AMAZING END TO QUIET DAY'S CRICKET

Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1949, Page 5

AMAZING END TO QUIET DAY'S CRICKET

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N.Z. Loses Two Wickets In Sensational Second Innings Siart

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/ Received Tuesday, 11 a.m. LONDON, May 2. After gaining a lead of 24 runs on the first innings, New Zealand be'gan the second • innings against Yorkshire in a manner which can only be described as sensational. There were ten minutes to go when Sutcliffe and Scott walked to the wicket. Sutcliffe hooked Aspinall to leg for four and received only two more balls, one of which was _a no ball. Aspinall got his leg stump and Hadlee arrived to hit a catch immediately to Wardle at silly mid-on. Fortunately it was another no ball. . The New Zealand captain took a single off still another no ball, and two balls later Scott stepped right in front of his wicket and New Zealand were two for seven in five minutes !

Scott went with the last ball of the over, which comprised nine deliveries. Hadlee played out the final over of the day from Coxon and made certain that it was a maiden, thus saving Wallace from all possible risks. f It was an amazing end to a dav of fairly quiet cricket, to which Hutton supplied most of the interest by providing nearly half Yorkshire's total of 346. Hutton, though he batted superbly, had a narrow escape when he was 23. He played forward to a ball on the off from Cowie. It snicked inside his bat and shot aWay obliquely to leg, just touching the leg stump. It was the only graceless stroke of Hutton's innings and he repeated it once again when facing Cowie. This time he was well past his century and the ball bobbled harmlessly away well wide of the wicket. Hutton's innings was the solid core of the Yorkshire batting and when he was caught by Cresswell at short fine leg, attempting a boundary off Rabone, he had been at the crease for 4 hours 40 minutes and had scored 167 while the other four batsmen had collected only 104. He hit 20 fours. ' He was, however, by no means disrespectful to the New Zealand bowling. Cowie and Cave in particular he treated with caution. New Zealand's bowling was good, particularly before lunch, and though it was unrewarded some of the best came from Cave. The Wanganui boy kept a fine length, but neither he nor Cresswell found that there was any swing in the air. It was not until the end of the day that Cowie was treated with anv familiarity. ' Rabone, the least used of the bowlers. kept a machine-like length and, with Burtt, got the maximum of turn allowed by the easv wicket Burtt dismissed Wilson with a ball which landed outside the off stump and hit the leg stump.^

The New Zealand fielding was gbod, keen and enthusiastic. Wallace drew many bursts of applause at cover. Mooney, the Wellington wicket-keeper, showed that he had iittle to learn from Brennan, his opposite number, who is generally recognised as being one of the best amateurs in England. Cowie's catching of Coxon had a touch of the spectacular. The ball came hard and high to him at second slip. It struck his hand,, bounced high into the air and he provided a safe iradle for the rebound. Details: — YORKSHIRE. First Innings. Hutton, c. Cresswell, b. Rabone 167 Halliday, c. Cave, b- Cresswell 14 Wilson, b. Burtt 27 Yardley, b. Cowie 4 Watson, b. Rabone 11 Lester, c. Sutcliffe, b. Burtt . . 50 Aspinall, c. Donnelly, b. Burtt 9 Wardle, b. Cowie 8 Brennan, c. Mooney, b. Cowie . . 3 Coxon, c. Cowie, b. Burtt 41 Robinson, not out , 8 Extras 4 Total t 346 Fall of wickets: One for 32, two for 105, three for 136, four for 172, five for 271, six for 279, seven for 296. eiaht for 319. nine for 325.

NEW ZEALAND. First Innings Gdeclared- for 7) 370 Second Iniiings. Sutcliffe, b. Aspinall .. . 4 ScotL lbw., b. Aspinall 0 Hadlee, not out 1 Wallace, not out 0 Extras Total for two wickets 7

O. M. R. w. Cowie 30 4 87 3 Cave 24 6 54 0 Burtt .... 24.5 6 89 4 Cresswell .20 3 74 1 Rabone . . 12 1 34 2 Sutcliffe ..2 0 .4 0

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