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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20962, 27 February 1930, Page 4

CRICKET.

By Sup. \ ALBION’S GOOD WIN. When Albion was dismissed for 200 tuns on the first day of its match against Grange there were few prepared, to venture ai> opinion regarding the ultimate result of the _game. Two hundred is a handy total in a club - match, on this seasons form at least, hut Grange] has a yery solid batting side, and Albion faced » task that was by'no mGaiis easy when the second day of the match was ' omxnenced. The early dismissal of Knight must have been heartening to the Albion players, for he has been a hard man to i , w Beaßo P- Boyd, too, did not add largely to his previous score, but ■Morns and M'Mullan brought the score up to a very respectable total. Morris maintained his improved form, playing a sound knock for 33. but M'Mullan was unusually restrained, and his 10 runs took no less than an hour to make. This may be taken as an indication that the bowling was at this stage at least very accurate, for the left-hander is quick to punish anything loose. He was bowled by an beautiful ball from M'Haffie pitched / ®° f A r 4he , ]eR . eide he made no attempt to play it. He admitted afterwards that he had never been more fairly and squarely beaten in his life. The same wi • £ rew so. seasoned a player as Gal land into an obvious trap before he aad d ouWe figures. Ctahefield Knocked up 12 in workmanlike style, *d . was dismissed with a fine 'catch by Vor--1 v ch l a 3 dismissal of Chadwick Chettleburgh left Grange with eight f or 132 Then came a fine partnership between Elmes and Ewart, which provided one of the most interestwL!? ISOdes ? 2? ni ? r cricket this season. Elmes was at tas best. and , in his best J™ on u ? f the “ost attractive and venturesome batsmen m the competition al i ° f t tha howlers in W™ and confident Style, he gradually built up / Dd . promoted from a fa J s part nobl y- “Sing * a i a ?- d , showing such sound out ll™!* Ht dld , not look'like going il u after making 55, was bowled’ of Lemln 1 g l 4 /I lose iT ß hy 15 runs, for c 6O) and . M'HaiEe Or 30)^ otb performed' excellently. thol,^, he i bowled loose j 9 was .always able to send up sufficient dangerous balls in every over to keep lhe fefe’ w f tchin K him carefullyand W rfre^°u l?lanc , e c came 38 a surprise, ,h® Proved himself a more dangerous h.°^J. er than was generally thought. A " warl^\\e a^lf h 6 ab {!- ity JP S somi v f ball / a ve him his wickets. Venture 11 l l° UT - 0 \ 39 !- n tboir second

AN EXCITING GAME. only °132 Pa r ,v£? "on was .Lariebrook secured a lead on the first imnnga i„ its match withVnfntai for the modest f'l 1 ? 1 ; With six wickets downier 60 runs when the game was resumed S»? ID fi°a-i allcl ¥ onk eet tled down to steadily, and the former reached cl° ore 21 » the making of which ll iWbff* Cl “id|e knocked one six. h f USUaI breez y . style, hitting innSea° begar ’ ita second lunmga it aid not fare very well - end i;^,.f. un3 ° n . for the loss of only four “*& C *™*roo'J B most defeat,season. was not Kn nf at i i untlI r , he had scored 42 in his Af r Wh ° was 'undent™; th 38 * layed a very sound into Punedin was left with 143 runs a h bold bid B for°Th e ’ aDd de £ ded t 0 ® aka effect dfd d^ f r the runs - To such good effect did it carry out its purpose that the bailable 6 time ® caution to Irn , e > .the batsmen easting A- - **** Tnd had Tt fc oT CeSSfu i ° f . the 19 V but S Str”ns e Vk^ 1 CQ “ trib “ tk >n S of o '^i^'ssjsrggr. the only -chfS and Jit . was U fbe 5 from hpwhng which prevented Dmmdin Which gained, him his wickete ttl better command'of length nnd' ,r e bad but his bao- gth x a , nd dlrecc >on, wiSkets fJr tfrunl 6 “ was csght

