ENGLAND-AUCKLAND

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 24, 29 January 1935, Page 11

ENGLAND-AUCKLAND

FAST SCORING

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. The-"weather is fine arid hot and tho wicket fast for the English women's cricket match against Auckland. The visitors batted first,'.. Miss Mac Lagan and Miss E. Snowball immediately displaying stroke ability, the latter-raising a. cheer when she. swung' Miss ': N. Biovvnp hard to leg for the first boundary. The fielding was capital, but tho runs came quickly, and. Miss Snowball reached 20 with another boundary off a full-toss from Miss Sides. Fifty wont up'• after■ 4.0 minutes' play, Miss Snowball continuing to find the fences. When Miss. N. Hiekling, the break, bowler, came, on Miss. MaeLagan twice-straight-drove her to the boundary, and overtook her partner, then in the forties. Miss Mac Lagan sent the hundred .up with a drive off Miss Browne, who had come- on again. : Tho century took only 70 minutes to compile. .',: The opening partnership was broken at 111, when' the Auckland wicketkeeper neatly ; caught Miss ' Snowball, whoso 48 included. five . boundaries. Miss Browne was the bowler, but she nullified this success by dropping Miss Mac Lagan off her own bowling. She had her revenge later when, she dived and brilliantly caught Miss Mac Lagan almost off tho end of the bat. The latter had watched tho bowling well, and her fine; innings of 76 included five boundaries. .!'. '.';".. . . ' V These dismissals gave the Aueklanders heart, and before lunch, another four, wickets, including, that of -the captain, Miss Archdale, had fallen.; :-.: .The scores to this stage were:—, .' Snowball,, c Gavin, ,b, Browne ...... :48 Mac Lagan, c and b Browne" .v.;.. 76 Morgan, c Smethyman, b Browne 24 Partridge, c. MeCbnkey, bE. Page 1 Archdale, c Hiekling, b Browne'.. 3 Richards, b E. 'Page ........V.... 8 J Extras ....................... '7 Total for six wickets ...... 167