CRICKET NOTES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21359, 7 December 1932, Page 17

CRICKET NOTES

GOOD score by parnell

HA CD task for university

H. G. VIVIAN iN GREAT FCGM

jjorc thuft- ; tl-Vc usual iiil-orcst was taken «'n the thief matc h at Eden Park last Salia'iirtv between the twu loading teams jn the -Amkhmcl (,'rckit A«,ue.a;ion's

<eriii>!" cli-ni | | | ' , " i:s ' ll l l :!IH ' '' v,:,s i " 'itjug thill rain iiilorl'cml with | lay la tain the .'iftei noun. By scoring 356 l'anicll

seems to liavo set l;tiivtv»:(y too hard a jjunllc ami should .t win it will lake ■(lie lead in the chani>>it:rsl»|>. Panic!] is a ( picsent twu points hehind University.

The < heap dismissal of Wh-tolaw ami AVailaoe for 16 runs was not expected, ln,t aggressive buttrng l»y McCoy for 3? helped to take some sting out of the attack. McCoy showed a icturn to his best, form, h»s splendid cover-driving being a feature-

Aft or MeCcy was dismissed H. G

Vivian followed ami was soon hitting the howlers all oyer the field. Vivian is right at the top of his form, which is very

pleasing in view of t lie forUiconiinp;

Plunkct Shield matches. Last Saturday lie scored his second successive century in club cricket and his total of 121 included 15 fours and two sixes. Vivian's scores

in ciiib eriei/cl this season are as follows:—6. 55. 27, 110, 121. a total of 319 runs at an average of 63.50. Besides his - batting perion,nances Vivian lias taken 23 .wickets at a cost of 214 tuns, an average of 9.30. S. C. Hay, who lcpresented Auckland Inst season, played a solid innings for 62 before being run out through being too ' anxious. Scholium ar.d R. W. Stehr both batted nicely/for 23 and 31. not out, respettively. Bowling of Matheson who has been meeting with peat success with the ball this season, again bore the brunt of the attack in taking six wickets for 124 runs. With better support from the field his figures would have been greatly improved. Matheson trundled well and it seems he will'have .to bear the brunt of the bowling for Auckland this season. .Although he has shortened his run he is making pace off the wicket and it will be interesting to see how he fares in the , Piunket Shield series. The Eden team continues to disappoint in its batting and its effort of 156 against Ponsonby was, only mediocre. Last, seasun Eden had? a. lean batting time, but with' its batting talent it is surprising its bad run continues L. E. Vivian, elder /brother of H. G., is having a run of ' misfortune this season which kept to him /when he played Scarborough on to his wicket last Saturday. With 105 for the loss of one wicUet I'onsonbv seems likely to notch its first win this season. N. C. Snedden, after an uncertain startll launched out later to play splendid shots reminiscent of his form of some seasons ago. Promising Colt Grafton, which occupied the wickets all the afternoon against King's Old Boys in compiling 298 for five wickets, has ' a very promising' colt in C. Burke. In .his 3asl two innings Burke has compiled 51 /and 53. He has a very sound defence and when he develops more scoring shots should have a bright future ahead of him. lie should also develop into a useful slow bowler. He could sharpen up his running between the wickets to advantage. (.I. Rateliffe followed his 44 against Ponsonby with 115, not out. A peculiar stylo of batsman, he has a good eye which tarries him through in some faulty strokes. Coaching on the right lines should remedy these faults. One of the surprises of' the season so far is the failure of 0. C. Dacrc, the Auckland player-coach, to reveal his form. Better scores are expected from him in thr representative matches. T. l.von. Y.iU.OrA., continues to bowl Well and his performance in taking six wickets for 49' runs against North Shore last Saturday was a very fine achievement. At present Auckland seems in need of bowlers for its representative team and Lyon must" come in for consideration. Leg ; Siump Theory ("oinnienting on the leg stump theory of the English last bowlers;* Art bur Mailey, tlTe- HEftw.o's special correspondent, writes as follows: year or. two ago fast bowlers concentrated more ;j'»r less on an off-theory "attack: After batsmen bad fallen to this IyjK! of bowling, they decided that the game was not. Worth while, and decided to leave the off-theory .alone. For a sea-

.son or (wo howlers still thumped the bail (lipv. ii outside I lie off stump, and the. only response w.is a demand from the

bavraekcrs fo 'Uowl on the wicket,.' "Fast howlers wasted a lot. of energy in those ilavK, ;i Inl some still do, Iml .oi 11ors havp soon the light, and are direr)itig flie howling at, the leg .'dump. Tins is (lip fonn. of, nit ark that. Australia. s liaKniPn have 10 face, and if we had a ■ howlpr whose pace was equal lo llial. of Lanvoud ivf woulft hp compelled lo adopt . similar tact irs. Sonic people say that.Wall, 'lio South .Australian fast bowlor, is '" f > luui-h" of a gentleman to bowi at the batsman. In my/ opinion, it .is not a case <( f manners. 1 have said a dozen times 'hat a' fast bovvler has lieen compelled —-(owing lo flip tactics of lialsnipn) to bowl "ii t|ip (vkkol, and he has a perfect r'ght to <hi s". • '

" I lioi'f! is mm pleasing feafurc about o'lnin of ilif. tiow generalion <">f batsmen, :U| '] tlial ss tlirir desire to score off offtiiftjiv howling. In rerent mid oilier matches ivliieli 1 Jihvo witnes.sed, TSivulinaii hack-cut halls that were pitched a. yard away. Ri;i<lina>i took a siwting risk (| f I'oiiiy; (.uiglil in Hip slips. His uncanny

aptitude' for. (loiutr 1110 »-ijiht 1 Jiin.tr at. the right moment ;t 1 lowr-fl hint lo gel aAvay v "i'li this juidiicioHS stroke, lint, other liats3i|en have found t ( 11 j«> stroke distinctly dangerous.Although (he leg-stump theory rattled the Australian batsmen, in tlio Wali-li played liv the Kiu»lishmen aga'nst ;t, i Australian n'nvml' a! Melbourne, neither Mfiodfull nor Kradnian lost thc'r wickets to if. ■' /

''•SiiMild flip ■Kiip;lisi , i fast liiiv.'lrTfi ii'lvint Hip log, flp|,] j | lo first lest run tell, We liniv) J,,,! r.hjp'ct on tli" prrmii'ls of °'irouraE< ,, l as 1 liavo said, by t)to bnts3'iofi I vos. and I liavc .sufftcicrit faith in Australia balsmr'n Ilia I. lluy will ' "inl'.-it tliis .iiirnai'O in thnir own iiarlicuW wav."