THE SECOND CRICKET TEST

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 104, 27 January 1930, Page 13

THE SECOND CRICKET TEST

NEW ZEALAND SCORES 439

BRILLIANT BOWLING BY WOOLLEY

M.C.C. LOSES SIX FOR 255

A record crowd for the Basin Reserve of 12,000 spectators thoroughly enjoyed the second day’s play in the second Test match between the New Zealand eleven and the M.C.C. team on Saturday. With five wickets down for 407, hopes beat high that the wearers of the silver fern would pile on a solid total, but Woolley and Worthington bowled so ably that the last five batsmen were only able to total 32 runs, and the innings closed for 439. Woolley bowled brilliantly in capturing seven wickets for 76 runs. The Englishmen batted very soundly throughout the afternoon, but ail drawing of stumps had lost six wickets for 255. Had it not been for the fact that a couple of catches were dropped and a chance of stumping missed, the Englishmen might have had to follow on.

RUN OF THE PLAY NEW ZEALAND’S TAIL FAILS TO WAG WOOLLEY’S DEADLY BOWLING A fairly stiff northerly was hurrying heavy clouds on its wings when Page (33) and Blunt (15) resumed. New Zealand’s first innings at 11.30 o’clock on Saturday, with the board showing three wickets down for 339. The batsmen quickly got to work against the bowling of Nichols and Allom, and runs came at a steady pace. Page, in particular, was enterprising, and slam- < med .Nichols’s rising fast ones down the gully and to leg cleverly. After having been at the wickets for 75 minutes for 36, Blunt attempted to tap one from Woolley through the slips, and .was brilliantly taken by Duleepsinhji. The Otego man had assisted Page to add 90 for the fourth wicket. Fourth Hundred Appears. McLeod came next, and bright scoring saw 400 come up for 375 minutes’ play. The Canterbury captain was playing bright cricket, but his end had come, as he was snapped up nt short-stop by Cornford at the second attempt off Allom. Page had been at the wickets for 103 minutes for his 67, which included eight fourers. c Page’s departure was the beginning of the end, as the last five New Zealanders only managed to scrape 32 together amongst them, Woolley and Worthington being the destroying agents. The innings, which had lasted for 414 minutes, closed for 439. • Woolley bore off the bowling honours for the Englishmen by capturing seven wickets for 76 runs. A Big Hurdle. Bowley: and Dawson opened the M.C.C. innings at 2 o’clock, Dickinsor* and Bad«ock being the howlers. In the latter s opening over Blunt dropped one from Bowley iff the slips. With 20 runs on, Dickinson gave way to Blunt, who clean bowled Bowley first ball with one well tossed.up. Duleepsinhii assisted Dawson to put on 61 runs for the second wicket, lhe Indian Prince quickly reached 40, but then skied one from Badcock to Blunt at point. . , , . „ Woolley’s early dismissal was due to n brilliant