CRICKET

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 130, 29 November 1932, Page 9

CRICKET

HAWKES BAY, [TOUR

MATCH. WITH WELLINGTON

TO-DAY'S PLAY

In the process of rebuilding cricket in Hawkes ,Bay. a representative team from that district is undertaking a tour as far south as Dunedin, 'with a match at Wellington as its first engagement. This match opened to-day at Basin Reserve under excellent cricketing conditions, except for a somewhat keen southerly wind. There ■were but few spectators before lunch, but interest was much, greater this afternoon. The visitors gained first use of an excellently prepared wicket, but the early dismissal of some of their principal batsmen made- the prospects of a good showing far irom bright. The Wellington, attack", handled well, proved much too strong for the tourists, who were all out before the luncheon adjournment was taken.: There were | some bright patches in. the batting, but generally, the showing was mediocre. The bowler who caused the' batsmen most concern was Blundell, who registered a flno performaHeo, taking six 1 wickets for 48 runs. Jamea gave a finished exhibition of wieketkeeping. The only "extra" in Hawkes Bay's account was a leg-bye. The teams are:— •.- ' Hawkes' Bay.—F.. Pinlayson (captain), E. J. Kavanagh, L. V. Browne, M. A. O'Brien, B. J. Mahony, X X Ellis, M.- E. Beuth, E. Simpson, C. Fitzwater, H. 33. I. Beanoy, and E. B. Chadwiek, with. E. Barlow and: E. Elliott as additional members of the touring party, the manager of which is Mr. M. MacLeod, secretary of the Hawkes Bay Cricket Association; Wellington.— X. C. James (captain), C. S. Dempster, H. Foley, W. Dustiti, A. M. Soilings, B. E. Boss, V. H. dv Chateau, B. Grook, M. Browne, E. D. Blundell, and B. Griffiths, with C. Bilby as twelfth man. ■ • The umpires arb Messrs. P. A. Laws and S. Tucker/ •,. ■ /".."'" WICKETS GO CHEAPLY. Play •commenced at 11-.5 a.m.^ with Finliiysbn and Kavanagh" opening'cautiously, to the bowling o£ Blundell1 and Crook. A single by Kavanagh (a lefthander) fr'om;the first over set the" account moving, and. the same batsman followed, up with.-a couple of scoring strokes from Crook's medium-fast bowling. , Some, of Blundell's deliveries were Rising, sharply fi-orn the pitch,- and -no ; sooner; had Kavanagh notched a-couple of fours from tß'eni— one per medium of a square cut and the other in lifting the ball high down the gully—than this batsman : was bowled by a trimmer. ~Up to this stage, Knlayson, who played as a colt in South, Australia, had not scored. 12—1—12. "- .. .: -.■ : .'. The vacancy was filled by Browne, formerly of Wellington College Old Boys, who, however, soon lost his captain. Knlayson cut a ball from Crook neatly to. the fence, and then, in hooking a-long-hop from the samo bowler, he gave a catch, to Blundell at squareleg. 16—2—4. .-■-. The position looked none too good for the visitors, and it was made worse when a third valuablo wicket was lost, O'Brien skying.a ball from. Blundell to leg, for a: cateh_ by • Browne. O'Brien had failed to score, but Birqwno meanwhile had taken the total to 23' with some neat strokes. ; Blundell's figures at| this stage were two for 10, and Crook's one for' 13/ :23—3—0. . rbKCEF/CTI,- BATTING-. With. Browne and Mahony in partnership runs came more freely, Browne; in particular, , making some good strokes. . Several fours were added by .Browne, who appeared to be more at home than the Others on his* former ground. Mahony was shaping soundly, and placed the ball well for several additions to the score, A splendid coverdrive by Browne .brought1 50 up, after forty-two minutes' play,.but just afterwards he was : caught at silly mid-On by _ Griffiths . off Blundell. His bright innings realised 27. runs, including five fours. 51—4—27. -Ellis, a recently-promoted junior, joined Mahony, and showed a forcing hand. Three fours quickly put him into double figures, and ho continued to play forcefully, although not always eon-neeting. Mahony . plodded along •steadily.- . The : fowling.-,- had - been changed previously, Griffiths , having been brought on in place, of Crook. The Kilbirnio break bowler was rather expensive; and after three overs, which cost-22 runs, he gave, way to Browne. At noon the score was 77 for four wickets—Mahony 15, Ellis 19. MODERATE SHOWING. ■Ellis' continued "on his merry way with Mahony lending' good: support. Browne's turn with the ball lasted for only two overs, one of which was a maiden, Crook then being recalled; The total had reached 85 when Blundell, after having had eleven overs, was relieved by Griffiths. Blundell had taken three wickets for 40 runs. " The change was almost immediately effective, Mahony' being bowled by Griffiths. Mahony had stood'up to the attack for three-quarters of an hour, in which he made 18 runs. 86—5—18. ."■ Beuth filled the gap, and,was content to let' Ellis do the scoring. This tke Hawkes Bay" junior representative captain was quite capable of doing, but eventually he was caught at mid-on by Crook off Griffiths. The outgoing batsman had made 32 in thumping the ball hard, his score including six fours. 95—6—32. T,ho baby of the team, Simpson, who is only about seventeen years of age and the third lef t-handci- in a tow, was next, and he displayed quite a strong hand. Beuth, also a left-hander, was still cautious.- A cut by Simpson through the slips for three brought 100 up when the innings had been in progress for just under an hour and a half. The total had reached 109 when Blundell took.over frpm Griffiths, who had taken two wickets for 35 runs off eight overs. Simpson met the change with a square-cut for four, but tho next ball boat him all the way. 113—7—15. . END IN SIGHT, j The newcomer, Ktzwater, had ■ a "life" through snicking the first ball he Teccived from Blundell to tho slips; Browne was tried again at the southern end, and Beuth drove one. of his "slows"- to the boundary. Pitzwator then fell to B'lundell without any further addition to the score. 117—8—0. Eeaney realised two runs from a stroke to the «S. after which Beuth, who had boen subdued, was tempted by a ball from Browne. The leather was iift■cd to tho outfield, where Boss made the catch. 119—9—8. ■ The last man was Chadwiek, and after making a couple of singles, ho was smartly stumped by James in reaching forward to a ball from' Blundell. Tlio innings had lasted for a little under two hoursj and it yielded only 122 runs. At its conclusion the luncheon adjournment was taken. Of the Wellington bowlers Blundell was by far the most difficult, and he finished up with six wickets at an average cost of only eight runs each, the last three being captured for eight runs. ' . LOCAL TEAM'S START. Wellington's innings, was commenced after the interval, Dustin and JToley being the opening pair, with Chadwiek and Browne starting the Bay attack. For a few- overs tho batsmen took stock, and then they beg;m to bring

