ONE DAY'S PLAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 61, 14 March 1939, Page 6

ONE DAY'S PLAY

BIG CRICKET MATCH

CAHN'S' TEAM V..< NEW ZEALAND

MUCH ■■SUSDUfeD BATTING

Restricted to one day's play and j thereby robbed of much of its importance,/the cricket match between Sir Julien Cahn's eleven and New Zealand's representatives did not produce :much in the way of exhilarating play at the Basin Reserve yesterday. It began quite promisingly, with Ongley going for the runs in His new role of opening batsman, but .during the day there were rriany dull periods, relieved Occasionally by a show of aggression, notably by Wallace for Ne^rtr Zealand and pl'dfield and Watts for' the visitors;. A steady attack by each side was not wholly responsible for the great ;amount of subdued, Datting, though there was- merit in the performance of the bow.lers; / It was expected that the spirit of one^day cricket would prevail, and to' give the visitors their chance and the large fathering' of enthusiasts the opportunity of seeing them wielding ,the willow the New Zealand captain spbrtingly declared his side's innings : Closed with 170 rung on and five wicikets in hand. , This left the visitors with about . two and three-quarter hours in which to exceed that score— not Si tall order. Kowever, the visitors in the main took matters very calmly, and even Dempster was quiet on his home ground. Certainly, some wickets fell cheaply, arid that was -perhaps an excuse for caution, but that there were possibilities in a policy of attacking the bowling was revealed wh'en Oldfield and Watts opened out at times.. This pair gave the side a' good chance of topping New Zealand's secure, But in the concluding stages Phillipsony with) no claims to being a batsman, was forced to face most of the bowling arid it seemed to be all he' could do to keep his end up. There w,as little scoring-then, and Sir Julieh Cahn's side, with three wickets jh hand, were still a litfle snorf of the New Zealand total when the match ended—drawn. Among the best features of the play wer-e smart .work, in the field and excellent bowling by Walsh and Smith for the visitors- and by-Cowie, Pritchard, and Ashenden for New Zealand. The principals with the bat have been mentioned. When "The -Post" went to press New Zealand's inhings had just been declared closed. Ashenden's sustained bowling effort ended when a call went to Donnelly, Whose left-arm slows were relished by dldfield. Two loose deliveries were smacked hard to the fence. Watts also showed a liking for IPritchard's deliveries and collected freely. The sixthwicket batsmen had put on over 50 for the partnership, and had greatly improved, the prospect of the side reaching New Zealand's total. With half an hour to go* 70 runs .were: reiquirM. Again the batsmen had a feast from Donnelly,, the total being taken tol4o. It was then that Covjrie was recalled, and his return immediately accounted for; the dismissal -'of^ Watts, who snicked at ball, which was well taken by Tindill. Watts showed a lot of enterprise iri makifig 32 (in which score there Were five 4's). 140— 6— 32. PLAY DESCRIBED. It was just' after 3 p.m. that Dempster and Dyson began the visitors' innings. The opening bowlers were Cowie (into the light breeze) and Pritchard. A run of singles was broken when Dempster sent a ball through a gap in tKe slips to the boundary; otherwise the batting was quiet for several overs. Only two runs had been made by Dyson wheri this batsman played a ball' frbrri Cowie oii to His wicket. That Was anything) but a promising start for the visitors, with the Glamorgan opener dut and the board showing ii^—l—2 Jackson, formerly of New South Wale's, w£s next arid soon collected a couple of singles, after which Dempster !friaae a beautiful off-drive to the ropes. 3-he score was 20 when the first bowling cKarige was made, Cowie being replaced by Ashenden. The light breeze had veered rOtihd to the north, and Ashenden ha;d it behind him. One of Ashenden's deliveries went through to the boundary without being touched. Apart from thi£ there were very few additions to the account, but the quiet period Was- broken when Cowie was tried from the southern end in place of Pritchard, several runs coming from one over. When the tea adjournrnerit was taken Dempster, without iri any Way rushing matters, appeared to be well set with 31 to his credit. Jackson had made 6. During the interval the members of the teams, accompanied by the chairman of the Wellington Cricket Association (Mr. J. H f Phillipps) -were presented to the Governor-General (Viscount Galway). ;' a lmn. ,pa*ch.. . '■' ■ From 45 for one wicket at tea the visitors struck a lean patch when their innings was resumed. Dempster was watchful, and kept his end intact. Others, however, came and went. First of all, Jackson, adopting a more forceful attitude, was dismissed when he flicked a ball from Ashenden, the catch, being made by Whitelaw. A couple of good boundary strokes had been.made by Jackson before he was caught. 57_2^-17. .■''. ~ ■.. ■• ■ .; The England Test player, Hardstaff, was next, and he still found the Basin Reserve to be one of his unlucky grounds, even though E. D. Blundell was not opposing him. He had no more, than "broken his duck" when he was beaten and bowled by Ashenden, whohad theri taken two tot 18. The score was 59 for three wiqkets. / The captain', Heane, did little to improve the position, although he made an effort to attack the bowling. He was easily caught after making 3, giving Ongley an easy catch close in on th 6 off. 66—4—3. , DEMPSTEItDISMISSED. Throughout this period Dempster was biding his time, but now and again did show some forceful stroTces. His next partner was Oldfield, who also was kept largely on the defensive. At 77 Pritchard was brought on again, and, taking over from Cowie, it was not long before he gave the visitors a further setback and the crowd a thrill. Out of his crease to Pritchard, Dempster had his Wicket broken by a. ball, on the short side. Dempster's innings 'was invaluable to the side, and, though it did riot serve to take the sting out of the attack, it . produced runs . that?' were badly needed. For all that, Dempster has played many better innings. There were five 4's in his 44. ..With the total at 77 for five wickets the yisitqrs required a good deal of the? ferhaming" Mtsrhen. Qldfield was sticking it out fairly well, and Watts managed to collect some runs which were to the good even if the ball was not always met by the centre of the bat. USEFUL PARTNERSHIP. At length Oldfield produced some of his more forceful strokes: and sent the leather more than once to the boundary. At no stage was the rate of scoring fast, and it took the side 108 minutes to reach the 100 mark. A fine straight. drive was made by Watts off Pritchard to the boundary during ensuing play. OLDFIELD UNBEATEN. Carson was the fifth New Zealand bowler to be tried. Meanwhile Maxwell had joined Oldfield, who beautifully square-cut one of the new bowler's deliveries and forced the next to the on for 4. Oldfield was doing well, and Maxwell also adopted an aggressive policy, both making some strong, clean strokes. As a result the visitors had ten minutes in which to