catch close in at short-leg by Lowry, off Dickinson. • A Good Stand. Dawson and Legge made a determined stand for the fourth wicket. After the 100 had come up for 89 minutes play, Badcock bowled Dawson with a beautiful leg-break which left the Leicestershire captain standing. Dawson had shaped very soundly for his 44, and had helped Legge to add the same number of runs for the’ fourth wicket. After tea, Legge bad Nichols as a partner, but at 149 the Kent captain, who had been at the wickets for 55 minutes for 39, was caught at the wickets by James, off Dickinson. Nichols and Worthington made a determined stand, which added 70 for the sixth wicket. Both should have gone early, as Nichols was dropped by Mills at long-off, and Worthington hit one into Blunt's hands at mid-off. both chances being off Merritt. The batsmen profited by these let-offs, mid started to punish everything loose. After scoring 32. Worthington was stumped by James off Merritt. Gilligan, the English captain, opened confidently, twice hitting Merritt to the long-on boundary. He should have been stumped off the googly bowler, but a hot “wrong ’tin” beat bat, wickets, and ’keeper, and went for two- byes. Nichols continued to punish the bowlers. and when stumps were drawn at 6 o’clock the score stood at 255 for six wickets, Nichols being 48 not out. and Gilligan 20 not out. THE SCORES NEW ZEALAND—First Innings. C. S. Dempster, 411112141111322111 111121121221411222111111221121 212111124411111124321131211141 21121141, st. Cornford, b. Woolley '. 136 J. E. Mills, 42244114411113124241111 111111124111111211141211141111 1413412, b. Woolley 117 T. C. Lowry, 11112, c. Duleepsinliji, b. Woolley 6 M. L. Page. 4212314114112411422141 11111222114, c. Cornford, b. Allom 67 R. (1. Blunt. 1444111211411424, c. Duleensinhji. b. Woolley .... 36 E. G. McLeod, 1134114, b. Woolley 16 G. L. Weir, 12, 1.b.w., b. Woolley .. 3 K. C. James. 214, c. Cornford, b. ■Worthington 7 G. R. Dickenson, 14, c. Worthington, b. Woolley 5 W. E. Merritt, 1.b.w., b. Worthington 0 F. T. Badcoek, 4. not out 4 Byes. 1111144121: leg-byes, 11111 4114111; no-balls, 1411 42 Total ■■■■ • • • • 439 Kall of wickets: One for 2i6, two for 288, three for 295, four for 385, five for 407, six for 410, seven for 425, eight for 431, nine for 431, ten for 439. BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Nichols .... 20 5 66 0 Allom ...... 28 4 73 1 Barratt .... 33 4 87 0 Worthington . 22 3 63 2 Bowley .... 5 0 32 0 Woolley ... 28.3 5 76 7 ENGLAND. —First Innings. E. H. Bowley, 2214, b. Blunt. 9 E. W. Dawson. 14342211312112131 41111111, b. Badcock 44 K. S. Duleepsinhji. 11134421214132 111111112, c. Blunt, b. Badcock 40 F. E. Woolley, 11121, a. Lowry, b. . Dickinson 6 G. B. Legge, 1141124422141111142, c. James, b. Dickinson 39 M. 8. Nichols, 2111412244113441211 2141, not out 48 0. Worthington. 1 11412114111421 1 41, at, James, h. Merritt 32

