COWIE’S SUCCESS IN ENGLAND

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22243, 6 November 1937, Page 9

COWIE’S SUCCESS IN ENGLAND

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(PSXaS ASSOCIATION TILIOBAJt.) WELLINGTON, November 5. Mr F. M. Martin, well known in Wellington cricket circles, returned to-day by the Taraaroa from England. While at Home Mr Martin saw the New Zealand cricket team in action, and he declared in an interview to-day that the team was a much better side than would appear from results. The New Zealand bowler, Cowie, was the best fast bowler he saw in England. Cover, the Englishman, bowled with a ring of about eight men round the wickets and sent down half-pitched balls in the hope that batsmen would be tempted by them. He did not see Cover send down a ball to hit the wickets. Cowie s record, on the other hand, showed he hit the wickets of many of England s best batsmen. Without Cowie in the side New Zealand would not have got England out. He kept wonderful length, and every ball was a difficulty for the batsmen. Mr Martin -said his impression was that the English bowlers would find it hard work to get Australia out m the next tests. . , .. The New Zealand batting on the whole was a little disappointing, he said, and probably that could be put down particularly to the failure of Carson. Donnelly and Wallace, however, were very good.

FRIENDLY MATCHES

BLUE STAR TAXIS BEAT COMBINED BAKERS Blue Star Taxis beat the Combined Bakers in a friendly game at Sydenham Park Batting first, the Combined Bakers

were all out for 49. Cotton 14 and Borland 10 were the only batsmen to reach double figures. Bowling for Blue Star Taxis, Harding took eight wickets for 24 runs, Symons one for 8, Hindle one for U The Blue Star Taxis replied with 95. Fuller readier 32 after takiag 20 fram one over. Byde made 16. Archer 12, and Goodwin 20 not out. Bowling for the Bakers, Pepper took four for 18, Brewery two for 18, and Smith one lor 15.