PLAY ON WET WICKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 9

PLAY ON WET WICKET.

OTAGO VERSUS ENGLAND. ' BOWLERS ENJOY EASY TASK, . CHAPMAN'S RAPID SCORING. IBX TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION;] ' rt . " : • v I>UNEI>TN, Saturday. ; Rain in the morning delayed play m the Otago versus M.C.C. cricket match. . The game was not started until 1.20 p.m. • The wicket was easy early in ; the afternoon, but trioky in the latter half. Tho • outfield was slow. The most . spectacular play of the day was that of Chapman, whose rapid scorning woii him frequent rounds of applause from an attendance of about 4000. Titchmarsh compiled ft. very useful 73, which, however, took 134 minutes ,to make. Otago's fielding was very good, "only one chance being missed and several very dif- ■ ficult ones - accepted. England's fielding was again first-class, and the Otago batsmen were never at homo with the bowling. McMullan's play was lively at. times, . but.very patchy. Titchmarsh and Mac Lean, tho , not-out " men, resumed to the bowling of Alloo and . Mcßcath. Both scored freely, the first chance being given at 77, when Mac Lean . skied Mcßeath with a mis-hit to Dickinson in the slips. Th© Otago man lost an 'easy catch. At 82 Torrance relieved A. Alloo, and was successful with the- first ball of his second over, Mac Lean giving Mcßeath a difficult chance , in the slips, which was accepted. —3— Chapman in Aggressive Mood. Chapman was the next man in. At 84, Shepherd took the ball from Mcßeath. Chapman was aggressive from the start, none of the bowling troubling him. The century was reached in 84 minutes. At 135 Dickinson took the ball from Torrance, and A. Alloo relieved Shepherd.' During the next over, 150 went up for 117 minutes' play. Titchmarsh was 51 for 99 minutes at the wickets, At 152, Mcßeath took the ball from Dickinson. Chapman scored a single off the first, bringing his total to 50 for 52 minutes' play. Soon after ' Chapman skied McBeath to mid-on, and Torrance, coming in quickly from long-on, brought off a fine catch. 173—4—53. 9 " . Wilson was next. Torrance and Conradi were each tried without success, until at 189 McMullan, at point, took a very ' difficult chance from Titchmarsh off the former. 189—5—13. Calthorpe filled the vacancy. After scoring four in 32 minutes Wilson played Torrance on to his wicket. 190—6—4. -. . Lowry followed, but lost his partner before the score was increased, Conradi taking a chance from Calthorpe off McBeath at extra cover. —7— Lowry hit a good four, and then skied 'one to Conradi at extra coyer. 196- 1 -&-~4. English Wickets Fall Fast. Freeman was next, and 200 went up for 184 minutes' play. After scoring seven Freeman was run out, A. C. Alloo sending a smart return to Torrance, who . knocked. out the middle stump. 204 • ■9—7. ■ ■ : y ' 1 ' i r " Tyldesley was" the last man, and made 15. He then skied Mcßeath to Shepherd at mid-on. 222—10—15. Tho innings had : lasted 202 minutes. . Cecil Alloo and Shepherd opened Otago's second innings at 4.30 p.m. Calthorpe opened the bawling, and took C. Alloo's wicket with his last ball, which was played on to the wicket. o—l—o. A. Alloo followed. Freeman bowled a ' maiden to Shepherd. Shepherd was injured in Calthorpe's second over, and though he went on playing lie did not show his usual form, and returned an easy one to Calthorpe soon after. 17-2-9.'.' . ; Scoring * was painfully slow, four maidens being bowled in succession. Conradi, who followed Shepherd, tapped Calthorpe to Titchmarsh at silly mid-on. ' 19—3—1. . . . Three GLances Missed. Galland, who was next, gave a difficult chance to Chapman off Freeman at long on, but it was not taken. Next lie gave a chance to Tyldesley in the slips and another to Hill-Wood at square-leg, but neither was taken. Both were off Cal- , thorpe's bowling. At four ho played over one from .' Freeman and was smartly stumped by Mac Lean. —4—4. McMullan joined A. Alloo, but the pair gave a poor display. A. Alloo hit the first four of the innings after 69 minutes' play; then he \vas caught off Freeman, by Chapman at cover. 45—5— 19. Duncan followed, arid 50 went up for 66 ' minutes. McMullan began to , liven tip, but lost his partner at 61, Duncan giving a hot chance to Tyldesley at midoff. 61—6—1. - . Dickinson wai next man, but went out lbw to Hartley just on time. 76—7—3. Scores: — ENGLAND.—First Innings. i . Hill-Wood, 1. A. Alloo . ... . . 14 Wilkinson, c Shepherd, b Dickinson 20 Titchmarsh, c. McMullan, b Torrance 73 Mac Lean, c Mcßeath, b Torrance ■ . ... 24 Chapman, c Torrance, b Mcßeath j... 53 Wilson, b Torrance . . . . . 4 Calthorpe, c Conradi. b Mcßcath .. ,0 Lowry, c Conradi, b Mgßeath . . 4 Hartley, liot out ~ . . . • • . .4 Freeman, run out ... . : .. 7 Tyldesley, c Shepherd, b Mcßeath .15 .. Extras .. ' .... . . 4 Total .... .... 222 ' Bowling Analysis.Torrance took three wickets for 43. runs, Mcßcath": four for 66,, ; Dickinson one for 36, A. Alloo two for 44, Conradi none for 2, Shepherd none for 27. ; ' OTAGO. 1 First Innings >. - ". • • • : • 202 . Second Innings. H. C. Alloo, b Calthorpe ; - . . 0 Shepherd, c and b Calthorpe . . . . 9 A. W. Alloo, c Chapman, b Freeman 19 ' Conradi, c Titchmarsh, b Calthorpe . 1 Galland, st Mac Lean, b Freeman . . ; __4 McMullan, not out . . . . .... 31 Duncan, c Tyldesley, b Freeman . . 1 Dickinson, lbw, b Hartley .. £ Extras ; . . •• .... 8 Total for seven wickets . ...76 Bowling . Analysis.-—Calthorpe took three wickets for 28 runs, Freeman three for 30, Hartley one for 2, Tyldesley none for 8. I