A. H. H. Gilligan, 21112111442, not out 20 Bves. 12121: leg-byes, 11; noballs, 14111 17 Total for six wickets 255 Fall of wickets: One for 20. two for 81. three for 91, four for 135, five for 149, six for 219. BOWLING ANALYSIS.

NEW ZEALAND ON THE BOX SEAT ENGLISHMEN’S STUBBORN UPHILL FIGHT SIDELIGHTS QN EVENTFUL DAY Tlie record attendance, which included Their Excellencies Sir Charles and Lady Alice Fergusson, and Mr. D. Reese, of Christchurch, president of the New Zealand Cridket Council, were well pleased with the fine shoving which the New Zealanders made with both bat and ball. There was great jubilation when the score reached 376, thus passing the 375 which was scored by the New Zealand team in the second Test match against MacLaren’s M.C.C. team at Christchurch in 1923. M. L. Page, the Canterbury captain, and R. Blunt, the Otago representative, started off confidently. Page, in particular, showed something of the brilliance lie displayed on the tour of England in 1927. Twice in succession he drove the Notts giant, Barratt, to the track. Blunt and Page had .both been disposed of by the time 407 runs were on the slate, and it was confidently expected that the total would pass beyond the fifth hundred. Woolley’s Deadly Bowling. F. Woolley, the tali Kent left-hander, kept tossing up his slow leg-breaks like a veritable bowling machine, and he and Worthington polished off the last five wickets for an additional 32 runs, the innings closing for 439. G. L. Weir, the Auckland colt, stepped in front of a straight one from Woolley. McLeod was clean bowled by-him, and Dickinson was easily caught’ off him in attempting to force the pace. Worthington had James caught at the wickets, and trapped Merritt l.b.w. While Nichols, Barratt, and Allom, the men of pace, could meet with no success, Woolley, with his innocuous looking slows, captured seven wickets for 76 runs off 28i overs. He was full of guile all the time, and not one of the batsmen was completely at home to him. Worthington secured two for 63 off 22 overs, and kept a consistently good length. Cornford, the English wicketkeeper, was not at his best. tW extras swelling to the phenomenal number of 42. With Their Backs to the Wall. The English batsmen showed characteristic fighting spirit. Lowry followed his usual policy of frequent bowling changes, and succeeded so well that in four hours six wickets had fallen for 255 runs. Dickinson, the Otago express bowler, rocked them down at a good pace with the northerly wind behind him, and was rewarded with two wickets for 65 runs. Many of these could have been saved if a fine-leg had been fielded to the fast' bowler. The big crowd was delighted with the ease and grace with which K. S. Duleepsinbji strung his -ID together. He waved his bat like a wand, and wafted the leather away at will to all parts of the field. He paid the penalty of attempting to hit such an accurate bowler as Badcock off his length, Blunt taking an easy catch at point. Woolley Falls. Everyone was hopfiig that Woolley, maker of over a hundred centuries in first-class cricket, would get going, and show some of the wonderful strokes which have brought him so many runs in all parts of the world. The Wellington public, however, seem fated not to have the pleasure of seeing the famous lefthanded batsman in action. After he had scored a dozen on Saturday he played forward to a fast one from Dickinson and Lowry threw himself full length to take a marvellous catch inches from the turf. Two Captains. I The two English county captains, E. W. Dawson (Leicestershire) and G. B. Legge (Kent), showed that they know how to handle their bats. Legge dealt ,out severe punishment to Dickinson in his tenth over, off which 13 runs came. It was a beautiful leg-break from Badcock which disposed of Dawson after he had scored 44. The ball landed a perfect length, and whipped across at a pace which would have beaten almost any batsman. Legge fell to a catch at the wickets off Dickinson after scoring 39. Now Zealand Miss a Chance. With Nichols and Worthington associated, New Zealand had a good chance of compelling the Englishmen to follow on their innings. However, faulty fielding threw away that chance. Nichols early hit one‘from Merritt into Mills's hands at long-off, but the Aucklander declined an easy chance. A little later, Worthington drove one from Merritt into Blunt’s hands at long-off, only to see the Otego man put the ball on the carpet. Essex and Derbyshire then proceeded to add 70 for the sixth wicket. Both laid the wood on hard to everything loose. Worthington at last went out to hit. Merritt, but was beaten by the break, and James did the rest. English Captain Has a Life. Gilligan, the English captain, at once started to hit Merritt, but he was extremely lucky when he went two yards out of his crease to one from Merritt, and was beaten by the break. But if Gilligan was beaten, so was James, who missed the googly, which went through for two byes.

Nichols (4S) and Gilligan (20) were both unbeaten when stumps were drawn at 6 o’clock, with the score standing at 255 for the loss of six wickets.

Badcock, Dickinson, Blunt, and Merritt’all bowled well, the latter especially. The googly bowler troubled all the Englishmen. and would have come out with good figures had he been better supported by the field. With Barratt, Cornford, and Alton, still to come, the Englishmen may get s. good many more when the match is resumed to-day. Good Gates.

