CRICKET TEST

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22315, 13 January 1936, Page 11

CRICKET TEST

M.C.C. DECLARES FIVE WICKETS FOR 653 GREAT HITTING DISPLAY HOME TEAM BATTING AGAIN [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION'] DUNEDIN", Sunday The second clay's play in the unofficial test cricket match between M.C.C. and New Zealand at Carisbrook was even more disastrous for New Zealand than the first day. "With five wickets for 653, M.C.C. declared its innings closed and New Zealand's second innings, which opened as badly as the first, had realised 116 for four wickets when stumps were drawn. The wicket was in perfect condition yesterday. The weather was excellent and the crowd in the afternoon was the largest seen in Dunedin for a cricket match for a long time. At stumps on Friday M.C.C. had lost two wickets for 277, and on resuming yesterday the two not-out batsmen (Barber, 122, and Hardstaff, 21) continued to take toll of the Barber took his score to 173, while Hardstaff made 76. The feature of the play yesterday was a glorious display of hitting by Human and Holmes. Almost as soon as he went to the wicket Human started to thrash the bowling. He batted 77 minutes and hit 97 runs, including a six which he drove through the window of the pavilion. Human was followed by Holmes, who also lost no time in hitting boundaries from practically every ball. Holmes had scored 54 in just over 20 minutes when he declared the innings closed. Included in his score were three sixes. Langridge had scored 106 when Holmes declared. Many Chances Dropped Both Human and Holmes were cheered by the crowd, which had become disgusted with the fielding of the New Zealanders, who did not appear to be able to stop a ball or hold the easiest of catches. Five chances were missed on Friday by particularly slovenly fielding, and the exhibition yesterday was even worse. New Zealand opened its second innings in the same way as its first. Neither Mills nor Cromb looked comfortable and for the second time Mills was dismissed for none, Cromb going a little later for seven. Weir went for two and Moloney for 25. Vivian (53) and Lamason (27) were batting well when stumps were drawn. Barber's score reached 150 after he had been at the wickets for 189 minutes. With the total at 330 Merritt took over the attack from Roberts. Hardstaff scorejl rapidly off the slow bowler and reached his lialf-century in 86 minutes. Both batsmen began to hit out to Merritt, and the total mounted to 350 in 250 minutes. Roberts was the only bowler who had troubled the Englishmen at all, Cowie being very erratic. Barber Bowled Barber had been batting for 211 minutes when he was dismissed by | Merritt. He stepped back to a ball : which completely baffled him. He gave i a very attractive display, his total of ! 173 including 20 fours. Merritt had ! taken one wicket for 68. j The visitors' total was 361 when 1 Hardstaff, who had scored 52, was joined by Langridge. With the score at 373 Cowie, off whom 92 runs had been hit, was replaced by Elmes, whose bowling, pitched about two feet out | side the off stump, proved easy t< i Hardstaff. The batsman's delightfu driving was a treat to watch. Lang j ridge gave Elmes a difficult chance whei | 17. At the luncheon adjournment th< Englishmen, who had been batting fo: i 281 minutes, had reached 400 (Hard •staff 70, Langridge 20). j Elmes and Roberts took up th< attack after luncheon. Elmes continuec ; his off theory and had Hardstaff caughi in the slips. Hardstaff batted 13J j minutes and scored 76, including foui fours. M.C.C. had lost four wicket! for 412. Human was the newcomer anc the fourth ball from Elmes h< poked into the slips, Roberts dropping a very easy catch. Humar lost no time in getting settlec and the batsmen scored off practically every ball. Human delighted the crowd with his hard hitting and in half ar hour he had scored 30. At 37 he hit a spectacular six off Vivian. He reached his half-centry in 48 minutes, Langridge making 50 after he had beeu ai the wickets 87 minutes. M.C.C. had been batting 349 minutes when 500 apjieared on the board, Shortly after, Human (61) was dropped by Mills on the boundary off Vivian. Fifty in Sixteen Minutes The Englishmen's score reached 55C in 365 minutes, the last 50 being scored in 16 minutes. Human had scored 97 when he sent an easy catch to Vivian at a mid-on off Cromb. Vivian dropped the chance, but Human put the next ball | in the same place and Vivian made no | mistake. Human's score included a six and 14 'fours. M.C.C. had lost five 1 wickets for 575. | Holmes, the English captain, batted : only a few minutes when he snicked a i ball from Cromb behind the wicket, Jdckman failing to take the chance. The : score reached 600 in 386 minutes and | Langridge's century went up after he had been batting for 131 minutes. ; Holmes put one straight into Moloney's ' hands at 30 off Elmes, but once again | the catch was missed. The English cap- ! tain, who was in hitting form, lifted | the next ball from Elmes into the , pavilion for a six, and in the next over from Cromb hit two successive balls oil to the embankment. He had been at wickets for only 20 minutes for 50. Six hundred and fifty was hoisted in 398 minutes, the last 50 taking only 12 minutes. With 653 for the loss of five wickets at the tea adjournment, M.C.C. declared, Lancridge being 106 and Holmes 54. The innings lasted 400 minutes. Facing a deficit of 572, New Zealand had scored 116 for four wickets at stumps. Scores:— M.C.C. —First Innings I). Smith, b Roberts 26 .T. H. Parks c Roberts, b Elmes . . 100 W. Barber, b Merritt 173 J. Hardstaff. c Cowie, b Elmes . . 76 .T. H. Human, c Vivian, b Cromb . 97 ■T. Langridge. not out 106 E. R. T. Holmes, not out . . . . 54 Extras 21 Total for five wickets declared 653 Bowling OM R W Roberts .... 34 5 107 1 Cowie .... 29 1 96 0 Elmes .... 32 3 129 2 Merritt .... 23 1 105 1 Cromb .... 12 0 83 1 Vivian .... 13 0 83 0 Moloney .... 3 0 26 0 Weir ,1 0 3 0 NEW ZEALAND First Innings 8] Second Innings J. E. Mills, b Read 0 I. B. Cromb, b Baxter 7 G. L. Weir, c Barber, b Read . . 2 T). A. R. Moloney, b Read . . . . 25 H. G. Vivian, not out 53 J. R. Lamason, not out . . . . 27 Extras 2 Total for four wickets . . .. 116 Bowling OM R W Read .... 12 2 46 3 Baxter .... 11 1 31 1 Parks .... 6 0 22 0 Sims 5 1 15 0 (