make 11 runs for the lead on the first innings. . .. • The requirement was still short by 9 runs when Maxwell was dismissed. Phillipson then held out, rather uncertainly, against the attack, and stumps were drawn v/ith the total 163 for seven wickets. In Oldfield's wellcompiled score of 42 not out ther& were eight 4's. Details:—

NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Whitelaw, Ibw, b Smith 26 Ongley, b : Walsh 35 Merizies, sf Maxwell, b Walsh ... 14 Wallace, not out 54 Donnelly, c Maxwell, b Walsh ... 4 Moloney, Ibw, b Walsh .. 12 Carson, not out 20 Extras: Byes 4, leg-bye 1 ..... 5 Total for five wickets ........ 170 (Innings declared closed. Fall of Wickets.—One for 57, two for 75. three for 77, four for 88, five for 145 Bowling Analysis. O. M. E. W. Phillipson ;. 8 2 32 0 Watts 5 — 28 6 Walsh ... . 20 5 67 4 Smith 14 3 38 1 SIR J". CAHN'S TEAM. First Innings. Dempster, b Pritchard•, .........44 Dyson, ;b Co\vie 2 Jackson, e Whitelaw, b Ashendeii 17 Hardstaff, b Ash'enden ......... 4 1 Heane, c Ongley, b Cpwie 3 Oldfield, riot out 42 Wafts, c TindiH, b Cowie ........ 32 Maxwell, c Wallace, b Carson .... 11 Phillipson, not out ... 1 Extras: Byes 4 1, leg-byes 4, ribballs 2 ... ............ 10 Total for seven wickets .... 163 Fall of Wickets.—One for 11, two' for 57, three for 59, four for 66, five for 77, six for 140, seven for 162. Bowling Ariaiysis. O. M. K. W. Cowie ........ 13 1 46 3 Pritchard ..... 10 1 34 1 Ashendeh ... 11 1 45 2 Donnelly .. 2 — 18 0 Carsori ...... 2 — <10 • 1 Umpires: Messrs. J. Yduhg (Christchurch) arid C. Moofe (Wellingtori). Scorers: Messrs. B. Warwick and A. E. C00k.\ ■- ■■; '. .. .,.- ■- „,.:„■ '