CRICKET.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17105, 29 March 1921, Page 5

CRICKET.

♦ FIRST TEST MATCH. AT7STBALIA y. NEW ZEALAND. (rXEfla ASSOCIATION XBLEOKAX.) WELLINGTON, March 28. Play in the first teat maftoh, Australia, v. New Zealand, was resumed to-day. Liddicut (52) and Waddy (18) continuing Australia's first innings. The attendance waa 7600, which inoreased to 11,000 in the afternoon. Brie© and Sandman took up the bowling, and early Bountree had a possible ohance of stumping Waddy. In the next . over Brioe beat Waddy badly, but the ball mined the wicket. Scoring waa alow, the batsmen taking no risks. The fielding in the great majority of cases was keen and finished. As indicating the slow nature of the scor-' ing, two overs produced only three runs, and it required eight overs to make 20 runs. The Australians were taking absolutely no ohancesj and a well placed field assisted in keeping the runs down; Blurrt, especially, was ffri«M "girlaliin jf himself by smart picking up and returning from the outfield. Gradually the score mounted to 181, when Middleton replaced Brio©, and of! his second ball Liddicut had a life in the slips, Hiddleston dropping an easy catch. Mcßdth replaced Sandman at the north end, and almost immediately the partnership was broken, the new bowler getting Liddicut with a nice ofl-break. 186—5—83. Liddicut had played good cricket for his runs, and the partnership realised 75. Kippax followed, and opened quietly, but gradually runs cam©, an occasional boundary, stroke relieving the mondLony of singles, kippax, by placing Middleton. to leg, sent 200 up. An over or two later Waddy waa dismissed, Mcßeth Bending him back to the pavilion with a ball very similar to that which disposed of Liddicut. -203—6—18. Mcßcith at this stage had token two wickets for 47. Ratcliffe was the incoming batsman, and 1 the pair only added two runs when Brice bowled Kippax a good ball. 211— 7-6. Asher followed, and with Ratciiffo put up a good resistance'. Interspersed, with singles and twos, there were occasional crisp, clean strokes to the boundary, but Asher was very lucky, being dropped at mid-on off Middleton. It was an easy catch. Asher and Batcliffe were not separated at the luncheon interval, when the score was | 258. On resuming only five runs had been added when Brice got an extra fast straight one pastt Batcliffe. 2Cl—B—2B. Ironmonger was next. He hit a sixer, but a few balls later lost Asher, who fell a ' victim to a remarkably fine left-handed catch by Smith at second Blip off Brioe. 373—9 • —22. Hornibrook was the last man in, but only survived a. couple of bolls, and • was then bowled by Brioe. The innings, closed for 273. t Hiddlestone and Blunt opened New Zeai land's innings to the bowling of Hornibrook ■ and Liddicuit. The second ball the former late out for four, but the next ball Hornii brook oleaE bowled him with an off-break. 4—l—4. , ; Sneddon followed, but »ratih, only six runs added foil a victim to Hornibrook. 10—2—1. Smith followed, and opened his account a single off Hornibrook, and then took a maiden from Liddicut. Twenty was hoisted after 25 minutes' play. Smith drove Hornibrook beautifully to the fence. The bowling was been and the field- ■ ing good, runs;' coming very slowly. . "With the total at 27 Blunt reaahed out, to \ on** from Hornibrook and touched it into , Richardson's hands, at second slip. 27—3—8. : Shepherd joined Smith, and the ratter aguin beautifully on-drove. Hornibrook to [ the fence, a. stroke which ho repeated