NEWS AND NOTES

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 134, 8 June 1935, Page 22

NEWS AND NOTES

C. Dacre, ex-New Zealand cricketer, distinguished himself in the first innings of the match between Oxford University and Gloucestershire. The county team, for which Dacre plays, had made 460 in the first innings, but Oxford, after losing six wickets for 135, then batted so well that they scored 386. Dacre was associated with Barnett in a first wicket stand, and it was not until he had made 108 runs that he was caught. Describing the match, the "Daily Herald" correspondent says: "The bowling appeared to suffer both in length and direction under the vigorous onslaught of the opening batsmen, who took full advantage' of the many scoring opportunities, which loose " deliveries pro* vided. Dacre, whose, innings featured forceful driving on either side of the wicket, as - well as hard; hitting to leg, reached his 50, out Of 100 in an hour, and rah to his. century at just over the rate of a rUh a minute. Eventually caught at short-leg, with the total at 188, Dacre, who. took risks, gave three chances during his stay of two hours. He hit sixteen, 4's. More correct in his methods, 'Barnett, if not quite so aggressive as usual; also played fine forcing cricket, without making a mistake, and beautifully off-drives brought him most Of his thirteen 4's during a stay of two and a quarter hours." ■ :' '