CRICKET

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 23 February 1925, Page 5

CRICKET

ENGLISHMEN ON TOUR

AIATCH WITH N.S.rV

DELIGHTFUL DISPLAY. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. SYDNEY, Feb. 21. The English cricketers gave a delightful display to-day in their second match against New South Wales, and at the drawing of stumps had made 397 for the loss of three wickets. Sandham and Woolley both topped the century. . . - The match was commenced in hot weather and under a cloudless, sky. Both the wicket and the outfield were in good order. Wells, replaced Taylor, who was indisposed, in the New South Wales team. Newman was twelfth man.

Gilligan, won. the toss and elected to bat, sending Bryan and Sandham to the crease. Tins was Bryan's first appearance in Sydney. He has a nice style and displays good judgment, in cutting and glancing. His drives are forceful, though he is inclined to playover the ball a bit too much. He scored slowly at first. When 14 lie gave an easy chance to Kippax, which was not accepted. Mailey missed a return and two were gained from, an overthrow. Play thereafter livened up. Fifty appeared in 55 minutes. Sandham gave an exhibition) of good footwork, and frequently turned the bowling to leg, where he found vacancies, in the field. The bowling did not prove "very troublesome, but no risks were being taken. The scoring off Scott was not so fast as usual. Collins made frequent changes anti employed' five bowlers before lunch. in an effort to separate the first wicket partnership. After lunch Andrews was added to the Hst.

When the board .showed 136 Kelieway secured Bryan’s wicket. Bryan had batted for 121 minutes, and had hit seven fours. He gave an excellent all-round display. The century appeared in 94 minutes. Sandham carried on confidently with Woolley. The latter indulged in some big hits, and play became lively. Many of his strokes, although only singles, really deserved to be more, but smart outfielding prevented them' reaching the fence. The score mounted rapidly, and the second century appeared after 165? minutes’ play. Sandham also hit vigorously. He riiade fifty, in fifty minutes, including eight fours.

The wicket favoured the batsmen. Sandham and. Woolley were quite at home, and had little difficulty with any of the bowlers, despite the. fact that Colins tried practically the whole team with the ball. Scott- at tunes rose. awkwardly, and sometimes bounced over Woolley’s head. Runs a*me mostly from cuts and ■ glances. The outfieldsitien, Kippax and Mor- . p gan, had plenty of leather hunting to do; and on the whole performed their duties well. Sandham proved an adept at- the late cut. On one occasion he sent the Tall right- between the wicket-keeper’s feet. .”'•

Sandham reached his century in ISS minutes. Woolley took 107 minutes. The board showed three hundred in 228 minutes.

Collins continued to change - the bowling frequently. ..The Australian fielding was. generally good, but the picking up'might, have been improved. Some returns were erratic- ' ’ Sandham -batted -for 253 -minutes. His partnership of. 202 with, Woolley lasted for 130 minutes. He hit twelve fours and gave a brill-ant and changeless exhibition.' He received' a" rousing reception on. returning to the pavilion. When Woolley was 135 and the total 359 Andrews dropped an easy catch. When, the total was 375 Woolley stepped out to Mailey and missed. Ratcliff© snicked the hails off. Woolley had hatted for 172 minutes. He hit seventeen fours land one six, being heartily cheered on returning to the pavilion. ) England's performance was a’most creditable one, and wa,s very pleasing to watch. Hendren (22) and Gilligan (11) were together when stumps were drawn with, the score, at .397 for the loss, of three wiokots. Details.:

ENGLAND. . First Innings. Bryan, b Relleway 72 Sand ham, st. Rntoliffe, 1> Mailey 137 Woolley st. Ratcliffe, b Mailey ... 149 Hendren-, not out 22 Gilligan, not out 11 Extras 6 Total ffor three wickets) 397 AFRICA v. ENGLAND. REPRESENTATIVE MATCH COMMENCED. CAPETOWN, Feb. 20. The representative match, between the Africans and England has commenced on a lively wicket. The Africans in the first innings made 183 — Siedle 52, Lindsay 4, Ling 10, Nourse 10, Taylor 8. Catterall 39, Deane 3, Neser 44, Nupen 9 (not out), Monro 0, Hall 0, extras 4. Geary took five wickets for 63 runs, Kennedy three for 52, Parker two for 51. England made 75 for the loss of five wickets—Holmes 0; Bowley 13, Tyldesley 27, Russell 5, Kennedy 9, Jameson (not out) 10, Tennyson (not out) 9. At this stage stumps were drawn. MATCH WITH VICTORIA. THE GAME AT DUNEDIN(BV TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN, Feb. 21. Victoria, with one wicket down for 13 runs, resumed their, first innings in th© match against Otago in fine weather yesterday morning. The * Otago bowling and fielding were good,' and the scoring was very slow. Victoria was dismissed for the moderate total of 281 in 4 hours 23 minutes.' Galland, who was injured on Friday; was unable to play, and McMullan kept wickets. Otago resumed in the second innings with an hour to play, and had scored 69 without loss when stumps were drawn. Shepherd and Worker were the opening batsmen. Details: J . y OTAGO. First Innings 7. 171 Second Innings. Shepherd, not out 35 Worker, not out .-.-.Li.'.u...; 25 Extras ,< .... 9 Total for no wickets 69

