Sutcliffe Reaps Century In Surrey Game

Chronicle (Levin), 20 June 1949, Page 5

Sutcliffe Reaps Century In Surrey Game

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Received Suiiday 7 k>m. LYNDON, Jufie 18. - At last Siitdliffe ha* ' * *eaped his first tehtfiry in for^'lxich he has wflrkfe'd" So. h4rd. At the Ov,al lu tlie second match against fcSurrey, \ he . made 187, in 5 hours 5 miniit.Sk. ting 2l foijrs ai'ter fieing dropjled 6'fi' Al6c. Bfe'dsfer at slip at l7. • - it was a day-of reeords tb satisfy tiife appetite pi the mbst enthusiastic statistician. Here tixey are: ^ . ...• Sutciiffe and Scott (96) m'Sde their tfiird S'uccesSivS ope'ning partnflfshif) of over a century and their i'ourth oi the tourP .. . . ' They ftit 223 whicii is, a iieiy firSt wiclcet partnership for New k. ers in Eiigiand, eciipsing ttie 173 made hy Dempster and Miiis against ' ^ Leihester in 1931. Tliis was the i'ourth new partiieffehip of the tour, the others being for tlie foiirth, seventh ?,nd tenth wicSutcliffe's was the 12th century of the tour which equals the number scored by the 1937 New Zealand team during" • its entire tour. Others who made eenturys this season are Wai- ■ lace four, Dohhelly and Scott two'eaeh, Hadlee, Reid and Modney one ■- each. tt was a glorious Ju'ne day ahd 12,000 people were happy both with the sunshine alid the ntns. Rutcliffe'S ihnings did not surprise any- member of the New Zealand tfean'i for thraiighrtut the period when hi.--scoreS Were indifferent, they knew he was in form but out of luck. Now But cliife has had the sliee of luck that every batsman needs dccasionally and he had also remodelled his batting. Hc has throvvn aside his habit of walkiug into a ball to pull it to ieg Which wUS fatal once or twi(?e earlier in the tour. NEW ZEALAND First Innings Sutciiffe, b Laker .. 187 Scott, c Barton, b A. Bedser .... 96 Hadlee, c Barton, b A. Bedser , . 7 Wallace, c A. Bedser, b E. Bedser 47 Donnelly, lbw, b Laker 15 Smith, c Mclntyre, b Laker .... 19 Reid, b Laker 8 Rabone, not out 13 Burtt, not out 0 Extras 17 Total of 7 wickets 409 Bowling: Alec Bedser 2 for 71, Parker 0 for 73, Laker 4 for S0, McMaHoh 0 for 45, Eric Bedser 1 for 7.6, Squires 0 for 41.