AUCKLAND'S STUBBORN STRIKE

Chronicle (Levin), 5 March 1946, Page 3

AUCKLAND'S STUBBORN STRIKE

— Press Association

THREE WICKETS FOR 152

By Telearavh-

AUCKLAND, lVIarck 4. The cricket nrateii oenween Ausu'alia and Auckland was continued at xjUeii ; touay, tke horne side being com^exied to xoiiow on. At tue conclusion of Saturday's play — i.*UGi£x.cliic4. XI,. a bUUj.UUL Uj. l Li-Cd wickets in ttieir ftrst innings, in re^iy .o tue x-x^stx..iian s toiar or 5/9. Tlie ..onie siclj ne .- er recovcred irom tlieir : ..ad start and were all out for 133. v. | J. bcott was tke liighest scorer with 4r J not out. i T'oskack, tke lef't-hander, took tive | v/iCKets ior 27 runs, mcruulng tkree , .eg-oefore decisions. W. J. O'Reilly, ! v,ie Test Dowier, captured 1'our at a | ~ost or 5i runs, lnciuding two ieg-aeiore. i _kis made iive leg-oexore victiuis durj .n the innings. Heavy rain showers during the week- ! ; ena ruaue tne wiCKet softer and the outi ...eld siover tkan tne Austialians experi- | encea duixiig thoir xniixiigs. j Witn tue pitch dner, Auckland did uuch betuer m tncir second innings and -ompifed 152 for three wicnets. C. .j.err piai.eu a soiid knock for 47, while j sV. M. Vvaliace, the Auckland captain, ./as undexeated at stumps with 54 to uxS ciedifc. [ Conditions for the game were fine, ! fcheie being an attendance estimated ao 5000. The gate takings amounted to £600. When play was resiuned, W.- MiVailace (6) faced Lindvvail and got a single otf the tirst ball. The fast bowler eoiud not get neany tlie same pace oii ' as Saturday, and Brown took him oii . after oue over. Dooland bowled at the otlier end. V/aliace hit a i'ull toss for one and then got three from O'Reiily's urst denvery, reacliing doubie figures m i 06 minutes. V/allace was siiaping very conlidentiy and moved out to Dooland oo Oxt-dnve the bowier to the fence. I ..xcanwhile Scott was putting up a stubborn defence. Wallace rtaciied tlie tvventies with a brace througn the guiiy 1 at O'Reiily's expense. Toshack reiieved Dooland at 72 and vV'aliace cnopped tne new bowler 's tiiird ; aeiivery on to the wickets. — 72 — 4 — 22. G. Wallace, tlie newcomer, notched a single and then cover drove Toshack to the boundary after surviving two suc cessive appeais for leg-berore. .tacing ! O'Reaily, the batsman was applaudea for hooking the bowler kigh to tlie leg ooundary in the followiug over. He ran into doubie figures in 18 minutes. ' rfcott still went along stubbomiy. While Wallace lifted O'Reilly c.eanly to | the square lej boundary and got a brace ; through the slips next ball, he was weii : beaten by the next delivery, playing too : rate and leaving his wicket well open.- - 95—5—17. Scott reached his 20 in 72 niin ites. fimery opcned his account with a .eft„ hit to the leg fence off O'Reilly, and I the next ball raised the eentury in 133 j minutes. The batsman then fell leg- \ before to Toshack. - ■— * —• . ! ANOTHER LBW VICTIM.