in runs at a fairly fast clip. Whereas tlio first four overs produced only one run, 'the next four yielded 24 runs, with Dustin doing rather more o£ the ! scoring than Foley. The total reached 130 in. about twenty-five minutes. Just afterwards Dustin, in forcing a rising ball from Browne hard to point, fell to a catch by Chadwiek. The visitors had done well in breaking this partnership so early. Dustin's score of 19 included three fours. 32—1 19. Boss was next, and he straightway realised two.runs with an off-drive. The first bowling change was made with the score at 34, Beuth, rather faster than. Chadwiek, being brought on at the southern end. Twenty-one runs had been scored from Chadwiek '3 six overs. A single to Foley and two boundary strokes by-.Boss were recorded in. Beuth 'a first over. Buns continued to come at a good rate, and, profiting by an overthrow, Koss gained another four. A strong off-drive by Poley sent the leather .to the pickets. Browne (one for 16 off seven overs) gave -way to Beaney, whose first over was a maiden. At 2.30 p.m. the score was 55 for one wicke.t—Foley 17, Boss 14. .'-■"• TWO POB 66. Steady progress was maintained by Boss and JToley, though the scoring from Beuth and Beaney was mainly in singles. Foley's score reached 20 with a stroke to the on for two. Just afterwards Boss failed to connect in an attempt to swing a ball from Beaney to leg, and an appeal for lbw was upheld. Boss had made 17, including two boundary hits. 66—2—17. Quickly "breaking his duck," Hollings off-drove a ball from Beaney to the boundary, and Pole'y subsequently snicked a ball from Beuth to the fence. An hour's batting by ■Wellington had produced 77 runs, Foley's contribution being 27. Kavanagh, a slow right-arm bowler, was called into the attack, and his tempting deliveries brought about Hollings's downfall, Mahony taking a catch in the slips. 82—3—5.. . .••".-■■■• ;• -

■ 'Details:— , .. .- : • ; ' HAWKES BAY. . . ■ Mrst Innings. Kavanagh, b Blundell' '......... 12 Knlayson, c Blundell, "b Crook ;.•.'.' 4 Browne, e Griffiths, b Blundell .. 27 O ?Brieri, c Browne, b Blundell ... 0 Mahony, b Griffiths '.•............ ig Ellis, o Crook, b Griffiths . ... .... 32 Bcuth; o Ross, b Browne ..*«.... . 8 Simpson, b Blundell ..... .'. 15 Fitzwatcr, b BlnndeH '. ..•..;...... o Eeiiney, not. out "■ -.,....." 1........ 3 Chactwick, st. Jamos, b Bluridoll .. 2 Extra (leg-bye)^ 1 '..'■.'" Total ...'ii-.-..-.v.'.'. ......... 122 ' Fall of wickets: One for 12, two for 1G, three for -23, four for 51, fivo for 86, six for 95, seven for Ii3, eight for 11-7, nine for 119,i tea for 122. Bowling Analysis. ■•;:-': -.v •''■ ": :: w. ii. ' a. w. Elundell ...- 13.5 i 48 ■ 6 . Cropk 11 ,3 . 30 j Griffiths. .... 8 ,;.O V 35 2 Browne .... -t : 1 8 1 • WELLINGTON. - Krst Innings. Dustin, e Ckadwick, b Browne .. ' 19 IWey, not out' .................. 30 Ross, Ibw, b'Eeaney ..,........] 17 Hollings, c Mahbny, b Kavanagli' 5 du Chateau, not out '.. 0 Extras '. '.....! 11 . Total for three wickets S2