The crowd on Saturday afternoon was estimated at 12,000, £6OO being taken at the gates. This, with the £323 taken on Friday, leaves about £lOO to be gathered in to create a comfortable record lor a Test match. / M.C.C. TEST TEAM AGAINST AUSTRALIA THE CAPTAINCY APPOINTMENT OF '• • JARDINE URGED (Rec. January 26, 5.5 p.m.). London, January 24. Mr. Frank Mitchell, the once famous Yorkshire cricketer, in a featured article in the "Daily Express,” urges the M.C.C. to appoint Jardine test captain instead of Chapman, Carr or White. He says: “The captain must be an amateur. Previous experience of captaincy is unnecessary provided he has test experience and a sound knowledge of the men against whom he is playing.” Mr. Mitchell disagrees with those who favour Chapman on the grounds of brilliant achievements in Australia, stating: “Firstly, there is a big difference between leading a touring side and captaining at home, furthermore, Chapman’s last year’s form would not entitle him to a place for allround cricket. England cannot afford to select a captain purely because he is an excellent field and has a charming personality. Jardine headed the averages in 1927-28, while his knowledge of Australians would be of the greatest assistance. He knows them thoroughly. SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH RAIN PREVENTS PLAY. (Rec. January 26, 5.5 p.m.). Sydney, January 26. A rain-soaked wicket prevented a start in the Sheffield Shield cricket match New South Wales against Victoria. PLAY IN OTHER CENTRES AUCKLAND. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, January 26. Second round matches in the Auckland Cricket Association's senior championship commenced yesterday in ideal weathEden, 223 (Vivian 64, Gillespie 49) met University. . . , Ponsonby, 54 and 20 for one wicket, met Parnell. 157.’ For Parnell Wensley took six wickets for 18, and Goodsir four for 24. For Ponsonby Finlayson took f ° YALC.A 6 ,’ 223 (Elliott 62, Riddolls 60) met United Suburbs, 31 for no wickets. For Suburbs Webster took four wickets f °North Shore. 222 (Player 50 not out) met Grafton, three for 6. For Grafton Allcott took six wickets for 67. NELSON. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Nelson, January 25. Old Boys beat Athletic by 27 runs on the first innings. Old Boys made 246 ' (Neale 106 not, out, J. Newman 51, Chatterton 35). Wells took five wickets for 41 runs. Athletic made 219 (Johnson 49, Wells 36. Kinzett 31, McKellar 29). Neale took three wickets for .19. Old Boys in their second innings lost four for 73 (Betts 29). CHRISTCHURCH. \ By Telegraph.—Press Association. Clu’istchureh, January 26. Cricket matches were played yesterday in perfect weather. . , , Old Boys, 216 and two wickets for 26, beat Old Collegians. 84 and 155, by eight wickets. For Old Boys Cromb took four wickets for 16. Riccarton, 399 for four (declared), beat West Christchurch, 137 (J. L. Kerr 44) and two for 80 on the fifst inings. St. Albans, 165, had a first innings win over Linwood, 133. In the second innings St. Albans scored 303 (Crawford 60, Falloon 79 not out, Dorreen 100 not out). For St. Albans Lindley took six wickets for 66 runs (Sydenham, seven for 228, declared (J. Newman 50, Young 69), beat East Christchurch 44 and 67. For Sydenham Newman took four wickets for 34, and McEwin five for 34. Championship points are as follow: — Old Boys 17, Old Collegians 9, Sydenham 9, Linwood -8, Riccarton 8. St. Albans 6. East Christchurch 4, West Christchurch 0. DUNEDIN. Dunedin, January 26. Senior cricket matches were continued yesterday under conditions which favoured batsmen, light showers hampering bowlers. ... Dunedin made 237 for the loss of four wickets against Christian Brothers, Strang (103) scoring the first century of the season in the first grade. Torance made 45 not out.

Grange, playing Old Boys, lost seven wickets for 337 65, McMullan 87, Galland 49, Elmes 38, Chettleburgh 53 not out. Albion were dismissed by Carisbrook for 182 (Barron 84). Dunning'took five wickets for 60 runs, and Aitken four for 48. Carisbrook lost seven for 88. of which Silver took four for 21, and Shepherd two for 23.

0. M. R. W Vickinjon ....19 3 65 2 Batlcock .... 26 5 45 2 Blunt .... 14 3 .44 1 0 S 0 Merritt .... 24 1 71 1 McLeod .... 2 0 5 0