SORRY DISPLAY BY N.Z. CRICKETERS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 61, 30 March 1937, Page 6

SORRY DISPLAY BY N.Z. CRICKETERS

-Press Assooiation.)

Innings Defeat Saved By One Run THRILLS AT THE END

(By Telegraph-

WELLINGTON, March 29. That New Zealand cricketers will require to improve greatly. before they can hope to challenge the full strength of England, was made abundantly clear by play in the third and concluding day's play between the.M.C.O. and New Zealand elevens at tha Basin Reserve on Saturday. There was keen disappointcnent among some 5000 spectators when light rain set in about 11.10 a.m. and delayed the resumption of play until 12.25. Interest in the match was proved by an attendance of some 9000 spectators in the afternoon, when the weather was beautifully fine. When the New Zealand wickets had all fallen for 265 in the first innings and Allen, the English captain, compelled the Dominion eleven to follow on, it was evident that the Englishaien were out for an innings victory. The M.C.C. fast bowlers put every ounce of energy into their deliveries and the slow bowlers used all their wiles of flight and spin, while the fieldsmen were on their toes. New Zealand, despite a fighting innings by Hadlee for 82, made a feeble resistance to the sustained English attaek and when Cowie, last man, joined Tindill, four runs were required to save an innings' defeat. A thrilling tussle for the four runs with the Englishmen on their toes, went a good way to give an exciting finish to a one-sided match. Cowie, amid hearty cheering, hit a four to square leg off Sims and placed New Zealand one run ahead of England 's 427, but the Aucklander was stumped off the ngxt ball and the innings closed for 163 — a sorry total for the New Zealand eleven on a good wicket. The last New Zealand wicket fell at 5.57 p.m., which prevented England from scoring the two runs they required to win the match. The game th'us ended in a draw though greatly in favour of England. Scores: ENGLAND. First Innings ^27 NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Kerr, c Yoce, b Allen ... ... ... 0 Hadlee, c Ames, b Allen 20 Wallace, b Allen 16 Page, c Sims, b Voce 50 Vivian, c Ames, b Yoce ... 88 Moloney, not out ... 42 Tindill, b Voce ... 5 Weir, b Voce 0 Roberts, b Allen 10 Dunning, b Sims 5Cowie, c Hammond, b Verity ... 2 Extras (byes 11, leg-byes 8, no balls 8) 27 Total 265 Fall of wickets: One for 1, two for 33, three for 40, four for 186, five for 191, six for 201, seven for 205, eight for 238, nine for 248, ten for 265.

Voce bowled four no-balls, Hammond one, Allen seven, and Worthington one. Eight of the no-balls were not scored from with the bat-

NEW ZEALAND Second Innings. Hadlee, l.b.w. b Hammond 82 Kerr, l.b.w. b Allen 2 Wallace, b Voce 7 Vivian, l.b.w. b Voce 0 Page, c Voce, b Hammond 2 Moloney, b Sims ... 18 Tindill, not out 24 Weir, b Hammond 7 Roberts, b Sims ... 2 Dunning, c Hammond, b Sims ... 1 Cowie, st Ames, b Sims 4 Extras 14 Total 163

O M E W Voce 21 6 50 4 Hammond ...... 15 4 26 0 Allen 21 6 56 4 Verity ^ ... 16.2 4 40 1 Sims 15 3 53 1 Worthington ... 4 1 13 0

Bowling Analysis.

O M R W Voce ... ... ... 8 1 19 2 Allen 8 1 28 1 Hammond ... ... 11 2 31 3 Verity 11 3 36 0 Sims ... ... ... I5.5 4 35 4

Bowling Analysis.