BELOW STANDARD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 145, 22 June 1931, Page 8

BELOW STANDARD

NEW ZEALAND BOWLING COLT'S STERLING CENTURY PARTNER FOR SUTCLIFFE? MATCH WITH NORTHANTS (Special to Press Assn.) Received June 21, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, June 20. The New Zealand bowling at Peterborough tell below the standard against Northamptonshire. Lowry won the toss and sent the county in. The wicket proved dead and gave no assistance to the bowlers. The weather was fine and the attendance 5000. The New Zealand team is as follows: Lowry, Page, Cromb, James, Kerr, Matheson, Merritt, Mills, Talbot, Vivian, Weir. The feature of Northampton’s innings was the sterling century by Bake well, aged 22, a strong candidate for the position of Sutcliffe’s partner in the Test and chief rival to Arnold, of Hampshire, against New Zealand. Arnold was dismissed cheaply, but Bake well showed himself a batsman of great promise. He was more aggressive than the average English opening batsmen, and possessed shots all round the wicket. He batted 220 minutes and hit three sixes and eleven fours. He played Merritt, confidently. The New Zealand googly bowler had an off day. Bakewell’s forward shots particularly impressed and he also hooked unmercifully any short delivereies. Jupp batted freely after an uncertain start and was caught in the slips off Merritt’s leg-spinner. Matthews hit hard in a somewhat lucky innings. The New Zealand attack was never really dangerous. Matheson troubled the batsmen occasionally, and deserved more success. Vivian was steady, but inclined to pitch too far outside the off. Vivian sent down 32 overs, Merritt 26, Matheson 25 (ten maidens) and Cromb 23 (ten maidens). Merritt retired later in the afternoon owing to an injured hand while attempting a hard return catch. The injury is not serious. Mills and Weir batted for a quarter of an hour before stumps were drawn. The New Zealand fielding was excellent, Kerr being outstanding. Scores wore as follows: — Northants. First Innings. Ballamy, c Kerr, b Vivian ...... 17 T. Timins, run out ...... 9 Bakewell, e Vivian, b Cromb 109 Cox, 1.b.w., b Matheson ... 24 Jupp, c Page, b Merritt 3'6 Woolley, b Matheson ..... 3 Matthews, b Page ...... . 51 Snowden, 1.b.w., I Lowry ...... 35 ' Brown, not out .. 13 Thomas, c sub., b Vivian .... 14 Wilson, run out ~ 0 Extras ... .. - 23 Total ... 334 Bowling: Weir, none for 30; Cromb, one for 46; Merritt, one for 88; Matheson, two fc 43; Vivian, two for 65; Talbot, none for 2; Lowry, one for 16; Page, one for 21. In the New Zealanders’ innings Mills and Weir carried the score to 12 without loss. ENGLAND’S TEST TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT DELAYED. NEED EOK NEW MATERIAL. Reveived June 21, 11.15 p.m. LONDON, June 20. Announcement of the names of the Test cricketers has been delayed. The Observer’s special cricket correspondent stresses the importance of finding new material and predicts that there will be nine or ten members in the next England team against the Australians who will have had no previous experience in Test play in the Dominions. The keenest scrutiny fails to discover a super bowler. The Daily Telegraph says that the form shown by the New Zealanders is so good that England cannot afford to take any risks.