in the following over off the same bowler. i With the total at 86, Smith had scored exactly .half. He .waa batting confidently. Shepherd opened his account by. driving 1 Liddiout for lOrree. At 41 Ironmonger replaced Liddiout, off 1 whom only 9 runs had been hit. He bowled a maiden to Smith. . A maiden from Hornihrook to Shepherd followed, and.with a few 1 runs.added Hornibrook, who had bowled nine overs for 27 runs and three wickets, was replaced by Asher, whose first ball Shepherd ; pulled round to the square leg; fence. At the tea' adjournment the total was 50 for throe wickets. Smith opened; after the adjournment with a 3 to leg off Ironmonger, and Shepherd got (•.single or two.' At 55 Smith was taken by . Hansford alt deep mid-on. 55-rl—2s;-. Dacre joined - Shepherd and Hornibrook ' replaced Asher. ,- , Eioh batsman was aggressive, but the placing, of the field was admirable, ami made runs difficult to got. .''''"'- Two nice late outs "and a square cut to the fence saw Daore run into double figures, and the next he drove Hornibrook high: to the off boundary. . Off tie succeeding ball he gave a difficult chance ito Waddy in the slips, which was not accepted. Biros* were now coming freely, Dacre scoring 3 and Shepherd\4 ofT successive balls from Ironmonger.. The pair were also rannir«r smartly between' the wicketa, Tne score mounted; by'brigtht cricket, fours being comparatively, frequent, and (he century waa hoisted 1 amidst applause by "Shop-1 herd, who finely off-drove Horndbrook forward i of cover-poirft to the' boundary. The century i had occupied 105 minutes in the'making. The slid of an interesting partnership came Boon, Dacrei hitting out. at Ironmonger, being taken by Banaford at deep raid-off. i .105—6—27. ~ : ,; v ." , ' Middleton joined Shepherd, but after scoring one wan clean bowled by Hornibrook. , 106—6—1. • Sandman wag next-and got a lucky mick to the boundary. The, pair were still in [ when failing light caused the adjournment of ! play at 5;16. ... i Soorea:— ' | ATJSTKttIA. ' I .First - Innings. Richardson, o Eoantoee, b' Brice "..' 1 . Bogle, ran out ■ ... ... , •'.. 0 Lidddcut, b Mcßeth . - .... 83 Bansford, c Smith, b Brice ... .. .4 Lampard, b Brice • . ..-. .. .. 53 Waddy, b Mcßeth .... .'.. , '..48 > Kippax, b Brice ■ .. ■..- ... 8 1 Batcliffe, b Brice .. ... ... 28 ■ Aeher, o Smith, b Brice - ..•' s. 22 ' Ironmonger, not oat .. ... ... }0 ■ Hornibrook, b Brioo .. .-,« •.. 0 ' ; SqCuT&sS ■* < ■• ' ■•« ■■ 16 i Total . .. .. .. .. 278 I Bowling—Brice,seven wickets for.Bo runs; ■ Mcßeth, two for 51; Sandman, none for 61; Middleton, none for 85; Smith, none for 30. NEW' ZEALAND. First Innings. Hiddkdtone, b Hornibrook .. .. 4 Blunt, o Riohardson, b Hornibrook ..' 8 » Sneddon, b Hornibrook .. ■.. 1 - Smith, e Bansford. b Ironmonger - ..25 Shepherd, not out .. .. ..45 Caere, c Bansford, b Ironmonger ...27 Middleton, b Hornibrook ... .. 1 5 Sandman, not out ... .. .. 10 , . Extras, . .. .. ... '— 9 i " Total"fbr six wickete .. .. 129 NOTES ONTHE PLAT, (snciax to "the press.") f WELLINGTON, March. 