CRICKET

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20028, 8 February 1935, Page 10

CRICKET

ENGLISH WOMEN’S TEAM ANOTHER VICTORY By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, February 7. The two thousand spectators who saw the cricket match to-day between the English women’s touring team and the Canterbury team must hare left the ground feeling that the gap between the standards of men’s and women’s cricket need be only a small one. The visitors won convincingly by 232 runs on the first innings. The Canterbury bowling and fielding was little if at all inferior to that of the visitors, but the batsmen had less skill and less confidence. The English team had first use of a splendid wicket and declared at 305 for seven wickets. Miss McLagan scored 143. She began slowly, showing correct defence to anything at all dangerous and scoring with good placements off loose balls. Later she hit freely, showing fine command of scoring strokes. She gave two difficult catches, both late in the innings, and eventually fell to a brilliant one handed catch in the slips by V. Belworthy. Canterbury began well and had 30 runs on for no wickets. Then three wickets were thrown away by bad judgment in running, and five fell with the addition of only one run. Canterbury scored 73 and 33 for one wicket. The best scores for England were— Miss McLagan 143, Miss Hide 32, and Miss Partridge 31. Mrs Bowen took three wickets for 64 runs. For Canterbury Miss Hooper made 21, and Miss Gamer 30.

The New Zealand team to meet the touring team has been selected as follows:—Misses R. Symons (Canterbury), captain), I. Pickering (Wellington, vice-captain), A. Ell (Wellington), H. Buck (Wellington), M. Marks (Canterbury), P. Taylor (Canterbury), M. Coxby (Wanganui), P. Savin (Auckland), N. Browne (Auckland), M. Bishop (Dunedin), H. Miller (Dunedin), M. Norman (Canterbury, twelfth). TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW Old Boys’ Third Grade v. Star, at Ashbury—Warsaw, Littlejohn, Cameron, Darby, Reid, Harte, Hattie, Keen, Moore, Tizard, Knowles, Wilson. Rovers v. Milling Coy.—Lewis, Ford, Lillico, Clarke, Callaghan, King, Andrews, Moore, J. Armstrong, R. Armstrong, Hancock, Fleetwood, Hibbert, Feeley. Fairview v. West End at School Park 2—McNamara (2), Rogers, Stevens, Fawcett, Gillett, Sanders, Garven, Donaldson, Carr, Petrie, O’Donoghue. Star Juniors v. Pareora, Anzac— Holden, Dickel. Styles, Taylor, Menzies, Archer, Bradley, Judge, Riley, Grant, Anderson. Star Thirds v. Old Boys. Ashbury— Marsh, McGarroll, Fitzgerald, Dobier, Tutty, Langrish, Cowles, Williams (2), Stevens, O’Hara, Riley.