SLOW PLAY AT ADELAIDF

Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1930, Page 5

SLOW PLAY AT ADELAIDF

WEST I NOffiS CRICKETERS

ROACH GIVES GOOD EXHIBITION*. - ■ - V LOCAL BOWLERS BATTING WELL. By Telegraph—Pres* Assn.— Copyright. Rec. 9.15 p.m.; ' Adelaide, Dec. The weather was sultry and. the. wicket fast for the opening of the cricket match West Indies v. South Ape- • tralia. . . ; ; The visitors won the toss and opened, ; with Roach and Birkett. Both bats-, men were cautious, taking 18 minutes to make a dozen. Roach concentrated on the leg side and skied'.Grimmett: into the deep.'field for six. -Lonergan, in attempting ib< make, a/.catch, collided ■ with the fence and retired hurt. W^ en the. score .was: 31 Birkett was eaugfit by Wall at .deep inid-on off Lee’s second ball. He gave "- a patchy exhibition. Headley began "steadily,, but Grimhiett was puzzling both batsmen. Roach, continued" to make ’’effective" Jeg strokes*’•, Headley brilliantly , square cut Grimmett to the boundary. Roach got a three . and a four off Lee. He also- appre- » <kated Carlton, passing his half century J in 76 minutes.- In the over before lunch Roach. was caught on the boundary for. . 64. 'He hit sb ven. fours and' one ■ six. Two wickets were down for 103. . " Headley was now 25, and two ruiuf later .he was run out by.a smart return . by Waite at third man. Grimmett got : his first wicket by clean bowling Bart- 4 left. In the same over Grant was taken at silly point by Carlton off Grimmett for a duck, without) addition to the score, and Martin, was taken by. Wal< , ; ker off Wall for one. 'Hunte succumbed to the Walker-Grimmett combination y for 12. . " ; ~ Constantine made several fine drives,’ ) then slipped and fell on the wicket,' having scored 18. Francis’ chief con- V tributiqn ; was a slashing six to leg off Carlton. Sealey was brilliantly takepi? by Grimmett off his own bowling, and ) Walker caught’Griffiths easily for two, . all being out for 171. The innings lasted 155 minutes, The South Australian ■ finding was excellent. South Australia opened with Harris and .Nitschke. The latter was clean bowled by Francis, but with a no bath t He immediately sent. through the covers one for four and executed a neat square cut to the boundary. Then shortly afterwards he played over a fast one from Francis and lost his wicket for 22. Constantine’s accurate bowling held up the scoring’, and Harris, attempting 5. a short run off Martin, -was run out, Pritchard suffered a similar fate in "run?ning a single from Richardson. These were two simple disasters. -

Scoring was slow, being mostly singles, the batsmen’ takings 53>nunute® < t~ get 50. The West Indians were par- s \- ticularly alert in the field. Richardson ; was never easy, and when'he /: two; an appeal against him for leg be- ' fore was allowed. Grimmett and Lee , were.slow, but the former ?by aicbnpl*? of brilliant. drives reached 20 after he had batted’ for an hopr. Lee had> iL/; narrow escape from being, caught when.j. ~ 28. Grimmett brought up the century V. by snicking, a four through the clip* ;> after 119 minutes’ play.’ Griffiths dropped him an the fieep field five runs later. . When stumps were drawn the total was 117 .for 'four wicketsh Details:—? ?\-

■ WEST INDIES; . .. , ' - First, Innipgs. . , •*’ 1 Birkett, c Wall, b -Lee ............./H,; Roach, 1 c Lee, b Carlton 64 : Headley, run out .......27 Martin, c Walker, b Wall 1 Bartlett, b Grimmett J......' SiGrant, c Carlton, b Grimmett G Constantine, hit wicket, b Carlton 18 Hunte, c Walker, b Grimmettl2. Sealey, c and b Grimmett ....13 Francis, not out .................11 Griffith s, c. Walker/ b -Carlton ;; 2 ■/ Extras ............... •.• •'Total- 171 . Bowling analysis—-Wall, ten ovens, 3 : maidens, 31 rpns, 1 wicket; -’Carlton, 8.5 overs, 0 maidens, 42 runs, 3 wickets; Grimmett,, 14 overs, 0 maidens, 71' runs, 4 wickets; Lee, 5 overs, 0 maidens, 23 .runs, j wicket. , , < J , ’ SOUTH AUSTRALIA. j First Innings. Harris, run out .1...... .. . . 21 >' Nitschke, b Francis .........., /i.. 22 ? Prichard, run.out ....'...•i., 5 Richardson, 1.b.w., b Containtine ». ■ 2 Lee, not out ...................... 38 ; Grimmett, not outl '26 .. i . Extras-’ ■ .... J.. 1 -.'.'..i.-.';.; ’ '3~. '' ' ' Total (for four’wickets) ....... 117- ;