OUR CRICKETERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23201, 27 May 1937, Page 9

OUR CRICKETERS

STAFFORDSHIRE DEFEATED A MARGIN OF 158 RUNS FINE INNINGS BY HADLEE (From the special correspondent of the United Press Association with the New Zealand cricket team.) LONDON, May 25. Thanks to a chanceless innings by Hadlee and the useful eighth wicket partnership of Lowry and Vivian, New Zealand was in a strong position when it declared with eight wickets for 193, leaving Staffordshire to get 255 in two hours and a-half. Hadlee hit live fours and three threes through the covers and past point. Lowry played a characteristic innings, scoring with quick singles, cutting and driving Wakelin. Vivian hit three fours and a six into the backyard of a house. Wallace and Carson were both out to mis-hits. Lamason showed improved form, driving past the fieldsmen confidently. Weir's was the best bowling exhibition to date. He made the ball' swerve and break in. Lowry. behind the wickets, struck his old form, while the fielding of Wallace, Vivian and Donnelly was quick and clean. New Zealand won by 158 runs. The team was entertained at Copeland's Spode pottery works this morning. Following are the scores: — NEW ZEALAND First innings 119 Second Innings Kerr, lbw, b Lawton 2 Hadlee, c Edge, by Wakelin .. 60 Weir, b Scorer 10 Lamason, lbw, b Scorer .. .. 19 Wallace, c Smith, b Lawton .. 19 Carson, c Scorer, b Lawton .. 16 Donnelly, b Wakelin 3 Gallichan, c Adams, b Wakelin 1 Vivian, not out 25 Lowry, not out 29 Extras 9 Total for eight wickets (declared) .. .. 193 Bowling Analysis.—Wakelin, three for 72; Lawton, three for 48; Scorer, two for 23; Hollowood, none for 21; Ikin, none for 20. STAFFORDSHIRE First innings 68 Second Innings A. Hollowood, c Vivian, b Weir 4 Smith, b Weir .. .... .. 15 Scorer, b Weir 0 Bryan, c Hadlee, b Dunning .. 9 Ikin, run out 1 Plant, c and b Gallichan .. .. 14 Edge, b Weir 2 Wakelin, run out 25 Adams, run out 0 Lawton, c Donnelly, b Gallichan 10 R. Hollowood, not out .. .. 0 Extras 6 Total 86 Bowling Analysis.—Weir, four for 46; Dunning, one for 26; Gallichan, two for 8. THE CAMBRIDGE MATCH CAMBRIDGE, May 26. (Received May 26, at 11.55 p.m.) The weather is fine and the wicket soft after overnight rain for the match between Cambridge and the New Zealand cricketers. Cambridge are batting. Kerr, Weir, Donnelly, Tindill and Vivian are standing down from the New Zealand team. The Cambridge team is as follows: A. F. T. White. Payton, Tindal, Yardley, Paule, Gibb, RoughtRought, Cameron, W. White, Kaye, Fraser. Following are the scores: — CAMBRIDGE First Innings A. White, c Page, b Dunning .. 13 Tindal, c Carson, b Dunning .. 2 Payton, not out 3 Total for two wickets 18 NEW ZEALAND TEAM ARRIVAL IN LONDON GENEROSITY OF WELCOME FAVOURABLE NEWSPAPER COMMENT (From Our Own Correspondent with the Team.) LONDON, May 8. Cordiality almost embarrassing in its generosity marked th' welcome of the New Zealand cricket team to London. Lord Hawke, titlid patron of the game in England, and Mr P. F. Warner, whose standing as one of the English selectors and editor of the Cricketer gives him a special position in cricket affairs were among those who met 4 he team on arrival in London, while A. H. H. Gilligan, caiDtain of the English team which visited New Zealand when K. S. Duleepsinghji and F. E. Woolley were successful in 1929-30, went to the inconvenience of travelling all the way to Southamoton j London's leading newspapers gave the side especially favourable treatment in both news columns and picture pages, while the inimitable Tom Webster, in the drawings which make millions laugh every day. produced cartoons which were both a tribute to his skill and a complimenl to the New Zealanders. Contact with cricket players, followers, anJ writers in London soon shows how pleasant were the memories left with Englishmen by the New Zealand teams of 1927 and 1931. The third team is lucky in following sides which have given New Zealand a wonderful name for sportsmanship in England. Representativ. ol almost every class of sporting life, the British Sportsman's Club luncheon, the first official function attended by the team, was typical of the kindness the players are experiencing in England. It would be impossible to imagine more friendly or generous hosts than those sportsmen who entertained the players at the I Savoy Hotel on May 6. Mr H. D, G. Leveson Gower, whose place in the game is unique by reason of his famous festival tournaments every season, made a speech of welcome that was undoubtedly sincere, and it would have flattered the members of the two previous teams if they cou.d have been present to hear their virtues as cricketers and sportsmen praised so lavishly r fe declared that the present side faced the tour with traditions which could hardly help but inspire the team play bright cricket. A reply equal to the occasion was .ade for the team by T. C Lowry. Snme of those who have heard him often declared that this was the most effective speech he ha? ever made at a cricket function. To words of formal thanks aptly expressed he added a protest against the constant cry for brighter cricket. He asked if critics were not seeking too much when I

