NEW ZEALAND'S LOSS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 113, 9 November 1937, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND'S LOSS

TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA

~ BRIGHT CRICKET

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

ADELAIDE, November 8,

The New Zealand cricketers were beaten by ten wickets by South Australia in their first Australian match, but they leave Adelaide knowing they .were responsible for the brightest features of the game. It would have been, a drab contest but for the tourists' superb fielding and sparkling hitting in their second innings today. H. G. Vivian was the star. With crisp, vigorous shots, he scored 18 in the' first over from the fast bowler Cotton. His 50 was scored in 46 minutes and his total of 64, which included jten 4's, in 61 minutes. He treated the fast and slow -bowlers alike in cavalier fashion. He went out to an excellent catch at silly midon by Scaife, the twelfth man, who was substituting in the field. M. W. Wallace's 37 was scored with the same brilliant stroke-making as in the first innings. M. P. Donnelly batted better today for 24, graceful leg shots featuring in his knock, which included four 4's. The innings closed for 186, leaving South Australia seven to get for an outright win. These Walker and Badcock collected in four overs. The Test bowler Ward, whom the New Zealand manager, Mr. T. C. Lowry, rated as better than any slow bowler encountered on the English i tour, was a thorn in the side of the New Zealanders, taking seven wickets for 62, Ward was seen in another role in South Australia's first innings when he made 41, taking the side's total to 331. J. Cowie and Vivian were the best New Zealand bowlers, although they cannot be rated as up to flrstclass Australian standard. The New Zealand bowling in its deadly accuracy, backed up by brilliant fielding, may extend the other State sides, which are not as strong as South Australia. Grimmett was limping badly from a strained knee muscle and did not bowl today. Details are:— NEW ZEALAND. First innings 131 ■; Second Innings. Vivian, c Scaife, b Cotton 64 Kerr, c Cotton, b Ward 15 Moloney, b Cotton . 2 Weir, c Robinson, b Ward ...' 1 Wallace, lbw, b Williams 37 Donnelly, c Robinson, b Ward ... 24 Roberts, c Scaife, b Ward 9 Parsloe, c Williams, b Ward 3 Page, c and b Ward ...' 20 Cowie, c Bradman, b Ward 4 Tindill, not out ........ 0 Extras '. 7 Total 186 BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Cotton 9 — 59' 2 Williams .... 9 — 38 1 Ward ....... 17.2 1 62 7 Robinson .... 2 — 10 — Waite 8.2 10 — SOUTH AUSTRALIA. First -Innings. ', Walker, lbw, b Parsloe 9 Richardson, b Vivian 9 Badcock, c Tindill, b Vivian ..... 114 Bradman, c Tindill, b Cowie 11 Robinson, b Vivian 16 Hamence, c Page, b Parsloe ...... 56 Williams, b Cowie 3 Waite, run out *5 Ward, not out ••• 4* Grimmett, b Cowie 9 Cotton, lbw, b Moloney ........... 6 Extras " Total 331 BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Cowie 34 4. 72 3 Parsloe 19 2 88 2 Roberts 23 8 45 — Vivian ' 30 9 84 3 Moloney., .... 4.3 ~ 12 1 Weir ' 2 — 13 — Donnelly 2 — 7 — Second Innings. Badcock, not out 5 Walker, not out l Extra •••'• J;. Total for no wickets '.'. ........ 7 BOWLING ANALYSIS. O. M. R. W. Parsloa 2 -— 4 — Weir 1-3 — *