CRICKET

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 58, 4 February 1930, Page 2

CRICKET

M.C.C. TOUR.

HAWKE’S BAY DEFEATED

Per Press Association. , NAPIER, Feb. 3. The M.C.C. team to-day defeated Hawke’s Bay. by an innings and 248 runs, the home batsmen failing against the accurate bowling of the visitors. Early in the Hawke’s Bay’s first innings wickets commenced to fail, Nichols and Allom making a great pace off the hard and fast wicket. Six wickets fell for 35 runs and then Beck (35 not out) and Evans (18) made a very game stand, adding 33 for the next wicket, while the eighth wicket, when Kavanagh joined Beck, produced another ,39. The innings eventually closed for 119. Woolley reaped a harvest at the expense of the later batsmen, claiming four wickets at a cost of only 14 runs. Following on the Hawke’s Bay batsmen again showed lack of confidence, and to the bowling of Allom and Woollev wickets soon fell. Eight were down for 62, but the tail did exceptionally well, and provided the bright spot of the day’s play. For the ninth wicket Nairn and Kavanagh added 55 runs, and a last-wicket stand produced 27, the innings closing at 144. Details of the scores are as follow: M.C.C.

PLUNKET SHIELD. VICTORY FOR WELLINGTON. Per Press Association. ' DUNEDIN, Feb. 3. The Plunket Shield match between Otago and Wellington was concluded on'the Carisbrook ground to-day, when the home side collapsed when in sight of victory. The weather was warm and sunny, and the wicket was in good order, and the outfield as fast as it had been through the match. "Wellington had six wickets down for 122 in the second innings when play resumed, and their innings was brought to a close before lunch, the last wicket falling when the total was 172. This left the Otago side 258 to make to win. Five wickets had fallen in the home team’s, second strike for 180, and the position looked rosy for a win with only 78 runs to make with five wickets to fall, but Cavanagh’s downfall was only the preface to disaster. The colt had played a good innings for 87, but the Otago captain, Alloo, went out a few minutes after him and the remaining four wickets fell before 200 was reached, the innings closing for 193. Baker, Henderson and Hollings were the most effective bowlers, the first-named taking five wickets foT 50, the second three for 58, and the lastnamed two for 18. Shepherd and Cavanagh alone made a creditable showing -in the second ininngs for the home side. WELLINGTON. First innings, nine wickets for 283 (innings declared closed.) Second Innings. Baker, b Dupning 4 Foley, run out ...,, ... 0 Hollings, c Alloo, b Moloney ... 34 Lowry, c Knight, b Moloney ... 23 Cameron, c Dunning, b Alloo ».. 26 McGirr, b Dunning 40 Badcock, 1.b.w., b Dunning ... 2 Ward, b Elmes _ 0 Lamason, b Dunning 8 Newman, not out 10 Henderson, run out ... 4 Extras 21 Total 172 Bowling analysis: Dunning, 4 for 57; Elmes, one for 35; Lemin, none for 34; Moloney, 2 for 20; Alloo, 1 for 5. OTAGO. First Innings ... 198 Second Innings. Shepherd, c Badcock, b Henderson 49 Knight, c Lowry, b Henderson ... 5 Cavanagh, 1.b.w., b Baker ... ' ... 87 McMullan, b Henderson ..i ... 0 Elmes, b Baker ... ... 14 Alloo, 1.b.w., b Hollings ... ... 15 Dunning, b Hollings ... 2 Groves, not out ... ... 2 Moloney, c arid b Baker 1.. ‘ ... 0 Heenan, b Baker 3 Lemin, c Ward, b Baker ... ... 6 . Extras ;■ ... 10 Total ... '... 193 Bowling analysis: McGirr, none for 37; Hollings, 2 for 18; Badcock, none for 20; Henderson, 3 for 58;. Baker, 5 for 50. P. F. WARNER’S VIEWS. LONDON, Feb. 3. Mr P- F. Warner, who is impressed with the youth of the Australian eleven, has published in to-day’s issue of the Morning Post his choice of an English cricket side, the qualifications for which is that none ■ has ' attained the age of 28 years. The men he has selected are: —Allen, Mitchell, Hammond,. Larwoo’d, Ames, Duleepsinhji, Robins, Killick, Peebles, Crawley and Voce, and their average age is 23. Thus this young England has not four batsmen equal to Ponsford, Kippax, Bradman and Jackson." • Warner says that it will be admitted that Hammond is the greatest of either side and Duleepsinhji comparable with Jackson or, Bradman. England’s bowling, with Voce, Robins and Peebles, is definitely stronger. SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH. BRISBANE, Feb. 3. In the Sheffield Shield match, , Victoria versus Queensland, Victoria in the first innings made 313. Ryder (168) gave ; a couple of. difficult' chances, but

otherwise batted forcefully and saved his side. Hurwood took 4 wickets for 88, Hornibrook 3 for 87 and Thurlow 2 ’for 50. Queensland in th© second innings has 2 down for 74—Benstead 53 not out. .

First Innings 511 HAWKE’S BAY.—First Innings. O’Brien, b Nichols ... 0 Stephenson, b Aliom 17 Evans, c Nichols, b Woolley 18 Worker, l.b.w., b Aliom ... 4 Reanev, b Nichols 0 Shepherd, b Aliom 0 Owen, h Aliom 0 Beck, not out 35 Kavanagh, c Duleepsinhji, b Woolley 11 JN'airn, c Rowley, b Woolley 2 Bark, c Duleepsinhji, b Woolley 3 Extras 29 Total 119 Bowling Analysis. 0. M. R. W. Woolley 15.1 7 14 4 Aliom 12 3 36 4 Nichols 9 4 17 2 Bowley 10 5 15 0 Legge 1 0 8 0 Second Innings. Beck, c and b Woolley 12 Stephenson, b Aliom 9 Worker, c Bowley, b Aliom . t ... 8 Shepherd, l.b.w., b Woolley 5 Reaney, l.b.w., b Aliom ... 13 O’Brien, c and b Woolley ... 7 Evans, b Aliom 6 Owen, c Duleepsinhji, b Woolley ... 1 Kavanagh, not out 32 Nairn, c Earle, b Bowley ... 31 Bark, b Legge 18 2 Total 144 Bowling Analysis. 0. M. R. W. Legge 3.5 1 7 1 Aliom 16 3 43 4 Woolley 19 5 73 4 Bowley 7 1 19 1