M.C.C. MATCH DRAWN

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 44, 21 January 1936, Page 10

M.C.C. MATCH DRAWN

HONOURS WITH DOMINION. INNINGS DECLARED CLOSED. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Jan. 20. New Zealand took the honours in a draw with the touring English cricket team, declaring their second innings closed at three for 229, and having seven of the visitors out for 130 at time. Kerr made a fine 105 not out and Vivian 96; Roberts took three for 39, bowling especially well. With eleven runs scored for no wickets, Kerr and Moloney resumed New Zealand’s second innings against the M.C.C. at the Basin Reserve to-day in glorious weather and on a good wicket.

Baxter and Read opened the attack. Kerr cut Read, who was making tremendous pace off the wicket, to _ the fence for four, and glided him nicely to leg for a single in one over. Baxter commanded respect. Kerr pulled Read round to square-leg for another four. When the total was 39 Sims replaced Baxter and with his first ball had Moloney smartly caught behind by Griffith. Weir, the newcomer, cocked Sims’s fifth hall into Langridge’s hands at forward short leg. Vivian then joined Kerr. . Tlie first fifty came up in 55 minutes. A smart return from Hardstaff from short leg nearly had Vivian in trouble. Read occasionally sacrificed length to pace and, connecting with a short pitched rising ball, Kerr deflected it to the boundary. Sims was getting plenty of turn. He had the leg trap round Vivian, hut the Jcltliander got well over with his deliveries. Baxter replaced Road, who had howled nine overs for 38 runs, when the total was 62,. and the first ball Kerr punched through tlie covers to the fence. When the total was 75 Parks replaced Sims, who had taken two for 12.

Kerr was batting attractively, concentrating on anything at all loose. One of his finest strokes was a pull to the square-leg boundary off Sims. Vivian was batting confidently and scoring regularly with nice exhibition stroke play. Another switch in the bowling brought Sims on at the other end, where he had had tho advantage ol a slight breeze. Vivian sent Parks to the boundary twice in succession. Read came 011 in an endeavour to break the stubborn partnership, but his second hall Vivian glided to tlie boundary to bring 100 up after 88 minutes’ play. Kerr brought his total to 50 with a two off Parks. After lunch Kerr and Vivian continued their fine partnership, Vivian scoring very freely with strong drives and pulls off all the bowlers. Kerr was more subdued than in the morning, especially with slow bowling, but lightened after half an hour. Read, Baxter, Parks, Langridge and Sims were all tried, but the score pushed along at a good pace till 200 was raised in 150 minutes, the last 50 taking only 25 minutes.

Baxter and Read were given the new hall and the latter soon got Vivian, who attempted to hook a short bumper, a good leg side catch being taken by Griffith. Vivian had batted for 139 minutes and hit 10 4’s. Kerr had been in 176 minutes and hit 12 4’s. The pair raised the score from 39 .to 229. Cromb, who evidently only delayed the declaration to give both batsmen a chance to reach their centuries, immediately declared. M.C.C.’S POOR START.

Tlie Englishmen had about two and a-liait flours’ play and again began unpromisingly, Roberts taking a wonderm! oiie-nand catch as he was falling sideways, dismissing Parks. Hardstan was soon caught at square-leg by Weir, and iVlltcliell-Iniies, the hero of the first innings,. was snapped up behind the wickets by Blandford. Barber, who survived three l.b.w. appeals, was given out at the fourth, and Human was clean bowled.

Tiie Englishmen then had five out for 57 and were up against it. Langridge, however, was playing stolidly and defending stoutly to anything ot length on the wicket and bothering little about scoring. He received handy help from Lyttelton, by nature a dasher, but on this occasion very restrained, who batted half an hour for 15. Langridge reached a sound and praiseworthy halt-century after nearly an hour and a-half’s batting, and was helped by Sims, who stayed nearly three-quarters of an hour for 12 before being stumped just on time to save the Englishmen. Langridge was left with 61 not out, made in 104 minutes—an invaluable innings for the side. Had he been dismissed quickly the visitors would have been on the run and probably lost the game. Roberts and Blundell again bowled finely. Roberts’s first 13 overs produced only 15 runs and yielded three wickets. Blundell took a wicket in the first oyer and another in the ninth. Cromb relied mainly on a medium-paced attack, though he used himself a good deal after tea, but did not call up Vivian and Moloney till near the end. The New Zealand fielding was again good. Blandford made the most of his chances behind the wickets. About 7000 watched the play.

Scores: — NEW ZEALAND. First Innings 242 Second Innings.

Kerr, not out 105 Moloney, c Griffith, b Sims 10 Weir, c Langridge, b Sims 0 Vivian, c Griffith, b Read 96 Extras (byes 8, leg byes 5, no balls 5) 18

Total for 3 wickets, declared 229 BOWLING ANALYSIS.

one. - Fall of wickets.—l for 39, 2 for 39, 3 for 229. M.C.C. First Innings 156 Second Innings. Parks, fc Roberts, b Blundell ... 1 Barber, Ibw, b Roberts 14 Hardstaff, c Weir, b Roberts ... 10 Mitcnell-lnnes, c Blandford, b Blundell 3 Langridge, not out 61 Human, b Roberts 10 Lyttelton, b Cromb 15 Sims, std Blandford, b Vivian ... 12 Griffith, not out 0 Extras ... 4 Total for 7 wickets 130 BOWLING ANALYSIS.

3 for 29 ; 4 for 33 ; 5 for 57; 6 for 100; 7 for 130. iv

SHEFFIELD SHIELD. NEW SOUTH WALES BATTING. SYDNEY, Jani 20. In the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia, who made 94 in the.ir first innings, New South Wales, in their

first innings, had made 286 for six wickets at stumps (FallowfiekF 53, Robinson 94 not out, Hynes 41). Apart from Robinson the batsmen scored rather slowly. Robinson, however, gave a pleasing display.

0. M. R. W. Read 21.1 1 82 1 Baxter . 10 3 20 0 Sims . 17 4. 70 2 Parks . 4 0 26 0 Langridge ... 4 0 13 0 Read bowled four no-balls and Sims

0. M. R. W. Roberts ... 22 8 39 3 Hlundell ... 17 2 43 2 Cromb .. ... 10 4 25 1 Elmes .. ... 3 1 7 0 Moloney ... 4 1 9 0 Vivian .. ... 3 2 3 1 Fall of v ickets.—1 for 2 2 for 19