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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22661, 16 March 1939, Page 12

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ENGLAND 42 RUNS SHORT OF WIN MATCH ABANDONED ON TWELFTH DAY (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.) (Received March 15, 11 a.m.) DURBAN, March 14. Rain spoiled England’s change of winning the fifth and final cricket test against South Africa. The match was abandoned. England failed by only 42 runs, after the greatest fourth innings fight in test cricket history. England’s deficit at the start of the innings was 695. When stumps were finally drawn after 12 days, England had 654 up for five. Though there was actually no time limit, another day’s play was impossible as the Englishmen had to catch the boat for London. The score of 654 is easily a fourth innings record for first-class cricket. The previous best was 572 in a fourth innings by New South Wales against South Australia at Sydney in 1908. Hammond, in a farewell statement, said he hoped this would be the last of England-South African timeless tests, which were against the best interests of the game. Though the wicket was worn, it played well. The Englishmen played themselves in carefully, but later both Hammond and Paynter went out in forcing the pace. There was no play after the tea adjournment. Scores; — SOUTH AFRICA First Innings .. .. .. 530 Second Innings ~ .. 481 ENGLAND First Innings .. .. .. 316 Second Innings Hutton, b Mitchell .. .. 55 Gibb, b Dalton .. .. .. 120 Edrich, c Gordon, b Langton .. 219 Hammond, st Grieveson, b Dalton 140 Paynter, c Grieveson, b Gordon .. 75 Ames, not out .. .. .. 17 Valentine, not out .. .. 4 Extras .. .. .. 24 Total for five wickets .. 654 Bowling—Newson took no wickets for 91 runs; Gordon, one for 174; Langton, one for 132; Dalton, two for 100; Mitchell, one for 133. HARD FIGHT FOR DRAW CAHN’S TEAM MEETS BAY OF PLENTY POOR SCORE BY VISITORS (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) ROTOfeuA, March 15. Sir Julien Calm’s team had to fight hard for a draw in a one-day match against Bay of Plenty to-day. When stumps were drawn the visitors had eight wickets down for 121 in reply to 233 scored by the Bay of Plenty side. The game was on a matting wicket, but this did not fully account for the drab batting display of the visitors, who in all but fielding were seen at a disadvantage compared with the Bay of Plenty side. Bay of Plenty gave an attractive batting display, Barlow’s Innings of 51 being brilliant. The game was played under ideal conditions. Bay of Plenty, which won the toss, played an attractive innings for 233, which in contrast to the display of the Englishmen, was made at a fast scoring rate. R. Barlow gave a brilliant exhibition of exhilarating cricket to score 51, and N. Bayley, who faced all the visiting bowlers with the utmost confidence, scored 78. These two batsmen were mainly responsible for the great recovery of the Bay of Plenty team, which, at one stage, had lost five wickets for 53. There were sensations in the early part of the visitors’ innings, when Sir Julien Cahn was dismissed with the score at one and Dyson went with only two added. Jackson was out with the total at 18. while Smith dismissed Oldfield with the score at 21, Smith having taken three wickets for 11 runs. After these reverses the visitors became more cautious, Mudge playing a sound but patient game. The fifth wicket fell shortly after the tea adjournment, when Heane went leg before to Barlow for 18 with the total at 55. Drab Batting With the game in a serious position, Dempster was sent In in an effort to stop the rot, but he never got going, being trapped leg before by Barlow after he had scored only two. For the remainder of the afternoon the visiting batsmen provided a very drab exhibition in the face of steady bowling, and it was not until the final over when Walsh opened out to Lendrum and as a result lost his wicket, that there was anything exciting. Stumps were drawn at 6 o’clock with the visitors' score 121 for eight wickets, the game being drawn. Scores were:— BAY OF PLENTY First Innings E. Andrews, b Lush .. .. 0 L. R. Spring, run out .. ..23 N. W. Bayley, b Walsh .. ..76 M. Le Pine, c Jackson, b Smith .. 3 D. Ewert, b Walsh .. .. 4 Lendrum, b Smith .. .. 0 R. Barlow, c Phillipson, b Mudge .. 51 Bullock-Douglas, c Smith, b Walsh .. 35 Gillatn, st Goodway, b Smith .. 4 Budd, b Walsh .. .. 4 Smith, st Goodway, b Walsh .. 6 R. Dansey, not out .. .. 5 Extras .. .. .. 22 Total .. .. ..233 Bowling—Jackson, no wickets for 8 runs; Lush, one for 20; Phillipson, none for 25; Walsh, five for' 69; Smith, three for 63; Mudge, one for 15; Cahn, none for 11. SIR JULIEN CAHN’S TEAM Dyson, b Smith .. .. 2 Cahn, c Andrews, b Smith .. .. 1 Mudge. not out .. ..60 Jackson, c Barlow, b Spring .. 9 Oldfield, b Smith .. ..2 Heane. Ibw, b Barlow .. .. 18 Dempster, Ibw, b Barlow .. .. 2 Lush, c and b Spring .. ..10 Walsh, b Lendrum .. ..II Extras .. .. .. 5 Total for eight wickets .. 121 Bowling—Spring, two for 39; Smith, three for 38; Budd, none for 9: Barlow, two for 15; Gillam, none for 7; Lendrum, one for 8. ANNUAL MATCH AGAINST CHRIST’S COLLEGE BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL IN BAD POSITION Christ’s College had all the better of the play on the first day of the annual match against Boys’ High School which commenced on the college ground yesterday. Batting first it made 224 runs. The first five wickets fall rather cheaply, but a fine innings by L. J. Castle, who made 62. and useful scores by some of the later batsmen, improved the position considerably. Boys’ High School made a poor showing, and were all out for the small total of 64, giving Christ's College a lead of 160 runs on, the first, innings,. I, A. a3asteq^vhqc^aaoseSß^«a^fbeU&ost^mc^

