MATCH DRAWN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21458, 4 April 1933, Page 10

MATCH DRAWN

SECOND CRICKET TEST j RAIN/ INTERRUPTS PLAY ■ DIFFICULTY OF BOWLERS GAME ABANDONED Tho second cricket tost between England and New Zealand came to a tame conclusion at Eden Park yesterday. Rain delayed the resumption of play for an hour and a-half and then, after 12 minutes' batting by Mills and Whitelaw, another shower forced an adjournment. No play was possible after lunch and tho game ended in a draw greatly in favour of England. Now Zealand scored 15S and 16 for no wickets against England's 548 for seven wickets declared. When play started at 12.30 o'clock yesterday Hammond and Voce were the bowlers and both experienced difficulty in obtaining a foothold. Hammond tripped in running up to deliver his first ball. Both bowlers were sending down spinners, but the slippery turf did net make for accuracy of length. An occasional ball bumped and Mills swung ono from Hammond hard to tho fine leg boundary. After 12 minutes' play further rain fell and tho luncheon adjournmoht was taken early with eight runs added to tho overnight score. Itain continued to fall at intervals. Tho approaches to tho wicket were covered, but the atmosphere was heavy and it would have taken a long time for tho wicket to dry. Shortly after two o'clock the two captains, Wyatt and Page, hfspected tho wicket with tho 'umpires and decided that further play was impossible. Scores: — NEW ZEALAND First innihgs * • 158 Second Innings P. E. Whitelaw, not out . « * * 5 J. E. Mills, not out . . ... , * > < 11 Extras . . . . . « * * :«a 0 Total for no wickets ■* < * * 16 Bowling O. M. R. W. Allen ». 3 1 4 0 Bowes 2 0 4 0 Hammond . 2 0 6 0 .Voce . . 1-4 0 2 0 ENGLAND First innings, 518 for seven wickets declared. TEST MATCH AVERAGES HAMMOND'S GREAT FIGURES DEMPSTER HEADS NEW ZEALAND The test match averages of the New Zealand tour are headed by Hammond owing to his two remarkablo innings, one of 227 in tho first test and tho other of 336 not out in tho second. This gives him the remarkablo figures of 563. Ames is second on tho list with an avorago of 64.50 for two innings. •Tardine, the captain, played only in tho first test, scoring 45. Brown, Voce and Wyatt each liavo figures in tho forties, but Sutcliffo in two innings returns an average of only 12. Bowes heads tho bowling averages through his performance in tho second test in Auckland in taking six wickets at a cost yof just over six runs each. Voce is second with fivo wickets at an overage of 12.40. Tho Now Zealand batting is headed by Dempster, who, in three innings, including two not outs, mado 105. Kerr, Weir and Whitelaw are tho only other batsmen with figures over 30. The high totals made by England naturally caused tho bowling averages to suffer. The most wickets go to Badcock with five at over 50 runs each. The averages aro as follows:

SUCCESSFUL TOUR ONLY ONE GAME LOST Tho English team yesterday con'rluded one of tho most successful tours r-cr undertaken by an M.C.C. side. Regaining the ashes from Australia by winning four of the five tests, tho team suffered only one defeat, Australia winning the second test. Altogether 22 matches were played in Australia, 10 being won, 10 drawn and one lost, while tho second match against .Victoria resulted in a tie. The New Zealand itinerary consisted of three matches, a two-days' game against Wellington and two tests limited to three days. All games were drawn, both'tho tests much in favour of England. In each test match the last day's plav was interfered with ' oi. account of weather conditions. Results of matches played in New Zealand are 'as follows:—v. Wellington. Drawn. England, eight wickets for 223 declared. Wellington, two wickets for 141. / First test. Drawn. England, eight wickets for 560. New Zealand, 223 and 35 for no' wickets. Second test. Drawn. England, seven wickets for 548 declared. Now Zealand, 158 and 16 for no wickets.

ENGLAND BATTING f Ins. N.O. H.S. Tl. Av. w. R. Hammond 2 1 336* 5(53 503.00 L. E. G. Amca .. 2 — 103 129 04.50 J). K. Jardine ..1 45 45 45.00 F. R. Brown .. 2 — 74 87 43.50 W. Voce . . . . 2 — CC 82 41.00 11. K. S. Wyatt , 2 — (10 80 40.00 ,E. Pay liter .. 2 — 30 30 18.00 H. Sutclifle ,. 2 _ 24 24 12.00 G. 0. Allen .. 1 — 12 12 12.50 M. W. Tate : ) .. 1 1 10* 10 G. Duckworth .. 1 1 0* 6 _ 'Denotes not oat. BOWLING Run s Wickets AxV. W. E. Bowea ,. .. 3S 0 G.33 W. Voco . a , .. G2 G 12.40 M. W. Tat® .. 40 2 23.00 G. 0. Allen ,, ,. 00 o 33.00 T. Mitchell .4 49 1 49.00 F. R. Brown/ ■. 53 1 53.00 II. Verity . .. . OS 1 65,00 W. R. Hammond .. ID — — NEW ZEALAND BATTING Ins. N O. H.S. Tl. Av. c. 8. Dempster . 3 2 ai* 105 105.00 J. L. Kerr . . 2 — 5!) 09 34.50 G. L. Weir . . 2 00 00 33.00 P. E. Whitelaw . 4 2 30 04 32.00 M. D. Page . . 2 — 22 42 21.00 •J. A. Dunning . 1 12 12 12.00 F. T. Badcock ,. 2 1 10* 11 11.00 •T. E. Mills . . 2 1 11* 11 11.00 J. Newman .. 2 _ 5 10 5.00 J>. Smith . .. 1 4 4 4.00 J). L. Freeman . 2 _ 1 2 1.00 K. C. JanieH .. 2 2 2 1.00 'Denotes not out. BOWLING M. L. Tape . * Runs Wickets Av. .. 61 2 £5.50 G. L. Weir ,, .. 07 2 33.50 / F. T. Badcock .. 208 r> 53. GO H. G. Vivitvn , t . 72 l 72.00 J. A. Dunning .. 150 78.00 I>. Smith .« .. 113 l 113.00 3>. L. Freeman . * . . 100 I 169.00 tf. Newman f .. . . 178 0 —