Hurricane Hitting by the M.C.C. Batsmen

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 10, 13 January 1936, Page 8

Hurricane Hitting by the M.C.C. Batsmen

653 For Five Declared—New Zealanders Dropped 14 Catches

Four Home Widkets Gome For n 6 in Second Innings

Per Press Association.

DUNEDIN, Last Night,

The second day’s play in the M.C.C.-Naw Zealand match at Carisbrook was even more disastrous for New Zealand than on Friday for with five wickets down for 653, M.C.C. declared, and New Zealand’s second innings, which opened as badly as iir wickets when stumps were

the first, had netted 116 for fo drawn.

The wicket was in perfect excellent and the crowd this a: Dunedin for a cricket match for ;

condition to-day, the weather Lternoon the largest seen in i very long time.

At stumps on Friday, the M.C.C. had lost two wickets for 277, and on resuming to-day the two not out batsmen, Barber and Hardstaff, continued to hammer the bowling, Barber taking his score of Friday (122) to 173 before being dismissed, while Hardstaff, who made 21 on Friday, made 7G before being caught out by Cowie off Elme’s bowling. Glorious Displays of Hitting. The feature of the play yesterday was a glorious display of hitting by Human and Holmes. Almost as soon as he went to the wicket Human started to thrash the bowling. Ho batted for 77 minutes and hit 97 runs, including a six which drove through a window of the pavilion. He was followed by Holmes, who also lost no time getting his eye in, and he was hitting boundaries from practically every ball. He had scored 51 in just over 20 minutes when he declared, and included in his seore were threo sixes. The first one was got by hitting Elmes into the pavilion and the other two came from successive balls by Cromb, both of which he lifted on to the embankment.

a few minutes. Langridge too, opened up a little and his score mounted to 40 in quick time. At 442 Cromb took over the bowling from Roberts but the score continued to mount, steadily. Human delighted the crowd with his hard hitting and in half an hour he had scored 30. At 37 he hit a spectacular six, lifting a ball from Vivian high over the bowler’s head and through the pavilion window. He reached his halfcentury in 48 minutes, Langridge making 50 after he had been at the wickets S 7 minutes.

M.C.C. had jpeen batting 349 minutes when 500 appeared on the board and shortly after Human was dropped by Mills on the boundary off Vivian when 61. At 522, Moloney took up the attack but the batsmen continued to hit boundaries with almost monotonous regularity. At 66 Langridge was dropped by Cowie at third slip oil Elrnes. It was Langridge’s second easy chance. Human’s Innings Ends

The Englishmen’s score reached 550 in 365 minutes, the last 50. being scored in 16 minutes. Human had scored 97 when he sent an easy catch to Vivian at midron oif Cromb. Vivian dropped the catch, but Human put '.e next ball in exactly the same place and Vivian made no mistake the second time. Human batted for 77 minutes and he gave one of the best displays of hitting seen at Carisbrook for a long time. His score included a six and 14 fours.

Langridge had scored 106 when Holmes declared.

New Zealanders Dropped Fourteen

Catches.

Both Human and Holmes were cheered by the crowd, which had become disgusted at the fielding of the New Zealanders, who did not appear to be able to stop a ball or hold the easiest of catches, which was responsible for the large score of the M.C.C. batsmen. Five chances were missed on Friday by particularly slovenly fielding and the exhibition yesterday was even worse. Soon after the start, both Barber and Hardstaff were dropped.

M.C.C. had now lost five for 575, Holmes being the next batsman. The English captain had batted only a few minutes when he snicked a ball from Cromb into the air just behind the wicket. Jackman, the wicketkeeper, failed to hold it. The score had reached 600 in 386 minutes and Langridge’s century went up after he had been batting for 131 minutes. Holmes put one straight into Moloney’s hands at 30, off Elrnes, but once again the catch was missed. The English captain, who was in hitting form, lifted the next ball from Elrnes into the pavilion for six, and in the next over by Cromb he hit two successive balls on to tne embankment for sixes. He had been at the wickets for only 20 minutes fo.r 50. Weir was then brought on in place of Elrnes and 650 was hoisted in 39S minutes, the last 50 taking only 12 minutes. With 653 for the loss of five wickets at the tea adjournment, the M.C.C. declared, Langridge- being 106 and Holmes 54. The side had batted for 400 minutes.

Langridge was dropped at 17 and again at 66. Human gave three easy chances and was dropped be-

fore he had scored and again at 61 and 97, and Holmes was also missed before he had scored and again at

30. Altogether nine catches, seven of which wore easy, were dropped hy New Zealand yesterday and five

on Friday. New Zealand opened their second innings in exactly the same way as the first. Neither Mills nor Cromb looked comfortable and for the second time Mills was dismissed for nothing, Cromb going a little inter for seven.

