FIJIAN CRICKET TEAM

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27274, 15 February 1954, Page 10

FIJIAN CRICKET TEAM

MATCH WITH OTAGO

HoMl<> SIDE NEEDS 62 RUNS

TO WIN (New Zealand Press Association) DUNEDIN, February 14. Otago ended the second .day of its match against the Fijian cricketers with six wickets in hand, and requiring 62 runs to win. Yesterday the Fijians thrilled a crowd of 5000 at Carisbrook with their hard hitting and spectacular fie i? iX D.’ Smith declared Otago’s first innings closed yesterday morning, at. 251 for eight wickets. Fiji scored 240 in its second innings, and Otago required 196 to win. The weather yesterday was very warm. A highlight of the play was the innings of W. W. Apted. He was dismissed when only four runs short of a century. Like most of the other Fijians, Apted showed he was primarily a fast-scoring batsman. Where he differed from his team-mates, however, was in his judgment in hitting the right ball. This he did with power and exactness. Some ox rus boundary shots gave the fieldsmen no chance of intercepting the ball. Apted s first 50 took 68 minutes. He batted altogether for 147 minutes. He hit 12 4 s. The Fijians made their first 50 in 43 minutes; 150 in 121 minutes; and 200 In 154 minutes. The total of 240 was scored in 175 minutes. - . , „ The Otago captain used eight bowlers during the innings. Moir and Smith were the most successful. Moir took three wickets for 46 runs, and Smith two for 7. On the two occasions on which Otago batted yesterday, the batsmen endeavoured to keep up the rate of scoring. In the morning, before the innings was declared closed, 71 runs were scored in 42 minutes. Of these, Smith made 39 including six 4’s. He took his score to 49 before he was well caught by H. Apted off Mara’s bowling. The Otago openers in the second innings, P. Skelton and T. Flaws, set about the bowling from the beginning. In 10 minutes, 21 runs were on the board, and in 31 minutes the 50 was posted. Scores:—

Fall of wickets: one for 7, two for 55, three for 127. four for 142, five for 143, six for 187, seven for 187, eight for 203; nine for 207.

OTAG9 First Innings W. S. Haig, c Tuiyau, b H. Apted .. 81 J. Skelton, c Bula, b Drill .. .. 13 E. A. Watson, lbw. b Ratu Mara .. 4 S. N. McGregor, c Uluviti, b H. Apted 41 R. I. Long, c Bula. b Ratu Mara .. 9 T. Flaws, c Bula, b Ratu Mara .. 0 W. Gough, b Driu • • .. 27 L. D. Smith, c H. Apted, b Ratu Mara 49 F. J. Cameron, not out ... .. 18 Extras (8 byes, 1 leg-bye) .. 9 Total for eight wickets dec. 251 Fall of -wickets: one for 30, two for 51, three for 126, four for 144, five for 144. six for 158. seven for 203, eight for 251.

Second Innings Flaws, c Driu, b Fenn / ..34 Skelton, c Uluiviti. b Fenn .. 53 Long, b Fenn .. .. 13 McGregor, c Raddock, b Ratu Mara 14 Haig, not out .. ... 9 Watson, not out .. .. 7 Extras (3 byes, 1 leg-bye) .. 4 Total for four wickets .. 134 Fall of wickets: one for 89, two for 89, three for 112, four for 126.

FIJI First innings .. •• ..206 Second Innings H. J. Apted. b Cameron •• * W. W. Apted, st Flaws, b Moir .. 96 N. Tuiyau, b Watson •• 22 I. Bula, c McGregor, b Cameron .. 26 P. T. Raddock, lbw, b Moir .. 5 N. Uluiviti, b James •• J M. J. Fenn, c James, b Smith .. 29 Ratu Mara, c James, b Smith .. 0 Mosese, c Smith, b Moir • • ’ A. Driu, b Skelton .. •• Simmons, not out ■ • • • i? Extras (12 byes, 3 leg-byes) .. 15 Total .. ..240

Bowling O M. R. W S. James .. .. 14 2 50 1 F. J. Cameron .. 12 0 35 2 E. A. Watson .. 6 0 37 1 A. M. Moir .. .. 10 1 46 3 W. S. Haig .. ..3 1 12 0 R. I. Long .. ..3 0 9 0 L. D. Smith .. .. 2 0 7 2 P. Skelton .. .. 2.2 1 5 1 S. N. McGregor ..3 0 24 0

Bowling O. M. R. W. A. Driu - ..20 3 56 2 M. Simmons .. ..12 1 50 0 Ratu Mara .. .. 22.5 4 77 4 M. J. Fenn .. ..12 1 21 0 H. J. Apted .. ..13 0 36 2 N. Uluviti .. ..1 0 2 0

Bowling O. M. R. W. Driu .. .. 4 0 22 0 Simmons .. .. 4 0 18 0 Mara .. ..14 2 30 1 H. J. Apted .. ..6 1 20 0 Fenn .. .. 16 1 40 3