they desired that every player should be a Don Bradman or a Walter Hammond. Only two speeches were made, but a message of loyal greeting was sent to the King and a reply received wishing the team every success and a pleasant time on its tour. Formality was missing from the gathering, and the players were able to meet in the flesh men who were only names to them the week before. Clive Brook, the actor, and R. C. Sheriff, the writer, were two notable figures another being Christopher Stone, of radio fame. Charles B. Cochran, most famous of stage producers in England, and H. D. ("Huge Deal") M'lntosh. a man who has made fortunes before and who is said to be making another now out of milk bars, were at the same table as Tom Webster, the great cartoonist, and A. P. Herbert, the novelist. M. L. Page. W. M. Wallace, G. L. Weir and W. A. Hadlee were at the head table with Lord Bledisloe, Fieldmarshal Lord Milne, General Sir Alexander Godley, Lord Aberdare, Mr M. J. Savage and Mr W. J. Jordan. Nine lords, nine " sirs" and six " honourables" gave to the gathering the appearance of a titular parade, these distinguished guests making admirals and generals appear to be well down the list of distinction. The New Zealand representation, even outside the team, was strong. The Prime Minister and the High Commissioner represented the New Zealand Government. Mr C. J. Wray, New Zealand Rugby Union representative in England and secretary of the New Zealand Masonic Lodge in union representative in England and secretary of the New Zealand Masonic Lodge in London, and A. E. Porritt and J. E. Lovelock, distinguished for excellent performances when representing the Dominion at Olympic Games, were there. Jack Hobbs, A. P. F. Chapman, A. E. R. Gilligan, M. J. C. Allom, R. W. V. Robins represented first-class cricketers, Thomas Moult, Bruce Harris, and H. A. H. Carson the cricket critics, Tom Webster the sporting cartoonists, and H. B. T. Wakelam the sporting radio commentators. C. D. Aarvold, whose long striding run is still remembered by those who saw that team, represented the 1930 British Rugby team which visited New Zealand, while B. C. Gadney, captain of the English team which overthrew the lasi All Black team, appeared for the presentday players of Rugby in Great Britain.

