BRIGHT CRICKET

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21457, 3 April 1933, Page 10

BRIGHT CRICKET

ENGLAND'S INNINGS DECLARED FOR 548 iPALIi OF SEVEN WICKETS ■ !A RECORD TO HAMMOND SCORE OF 336 NOT OUT There was some memorable cricket at I'ldcn Park on Saturday, when the second test match between England and New Zealand was continued and when a crowd of about 17,000 saw W. I\. Hammond wrest from D. G. Bradman the record for tho highest individual scoro in test cricket. In reply to New Zealand's j!pathetic total of 15S, England scored, 548 for seven wickets and declared, with Hammond still undefeated for an incomparable 336. New Zec.land batted again and had scored eight without loss when stumps were drawn early owing to the bad light. It was another day of ideal cricket / weather and tho wicket and outfield were both fast. On Friday all tho New Zealand batsmen, with the exception of Dempster, had failed; on Saturday Hammond gave a matchless exhibition of batsmijnship as a fine art. When play was resumed neither Hammond nor Wyatt could take liberties ■with tho bowling of Badcock and Dunning. Eleven minutes after the start, Wyatt was beaten all tho way by a beautiful ball from Dunning, which appeared to como in sharply from the off. 139 —2—60. Wyatt batted 125 minutes and hit eight fours. England Takes Lead Joined by Paynter, Hammond reached 50 in 76 minutes. Shortly after England took the lead and then Dunning, who liad bowled seven overs since tho start, ■was spelled by Newman. This combination kept the batsmen quiet, but Badcock, after bowling 12 fine overs unchanged, was given a rest. Freeman and Newman were the bowlers, the latter changing over to the score board end. Tho score reached 200 in 177 minutes and Dunning and Badcock camo back .with the,new ball. Tho batsmen continued to score steadily and '■> without effort. There was no spectacular hitting, but the loose N ball was invariably treated in a manner, which gave the fieldsmen no chance. Hammond's placing of hit; scoring shots was perfect and an excellent shot to fine leg off Badcock gave him his hundred in 134 minutes. In the next over he straight-drove Dunning for a glorious six—the first of the match. Weir came on at 228 and in his second over almost bowled Hammond with a ball which hardly left tho ground. The Gloucester batsman, gave his first chance at 134, driving Newman hard to the off. Dunning, at mid-off, jumped but just failed to hold a difficult chance. The N)bw Zealand attack was well collared. Page attempted to break the partnership beforo lunch by bowling a full toss to Hammond, but the adjournment came with the score at 256 for two wickets (Hammond 152, Paynter 36). / Partnership Broken The second over after lunch saw the partnership broken. A ball from Dunping kept low and, although Paynter 'chopped down on it, ho was too late, and played it on to his wicket. 288 —3 —36. Paynter had batted in somewhat painstaking fashion for 109 minutes. .After he had scored a single, Ames •played a weak shot to the on off Dunning, but it fell clear of the field. The third hundred appeared in 254 minutes. Freeman spelled Dunning, but Badcock still kept' the batsmen quiet from the score board end. Hammond hit his second six off Freeman and then Ames lifted a full toss from the same bowler dangerously , close to Kerr at long-on. In the stfmo over Ames drove a perfect sis:. At last Badcock was rewarded. He had bowled 45 overs for 69 runs, when Ames went to turn a ball to leg. It camo in- and bowled the batsman. 347—1—26. Hammond, with Allen as partner, drove Freeman for his third s ; x, and when he was one short of 200, survived an appeal for leg-before facing Badcock. The next ball he played beautifully through the slips to reach his second double century in successive innings. Ho had batted 241 minutes. Hammond now showed the crowd some hurricane hitting. Three balls running from Newman ho drove into the crowd on tho hill —three magnificent sixes. Four hundred appeared in 309 minutes, and then Allen dragged a ball from Badcock on to his wicket. 407—5—12. Dempster Drops Hammond Joined by Brown, Hammond continued to attack the bowling. He lifted Badcock to Dempster at long-off, but the fieldsman dropped the catch and liad to retire with an injured hand. Iri Badc6ck's next over Hammond drove two sixes into the grandstand enclosure. Tho bowler also received a blow on' his injured hand when Hammond drove one back hard at him. Badcock finished the over and was replaced by Weir. Off the second ball Brown gavo Pago at extra cover an er:sy catch. 459 —6 —13. Hammond now flogged the bowling unmercifully, and 500 appeared in 316 minutes. Voce, too, drove a fine six before he wrfs bowled by a yorker from Weir, 501—7—16. There was no stopping Hammond. Ho reached 300 in 288 minutes. Wyatt did not declare at tea, for Hammond was within striking distance of the world's/record test score. Tho famous batsman played carefully until his score was past Bradman's record total of 334, scored at Leeds in 1930. Then he hit a catch to Dunning, but it was off a no-ball. At this stage Wyatt declared. Hammond had batted for 318 minutes and hit 10 sixes and 34 fours. England's total of 548 was scored in 383 minutes. Only five overs wero bowled in New Zealand's second innings when an appeal against tho light was upheld. Scores:—' NEW ZEALAND First Innings . 158 Second Innings P. E. Whitelaw, not out , 4 J. E. Mills, not out . . , . . 4 Total for no wickets . ? •. 8 ENGLAND.—First Innings H. Suteliffe, e Weir, b Freeman . 24 11. E. S. Wyatt, b Dunning . . . . 60 W. R. Hammond, not out .. . . 336 E. Paynter, b Dunning . . . . . 36 3ij. E. G. Ames, b Badcock . . . 26 G. O. Allen, b Badcock 12 Zr T l; ]srmvn > c Page, b Weir . . 13 W. Voce, b Weir ]6 ,G. Duckworth, not out ..... 6 s ' Extras . 39 Total for seven wickets (dc- , clar{ *l) , . . 548 Bowling -n , ' °- M. R. W. ■badcock ... 59 jg 220 0 Dunning . . 43 5 156 2 Freeman . . 20 1 91 1 Newman . . 17 2 87 0 Pago .... 6 2 30 0 Weir <ll 2 39 2 -• • ■ ■■