NINE WICKETS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 6 March 1928, Page 3

NINE WICKETS

CANTERBURY DEFEATED.

MATCH WITH AUSTRALIANS.

GRIMMETT \S SPLENDID BOWLING

(by telegraph—fbess association.) CHRISTCHURCH, March 5. Australia heat Canterbury easily to dav by nine wickets.

The' weather was again fine with a southerly wind aud an overcast sky. The wind was not cold, however, and conditions were excellent. The wicket remained in capital order throughout and worked as good at the finish as at the start. The attendance, would swell the total receipts to nearly £7OO, a very satisfactory result. Canterbury’s batting to-day was far' from impressive. For the greater part of the innings they played all the bowlers except Grimmett, very well, but ; Grimmett had every batsman on the side scratching. Even when rungetting was at its brightest the batsmen seemed quite unable to get runs without taking - risks, and the slow bowler always looked like getting a wicket. Jacobs, in top scoring with 60, played a lot of good bowling correctly ana well, and he made many fine scoring shots all round the wicket, but there were too many uppish strokes for his innings to be" called a good one. He is entirely lacking in footwork, and he found this a severe handicap in meeting a bowler of Grimmett \s type. However, Jacobs’ total was a very useful one and saved the innings from being an utter failure. ■Newman played very sound cricket for his 30. In addition to his four boundary strokes, he made many fine shots. There 5s no denying, however, that he was not happy against Gnmmett. Gregory’s batting was sound and confident, and he had hard luck in .playing one on. Evans showed very sound defence and was in a long time for his runs. He used his pads very cleverly to stop break bowling, but his scoring shots were few and far between. The position when he was in certainly called for some caution, but he overdid it, and when he did commence to open out he made the mistake of lifting one. An outstanding feature of the Australians’ out-cricket was Grimmett a bowling, and those who saw him in both innings must have been impressed. To-dav there ivas hardly a man on the side who played him Avith any confidence and very few were able to score off him without taking an apparent risk. It is possible that players stood too much in uavc of him and t-luit‘their play suffered accordingly, but He ceitaiiifo boAvled magnificently, aud . m his present form it is doubtful >i a better sloav bowler has ever been seen in ■Christchurch. 'McNamee, who Avoufc wicketless in the first innings, got the only three AA'ickets that Grimmett did not get. He was exceedingly accurate in length and direction and batsmen found linn difficult to score off. Oxenham’s steadiness was shown by the fact that he bowled nine overs for 20 runs, and though lie failed to get a wicket he mav bo singled out as one of the best of Australian pace boAvlers. He boAvls Avith wonderful accuracy and varies his pace and break in a way that av.ts very • disconcerting to the batsmen. The fielding of the Australians Avas such as local men Avould do. Avell to enuilajte. What impressed bone most was their facility for cutting off Avith lightning like rapidity hot shots, that looked like going to the boundary. ■The Australians made light of. the task set them in their second innings. If took them a little over an hour to make the 103 required, but in that hour was seen some beautiful and stylish batting'from Jack sen, Avho had failed to get going in his first innings. Woodfull batted up to his reputation for soundness and he rarely failed to take advantage of the loose ball, bur. as a stylist he Avas not in it Avith Jackson. The young New South -Welshman besides showing defence of the most confident style, made his scoring strokes with an elegance and artistry that were a delight. His batting stamps him as a coming champion. Road again boAvled finely yesterday and for the greater part of the time, he was on. Even "Woodfull and Jacksen, great batsmen though they undoubtedly are, had to play him very carefully. CANTERBURY." Birst Innings 3 00 Second Innings. Gregory, b McNamee -3 Hamilton, b Grimmett 3 Jacobs, c Schneider, b Grimmett . . 60 Page, c Woodfull, b Grimmett . . Newman, b Grimmett 31 Nixon, c Richardson, b Grimmett 3 Merritt, b Grimmett ._.. Evans, c Jackson, b McNamee .. 20 Read, b McNamee 10 Dorrecn, b Grimmett • • p Cunningham, not out 3 Extras 10 Total 201 ißoAvling analysis.—lMeNamee took three Avickets for 29 runs; Oxenham none for 29, Grimmett seven for 115, Blaekie none for S. AUSTRALIA. First Innings 404 Second Innings. Woodfull, not out 54 Ponsford, st. Doreen, b Read .... 2 Jackson, not out 42 Extras 5 Total for one Avicket 103 BoAvling analysis.—" Read took one wicket for 28 runs, NeAvman none for 19, Merritt none for 30, Page none for 13, Nixon none for 8. AUSTRALIA v. NORTH ISLAND. A COMPOSITE TEAM. To-morroAv at Hamilton Avill begin a match which will bo of considerable interest to cricketers all over the .Dominion because the Waikato Association realising it could not gree the visitors a “run,” suggested the selecting of a team more or less representative of the North Island. It is a kind of iin-. official test. Mr MeGirr, of Wellington, took the matter up cordially and, in co-oper-ation with the Hamilton executive, arranged a team which Avill contain several of the best of Wellington prov- ’ inee. It is of special interest because I Hoekin, formerly of Kaponga, has been included. The team will be as fol-

lows: H. M. MoGirr (Wellington), J. Langridge (Auckland), E. T. Badcoek (Wellington), IST. Gallichan! (iManawatu), W. Garrard (11 o torn a and formerly of Auckland), S. A. R, Badeley (Waikato, ex-Auckland). E. Kavanagh (Waikato. ex-South land), T). Hawke (Waikato), M. Hoc kin (Waikato, exTaranaki) j and E. Everest (Waikato).