28. The;te*t cricket match to-day drew what i must-have:*been a record crowd, for any • cricket match in Wellington. Though on the ' whole the play was-slow it was decidedly interesting, and the spectators were most • enthusiastic. The Australians were on their ' mettle and took no risks. It was thought > that they might have reached 800~in their first : innings, but Brioe's bowling-was so good that • no great liberties.could be taken with it. Ho captured no fewer than seven _ out of tho ten wickets. His handling of his team was, excellent. Mcßeth got two of' the most valuable wickete nrith two very excellent dei liveries. The New Zealand innings. disastrously—one wicket for four, two for twelve, and three for 27. With Hiddieetone, Sneddon' and Blunt, bo cheaply out of the way, things seemed in a fair way for-a very easy Australian win. Hornibrook, the long limbed Queensflander, was bowling at a great pace and with deadly .accuracy. Blunt was never happy, and made quite a number of poor strokes. It was evident from the Btart that he would not slay Ion?. Smith, however, played the bowling with a good deal of. confidence, though all tha time with due respect for Hornibrook.' 'Stili the cricket was slow. Late in the afternoon, however, there was quite a merry partnership -when that confident young batter, Dacre, joined Shepherd, tho Otago' bat. Shepherd, in epite of a very painful crack on tlis finger, continued to play wund cricket. Dacro at once began to force the T/ace, fearing not even Homibrook's swiftest deliveries, which he sent several times to the boundary amid applause and yelb of delight'from the thousands, of «T>ectators, who now encircled the ground. 'Writh a little more experience and slightly sounder judgment he should soon, bo the best batsman in Jiew Zealand. His Aefihing play beemed to incite Shepherd to greater effort, and for a time there was aa pretty an exhibition of batting as one could wish to see, far brighter indeed than anything,. in tie Australian innings £o-day. 3uct as he seemed to be well.set Dacre was caught Middleton, irom whom much was expected, produced little, for Hornibrook got one clean past him "into the wickets. Shepherd cqntinued to bat in good style and is still in. The Australians missed-no chances in the field. About_&» o'clock tie.light got. Tery bad, j

and titer s> couple of oooanltatiarns the impii*s bad to stop the match before half-past fire. The tour, of course, jo taking place too late In the season both from the point of view of the poor evening light and of the possibility of broken weather. With a little mote confidence in themaelvea and slightly better bowling, a New Zealand test team should make a very pood showing against AustralaVs second eleven. The difference between the present New Zealand and Australian teams consists largely of Hornabrook. Not only have the Now Zetklanders to stand np agaansst his deadly bowling, but the Australians on the other hand are not ■up against eo stiff a proposition, and so can make bigger scores. BOYS' LEAGUE MATCH. WELLINGTON v. CANTERBURY. The representative matoh between the Wellington and Canterbury Boys' Cricket Leagues was concluded yesterday. The local teem continued their first innings. Nome and England added 103 for the fourth wicket. Norrie played fine cricket, but the scoring was lamentably slow, and many Tuns were lost through poor Tunning between the wicketa. At 112 Norrie wae caught by Burke off Turner 'after making GO. Only two runs were added for the fifth wicket, and the sixth and seventh fell at 131, when England was run out after batting for three hours for 48. P Chappie gave a bright display for 01 not out, but none of the others shaped at all well, and the innings cl<wed for 175. Wellington commenced their second innings after lunch, and wore all out for 99. Burbridge being the only one to make a stand. With 126 to win Canterbury gave a, miserable exhibition of batting, and were all out for 90. H. Dowling batted well for 43, and gave the host display in Canterbury's second effort. Wellington won by 35 runs. Scores:— , WELLINGTON. First Innings 2 01 Second Innings. E. Kent, b Norrie .. .. >• ' E. Burbridge, b Norrie .. .. ..34 W. Rosters, o *nd b Norrie .. .. 