"NOT DISGRACED”

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 55, Issue 3941, 18 August 1937, Page 7

"NOT DISGRACED”

NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS. “The New Zealand team was not disgraced at Lord’s,” writes Mr J. O/Shea, Wellington city solicitor, from London to his brother, Mr A. P. O’Shea, Wellington. “Cowie is equal to anything in England, but we need two fast bowlers. Wallace played like a little demon. Moloney and Roberts also deserved great praise, and Donnelly played a fine stopping innings for 21. The fielding exceeded my wildest expectations, though difficult chances were missed, and they fought the whole way, and to the bitter end. Ell should be here. Wallace and Lamason have played magnificently against Somerset, and have received much praise from the papers. New Zealand made 170 in 105 minutes. Wallace made 77 in an hour and he and Jack Lamason scored 80 in the last hou". They scored practically 100 runs per hour for the second innings. The English crowd at Lord's thoroughly appreciated their wonderful fielding. When England had lost two for 31 in the first innings, both clean bowled. Arthur Barnett threw up his hat so wildly that I had to re- ' rieve it with my stick from .over the fence. Hammond and Hardstaff played the bowling. Cowie was coming in sharply from the off; there is a slight slope at Lord’s. I did not think much of Cowie in New Zealand, but he is really fast now, if he was not before. Moloney, Roberts, and Donnelly were the batting cracks.” This is high praise from a cricketer who has a lifelong experience of the game, and is, therefore, a sound critic.