CRICKET WEST INDIES 73 FOR TWO

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27632, 13 April 1955, Page 15

CRICKET WEST INDIES 73 FOR TWO

RAIN INTERRUPTS SECOND TEST

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) PORT OF SPAIN. April 11. The West. Indies star batsmen, Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott, were fighting hard to retrieve the early loss of the opening pair at stumps on the first day’s piay in the second test against Australia. Only 85 minutes of play were possible today because of rain. When the bad light stopped play, West Indies had lost two wickets for 73 runs. More than two hours’ play was lost because the groundsmen had failed to cover the area surrounding the pitch and the bowlers’ approaches until the rain had soaked in. A capacity crowd of 26,000 packed the Queen’s Park oval. Stollmeyer won the toss and the West Indies batted on a perfect pitch in hot, humid weather. There were two changes in the Australian team from that which played the first test—Langley and Watson replacing Maddocks and Burge. Australia’s fast opening attack again caused the batsmen trouble. After 22 minutes’ play, during which 20 runs were scored, rain drove the players from the field. Play did not resume until after the tea interval at 4.15 p.m. The Australian team was hooted as it walked out to resume play. There had been a disagreement between the captains at the third wicket inspection at 3.30 p.m.. and the umpires had decided tne ground was unfit for an immediate start. Scores:— WEST INDIES First Innings J. B. Stollmeyer, b Lindwall .. 14 G. Holt, c Johnston, b Lindwall .. -25 E. D. Weekes, not out .. 27 C. L. Walcott, not out .. 7

N.Z. UNIVERSITY PLAYS AUCKLAND ELEVEN MODEST SCORING BY BOTH TEAMS (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, April 12. The New Zealand University cricket team had a clear lead of 52 runs over an Auckland eleven after both teams had batted for modest totals at Eden Park today. Auckland, batting first, did not last, long in scoring 114, with G. C. Burgess alone reaching a respectable total. R. Simons (Otago University), formerly of Auckland, folded up the tail of the innings in little more than three overs, taking four wickets for 12 runs. Apart from solid scores by J. Thomson and J. Kent, and an energetic 36 by N. Uluiviti, the University innings was also controlled by the bowlers. E. Dunn took four wickets for 61, and Carrington’s four wickets cost only 34 runs. The match wifi end tomorrow. Scores:— ' AUCKLAND First Innings D. D. Taylor, b Haskell .. .. 4 B. Norman, c Alabaster, b Hunt .. 22 D. L. Perry, b Kent .. .. .. 15 B. J. Postles, b Uluiviti .. 9 A. Richards, c Uluiviti, b Haskell .. 4 R. Harris, b Uluiviti .. .. 13 G. C. Burgess, c Uluiviti, b Simons .. 33 E. Dunn, c Croucher, b Simons .. 0 R. Carrington, b Simons .. .. 1 S. Belsham, c Uluiviti, b Simons .. 2 B. Bodie, not out .. .. .. 1 Extras .. .. .. .. 10 Total .. .. ..114 Bowling: E. Haskell, 11 overs, 2 maidens, 26 runs, 2 wickets; J. Kent, 10, 3, 34, 1; N. Uluiviti, 9,5, 8,2; D. Hunt, 6,1, 24, 1; R. Simons, 3.3, 2, 12, 4. Second Innings D. W. Taylor, not out .. .. 1 B. Norman, not out .. ~ .. o Total for no wicket .. 1 NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY First Innings B. Hamilton, lbw, b Carrington .. 22 G. Alabaster, c Harris, b Dunn .. 0 D. Hunt, b Dunn .. .. 12 P. G. Z. Harris, b Dunn .. ..2 P. Irwin, b Carrington * .. 7 J. Thomson, b Dunn .. .. ..40 N. Uluiviti, b Taylor .. .. ..36 J. Croucher, run out .. .. .. 2 J. Kent, c Bodie, b Carrington .. 23 E. Haskell, b Carrington .. .. 10 R. Simons, not out .. .. .. 1 Extras .. .. .. 7 Total .. .. ..166 Bowling: E. Dunn, 22 overs, 7 maidens, 61 runs, 4 wickets; B. Bodie. 10, 1, 30, 0; R. Carringtoi), 15.2, 4, 34, 4; D. D. Taylor; 8,1, 26, 1; R. Harris, 3,0, 8, 0.

Total for two wickets .. 73 Bowling Analysis O. M. R. W. R. R. Lindwall .. 9 2 28 2 K. R. Miller ... 8 3 T9 0 R. Archer .. 3 0 16 0 I. Johnson ..1 1 0 0