WELLINGTON FAILS AGAINST AUSTRALIA

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6537, 20 February 1928, Page 7

WELLINGTON FAILS AGAINST AUSTRALIA

Wickets Fall Rapidly In Forced Follow-on INNINGS 1 DEFEAT SEEMS / PROBABLE . (Pei Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Feb, 18. That New Zealand cricket has not yet advanced sufficiently to enable a Dominion eleven to challenge seriously the full strength of Australia was amply proved at the Basin Reserve on Saturday when the Australian team, who had scored 375 on Friday, dismissed Wellington for 206. The local'men fared oven more disastrously in the follow-on. Foley, Lowry, Badcock and Lamason scored only one.run between them in the second innings. Dempster and Lambcrl made a spirited stand but Grimmeti dismissed both and when stumps wer« drawn at, 5.45 six wickets were down for '92 runs. / Grimmett, Blaokie, Oxcniham and Morton produced bowling of a superior brand to. what Wellington batsmen are .accustomed and they wore excellently supported by the brilliant wic-ket-keeping of Oldfield. 1 .In.the.afternoon the attendance was between nine and ten thousand, and £SOO was taken at tho gates against £342. ou. Friday. . Scores—- • ■ . ' AUSTRALIA. First innings .. .. .* .. •..• 373 .WELLINGTON.—First Innings., C. S. ■Dempster,. c Grimmett, b Blackio .. ; j .. .. * . .. 53 H. Foley, o Oldfield, b Grimmett 36 T. C. Lowry, b Oxonham ...... 9 F. T. Badcock, b and c Grimmett 23 Ki 0. James,, 1.b.w., b Oxonham .. 4 E. McLeod, c : Oxonham, b Morton 11 H. M.. McGirr, c Alexander, b Blaokie .. .. 21 J. R. Lamason, c Kippas, b Grimmett 13 If. H. Lambert c Oldfield, b Oxen- , ham .. 7 W. S Bruce, e Richardson, b Oxcnham 0 j IT."B.‘‘Massey, not out .. .. .. 13 ■ Extras .. .. ..‘l7 ■! Total .. .. .. ..• .. v. 209 Bowling analysis: Morton, one for ' 32; Blackic, two for 53; Grimmett, three for 65 ;■ Oxonham, four for 39. Second Innings. . 0. S. Dempster .. 49 H. Foley, hb.w., b Morton .... 1 T,‘ C. Lowry, b Morton ~.. ~ 0 F. T. Badcock, b Blackio .. ~ iJ J. ,R.. Lamason, b Blackio .... 0 H. M. Lambert, st. Oldfield, b Grimmett 3? E.. C. Jam.esj not out .. ~. .. .. fl E. McLeod, ont out 0 Extras ................ l .. . Total for six wickets .. .. 93 Bowling: Morton, two for 18j Blackife, two for 24; Oxenham, non* for 22; Grimmett, two for 19, Schneider, none for 8.