NZ. CRICKETERS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 131, 4 June 1937, Page 7

NZ. CRICKETERS

MATCH WITH NORTHAMPTON FIRST STRIKE BRINGS 334 (From the Special Correspondent of the United Press Association.) NORTHAMPTON, June 2. The New Zealand cricketers batted first when the match against Northamptonshire was commenced to-day, and made 334, the county scoring 24 for two wickets before stumps were drawn. The weather was fine and the wicket hard and fast. The teams are:— New Zealand.—M. L. Page (captain), M. W. Wallace, G. L. Weir, A. W. Roberts, M. I’. Dcnnelly, J. R. Lamason, E. W. Tindill, J. L. Kerr, J. A. Dunning, W. N. Carson, N. Gallichan. Northamptonshire.—W. C. Brown, A. W. Snowden, E. W. Clark, Nelson, J E. Timms, P. Davis, D. Brookes, R. J. Partridge, J. Buswell, N. Grimshaw, K. C. James The New Zealanders had a satisfactory day on a good wicket, and maintained a scoring rate of more than a run a minute all day. Kerr and Tindill, in an attractive partnership, gave the side a useful start before the former played one which was well off the wicket into the stumps. Wallace and Donnelly added 96 runs in 80 minutes. Wallace was not so free as usual, but played all his strokes cleanly in a sound half-cen-tury. Donnelly Aggressive. Donnelly was confident and aggressive, driving, cutting, and pulling with fine freedom. He hit a dozen 4’s in an attractive innings lasting just under two hours before he was brilliantly caught one-handed in the slipsWeir celebrated his birthday with his best innings of the tour. He batted with methodical deliberation, but held the innings together after lunch, seeing four men come and go and being the eighth man out. The last six wickets fell for 130 runs before keen bowling and fielding, a feature of which, was the capital wicket-keeping of James, the former New Zealander, who allowed only one bye and took two catches. Northamptonshire batted for 40 minutes, the batsmen shaping very restrainedly before the steady bowling of Roberts and Dunning. Details:— New Zealand First Innings Kerr, b Clark 24 Tindill, c Buswell, b Timms 28 Wallace, c Davis, b Clark 50 Donnelly, c Brown, b Davis .... 89 Weir, b Buswell 56 Carson, b Partridge 14 Page, c James, b Partridge ». 7 Roberts, c James, b Buswell 10 Lamason, c and b Partridge 22 Gallichan. not out ..... 9 Dunning, c Brown, b Buswell 15 Extras .» 10 Total 334 Bowling.—Clark took two wickets for 46 runs, Partridge three for 89, Timms one for 54, Buswell three for 89, Nelson none for 27, Davis one for 7, Grimshaw none for 12. Northamptonshire First Innings Grimshaw, c Roberts, b Dunning ... 9 Nelson, c Carson t b Dunning 3 Snowden, not out 7 Extras 5 Total for two wickets 24 FIVE FOR 68 NORTHAMPTON’S SCORE SO FAR DUNNING BOWLING WELL Received June 4, 1 a.m. LONDON, June 3. The weather is dull and the wicket good for a resumption of the match. Northampton has made 68 for the loss of five wickets. Dunning took four wickets. Dunning took four wickets for 40 runs. TOUR OPENED AUSTRALIAN WOMEN LONDON, June 2. The Australian women cricketers opened their English tour with a match against Kent women’s team. Scores are:—Australia, 256 for three wickets, declared (Miss Antonio 52, Miss Peden 46, Miss Pritchard 74, Miss Smith, not out 68). Kent, 173 (Miss Archdale 68; Miss Flaherty seven for 33, Miss Smith two for 34). Australia won By 83 runs.