WEST INDIES FOLLOWS ON

Press, Volume C, Issue 29402, 3 January 1961, Page 10

WEST INDIES FOLLOWS ON

Benaud Annoys Big Crowd <hje. 4'ress Association—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, January 2. A crowd of 75,000 booed the Australian test captain, R. Benaud, after the West Indies opener, J. Solomon, was given out when his cap fell on to his stumps as he made a stroke in the W est Indies second innings at the Melbourne Cricket Ground this afternoon. Solomon, who was defending dourly, played back defensively to Benaud, forcing the ball to the leg side. As he completed the stroke- his cap fell on to the stumps, dislodging a bail. Benaud and several other fieldsmen appealed and the umpire at square leg, Mr C. Hoy, gave Solomon out. As he left the field the,crowd began to hoot the Australians and booed again as Benaud continued his over.

The crowd continued to hoot Benaud in the over after the Solomon incident, jeering at his every ball and cheering when Hunte back cut him for 2. The West Indies, all out for 181 in its first innings, followed on and was 129 for five at stumps. The not out batsmen were C. Hunte (74) and G. Alexander (19). The crowd, which had been expecting bright batting from the West Indies, was irked by the collapse and by the slowness of the West Indies’ batting in the second innings. Rain on Saturday meant the loss of almost four hours playing time, and stopped the West Indies when it looked like reaping the full benefit of an effective, fighting partnership between Kanhai and Nurse. Brought together when the second West Indies wicket had fallen with only one run on the board, Kanhai and Nurse defied the Australian attack for 139 minutes. Their combined effort produced 107 runs. leaving their side 108 for two when play was finally called off for the day at 5.27 p.m. Kanhai Dominant

Kanhai was by far the dominant player in Saturday’s batting triumph. His delightfully fluent and highly entertaining innings of 70 fully justified the gamble taken by the selectors in playing him. Nurse v*as never able to rival Kanhai in batting accomplishments, but his fighting spirit always kept him going. When play ended he had 35 runs to show for his effort.

F. Misson, the tall fast bowler playing his first test for Australia, claimed his first test wicket at a crucial time on Saturday. The West Indies resumed at 1 for one and in his first over Misson swung a ball away from the offstump. C. Hunte played at it, the ball caught the edge of the bat, and the West Indies was 1 for two. Then Kanhai and Nurse came together. Nurse had a lucky escape when he was 7. He snieked a ball from A. K. Davidson to R. N. Harvey, at third slip, but the usually reliable Harvey dropped the catch. Dismal Collapse

The West Indies today collapsed dismally for 181 in its first innings and were forced to follow on 167 behind. Only two batsmen, Kanhai with a brilliant 84, and Nurse, with a marathon 70, had scored more than nine.

A big crowd packed the stands to see play resume with the West Indies 240 behind. K. Mackay did not field. He was still feeling pain and stiffness from a torn groin muscle.

Davidson broke the KanhaiNurse partnership in his third full over of the day. His sixth ball was pitched short and reared high to Kanhai. The little right - hander attempted a hook but skied a catch high into the covers. As the ball fell towards the waiting Harvey, Kanhai began to walk from the crease, and his faith in Harvey’s catching was justified. Sober? was dismissed for 9 and The West Indies was 139 for four

when the captain. F. M. Worrell, the last of the recognised batsmen, joined Nurse. But Worrell never looked at ease. He prodded forward a couple of times to Benaud but then fell to a poor shot in the third over from Misson. Misson then had two for 26. Amid the crash of wickets—the West Indies had lost three for 18 in 11 overs—Nurse continued to bat resolutely. Nurse hit the best shot of his innings when he perfectly cover drove Misson for 3 to reach 57. Then he pulled Martin behind square leg for 2. Wickets To Davidson Davidson came back for one over before lunch—and Alexander fell to a combination of a bad shot and a magnificent catch. Davidson struck again when he bowled Ramadhin and the West Indies was seven for 160. Nurse’s innings came to an end when he was 70 after five hours and five minutes. He attempted to pull the first ball of Davidson’s 22nd over through mid-wicket. Soon after, the West Indies was all out for 181. Davidson, Misson and Benaud shared the wickets— Davidson dominating with his six for 53 off 22 overs. He has now taken 17 wickets in three innings in this test series, an extraordinary performance.

Misson made a sound debut with two for 36 off 11 overs while Benaud bowled splendidly through out to take two for 58 off 27.2 overs, including 10 maidens. Benaud enforced the follow-on. Scores: AUSTRALIA First Innings ~ 348 WEST INDIES First Inninas C. Hunte, c Slmpson. b Misson 1 J. Solomon, c Grout, b Davidson 0 R. Kanhai, c Harvey, b Davidson .. 84 S. Nurse, c Grout, b Davidson 70 G. Sobers, c Simpson, b Benaud 9 F. Worrell, b Misson .. 0 G. Alexander, c FaveU, b Davidson .. 5 K. J. Ramadhin, b Davidson .. 0 W. HaU, b Davidson 5 C. Watson, c McDonald, b Benaud 4 A. L. Valentine, not out .. 1 Extras ..2 Total .. I*l Fall of wickets: one for 1, two for 2, three for 124, four for 139, five for 142, six for 160, seven tor 160, eight for 16S, nine for 177.

Second Innings Hunte, not out 74 Solomon, hit wicket, b Benaud .. 4 Nurse, run out .. 3 Kanhai. c Mirson, b Martin .. 25 Sobers, c Simpson, b Martin .. 0 Worrell, c Simpson, b Martin .. 0 Alexander, not out 19 Extras (leg-bye 1, byes 2, noballs 2) ..4 Total tor five wickets .. 129 Fall of wickets: one for 40, two for 51. three for 97. four for 99. five

Bowline O. M. R. W. A. K. Davidson 22 4 53 6 F. Misson .. 11 0 36 2 R. Benaud .. 27.2 10 58 2 J. Martin ..8 1 32 0 R. Simpson ..1 1 0 0

for 95. BOWLING O. M. R. W. Davidson .. 5 1 16 0 Misson ..5 2 11 0 Martin .. 17 3 50 3 Benaud ..9 1 24 1 Simpson S 0 24 0