M.C.C. BATING FAIRLY QUIETLY

Northern Advocate, 2 April 1937, Page 6

M.C.C. BATING FAIRLY QUIETLY

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| Slump Like Combined ■ Team And All Out

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■ - Special To “Northern Advocate.’*} AUCKLAND, This Day. lifter being given a fine by oitles and Whitelaw, the combined jbklahd-Wellington team, which Bjinmenced a match against the KJiC. side, at Eden Park yesterday, wiped badly during the aftertiooh i| the innings closed lor 183. iip.Z E. Whitelaw, who opened |plh Postles, carried his bat for msM-

Stumps England had scored 56 z-for no wickets, but just after fhy today, the innings closed for,

The Start of the Rot. frith the score at 144, Sale, who 4 reached 35, was bowled when ai>

•Ti. .■ - kptihg to force Verity to the on

W' { ■ B&l was the start of the rot. Bush It LbiW; without and then, :|uidt succession, Hook and Wal"were stumped by Duckworth, k off Verity. Next to go were gidford- and Matheson, both with-Ssk-.V i

Mofeoy. lasted long enough to make Simpson went for a duck, ending the innings, Whitelaw iMing the bowling and. failing to «Ch tlie century. m 8dt„;! airid Worthington opened I ngiand’s innings, ahd steady bowling jFflSimpison and ; Matheson kept the,' ui» down. The first 30 runs took I arid the 50 appeared after plays. BWO' . Quiet Ile-opening. ' Wyatt (30) and Worthington Spr|Sutoe£ The weather is fine but rather overcast. The openwere Simpson and-Mathe-. .in half an hour only 20 runs bite added. The batsmen seldom let ; past them, however; and ran v The attack was. the change resulting in Wyatt his 50 with a hard drive to &touridiEU7. =;He* got a single off the next ball, sung up the'wicket and playing the the full.', A dull .game was en.veried when Worthington went out to and narrowly missed, snick(ig: it into Matheson’s hands at first m Next he stole a cheeky run, mb'- ri thrdw-in, arid just 'beat Ell’s n|ln to’.the wicket-keeper at the mpf. erid., Bush then took over at Bley’s end and liis second ball Wyatt, TCcfd into Postles’ hands at silly mid- I l||96— 1—56. . I fe, Hardstaff Opens Out. I [flt'-hadta] tori 45 minutes to add 40 ; Imftti-the overnight score) /The game I tatumed a brighter complexion when Mtrdstaff opened his shoulders to Mehim just short of six and twice pulled Bush to the ' milny. Then there was a confident; ippeal for a snick by Worthington off j Kish which Blandford gathered in, and j &e umpire upheld iti 114—2—38. fLeyJand arid Hardstaff carried on I pundly, to 130, when Matheson reliev- ; & McC?oy. Hardstaff: immediately; j|tted-.Phe, which fell clear of'Wallace j 1 1 long off. Hardstaff then . pulled j ush to the fence and saw his partner j I |ve ’ a lucky- escape when Matheson j Ktb hold one which Leyland 111) | ed to ’ the bowler. > WL few rninutes before , 1 o’clock, %npspn was tried again Leyland glidriicely to leg and Hardstaff him through , the , slips to the jftundary. > Then Leyland made another mistake in playing a defensive is to Matheson, giving the bowler unplest of catches. . 163 Fishlock lifted Matheson iht into Whitelaw’s hand at short >ff: 163; —4—3. Allen, the English in, waff the neyt in. Good length rig was keeping the batsmen Simpson got a good ball to , which just skimmed the bails. one came low and shattered aft English captain’s wicket. Details:— . - AUCKLAND. ' Wo* First Innings. Hfksv-b Fames 24 not out-. 99* % D Sims 1 Verity 36 iw, b Sims 0 t Duckworth, b Verity .... 1 , st Duckworth, b Verity . 6 rd, b Verity 0 tti, b Copson 0 c Sims, b Copson 5 i, b Copson 0 pas .... ' 11 ?•"' Total !.. - 183

Bowling.

ENGLAND. First Innings. Wyatt, c Postles, b Bush 56 Worthington, c Blandford, b Bush 38 Hardstaff, c Postles, b Matheson 51 Leyland, c aftd b Matheson 18 Fishlock, c Whitelaw, b Matheson . 3 Allen, b Simpson ‘. 4 Duckworth, b Matheson 0 Copson,, b McCoy 6 Faroes, not out ./.... 1 Verily, c and b McCoy ......V.. 6 Sims, c Hook, b McCoy 5 Extras ..................... 16 Total 20b

Farcies .— Copson .... Sims ' ...... O. M. :.. 11 i ... 8.2 1 ... 26 • 7 33 1 17 3 43 2 Verity ..... Allen Leyland ...24 9 ... 2 ' — ... 4 — 64 4 4 — 11 —