COUNTY CRICKET

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 194, 17 July 1937, Page 9

COUNTY CRICKET

SURREY’S GOOD SCORE. 494 AGAINST WARWICK. TWO CENTURY MAKERS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received July 17, 9.45 a.m. LONDON, June 16. 7n the county cricket match against Warwick, Surrey compiled the good score of 494, to which H. S. Squires, the professional, and T. S. Barling conirrihuted centuries. Details of the various matches are as follow: Surrey v. Warwick.—Surrey : First innings, 494 (Squires 133, Barling 121). Warwick: First filings, 195 (Gover 6 for 60). Warwick followed on, making 109 (Cover 7 for 43). Surrey won by an innings and 190 run*. Hampshire v. Yorkshire.—Hampshire: rirst innings, 180; second innings, 182 (Smailes 6 for 50). Yorkshire: First innings, 244 (Turner 84); second innings, 6 for 119 v tlill 5 for .42). Yorkshire won hy four wickets. Essex v. Kent.—Essex: First innings, 313 (Wilcox 104) ; second innings, 4 lor 275 declared (Wilcox 129). Kent: First innings, 187 (Woolley 85; P. Smith 6 for 64) ; second innings, 142 (O. Smith 6 for 65). Essex won by 259 runs.

Sussex v. Notts.—Sussex : First innings, 440 (J. Parks 104, John Langridge 128, Larwood 6 for 98); second innings, 6 for 170 declared Notts: First innings, 354 (Gunn 110; J. Cornford 7 for 74) ; second innings, 1 for 156. Sussex won on the first innings. Lancashire v. Worcester.—Lancashire: First innings, 384 (Jddon 133). Worcester: First innings, 283. Lancashire won on the first innings. Derby v. Somerset.—Derby : First innings, 309 (Townsend 110); second innings, 1 for 51 declared. Somerset: First innings, 181 (Towsend 5 for 44); second innings, 61 (Rhodes 6 for 38, Mitchell 4 for 12), Derby won by 118 runs.

Leicester v. Gloucester.—Leicester : First innings, 229; second innings, 160 (Sinficld 6 for 43). Gloucester: First innings, 245; second innings, 8 for 147 (Geary 6 for 52). Gloucester won by two wickets.

NEW ZEALAND TEAM,

MANCHESTER TEST

STRONGER ENGLISH ATTACK

MANCHESTER, July 16,

For the Manchester Test, the English selectors have made obvious attempts to strengthen the attack, dropping Voce, Gower and Verity, and subsittuting Wellard, Smith, Goddard and Brown. Wellard and Smith are both fine fast to medium howlers, neither quite so speedy as the Surrey express, Gower, and the Kentish schoolmaster, Farnes. The latter is unavailable.

With neither Verity nor Langridge chosen England has no left hand bowler. Goddard’s selection is a threat to the tourists’, hatting success as throughout the tour they have shown uncertainty about well controlled off-6pinners.

Brown’s inclusion was a surprise even after his success for the Gentlemen. He played against New Zealand in 1931 and toured Australia and New Zealand with Jardine’s team. He has made few appearances this season but was very successful with legbreaks and googlies against Yorkshire. It is probable that Goddard and Brown will both play if the forecast is for changeable weather. If it is fine and the wicket hard it is likely Goddard will be omitted. The selectors show they are satisfied with the batting, retaining Hutton, Barnett, Hammond, Hardstaff, Paynter and Ames and have strengthened an already strong batting 6ide by including the successful hard hitters Brown, Wellard and Smith. The New Zealand team will not be picked until the morning of the match. Tindall is visiting his wife s relatives in Ireland, and hard-worked Cowie is liolidaving in Scotland. Carson was 21 to-day. celebrating his birthdav by crossing the border between England and Scotland.

THE AVERAGES.

DONNELLY MOVES UP.

Reckoning in the Yorkshire match which terminated on Tuesday, seventeen first-class games have been played in Britain by the New Zealand cricketers. The most marked improvement recently in the averages, for those contests, has been that of the young Taranaki player, Donnelly. He followed ducks in his last two innings before the Test with another in the first innings at Lord’s. That might have made the stoutest heart quail, but (says the Auckland Star) the 19-year-old player responded thus: 21 in the second innings of the Test (materially assisted to get a draw for New Zealand), 54 and 8 not out against Somerset; 55 not out at Leicester; 30 and 97 at Leeds. There he also took four wickets for 88 against Yorkshire and took two catches in tlie second innings. The figures are:— BATTING.

Ins. N.O. Rns IJ.S. Av. W M. Wallace 23 1 923 115 41.95 M p. Donnelly ... 20 3 615 97 36.17 .... 7 0 253 121 36.14 n A R. Moloney . 24 3 744 85 35.42 22 2 688 130* 34.40 18 2 414 134* 25.87 W. A Hadlee 19 1 461 64 25.61 N. IT. Gallichan ... 8 2 145 50 24.16 A W. Roberta ... 17 6 244 75* 22.18 22 2 439 109 21.95 H. G. Vivian 21 2 397 73 20.89 W. N. Carson 18 1 346 86 20.35 J. R. Lamnson ... 15 1 279 71 19.92 20 4 308 47 19.25 J. A. Dunning 17 3 138 30 9.85 J. Cowie 15 5 80 23* 8.00 ‘Denotes not out. BOWLING. Runs. Wickets Aver. 1186 49 24.20 Dunning ... 1406 55 25.56 Moloney 664 24 27.66 Roberts 1081 32 33.78 Gallichan ... 660 19 34.73 Page 289 7 41.28 Vivian 921 18 51.16 Donnelly 391 7 55.85 ' Weir 537 8 67.12 Also bowled : Carson no wickets for 31 runs; La mason, none lor 117.