N.Z. v. GLAMORGAN

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 103, 18 May 1937, Page 7

N.Z. v. GLAMORGAN

the Special Csrrespondeafc W

County Establishes a Good Lead j PERFECT WICKET ~ — I

(From

the Uixited Press Associatwn WJth tnp Team,) (Received 18, 11.0 a.m.) CARDIFF, May 17. A billiard-table wicket, from which the ball came through at an easy paco and height, nnllified the manful eflorts of the persevering New Zealand bowb ers and enabled Glamprgaix tp §ecure the lead beforp tbe largest erowd wkieb ever watehed a tpuring team at Cardiff, The Npw Zealanders begau hy capturing four wickets in just Over an hour, when Duckfleld- and Smart, in a flne flfth wicket partnersbip, put the county in a sfrong position, c Duckfield played eorrect ericket for three heura and -scpred a spund pgRtury, including a dozen fpur§,. Siftart batted fpr an hpur and a-flalf and bit eight feurs. "H, Dayios was aggressive, hittmg fiv§ fqurg and a sin. The bowlerg stuck gamely to their difficult t&sk, Dunning wag remarkably steady fpr long periods, and Roberts was ako consistently accurate and took two quick wickets at the tail end, Vivian kept the scoring rate down by clever fiighting, while Moloney turned hiB slows shafply and was not afraid to give the ball air. Weir secured a useful wicket with the new ball. Page bowled to a leg field. Tindill had a grPUt day behiud tbe stumps, The field was gejierafly excellpnt, especially pn thp boundary, where many runa were savgd. Hadlee and Wallace fell to good slip qatches off the fast bowler, Hughes, while Kerr was yorked when going well. Weir and Moloney carefully playr ed out time. New Zealanid may have a troublesome period early to-morrow due tp the morning dew which is usually experiericed here. ' There was perfect holiday weather to-day, and the attendance was six thousand. GLAMORGAN. .Scores ;t^ First Innings* Dyson, l.m,w,# b Dnnning • AfeeA'e** 16 I P4 Davies, Lb,w., b Vivian 17 Brierley, "st, Tindjll, h Moloney % D.avi^, §t- Tindill, b Moloney 3^ Duckfield; st- Tindill, p Mploney .« 101 Smart g Molpngy, h Weir 63 Turnbull, b Roberts i§ jones, e Tindiji, b Page 18 H. Davies, b Roberts" ............... 4j8 Mercer, not out ............ j Hughes, b Roberts ............... 2 Extra# ............ 20 Total 338

NEW ZEALAND First Isningi 235 Second Innings Kerr, b Hughes 1 18 Wallace, o Dyson, b Hughes 2 Hadlee, e Dyson, b Hughes 1 Weir, not oiit 2 Moloney, not out 5 Extraa 4 Total for three wickets ...... 32

O. M. Hi W. Roberta ... 32 9 57 . 3 Dunning ... 37 13 65 i Vivian 35 11 78 1 Moloney ...... 12 1 55 3 Weir ...... 15 3 34 1 Rage ...... 5 0 ® 1

BOWLING.