POOREST TEST SCORE YET

Chronicle (Levin), 1 April 1946, Page 7

POOREST TEST SCORE YET

-Press Association

AUSTRALIA'S EASY WIN

By Telegraph-

WELLINGTON, March 31. On a wieket wliieh was drying under a strong sun and a 'fresh northwesterly breeze, it took the Australian team a little over a day and a half to overwhelm the New Zealand eleven in the cricket Test match at the Basin Rese'rve by' the wide margin of an innings and 103 runs. Continuing their first innings on Saturday niorning, with three wickets down for 146, the Australians carried their score to 199 for eight wickets. As the wieket was tlien at its worst state, the Australian captain applied the closure. The New Zealand team, which had fallen for 42 in their first innings on Friday, again found the Australian bowlers too good for them and in 110 minutes were all out in their seeond knock for 54. All five Australian bowlers employed came out with flattering ligures, Toshack takiug two 'wickets for 0, Miller two for 6, and O 'Reilly three for 19. The attendanee on Saturday was a record for a "cricket match at the Basin Eeserve. The number who passed through the turnstiles was 14,850, but season ticket holders and special schooli boys tickets swelled the . crowd to j 16,000. Tlio sum of £1962 was taken at the gates. j Scores: — AUSTBAL1A. First innings. ! Brown, e Rowe, b Burlte 67 ! Meuleman, b Cowie 0 ; Barnes, b Cowie 04 i Miller, e Hadlee, b Burke 30 ' Hassett, c Tindill, b Cowie .... 19 j MeCool, e Hadlee, b Cowie . . . . '7 j Johnson, uot out 7 | Talloii, e Seott, b Cowie 5 Lindwall, c Anderson, b Cowie . . 0 Extras 10 j • Total (for 8 wickets deelared) 199 Fall of the wickets: Oue for 9, two ■for 118, three for 142, four for .174, i iive tor 186, six for 186, seven for 196, • eight for 199.

NEW ZEALAND. First Innings 42 Second Innings, Hadlee, b Miller 3 Anderson, b Lindwall 1 Scott, c Tallou, b Miller 4 WaJlace, run out 14 Tindill, Ibw, b Toshack 13 • Rowe, b O'Reilly* 0 Butterfield, lbw, b O 'Reilly .... 0 Burke, b Toshack 3 McRae, c Meuleman, b McCool .. S Cowie, c Toshack, o O 'Reilly .... 0 Cleverley, not out 1 Extras 7 Total 51 Fall of the wickets: Oue for 3, two for 5, three for 12, four for 36, five for 37, six for 37, seven for 39, eight for 41, nine for 42, ten for 54.

| After the match was pver the Aus , j trulians pleased the big crowd with an i oxhibitiou of free battiug for a couple 1 of hours, Miller, Brown and Barnes j doing some spectacular hitting.

O. M. K. w. Cowie 21 8 40 6 McRue 14 3 44 0 Butteriield .. .. J3 6 24 0 Gleverley .... 15 1 51 0 Burke 11 2 30 2

Bowling Analysis.

O. .M. R. W. . Lindwnll .... 9 3 16 1 : Toshack 10 5 6 2 | Miller 6 2 6 2 i O'Reilly .... 7 1 19 3 i Me Go of 2 0 0 1

Bowling Analysis.