CRICKET COLTS SCORE SLOWLY IN AUCKLAND TRIAL

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28454, 7 December 1957, Page 16

CRICKET COLTS SCORE SLOWLY IN AUCKLAND TRIAL

(New Zealand Press Association)

AUCKLAND, December 6. f Favoured by a devastating spell of bowling by D. B. Morrison, of Wellington, who took four wickets for 17. W. M. Wallace’s XI ended the first day of the national colts’ cricket trial at Eden park today with a commanding advantage over L..D. Smith’s XI. Wallace’s team scored 152 runs between 10.30 a.m. and 4 o’clock, and Smith’s team, by general reckoning the weaker batting side, had lost four wickets in scoring 47 runs by stumps. Blustery winds and occasional showers reduced the attendance to a handful and made the rpatch as much a trial of spirit as of technique. But so thoroughly had the youngsters absorbed the lessons of their four days of coaching by Mr Wallace and others, that they entered upon the contest as if playing for the Ashes with the world championship also at stake. The utter determination to eschew mistakes and to be completely concentrated upon the task in hand no doubt accounted for a test match rate of scoring: yet, on the balance, this was all to the good. As Mr Wallace himself remarked, the success of the coaching schol and the capacity of the players in it to produce good performances inevitably will increase the competitive aspect of Plunket Shield cricket and. from a considerable experience, Mr Wallace is convinced that New Zealand cricket is always richest when the

competition for every place in a test team is keenest. Scores today were:— W. M. WALLACE’S ELEVEN J. W. D’Arcy, retired .. .. 51 B. A. Bolton, b Sparling .. 37 B. W. Sinclair,'st Curtis, b Sparling .. .. .. 38 J. E. F. Beck, c Cameron, b Jack 0 T. Shaw, c Cameron, b Cave .. 1 M. Beban, b Cameron .. ..16 J. Ward, b Sparling .. 1 J. B. Park, lbw, b Norman .. 3 B. fi. Morrison, b Sparling .. 0 M. Wilson, run out .. ..0 W. M. Wallace, no,t out .. .. 1 Extras .. .. .. 4 Total .. ..152 Fall of wickets: one for 66. two for 116, three for 116, four for 121. five for 134, six for 148, seven for 148, eight for 149, nine for 151. Bowling.—Cameron, 20 overs. 9 maidens, 23 runs, 1 wicket; Harris, 6,1, 18. 0; Cave, 16, 11, 15 1; Jack. 21, 3, 49, 1; Sparling' 25, 10 40 4; Smith, 1,1, 0, ,0; Norman, 3,1, 3, 1. L. D. SMITH’S ELEVEN J. W. Veitch, c Bolton, b Morrison .. .. .. 27 R. M. Harris, b Morrison .. 1 G. Buist. b Morrison .. .. 0 W. R. Playle, b Morrison .. 3 J. T. Sparling, not out .. 14 Extras .. * .. .. 2 Total for four wickets .. 47 Fall of wickets: one for 27, two for 27, three for 28, four for 47. Bowling.—Morrison, 10 overs, 4 maidens, 17 runs, 4 wickets; Shaw. 2,0, 7,0; Wilson, 5,0, 19, 0; Park, 4 2,2 0. HADLEE TROPHY POINTS Points for the Hadlee trophy, presented for fielding and general deportment of senior cricket teams, are (after«four rounds): — High School Old Boys 31%, Riccarton 30, Lancaster Park 29, St. Albans 28%, Old Collegians 28, East Christchurch 27, West ChristchurchUniversity 25%, Sydenham 21. Minor Associations To Play Otago (New Zealand Press Association) , DUNEDIN. December 8. The Otago and South Island Minor Associations’ teams to play in a three-day fixture at Carisbrook on December 12, 13 and 14 were announced last night. The Otago team is:—B. Sutcliffe (captain), W. S. Haig, J. R. Veitch, S. N. McGregor, M. McEwan, L. A. Watt, G. H. Mills. A. McK. Moir, E. J. Stephenson, F. J. Cameron, R. B. Simons. The Minor Association team is:— S. McKnight (Central Otago), C. Johnstone (Central Otago), J. R. Reid (North Otago) (captain), John Ward (South Canterbury), M. Beban (West Coast). J. C. Alabaster (Southland). G. Harford (South Otago), R. Millichamp (Ashburton), R. Farrant (South . Canterbury), N. R. Thompson (Southland), C. G. Graham (Central Otago), H. Cullen (Ashburton), twelfth man.