ENGLAND WINS TOSS IN TEST MATCH

Northern Advocate, 24 March 1937, Page 7

ENGLAND WINS TOSS IN TEST MATCH

Eighty Runs For One Wicket lPer Press Association. Copyright.] WELLINGTON, This Day. ■ Extraordinary interest is being taken in the test match between the M.C.C. team and New Zealand, and there are •many' visitors to Wellington. After overnight rain, the weather cleared. As a result of instructions from the English captain,, the wicket was not covered last night and received a heavy soaking. However, this morning it was drying out under the influence of the sun and wind. Bookings for seats have been so heavy that the Wellington Association has erected extra seating accommodation... England. ’ , Allan, Wyatt, Hammond, Hardstalf, Leyland, Ames, Voce, Worthington, Fishlock, Verity, Sims, Copson is twelfth man. & ■ ■ New Zealand. Page, Vivian, Herr, Moloney, Tindill, Hadlee, Weir, Cowie, Roberts, Dunning, Wallace. ’ Donnelly is twelfth man.' _ , Wyatt Gives A Chance. Allan won the toss and Wyatt and Worthington opened to Cowie and Roberts. Both batsmen confined themselves to singles. ' j, . Wyatt gave a difficult chance to midoff when he had scored one in Roberts’ first over.

Both Wyatt and Worthington Were finding the gap at backward point-for long singles, and 10 was up in the first quarter of an hour.

Worthington entered double figures with a hook to the leg fence , off Cowie, the first four of the game. Twenty was on the board at the end of the first half hour, and then Vivian relieved Cowie, who had bowled five overs for 11 runs. Dunning spelled Roberts after he had bowled seven overs for 14 runs.

A boundary to Wyatt at square leg off Dunning put up 30. With the total at 33, Worthington, who had scored 15, snicked a rising ball from Vivian and was caught.

ENGLAND. First Innings.

Wyatt, not out 42 Worthihgon, c Roberts, b Vivian .. 15 Hardstaff, not out 18 Extras 5 Total (for one wicket) 80