A SLOW START

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22243, 6 November 1937, Page 17

A SLOW START

N.Z. CRICKETERS AT ADELAIDE ALL OUT FOR Idl SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS EFFECTIVE (UNIIED PBESB ASSOCIATION —COPTNIOHTj (Received November 5, 11.30 pmi.) ADELAIDE, November 5. Scoring only 151 runs in their first innings the New Zealanders did not open their Australian tour auspiciously against South Australia on the Adelaide oval to-day. Only 3000 persons saw the New Zealanders play their first match here since 1920. The day was fine and the wicket was in perfect condition. Anxious about their form after the long sea voyage, the visitors, who won the toss, were slow at the start, only 11 runs being scored in the first half hour. It took them 156 minutes to reach the first 100. Most of the batsmen played the fast attack confidently. but the slow bowlers, Grun mett and Ward, were bogies. Btffore lunch Grimmett had taken three wickets for 8 runs. , „ - The visitors would have been in sad straits but for a partnership between Weir and Moloney. produced 47 runs. Weirs innings yielded 38 runs in 84 minutes. Although he was content to wait lor loose balls his stylish stroking promised bigger things on the Australian tour. He lifted Ward and Grimmett into the grandstand for two sixes. He was caugnt on the boundary when attempting another big hit off Ward. . Moloney’s solid 25, made in <5 minutes included one four. The fast bowler, Williams, skittled Moloney s stumps when he had made 20, but it was a no-ball. . The New Zealand captain. Page, strove to keep his side together with a patient innings, but the test slow bowler. Ward, proved too much of a match for the tail-enders, taking four of the last five wickets.

Bradman in Good Form Steady bowling and exceptionally keen fielding on the part of the New Zealanders kept South Australia s score down. The visitors _ became particularly heartened with the wickets of Walker and Richardson down. . ~ The team’s ambition smce its arrival in Adelaide has been to see Bradman in action. When he joined Badcock with two wickets down for 38 runs he jumped straight into his brightest scoring mood. Fifty runs came in 61 minutes. Scores: —-

NEW ZEALAND First Innings Vivian, c Walker, b Cotton .. 11 Kerr, c Cotton, b Grimmett .. 10 Wallace, b Grimmett . • - - - 1 ' Donnelly, Ibw, b j Grimmett .. 0 Moloney, c Richardson, b Williams 25 Weir, c Hamence, b Ward - - 3® Roberts, c Hamence, b Ward .. Parsloe, c and b Ward .. • * ® Tindill, Ibw, b Ward .. • • 5 Cowie, b Waite .. Page, not out • • • • Extras •. • • • - Total .. ..151 The fall of the wickets was;— One for 18, two for 42. three for 45, four for 45. five for 92, six for 113. seven for 123. eight for 126. nine for 134. Bowling Analysis—Cotton, 10 overs, 2 maidens. 18 runs, 1 wicket; Williams. 11 overs. 1 maiden, 32 runs. 1 wicket; Grimmett, 10 overs. 4 maidens, 21 runs, 3 wickets; Waite, 9.3 overs. 1 maiden. 14 runs, 1 wicket; Ward. 12 overs, 1 maiden, 59 runs, 4 wickets. SOUTH AUSTRALIA First Innings Walker. Ibw, b Parsloe .. ? Richardson, b Vivian .. .. » Badcock, not out .. . • 34 Bradman, not out .. ..11 Extra .. •. • ■ 1 Total for two wickets .. 64 Bowling Analysis—Cowie. 7 overs, 2 maidens, 17 runs; Parsloe, 6 overs, 19 runs, 1 wicket; Roberts, 2 overs. 4 runs; Vivian. 6 overs, 3 maidens, 17 runs, 1 wicket; Moloney, 1 ever, 6 runs.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH

RAIN CAUSES ABANDONMENT (Received November 5, 10.30 p.m.) BRISBANE. November 5. The Sheffield Shield competition opened at Brisbane to-day. Playing against Queensland, New South Wales, first innings, lost three wickets for 42 runs. A sodden wicket ana heavy rain during the luncheon adjournment caused the abandonment of play for the day.