cessful batsman, only two others reaching double figures. Bowlmg for Hl A" School, R. Jones took three wickets for 25 runs and Baxter four for 76. Only four Christ’s College bowlers we +tL U ,f«-' and none proved very expensive, the besj. averages being obtained by W. G. -Norton, who took three wickets for 10 runs, and A. O. Ellis, three for 16. The Christ’s College team was the Detter all-round on the day. Its attack had more sting and none of the Boys High School batsmen was really at home against It. W. Gregory and Ellis had more pace than any High School bowler, and each kept a good length. Norton and D. W. Monaghan, the other bowlers used, were both left-hand slow, who required watching all the time. Castle batted very well for his runs. He kept a watchful eye on the good balls and hit hard anything loose. Monaghan ana L. K. Williams both batted confidently and carefully, but the whole side batted well, and nearly all reached double figures. _ , The chief fault of the Boys High School attack was that it lacked a fast bowler, Jones, the most successful, was only medium pace, but he needed watching. Baxter, left-hand, bowled really well in the early part of the Innings, but was not so successful in the last half. F. Langbein kept the batsmen subdued with his swingers, and P. D. OTJonoghue was steady all the time. _ A feature of the day was the fine display of the wicket-keepers. A. Britton, for Boys’ High School, dismissed five batsmen, two smartly stumped and three caught, two being particularly good efforts on the leg side. For Christ’s College, A. Callaway stumped one and caught two, and allowed no extras. , . Christ’s College had first use of a wicket that was somewhat dead. Monaghan and Williams gave the side a good start against accurate bowling. They seemed well set, but both were out at 52 to good catches, that from Monaghan being well taken on the leg side by Britton behind the wickets. Wright went cheaply, and then Castle and Morse added a useful 30, when Baxter, who had been bowl- , ing excellently, enticed Morse out of his crease to be smartly stumped. Gregory went the same way two runs later, and five wickets were down for 90—not a good position. . ~, Castle was batting well, and with Ellis settled down to careful play, and had taken the total to 127 at lunch. Immediately on resuming Ellis’s patien. innings ended when he was bowled by a good length ball from Jones. Kingston was next and started quietly. With Castle runs came with finely made strokes. In a much needed stand they added 47 when Kingscote was caught at the wicket for 17. The total was then 174. Callaway was next, but he lost Castle 14 runs later when one of Langbein’s swingers found him in front of his wicket and he was out Ibw. Norton failed to stay, Britton taking his third catch behind the wickets. Moffat, the last man, joined Callaway, and in some of the brightest batting of the innings took the score to 224 when Moffat was Ibw to Jones.

