First M.C.C. tour 100 scored by Wood

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33096, 11 December 1972, Page 28

First M.C.C. tour 100 scored by Wood

(N.Z P A -Reuter—Copyright) INDORE.

B. Wood scored the first 100 of the M.C.C.’s tour of India when he made 117 in 260 minutes, with 18 fours, against Central Zone on Saturday. Without his innings the M.C.C. would have been hard-pressed to get near its final total of 261 for nine declared.

And the 29-year-old Wood could not be kept out of the ; game even w’hen Central [Zone went in to bat. 15 ‘minutes before the close. In G. G. Arnold’s second over, he caught the opener. Laxman Singh, and Central will resume today at one for one. I After three years of drought, it was not surprising that the outfield had only a few blades of grass. But the square had received regular watering and the pitch gave the Central Zone bowlers plenty of assistance. The openers. Kailash Gattani and Ashok Jagdale, both made the ball swing, and after Wood and M. H. Denness had put on 49 in the first hour. Gattani had Denness caught off his gloves in the gully for 28. I

■ K. W. Fletcher and G. R. [Roope also went before I lunch, and when A. R. Lewis j (21) and A. P. Knott fell to [catches by the wicketkeeper, Sunil Benjamin, half [the M.C.C.’s wickets were ’down for only 116.

But Wood remained steadfast. His concentration did not waver even when he was badly missed by Benjamin after making 28.'and it was not until the start of the fourth hour of his innings that he reached 50.

I The tail batsmen also I scored welL C. M. Old ‘getting 18, G. G. Arnold 13. ;and N. Gifford 21 not out. I Gattani and S. Jagdale each took three wickets, the [former for 57 runs and the ‘latter for 69.

Golf.—The Russell Grace representative, Mrs M. Laugeaen, yesterday set a new women’s record of 69, with eight birdies, on the Belmont course. Wanga nui. She cut three shots off the previous mark, which she held jointly With Mrs J. Mil) ward

Boxing. — The Frenchman Roger Menetrey, successfully de fended his European welter weight boxing title at Grenoble bv a technical knock-out In the thirteenth round against the Italian. Sandro Lopolo.