WOMEN'S CRICKET

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22487, 4 February 1935, Page 13

WOMEN'S CRICKET

; ENGLISH TOURING TEAM V-- ■ -"- '.V' ; . . ' " . ■ - . ' : V :-/■• .;■'.■ ... ..; MATCH AT WANGANUI IEASY WIN *M $SfiiX>RS (Pu Umj«b Pun Aasocunoio ) : ;•"'.': < WANGANTJI, February 2. .| The -second match of the English women's cricket' tour tu played to-day before an attendance in the vicinity of 2000. v The. visitors again demonstrated that it will take ah exceptionally strong side to beat; them 'in tiie test, and the remaining provincial matches. Winning the toss, England batted first and in 2 hours 25 minutes' plsy compiled 202 runs for the loss of six wickets, and declared. Miss Snowoall, the vice-

captain of the touring team, who captained to-day's eleven; played a stylish Innings to compile 103. She showed herself /the;: master of every stroke. Her scoring strokes were" of excellent force' and well placed, while she gave a great display of defensive, cricket against tyanganui's' best bowler, Mabel Corby, Who came through'With an average of. one; wjekirt< for IT runs after bowling 11 overs. Miss Morgan (48) and Miss

•.Turner (22) wer? the other main cph- : tribotorr to England's, score. ' ; ■ '■-■•:;'■ Wanganui opened iU first innings -at ; - 3.o'clock end, facing boWling<rf sphmdid length, backed ,py accurate fielding, tatted to avoid a. follow-on," compiling -79 runs. ■, Mise Corby was the only mem- . her of the home team ,to indicate a mastery of the bowling. 'She. played a very patient innings of 96 minutes, and made 32. Miss Ratena (18) was the ; iiext best? The others all failed to oyercome England's well organised game in the field. •;, - . Following on, Wanganui had less than hour left to. play and alrbost faced . collapse .in the second innings, which terminated at stumps with seven wickets - down for t 32 runs. Miss Liebert had proved herself a devastating agent, ;.'/ |j^J'i(itoe; : ;v:i'Misji'. Corby, who went in suth Wicket down; was. again top scorer- for Wanganui, and had 14 not out on the board. Her -play throughout to-day's match justifies her nomination for the New Zealand team. - England won by 123 runs On the first innings. , '