South Island Eleven In Strong Position Against Major Side

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22852, 24 January 1949, Page 6

South Island Eleven In Strong Position Against Major Side

(P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 24. The South Isla’nd Combined Eleven is in a strong position against the South Island Major Associations in the cricket trial at Lancaster Park. The South Island Eleven scored 331 in reply to the Major Associations' 98 and in the second innings the Major Associations scored 138 for three wickets, all bowled sby F. Cresswell. A. Cresswell was hostile throughout and looked at all times likely to take a wicket. F. Cresswell must surely have played himself into the New Zealand side. A slow medium bowler with perfect control of flight, spin and speed, he seems ideally suited to English conditions. After seeing the first two days of this match the New Zealand selectors, W. A. Hadlee and J. L. Kerr, left for Wellington to see the last two days of the North Island trial. The other selector, M. W. Wallace, who is captaining one of the North Island teams, went north on Friday. Scores: — SOUTH ISLAND ELEVEN First Innings. J. G- Leggat, run out 31 K. F. M. Uttley, b Scott .. .. .» 69 P. o“Malley, run out 75 I. B. Leggat, b Scott 3 G. H. Mills, lbw, b Smith .. .. 33 A. R Mac Gibbon, b Snook .. .. 69 N. Hoar, b Scott 23 R. F. Cook, b Snook 0 F. Cresswell, c Dunnett, b Scott.. 5 A. Cresswell, lbw, b Scott .. .. 4 A. Johnstone, not out 0 Extras 19 Total .. 331 Bowling: I. Walsh, none for 52; C. G. Snook, two for 42; R. H. Scott, five for 80; L. Groves, none for 52; L. D. Smith, one for 52; W. McD. Anderson, none for 34. MAJOR ASSOCIATIONS First innings 98 Second Innings. R. T. Hunt, b F. Cresswell .. .. 9 L. A. Watt, b F. Cresswall .. .. 29 D. St. John, not out .. 41 F. B. Smith, b F. Cresswell .. 29 W. McD. Anderson, not out .. 23 Extras 9 Total, for three wickets .. .. 138 Bowling: N. Hoar, none for 13; A. Cressweil, none for 49; F. Cresswell, three for 35; R. F. Cook, none for 30; A. R. Mac Gibbon. none for 2.