BRILLIANT DISPLAY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 82, 18 March 1933, Page 7

BRILLIANT DISPLAY

SUTCLIFFE AT THE WICKETS. LARGE CROWD DELIGHTED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Gisborne, March 17. Herbert Sutcliffe, the English Test cricketer, made an appearance here to-day in the annual Social Clubs’ match, Poverty Bay versus Wairoa, and delighted a large gathering with two innings of 56 and 136 respectively. Outstanding features of the display were wonderful placing and extraordinary pace running between the wickets. Playing in the morning for Poverty Bay, Sutcliffe opened quietly, but was entirely at his ease in picking up runs, mainly with taps through the covers, and perfectly-timed square and late cutting. No arrangement of the field could check his scoring; he seemed able to find the smallest gap. Later he unleashed excellent straight driving, his footwork being perfect. Every stroke found him getting right over the ball in a manner that was a real object lesson. His 56 included six boundaries. Batting in the afternoon for Wairoa. after another quiet start, he settled down to punishing cricket with drives and late cuts predominating. When in the eighties he became especially forceful. He ran to his century with a sixer, over the long-off boundary, following with another sixer the' next ball. The next over he hit four and two sixers off successive balls, but soon after was bowled in attempting to force a practically long hop to the leg side. His 136 included four sixes and 12 fours, made in about 80 minutes. He leaves for Wellington on Sunday.