INGLORIOUS DRAW

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 11, 14 January 1936, Page 4

INGLORIOUS DRAW

RAIN SAVES NEW ZEALAND MATCH AGAINST M.C.C. LIGHT COMPELS ABANDONMENT I Per Press Association. 1 DUNEDIN, Jan. .14. Rain deprived M.C.C. of a win against New Zealand and the match ended in a draw. At stumps on Saturday New Zealand in the second innings had lost live wickets for 116 ru and play did not resume until 3.10 p.m. to-day. At 5.5 p.ui. New Zealand had lost seven wickets for 181 and play was held up for 25 minutes on account of the bad light. When play was resumed M.C.C. had an hour to dismiss the remaining batsmen and gain a win, but after one more over there was another successful appeal against the light and stumps were drawn, New Zealand’s total being 205 for seven. In the last over Human deliberately bowled 24 extras for the purpose of getting a new ball but his efforts were wasted as Baxter had bowled only on ball when [day was abandoned. Play to-day lasted less than two hours. The not out batsmen on Saturday were Vivian, who had scored 53, and Lamason, 27, Lamason taking his score to 31 when he was caught by Parks iu the slips off Read. Vivian played easily the best innings for New Zea kind and when play was abandoned he was still at the wickets, having batted 175 minutes for 87, his score including eleven fours. The other not. out batsman was Merritt, who scored four. Bowling for M.C.C. Read, who took six for 26 in the first innings, again proved, troublesome to the New Zealanders and took five wickets for 74. Hints, the Middlesex slow bowler, took one for 24 and Baxter one for 46. Both Vivian and Lamason batted fairly confidently to Read and Parks when play was resumed and carried the score to 127, when Lamason, who had been at the stumps 47 minutes for 31, poked a ball from Read into the slips and was caught by Parks. New Zealand had lost five wickets for 127. Roberts, who failed to score in the first innings, was the newcomer and the score at the afternoon tea adjournment was 141, with Vivian 65 and Roberts 8. Roberts could do notli’-ig with either Read or Baxter, who replaced Parks, but when Sims came on he batted with a great deal more confidence. He was at the wickets 62 minutes and had scored 15 when he endeavoured to lift Sims to the boundary and was caught by Barber. Vivian, who was putting up a better showing than any other New Zealand batsman, had scored 80 when he was joined bv .Elmes, the total being 165. Elmes survived a few overs and was then caught by Human at mid-off off Read after scoring 3. Merritt was the next batsman and the partnership took the score from 173 to .181 ".hen an appeal against the light was upheld. Play was resumed 25 minutes later when the light had improved. To gain a win it was necessary for the M.C.C. to dismiss the remaining batsmen in an hour, and Human, who was deputising as captain for Holmes, unable to take the field because of a bruised hand, took over the bowling from Read, apparently for the purpose of piling up extras to bring the' score to 200 and so procure a new ball. The first two balls of the over were stopped by the wicketkeeper and the next six, two of which were wides, went to the boundary, making 21 extras for the over. Baxter had bowled one ball when another successful appeal against the light was made and stumps were drawn with seven wickets down for 205, with A'ivian 87 and Merritt four. HAWKE CUP MATCH RAIN HOLDS UF PLAY WIN FOR MANAWATU ( Per Press Association. ] PALMERSTON N., Jan. 13. The resumption of the Hawke Cup cricket match between Manawatu and Southland was prevented by steady rain setting in during the night, and continuing this morning. Later the weather cleared, and after inspection of the wicket, which was somewhat soft, it was announced that it was hoped to resume the match at 2 p.m. There was no further play in the match owing to rain, Manawatu beating Southland by 97 runs on the first innings. OTAGO SELECTION MATCH WITH WELLINGTON [ Per Prese .•.sßoctatron. DUNEDIN, Jan. 13. The following players have been chosen to practice in view of Otago's Plunket Shield match with Wellington, to be played at Dunedin on January 24, 25, 27, and 28: —V. G. Cavanagh, G. R. Dickinson, J. A. Dunning, L. Smith, F. Kerr, K. Utt ley, C. Saxton, G. Mills, A. Knight, R. O. Talbot, R. Silver, F. Toomey, C. Elmes, and F. T. Badcock.