CRICKET

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 March 1929, Page 3

CRICKET

WESTRALIA v. ENGLAND

(Australian Press Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn—Copyright.)

PERTH, March 24.

Fifteen thousand spectators attended in sultry, threatening weather, to witness the English eleven’s last appearance in Australia in the match against Westralia. The English batting was painfully slow until the barracking crowd provoked Hendren to hit out. Hendren was then wildly cheered for making fourteen runs in one over. Mead, who took 144 minutes to make 41 runs, then attempted to emulate Eendrep but he failed, and he retired, to the delight of the spectators. Hendren’s 33 included two sixes. He also hit one four. Larwood was dismissed by a clever two-handed catch by Ryder off Evans, who had then taken 3 for 28. Tate was cheered as he limped to the wicket, but the English tail quickly fell, the innings lasting 307 minutes. Westralia opened badly, but Horrocks and Ryder then provided the brightest feature of the match. They quickly scored over a century. Ryder carried out his bat for 83 runs, which included three sixes.

The crowd regarded the placing of Duckworth, the wicket keeper, who declared that he was ill with “flu,” on to bowl as an insult, and they counted White out. These jeers the Englishmen received in silence, but, on retaking the field after tea, they were cheered, when White was seen to be replacing Duckworth. The' match was drawn.

Replying to presentations made on the ground, White, the English captain, and Mr. Toone, the manager, declared thath they had spent five strenuous months in a happy country where the sunshine was only equalled by the smiles of the people. The Englishmen will play a soccer game on Monday. On Tuesday they will be playing deck billiards. The scores were: —

WESTRALIA First Tunings .. .. .. 310 ENGLAND—First Innings Leyland, c Ellis b Halcombe .. 27 Tyldesley, c Horrocks b Evans .. 1 Hammond, lbw, b Evans .. .. 80 Mead, b Grimmett .. .. 41 Hendren, st Eljis, b Richardson 33 Larwood, c Ryder, b Evans .. 15 Geary, c Ryder, b Grimmett .. 22 Tate, c Darling, b Halcombe .. 4 Duckworth, c Ryder, b Grimmett 0 Freeman, b Grimmett .. .. 6 White, not out, .. .. .. 4 Extras .. .. .. 8 Total 241 Bowling analysis: Halcombe 2 for 50, Evans 3 for 38, Richardson 1 for 39, Grimmett 4 for 94, Ryder 0 for 8. Darling 0 for 4. WESTRALIA —Second Innings Drew, b Leyland .. .. 0 Ryder, not out .. .. .. 83 Horrocks, st. Duckworth, b Tate 76 Darling, c Leyland, b Freeman 9 McCrae, not out .. .. 13 Extras .. .. .. 5 Total for three wickets 186 Bowling analysis: Hendren none for 36, Leyland 1 for 50, Freeman 1 for 62, Duckworth none for 7, Tate 1 for 11, Larwood none for 8, White none for 7. CHAPMAN INTERVIEWED. WELLINGTON, March 25. Chapman, Captain of the English cricketers, arrived by the Tahiti today, on a short visit to New Zealand. He was welcomed by the local Cricket Association.

Interviewed, he said that the whole side regretted being unable to visit New Zealand, where matches would have done d great amount of good, as cricket in New Zealand was distinctly on the up grade. Regarding the Australian tour. Chapman said that the Australians were not so strong at the outset as previously, although on paper Australia’s first test team looked the strongest. The loss of Gregory and Kelleway in the first test started the rebuilding’of the Australian team which improved all the way through. Australia had now unearthed some very fine young players. England’s success on the tour was attributed by Chapman to the splendid team work, all members pulling together and being a happy family. DUCAL WISDOM LONDON, March 23. The Duke of Devonshire has been re-elected President of the Derbyshire Cricket Club. He said that the test matches in Australia were as long drawn out an affair as the creation of the world. He added: “There really is only one thing wrong with cricket. That is there is over-much said aboutit.” HAMMOND AS AMATEUR LONDON, March 24. The “Sunday Express” states that Hammond has decided to resume as an amateur. He cabled his agent that he intends to give all fees from newspaper articles to the Press fund and the Bristol Infirmary. SYDNEY CLUB MATCHES '’SYDNEY, March 24. In yesterday’s grade cricket, batting for Randwick against Western Suburbs, Marks made 85; for Paddington against St. George, Jostelow made 85. Bowling for Paddingtqn, Asher took 6 for 66; and for Glebe against [Northern Districts, Jordan took 5 for 33.

