TARANAKI BATSMEN

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 23, 28 January 1936, Page 17

TARANAKI BATSMEN

GOOD SHOWING IN THE FIELD

MATCH WITH M.C.C.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

NEW PLYMOUTH, January 27. Taranaki, with a good performance in the field, dismissed the M.C.C. eleven ',n the first innings today for 221 runs. The_ Taranaki batsmen, however, failed miserably, and were all out for 66. M.C.C. did not force a follow-on, and batted again,- reaching 14 without loss at stumps.

The conditions were excellent when M.C.C. opened, and they gave a bright display of batting, although the attack of Christensen, Pritchard, and Dormer was always dangerous. M.C.C. went for runs, and the score -ns 96 before Sims and Smith were separated, but then wickets fell steadily, only Mit-ahell-Innes (34) and Human (30) reaching double figures. Powell was dismissed by a magnificent one-handed •?atch by Pritchard, who threw himself at full length.

Only nervousness and inexperience could account for the weak batting of Taranaki. , Certainly the attack was powerful, but Christensen, the only man to play naturally, showed that runs could be made. Baxter skittled the .early batsmen, his average being four for 14, and Sims dismissed the remainder with an average of five for 19.

Bowling Analysis.—Read took no wickets for 19 runs, Baxter four for 14, Sims five for 19, Langridge none for 3.

M.C.C. ' First Innings. Smith, b Dormer 47 !Sims, lbw, b Pritchard 51 Hardstaff, b Dormer 6 Lyttelton, b Pritchard 0 Human, c and b Christensen .... 30 Langridge, lbw, b Christensen 12 Mitehell-Innes, c Priest, b Dormer 34 Griffith, b Pritchard 12 Powell, c Pritchard, b Christensen 7 Read, b Christensen 4 Baxter, not out 0 Extras 18 Total 221 Bowling Analysis.—Christensen took four wickets' for 49 runs, Betts none for 37, Pritchard three for 52, Dormer three for 40, Groombridge none for 25. Second Innings. Sims, not but 8 Lyttelton, not out 5 Extra .:. 1 Total for no wickets „ 14 TARANAKI. First Innings. . Nasmith, c Griffith, b Baxter .... 1 W. Barker, b Baxter 13 Betts, b Baxter 0 Larkin, b. Baxter 6 H. Barker, c Human, b Sims .... 6 Donnelly, b Sims 4 Priest, lbw, b Sims 2 Pritchard, b Sims 3 Dormer, run out 7 Christensen, not out 13 Groombridge, b Sims 0 Extras , 11 Total 66