Weir went for two and Moloney for

Vivian (53) and Lamason (27) were going well when stumps were drawn. English Batsmen Hammered the Bowling.

English batsmen began slowly yesterday but it was not long before they started to hammer the bowling of Cowie and Roberts, There appeared to be little improvement in the fielding of the New Zealanders and Barber was dropped by Jackman behind the stumps in Cowie’s second over. In Cowie's next over Hardstaff gave a chance to Koberts at lino leg but once again the ball was dropped. Three hundred appearing on the score-board fourteen minutes after the resumption, Barber then being 130 and HardstafE 114. Barber’s score reached 150 after he had been at the wickets for 189 minutes, and with the total at 330, Merritt took over the attack from Roberts. Hardstaff scored rapidly off the slow bowler and he reached the half-century in 86 minutes. Both batsmen began to hit out to Merritt and the total mounted to 350 in 250 minutes. Roberts was the only bowler who had troubled the Englishmen at all, Cowie being very erratic. Barber had been batting for 211 minutes when he was dismissed by Merritt, stepping back to a ball which completely baffled him. He gave a very attractive display, his total of 173 including twenty fours. Merritt had taken one for 68 and the visitors’ total was 361 when Hardstaff, who had scored 52, was joined by Langridge. With the score at 373, Cowie, off whom 92 runs had been hit, was replaced by Elmes, whose bowling, pitched about two feet outside the off stump, proved easy to Hardstaff, whose delightful driving was a treat to watch. Langridge gave Elmes a difficult chance when seventeen but the bowler was just able to get a hand to the ball which he failed to hold. At the luncheon adjournment the Englishmen, who had been batting for 2SI minutes, had reached 400, Hardstaff being 70 and Langridge 20.

New Zealand’s Second Innings Opens Disastrously

With a deficit of 572 New Zealand began their second strike, Cromb and Mills being the opening batsmen. Read began the attack, Baxter going on at the other end. Mills survived two overs and was then clean-bowled by Read with a straight ball for nothing. Mills failed to score in both innings. Weir joined Cromb, the total being six, and with only two more added Cromb was bowled by Baxter after scoring seven. Moloney was the newcomer. After scoring one Weir gave a difficult chance off Read to third slip, who failed to hold the ball. Two balls later Weir put another into the slips, the catch being taken by Barber. New Zealand’s total was 14 and Weir had scored two.

Moloney Shapes Well Vivian partnered Moloney, who was shaping fairly well and bringing off some good- shots. He had scored 26 in 23 minutes. Vivian started badly, but after a few overs he faced the bowling with much more confidence. He then gave three chances in one over. He w-as dropped twice by Holmes at first slip and he also skied a ball from Read some distance from the nearest fieldsman. His total was then 13. New Zealand had been batting for 69 minutes when 50 went up,

Hardstaff Out. Elmes and Roberts took up the attack afterTunch. Elmos’ 1 continued with his off theory and with the first ball of the third .over, he dismissed Hardstaff, who was caught by Cowie at third slip. Hardstaff had batted 133 minutes and be scored 76, including four fours. The M.C.C. had lost four for 412. Human Celebrates a Let Off,

the newcomer and. the fourth ball from Elmes he poked up into the slips, Roberts dropping a very easy catch. Human lost no time in getting settled and the batting became rather spirited. Scoring off practically every ball, ten went up in his favour in

and at 55 Moloney played Read on after scoring 25. Lamason Was Lucky

Lamason joined Vivian and the pair took the score to 81 when Read, who had taken three wickets for 46, was replaced by Sims, whose last ball oi the first over hit Lamason’s wickets but failed to dislodge the bails. New Zealand’s total was lifted to 100 in 97 minutes, Vivian being 40 and Lamason 20, the score at stumps being 116 for the loss of four wickets. Vivian was 53 and Lamason 2i. Detailed scores are as under: — M.C.C.—First Innings.

Smith, b Roberts Parks, c Robert, b Eliucs 100 Barber, b Merritt Hardstaff, c Cowie, b Elmes .... 76 Human, c Vivian, b Cromb .... 97 Langridge, not out 10(1 Holmes, not out Extras

Total for four wickets .. .. .. 116

Bowling Analysis.

Total for 5 wickets (declared) Bowling Analysis. 0. M. R. Roberts ...... 34 5 107 Cowie 29 1 96 Elmos 32 3 129 Merritt 23 1 103 Cromb 12 0 83 Vivian 13 0 S3 Moloney 3 0 26 Weir 1 0 3 NEW ZEALAND. First Innings Second Innings. 653 W. 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 81 0 Cromb, b Baxter 7 Weir, c Barber, b Read 2 25 53 27 2

0. M. E. w Read 12 2 46 3 Baxter 11 1 31 1 6 0 92 0 Sims o m * m 5 1 15 0