Nine Wickets In Hand In Match With Lancashire

Chronicle (Levin), 24 August 1949, Page 5

Nine Wickets In Hand In Match With Lancashire

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Received Wednesday, 10.'30 a.m. • ' . LlVEIiPODL, . Ah'gust 23. New Zea.and beat Ltmea.shi're by nine w'i'ckets in a giorious finish in which 153 were scored in 7-3 minutes, of whi'ch Sn'tcliffe hit 79 not out. It was a satisfying end to a mat'ch which at lunch time looked like endmg tam'ely in a draw. Lancashire in their second innings made 224 for the ioss of five wick'ets, at which stage they declared. Dediicting New Zealand's first inhihgs' lead of 72 this ieft Wallace with the problem of hittihg 153 in 8b minutes. He sent in Sutcliffe and Donneily and in 55 minutes they had 120 on the board. Then Donneily was stumped, but R§id and Sutcliffe \7ent on to win with seven minutes to spare.' Sutc.iffe and Donneily gay-e a model exhibition of fast scoring which was full of delightful strokes and flrm judgment. The scores: — LANCASHIRE. / First Innings 318 ■Second Innings. Washbrook, b Rabone 68 Ikin, b Rabone 57 Place, b Rabone 25 Edrich, c Donneily, b Cowie . . ' 53 Wharton, c Sutcliffe, b Burke . 11 Howard, not out 4 Extras 6 Total for 5 wickets dec. . . 224

NEW ZEALAND. First Innings ' 390 Second Innings. Sutcliffe, not out 79 Donneily, st. Barlow, b Tattersall 56 Reid, not out 7 Extras ■ i-1 Total for one wicket 153

Fall of wickets: 1 for 120. The New Zealanders now travel six hours to reach Canterbury just before midnight to be ready for' the gafne against Kent tomorrow morning. .... ...

O. M. R. w. Cowie 72 1 13 1 Gave 7 1 28 0 Burke 25 5 65 1 Reid .3 0 13 0 Rabone 27 7 69 3 Sutcliffe 6 1 30 0 Fall of wickets: 1 for 115, 2 for 132, three for 193, 4 for 218, 5 for 994

Bowling.

O. M. R. W. Stone 2 0 14 1 0 Greenwood .. 5.- 0 18 0 Hilton 11 0 60 0 Tattersall ... 85 0 50 1

Bowling.