Bowling analysis: Wallace took no, wickets for 7, Liddientt none for 10, Willis none for 8, Ransford none for 16. VICTORIA. First Innings. Ellis, c Torrance, b Dickinson 103 Wallace, b Dickinson 0 labeling, c Dickinson, b Alloo ~ Woodfull. b Douglas 03 Austin, st. McMullan. b Douglas M ayne, b Douglas Ransford, b Dickinson * Willis, c Worker, b Torrance Liddientt, b Alloo Hartkopf, b Alloo ■* ' Millar, not out kj, Extras Total 281 Bowling analysis: Dickinson took three wickets for 80 runs, Torrance one for 34, Alloo three for 40, B lam ires none for 12, Douglas three for SO, Shepherd none for 60. WIN FOR SOUTH TARANAKI. MATCH WITH THE NORTH. The return match between the elevens of the North and Souths laianaki Cricket Associations took place on Saturday at Hawera, and resulted in a win for the South team by 32 runs on the first innings. The wicket had suffered from the heavy rains during the week, and gave the bowlers plenty of assistance, with the consequence that small scoring was the order of the day. . Monaghan, skipper of the Bouth team, won the toss and batted. The scoring was somewhat uneven, and with seven down for 99 it did not look as if much of a score was forthcoming, but the tail wagged to good purpose, and a last wicket partnership of 49 between Davies and Furrie saw the good score, considering the slow wicket, of . 181. •Monaghan (27). Cole (22), McCarthy (191, Davies (39 not out) and Furrie (21) all batted very well, and offered a stout defence to the bowling. Bottrill (three for 50), Clark (three for 6),,and Gosnell (three for 41) were the best of the North bowlers. It is to be noted tht E. Lash, fielding close in at mid-off, took four splendid catches. t On going to the wickets North Taranaki fared badly for a time, and five wickets were down for 47, four of which had been taken by Lay at a cost of 14 runs. Grayson (57) and Haughton (35 not out) then became associated, and when the partnership was dissolved by Penny clean bowling Grav-son the score had been raised to 114. The rest of the side did not come to light, and the total at Hie fall of the last wicket was; only 149. Grayson batted very well and showed good form. While his defence was good, he always punished tlfc loose ball. Haughton was almost bowled several times, but played a most valuable innings, and improved as he went along. Lay finished, with the creditable figures of five wickets for 43, and bowled some unplayable balls. Cole bowled very well, but had no luck at all.

The South in their second innings failed someuahb, hut seemed to he more intent on staying at the wiekeia than scoring runs. The light was a hit dull, and the score only reached 88, Davies (IS), Lay (11) and Furrie (10) being the only doubles. Pearson go I four wickets for 21, and. was chiefly responsible for the poor score. The North, wanting 120 to win, had only about 35 minutes to bat, and with visions of their display at New Plymouth earlier hi the season essayed the task. They hil freely hut luckily, bill found the howling again troublesome, and had lost five wickets for 73 when time was called. Lay was again successful with four for 39. The fielding on both sides was patchy, with brilliant work done at times and very indifferent at others. Scores: SOUTH TARANAKI. First Innings. Fulton, c Bottrill, b J-ia.ugiiton ...

Monaghan, c E. Basil, )» Clark ... -7 Philpotts, 1> Bottrill 6 Cole, c: E. Lash, b Gosnell 22 Lay, b Clark '. 0 McCarthy, c Gosnell, b Bottrill ... 19 Penny, cE. Lash, b Gosnell :. 2 Hughes, <• E. Lash, h Gosnell II J. Davies, not out ' 39 Crawford, c Pearson, b Bottrill ... 7 Furrie, c. Haughton. h Clark 21 Extras 22 Total 183 Bowling analysis: Pearson no wickets for 34 runs. Haughton one .for 21, Bottrill three for 50, M. D. Clark three for 6, Gosnell three for 41, Grayson none for 7. Second Innings. Monaghan, b Pearson 6 J. Davies, e Nasmith, b Bottrill ... 18 Cole, c Bottrill, b Haughton 8 Philpotts, h Palmer 9 Fulton, c and b Palmer 9 McCarthy, h Haughton J Lay, b Pearson 11 Furrie, 1.b.w., b Pearson 10 Hughes, b Pearson 2 Penny, c Haughton, h Bottrill ...... 2 Crawford, not out 3 Extras 9 Total 88 Bowling analysis: Pearson took four wickets for 21 runs, Clark none for 12, Bottrill two for 22, Haughton two for 14, Palmer two for 11. NORTH TARANAKI. First Innings. Grayson, h Penny 57 Bottrill, b Lav 2 C. Lash, b Lay , 12 Nasmith, c Crawford, b Lay 0 Palmer, b Lay. 4 Pearson, 1.b.w., b Cole 2 Haughton, not out 36 E. Lash, e McCarthy, b Crawford S Gosnell. e McCarthy, h Crawford 0 Fuller, h Lay 4 Clark. 1.b.w., It C'ole 1 Extras 24 Total ....?• 149 Bowling analysis: Lay five wickets for 43 runs, McCarthy none for 20, Cole two for 17, Fulton none for 14, Penny one for 22, Crawford two for 10. Second Innings. Bottrill, c Crawford, b Lay 31 Grayson, b Cole ...,t 1 Pearson, b Lay 9 Gosnoli, not out 1 I Palmer, e Crawford, h Lay 10 C. Lash, o and b Lay 4 Extras. 7 Total for five- wickets 7.1 Bowling analysis . Lay four wickers for 39 runs, Cole one for 15, Crawford none for 12. NORTH v. SOUTH JUNIORS,

