P.B. LEADING BY 53 RUNS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18065, 17 April 1933, Page 2

P.B. LEADING BY 53 RUNS

FIRST STRIKE V. PARNELL HOME BOWLERS ON TOP TWO FOR 114 AT NOON TO-DAY Having secured a first innings lead of 53 runs in their match against tho Parnell team, winners of the Auckland championship, Poverty Bay returned to tho wicket this morning, and at noon had scored 114 for the loss of two wickets. The home side opened cautiously this morning, bub after an hour’s play the runs came more freely, though the high standard of Parnell’s fielding robbed them of several chances. Parnell’s first innings ended in a triumph for the Poverty Bay bowlers, and the innings was a sensational one from start to finish. The bowling Was remarkably accurate, .and had 'plenty of sting, while flic fielding was excellent, and gave the visitors little chance to score, even though it was a batsman’s wicket.

Whitelaw, during the few minutes he was at the wicket at the opening of the innings, showed class as a batsman, but the ball that bowled him was a wonderful delivery,, swinging in on to his wicket. Vivian went out to a ball pitched on to his wicket and which struck him on the knee.

After McCoy, Whitelaw, and Vivian had been dismissed for only 11 runs between them, M. Wallace ami .1. Scholium, the ex-Poverty Bay cricketer, made the only noteworthy stand of the innings. They put on JO runs’between them before Wallace went out leg before to another of Robertson’s deliveries, after he had contributed 24, Sefen runs later Scholium was caught and bowled by Robertson, and Duncan was the next to go, without having scored. G. Wallace made a brief stand with Ilawke and Webb for 14 but none of the other batsmen reached double figures, and the innings closed for SO, having lasted only an hour and three-quarters. Robertson finished with four wickets for 33, while E. 11. Dow, who was responsible for the dismissal of: both Whitelaw and Vivian, took three for 22. Lockett took two for 10, and Sharp one for four. Robertson and Carson opened at 10 o’clock this morning, and after 20 minutes at the wicket Carson was cleanbowled by McCoy for 12 when Robertson had scored two.

Reeves joined Robertson, and the pair scored slowly until Reeves opened out and scored two fours off Goodsir in his ninth over, followed by a third four ui tho next over, off McCoy. At 27 Reeves drove to the boundary from a delivery by McCoy, and fell a victim to a good catch by’Whitelaw, who caught him out in spectacular fashion on Saturday. The score stood at 54 when Reeves’ wicket fell. Parnell were fielding well, and Robertson, who was joined hv Boon, was scoring very slowly, hatting for the first hour for only eight runs. He was on the defensive most of tho time, and scored mainly by singles. Boon hit his first four down tho gully off Goodsir, giving him double figures, and bringing the score up to 75, with two wickpts down. Robertson’s first four came two overs later, when he drove McCoy to the .boundary, and brought the total up to 81, and his own score to 19. At 11.45 a.m. Boon put the century mi the board with ;i two. Robertson was going better by now, and at noon ho had scored 34, while Boon had made 30. the total at that stage being 114. Details: — POVERTY BAY First Innings ... ... 133 Second Innings G. J. Robertson, not out 34

W. Carson, b McCoy 12 S. Reeves, c Whitelaw, b McCoy ... 27 M. K. Boon, not out 30 Extras—byes 8, n.b. 3 11

Total for two wickets

PARNELL First Innings. P. Whitelaw, bE. H. Dow . . 0 IV. McCoy, Ibw, b Robertson .. 0 H. G. Vivian, lbw, hE. Dow .. 2 M. Wallace, lbw, b Robertson .. 24 J. Scholium, c and b Robertson .. 1) t). Hawke, b Lockett ».. .. 2 11. Duncan, b Robertson .. .. 0 G. Wallace, e Scholium, b Lockett 14 11. Webb, bE. Dow . . .. 3 B. Wilson, b Sharp .. .. .. 8 F. Goodsir, not out 2 Extras, byes 4, Lb. 7, n.b. 1.. 12 Total SO Bowling.—E. 11. Duo', 11 uvers, 3 maidens, 22 runs; 3 wickets; G. J. Robertson, 16, 4, 33, 4; G. N. Lockett, 7 3, 1(1, 2; 1 no ball; M. Sharp. 2,0, L 1. “ATTACK” BRADMAN’S ADVICE TO BATSMEN SYDNEY, April 1. The necessity for brightening cricket by more virile batting tactics was stressed by D. G. Bradman in a lecture to school boj« nt tno Assembly Hall, Department of Education. Bradman advised his listeners to attack on every possible occasion. “The one tiling wrong with present-day cricket,” lie said “is the failure of the batsmen to attack. This lias the effect of making the play and scoriim slow and uninteresting.” He advised the hoys co /earn their strokes at the nets, before employing them in matches. He also advised them to refrain from playing strokes through the slips. Bradman illustrated the various strokes very clearly.