Only four days of net practice did not give the players much preparation for the first two inatches, two of the hardest games of the tour, intensive •hough that practice was. On arrival, the players were short of practice, though In excellent health, most of them having put on weight on the ship. Several gained over half a stone. Plenty of exercise was taken on the ship, including physical jerks each morning, swimming and sun bathing through the warmer latitudes, and deck games all through the voyage. The team, in fact, entered into everything that was arranged on board, and annexed nearly all the sports prizes. G. L. Weir (Auckland) won the deck tennis Singles and W. M. Wallace (Auckland) was runner-up, N. Gallichan (Manawatu) took the Quoit Singles and J. Cowie (Auckland) was runner-up, J. R. Lamason (Wellington) captured the peg quoit title and D. A. R. Maloney (Manawatu) was a partner in three of the winning doubles pairs with passengers other than team members. The Arawa Racing Club, ?.n enterprising body which operated its totalisator with a simplicity which would appeal to the average racecourse bettor, ran a meeting each week, but the best for the team was the first, marked by wins for " horses " entered by E. W. Tindill and M. L. Page. The captain also took first prize at. the fancy dress ball as Haile Selassie. "The Quins" (W. A. Hadlee, D. A. R. Moloney, A. W. Roberts, N. Gallichan and M. P. Donnelly) were there with their father (M. W. Wallace) and mother (W. N. Carson), and they were awarded a special prize for the best group. The cricket practice, however, was restricted, due to the limited size of the deck available and to there being no matting. Bowling on a short pitch and batting on a board deck were good exercise but not good cricket practice. The best thing done on board was catching practice on the slip machine, the players spending hours at it. A match was played between the officers of the ship and the team, the. team winning by 48 to 46. In ship cricket runs are extraordinarily difficult to obtain and a dozen is a good score. Tom Lowry gave some talks on cricket on board but the eagerness of the players to engage in real cricket once more was shown by the fact that they were ashore only three hours before they were at the nets at Lord s. On the ship, it is poss-'bie for an outsider to say with sincerity and without bias, the players were popular. Thenconduct was excellent. A feature was that usually the biggest part of the team attended divine service. They show every indication of being equally well conducted and equally well-liked in England. TEST TRIAL MATCH A CENTURY TO HAMMOND LONDON, May 25. In the test trial match North, in the second innings, made 184 (Paynter 51; Fames five for 43). South, in the second innings, lost four wickets for 158 (Hammond not out 100). South won by six wickets. THE COUNTY COMPETITION LONDON, May 25. Following are the results of county matches: — YORKSHIRE v. SUSSEX Yorkshire.—First innings 405 (Mitchell 88. Barber 104); second, five for 166. .. / T «v,n Sussex.—First innings 566 (John Langridge 175, H. Parks 104). Sussex won on the first innings. LANCASHIRE v. WARWICK Lancashire.—First innings six for 358, declared (Hopwood 98). Warwick.—First innings 124 (Sibbles five for 31). Warwick followed on and made 110 (Pollard four for 44). . . Lancashire won by an innings and 124 runs. ESSEX v. HAMPSHIRE E Ssex —First innings 149 (Herman seven for 57); second innings 281 (Nichols 120). Hampshire.—First innings 136, second 192 (P. Smith six for 34). Essex won by 102 runs. LEICESTER v. SOMERSET Leicester.—First inn ings 92 (Bunce five for 18); second 246 Somerset.—First innings 186 (Smith five for 84); second, eight tor 123 (Smith six for 34). Somerset won on the first innings. NOTTS v. WORCESTER No tts.—First innings 227 (Keeton 80); second, six for 250, declared. Worcester.—First innings, 197 (Larwuod four for 48); second, one for 196 (Warne not out 104). Notts won on the first innings. SURREY v. GLOUCESTER Surrey.—First innings nine for 439, declared (Sandham 140); second seven for 259. . Gloucester.—First innings 389 (Neale 84, Crapp 99). Surrey won on the first innings. NORTH ANTS v. GLAMORGAN Northants.—First innings 84 (Mercer four for 23); second 77 (Clay seven for 43). Glamorgan.—First innings eight for 215, declared (Jupp four for 47). Glamorgan won by an innings and 54 runs. DERBY v. KENT Derby.—First innings 239 (Alderman 89: Wright six for 73): second 88 (Watt six for 34). Kent.—First innings 100 (G Pope

four for 32); second 145 (G. Pope four for 26). Derby won by 82 runs. MIDDLESEX v. CAMBRIDGE Middlesex.—First innings 341 (Felton 171); second seven for 199, declared. Cambridge University.—First inings 231; second 107. Middlesex won by 202 runs.