GOOD CRICKET DISPLAY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18629, 9 February 1924, Page 10

GOOD CRICKET DISPLAY

AUBTRALIANB AT WICKETS. MATCH AT , WELLINGTON. VISITORS * SCORE FREELY. TBI yKLEGEATH.—OWW OOEEKSPOJTOENT.] .■'■■:, : t ,v WELLINGTON. Friday. ' The cricket match between the New South Wales and Wellington teams was commenced on the Basin Reserve to-day. Macartney (New, South Wales) _ won the toss, and he readily availed himself of having the first knock on a perfect wicket. An ovation greeted the famous lefthanded batter, Bardsley, who opened with Andrew*. Brice, bowling from the southern end, contented himself with only one fieldsman behind square leg, although Andrews, the more aggressive of the two batsmen, glanced him to the boundary there several times. _ Once he nearly yorked Bardsley from the southern end. McGirr pegged away at Andrews* leg stump, eventually getting it With a swinger. Bardsley treated the spectators to noma magnificent leg-glancing - and hooking. Towards the hundred, Macartney and Bardsley amused th« crowd by running for almost every stroke, although the ball was travelling smartly to a. fieldsman close in. It made the. fielding look very cheap. From Hiddleston « second ball Macartney put one up dangerously near to Brice at point, but he left the next off the same type of ball severely alone. A superb stroke forward off the third man. gave Bardsley bis 50, which cook 70 minutes to compile. , Macartney .. thoroughly relished Hiddleston. In one over he finely drove him twice to the off boundary, and then pulled him beautifully to the rails, where Baker just saved the four. In the next over, off Henderson, when he was in the forties, he gave a hot chance in the slips at third man to Brice, the ball touching his fingers high over his head us it went to the boundary. A single gave Macartney his half-century, and he followed it with the test stroke of the morning, a wonderful late cut, the bat lying, along the ground as the ball, nearly a yorker, left it. Bardsley Is Dismissed.

Getting the monopoly of the bowling, Macartney walked up the pitch ana clouted Collins' first ball, a slow, googly, to the off boundary. McGirr missed an easy chance of catching Bardsley off Collins, but he atoned in the next over by getting the same batsman I.b.w. Bardslev's score was 72. At this stage Macartney was 69. The luncheon adjournment was taken with the fall of Bardsley s Kippax joined his captain on the resumption of the game. Brice and McGirr took - up'the attack. The Wellington bowling lacked sting and runs came at a good rate. The second century was passed in 125 minutes. The next over of McGirr's saw Macartney miss a pull. He was clean bowled. 803—211. Hendry filled the vacancy. Kippax, ■who had hitherto been going along quietly, opened his shoulders to McGirr in the next over and pulled the bowler three times to the boundary and twice to square leg.' this' gave him 14 off the over. At 258 Hiddleston replaced' Bnce arid Hendry pulled his first ball lor four. The score was now leaping up quickly. Both batsmen were going well. At 270 -Collins replaced' McGirr, but still the total mounted, and the batting was better than it had been at any previous stage of the game. Kippax fell while trying to force Hiddleston. He failed to time the ball properly, and it slid off his bat into the bowler's hand. 47-4-288. ■-' Millarkey was the newcomer and Henderson relieved Collins. Hendry-ran into his fifties, and 300 appeared # after 120 minutes play. Mullarkey was not • comfortable with Hiddleston, but Hendry shaped confidently. He chopped Henderson to the boundary past- point, and then drove him to the off for a brace. H.S.W. All Out For 476. Two balls later he Was clean bowled while trying to chop, a ball. 63—5—317. Punch filled the breach, but in Hiddleston'a next over Mullarkey patted one, and Collins returned smartly as the batsmen ran. James whipped off the bails, dismissing Mullarkey. 6—319. Raymond Bardsley then faced the bowler. Punch gave a difficult chance to Hiddleston at first slip, but the fielder failed to hold the ball. Hiddleston found Bardsley's wickets, with an off-break in the next over. 7—333. The New South Wales wicketkeeper, Oldfield, then partnered ' Punch and runs came quietly, although 350 was soon passed. Four runs later Punch was run out. 17—8—354.

Mailey came in. At the afternoon tea adjournment the score stood'.at 374, with Oldfield 18 and Mailey 10. ' - ■ . On resuming. McGirr and Hid'dleston bowled. Oldfield reached his- 50 "for 40 minutes' batting.- At 422 Brice went on in place of .Hiddleston, and Oldfield tried to hit him out of the ground and missed, badly. . 56—■0—432. Everett was the last, man in. ■ Henderson relieved Brice, and though he did not treble Mailey, he seemed to have Everett thinking and the left-hander foil to a catch in the slips by Hiddleston. 19—10-476. Mailey carried his bat for 57, which included eight boundaries. Wellington 21 for No Wickets. With 25 minutes to go Hiddleston and Baker opened Wellington's innings. The former faced Everett, who bowled very fast. ' Hiddleston, shaping confidently, soon ran into double figures. When time was called the score was 21, Hiddleston 14, and Baker 4. Following are the scores:— NEW SOUTH WALES.—First Innings. W. Bardsle'y, lbw, b Collins .. .. 72 Andrews, b McGirr .. • .... 32 Macartney, b McGirr . . ».' . . 80 Kippax, c and b Hiddleston ...., ». 47 Hendry, b Henderson . . ...... 63 Mullarkey, run out. . . ..' • . 9 Punch, run out • • • • •. T7 R. Bardsley, b Hiddleston .. .'■« 6 Oldfield, b Brice . .. . '.. .. 56 Mailev, not out . .... 57 Everett, c Hiddleston, b Henderson . 19 Extras .. •• •• • • * 8 Total ...... • • 476 Bowling * Analysis.—Brice took .one wicket for 103 runs, McGirr two for 122, Henderson two for 73, Hiddleston two for 117, Collins one for 29, ' Hutchings none for 14. / WELLINGTON.—First Innings. Hiddleston, not out .. .. 14 Baker, not out ... ...'.... 4 Extras •• •• •• 3 Total for no wickets . . .. 21