THE FINAL TEST.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 February 1923, Page 5

THE FINAL TEST.

NEW ZEALAND v. ENGLAND. HOME TEAM OPEN BADLY. FREE SCORING BY ENGLISHMEN. The position of the match is: NEW ZEALAND. • First innings 166 ENGLAND. First innings (for 3 wickets) .... 180 By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Fine weather greeted the opening of k the final test match between England and New Zealand. The wicket was one of the best prepared on the Basin Reserve, being true and fast, while the outfield was also fast. Collins won the toss and opened the New Zealand innings with Blunt, but after the captain had scored a single past point he hit one. into Chapman’s hands off Calthorpe’s first over—--I—l—l. Shepherd filled the gap and cut the first ball to the boundary. Blunt, who could not get the pace of the wicket, was caught by Mac Lean off .Gibson in the sccofld over—s-*-2—o. Daore was next man, and the pair saw 10 up after fifteen minutes’ play. Just as the partnership seemed to be going well, Daere called for an impossible run, and was run out —19—3—4. j Shepherd had 14 to his credit when i Lambert joined him. The Otago man i seemed to be into his stride, but Lambert took a little time to settle down. At 30 Shepherd was 19 and Lambert 5, with thirty-five minutes’ play. At 50 both batsmen were going well for fortyfive minutes’ play. Lambert hit a six off Gibson soon after, but he failed to get over the first ball of Calthorpe’s next over, and was caught by Freeman at cover—s B—4—23. QUICKER SCORING. Garrard went in next and opened Ids score with a brace to log. The score mounted' up quickly, and boundaries wore frequent. At 86 Garrard was badly beaten bv one from Calthorpe—--86—5—19. McGirr was the newcomer, but he lost Shepherd after the latter had scored two more runs, the O’.ago man being stumped smartly by MacLean—BB6 — 41. He had batted with great confidence, and his innings was characterised by agarossivo strokes all round the wicket. Bernau next went to the wickets, and the scoring quietened down. A hundred appeared after 77 minutes’ play, and at 104 McGirr, while trying to force one from Calthorpe round to log, was caught at short log by Titchmarsh—lo4—7—l.

Brice was next man.. Bornaii brought up 110 with a four s and a two. At 121 Freeman replaced Calthorpe, whose four wickets cost 45 runs. At 141 Brand replaced Gibson. At this stage Bernau had scored 42 and Brie? 4. After two overs. Freeman, who had 11 runs scored off him. was replaced by Calthorpe. At lunch the score stood at 150, Bernau 48 and Brice 8.

Calthorpe and Gibson again took up the attack after lunch. Brice ran into double .figures with two singles, and soon after Bernau reached 50 after 5G minutes’ batting. At 161 Brice skied one to Lowry at. third man off Gibson —l6l—B—lo. The partnership had put on 57 runs, and Brice had been at the wickets 50 minutes. Cate joined Bernau, hut .fell to Ca’thorpe without scoring—l6l —9 —o. Mcßcath was the last man. The score was brought up to 166, when Bernau was caught by Mac Lean off Calthorpe, and the innings closed for 166. Bernau 61 and Mcßcath not out 0. The in nings took 136 minutes to compile. ENGLISHMEN BATTING. Wilson and Titchmarsh opened the. M.C.C. innings, while Brice and Mcßcath took up the howling. Five runs- were scored off the first six overs, the. scoring being very slow. At 16 McGirr replaced Mcßcath, who had bowled five overs for three runs, including three maidens, and the Otago man replaced Brice. Twenty appeared for 36 minutes’ play. At 36 Garrard spelled Mcßeath, who had bowled 11 overs for 8 runs. After 67 minuteo’ play, in which 47 runs were scored, Bernau replaced McGirr, who had howled eight overs for 20 runs. At 62 the teams adjourned for afternoon tea. Brice and Bernau took up the bowling again on resuming, and without any increase in the score the latter bowled Wilson—62—I—l 9.

Wilkinson was next man, and Dempster took the place of Shepherd, who had a bad knee. At 67 Titchmarsh was caught by Brice in slips—’67—2—4o. He was. at the wickets 90 minutes and scored 22 singles.

Chapman filled the gap, and sonn scored his 1000 runs for the tour. The scoring brightened up with the now partnership. At 90 Mcßeath took the ball from Brice, and Chapman scored two boundaries off his over. A hundred appeared soon after for 120 minutes’ play. McGirr relieved Bernau at 109, and six were hit off his over. Garrard went on instead of Mcßeath at 130, but the scoring was still fast. Chapman registered 50 after 16 minutes’ batting, Wilkinson tbeing 22. At 149 Brice took the ball from McGirr, and 150 appeared after the same number of minutes. At 160 Lambert replaced Garfard, and. Chapman scored two boundaries off his over. Bernau took the next over from the other end, and his first hall bowled Wilkinson—l7o—3—27. The partnership put on 103 in 64 minutes. Lowry then went in, and soon after Blunt went on instead of Lambert, but the adjournment came with the partnership still piling runs up steadily, and 180 went up just before the close of the day, Chapman being 69 and Lowry 8. Details: NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Collins, e Chapman, b Calthorpe • < 1 Blunt, f Mac Lean. b Gibson . • 0 Shepherd, st Mac Lean, b Gibson . 41 Daere, run out / lambert, o Freeman, b Calthorpe -•> McGirr, e Titchmarsh, b Calthorpe I Garrard, b Calthorpe Bernau. c Mac Lean, b Calthorpe bl. Brice, c Lowry, b Gibson ... Cate, b Calthorpe Mcßeath, not out Extras Total , 1(16 1 Bowling analysis—Gilson, three wickets for 91; Calthorpe, six for 53; Free-

man. none for 11; Brand, none for 5. M.C.C. First Innings. Wilson, b Bernau .... . . 19 Tiicinnarsli, e Brice, b Bernau . 40 Wilkinson, b Bernau -7 Chapman, not out . .. 99 Lowry, not out . • 8 Extras • 16 Total (for three wickets) 180 Bowlins analysis—Brice, no wickets for 23; Mcßeath. none for 28; McGirr, none for 39; Garrard, none for 22; Bernan. three for 38; Lambert, none for 9; Blunt, none for 4.