N.Z. Team Goes Down Fighting To N.S.W.

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29770, 13 March 1962, Page 16

N.Z. Team Goes Down Fighting To N.S.W.

(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SYDNEY, March 12. New South Wales maintained its great record against international touring teams when it defeated New Zealand with 59 runs to spare at the Sydney Cricket Ground today.

Unbeaten against touring teams since 1933, New South Wales added J. R. Reid’s New Zealanders to the scalps of English, South African, Indian and West Indian teams. But New Zealand went down fighting on the final day of this match. If the New Zealand captain himself had stayed at the crease much longer, New South Wales might have been hardpressed to win. The New South Wales captain, R. Benaud, declared his second innings closed at 152 for seven wickets. Hostile bowling by Motz and Bartlett had given the New South Wales batsmen a testing time.

Benaud set the New Zealanders a challenging task of scoring 224 runs in 220 minutes.

The pitch was still playing soundly and was in perfect condition when the New Zealanders began their second innings by trying to force the pace; but they had early misfortunes in losing Guy and Barton in the first three overs. McGregor and Dowling made a solid stand, but Benaud had Dowling stumped as the batsman groped forward, and he caught and bowled McGregor. Reid and Yuile added a whirlwind 27 runs in eight minutes, but for the second time in the match Yuile was run out. Davidson broke the wicket at the bowler's end as Yuile attempted a risky single.

Reid, dismissed for a duck in the first innings, this time showed Sydney fans his calibre. He lofted the lefthander, J. Martin, into the ladies’ stand for a six. There were five other boundaries in his innings, in which he hammered some spectacular drives and pulls. With Reid batting with his vice-capitain, M. E. Chapple, the New Zealand score improved by 27 runs in 14 minutes. Reid, seemingly on top of the New South Wales attack, suddenly lashed out at Martin, and Craig held a great catch at deep mid-on. The end was in sight as Benaud enticed Chapple for an ambitious hit and O’Neill safely held a catch at mid-on. Chapple had hit eight boundaries in a breezy innings of 39 in 46 minutes. It was his second fighting stand of the match. When Bartlett was run out for a brave 20, the New Zealand innings folded up 50 minutes before time. Benaud, three for 52, and Davidson, two for 15, had once again masterminded the New Zealand dismissal. N.S.W. Innings At the start of the day, New Zealand had an important success when Motz, with persistent hostile bowling at the stumps, took three wickets for 24 runs from 8.2 overs. F. Misson, sent in as “nightwatchman” on Saturday, turned the third ball from Motz to leg for two and then turned the next ball to Dowling on the leg side and New South Wales were two down for 33. Craig, after making 22 (one four) in 78 minutes, had his off stump knocked out of the ground by Motz with the score at 54. O’Neill and Thomas figured in a half-century stand in 47 minutes, and the 100 came up in 122 minutes. At 26. O’Neill had a lucky break when he miss-hit a hook shot from Cameron. Dowling spun around and just failed to take the catch. ( Bartlett caused the extras to mount with some wasted deliveries down the leg side, but then settled down to a very successful spell of bowling in which he took four wickets in 18 deliveries. Bartlett’s Burst Bartlett dismissed O’Neill, Thomas, Harvey and Davidson in this spectacular burst, and New South Wales had lost seven wickets to the New Zealand pace attack. In his fifth over, Bartlett had Thomas lbw and then had Harvey caught by Barton at second slip with his next delivery. The New Zealanders crowded Booth, but Bartlett, with the chance of a hat trick, wasted the next ball outside the leg stump.

next over, Bartlett enticed O’Neill to slash at a rising ball, and Reid pulled down a great catch from above his head at gully.

With the seventh ball of his seventh over, Bartlett caught and bowled Davidson from a miss-hit pull shot. Bartlett finished with four for 26 off seven overs, sharing the bowling with Motz, who took three for 53 from 12' overs. About 10,500 persons paid £BBl to see the match. Scores:— NEW SOUTH WALES First Innings (for seven wickets declared) .. 322 Second Innings R. Simpson, c Dick, b Motz 11 I Craig, b Motz .. 22 F. Mission, c Dowling, b Motz .. .. 5 N. O'Neill, c Reid, b Bartlett .. .. 46 G. Thomas, lbw, b Bartlett 23 N. Harvey, c Barton, b Bartlett .. .. 0 B. Booth, not out .. 7 A. Davidson, c and b Bartlett .. .. 8 J. Martin, not out .. 8 Extras .. ..22 Total for seven wickets declared .. 132 Fall of wickets: one for 26, two for 33, three for 54. four for 123. five for 123, six for 128, seven for 143. Bowling C. M. R. W. Motz .. 12 1 53 3 Cameron ..11 1 40 ' o Bartlett .. 7 0 26 4 Reid ..4 0 11 0 NEW ZEALAND First Innings .. ..251 Second Innings J. Guy, b Misson .. 5 G. Dowling, st Ford, b Benaud .. .. 19 P. Barton, c Ford, b Davidson .. .. 0 N. McGregor, c and b Benaud .. ..17 J. Reid, c Craig, b Martin 40 B. Yuile, run out .. 5 M. Chapple, c O'Neill, b Benaud .. .. 39 A. Dick, c Simpson, b Davidson .. .. 5 G. Bartlett, run out .. 20 R. Motz, c Ford, b Simpson 0 F. Cameron, not out .. 0 Extras .. .. 14 Total .. ..164

Fall of wickets: one for 10. two for 11, three for 45. four for 58. five for 79. six for 106. seven for 144, eight for 144, nine for 154. 10 for 164. Bowling O. M. R. W. Davidson 10 4 15 2 Misson .. 6 0 21 1 Benaud ~ 11 3 52 3 Martin .. 10 2 43 1 Craig .. 2 0 18 0 Simpson .. 2.1 1 11

Unbeaten 100 (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright)

DACCA (Pakistan), Mar. 12. An unbeaten century by Wazir today helped the East Pakistan Governor’s side to declare at five for 385 on the second day of their three-day game against the touring Commonwealth cricket side.

At the close of play, the Commonwealth had made four for 136.

With the third ball of the