A FOUR WICKETS’ WIN

Evening Star, Issue 19796, 21 February 1928, Page 10

A FOUR WICKETS’ WIN

AUSTRALIA BEATS WELLINGTON HOME SIDE SCORES 104 FOR LAST WICKET BADGOCK AGAIN BOWLS WELL [Peb United Pbess Association.] WELLINGTON, February 26. With six wickets down for 92 runs, James (6) and M'Leod (0) resumed Wellington’s second innings against Australia this morning in fine but hot weather. Blackie and Grimmett took up the bowling. James nearly put Blackie’s second ball into Kippax's hands at fine leg. Jn Blackie’s second over M'Leod cocked one softly up to Oldfield behind the sticks. 97—7—1. M'Girr joined James, and m Blackie’s following over skied one high to Alexander, who let the ball slip through his hands after running for the catch. The batsmen ran two for the stroke, and got an extra for an overthrow. This brought the hundred up for eighty-nine minutes’ play. Blackie was employing the leg theory, with only two men on the off—at slip and at mid-olf. Blackie was troubling M'Girr, but the batsmen went along, picking up an occasional single. At 126 M'Girr left his wicket open while attempting to place Grimmett to leg. The ball whipped back sharply and shattered the stumps. 126—8—26. Brice, who had failed to score in the first innings, came next, but went first ball, being caught by Blackie in the slips off Grimmett. 126—9—0. Massey, the last man, joined James. With 43 runs still required to save an innings defeat, both played with the greatest confidence, and made a lastwicket stand which produced 104 runs, the innings closing at 230 runs, when Massey was caught by Oldfield. Massey gave a chance at 184. He hit one from Grimmett hard to Richardson close in at mid-on. The ball struck the Australian captain in the chest, but the chance was too hot to hold. Massey was then 35. Massey found the boundary on six occasions, all of them being good strokes. Janies was left not out with 48. The case and confidence with which James and Massey played the bowling made one wonder why Foley, Lowry, Badcock, Lamason, M'Leod, and Brice had been able to total only two runs between them. ’The Australian fielding was first-class. Tim men backed each other up splendidly, there usually being a third man on band in case the bail gob through. Requiring 62 runs to win, Uldliehl and Grimmett commenced Australia’s second innings at 3.28 to the bowling of M'Girr and Badcock. Lowry missed a chance of catching Grimmett at silly mid-on off Badcock’s second ball. Badcock was bowling the leg theory, and had such a strong cordon clustered round the batsmen’s legs that Umpire Cobcroft had to cross over to point in order to get a view of the crease. With the total at 13 Badcock clean bowled Oldfield. 13—1—5.

Alexander, the youthful South Australian left-hander, came next, and arrived to see Brice, who had taken the ball from M'Girr, skittle GrimraeU with an off-break. 13—2—8.

Oxenham, the Queenslander, came next Baclcock had five men clustered round the batsmen’s legs. One ball from Brice went so close to Alexander’s wicket that James let it go,_ three byes resulting. The Inst ball of Badcock’s sixth over was fatal to Alexander, who lashed out and snicked the leather to Foley, who took a smart catch at first slip. 27—3—7. Kippax came next, and opened by late cutting Brice for 3, but Wellington were fighting hard, and a great shout went up when Oxenham went in identically the same was as Alexander lurl fallen, Foley making another brilliant catch in the slips off Badcock, who had now captured three wickets for 13 runs. 32—4—6.

Snhncitlor lasted only two balls, poppine; Badcock into Dempster’s bands at sill.r mid-on. 32—5—0. Badcock bad now taken four for 13, off seven overs. Wood full arrived to see Kippax cut Brice for 4, and slam the Wellington captain to the pickets at long-off. Badcock and Brice sent down good maidens in succession. Kippax gob 2 for a snick through the slips off Badcock, and Woodfull placed Brice down the gully for 3. Dempster then dropped Kippax at short fine leg after juggling with the ball. It did not matter greatly, however, as the New South Wales' crack batsmen fell Ibw to the next ball. 50—6—15. Bichardson, the Australian captain, followed, and ho and Woodfull got the necessary runs between them, Australia thus winning by four wickets. Details • AUSTRALIA. First innings 3"o Second innings. W. A. Oldfield h Badcock 6 C. V. Grimmett b Brice 8 W. C. Alexander c Foley b Badcock R. K. Oxenham c Foley h Badcock ti T. F. Kippax Ibw h Brice to K, J. Schneider c Dempster b Badcock d W. M. Woodfull not out 1V. J. Richardson not out 9 Extras 3 TotaNfor six wickets ... do Bowling Analysis.—M’Girr, none tor 8; Badcock, four for 23; Brice, two for 31. WELLINGTON. First innings ... -db Second Innings. C. S. Dempster b Grimmett ... .. 4!) 11. Foley Ibw b Morton ... J T. C. Lowrv b Idol ton 0 F. T. Badcock b Blackie 0 ,f. B. Lamason b Blackic ... ... U H. M. Lambert e Oldfield b Grimmett 35 K. G. James nob out ... 48 E. M‘Lend c Oldfield b Blackie ... 1 If. M. M’Girr b Grimmett 2(3 W. S. Brice c Blackie h Grimmett U H. B. Massey c Oldfield b Morton til Extras d Total 23d Fall of Wickets. —One for 20, two for 20, three for 21, four for 27, five for 71. six for 92, seven for 97. eight for 12(5, nine for 126, ten for 230. Bowling Analysis.—Morton, three for 24; Blackie, three for 69; Oxenham, none for 29; Grimmett, four for 94; Schneider, none for 8. Wellington admirers of Grimmett after the match presented him with a gold wristlet watch.