Dull Cricket

Wanganui Chronicle, 20 December 1950, Page 3

Dull Cricket

M.C.C. Draws With Australian XI. After Follow-On SYDNEY, Dec. 19 (Recd. 9 5 pm).—The match between England and an Australian Eleven finished as it began—in the Doldrums. Only in one short period immediately after tea, when Compton and Dewes put on 20 runs in 16 minutes, did the batsmen show any life. Instead they wearied 3000 spectators, who had come in the hope ot seeing runs scored at a reasonable rate with their ponderous efforts to stay i> regardless of the entertainment they provided. The drawn result, although unsatisfactory for the Australians, was a good one for the Englishmen, who had failed by only six runs tc avert a follow-on in the morning. The worst feature of England's batting was the double failure of the opening pair, Simpson and Sheppard, but Parkhouse and Dewes more than compensated for this with their courageous stand In the afternoon Parkhouse collapsed and was carried off the ground after being struck by a ball from Miller, but he returned later to complete his innings. He made 46 not out in 163 minutes, and hit four 4’s. Dewes scratched his way through a boring afternoon until half an hour before stumps. He reached the slowest 50 of the tour, compiled at an average rate of one run every four minutes. At stumps he was 66 not out. Barely 1000 spectators were at the ground when Brown and Warr began their fight to save a follow-on for the M.C.C. Brown, carrying the main burden of the batting, was scoring in an attractive and confident manner when his innings was brought to a sudden end by Walker for 46. England then was eleven short of the follow-on. Noblet, in the next over, yo’rked and clean bowled Hollies for o'ne. The wicket was showing signs of wear; One fast ball from Walker rose sharply and hit Warr in the region of the solar plexus. In the same over Walker had Warr caught behind and the innings ended at 321 —England failing by six runs to avert a follow-o'n. Saturday's early dismissals were repeated in the second innings, when England lost the inexperienced Sheppard for nine and an accom- , plished but unlucky Simpson for 11. t Simpson seemed set for a big score . when Miller trapped him leg before, but Sheppard, obviously, has a lot ' to learn when facing spin bowling. ’ Dewes and Parkhouse were together at lunch with the score at two fob , 26. The third wicket should have fallen at 27 when Dewes, then only three, edged Noblet to Harvey at third slip, but this usually brilliant fieldsman dropped the catch. The batsmen showed by their demeanour in the afternoon that they were more interested in staying in and ’ seeing out the afternoon th'n in scor- ’ ing runs. Indeed the runs came at such a slow rate —the first 50 took 110 ’ minutes—that the batsmen received a ' r lusty cheer each time they added to ’ the score. Parkhouse had made 16 (one 4) in ’ 77 minutes when he was carried off the field after being hit in the groin , by a ball from Miller. The ball was not a bumper. It was pitched well up, but rose sharply to a height of about ' four feet. Parkhouse earlier had ; ducked away from a ball from Miller i that missed his head bv a fraction. It was announced later that Parkhouse would bat again if needed. At tea, Dewes was 20, Compton j nine, and the score two for 69. PARKHOUSE RETURNS . Compton batted for half an hour ■ after tea, then threw his wicket away, i Apparently he thought it was time the others did their bit for the side and , could see their way ahead until stumps. He batted 52 minutes in 1 making 29 (three 4’s). , As Compton returned to the pavilion, Parkhouse strode to the centre . to resume his interrupted innings, and , he and Dewes held the fort until . stumps, when the score was three for 173. Dewes was then 66 and Park- , house 46. j Details:—

AUSTRALIAN XI First Innnigs. K. Archer, b Hollies £1 A. R. Morris, c Warr, b Berry 100 N. Harvey, b Warr 40 Miller, c Evans, b Warr 62 Burke, st. Evans b Hollies 128 Hole, b Hollies 41 Langdon, run out - - 27 Ring, run out 26 Longley, not out 8 Walker, c Dewes, b Berry 3 Noblet, not. out 0 Sundries - .- 10 Total, 9 wkts (dec.) for 526 Bowling. O. M. R. W. Warr 28 2 89 2 Bedser 26 5 97 0 Brown 18 1 84 0 Hollies 13 7 138 3 Berry 14 0 108 2 ENGLAND First Innings. Simpson, b Ring 23 Sheppard, c Harvey, b Walker 8 Dewes c Walker b Ring Compto'n, c Walker, b Ring 115 Evans, b Walker 31 Parkhouse, c Burke, Walkei 58 Brown, c Hole, b Walker 46 Bedser, c Walker, b Miller 7 Warr, c Langley, b Walker 3 Hollies, b Noblet 1 Berry, not out 2 Sundries 17 Total 321 Bowling. O. M. R. w. Walker - — 24 1 60 D Noblet 27 8 50 1 Ring 3G 5 106 3 Miller 11 2 25 1 Hole 8 0 33 0 Harvey . 2 0 3 0 Burke 9 2 27 0 Second Innings Simpson, lbw, b Miller Sheppard, b Ring Dewes, 'not out 11 9 66 Compton, c Langley, b Burke 29 Parkhouse, not out 46 Sundries 12 Total, three wickets for 173 Bowling 0. M. R. W. Walker 7 1 19 0 Noblet to 12 o Ring 16 4 35 1 Miller 9 1 15 1 Burke G 2 16 1. Hole 10 9 27 0 Harvey 5 0 13 o Langdon 4 2 6 0 Archer 3 0 8 0 Morris ..... 2 0 10 0