CRICKET

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 151, 23 December 1935, Page 11

CRICKET

M.G.C. SECOND INNINGS

SENSATIONAL TUKN

WICKETS GO CHEAPLY

The M.C.C. team has found Wellington's weather, lacking little in the mat-^ ter of variety, and today, for the resumption of the match with Wellington's representatives ,at.the Basin Reserve, the atmosphere was moist, with ; a^gQod deal of mistiness about, and a slight southerly blowing. Conditions improved with ,the progress of play. Expectations of an interesting day's cricket were- realised early in' some spectacular batting by Ell and Lamason for Wellington;1 who started ' day with a score of 29 runs in ti.,.* seconoV innings 'for three . wickets. Lamason's fprcefulness accounted for \one big hit for six, arid EU's free hitting brought in two more "sixers." Lamason did not go so far! as in the first .'inriirigs, but Ell topped the 60 mark:; The .wicket appeared to be less troublesome than on Saturday. ELL ANB. LAMASON SHINE. , Ell (13 hot out) had Ross as his partner for v the 'resumption of Wellington's innings. ■ Read and Parks were the bowlers, and one run had been added'to the score carried forward from Saturday; when Ross was given out Ibw (under, the new rule) to ; Parks, who had a five-ball qyer. Ross hadthus gained a pair of spectacles. ' - ■•. The. position was much same .; as in the first innings, and the captain v (Lamason) was again shouldered with a big - responsibility. How he felt about it was indicated in" the r^anner in which he dealt with two successive deliveries by' Parks. One lie- cover- , drove to the ropes, and the next he ; drove .out: of the playing-,area at the . Cambridge Terrace end.- A 4 and a .6 as the first. two.'scoring strokes in Lamason's account looked healthy. Ell did not let the" captain have it on his own iri hitting a "sixer." He landed i one with a big hit "in Parks's next ;; over, the ball, going over the. picket fence. Read, showing ;a fair amount of pace, was treated with a ; good deal of : respect, except: that' Lamasbn netted a 4 from-him with a neat cut. Asirnilar stroke oil Parks yielded three more Tuns. Ell kept the run-making pace goirig at a gooql rate with a brace to . theoff 'and a 3 to leg/both strokes "being made'off the fast bowler. .The same' batsman made further additions in again facing Parks, arid followed" these,up with a cover-drive .to the boundary off Read. • -■-.-'.. '■ The excellent progress of the fifth- • wicket batsmen was such that, after the pair had put on 45 runs iri twenty- ■ five minutes,: Holmes called upon Sims ;to take over fijtiiri,Parks (three for 30 ••off eight -overs). Lamason" met the change -by square-cutting Sims's first - delivery to ■ the boundary. Ell also continued, confidently, but soon lost his partner, Read connecting with vLamasbn's ■ stumps with a delivery which' must have been < dangerously !.close.;to a no-ball. Subsequently Read was nb : balled' .two or> three tunes. Lamason had. played a confident and forceful innings in making 28 runs in -quick time, ilt was the type of effort to give the side new confidence. His score included a 6 and four 4's,and the partnership improved the Wellington account by. 52 runs. 82-7-5—28. ELL'S HAkFHJENTURY. ' • '.Ell;:now partnered by RainbirH, continued'to bat freely, and he scored . well from Read on the leg side, as' well' as, making other scoring. strokes. A\.boundary hit to square-leg ga'ye Ell his half-century (made in just over even time)' and brought the 100 up for Wellington,' the ;•'. double' achievement being applauded.. 0 ' was practically confined to the runs, from 'Ell's Bat, and it went UD.with-a.bUmp whe'n'Ell/hita ball from Sims high over the fence for his second; 6, to the delight "of the onlookers. The total was 112 when another bowling.change.wasJ'made. . 'Apart from Ell- and'Uamason there were no batsmen to. help Wellington along './to any appreciable extent. /The local side was out at 12.43 p.m. for 146 runs, .leaving the visitors-with 145 to make for a win. The few minutes be'fofe lunch were costly, to them, the opening- partnership being broken when,one run had been;scored. Hqlnies decided to take:a hand 'in the attack, and. he bowled quite effectively,. varying" his medium-paced deliveries,with an occasional faster one. He quietened, the batsmen, and ' even Ell could not score from him. At length a> -flick by the batsman and a smart catch in the slips by Smith (substitute1 for Hardstaff) /brought an end.to Ell's bright knock, "just previously Ell'had given a hardvchance to the, bowler Ell was bright •and.breezy all the way today* and his hand was of great value to the side. His -61. included two 6's and three 4's. 12i— SIMS GETS THE "TAIL" ' Parsloe was next and he was content to take things quietly while Rainbird. endeavoured to iwell the account. Raihbird, however, was not so sure in his batting as.in the'-first innings. He made, some good scoring strokes, including two to the boundary, but eventually skied a ball to the on, where Lyttelton, made' the catch and gave Sims his firsb wicket of the innings. 131—7—19. had but a brief stny-^-out ;'lbw to; Sims before scoring. With Newman as. his partner Parsloe essayed some big fitting, though meeting some deliveries cautiously.. He punched one ball to the boundary, but in attempting another big hit he skied the ball. Lyttelton making his second catch of the tour. 137—9—7. . The last man was Blundell, v*but before he took strike Newman wielded a stout blade and collected half a dozen runs. Blundejl then faced the fast bowler, (Read-on in place of Holmes) and "'broke his duck." A few more runs were added, and Just after Holmes had missed a hard chance from Blundell the innings ended with Newman's dismissal by Sims. The total, was 146. Bowling honours were shared by Sims and Parks, though Read did quite well and Holmes proved a very effective change. Sims, with four wickets, brought his aggregate for the match to ," twelve wickets for 100 runs—an excellent performance.' M.C.C.'s REPLY. The visitors' second innings was commenced just before lunch, Parks-and Barber opening. Parsloe had. an over from which a single was! scored, "and then Blundell had Parks caught by Lamason at silly mid-on off his second delivery.. With the board showing I—l—l the luncheon adjournment was taken. ; , Having captured one wicket before Junch the Wellington players were on their toes when play was resumed. Proceedings took a sensational turn when Blundell;- carrying on from where he left off before lunch, clean bowled Mitchell-Innes .with a ball that swung in from leg. Two wickets for one run looked bad for the M.C.C, and the position was made even worse for the visitors when Parsloe, with his first delivery after lunch, bowled Human. This unexpected turn of events made the prospects of a keen afternoon's cricket better than ever.

