LANCASHIRE BAT FIRST

Chronicle (Levin), 22 August 1949, Page 3

LANCASHIRE BAT FIRST

New Zealanders Do Well In The Field _____ • * •• LIVERPOOL, August 20. With only three regular bowlers, Cowie, Cave and Burke, and eight overs by Rabone, New Zealand iri their. second match against Lancashire put the coiuity out for 318 and in five minutes before the close of play, Sutcliffe aud Scott made nine. The New Zealanders arrived at Liverpool at 10 a.m., having spent lli hours in a train, travelling rather sleeplessly from Sunderland. They would have preferred to bat but /W allace was unlucky 1 with the toss and they spent a long hot sunny day in the "paddock' ' and fielded like heroes, earjiing the warm praise of discerning Lancashiremen. ' ^ • Washbrook scored a' good centijry and went on to make 125 in nearly fovif hours (15 fours) and the Lancashire, tail did a certain amount of wagging. . The game was only 20 minutes pld and Lancashire were 12 when Cave completely beat Ikin with a swinger. Lkin, who did so well against New, Zealand at Old Trafford, tried to: change his shot too late and played over the top. This was a good start for New. Zealand but.it was the only encourageI uient to be gleaned before lunch for • Place had other ideas and 'Washbrook evidently was determined to show what he would have done had he played in the Test a week ago. ■Place got quicMy offi the rnark by off-driving a full toss from Cave to the boundary. WajShbrook began quietly with neat cuts ah£l leg glances and neither batsman was unduly worried by either . Cowie. or Cave. They rau several smart singles and galloped four when Place drove Cave to the on. Reid relieved Cowie and kept Place quiet with a maiden but Washbrook, with his eye well in, straight drove hira to'the boundary.

Burke began his long day's work 35 minutes before lunch and in that period bowled six overs, three maidens,. antl gave only seven runs of which fopr were taken , by Washbrook with ^ a powerful cover drive off the back foot. Place was patently puzzled by Burke 's well flighted balls of good length and he eountered them only by marching . down the pitch two or three yards and using his bat like a piece of wall, Washbrook, on the other hand, temded to play back. At lunch the- scOre. Was one for 83, Washbrook 35, Place 38. When they returned Place was immediately beaten by Burke and Reid, who had taken over from Mooney, did a smart piece of stumping. Tyashbrook, kowever, was quickly in his stride again and having put Cave through the covers for four' and three> cut Burke for a single and was 50 in one hour 55 minutes.i . ' | j i j ? ; Edrich wa^s no more coniident againsti Burke than -Plaie hhd' been and.hhving been pegged down for half an hour for a single, tried an off-drive. Wallaee at mid-off held a fine catch, low and hhrd, and Lancashire Were three for 96. Burke 'liad takepj tym for I2f j i . • Then came the best part'riership of the day between Washbrook and Wharton, a lefthander who played in anj earlier Test. They put on 97 in 90 minutes of pleasant cricket. Washbrook hit some delightful off and cover drives and once swept Burke to the leg boundary off a half volley, with' a shot that was sheer artistry. , .Wharton hit all round 'the wicket with eas}r impartiality and in one over took two boundaries off Burke with straight and off-drives. When Rabone replaced Cave, he was square cut to add further interesting variety to the proceedings. Both he and Washbrook, however, were a little too keen on abrupt singles. Washbrook was nearly out when Scott threw down the wicket with malign aecuraey' and then Wharton attempted a single when he patted Rabone to Cave in the gully. Washbrook, however, had learned his lesson and rebuked Wharton with a sharp "No."

Cowie and Cave now came into their j own with a new bail, taken at 228, | Cowie. bowling Barlow and Cave knock- j ing out oue of Hilton 's stumps. Green- ! wood and Tattersall, a lefthander, set r and showed their teeth and his 56 in i 50 minutes, taking'the score from 249 "■ to 305. They scored freely off the tiring bowlers ineluding the defrer- ] mined Burke. Then Cave, who was making pace off the wicket, beat Greenwood who reached 50 in one hour 40 minutes, with a fizzer and Mooney lived up to his reputation, this time at second slip. Townsend, after.a useful . 39, had reason to regret the New Zealanders' good fielding and was run out. v New Zealand Bats. Sutcliffe caused a roar of delight when he pulled the iirst ball from Stone, a left arm medium pacer, for four and another of amusement when he swished a rising ball high over the, ' wicket-keeper to the boundary. i LANCASHIRE. First Innihgs. Washbrook, c ancf b Burke .. .. 125 Ikin, b Cave 6 Place, stp Reid, b Burke . . .. 36 Edrich, c Wallaee, b Burke .. 1 Wharton, run out 40 Howard, lbw, b Rabone 1 Greenwood, c Mooney, b Cave .... 50 -Barlow, b Cowie *,0 Hilton, b Cave .. 8 Tattersall, run out 39 • Stone, not out • 1 Extras .. .. .. ■» .. .. .. .. 12 Total 318 Bowling: Cowie 1 for 64, Cave 3 for 81, Reid 0 for 15, Burke 3 for 117, Rabone 1 for 17, Sutcliffe 0 for 12. NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Sutcliffe, not out ............. 8 Scott, not out .. o. .o 1 Tot&l CO og OO 00 00 OO OO 00 9