RECORD SCORE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 232, 31 August 1937, Page 7

RECORD SCORE

IN FIRST-CLASS CRICKET. NEW ZEALANDERS BRILLIANT. MATCH AGAINST SUSSEX. (From the Special Correspondent of the United Press Association with the Team.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyrignt.) Received August 31, 10.25 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 30. The New Zealanders brilliantly compiled the highest score ever made by the Dominion in a first-class match ill England, eclipsing the total of 541 against Derby in 1927 and 488 against Oxford in : 1931. Sussex, with Tate bowling fairly, fast and Langridge and Parks keeping an accurate length, was a good bowling side, but the batsmen were overwhelmingly supreme, runs coming at a brisk pace. The innings lasted only six hours. Wallace and Donnelly played delightful cricket and added 124 in 57 minutes. Wallace displayed excellent footwork and perfect timing and was completely at ease facing all the bowlers in his second century of the tour, which took two hours to compile. He hit eleven fours and one six. Donnelly played wristy strokes all round the wicket, hitting eleven fours and two sixes. Moloney and Roberts together added 100 in 52 minutes. Molonev was attractively free, driving, gliding and cutting with easy skill. He hit seven fours. Roberts’s cover and straight driving was superb. He hit ten fours in compiling his highest score of the tour. New Zealand followed the fine batting with inspired bowling and fielding. Cowie had two quick successes, once sending the middle stump “cartwheeling” for half a chain. Lovry soon introduced the spinners. Donnelly, keeping accurate length, took three wickets for seven runs in the first six overs. It was his best bowling since the match again Yorkshire. Sussex lost seven for 56 —an amazing collapse on a perfect pitch. Langridge was the only batsman able to handle the attack. Hitting brilliantly, his score included twelve fours and one six. _ The eighth-wicket partnership held up the tourists for three-quarters of an hour. Extra time was played to secure the result. . The New Zealand feilding was firstclass, fine catches being made in the slips by Roberts and Tindill. Clever captaincy, fine batting, resolute bowling and capital fielding combined to give the tourists a brilliant victory. Details are as follows: — NEW ZEALAND. _ First Innings. Vivian, lbw, b Tato ... -•• ••• Hadlee, c John Langridge, b Tate /b Tindill, c John Langridge, b Parks 11 Kerr, st Griffiths,' b Tate 59

Donnelly, b Scott '••• ••• 8n Lowry, c Griffiths, b Tate ... ... - Wallace, c Holmes, b James Langridge 11l Roberts, b James Langridge ... Moloney, Ibw, b Parks ... 7o Dunning, not out ... 2/ Cowio, b Parks Extras Total 548 Bowling analysis.—Tate 4 for 122, Nyo none for 87, Scott 1 for 67, Parks 3 for 141, Langridge 2 for 114, Bartlett none for 4. -SUSSEX. First innings ••• 151 Second Innings. John Langridge, , Ibw, b Roberts 10 J. Parks, b Oowio 11 Stainton, b Cowie 0 Bartlett, c Roberts, b Donnelly ... 14 James Langridge, not out 91 H. Parks, c Lowry, b Donnelly 0 Holmes, b Donnelly 0 Griffiths, st Lowry, b Moloney ... 0 Tate. Ibw, b Donnelly 11 Scott, c Tindill. b Roberts 16* Nye, c and b Cowie 0 Extras 10 Total 163 BOWLING ANALYSIS.

CHALLENGE BY MIDDLESEX. YORKSHIRE ACCEPTS. Received August 31, 9.50 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 30. The Yorkshire committee has accepted tlie Middlesex challenge to a four days’ match beginning at the oval on September 4. The proceeds of the match are to go to charity.

0. M. R. w. Cotvie ... 11.3 2 38 3 Roberts ... 10 4 11 2 Dunning ... ... 3 0 13 0 Donnelly ... ... 13 3 32 4 Moloney 2 0 59 1