KANIERI v. GREYMOUTH. A jreturn match between a Greymouth eleven and Kanieri was played at Kanieri yesterday. The game started at 11 o’clock, the home side batting first. S. Fleming and Cutler opened and the latter had scored 11 runs off five overs, when Cutler was run out, without having opened his scoring account. Fleming and Griffiths remained for some time, the latter scoring rapidly, and notching 12 as against a single by the former, who was caught off Casey’s bowling. At that stage Casey had bowled half way through his eighth over, four of which were maidens, for 6 runs, Griffiths survived’ until he had scored 38, and S. Wells played steadily for 23. Casey and Knapp kept the batsmen quiet and both obtained good averages. The innings, in which twelve batted, closed for 12f>, towards which byes accounted for 26,’ the highest contribution. Greymouth began badly and half

the side was disposed of for 39 runs. Barlow, made a stand, and although Pascoe wept when the score was 49, Higginbotham joined Barlow and the pair batted merrily taking the score to 111 before Higginbotham was caught. Barlow carried his bat for 47, made up of 13 twos and 21 singles, and the innings closed for 141, Greymouth winning by 20 runs. The visitors were hospitably entertained by the home side. Details of play were as follow: — KANIERI. Cutler, run out 0 S. Fleming, c Knapp, b Casey .. 12 F. Griffiths, b Casey 38 Webster, b Casey 3 H. Wells, c Davis, b Casey .. .. 6

S. Wells, c Davis, b Casey .. .. 23 E. Morris, c Pascoe, b Knapp .. 7

W. Owens, b Knapp 10 W. Fleming, b Casey 0 E. Rooney, b Casey 2 Dale, c Casey, b Knapp .. .. .. 0 Cooper, not out 2 Extras 26 Total 129 Bowling analysis: Casey, 17 overs, 8 maidens, 12 runs, 7 wickets; Knapp 17 overs, 9 maidens, 13 runs, 3 wickets; Baldwin 17 overs, 1 maiden, 78 runs. GREYMOUTH. Morris, c Cutler, b Fleming .. 3 Eggleton, 1.b.w., b Griffiths .. .. 0 Thompson, b Griffiths 8 Matthews, run out 2 Casey, c Griffiths, bS. Wells .. 13 Knapp, b Griffiths 14 Barlow, not out 47 Pascoe, c Dale, b Webster .. 5 Higginbotham, c Cutler, b Morris 34 Baldwin, c Fleming, b Wells .. 8 Mullins, st. Cutler, b Webster .. 2 Davis, b Webster 0 Extras .13 Total 149 Bowling analysis: Griffiths 18 overs, 4 maidens, 35 runs, 3 wickets; .S. Wells, 22 overs, 3 maidens, 39 runs, 2 wickets; Webster, 11 overs, 3 maidens, 25 runs, 2 wickets; Fleming, 5 overs, 16 runs, 1 wicket; Morris, 3 overs, 9 runs, 1 wicket; Owens 4 overs, 12 runs. <

BRUNNER AND UNITED SENIORS.

The match between the United Seniors and Brunner played at Brunner on Saturday resulted in a draw. United won the toss and batted first, Nightingale and Frew opening. Both batted well, notching 31 runs each. Casey made top score for United with 34, his total including three sixers. Pascoe 17 not out, and Baldwin 13 were the only other batsmen to reach double figures. United’s innings closed for 143. Brunner started badly and had lost five wickets for 29, but a good partnership by Kenedy and Loubere made the position more hopeful, and Brunner had made 106 for the loss of six wickets when stumps were drawn on account of the light, Kennedy and Loubere being still at the crease for 48 and 20 respectively. Afternoon tea distributed by a ladies’ committee was greatly enjoyed. Following are the details :—

United Seniors, first innings—Nightingale c Todd b Hoggarth 31, Frew run out 31, Casey c and b Bunt 34, Revell run out 5, Baldwin st McDonald b Hoggarth 13, Pascoe not out 17, Knell c Loubere b Rothera 1, Haglund b Hoggarth 1, Jamieson b Hoggarth 0, Dixon b Hoggarth 0, Sansun b Rothera 1.

Bowling.-—Hunt 1 for 30, Loubere 0 for 16, Hoggarth 5 for 43, Kennedy 0 for 18, Rothera 2 for 20, Allen 0 for 13. Brunner, first innings.—Hoggarth b Baldwin 5, Hunt b Baldwin 1, Todd c Nightingale b Baldwin 8, Cosgrove b Baldwin. 0, Kennedy not out 48. Rothera b Baldwin 10, Senior b Baldwin 0, Loubere not out 20, extras 14, total for six wickets 106. Bowling —Baldwin 3 for 41, Revell 0 for 41, Frew 0 for 3, Haglund 0 for 7, Jamieson 0 for 3.