TWO BRANDS

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 145, 16 December 1933, Page 24

TWO BRANDS

SPICE OF THE GAME

Without such happenings as occurred in the University-Wellington senior match at the Basin Eeserve cricket

■would be deprived of much, of its spice. a Collapses like that of University are experienced not infrequently, and there have been worse ones thari'that even in international cricket as well as in New Zealand interprovineial cricket They add to the glory of a great game, and one of New Zealand's most glorious days on the cricket field was that when the last Now Zealand team in Eaj^a routed a strong M.C.C. team at LorcPs, the representatives of the headquarters of the game boing disi posed of for 48 runs in their second innings. Tar better teams than University have fallen for fewer runs, but they have not been rated on that account as being unfit for the company they keep. It is recognised the world over that batting crashes will happen in cricket, and, however they may feel ' about last Saturday's performance, University have the satisfaction of -■' knowing that their total of 50 places them ia good company. And as a team they contribute well to that fine array of youthful material which gives Wellington cricket so bright an outlook. There was merit, indeed, in the performance of the bowlers who were mainly responsible for the debacle, and here, too, a sample was furnished of the good qualities of the young players, as well as still another answer to those ■who ,can see but little good in. the bowling department. Wellington, with a fine string of bowlers, made a switch ovoi" to some of the second strings, and it was Symes and Morgan, two of the younger sot, who played havoc with the University batsmen. E. A. Whyte, the Wellington captain, has a happy knack of springing some surprises, and in 'this case it was in trying Symes against the wind. The effect was astonishing. Symes's deliveries into the wind swung one way and the other ,and at times dropped suddenly. There fwas miich. more in them for batsmen to (contend with last Saturday than is tisuaHy the case. Morgan's slows, too, were somewhat disconcerting. They are advancing in quality with, the added bowling experience which this . young player is gaining. Cricket spice of another brand, was supplied by Potone batsmen in the forceful manner in which they dealt with Midland's bowling. There was some grand hitting, in which Botherham, Brice, and Cox were the leading lights. In the past Kotherham and Brice have entertained cricket enthusiasts with tremendous hitting, and they were on the job properly last-Saturday, there being a spattering of great "sixers" in their formidable accounts. Other batsmen in this and other matches also contributed to a good tally of 6'a for the day.