SECOND CRICKET TEST

Evening Star, Issue 19519, 29 March 1927, Page 9

SECOND CRICKET TEST

i ANOTHER DRAW I NEW ZEALAND’S FINE SCORE I CENTURIES TO BLUNT AHO DAGRE I ’ (Peu United Press Association.] I : WELLINGTON, March 28. | ; The New Zealand cricket team de- | lighted followers of the game by piling I on the splendid score of 410 for four I wickets in the second innings of thd | second test match against the Mel- | I bourne Club to-day. The game was I drawn. The weather was again ideal. | and the wicket wore well. | A buret of cheering went up when I Hlunt reached his century by smacking * Eliding through the slips for 4, thus | achieving the unique feat of registering I three centuries in succession in tests. i This brought tho second century up. I Page, who had reached 40 in as many | minutes by bright was then $ snapped up in the slips by Ebeling of! | Hendry. « I Dempster came next. With the total | I at 209 Blunt’s sterling innings camo I Ito a close. He had been nibbling at I ! Ebeling’s fast off stuff, and .tipped ono I ito Campbell at short stop. He had. I been at the wickets for 176 minutes P 1 for 103, which included eight boundary | ’ shots. Ho was accorded an ovation as | be returned to the pavilion. j> Dacre was the incomer. At 219 T. $• Armstrong relieved Ebeling. Quiet play S raw 230 go up. The batsmen now i started to sparkle again, Dempster forcI j ing Hendry to leg for 3, square cutting § ' the next for 4, and slamming the next j delivery to the fence at - long-off. j Hondn’ gave way’ at 256 to Johnstone, whom both men relished. The pair were still together at tho tea adjournment, with tho score reading three I down for 277. j On resuming Johnstone and Ebeling | j wore entrusted with the attack. With [ 1 the total at 252 Dempster, who had j i scored 41, stepped in front of one from [ J Ebeling, and paid the penally. He bad j | assisted Dacre to add 73 for the fourth j wicket. ! Oliver joined Dacre, who was 33. Dacre aroused enthusiasm by lifting tho ■ ball out of the ground. This gave | Dacre his half-century, and brou.-ht tho j 300 up for 252 minutes’ play. Sand-- < ford here had a turn in place of Ebelj ing. Dacre made merry at Sandford’s I expense, reaching his hundred in 115 i minutes. His brilliant hitting raised a ! storm of applause. Runs wero coming | nt hurricane pace. Dacre banged Johnstone to long-on for 3, and Oliver ; hooked him to mid-on for 4. At 390 I Onyona was given a trial in place ofJohnstone. Dacre swung tho second delivery from the new bowler over the square-leg boundary, 7 coming from the I aver. Oliver meanwhile had been playi ing nice cricket. The shadow from the j pavilion was now across the pitch, as I on Friday, and with 410 on for the loss of four wickets the innings -was declared ; closed at 5 o’clock. Dacre bad hit I three 6’s and fourteen 4’s, and was left not out with 125 after as exhilarating a display of hitting as has ever been seen hero in an international fixture. . Scores:— MELBOURNE. First innings ... 493 | NEW ZEALAND. j First innings 317 ! Second Innings.

R, C. Blunt c Campbell b Ebeling 103 J. E. Milk b Ebeling 45 .M. L. Page c Ebeling b Hendry ... 40 C. S. Dempster Ibw b Ebeling ... 41 C. C. Dacre not out 125 C. J. Oliver not out 35 Extras ... ... ... 21

Total for four wickets ... 410 -Fall of wickets: One for 136, two for 201, three for 209, four for 282. Bowling Analysis.—Ebeling, 22 overs, 2 maidens, 101 runs, 3 wickets; Rodgerson, 7 overs, no maidens, 35 runs, no wickets; Wood, 7 overs, no maidens, 26 runs, no wickets; Hendry, 22 overs, 3 maidens, 87 runs, 1 wicket; T. Armstrong, 6 overs, no maidens, 25 runs, no wickets; Johnstone, 8_ overs, no maidens, 56 runs, no wickets; Sandford, 4 overs, no maidens, 52 runs, no wickets; Onyons, 1 over, no maidens, 7 runs, no wickets.

DISPUTE OVER LIGHT,

FRIDAY’S INCIDENT,

WELLINGTON, March 28

Mr Waddy, who was ono of the umpires concerned in the 'dispute over the question of the light at the cricket match on Friday afternoon, has asked that his version of the matter be published. It is as follows:—“Repeated appeals were made by Rausford and Onyons, first to one umpire and then to the other, my colleague (Turton), dismissing the first as preposterous. I agreed that it was impossible to close the match at that stage. On each appeal both umpires conferred, and in each case we agreed. Three appeals were made during one of M'Girr’s overs. The crowd hooted the appeals and shouted ‘Go on.’ After M'Girr’s fourth bail Onyons again appealed to me, and 1 refused to alter my decision. Lowry did not say a word thou, and seemed quite disinterested. Ho was playing catches with the ball, while allowing his team to gather round me. Au unseemly argument ensued, and Onyons concluded by saying to me * You are very unfair,’ whereupon 1 withdrew from tho field, and promptly reported to Messrs Trumble and Armstrong the action of Onyons in arguing with and insulting the umpire during play. I demanded the withdrawal of Onyon’s remark as a condition precedent to my resuming. As the remark was not withdrawn, I declined to act any further. I have since read Onyon’s disclaimer, but 1 regret that I cannot accept it. I am afraid that in the excitement of the moment Onyons has no clear recollection of what was said. It was in consequence of his remark that I left the field, and at once made my complaint to Messrs Trumble and Armstrong. It is not credible that I should have imagined it.”