Boys’ High School started badly, Vivian, who opened with Baxter, was soon out bowled by Norton, and then Gregory, the other opening bowler, had Smith caught five runs later. From two for 16, Baxter and Cater took the score to 34. when Baxter was Ibw to Ellis, another fast bowler. Cater was out to the same bowler a run later, and then wickets fell regularly against a well-handled attack. Britton stayed long enough to reach 14. but no one else made a stand, and the whole side was out In about an hour and a half for 64 after a poor display. The match will be resumed at 10.30 o’clock this morning. Scores:— CHRIST’S COLLEGE First Innings D. W. Monaghan, c Britton, b Jones .. 29 L. K. Williams, c Cater, b Baxter .. 20 W. N. Wright, c Smith, b Baxter .. 6 L. J. Castle, Ibw, b Langbein .. 62 C. R. Morse, st Britton, b Baxter .. 19 W. Gregory, st Britton, b Baxter .. 0 A. O. Ellis, b Jones .. ..14 R. G. F. Kingscote, c Britton, b O’Donogtiue .. ..17 A. Gallaway, not out .. .. 20 W. G. Norton, c Britton, b Langbein 0 M. Moffat, Ibw, b Jones .. .. 24 Extras .. .. .. 13 Total .. .. ..224 Bowling Analysis—P. P. O’Donoghue, 14 overs, 3 maidens, 45 runs, 1 wicket F. Langbein. 17 overs. 4 maidens, 43 runs, 2 wickets; I. A. Baxter. 24 overs. 3 maidens. 76 runs, 4 wickets; R. Jones, 10.2 overs, 3 maidens, 25 runs, 3 wickets: L. Cater, 4 overs, 11 runs; A. A. Trotter, 1 over, 11 runs.

BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL First Innings G. W. Vivian, b 'Norton .. .. 5 I. A. Baxter, Ibw. b Ellis .. .. 18 F. B. Smith, c Williams, b Gregory .. 2 L. Cater, b Ellis .. ..16 H. W. Gibson, c Gallaway, b Gregory 0 A. Britton, st Gallaway, b Norton .. 14 R. Rattray, b Ellis .. 0 A. A. Trotter, c Moffat, b Monaghan 6 P. D. O’Donoghue, c Gallaway, b Monaghan .. .. .. 2 R. Jones, not out .. .. 1 F. Langbein, c and b Norton .. 0 Total .. .. ... 64 Bowling Analysis—W. Gregory, 8 overs, 27 runs, 2 wickets; W. G. Norton, 6.2 overs, 2 maidens. 10 runm 3 wickets; A. O. Ellis, 6 overs, 16 runs,* wickets; D. W. Monaghan, 5 overs, 1 maiden, 11 runs. 2 wickets. MATCH BETWEEN SECOND ELEVENS CHRIST’S COLLEGE MAKES 154 IN FIRST INNINGS The match between the second elevens is in an even position. Christ’s College batted first and although wickets fell quickly at the start, bright batting by I. J. Bolting, who made 50 not out. and E. Norman (27) saved the side, which made 154. Others who reached double figures were G. R. Greenwood 19. J. N. Williams 17, and E. G. O. Rutherford 10. For Boys’ High School D. L. Lake took three wickets for 57 runs, I. Miller two for 37, and G. Eggleton at the end took two wickets for 10 runs. Boys’ High School has made a fair start and at stumps had scored 67 for four wickets, the most successful batsmen so far being R. I. Chapman, who made 21. The match will be concluded this afternoon. Scores:— CHRIST’S COLLEGE First Innings G. R. Greenwood, c Swanston, b Lake 19 E. G. O. Rutherford, Ibw, b MacLachlan .. .. .. ..10 K. H. Jarman, st. Jones, b Miller .. 0 L. Schneideman. run out .. .. 3 I. J. Botting, not out .. .. 50 J. N. Williams, st. Jones, b Davies .. 17 D. L. Johns, c McConnell, b Lake .. 7 J. M. D. Parsons, b Lake .. .. 7 E. Norman, c Chapman, b Eggleton 27 B. B. McSweeney, st. Hadfield, b Miller 0 A. N. Hope, b Eggleton .. ~ 5 Extras .. .. .. 5 Total .. .. ..154 Bowling Analysis—D. L. Lake, 18 overs. 3 maidens, 57 runs, 3 wickets: MacLachlan, 11 overs. 3 maidens, 25 runs, 1 wicket; J. Davies, 2 overs, 8 runs, 1 wicket; I. Miller, 11 overs, 1 maiden, 37 runs, 2 wickets: A. A. Swanston, 2 overs, 9 runs; B. R. White, 3 overs, 1 maiden, 3 runs; G. Eggleton, 7 overs, 4 maidens, 10 runs, 2 wickets. BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL First Innings I. Miller, c Johns, b Schneideman .. 11 J. Davies, c Greenwood, b McSweeney 1 J. Hadfield, b Williams .. .. 9 R. I. Chapman, b Schneideman .. 21 D. Jones, not out .. .. ..11 A. A. Swanston, not out .. .. 12 Extras .. .. .. .. 2 Total for four wickets .. 67

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