Cricket Test

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 161, 26 July 1937, Page 4

Cricket Test

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ENGLAND NINE FOR 358 Good Day's Work By New Zealanders - AN EASY WICKET

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MANCHESTEB, July 24. England won the toss in the second Test a.t Manchester against New Zealand. Parks was twelfth man for England and the New Zealand team was:— .Vivian, Moloney, Wallace, Donnelly, Eerr, Hadlee, Page, Tindill, Gallichan, Dunning, Cowie. ! New Zealand's perforxnance was very commendable under the difficult cireumstances, the weather playing right into the hands of England. Bain, begides delaying the start. for nearly half an hou'r, twice interrupted play and itmade the wicket easy. England, evidently profiting from the lesson in th® first game, .took advantage of the con.ditions and sought to score quickly, but ■the batsmen were restrained by the. ladmirable accuracy of Vivian and the persistent steadiness of Gallichan and Dunning, as well us being upset after tea by the deadliness of Cowie. England demonstrated cOnfidence in their ability to make a big seore, by sacrifieing batting power to lhclude a full battery. of bowlers, omitting Parks. The New Zealand team induded Gallichan because of the state of the pitch aud omitted Boherts, whose shoulder is still doubtful. Carson is twelfth man. New Zealand sufEered an early blow when Page maintained his unhappy record for losing the toss on a Saturday, England began brightly, chiefly through the _enterprise of Barnett, Whose cover driving was beautiful, especially against Dunning. Cowie was ,once more treated respectfully and the llrst dozen overs cost only twenty runs. ■Barnett and Hutton laid a solid f oundation for the innings; scoring a hundred together by good stroke play combined with smart running between the wxckets. Gallichan was very accurate before lunch, conceding only thirteen runa in a thrce-quarters-o£-an-hour spell. Barnett was well caught at mid on j 50on after the resumption and it was j tho fiftieth wicket in the first-class cricket of the tour to Cowie. ! Hutton and Hardstaff steadily added \ 128 for the second wicket. Hardstaff : •Was.. uncertain at the start and he i almost played on Gallichan and was j .nearly caught at long-on by Donnelly, j off Vivian. ! yivian bowled a Bteady length with j clever flight and some turn after luneh. | He was never really mastered by j Hutton, whose carefully compiled and j excellent century occupied three aud a- | half hours. He was caught at mid-off. | Hardstaff' s half-century took two j hours and he was deceived by a quicklydropping ball which ho went out to drive. and easily stumped by TindilL Vivian 's figures at tea were 28 — 7— 75—2. England ;s excellent position permitted forceful tactics after tea. The. scoring by ■Hammond and Paynter, nevertheless, was not exceptionally fast. j Paynter was fortunate in snicking ! ,the unlucky Gallichan to the slips, dangerously close to Cowie. Gallichan again pegged the batsmen down, quiet.ening cven Hammond. He bowled the jchampion two maiden overs and then iscattered his stumps, completely blufjfing the batsman, who jumped out for ja drive. Paynter was beaten by an extra fast mne from Cowie, who also quickly dis* poaed of Wellard. He then sent Bobins' lOff-stump cartwheeling. The fast bowler ehowed surprising vim, considering the 'amount of work he had already performed and oven admitting that the pitch more suitod him after tca than at any time during the day. He tbok three for thirteen in six -overs. It was a fme spell and a determined effort. Gallichau clean beat Brown and then tempted into one too many big hits the mighty smiter, Smith. The game underwent an amazing transformation from three fOr 237 at tea to nine for 358 at stumps, and as England had over two hundred up and only oue Wicket down, tho stumps score was highly satisfaetory for New Zealand. A carefuily-placed field was a great assistance to the bowlers and the ground fielding was practically without fault. The uncertain weather affected the attendance, and only 2300 paid for admission, compared with an estimated crowd of 5000, Scores: — ENGLAND. Pirst Innings. Hutton, c Dunning, b ViYian .. .. 100 ! Barnett, c Kerr, b Cowie G2 Hardstaff, stpd. Tindill, b Vivian 58 Hammond, b Gallichan ........ 33 Paynter, lbw, b Cowie ........ 33 Ames, not out .« .. 16 "Wellard, b Cowie •• 5 Bobins, b Cowie ............ 14 Brown, b Gallichan 1 Sniitb, c Kerr, b Gallichan ...... 21 Goddard, not out ............. 4 Extras ................ 11 Tolal for 9 wickots 358

Byes four, leg byes sevcn.

O. M. it. W. Cowi,e ....... 32 6 18 4 ( ( Dunning ..... 28 5 84 0 Vivian ...... 28 7 75 2 Page ........ 5 0 16 0 Gallichau .... 36 7 99 3

Bowling Analysis.