FINE VICTORY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22822, 1 September 1937, Page 14

FINE VICTORY

DOMINION CRICKETERS DEFEAT OF SUSSEX INNINGS AND 232 RUNS ALL-ROUND EXCELLENCE By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. LONDON. August 30 The cricket match at Brighton between New Zealand and fclussex ended a day early in a brilliant victory for the Dominion by an innings and 232 runs. The New Zealanders to-day added 370 runs to their first innings! 1 total of 176 for five wickets',, the whole innings thus realising 5-16. This was the highest score made by any New Zealand side in. England. Requiring 395 to save an innings defeat tho Sussex men were all out for 163. ■ Sussex, with Tate bowling fairly fast, end Langricige and Parks keeping a very accurate length, wero a good bowling side; but the batsmen were overwhelmingly supreme. Runs coming at a brisk pace, the innings lasted only six hours. Wallace's Brilliant Century Wallace and Donnelly played delightful cricket and added 124 in 57 minutes. Wallace, with excellent footwork and perfect timing, was completely at his ease to all the bowlers. Hisi second century of tho tour took two hours, and included 11 fours, and one six. Donnelly made wristy strokes all round the wicket, and hit 11 fours and two sixes. Moloney and Roberts put on 100 together in 52 minutes. Moloney batted attractively, and in his score were 6even fours. Roberts played superbly arid hit 10 boundaries in his highest innings of the tour. Bowlers Follow Up Batting Success New Zealand followed fine batting with ' inspired bowling and fielding. Cowie had two quick successes, once sending the middle stump cart-wheeling half a chain. Lowry soon introduced the spin bowlers. Donnelly (left-arm), keeping an accurate length, had three wickets for seven runs in his first six: overs — his best bowling since tho Yorkshir match. Sussex lost seven wickets; for 56. This was the most amazing collapse of the tour on a perfect pitch. James Langricige was tho only batsman able to handle tho attack, and he hit brilliantly, his score including 12 fours and one 6ix. The eighth wicket partnership held up the tourists for three-quarters of an. hour and extra time was played to Beoure the result. Factors in Visitors' Victory The New Zealand fielding was firstclass; fine catches were taken in the slips by Roberts and TindilL Clever captaincy, fine batting, resolute bowling and capital fielding combined to give the tourists a brilliant victory. Details of the scores are: —: SUSSEX First'innings v. . 151 NEW ZEALAND—First Innings Vivian, Ibw, b Tate 16 Hadlee, c John Langridge, b Tate 76 Tindill, e John Langridge, b J. Parks 11 Kerr, st Griffiths, l> Tate . . . 50 Donnelly, b Scott '. . . ... . . . . 83 Lowryr-o. Griffiths, b Tate .... 2 Wallace, c Holmes, b James Langridge 11l Roberts, b James Langridge . . 82 Moloney, Ibw, bJ. Parks . * . 75 Dunning, not out > . 27 Cowie, bJ. Parks .> . : : . ... 2 Extras . . . . »? »s . . 11 Total 546 Bowling.-r-Tate took four wickets for 122 runs, J. Parks three for 141, James Langridge two for 114, Scott one for 67, Bartlett none for 4, Nye none for 87. SUSSEX.—Second Innings John Langridge, Ibw, b Roberts 10 J. Parks, b Cowie . . , . . . . . 11 b Cowio . . 0 Bartlett, c Eoberts, b Donnelly 14 James Langridge, not out . . . . 91 H. Parks, c Lowry, b Donnelly . . 0 Holm'es, b Donnelly 0 Griffiths,, st Lowry, b Moloney ..■ 0 Tate,/Ibw, b Donnelly 11 Scott, c Tindill, b Eoberts . . . . 16 Nye, c and b Cowio ...... 0 Extras . . . . . . .. . 10 Total , , , . . 163 '■' Bowling 0. M. R. W. Donnelly . . 13 3 32 4 Cowie . . ,> . 11 3 38 3 Robert!! *. 10 4 11 2 Moloney %. 12 Dunning 3

The Now Zealand cricketers to-day are to be.jin a three-day match against Itn England eleven at Folkestone. VISITORS PRAISED t INFLUENCE ON 'SEASON Times ,Cablo LONDON, Auprust 30 In reviewing tho cricket season the Times says: "All tho best character of cricket has been displayed by the New Zealanders, who always have been cheerful and keen, unperturbed in defeat and playing the game for the game's sake. To them the season owes not a little of its brightness and charm."