0 J. Burke, b Chappie .. .. -..11 G. NichdHs, st Phelps, b Norrie .. 3 A. Martin, b Norrie .. .. .. 0 M. Turner, q Phelps, b Chappie .. 4 A Bennett, not out .. .. ..2 E Edwards, b Chappie .. .. P L Clark, b Norrie .. .. ■• A A. Stevenson, o and b Chappie .. 30 Extras 1 Total .89 Bowling—R. Norrie six wickets for 82 runs. CANTERBURY. First Innings. N Brosnahan, b Turner .. .. 1 H. Dowling, c Nicholls, b Burbridge .. 2 J. Jones, o Bennett, b Burbridge .. 4 R Norrie, c Burke, b Turner .. ..60 H Ehsland, run out .. .. .. 48 J. Phelps, b Turner .. .. 2 M. Chappie, b Turner -.. .. ' J. McAlister, c Kent, b Edwards .. C P. Chappie, not out .. ... ~.21 R. Currie, lbw, b Turner .. .. C B. Hundle, lbw, b Edward* „, .. 4 Extras 20 Total .. .. .. .. 17S Bowling—M. Turner five wickets for 61 runs, E. Burbridge two for 14, E. Edwards two for 0, E. Nicholls none for 34. Second Innings. P. Chappie, b Turner .. .. .. € J. Phelps, c and b Edwards .., .. 0 H Dowling, run out .. .. ..43 E. Norriej lbw, b Turner •.„ ~. C J. Jones, b Turner .. .. ..11 H. England, run out .. .. C J. McAlisfter, o and b Stevenson ... 0 N Brosnahan, lbw, b Turner .. ..2 M Chappie, b Turner .. .. .. ' £ R. Currie, b Bennett .. .. ...14 R. Rundle, not out .. .. .. fl Extras .. .. .. .. 12 Total .. .. .. ..90 Bawling—M. Turner five wickets for 45 ■ runs, E. Edwards one for 10, E. Nicholls none for 6, A. Stevenson one for 5, G. Kent none for 8, A. Bennett on© for 4. BICCABTQN v. ASHBTJRTON. A two-days' match was "commenced on the Ashburtort Domain Oval yesterday between an Ashburton County eleven and a Riccarton eleven. Ashburton were all out in their first innings for 97, the only one to make a stand being J. B. Nicholl, who made 80. Riccarton responded' with 373, the principal scorers being A, Beaton 55, E. B. Caygill 88, C. E. Evans 73, and P. Martin, 72. The lastnamed hit np his runs in thirty-five minutes. The match will be resumed this morning. Following are the scores:— A ASHBTJRTON, First Innings, H. Ockleshaw .. .. ~ ... g J. Harrison .. .. ~. ... 2 H. Fryer '.. ... .. 1 C G. C. Harper .. ... ... 4 H. J. Chapman. .. ' ..., ~, 1 J B. Nicholl .. .. ~ .. 30 J. Jameson .. ',. . 1 B. Hall .'. ' ... .. ... I] 13 ;M. Keeley ...... .. , .. 7 A Green , .. ~ .., ( .]. \\ C, McNicoll, not out .. .. \ " 8 Extras .. .. ~. 6 Total ..""97 RICCARTCW. First Innings. ■ A T. ■Moor. .. .. ... ~. 12 A. G. Jamieson .. .. .. ..9 L. Bulloch .. .. .. .. 23 •M. L. Page .. .. .. .. 30 0 C. Holland .. .. .. .„. 13 A. Beaton .. .. ■ ~' ... 65 E. B. Caygill .. .. .., '.. 88 E C. Luttrell I C E. Evans .. .. .. .. 73 V Martin .. .. - .. .. 72 A C. Fuller, not out .. .. ..10 Extras ■ .. .. , .. S3 Total .. ~ .. .. 373 WAIATJ v. KAIAPOI. A match was played at Kaiapoi Park yesterday between the Waiau and Kaiapoi Clubs, which resulted in a win.for Kaiapoi by four wickets. Kaiapoi made. 175 (H. Rollinson 41 retired, G. Green 42, H. Trustrum 30, J. Merrill 27). Waiau replied with 112 (Cockroft 43. L. Rutherford 39), and 167 (H. Crossley 67, F. Griffiths 37, L. Rutherford 15). Kaiapoi, in their second innings, made 96 for eix wicketa (H. Rollinsoh 44 not out, and H. Trustrum 80). Bowling fof Kaiapoi Berg took) three wickets for 23 runs, and Merrin three. for 30. For Waiau Cockroft got five wickets for 34, and L. Rutherford three for 70.