Dooland reiieved O'Reilly. Without any r.diition to tho scorc, after a patient innings for three, Burke fell iegberore to Toshack, making the bowler 's third victini this way. — 116 — 7 — 3. Scott had been going aiong steadily to upproach the fortxes witn mostly 011 uiacex.iei.ts, mterspersed v..th an occasional brace or single behind pomt. /..ent, a xeft-h; ndex, opene.l iiis account with a good four oft Dooland between square and fine leg. O Reiliy came back to the bowling crease vhen the board read 126, re piacing Dooland. The new bowler ac counted for Kent. He made the fourtn oatsman dismissed leg-berore. — 131 — 1> —6. The innings closed for 138 a conpie oi overs after lunch, Cowie being bowiea without scoring by Toshack and Clever ley falliug Ieg-.xOfore to O' Reiliy. Auckland batted for 193 minutes. Whitelaw and 1 earsou opened Auck Land's second innuigs at 2.22 p.m., Toshack taking up the attack. The bats.nan went aiong coniideutly and 10 was iioisted in eight minutes. A couple oi runs were addcd and then Pearscn was beaten all the way by Toshack. — 12—1—8.

Kerr and Whitelaw were kept quiet by 'the very steady attack, O'Reilly replacing the fast bowler Lindwall, who had bowled six overs for 14 runs. Whitelaw ran into doubie figures by cover driving Toshack for a fine four. After oeing at the wickets for 43 minutes, Kerr at 9 hit one of O'Reiily's' deliv . eries in the air toward fine leg, Dooianu just failing to get to the ball for a running catch. JOHNSON TAKES TURN. Johnson liad his first turn at the bowling crease by relieving Toshack. The iatter had sent down seven overs for 13 runs and one wicket. Tlie total was then 32. Kerr reachcd doubie figures in 33 minutes. Whitelaw fell when he failed to get on to a drive properly ofl Johnson and gave a catch to Barnes at short cover. Whitelaw had batted for 62 minutes and had " liit one four. — 45—2—16. 1 W. M. Wallace opened with a leg glance for four off the first ball from Johnson and three through the slips from the next delivery. Fifty appear : ed in 64 minutes. This brought Dooland

| on in placo of Johnson. Wallace got a j brace to leg and back cut the new j bowler for four in the first over, run- ! ning into doubie figures in seven min- | utes. Johnson took over from O'Reilly ! at the other end. The score at the tea | adjournnient was 76 for two wickets I (Kerr 27 not out, Wallace 20 not oiit). ' Kerr faced Dooland on resumption, i getting a brace behind point and a four . | from aii off drive in the first over. j Lindwall bowled at the other end. The j good attack and well-placed field kept the batsmen quiet. " ' 1 The eentury was hoisted in 126 j minutes. Toshack then took over the I attack from Dooland. Wallace hit the change bowler to the leg fence and brought 30 against lffs name. O'Reilly came 011 again in place of Lindwall at 109. After a solid display for 47, Kerr was caught behind, off Toshack, The

partnership had yielded 75 runs. — 120— | 3—47. . Associated with Scott, Wallace reach- 1 ed his 50 in 133 minutes, including five fours. The pair were still togetlier at stumps, when the score was 152 for three wickets. Scores: — * AUSTRALIA. First Innings 571 AUCKLAND. First Innings. Pearson, b Lindwall 7 vvhitelaw, c Lindwall, b O'Reilly 8 Kerr, Ibw, b Toshack 16 j W. M. Wallace, b Toshack 22 j Scott, not out 41 j G. Wallace, b O'Reilly 17 j Emery, lbw, b Toshack 5 j Burke, lbw, b Toshack 3 Kent, lbw, b O'Reilly 61 Cowie, b Tcsliack 0 : Cleverley, lbw, b O'Reilly 0 \ 1 Extras 13 1 Total 138 J

Second Innings. | Pearson, b Toshack 8 j Whitelaw, c Barnes, b Johnson . . 16 j Kerr, c Tallon, b Toshack ...... 47 j W. M. Wallace, not out 54 i Scott, not out 14 j Extras 13 j Total for 3 wickets . . . . . . . . 152 I

O. M. R. W Lindwall 7 1 14 1 Toshack 25 9 27 5 O'Reilly 22 6 51 4 Dooland 14 1 33 0

Bowling.

0. M. R. W. i Lindwall 12 2 21 0 Toshack 21 7 40 2 O'Reilly 14 6 23 0 Jolmson 9 2 20 1 Dooland 10 1 27 0 Barnes 4 0 8 0

Bowling.