CRICKET.

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17223, 5 October 1927, Page 11

CRICKET.

ITEWJS OF INTEREST. WHEN LOWRY TRIUMPHED. Tom Lowry, the skipper of the New Zealand cricketers, was quite "bucked" when he made a few against Somerset, for more than one reason (says a London paper). Firstly, Somerset is the county which gave the young Ilawkc's Bay sheep farmer a chance to make good in English cricket; and, secondly, for' about a fortnight Tom had been within sight of his thousand runs in first-class matches, and got them in the presence of many of his Bristol friends.

A Rising Star,

W. R. Hammond, the rising star in the English cricket firmament, was until recently a Soccer player with the Bristol Rovers in the English League third division. Hammond played brilliantly at inside fight. He abandoned Soccer for cricket, for which he has a greater love. 31g Kitting! Only once has a batsman hit a ball over the pavilion at Lord's. This was in July 31, 1899, on the first day of the match M.C.C. v. Australians, and strange to say those mainly concerned in the event were both Australians, A. E. Trott, playing for M.C.C, being the batsman, and M. A. Noble the bowler, Trott had made many attempts to perform this feat, and had often stated lie would keep on trying until he did it.

Praise for New Zealand. A. E. Gilligan, writing in the Daily Mirror of August 1, says:—"The New Zealand cricketers who arc now touring these isles have shown us all an object-lesson In the way cricket should be played. Their batsmen go for the bowling'right at the start. I never remember a liner exhibition of batting than that of the New Zealanders at Brighton. Every single member oi their team came in with the idea oi breaking the ball to bits, and it is no wonder that their visit to Hove is sua talked about as the best batting ever seen on the ground. Why can twe do the same in our county p«oKei--1 have heard many people complain that the scoring in the county champions is responsible for the slow and du.l cricket often seen nowadays.

The Great J. B. Hobb3. Referring to the batting of Hobbs in the first innings of Surrey against the New Zealanders, "The Cricketer says: "Having heard so much about him it was only natural that the New Zealanders should have anticipated meeting Hobbs on the field with he liveliest interest. Remembering tnc limitations of their bowling, they may possibly have looked forward to tne experience with some misgivings also. However, the Surrey innings had[not been in progress long ere it became apparent that the great batsman was to give them an exhibition such as perhaps only he could provide, bomo of his strokes must have come as a revelation to the visitors for he was i, ft daring mood, and his execu jon yffu perfect. In the course of two hours and a-lialf he hit twenty-one fours in making 146 out of |4i, hopening partnership with Sandham product ISO in exactly a couple ot hours. It his 144 h three-figure innings in first-class cricket, and the thirty-seventh occasion on which ne and- his partner had sent up 100 or mjjas for the county's first wicket.