DASHING CENTURY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22131, 10 June 1935, Page 6

DASHING CENTURY

DISPLAY BY C. C. DACRE FORCEFUL DRIVING WITNESSED fFKOM OUB OWN By Air Mail LONDON, Mar 18 C. C. Dacre, the New Zealand cricketer, distinguished himself in the first innings of the match between Oxford University and Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire, for whom Dacre was playing, had made 460 in its first innings, but Oxford, after losing six wickets for 135, then batted so well that it scored 386. Dacre was associated with Barnett in a first-wicket stand, and it was not until he had made 108 runs that he was caught. Describing the match the Dailj Herald correspondent says:—The bowling appeared to suffer both in length and direction under the vigorous onslaught of the opening batsmen, who took full advantage of the manv scoring opportunities which loose deliveries provided. Dacre, whose innings featured forceful driving on either side of the wicket, as well as hard hitting to leg, reached his 50 out of 100 in an hour, and ran to his century at just over the rate*of a run a minute. Eventually caught at short-lea;, with the total at 188, Dacre, Avho took risks, gave three chances during his stay of two hours. He hit sisteen fours More correct in his methods, Barnett, if not quite so aggressive as usual, also played fine forcing cricket, without making a mistake, and beautifully timed off-drives brought him most of his thirteen fours during a stay of two and a-quarter hours.