WOMEN’S CRICKET TEST

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18634, 19 February 1935, Page 11

WOMEN’S CRICKET TEST

ENGLAND 503 FOR FIVE INNINGS DECLARED N.Z. STARTS BETTER fPer Press Association. l CHRISTCHURCH, this clay. After hatting all .Saturday afternoon (o score 438 for four wickets, England contihued their first innings against New Zealand in the women’s cricket test todav. Miss E. M. Child (62) and bliss E. Archdale (27) went in to face the bowling of Misses H. Miller and P. Taylor. Oily one run. came off the first five overs, both batswomen -playing on the defensive. Miss Archdale was caught at square-leg by Miss N. Browne in Miss Taylor’s third over, without adding lo her score.—432 —s—27. The scoring was still slow, although the next, player. Miss M. Richards, played forcing shots. After half an hour, the total was 442 for five. Miss Child had scored 69. With the score at 444, bliss R. Symons, a slow righthander, came on. bliss Richards swept her second hall high over her head to the boundary. She repeated the performance with the fourth hall to reach 'double figures and bring up 450. bliss Symons, in attempting to field a. high drive from Miss Richards, was struck on the cheek bone, and had to leave the field, Miss M. Norman replacing her. England declared with’ five, wickets down for 503. bliss Child made. 86, and hit live fours. New Zealand opened again with bliss M. Marks and bliss 11. Buck against the howling of bliss McLagan and bliss M. Tnylpr. Miss Buck had made 13 when she was struck by a. rising ball from bliss McLagan and had to go off. Miss P. Savin went in next and started brightly. New Zealand were showing more confidence, and the score mounted. Miss ,T. E. Partridge’s highflighted slows had the batswomen puzzled for a start, but by luncheon the score was 33 for one wicket. bliss Buck will resume later. New Zealand lost a wicket in the second over after lunch.—One for 34. At 2.25 p.m. New Zealand had scored 58 for three wickets. Details - ENGLAND First Innings M. McLagan, e Symons, 1> bfiller ... 26 K A. Snowball, e Bishop, )> Symons 189 M. Hide, c Symons, 1> Hollis . . 110 M. Child, not. out ... ... ... 86 E. Partridge, c Bishop, 1> Symons 6 .1. E. Partridge, e Bishop, b Symons 6 K. Archdale, c Brown, b Taylor ... 27 M. Richards, not out ... ... ... 48 Extras 11 Total for five wkis., deold. ... 503 NEW ZEALAND First Innings 44 Second Innings Marks, not out ... ... 18 H. Buck, retired ... ... ... 14 T. Savin, e Richards, b Partridge ... 15 bl. Corby, run out 12 M. Hollis, c Taylor, b Spear ... 2 M. Bishop, b McLagan ... ... 27 A. Ell, b Partridge 1 Extras 4 Total for five wickets ... * ... 93