KEEPING DOWN SCORING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20731, 19 May 1937, Page 9

KEEPING DOWN SCORING

TRIBUTE TO VISITING TEAM

NEW ZEALANDERS IN WALES

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received May 18, 12.25 a.m.) CARDIFF, May 18. Several of the critics praise the New Zealand bowling and fielding which kept the scoring down to a run a minute on what many consider the best batting wicket in England. “The Cardiff Mail” says: An outstanding feature was Moloney’s successful revival of the old-time “donkey drop,” assisted by the “swift serenity," of the, stumpings by Tindill. NEW ZEALANDERS IN WALES VIGOROUS COUNTY BATTING United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright CARDIFF, May 17. The billiard-table wicket, from which the ball came through at an easy pace and height, nullified the manful efforts of the persevering bowlers, in the match New Zealand v. Glamorganshire, and enabled the county to secure a lead, before the largest crowd that ever watched a touring team at Cardiff. There was perfect holiday weather to-day. The attendance was 6000. The New Zealanders began by capturing four wickets In just over an hour. Lively Batting Then Duckfield and Smart, In a fine fifth wicket partnership, put the county in a strong position. Duckfield played correct cricket, for three hours, and scored a sound century, including a dozen fours. Smart batted an hour and a half. He hit eight fours, H. Davies was aggressive, hitting five fours. Six bowlers stuck gamely to the difficult task. Dunning was remarkably steady for long periods. Roberts also was consistently accurate, and took two quick wickets at the tail end. Vivian kept the scoring rate down by clever flighting. Moloney turned the slows sharply, ar.d was not afraid to give the ball the air. Weir secured a useful wicket with a new ball. Page bowled to the leg field. Tindill had a great day behind the stumps. The fielding generally was excellent, especially the run-saving on the boundary. New Zealand’s Weak Reply Hadlee and Wallace fell to good slip catches off the fast bowler. Kerr was yorked when going well.. Weir and Moloney carefully played out time. New Zealand may have a troublesome period early to-morrow, due to the morning dew, which is usually experienced here.

FINAL DAY OF MATCH NEW ZEALAND’S SECOND INNINGS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received May 19, 12.25 a.m.) CARDIFF, May 18. The weather is fine and the wicket excellent for the continuation of the match New Zealand v. Glamorganshire. New Zealand resumed batting and lost another wicket without many runs being added to the score. Maloney and Tindill, however, carried on and added substantially to the total. The following are the scores:— NEW ZEALAND First Innings Kerr, b Mercer 20 Hadlee, lbw, b Jones 21 Moloney, lbw, b Jones 40 Vivian, c Smart, b Jones .. .. .. 37 Wallace, run out 6 Page, b Mercer 41 Tindill, b Mercer 39 Lamason, b Mercer 0 Weir, c E. Davies, b Jones .... 10 Roberts, run out 3 Dunning, not out .. .. 7 Extras 11 Total 235 Bowling: Mercer took four wickets for 60 runs; Hughes, none for 47; E. Davies, none for 31; Jones, four for 53; D. Davies, none for 3; Smart, none for 30. Second Innings: Kerr, b Hughes 18 Wallace, c Dyson, b Hughes .... 2 Hadlee, c Dyson, b Hughes .... 1 Weir, b Jones fl Moloney, not out 49 Tindill, not out 10 Extras 4 Total for four wickets .. 90 GLAMORGANSHIRE First Innings Dyson, lbw., h running 16 Brierley, stpd. Tindill, b Moloney 3 D. Davies, lbw, b Vivian 17 E. Davies, std Tindill, b Maloney 39 Duckfield, std Tindill, b Moloney .. 101 Smart, c Moloney, b Weir 63 Turnbull, b Roberta 12 Jones, c Tindill, b Page 18 H. Davies, b Roberts 46 Mercer, not out 1 Hughes, b Roberts 2 Extras 20 Total 338 Bowling analysis—Roberts, three for 57; Dunning, one for 65; Vivian, one for 78; Moloney, three for 55; Weir, one for 34; Page, one for 29.