Six Down For 201

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 60, 27 March 1937, Page 6

Six Down For 201

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N.Z. REPLY TO M.C.C. Page and Vivian in Good Partnership ENGLISHMEN MAKE 427

* (By Telesrraph-

WELLINGTON, Last Night. three .tbousand spectatoxs yriho Watehed the #econd day'a play between {M.C.O. and New Zealand to-day enjoy»d intererfting cricket. A feature of fengland's first iimings which closed at. jl2.40 for a .total of 427 was the breezy; fenock for 88 "by Allen. .The wicket ftbMs faaier than yesterday and the Newj fZealanders who •started their innings atj |l2-55 pjiii found difficulty in playingj jAllen's iaalfc deliveries. At one stagej ! Alton had thTee wickets for nine runs! land finished np with three for 30. This ifijje bowling perfoxmanee following npi |hia 88 with., the bat demonstrated what' kjine allrotind player the English capjtaSn is. } Things did not look too good for Newj jZealand when three wickets wero downj 6or 40 runa, "but the captain, Page, andj jthe viee-eaptain, Vivian, then got to-i jgether and put on 146 for the fourthi jwicket, Both pl%ed the Englishj jbowiers with eonfidence and scoredj jfreely from Allen, Voee, Hainmond andj |Vexity. Page reached 50 in. 124 min-j jatee and Vivian rau to 88 in 149 min-i jltes, and their displays were quite upj jto anything the Englishmen had given.i .When stumps were drawn at 5.33 p.m.j pa. aooouni of the fading light New EZe&land had lost six wickets for 201 Irans. ARen and Voce howled particu-1 llaxly weH for England. Allen thoughj jnot bowling at his top pace worked upi a good turn of speed. He was yards t tester than Cowie. Voce was dangerjoos thronghout the 15.2 overB he, jbowled. His ability to make the ballj •Jift had all the batsmen with the ex-S iception of Vivian and Page in troublei •and ha at last dismissed both these batsmen, his tally being three for 40. Hammond bowled very steadily in sendIng down 13 overs for 22 runa. WorthIngton, Sims and Verity did not trouble ihe' New Zealand batsmen. Except. for the free hitting by Allen ihe Kew Zealand bowlers kept a good length and gava little away dnring the taorning's play. Cowie, Boberts, Vivian and Page secured two wickets apiece fcnd Duiroing and Weir one each. "With seven wickets down for 334 aruns Allen (14) and Verity (8) con: Jtinued England 'a first innings. The1 weather was overcast and a fairly stiff. north-westerly wind blew. Rdberts and Cowie took np the bowling. In Cowie 's second over the ball reared np and Verity cocked it softly to Moloney at shorfc square-leg. iSims arprived to see Allen let out at one from Cowie and sky it. over slips' heads to •the boundary bringing 340 np. Allen reached 20 and then deftly leg-glided one from Cowie to the fence. Playing freely "he soon ran into the thirties. Going well np the pitch to Vivian 's slow 's and" hitting him into deep field he reached his half-centnry in 74 minutes. Sims followed. his captain 's lead and runs came at a fast clip. Allen with a" crisp late cnt to the fence off Dunning brought 400 up after the inndngs had been in progress for 407 min|Otes. He reached 80 with a perfectly;timed square cut .to the boundary. Eoberts had a turn with the new ball, but Allen banged one to the ropes at jsquare leg, bnt the next ball, a slower ione, clean bowled him, ending a bright jand sparHing innings which lasted 103 'minutes; . ■ Nine wickets were down for 426 jwhen Voce, the last man, joined Sims. •The next ball saw the end of the innjings which had lasted for 426 minutes, iSims being caught in the slips by Dunning ofE Eoberts. Hadlee and Kerr opened the Kew Zealand innings at 12,55 to the bowling of Voce and Hammond, and all that came from an over by each bowler was one leg bye. Besuming after luncheon Voce and Allen took np the attack and the third ball of Allen 's first over Kerr •played into Voce's hands at second slip and one wicket was down for one run. : Wallace filled the vacancy. Both bowlers were sending them. down at a good paee and kept the batsmen strictly on the defensive. With the total at 9 oS as many overs Allen handed the ball to Hammond. Hadlee reached double figures in 35 minutes and Wallace in 28 minutes. Both batsmen were shaping soundly to aceurate bowling. At 31 Allen took the 'ball from Voce whose seven overs had cost 18 runs and •Verity relieved Hammond whose four overs had produced 11 runs. Hadlee reached 20 in 50 minutes, but in Allen 's fifth over Hadlee leg-glided one ime andi was snapped up by Ames behind the: sticks. Two wickets were now down !for 33 and Allen had taken both at a !cost of two runs. . Vivian joined Wallace who was 13, jbut with seven runs added Wallace was. jclean bowled by Allen who had now | taken three wickets for 6. . Page came in to stop the rot. With. jthe total at 48 Hammond relieved Verity whose three overs had cost 12 runs. Page popped a no-ball from Allen into Verity 's hands at fine leg and scored a single off the next ball, bringing 50 up in 71 minutes, After bowling eight overs for eight runs and three wickets 'Allen handed the ball to Sims. Page 'enlivened a drab period by hitting a full toss to the fence at long-leg and he placed one to the track past third man is the same over. ' Vivian brought 70 vp by placing one from Sims down the gully to the fenee and he raised applause by lifting one in the same over ;$q the xopes at long-leg. This made his jscore 27. At 76 Worthington bowled in {plaee of Hammond and Vivian crisply jdrove his seventih ball to the xopes at Song-off, Teaching the thirties. The* jjgtftfirsM# kai ia44'misntes, •