The urnim* representatives _of the North and South Taranaki Cricket Associations tried conclusions at Pukekurai Parle, New Plymouth, on Saturday, when the game ended in a win for the home team l),v three wickets. Batting first, the visitors compiled the fair total of 138 runs, toward which ( hervorj; contributed a splendid 51. not out and rrlayed :ill the bowling with ease and confidence. Walkley hit up a- merrv 121, while Cottier (I? ) and Rudkin (lb) did tire host of the others. The howling of Allen was responsible, for the dismissal of North for 89, and in taking six wickets for 41 runs he bowled very web indeed.

i Tbe second inning's of the South saw | a comparative- failure, and the whole side went clown for 78, of which Gattou made 15, Allen 26, Yinnicombe 14, and •Busing 15 not out. The wickets were well distributed amongst tbe four bowlers tried. . . , Wanting 133 to win, the home side lost four wickets for 24 runs, but Nor<nite (33) and Dinniss (46) made a good stand and made victory possible. Dull (20 hot out) completed the work and scored his runs off practically one over. Trotter (four for 49) was the only successful bowler in this innings. The fielding did not come up to the mark ■it- the finish, and to this must he attributed the loss sustained by the Southern, team. It is understood that the Northern umpires obiected to Cheevers’s bowling : on account of throwing. Thus the seri ..ices of a valuable bowler were not ■ available. Scores: SOUTH TARANAKI. First. Innings.

Cottier, b Prior Budkin, c Prior, b Cameron Allen. I) McDonald l _ Gattou. c Dinniss, b Prior ‘ Cheevers, not out Jobson, l> Prior - Yinnicombe, b Prior - Walkley, b Cameron - 1 . Trotter. run. out ” Malonev, c Duff, b Cameron t Busing,' c Petty, b Cameron 8 Extras Total 138 Bowling analysis.—Petty took no wickets for 10 runs: Cameron, four for 54; A. McDonald, one ’for 19; Prior, four for 19 ; Harris, none for 22. Second Innings. Cottier, run out •••••• •; 2 Rudkin, c Norgate, b McDonald 2 Cheevers, 1.b.w., b Caleron 1 Gattou, played on, b Cameron ... 15 Jobson, b Prior Allen, b Prior -J’ Walkley, b Prior y Yinnicombe, b Cameron 14 Maloney, c Cameron, b Norgate ... 1 Busing, not out Trotter, cL. Petty, b McDonald ... 0 Extras 1 Total " 8 Bowling analysis.—Cameron took three wickets for 30 runs: McDonald, two for 21 ■; Prior, three for 21; Norgate', one for 5. NORTH TARA NAKI. First Innings. Norgate, b Allen f. UTliorhurn, c Busing, b Allen 0 Prior, <:• Yinnieombe, b Allen 9 McDonald, b Alien B* A Petty, c Cheevers, l> Allen 19 Duff, |.i Allen .«> L Harris, c Gattou, b Trotter 2U Dinniss, }> Cheevers U Groombridge, not out 6 Cameron, not on I 3 L. Petty, I.b.w , b Busing <■> , Extras < 2 Total 89 Bowling analysis. —Busing took one wicket for 10 runs; Allen, six for 41 ; AYalkley, none for 18; Cheevers, one lor..five; Trotter, one for four. Second Innings. - * A. Petty, e Jobson, b Trotter 0 Prior, c Yinnicombe, b Trotter ... 12 •McDonald, b Trotter 3 Groombridge, b Trotter 1 Norgate, o Carton, b Allen 33 Dinniss, run out 46 Harris, c and b Gattou 7 Duff, not out, 20 Thorlmrn, not out 2 Extras 9 Total (for seven wickets) 133 Bowling analysis. —Trotter took four wickets for 49 runs.; Allen, one. for 44; Walklev. none- for 11; Gallon, one for 20'. POSSIBLE RETURN MATCH: It has been, proposed to play a return ma.tc-li at Hawera. between the junior representatives of tlie North and South Taranaki Associations. March 17 (St. Patrick's Day) has been suggested a,s a. suitable' date, and 'provided a strong enough team can be got to travel from the, North, the game will be played on that date. The South Taranaki team to play Rangitikei on Saturday next. February 28, will lie as below: Mpnaghan, Fulton, Cbie, Little, Lay, McCarthy, J. Daviess,' Crawford, Furrie, Pratt and Crombie., .