Mooney-Rabone Stand Helps Tourists

Chronicle (Levin), 25 May 1949, Page 5

Mooney-Rabone Stand Helps Tourists

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Reeeived Wed., 9.45 a.m. LOKDON May 24. New Zealand dteW with M.C.C. at Lords thanks largely to the seventh wicket stand of 176 by Rabone and Mooney, who batted together for 3 hrs, 20 rnins. and raised the - ^core from 94 to 270, while rain also ' had a slight influence and took two and a-half hours off the life of the match. It was the hrst occaeion dtiring the tour on which New Zealand showed a deficit on the flrst innings — -62 rttns. Rabone (92)' and" Mooney (102), who made the best part o'f theif stand before the King drid QUeen yesterday, batted for 20 mihti'es before lunch when rain drove the beams indoors after the addition Of 10 runS. Play began agaiii at 2.30 P.m. and Rabone, after cuttihg the lefthanded Brodefick for fodr. WaSs dropped at flne leg hy Watkins Off L-aker when he was 84. It Was the second time he was dropped, Edrich naving missed him at slip when he was 26. GrifEiths lost an opporfcunity of stumpittg him yesterday when the ball hit the wicket-keeper on the chest. When Rabone was 92, however. he was bowled by a ball well pitch=d up by Laker. New Zlealand's innings occunied 6 hrs. 35 mins. M.C.C.'s secon'd innings was hot- 1 able for at least one thing. Both Hadlee and Wallace bowled tc round off the match to the amusement of the remainder' of the New Zealand team. Details: — NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. , Sutcliffe, b Bailey 3 Scott, lbw, b Edrich 5 Hadlee, c Griffiths, b Bailey . . 48 Wallace, c Bailey, b Compton . , 28 Donnelly, c Edrich, b Bailey . . 9 Reid, b Bailey 0 Rabone, b Laker 92 Mooney, c Mann, b Bailey 102 Burtt, c Griffiths, b Edrich- . . 9 Cave, c Griffiths, b Edrich 6 Cresswell, not out 5 Extras 6 Total 313 Fall of wickets r One for 4, two for 14, three for 66, four for 89, five for 89, six for 94, seven for 2705 eight fnr 299 -nine for 302.

M.C.C. First Tnnmgs vv:vv^.L.". i'^79 Secondi innings'. Robertson, c Sutcliffe, b Burtt 17 Edrich, hot out 12' Simpson, not Out 5 ■ Extras ... -0 Total for one wicket 34

O. ■ M. R. W. Bailey 36 G 83 5 Edrich 19.5 7 37 3 Compton 20 3 61 1 Laker 38 14 57 1 Broderick . . 34 15 56 0 Watkins" 4 0 13 0

' O. M. R. - W. Cresswell 4 0 19 0 Burtt 3 0 9 1 Wallace 2 0 6 0 Hadlee 1 1 0 0

Bowling.