WOMEN CRICKETERS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 31, 6 February 1935, Page 8

WOMEN CRICKETERS

ENGLISH TEAM’S TOUR VICTORY AT WELLINGTON (MISS TAYLOR'S GREAT BOWLING [ Ter Press Association. 1 WELLINGTON, Feb. 5. At the Basin Reserve to-day the touring team of English women cricketers defeated a representative eleven of Wellington girl players by an innings and 75 runs. The novelty of seeing the girls playing cricket attracted 3000 spectators, the largest crowd which has attended a cricket match here this vear. The weather was perfect, the wivket firm and true and the outfield fast. Wellington had first use of the wicket but could only total 61 against the wonderfully accurate bowling by M. I. Taylor, who captured four wickets for 6 runs off twelve overs, nine of which were maidens. The English girls replied with 191, M. Child and G. Morgan putting on 80 runs for third wicket. Child eventually scored 64, Morgan 47, and M. Richards 28. Ell, Sheridan and Simons were the most successful of the Wellington bowlers.

Wellington fared even worse in their second innings, which only realised 55, the last wicket falling on time. Taylor again bowled sensationally, securing three wickets for three runs off six overs, five of w’hich were maidens, which gave her the rich harvest of seven wickets for 9 runs in the match. McLagan captured four for 22 off 14 overs and Partridge two for 9 off 11 overs. The English team left bv the steamer express for Lyttelton to-night, NOT SATISFIED WELLINGTON ASSOCIATION EXT RAO RD IN ANY I. ETTE R ( Per Freis Association ) CHRISTCHURCH Feb. 5. The Wellington Women’s Cricket As’ sociation is dissatisfied with control by the New Zealand Women’s Cricket which is domiciled af Christchurch. A letter from the secretary of the Wellington Association, Miss C. O. G. Robertson, read at the meeting of the New Zealand Council to-night, was as follows: —"Tn regard to your demand for an audited balance-sheet of tho visit of the English team, your Canterbury Council or the Canterbury Association will not receive such statement from the Wellington Association. I would like to inform your council that the rest of our management committee are not so insignificant as I apparently appeared to the members of your committee when I was at your last meeting, and that they are capable of deciding what percentage the English women’s touring ream will receive of the Wellington gate. There will be no representative from the Wellington Association at this meeting and we do not wish anyone to act on our behalf. Thus everything will he just right.” It was decided to receive rhe letter and to write to the Wellington Association resenting its tone and pointing out, that the New Zealand Courreil was representative of the whole of New Zealand.