OLD BOYS’ EASY WIN aK/iWflyj 0 • task, their second Effort conei( *erable improvement. This made bvTranV due to iuaae oy Jfrank Toomey/ their pantain Who registered , his best perfom4c e this .season by carrying his Lt C a ecore hid hois' 80U v d an d patient batsman, he tMs Sb m h V rue for « until excellent™- Hl j Performance was an dence ga 7 e his men confi-. stand l ln fpck also made a useful did not In -l hls J nnln ®' Dickinson am not meet,-with his usual success though his average of three for 37 was !^ 111 a « 00 , d one. It would not hdve been »o good, however, if some of the bats- ! ess ,frequently for the Ifiio* 0 tte Deader bowled with more accuracy than the fast bowler and awarded .with three wickets.for 25 ri- ,r^ o oney > who was bowled as much lor 50 IDSOn ' secured an average of three CONSISTENCY OF DEMPSTER, C-Dempster, the Wellington representative, has been remarkably consistent & f ma * h £> a « ai u nst the M.C.C. team: In test matches he has scored 341 runs at an Sf.fip. made up as follows:finw eSfc i 25 1 second teat, 136 and 9T out: « hl -j d resc, z/. Besides these scores, he made 20 , a f“ d not out in the Wellington match, which gives mm a grand total of 411 runs at an average of 82.2. It will be remembered that in the second inningp of the Wellington match Dempster retired hurt when his score was two, but carried on later to be unbeaten. He easily heads the New Zealand players averages in test matches. . If England has Hammond and Duleepmnhji Austraha Bradman and Ponsford, New Zealand in C. S. Dempster can boast of a batsman worthy to compare with It 16 them (says “Burwood’' of ttie Dominion). In 1927 it was Roger Blunt who stood out as New Zealand’s star batsman. Did be not that year score three centuries in succession for New Zealand against Edgar Mayne’s Vic- • toria team, and then proceed to England to nit up a century in the very first innings of the opening match of the New Zealander's tour, thus scoring four centuries in successive innings. On that tour, Blunt scored the highest number of runs, 1540, in first-class matches, but was beaten by a fraction for leading position on the average by C. S; Dempster, whoso aggregate was 143 C. Dempster’s average was 44.68. and Blunt’s 44.00. In all matches, however, Dempster led the way with 2231 and an average.of 54.41, against Blunt's 2086, average 60.39, the pair again holding first, and second places on the batting averages. This season, however, Dempster has proved his, undoubted right to be regarded as New Zealand’s star batsman. To score 341 runs in six innings, with two not outs, with the splendid average of 85.25 per innings, against bowlers of the calibre of Nichols, Allom, Barratt, Worthington, and Woolley, is a feat of which even Jack Hobbs would have just cause to be proud. Dempster is without question amongst the world’s leading batsmen to-day, and is good enough to command a place in any to m-ior his batting alone., The secret of his success lies in his sound methods. Hi# beautiful footwork enables ium to

get into the correct position to play every stroke, and he treats every ball strictly on its merits. ' - notes: member of the Dunedin Second Grade B team, knocked up 109 in a recent match in 35 minutes, hitting seven sixes. 1 K. S, Duleepsinhji’s average for test matches in the New Zealand tour is 89.5. Mia scores have been: First test, 49 and not out; second test, 40 and 56 not out, _ third test, 117: fourth test, 63. By f-ing in the third test he passed 100° runs for the tour. Hia average for all matches is 76.5. ,„ Tl l ree members of the M.C.C. team, E. W, Dawson. G. B, Legge, and G. F. Earle at, present intend to spend a few days trout fishing at Lake Taupo at the con* elusion of the tour. In this case they will n ? ii. ea X ß Wellington with other members ox the team by the Rangitane on March 1, but will depart from Auckland by the Aorangi which ia due to leave about. March 4. We would appear to be on the weak side with the ball, though we have th< necessary bowlers/’ says an Australian writer regarding the test team “It is really an experimental side. Ihere is m>und to be a tail in our best team, as Hurwood. Wall, Hornibrook, and uldfieM disclose a weakness that may well prove 1 disastrous. Added to that list is urrimmett, who. however, is capable of making a 7 1 run(> . at times, though anything but reliable. Another weakness is that there is not a left-hand batsman on the aide, and in that respect Bardsley’s place has not been filled. There have been burn mg periods and anxious moments, and' the best has not been produced. The semetors were afforded a grand chance, and that they were unequal to the job is unreservedly admitted, We are fairly strong in batting, but I am inclined to think not so supreme in that department as many people in this country imagine. That *-he team ’ will do well and uphold Australia s prestige both on and off the field la . a , dev , out wish, yet the 15 chosen are not the best blended 15 Australia is capable of producing.” ' The brilliant Indian • batsman. K. S Muleepsinhji, invariably opens his innings with a sweater, which he continues to ■wear till he'warms up to the work. The removal of this sweater is a significant /states the Auckland Sun), ft means that -fireworks may be expected, as was •it. c ? Be » on Monday, and Duleepsinhji, with his wonderful eye, is a terror to bowlers of all types. What pleases the oniooker about Duleepsinhji is the fact that he scores, or endeavours to score off nearly every ball sent down. What a contrast to the tactics of many batsmen 111 these days of marathon batting! . . jx. C. James, the,'New Zealand wickets keeper,- put- up a fine performance in the third test against the .M.C.C. team. In the score of 330 for four wickets registered by the visitors not one bye was scored : the only two- extras being accounted for by leg-byes. , ; The fiy® cricketers of the year M chosen tor special mention in Wisden’s for 1930 S. Dnleepsinhji and E. H. Bowley, of Sussed; R. E. g.’Wyatt, of Warwickshire, who’is described as essentially a cricketer for a big occasion; H G Owen-Smith, of South Africa; and R. W. v °jj Middlesex, “ a remarkable cric heter, of whom possibly the best has not been seen yet.” .-r/The positions of the teams in the Christchurch competition- are as follow:

.Old Boys :. , , W B n ' Dra r P 2 T tS -' Riccarton .. 6 3 14 Lmwood .... 5 4' i o Sydenham .. 4 4 1 iX Old Collegians 4 5 St. Albans • .. 4 5 0 E, Christchurch 3 6 g W. Christchurch 1 .8 9