Cricket Surrey Bowler Takes First Hat-Trick

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30129, 13 May 1963, Page 6

Cricket Surrey Bowler Takes First Hat-Trick

(N.Z.P.A .-Reuter—Copyright)

LONDON, May 12. P. J. Loader, the England fast bowler, did the first hat-trick of the English cricket season when Surrey dismissed Leicestershire for 166 at the Oval yesterday.

With the. Leicester score at 91, Loader had the opening batsman, H. Bird, caught at slip with the last ball of his fifteenth over. With the first two balls of his next over he had J. van Geloven caught at the wicket and bowled R. Pratt. Loader finished the innings with four for 36. The Nawab of Pataudi, Oxford University’s 22-year-oid captain, hit a brilliant 153, the highest score of his career, against Worcestershire at Oxford. His total included three sixes and 21 fours. The Yorkshire and England all-rounder, R. lilingworth, scored an unbeaten 107 against Warwickshire, and in the same match the England batsman, M. J. K. Smith, of Warwickshire, broke a bone in his left wrist fielding at short square leg. In the matches which ended on Friday, the Northamptonshire deputy wicketkeeper, L. Johnson, equalled the world record when he held 10 catches against Sussex. He claimed five in each innings. Johnson missed the opportunity to beat the record by dropping the last man, D. Bates, off a skier which moved awkwardly in the high wind. Two Gloucestershire players, the wicketkeeper, Andy Wilson, in 1953, and Walter Hammond at first slip in 1928, are the only previous players to have held 10 catches in a first class match. Results of matches which ended on Friday were:— At Worthing.—Northhamptonshire 326 for nine declared and 161 (R. Prideaux 80), beat Sussex 195 and 117 (G. Cooper 41; J. Larter eight for 41) by 175 runs. Northamptonshire, 10 points. At Brentwood. —Essex 238, Lancashire 281 and 199 for six (H. Pilling 89 not out. G. Clayton 56 not out). Match drawn. At the Oval.—Surrey 343 for seven declared, beat Derbyshire 175 and 162. Surrey. 10 points. At Hull.—Yorkshire 214 and 107 for two. Kent 184. Match abandoned as a draw because of rain. Yorkshire two points. At Worcester.—Worcestershire 235 for five declared and 69 for three, Leicestershire 237 for three declared. Match abandoned as a draw because of rain. Leicestershire two points. At Oxford.—Oxford University--192 and 254 (M. Manasseh 40, M. Grove 62, F. Davis 47 not out). Middlesex 312 for eight declared and 15 for none. Match drawn. At Nottingham.—Nottingham 153 and 187 for eight (H. Winfield 72 not out), Somerset 335 for seven declared. Match drawn. Close of play scores in yesterday’s matches were:— At the Oval.—Leicestershire 166 (P. Loader four for 36. G. Arnold four for 22). Surrey 104 for one (J. Edrich 53 not out). At Dartford.—Northamptonshire 230 (G. Milburn 40. P. J. Watts 40 R. Prideaux 51. P. E. Watts 48), Kent 50 for one. At Oxford.—Oxford University 307 for eight declared (Nawab of Patudi 153), Worcestershire 30 for one. At Cambridge.—Cambridge University 158 (R. Hutton 58; C. Dryburgh five for 56, F. Titmus four for 28) Middlesex 66 for one (R. Gale 47 not out). At Derby.—Derbyshire 202 (C. Lee 71, I. Buxton 56) Gloucestershire 72 for three.. At Brentwood.—Somerset 297 (B. Roe 55, R. Virgin 105, K. Preston four for 32). Essex 13 for no wicket. At Swansea.— Hampshire 298 (J. Gray 76, M. Horton 127; D. J Shepherd six for 86), Glamorgan 30 for no wicket. At Edgebaston.—Yorkshire 261 (J. Hampshire 78. R. Illingworth 107 not out). Warwickshire eight for no wicket.