N.Z. 363 For Mine Against South England: Century To Hadlee: Raboue 78

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23042, 5 September 1949, Page 5

N.Z. 363 For Mine Against South England: Century To Hadlee: Raboue 78

(N.Z.F.A. —Reuter—Copyright..) (10 a.m.) HASTINGS, Sept. 4. Witli Rabone scoring an attractive 78 to take him past 1000 runs for the tour, Donnelly making a bright easy 50, Hadlee, after retiring when struck painfully by a ball, driving his way to 114 not out, Reid smiting a spirited 54, New Zealand scored 363 for nine at the end of the first day’s play against South of England at the Hastings Festival.

It ay a s an enjoyable _ day’s cricket. Hadlee tvas magnificent and Rabonc, in reaching four figures, lias rarely batted better in England.

Smith, who is another candidate for 1000 runs, halved his residue and now requires only 22. Strong English Side

The festival play differs in hours of play from the other first-class matches: They are from noon to 6 pun. and the players ha\ T e tea on the field. The South of England fielded a strong team with Mann captain and four more who played in the tests this year: Compton, Edrich, Bailey and Evans. Others were Gimblett, ex-Somerset, Allen, exGloucester, Van Ryneveld, ex-Oxford University, Valentine and Mallett, exKent, Perks, ex-Worcester. The New Zealanders were without Wallace, Burke, Hayes and Cave. A crowd of about 5000 was present and .among the spectators were the Duke of Norfolk and Sir Pelham Warner. who lunched with the teams. The sun shone pleasantly and the pitch, which had a patch or two of clover, was inclined to be greenish after overnight rain. N.Z. Loses Two for 26

on-drove Edrich, who replaced Bailey, for three. . _ Hadlee gave Evans a chance, off Perks, when he was 12 but there were no further blemishes before lunch by either batsman. Hadlee Struck on Elbow Perks and Bailey made the ball rise sharply after lunch and Hadlee was struck painfully on the right elbow. He was unable to hold the bat and had to retire when he was 20 and the score 75. Donnelly, with some delightful driving and pulling, hit 48 in 50 minutes and, with Rabone, put on 86 in that time. Then Mallett made one jump and Donnelly was caught easily by Van Ryneveld. , , ... Smith had a merry and short life of 20 minutes before he was caught by Valentine at cover. Hadlee returned to applause and saw Rabone bowled by Bailey. Hadlee now not only took a grip of the bat by of the bowling. He reached 50 in 95 minutes. Reid, meanwhile, oatting brightly with plenty of power until he swung at Edrich and was caught by Allen. . Hadlee and Reid added 110 in 65 minutes. Mooney stayed five minutes and was run out when Perks made a good return. Hadlee reached his century with a gratuitous overthrow of four runs. His shots were all full of purpose and the New Zealanders and the crowd were delighted to see him score so freely. NEW ZEALAND First Innings Sutcliffe, b Bailey JO Scott, 1.b.w., b Bailey H Rabone, b Bailey .... •••• 78 Donnelly, c Van Ryneveld, _b Mallet 48 Smith, c Valentine, b Mallet .... 22 Reid, c Allen, b Edrich 54 Moonev, run out 4 Burtt, 1.b.w., b Compton 11 Cowie, c Edrich, b Compton 0 Hadlee, not out Ij4 Extras 10 Total for nine wickets 363 Bowling

Both Bailey and Perks, who opened the bowling, made the ball rise and Scott was decidedly tentative. The slips noted his snicking tendencies with an air of anticipation. He went leg before to Bailey, however. Then Sutcliffe, who Avas now fairly thoroughly tour-tired, was beaten by one that came back from the off from Bailey. New Zealand was two for 26. After Hadlee joined Rabone, neither scored for 10 minutes. Then Hadlee started with a single and was soon showing his back-footed off-drive. Rabone cut and glanced to leg and then

O. M. R. W. Bnilcy .... 25 3 97 3 Perks .... 20 4 75 0 Edrich .... 5 0 25 1 Mallet .... 24 5 70 2 Van Ryncveld .... .... 13 1 64 0 Compton .... 3 0 22 2 Fall o£ wickets: 1-21. 2-26 3 -161, 4-193, 5-199, G-309, 7 313, 8-357.