NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19195, 8 December 1925, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS.

MATCH AT BRISBANE. VICTORY FOR HOME ELEVEN. VISITORS SOUNDLY BEATEN. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyright. (Received 9.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. RKISBANL. Dec. i. The. cricket match, Queensland v. New Zealand was concluded to-day, the home team winning by an innings and 92 runs. . When the match was resumed O'Connor decided to declare Queensland s first innings closed for the overnight score of 413 for seven wickets. New Zealand opened their second inn- | ings disastrously. Two wickets were | down for 20. Worker fell in trying to glance a straight one to leg. Dacre opened confidently, but played back to a fast one. Noyes' figures at this stage were three wickets for 17 runs. Lowry and Blunt stopped the rot until the former was trapped on the leg side. Blunt returned to the pavilion shortly afterwards. Allcott and Patrick adopted unconvincing stonewalling tactics to stave oft defeat. Noyes dismissed Patrick to a fast one which broke from the off. He beat Allcott with a similar ball. O'Connor brilliantly stumped Cunningham and-Oliver was dismissed in the same way. He foolishly stepped out and was stumped Alloo'and Mcßeath were the last men in and the innings ended when the former put his leg in front to Sim. Noyes bowled well throughout the inn- j ings, but the poor score was mainly due j to mediocre batting. The match was not up to inter-State standard and the New Zealanders were absolutely outclassed in the second innings. The bowling analysis for Queensland's innings was as followsMcßeath, one wicket for 74; Cunningham, two for 119; Blunt two for 104; Allcott, one for 42; j Alloo, nil for 19; Oliver, nil for 8: Patrick:, one for 18. Details of the scores are;—

QUEENSLAND. First innings . . . . . . . . 415 NEW ZEALAND. First innings . . . . . . . . 227 Second Innings. Worker, h Noyes . . . . , , 4 Gillespie, b Noyes . . .. . . 2 Dacre, b Noyes . . 9 Lowry, c Brew, b Noves . , . . 16 Blunt, c substitute, b Howr 22 Patrick, b Noves . . . . . . 5 Alicott, b Noyes. . . . . . . . 15 Cunningham, st O'Connor, b Sim . . 1 Oliver, st O'Connor, b Sim . . . . 9 Alloo, lbw, b Sim . . . . . . 6 Mcßeath. not out. . 0 Extras . . , . . , . , 5 Total . . . . 94 Bowling Analysis.—Noyes took six wickets for 48 runs ; Oxenham, nil for 17 ; Rowe, one for 8; Barstow, nil for 4; Sim, 3 for 12. The first innings score of the New Zealand eleven was cabled as 237, but today's message makes it clear that the correct total was 227.

GAME IN AUSTRALIA. PLAY ! N TRIAL MATCH. REST MAKE 198 FOR NINE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 12.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 7. The cricket match, Australia versus the Rest, was resumed to-day. The Rest failed badly before luncheon. Bardsley, Macartney, both the and RymilJ lost their wickets early, without much addition to the score, five wickets falling for 62 runs. v Kelleway and Love, however, came to the resfcue with a partnership which had added 71 before the former was caught. Hendry proved the. most- destructive howler of the day. The Rest in their second innings made 198 for nine wickets and declared (Bardsley 54, Macartney 28, A. Richardson 19, V. Richardson 19, KelUnvay 34, Love 54, Grimmett 39). Gregory took one wicket for 69 runs, Hendry three for 56, Hornibrook two for 93, Mailey one for 60, Ryder one. for 17. Australia in their second innings made 25 for no wickets.

ENGLISH DISCUSSION. TOUR OF AUSTRALIANS. VIEWS ON TEAM SELECTION. Bun , LONDON. Dec. G. The Evenim News publishes a reply to MacLaren's proposal that a captain should be appointed for the test cricket matches against the Australians, who should appoint his own eleven. The paper says it would be wrong to I select an international team to suit a cap- | tain. On the contrary, the captain j should be selected after the team., Un- | accountable dislikes and preferences exist jin most sports, and a captain might I shelve a good man on the ground that he ! was temperamental, for which reason cerj tain bowlers were recently criticised. I "Nevertheless," says the writer, "a ! good-tempered bowler should not. be selec- ! ted for match-winning purposes. Ho j should look aggressive, for by that, means | he often demoralises the batsman. "Kortright and Gregory, like all great, i fast bowlers, are sufficiently temperamental. They look to be aggressive men, savagely keen on winning. They are not particularly amiable companions. "The outstanding feature about the Australians, whether players or selectors, is their keenness. English cricketers are often slack, and they seem to prefer a picnic to cricket. Selectors see too little of cricket." The Sunday Herald says England's test match captain needs more than enthusiasm, which is Gilligan's chief asset. It urges that the probable team with a new captain should be assembled in May, and should play continuously to ensure cohesion. "This would interfere with the championships," says the paper, "but county cricket is immaterial in view of the keenness of the struggle between England and Australia for supremacy, which will provide the most interesting season in the history of the game. Sandham says: "If we have a dry summer there will not be much in it, and England will have to go all out to win, but if it is wet Australia should easily be beaten. When the Australians arrive wo should round up all pessimists and croakers, and send them away for a fewmonths. " We should also silence the newspaper critics, who have failed to recognise our own cricketers. The Australians arc full of confidence; why should they bo given more 1"