MARGIN OF 195 RUNS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18923, 27 January 1936, Page 4

MARGIN OF 195 RUNS

MARYLEBONE TOURISTS MATCH WITH WANGANTJI (Per Presß Association.) WANGANUI, last night. The cricket match between the touring M.C.C. team and Wanganui was concluded at Cook's Gardens on Saturday, the visitors winning by a margin of 195 runs. Wanganui opened its second mnfngs stubbornly, and with one wicket down for 33 runs it appeared that there was a strong! possibility of the team playing out time. However, the next five wickets were taken cheaply for 15 runs, and the innings closed at 5.25 p.m. with only 75 runs on the telegraph. The wicket was in good order throughout the match, and the outfield was fast. When play commenced in the morning M.C.C. had 202 runs for two wickets (declared), and Wanganui had compiled 74 runs in the first innings for the loss of eight wickets. Seweil .and Oliver continued Wanganui's innings, . the • former making a creditable showing with 33 to his credit before being stumped. The total for the innings was 130. M.C.C- commenced their second innings at 12.16 p.m., with a. lead of 72 runs, Griffiths and Powell, usually the tail-enders, opening. The former's wicket went for 21 runs after 15 minutes' play. At the luncheon adjournment M.C.C. had three wickets down for 60 runs. M.C.C. then last three wickets cheaply, Lyttelton being caught behind the wickets by Wilson after making four runs, and Langiridge being stumped by Wilson off Warnes before ho had opened his score. There were then 84 runs on the board. Mitchell-Lines' joined Hardstaff, and immediately settled down to score, but he fell to Warnes after scoring 10. At this stage M.C.C. had lost seven wickets for 106, but the Barber-Hard-staff partnership then yielded 52 runs and finally the innings was declared closed at 3.25 p.m. with 198 runs for eight wickets. Wanganui proved unequal to the task of making 271 runs for a win or playing out time.