CRICKET TOURISTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23204, 31 May 1937, Page 9

CRICKET TOURISTS

MATCH AGAINST LANCASHIRE NINE WICKETS FOR 272 WALLACE IN BRILLIANT FORM (From the Special Correspondent of the Press Association with the team.) LONDON, May 29. (Received May 30, at 5.5 p.m.) Facing the stiffest trial of the tour so far on Old Trafford cricket ground, where they will play England in the second test, the New Zealanders opened inauspiciously on a perfect wicket and in delightful weather against Lancashire, the first three wickets falling in an hour and a-half for 56. Wallace and Moloney then retrieved the position considerably, largely through another aggressively brilliant innings by the former, who hit six fours, three threes and only five singles in an hour, giving an attractive display of driving, hooking and cutting, 68 being added for the fourth wicket. Moloney took over two hours to reach his halfcentury, but held the innings together, being undisturbed by any of the bowlers. Donnelly assisted to put on 29 runs before falling to a new ball. Moloney, after 220 minutes of patient batting, with only three boundary strokes, was similarly dismissed. Lamason and Tindill were just settling down when a thunderstorm interrupted play for nearly half an hour. The pair then steadily compiled an invaluable 57 runs, a timely partnership for the ninth wicket, neither appearing to be greatly troubled by the attack though the scoring rate was slow. Tindill was unbeaten after batting an hour and a-quarter. New Zealand finished the day with the highest total of the tour, a performance which seemed improbable at lunch time. The Lancashire team is: W. H. L. Lister, Paynter. Hopwood, Idden, Oldfield. Watson. Place, Phillipson, Pollard, Duckworth, Wilkinson. One of the features of the day was the success of the new slow bowler Wilkinson The attendance was over 6000. Following are the scores: — NEW ZEALAND First Innings Page, b Wilkinson 13 Hadlee, c Wilkinson, b Watson.. 24 Moloney, c and b Pollard .. .. 77 Vivian, c Duckworth, b Pollard 2 Wallace, c Hopwood. b Phillipson 46 Weir, b Wilkinson 11 Roberts, c Wilkinson, b Hopwood 8 Donnelly, b Pollard 13 Lamason, b Hopwood 26 Tindill, not out 38 Cowie, not out 3 Extras 11 Total for nine wickets 272 THE COUNTY COMPETITION LONDON, May 28. Following are county cricket results: — HAMPSHIRE v. SURREY Hampshire: First innings, 326 (Holt 78, Budd not out 77); second innings, five for 240 declared (Pothecary 87). Surrey: First innings, 265; second innings, 236 (Knight 105; Herman six for 65). Hampshire won by 71 runs. YORKSHIRE v. GLOUCESTER Yorkshire: First innings, 157 (Goddard six for 57); second innings, 147 (Goddard seven for 85). Gloucester: First innings, 77 (Robinson seven for 45); second innings, 87 (Hargreaves four for 26). Yorkshire won by 140 runs. ESSEX v. KENT

Essex: First innings, 370 (Eastman 90); second innings, nine for 253 declared (Woollev five for 59). Kent: First innings, 127 (P. Smith four for 29): second innings, 174.

Essex won by 322 runs. LANCASHIRE v. WORCESTER Lancashire: First innings, 239 (Oldfield 90); second innings, four for 172.

Worcester: First innings, 192. Lancashire won on the first innings.

LEICESTER v. SUSSEX

Leicester: First innings, 351 (Dempster 110, Prentice 82). Sussex: First innings, four for 446 (John Langridge 112, Cook not out 141, Holmes not out 122). Sussex won on the first innings. SOMERSET v. DERBY Somerset: First innings, 92 (Mitchell six for 34); second innings. 104 (G. Pope four for 20). Derby: First innings, 87 (Andrews five for 28): second innings, three for 113. Derby won by seven wickets. ALLEN'S TEAM v. THE REST LONDON, May 28. Allen's Australian team, in the second innings, scored 173 (Wyatt 42, Hardstaff 24; Gover seven for 44, Todd two for 46). The Rest, in the second innings, made 245 (Hutton 50, Parks 64, Paynter 21. Dollery 41, Langridge not out 22: Allen three for 65, Verity three for 55, Wyatt two for 13)'. Allen's team won by 69 runs.