MIDDLESEX SEVEN FOR 135

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25896, 31 August 1949, Page 5

MIDDLESEX SEVEN FOR 135

Second Innings Against New Zealand

TOURISTS SCORE 328 RUNS

(From A. W. MITCHELL, Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.)

(Rec. 2 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 30. At lunch to-day, Middlesex had lost seven wickets for 135 in its second innings against the New Zealand cricketers at Lord’s. Yesterday, New Zealand, in its first innings, made 328, and at stumps, the county had scored 42 for one wicket. To-day, Burtt gave New Zealand a good start, x With the fifth ball of his ; first over, he bowled Brown with a leg break, and the county was two down for 46. Brown had made only one scoring shot this morning, pulling Burtt to the leg boundary. He tried the shot a second time, but was completely beaten. Mann sent D. C. S. Compton to join the left-hander, Dewes, with an eye to getting quick runs. Compton took eight ’from Burtt in one over with , magnificent straight and off drives, but the next over he hit right over a ball which jerked back on top •of his - middle stump. Three Middlesex wict kets were down for 64. This was ? Burtt’s one hundred and fifteenth wic--1 ket of the tour, so that he has now : broken Cowie’s 1937 record. r Cowie, who was bowling well, swung . the game still further in New Zea- - land’s favour when he sent Edrich’s - bails flying, and Middlesex was four down for 67. Thus three wickets had fallen in 35 minutes. Five Down for 105 Then Dewes and Sharp made a stand, and the runs began to come. Dewes showed a liking for straight driving Cowie and swinging Burtt to square leg, as well as on-driving him. Sharp was rather tentative for a start, but he settled in, and at 12.30 p.m. Middlesex was four for 95 (Dewes 48). After Cowie had bowled Steadily for an hour, he was replaced by Reid, who was snicked through the slips by Dewes. The left-hander was 50 in 100

minutes. Dewes also put a ball from Burtt through the slips for three, and 102 runs were up for Middlesex in two hours. . . , Then Sharp called for a rapid single, with the ball dribbling to mid-on. Reid darted to it, turned and threw down the wicket, and Sharp was the fifth Middlesex man out. The score was 105. . ne Burtt bowled for an hour and 25 minutes before being replaced by Burke. Reid bowled Mann, and at 1 p.m. Middlesex was six down for 106. , X . Dewes attempted to hit Burke out of the ground, missed, and was bowled. He had batted well for two hours 10 minutes, and made 60 out of 108. He hit five fours. Leslie Compton and Sims made a useful stand, Compton sweeping Cowie, who had returned for Reid, to the square leg boundary, and showing some of his brother’s strokes. After lunch, there -are three hours and a half of play, and there is every chance of an excising finish, with New Zealand having an opportunity of winning. . Second Days Play New Zealand scored at a useful average rate of 69 an hour yesterday and, with a total of : 28, took a first innings lead of 13. The New Zealanders batted for four hours and three-quarters and reached the Middlesex total in 80 minutes less than the time taken py the county. Sutcliffe. Wallace, Donnelly, and Hadlee all made 50 or more, and Donnelly, who reached 70. also had the satisfaction of taking his total for inc tour past 2000 runs—thereby following Sutcliffe’s example. They an batted attractively and at times tne rate of scoring reached 73 an hour. This was appreciated by the croxvd of nearly 20,000. . Wallace, hitting as sprightly is Sutcliffe had done, reached 50 in 70 minutes by off-driving Sims to the boundary and Donnelly used Sims /or a perfect straight drive to pass his 200 U runs. Wallace was dismissed ell a brilliant catch by Brown. Rabone was short-lived, but 50 minutes of cheerful batting followed with both Donnelly and Hadlee driving firmly. When the stand had produced 71, Donnelly went leg before to Edrich. He had reached 50 in 85 minutes. The remainder of the New Zealana innings was interesting chiefly because Hadlee reached his 50; and because a steady partnership of .31 by Burtt and Burke gave New Zealand a first innings lead. Middlesex made another unfortunate start when Robertson, in Cowie’s second over. played on. and one wicket was down for 6 runs. MIDDLF.SEX First Innings •• 315 Second Innings J. D. Robertson, b Cowie .. 4 S. M. Brown, b Burtt .. ..16 J. G. Dewes, b Burke .. .. 60 D. C. S. Compton, b Burtt .. 10 W. J. Edrich, b Cowie .. .. 1 C. H. Sharp, run out .. .. 10 F. G. Mann, b Reid .. • • 0 L. Compton, not out .. • • 21 J. M. Sims, not out .. • • 6 Extras • • • • 7 Total for seven wickets .. 135 NEW ZEALAND First Innings V. Scott, cL. Compton, b Edrich 5 B. Sutcliffe, lbw, bD. Compton .. 59 J. R. Reid, b Sims .. 18 W. M. Wallace, c Brown, b Young a 8 M. P. Donnelly, lbw, b Edrich . 72 G. O. Rabone, lbw, b Sims 3 W. A. Hadlee, b Edrich -. 50 F. H. L. Mooney, lbw, b Warr .. 1 T. B. Burtt, c and b D. Compton 19 J. Cowie, c Mann, b D. Compton- 3 C. C. Burke, not out .. .. 21 Extras • •' .19 Total .. 328 Fall of wickets:—one for 13, two for 62, three for 108, four for 186. five for 197, six for 268. seven for 277, eight

for 287, nine for 318. M. R. W. Bowling O. W. J. Edrich .. 16 1 60 3 JWarr 18 2 50 1 J. M. Sims 22 3 86 2 J. Young 24 8 47 1 D. C. S. Compton 14.3 0 66 3