TEDIOUS BATTING, INEPT BOWLING, DISMALCRICKET Boycott on the way to another big M.C.C. score

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32461, 23 November 1970, Page 26

TEDIOUS BATTING, INEPT BOWLING, DISMALCRICKET Boycott on the way to another big M.C.C. score

(N.Z,P.A.-H«ut«r— Copyright; ' BRISBANE. The M.G.C. opener, G. Boycott, was poised for another big score at the close of the third day of the tourists’ match against Queensland yesterday.

The . 30-year-old Yorkshireman, who has already made two centuries on the tour, had 60 hot out of the M.G.C.’s . 11l for one in reply to the state side’s first innings of 360.

With no chance of a result, the M.C.C. looked set to bat for the whole »f the final day’s play today, and the chances are that Boycott will complete another hundred. Queensland resumed its first innings at 246 for five yesterday morning, with its 16-year-old skipper, S. Trimole, 119 not out. Snow’s second It lost only one more wicket before lunch, when K. Dudgeon was caught by B. W. Luckhurst at point off J. A. Snow for 31. Snow struck again with his first delivery after the interval, sending back J. Maclean, to make the total 328 for seven. The slow left-anner, D. J. Underwood, then bowled R. Paulsen, and before another run had been added Trimble's marathon innings came to an end. The opening batsman took an uncharacteristic swing at P. Lever and was bowled for 177 after batting for 539 minutes. He hit 19 boundaries and faced 410 deliveries. Trimble became Queens-

land’s highest scorer against an M.C.C. side when he topped the 169 made by G. Cook in 1946.' His dismissal signalled the end of Queensland’s resistance and the side was dismissed soon afterwards—the first state to be bowled -out by the present tourists. Boycott and Luckhurst put on 42 in 68 minutes for the M.C.C. before the leg-spinner, Paulsen, broke through. Luckhurst stepped back to pull a short delivery but only succeeded in hitting a return catch. ’ . Boycott and J. H. Edrich then stayed together until the close, adding 69 for the second wicket. Graveney fails Queensland’s slow batting and another inept bowling display by the M.C.C. combined to produce a dismal day’s play on Saturday. Overcast skies and occasional showers added to the gloom as the state side plodded from 83 for one overnight to 246 for five by the close. The total time lost to rain on Saturday was 61 minutes, which meant that in 4( hours Queensland added a mere 163 runs. / The one man capable of lifting the run rate, Queensland's former England test batsman, T. W. Graveney, lasted only briefly. He played inside a full length delivery from K. Shuttleworth after making four and was bowled. As it was, the day belonged to Trimble, who batted throughout to complete his twenty-second hundred for Queensland. But it took him 304 minutes. The M.C.C.’s pace bowlers again gave cause for concern, with the opening test against Australia less than a week away. Snow failed to take

a wicket on Saturday and rarely looked like doing so, while Shuttleworth and Lever pitched the ball too short to be dangerous. However, the spinners, R. Illingworth and Underwood, were generally accurate and gave little away. Stores: QUEENSLAND < First Innings S Trimble b Lever .. ..177 I Selb c Luekhurst b Shuttleworth .. 0 R. Surtl c end b D'Oliveira S 3 R. Parker c Boycott b Underwood 6 T. Grayeney b Shuttleworth 4 P. Carlson e and b Fletcher 18 K. Dudgeon c Luekhurst b Snow ,31 J. Maclean c Knott b Snow 3 R. Paulsen b Underwood .. 12 R. Duncan not out .. 1 A, DeU c Luckhurst b Underwood 6 Extras (leg-byes 6, noballs 13) ..19 Total 380 Fall of wickets: one for 9. two for 180, three for 201, four for 213, five for 246, six for 304, seven for 338, eight for 353, nine for 353. Bowling.—Snow, 23, 4, 83, 2; ShutUeworth, 21, 1, 81, 2; Lever, 16, 0, 45, 1; D’Oliveira, 13, 1, 33, II Illingworth, 13. 3, 46,0; Underwood, .24.4, 6, fo. 3; fletchor, 4,1, 21, 1. M.C.C. First Innings G. Boycott not out .. .. 60 B, W. Luckhurst c and b Paulsen ,22 J. H. Edrich not out .. .. 28 Extras (leg-byes 1) 1 Total for one wicket .. 11l Fall of wicket: one for 42. Bowling.—Dell, 8,0, 28, 0; Duncan, 13, 2, 41, 0; Paulsen, 11, 3, 33, 1; Dudgeon, 2,1, 5,0; Surtl. 2, 0. 3, 0.