N.Z. v SCOTLAND

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 155, 19 July 1937, Page 8

N.Z. v SCOTLAND

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Vivian Compiles a Sound 75 ti Gallichan in Form A SOFT WICKET

(From the Special Correspondent of thi

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GLASGOW, July 17. ! The wicket was soft and the weather) fine for the match New Zealand versuj Scotland. The attendance waa nearlyj * 5000. j After Hadlee had been tried without success as the opening "bowler the at; tack was borne hy Dunning, Yivian and Gallichan. -' A. feature of the day "wai thi success of the slow left-h^fiders. Gallichan achieved his heat perforxuance since the first match against Surrey. Three catches were taken from him in the slip». Good catching also assisted Vivianw Safe acceptances were made at. long-onf and mid-on hy Carson and GalliChan.| The Edinburgh and Glasgow papersj unanimously call the game a Test. Itj certainly had that atmosphere. ^ Some of the time the scoring was very slow, Mitchell-Innes being & dashing exception. He gave a hrilliant exhibition of strong front 6f the wicket play marked by beautiful drives on both sides of the wicket. He scored a six, two fours and a two in one ove* off Vivian, and four fours in one oyerl Off -Dunning, another six off Dtjnniqg tnd a third off Gallichan. Heggie and i'od were slow but played a usefnl innings. New Zealand's batting wae dietinguished by the dashing vigour of Viv-| ian, the lefthander? who was in tott form, racing past the half-cenjury in just over half an hour. He had then hit eight fours and a six. Altfigetherf there were ten fours and two sixes inl his 75 out of the first 98 runs scored. Wallace was mofe xestrained them usual but confident " end eorreot. Hej compiled a sound 50 in an hour aud a-l qnarter, including six fouTS. Scotland 's high-class slow bowlers,! the lefthander Melville and the xight-i hander Peebles, probably bowled as wellj as any pair met in England. The New Zealand team was: BageJ Vivian, Moloney, Wallace, Kerr, Hadlee, Donnelly, Gallichan, Lowry, ^hinning^ Oarson. Scores:— SCOTLAND. ? First Innings. \. Ramsden, Ibw, h Dunning .. ... .. 12Gibb, c Gallichan, b Vivian ..t .. 6( Mitchell-Innes, e Page, b Gallichan 871 Heggie, c Vivian, b Gallichan .. 44 . MacTavish, c Vivian, b Gallichan'; 3 Tod, c and b Gallichan ... ... .. ... 87j A. Smith, b Vivian. •• ... •• Fords, b Gallichan .« ... •« »• • • 19| Peebles, c Cowie, b Vivian . • ««'-.*! ® • Baxter, not out •• •• •• •• • •• .»• % Melville, Ibw, b Gallichan .. • 9 Extras . .. .• • •. •;*. ■;»*' s»«' Total .. .. .. ;.jS >«. :**»' JL«i •• 237-

NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. \ Kerr, b Baxter . . ......... « • 1 Vivian, b Peebles ... •• 75 Wallace, b Baxter - «« • . «. 54 Donnelly, Ibw, b Melville - 1) Lowry, not out. •• •» ...... . . ... 9 , Extras .. .. .. .. •• .. .. ... 5 Total for four wickets .. .. 145 Bowling: Baxter 2 for 45, Melville 1( for 40, Peebles 1 for '36, Fords () for 19.

O. M. R. W; Uarsoa »•, 2 0 7 0 Dunning ... >. .. 27 9 63 1 Gallichan .. .... ... 23.3 6 46 6 •Moloney ...... ..; 12 1 37 0 Vivian .» y • .. .... 21 4 59 i Hadlee .. ... .. ... 6 7 7 0

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