N.Z. ALL OUT FOR 258

Chronicle (Levin), 12 May 1949, Page 5

N.Z. ALL OUT FOR 258

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Receive'd Tliursday, 10,55 a.ni. " LG^bON, May 12: New Zgalahd, iii U fatli'br pafcoily inniiigs, iiiad'e U s'cbre bf 258 in fbui1 afid" a-hkdf iioUrs againgt Sufrby, wn'o bfegafi not tbo ibrtunateiV by bsiiig five Wickets fbf 121 runs in two and a^auarter hours. . , : . ■ Tlie Oval wieket influenCed the game quite. eonsiderablyj for after playing quiet y for tlie first hour oi so it" beeame distinctly lively. It seems possible, if the 'fine . weather oontinues, that it will be decidb'diy dangefous 'during k foUrth inningS. Thb New Zealand te^m was withoqt Cbwie, who is tempbfahiiy iiidigposbd, buo was able tb field as a twe fth iiian when Suteliffe took a painfUI knoek'on the kneS while fie.ding, and had to retire. Rahont and Reid were also siightly indisposed, Scott and Sutcliife. achieved. an opening partnership of "99. SutcMff e;. who was keen to reach three figures, ealled for the ihost difficult oi siiig es afid Scott sacrificed hr. wicket tb' enable the left handSr tb ^ontinue fcatting. Mooney distinguished himself again by scoring 49, chiefly in a last wicket stand,. an'd by taking twc more caiches. ' Hadlee set an attacking field against Surrey which paid dividends. Details: — NEW ZEALAND First Innings Sutcliife, b Mcintyre, b Laker . 83 Scott, run- oue 2£ Hadlee, stpd Mcintyre, b McMabon • 37 Wallace. c and b Laker 1 .8 DonnePy, c E. Bedser, b Cox . . 24 Smith, hit wicket, b McMahon 21 Mooney, stpd Mcintyre, b McMahon 40 Burtil, run out i Burke, c A. Bedser, b McMahon t) Cave, b McMahon " 0 Cresswell, not out 4 • Extras 3 Total 258

: 'SURREY First innings ?ishlock, c Mooney, b Cresswell 5 Hric Bedser, l'bw, b Cresswell . 17 jquires, c Mooney, b Cave . . , . 39 Jarton, not out 46 Vhitlaker, b Cave 6 Iclntyre, c Scott, b Donnelly . 0 Cox, not out 2 Extras ,6 Total, for five wickets ... 121

V O M R W Alec Bedser ^23 H ' 46 0 Cox 13 1 48 1 Laker . . 26 6 62 2 McMahon -^ 19 4 73 5 Eric Bedser '7 1 26 0

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