New Zealand and M.C.C. Draw

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 16, 21 January 1936, Page 8

New Zealand and M.C.C. Draw

Honours Rest With Home Eleven

KERR AND VIVIAN’S GOOD PARTNERSHIP

Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. New Zealand took the honours in a draw with the touring English 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 S 6; Koberts took three for 39, bowling especially well.

With eleven, runs for no wickets, Kerr and Moloney resumed Zealand’s second innings against M.C.C. in glorious weather and on a goo wicket. Kerr, batting confidently, took five off Read’s first over, including a pretty cut to the fence. Moloney s was the first wicket to fall, being caught behind by Griffith off Sims, who had replaced Baxter when the total was 39. Off the fifth ball Weir was caught by Langridge at forward short leg. Fifty runs came up after 55 minutes play. Kerr was batting attractively and scored off every loose ball offered him. He deflected Read to the boundary, punched Baxter through covers for a four and brought his total to 40 with a pull to square leg off Sims. Vivian wa 3 batting with plenty of confidence, but so far had not attempted anything spectacular. At 75 Parks replaced Sims, who had taken two wickets for 120. Further frequent changes in the attack failed to worry the batsmen, who were scoring steadily. Vivian sent Parks to the boundary twice in succession, and 100 went up after SS minutes play. _ . After lunch Kerr and Vivian continued their fine partnership, Vivian scoring very freely with strong drived and pulls off all the bowlers. Kerr was more subdued than in the morning, especially with slow bowling, but brightened 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 Taised in 150 minutes, the last 50 taking only 25 minutes. Baxter and Read were given the new ball and the latter soon got Vivian, who attempted to hook a short bumper, a good leg side catch being taken by Griffith. Vivian batted 139 minutes and hit 10 fours. Kerr had been in I7S minutes and hit 12 fours. The pair raised the score from 39 to 229. Cromb, who evidently only delayed the declaration to give both batsmen a chance to Teach their centuries, immediately declared. The Englishmen had about two and a-half hours’ play and again began unpromisingly, Roberts taking a wonderful one-hand catch as he was falling sideways, dismissing Parks. Hardstaff was soon caught at square leg by Weir, and Mitchell-Innes, 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 clean bowled.

The Englishmen then had five out for 57 and were up against it. Langridge, however, was playing stolidly and defending stoutly to anything of 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 half contury 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 iuvaluuble innings for the side. Had ho been dismissed quickly the visitors would have been on the run and probably lost the game.

Eoberts and Blundell again bowled finely. Eoberts' first 13 overs produced only 15 runs and yielded three wickets. Blundell took a wicket in the first over 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 tho play. Scores were:— NEW ZEALAND. First Innings 242 Second Innings. Kerr, not out 105 Moloney, c Griffiths, b Sims .... 10 Weir, o Langridge, b Sims 0 Vivian, c Griffiths, b Bead 00 Extras (byes 8, leg byes 5, no balls 5) 18

Fall of wickets: One for 30, two for SO, three for 220. M.C.C. First Innings 150 (Second Innings. Parks, c Eoberts, b Blundell .... 1 Barber, lbw, b Eoberts 14 Hardstaff, c Weir, b Eoberts .... 10 Mitcheil-Innes, c Blandford, b Blundell 3 Langridge, not out 61 Human, b Eoberts 10 Lyttelton, b Cromb 15 Sims, st. Blandford, b Vivian .... 12 Griffith, not out 0 Extras 4 Total for 7 wickets 130 Bowling. O. M. E. W. Eoberts 22 8 39 3 Blundell ... ...... 17 2 43 2

Fall of wickets: One for two; two for 19, three for 29, four for 33, five for 57, six for 100, seven for 130.

New South Wales v. South Australia

Eeceived Monday, 10.30 p.m. SYDNEY, Jan. 20. In the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia, New South Wales in their first innings made 286 runs for six wickets at stumps (Fallowfield 53, Eobinson not out 94, Hynes 41.) Apart from Eobinson the batsmen scored rather slowly. Eobinson, however, gave a pleasing .display*

Total for 3 wickets, declared , . 220 Bowling. 0. M. E. \V. Bead .. 1 82 1 Baxter .. 3 20 0 Sims ., .. 4 70 2 Parks .. .. 0 20 0 Langridgc .. 0 13 0 Head bowled four no-balls and Sims

Cromb ..... 4 25 1 Elmes 1 7 0 Molpncy . .. , 1 9 0 Vivian .. u , 2 3 1