INNINGS DEFEAT LIKELY

Chronicle (Levin), 11 March 1946, Page 7

INNINGS DEFEAT LIKELY

-Press Association

CANTERBURY COLLAPSES MATCH WITH AUSTRALIANS

By Telegraph-

CHRISTCHURCH, March 10. Having deelared at their overnight score of 415 for eight, the Auslralians dismissed Canterbury before the tea adjournment and had half the side out again before stumps. It was a disappointing performanee, watched by the biggest crowd that has gathered to see a cricket matck in 20 years. Canterbury 's batting iu the morning was full of promise, and iu the afterhoon, until the last, it looked somethiug much less than mediocre. At the end of the day the side, with si.\ wickets down for 130 iu their secoud innings, vvere still 138 behing the Aus tralian first innings score, Canterbury 's first innings having realised 141 runs. Canterbury began batting on an easypaced wicket. Cromb and Anderson opened the innings and gave Canterbury an excellent start. Although they were never really on top of the bowling, both nien played with ease and conlideuce, Anderson in particular giving an outstanding display. Cromb batted in mature fashion. Hc made ouly 19 runs, but with Anderson, won the first point by surviving the opening attack. The partnership was broken after 90 minutes' play witli the score at 52. At the interval tlie score was 00. After lunch Smith, who had passed tlirougli a trying 15 minutes before the break, was weil beateu by a ball from Lindwall which came across fast from the off to take his leg stump. O'Brien was then associated with Anderson in same very fast scoring. Auderson popped oue from O'Reiily in front oi Barnes at silly mid-on and the fields man snapped it up. The partnership had added 39 in ouly 29 minutes 0 'Brien made a half-hearted attempt to liit McCool and was caught, anu Butteriield was bowled by a temptiug ly-flighted leg-break from McCool. IScott made an ambitious attempt to hi. O'Reiily and paid the pcnaJty. Sharp survived for a short time, but was bowled when playing back to a goodlength leg-break from O'Reiily. Burti was caught in two minds by a top spinuer from Barnes aud was alstbowled, and McEae was out, leg-before wicket to Ihe same bowler. fcjhand was last out after slaying at Ihe wickets for aluiost au liour, a con siderable portion of which was spent in watching thc backs of departing bats iucn and waiting the arrival of- in comers. Chorus of Appeals. Even when wickets wero uot falliug, the umpires were l'accd with a chorus of appeals for leg-bcfore-wickct, bul remaincd untlurried. Wlieu the first oi tliese appeals was uj)held, the sueeess i'ul bowler, Barnes, walked over to thc umpire, solemnly removed liis hat and gave kim an aE'ectionate pat on the liead. Barnes iinished with the astonishing iigures of three wickets for no runs. Lindwall and O'Eeilly provided a com plete conlrast in cvery respect. Lind ■wall obtaiued his wickets by the use of bowliug "dynamite" and O'EeilJs by the syslem of insidious sapping. loshaek bowled well in Ihe morning, but did little but appeal after luneh. The Canterbury innings lasled 2(J8 minutes. Runs came less reluctantly, but tlie wickets continued to Ta.ll quiekly, when Canterbury l'ollowed ou after tea, 274 behind. Cromb was out oarly, a great disappointmcnt to the crowd, and Anderson lost his wicket when using just onee too ofteu a pull shot oif rising ualls from Lindwall. When two Canterbury wickets were down for a little more than 20, Miller bowled for the first time at a paee per haps as great as that of Lindwall. He obtained Bmith 's wicket. O'Brien did uot last long, a very fast oue from Miller, which appca;cd to come a little from the olf, taking his leg bail. The score at this stage was 33 for four wickets and Canterbury had lost 12 succcssive wickets iu the two innings for ouly 09 runs. Bhand, with Butterfield, held the attack up for the first time during tlie afternoon. The scoring rate had, how ever, been very good. Fifty was raised in only 53 minutes. Butterfield was very subducd, scoring all his runs in singles, but Bhaml scored faster than in ;inv ollier representati ve game this seasou. The partnership added 50 in 59 ininuLes, but Butterfield tlien lost his wicket iu precisely tlie same niauner as he had done in the first innings. He was bowled rouud his legs by a leg spinner from McCool. Gcott had not been long at tlie wickets before he scored three bouudaries off an over from McCool. Bhand reached his 50 in 00 minutes and shortly before stumps the partnership had added 50 in only 23 minutes. Witli the fourth ball of tlie last over of tlie day, however, Canterbury sutfered anotlier grevious reverse. Whaiid touclied a ball from McCoc into tlie haiid of Tallon, the wicket-keeper. Bhand had played an excellent innings, full of charaeter and eourage. Canterbury 's 130 runs vvere made iu 110 minutes. The Australian fielding throughout the day was excellent, the returning to the wicket belug a revclation. iScores:1 — AUSTEAL1A. First Innings 415 CANTERBURY. First innings. Cromb, c Brown, bLindwall .... 19 Anderson, e Barnes, b O'Reiily .. 61 Bmith, b Lindwall 6 O'Brien, e Lindwall, b MeCooD . . 12 Butterfield, 1) McCool 4 Bhand, b Barnes 18 Hcott, c Tosliack, b O'Reiily .... 1 ykarp, b O 'Eciliy 3 Burtt, b Barnes 5 McEae, lb\v, b Barnes 0 Britton, not out 4 Extras 8 Total 141

O. M. R. W. Li nd wall .... 17 5 23 2 Tosliack 17 0 20 0O'Reilly 16 7 28 3 ' McCool 18 3 50 2 Barnes 2.1 2 0 3

Bowling Analysis.

L'romb, c McCool, b Tosliack .... 6 Anderson, c llemmence, b Lindwall 12 Bmitli, b Miller .. .. 8 O'Brien, b Miller 2 Buttcrfield, b McCool 14 Shand, c Tallon, b McCool 60 Bcott, not out 23 Extras 11 Total (for six wickets) .. .. 136

Second Innings.

O. M. R. W. Lindwall .... 7 0 34 1 Tosliack 10 2 24 1 Miller 0 0 2 Barnes 4 0 9 0 McCool 8.4 0 47 2 O'Reillv 4 0 5 0

Bowling Analysis.