leg-break), Nigel Haig. and J. Hulme (fastmedium), T. J. Durston (formerly very fast, but now little more than fastmedium), and H. J. Enthoven (slowmedium). ** . *

Cromb's performance, his socond line bowline feat on the famous Lord 8 ground, confirms the impression gained From earlier matches that ,if not quite as consistent as Merritt he is a bowler who may at any time bo dangerous. Bowling at more than medium pace, he relies on a pronounced swing ana a little off turn. He may be an even more dangerous bowler under Englisn conditions than ho is in New Zealana. His swerve, which is often very pronounced when bowling into a breeze, may be aicled to some extent by t heavier atmosphere at Home. Several Australian boilers have proved far more successful in England than they were expected to be, the atmospher helping them to flight the ball far more than would be possible in Australia. Cromb has now taken wickets for 278 runs, an average ot 13.9 runs per wicket. Merritt has not increased his tally m the last two innings in which he has bowled, |>is w tins numbering 4<3. Blunt, although in such poor form with the bat, can still bowl to good effect. He has now taken 13 wickets on the tour. * * * ~ x The attendance at Lord's on Saturday is the most satisfactory to_ date, and would seem to lndicate that the team has aroused public »y its attractive play and irood form. Ot the seven matches so far played, two have been won and at least two others were fairiy certain wins had not ihe fered. In no case has the team, on the run of the play, been in actual danger of defeat.

COUNTY MATCHES.

FREEMAN'S FEAT.

TEN WICKETS FOR 19 RUNS.

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LONDON, May 29. 'Rain again curtailed play * n the County Championship matches.

Lancashire v. Kent. Lancashire, first innings, 184 (E. Tyldesloy 70; Freeman ten for 19); second, none for 84. . Kent, first innings, nine for 285 sectored (Woolley 108; Hopwood six for 55). . . Kent won on the first innings. A. P. Freeman's full figures read: 20 overs, 9 maidens, 19 ™ii 8 > 10 wickets. This .is the third successive season in which he has taken all the wickets in a match, and constitutes a record. In 1930 he dismissed an Essex side, and in 1029 Lancashire.

Essex v. Middlesex. Essex, first innings, 135 ( Pee |? 108 for 60); second, 151 (Peebles five first innings, 13 ® ( ?Jg met four for 13); second, one for 148. Middlesex won by nine wickets. Gloucester v. Somerset Gloucester, first. innings, 214 (Dacre first innings, 31 (Hammond four for 10, Parker five for 11). Somerset followed on, losing two -or Gloucester won on the first innings. Glamorgan v. Hampshire. Glamorgan, first innings, seven for 165 declared. , „ „ 7 Hampshire, first innings, two for 37. The match was drawn. Korthants v. Sussex. . Nortbants, first innings, 331 (Cox9B, Timms 90; J. Langndge five far 58). Sussex, first innings, five for 33(Duleepsinhji 112, Cook 8o). Sussex won on the first innings. Leicester v. Surrey. Leicester, first innings, 237. Surrey, first innings, 86 (Snary four for 23). Surrey followed on for three for 96. Leicester won on the first innings. Yorkshire v. Warwick. Yorkshire, first innings, eight for 468 declared (Holmes 250, Sutcliffe 12). Warwick, first innings, six for t>4. The match was drawn. Derby v. Worcester. Derby, first innings, 175 (Root four f °Worcester, first innings, two for 160 (Nichol, not out, 80). The match was drawn. Notts v. Cambridge. Nottingham, first innings, 196 (Hazelrigg six. for 27); second, eight, tor 30b first innings, 152; second seven for 100. , Tin match drawn, ,