Once Defeated: N.Z. Cricket Team’s Excellent Record

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1949, Page 2

Once Defeated: N.Z. Cricket Team’s Excellent Record

The New Zealand cricket team put up the best performance of any touring side from the Dominion. It won 13 of the 32 first-class matches played and lost only one. Details are:— Won.—Worcester, Surrey, Cambridge University, Sussex, Hampshire, Combined Services, Gloucestershire, Derbyshire, Scotland, Lancashire, Middlesex, South of England and H. D. Leveson-Gower’s XI. Lo£ t.—Oxford University. Drawn.—Yorkshire, Leicestershire, M.C.C., Somerset, Glamorgan, first test, Surrey, second test, Lancashire, Northamptonshire, third test, Yorkshire, Glamorgan, Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire, Essex, fourth test and Kent. In a second-class game New Zealand drew with Durham. It also drew with the Maori Club and the Club Cricket Conference in one-day matches and beat East Mosley in another one-day game. Comparisons of first-class matches played by New Zealand teams in

1927 26 7 5 14 The averages for the first-class matches are as follows: — « BATTING

J. A. Hayes .. o a -u v .».w *Denotes not out. bowling

Smith .. . • 1 44 44.00 Also bowled:—Mooney took no wickets tor no runs; Wallace none for 11; Scott none for 23; Hadlee none for 30. Centuries were made by the following batsmen: —Sutcliffe (7); Donnelly and Wallace (5); Reid and Scott (4); Hadlee,(2); Rabone and Mooney (1).

United Club Meeting Two senior and one junior teams will be entered in the club competitions, it was decided at the annual meeting of the United Cricket Club last evening. The opening day was fixed for Saturday, October 8. The following officers were elected: Patron, Mr H. Ryan; president, Mr M. Vernon; vice-presidents, Mrs I. Coffey, Messrs O. Scott, M. R. Bunt, T. Cameron, A. Abelson, W. M. Stewart, J. Patterson, C. Rodgers, J. Ryan, A. Glen, G. Kear, H. N. Pyne, H Westwood, E. Brown; secretarytreasurer, Mr W. O. Blair; club captain, Mr R. Donaldson; committee, Messrs J. D. Anderson, N. Lawson, T. Lester, D. Spender, D. Hendry; delegates to the West Coast Cricket Association, Messrs R. Donaldson, M. Vernon, and N. Lawson; material committee, Messrs D. Hendry, R. Donaldson, and W. Bullock; coaches, Messrs R. Donaldson, L. C. Lindley, and M. Vernon; club selectors Messrs R. Donaldson, L. C. Lindley and M. Vernon; official umpire, Mr D. Morris. ' .

England are:— P. W. L. D. 1949 32 13 1 18 1937 32 9 9 14 1931 32 6 3 23

M. P. Donnelly- . Inn. N.O. Runs. H.S. 206 Av. 61.81 45 8 2287 B. Sutcliffe 49 2627 243 59.70 W. M. Wallace . 41 G 1722 197 49.40 .1. R. Reid 40 4 1488 188* 41.33 V. J. Scott 40 I 1*572 203 40.30 VV. A. Hadlee .. , 44 4 1439 \119* 35.98 G. 0. Rabone .. 39 , 8 1021 120* 32.93 p. B. Smith 40 4 100S ’ 96 28.00 P. H. L. Mooney 39 ri 774 ' 102 22.88 T. B. Burtt 31 6 436 68* 17.44 H. B. Cave » 228 36 16.28 J. Cowie 17 8 131 47 14.55 C. C. Burke 17 r» 171 44 14.25 G. F. Cresswell . 15 1'1 50 12* 12.50 n no

Wickets. Runs. Avera ee. Burtt . . 128 2028 22:87 Cresswell 62 1618 26.09 Cowie 57 1602 28.10 Burke i 54 1611 29.83 Held 13 390 30.00 Hayes . . 26 873 33.57 Rabone 50 1785 35.60 Sutcliffe .. 16 654 40.87 Donnelly 3 129 43.00 Cave .. ■ 42 1810 43.09