MATCH WITH CANTERBURY

Chronicle (Levin), 9 March 1946, Page 7

MATCH WITH CANTERBURY

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CxlJtilWT-Ciibxvx ix, 8. The visitmg Austraiians began their luatcli agamSb OauLerbury lo-aay aiiu at stunips had lost eiglit for 4lo. Ln view oi the slrength of tne visitors an.j the seore they maae 111 the iiibx matea of their tour, the results a',:,.xvl Canterbury were reasonably good. The., iiia,) weil nave been consitierabJy bette. had not the Austraiian cap;aiu, urown, been dropped three times in making 137, the tbp score. His parlner in lb. first wicket stand of 144, ivieuiemun, was also dropped early in the day. More could not be said of the Aus tralian batting tlian that it was of th • quality expected by the large crowd oi. a wicket which throughout the da_, showed a iittie iife. They gave dis plays of stroke-making which d'eiighteu the spectators. As was expected, Ihe wicket was n little soft and tlie ball came throug . fairly easiJy niost of tlie tinie. l'h. Canterbury medium-paced bowiers weri able to get the ball to kick occasionaihy particuiariy in the morning, when McKae, in a really hue spell of bowlnig wasv on top of the batsnien for fan -liour. Brown 's bat.ting was notable ehiefl;. for the excellence of his leg side play , In the first 10 minutes of the game he twice inoved into Burtt to off drive hini to the boundary and it seenied that the Austraiian captain vvas more of n forcing batsman tinui had been Oe lieved. From that time, howcver, 1 1 larely seenied to hit the ball. li appeared to persuade it witli his deli eate leg cut through the field. In th. morning he was nover slow and in tio afternoon he scored very rapidly. In deed, after passing his ceutury, he again appeared in his initial role and began to walk down the wi- to makt , some handsome drives. Ilis l?st scor jing;shot, a huge six off Cromb, was j efforlloss. When the bowler d-opped I the "next oue shorter, he was cauglit ami Canterbury 's chief source of concern— at tliat stage — was removod.

His partner, Meuleman, also pliiyed some fine crifket. He made some j pretty cuts and also drovfc vcrv well jindeed. 11c had one period -of extreme' I doubt to AIcRae in the morning. At ! tliat stage the Canterbury left-hande: j was giving the best exhibition of bowl j ing by a Canterbury player this srason | and Meuleman was stnick. on th. : haiul several times by deliveries wlnci | rose sharply. After he had survived iAIcRae's brilliant sjiell, he again played beautifully. j B. (1. Barnes, who was associate! j after Meuleman ''s dismi.ssal with j Brown in a partnerslup whicli realised I 3.7 in only 52 minutes, hit the ball vety. ! liard. | Hamence, who followcd Barnes vras i ( | u i e t and had made only II when In j was ruri out. K. MilJer also gave a I polished display. : Hassett was subdued, but played some textbook sliots. Tallon §ave an impressive disphu' of clean driving and square-cutting. ocores: —