The visitors were up against it. 2—3-1. ■ CAPTAIN'S BRIEF STAY. Holmes made a promising "beginning of his attempt to lead his side out of trouble, and he. was not long in running into double figures. |The runs had come mainly from Parsloe's deliveries. Blundell had the batsmen in difficulties, and in his fourth over he clean bowled the M.C.C. captain, the visitors' -total then, being .only 17. Blundell had taken three wickets for four runs. 17—4—11. Barber, who had seen four of his partners dismissed, was next joined by Langridge. Neither batsman seemed at home, and they certainly were not sure of the wicket. The total was 23 when Newman was brought on in place of Parsloe, who had taken one wicket for 11 runs in six overs. In Newman's second over Barber was snapped up by Ward, fielding at silly mid-off. 31—5—6. ' Lyttelton, who batted well in' the first innings, had a brief stay this time. He was out in the same way as Barber, caught by. Ward off Newman. 37—6—1. Hardstaff, with a man to run for him, ; was dropped by Ell in the outfield when he hit out to a ball from Newman, and Langridge had .a life when he snicked a ball from Blundell to the keeper. . The first boundary, hit of the innings was made by Hardstaff with a cover drive off Newman, and the next ball he straight drove to the boundary. At 2.55 p.m. Hardstaff brought 50 up with a big hit to longoff, ' the ball going to the boundary. Wellington had the M.C.C. struggling hard; this afternoon, early captures giving the proceedings a further sensational turn. The visitors lost the first three wickets for. 2 runs, and found it difficult to stop the rot which had set in. Their sixth wicket fell when the total was only 37. Hardstaff and Langridge. gave the score an appreciable lift, but at -60 Hardstaff joined the procession■" of English batsmen, he having been caught close in off Blundell. 60—7—14. Much now depended upon Langridge and Sims,-together for the eighth wicket. Already Langridge had made over- 20 runs, and was going along steadily. At 3.5 p.m. the score was 67 for seven wickets. . Without any addition to the score, Langridge miss-hit a ball from Blundell, and Parsloe ran- across to leg to make , the catch. , 67—8—26. Griffith was next. : ; ' ' Details:—-, . • '■:■ \ ■■■■■ ; WELLINGTON. First innings '.*.... .1...........,; 164 Spcond Innings. . <_.;; Blandford, ie Barber, b Parks'?;.. 1 McLeod, b Parks .................' il Ward, b-Read ..,...,..........:. 13 Ell', c sub., b Holmes ~.-.,....... 61 Ross, Ibw (N.), b Parks .........'. 0 Lamason, b Read. ................ 28 Rainbird, c Lyttelton, b Sims .....'. 19 Parsloe, c,Lyttelton, b. Sims .....:. 7 Griffiths, lbw- b Sims ............. 0 Newman, b Sims -. ;':.;;lp-.-....,..-. 7 Blundell, not out ...'..... :. ..'.. .. 3' Extras: Leg-byes 3, no-balls 3 6 Total .... 1.............'... .'■■.' 146 Fall of Wickets.—One for 2, two for 3, three for 29, four for 30, five for 82, six for 121; seven for 131,. eight for 132, nine for 137, ten for 146.. . Bowling Analysis. ' •■ ,■'■'.- '. '■-■■.'■ "'■ O. ;MJ R. -Vf. Read ....13 1 60 2 Parks 8 0 30 3 Sims ......;..... 10.5 0 47 4 Holmes ...... 6 4 3 1 ■ .: , ■.-'.', * M.C.C.; ' ';-. First Innings ...;.;;.. ....... 166 Second Innings. Parks, c Lamason, b Blundell .... 1 Barber^ c Ward, b Newman .... 6 'Mitche'lMnae'sjr.b "Blundell ...... ~-.'■ 0 Human,- b Parsloer- :'............. 1 Holmes,! b Blundell ■' „■ .... ..... 11 Langridge, c Parsloe, b Blundell .. 26 Lyttelton, c Ward, b Newman ...: 1 Hardstaff; c Lamasori, b Blundell . 14 Sims,,-not out ..........J\....... 4 Griffith' . not out '................. i : .Extras ..".;!...".'.;..... 5 . ■" Total for eight wickets .... 70