M.C.C. MATCH HIT BY RAIN

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32460, 21 November 1970, Page 48

M.C.C. MATCH HIT BY RAIN

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright)

BRISBANE.

Rain and bad light restricted play to 112 minutes on the opening day of the match between the M.C.C. and Queensland yesterday.

Eighty-three minutes were possible during the morning session and the players returned for another 29 minutes after tea before the day’s play came to an early close.

the score moving, and at lunch had taken the total to 66. Trimble went on to complete his 50 in 109 minutes, with eight boundaries in the restricted period of play after wards. COWDREY REPLACED M. C. Cowdrey was ruled out of the match when he was confined to bed with a virus infection. A doctor who examined Cowdrey ordered him to rest for the next three days. The manager (Mr D. Clark) said he did not think the illness would prevent Cowrdey from playing in the first test against Australia, which begins next Friday. Cowdrey’s place in the Queensland game was taken by the Lancashire seam bowler, P. Lever. QUEENSLAND First Innings S. Trimble not out . 50 I. Seib c Luckhurst b Shuttleworth .. 0 R. Surti not out . 28 Extras (no-balls 5) 5 Total for one wicket 83 Fall of wicket: one for 9. Bowling: Snow, 5,1, 13, 0; Shuttleworth, 10, 1, 43, 1; Lever, 3,0, 17, 0; D'Oliveira, 3,1, 3, 0.

During this time, Queensland scored 83 for the loss of one wicket, the 36-year-old state skipper, S. Trimble, being 50 not out. The M.C.C. made a quick break-through when play started, the Lancashire fast bowler, K. Shuttleworth, sending back Trimble’s opening partner, I. Seib, in his second over with the total nine.

Seib tried to turn a rising delivery to leg and the ball flew off his gloves into the safe hands of B. W. Luckhurst at leg-slip. The pitch had justified R. Illingworth’s decision to put the state side in to bat, but J. A. Snow and Shuttleworth both failed to press home this early advantage. Their bowling was consistently wide of the mark and Shuttleworth, particularly, was too Short. Trimble and the Indian test batsman, R. F. Surti, kept