N.Z. FOUR DOWN FOR 46 RUNS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 111, 27 May 1937, Page 5

N.Z. FOUR DOWN FOR 46 RUNS

Inauspicious Start Against Cambridge VARSITY OUT FOR 102 t (Froia the Speeial Correspondent of the (Jnited Press Association • with the Team.) - (Reeeived 27, 10.30 a.m.) CAMBRIDGE, May 26. Cambridge TJniversity made a slow start against the New Zealand cricket team, scoring 11 in half an hour. Then Dunning snocessfully explqiteci the leg trap, getting the two leadingi batsmen caught by Page forward of short leg and Carsoft qlqse in at square leg. The bowling was then 18 qvers, 8 maidens, 2fi runs, two wickets. OQwiq and Roberts were ineffective against Yardley, who also drove Gailiqhan ta the boundary twice, He fell vietimi to the Moloney-Lowry combination from Moloney's first ball. After lunch the" pcore waa1 three for 70. The sun was sweltering, and Cowie peceived no benefit from the stqcky wiqket, but it assisted Dunning and Gallichan to bowl aceurately throughout the next three-quarters of an hour, the seven remaining wickets falling foi' 32. Dunujng, bowling round the wicket and spinning and swerving, qompletely routed University. At oue stage he fcook three wickets with four balls. Admirable placing of the field by Page resulted in Hadlee catching Rougbtronght on the leg boundary witHout ehifting an inch, The New Zealand fielding was pjerfect and the result justified Page in putting Varsity in. New Moaland made a disastrous start. Hadlee was out first ball, a fast one from Roughtrought. Page likewise went in the next over. Carson and Roberts were forced into giving catches off the ieft-handed medium-slow bowler Fraser, but the wicket was now easier and the weather was overcast. Moloney continued scoring in easy fasbion and hit three fours to point and cover. An approaching thunderstorm forced the drawingj of stumps an hour early tb r.ough bad light. Then it rained. Scores : —

CAMBRIDGE First Innings. White, o Page, b Dunnipg 13 Payton, c Lowry, b Gallichan ... 24 Tindall, c Carson, b Dunning ... 2 Yardiey, st. Lowry, b Moloney ... 25 Pawle, c Carson, b Dunning ... 23 Gibb, c Roberts, b Gallichan ... 0 Roughtrought, o Hadlee, b Dunning ... ... ... ... ... 6 Cameron, o Lanrason, b Dunning 0 Kay, l.b.w. b Gallichan 7 Fraser, not out 0 Extras ... ... ... ... 2 Total ... ... 1Q2 One batsman is missing from the scores, Bowling analysis.— Rnbexiis none for 11, Cowie, none for 18, Dunning six for 42, Gallichan three fqr 20, Moloney qne for nine, NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Page, c Kay, b Roughtrought ... 1 Carson, c and b Fraser ... •... 3 Hadlee, v Hay, b Roughtrought.... U Moloney, not out ... 21 Rqberts, c Kay, b Fraser o Wallace, not out 10 Extras ... 6 Total for four wickets (stumps) 46