~ With the total at 99 Voce took the ball from Sims whose six overs had cost 27 rona* The first hundred took 110 minutes. Verity took over from Worthington oS whose four overs 13 runs had come« Worthington and Allen were Ifieldinjg close in to the bat while Verity was operating. The tea adjournment iwas taken with the score at 108 for 'three wickets, Vivian 46, Page 23. Eesnming, Verity and Allen took up Ithe bowling. Page drove one from Verjity Straight for four and crisply offj drove Allen to the ropes, Teaching 30 and bringing 120 up. Vivian reached 50 in 88 minutes and Page reached 40 with a snick through the slips off Allen to the fence. The batsmen had now warmed to their work and runs were coming freely, When 42 Page had a narrow escape. He skied one to Leyland at sqnare-leg but the latter handicapped by a stiff left arm misjudged the catch, falling as he tried to get to the ball. The partnership had now put on 100 runs in 94 minutes. "Vivian lifted Verity to the long-on boundary, bringing 150 up in 160 minutes. At 158 Sims took the ball from Verity off whose 14 overs 36 runs had come. Vivian hit ■him to the fened at long-on, bringing 160 up. Voce had a turn but Vivian ran into the eighties by placing him :twice to the off for a couple. By offdriving Sims past cover to the fence Page reached 50 in 124 minutes. With the total at 186 Page ;s long innings came to an end. One from Voce kicked up and he popped it softly into Sims' hands at square-leg. Page had been at the wickets for 135 minutes and had assisted Vivian to put on 146 for the fourth wicket. He hit eight fours. Moloney jdined .Vivian who was 88 and arrived to see the end of Vivian 's brilliant innings. Vivian touched one from Voce and was brilliantly taken by Ames at short-stop. Vivian had been rbatting for 149 minutes and hit ten ifours. Tindill followed and arrived ,to see 'Moloney on-drive one from Sims to the ropes at extra long-on. The 200 came up for 214 minutes' play and then Tindill played one from Voce and six wickets were down for 201. This finished play for the day as an appeal against the light which had been dull for some-time was upheld and stumps were drawn for the day at 5.33 p.m. Soores: — M.C.C. Piqft Innings. iWyatt, e iJunning, b Weir .. 144 i'Worthington, c Boberts, b Vivian 15 jBardstaff, c Hadlee, b .Vivian ... 22 {Pishlock, c Weir, b Page ...... 14 1 j Hammond, c Wallace, b Cowie .. 4 Leyland, c Vivian, b Page .... 1 Ames, c Vivian, b Dunnihg "97 Allen, b Eoberts .. .. .. ... ... .... 88 ! Verity, c Moloney, b Cowie ... !.»■ 10 iSims, c Dunning, b Eoberts .. .. 13 •Voce, not out .. 1 > Extras (byes 9, leg-byes 8, noballs 1) .. .. .. j. , . j. .- 18 Total .. .. . . ■. . .. .. .. .. 427

! KEW ZEALAND, j, . Eirst Innings. ETerr, e Voce, b Allen .......... 0 Hadlee, c Ames, b Allen ...... 20 Wallace, b Allen 16 Vivian, e Ames, b Vove 88 Page," c Sims, b Voee ........ 50 Moloney, not out 9 Tindill, b Voce 5 Extras (byes 6, leg-byes 3, noballs 4) 13 • Total •for six'wicketfl .... .. 201

O. M. E. W. Uowi'e .. .. .. .. .. 30 8 73 2 Roberts .. .. .. .. 27 8 58 2 Dunning ... ..... ,41 9 100 1 , Vivian 29 9 79 2 •Page . . . •» ... 7 3 38 2 Moloney ......... 5 0 20 0 jWeir .. .. 11 0 41 1

Bowling Analysis.

O. M. R.^ W. Voce 15.2 4 40 3 Hammond . 13 4 22 0 Allen ...... .. .. 13 3 30 3 Worthington ...... 4 1 13 0 Sims .. 11 2 47 0 .Verity .......... 14 3 36 0

Bowling Analysis.