Second Cricket Test

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 162, 27 July 1937, Page 7

Second Cricket Test

LAST DAY WILL BE INTERESTING New Zealanders Putting Up Good Fight HADLEE'S BAD LUCK (From the 8jjeoiaI Correapqndent of the CTnited Pren Aasooiation with the Jeam.) (Received 27, 11.30 a.m.) OLD TBAFFORD CRICKET GRQUND, July 26. The weather was dull and cold for the resuiuption of the second Test between New Zealand and ' Rngiand. Showers over the weekend softened the Wicket, hut it was siightiy easier than on tbe first day. Engiand declared with the stumps score (353) on BAturday.

When Englaod declared New Zealand was presented with a reasonabie chance of securing a first-innings lead, but again several of the top batsmen fell cheaply, leaving the following pJayers a, difficult task in fighting their way out of an awkward situation. This they did with great resolution, the last five wickets contributing 162 rans. New Zealand lost five wickets before lunch, three falling to the really fine, fast-medium bowling of Wellard, the Somerset all-rounder, who dismissod the trio with identical deliveries, the baU swinging late across from the leg stump fo the off. Except:ng his deadliness the attack was restraining xather than dangerous, although constant watohfulness was required for the quickly-turning breaks of Brown. The morningi play was eulivened by the gracet'ul forcefulness of Vivian. The left-hander played, with confidence and judgmentt alwaya seeking to attack and drxving particuiarly well. He batted two hour 3 and hit seven fours. He was dismissed by a particuiarly good ball. Neither Smith nor Wellard were able to make the ball lift awkwardly. Hammond bowled a steady length, but lacked nip off the pitch. Goddard was . soon introduced, and he bowled offspinners to the leg field. Wallace was enterprising, and had two two's and two fours in his .first six scoring atrokes. Vivian was also confident and forceful. Fifty was 6Cored in as many minutes. Then Wallace jumped out for a big hit and wa* smartly stumped. When Kerr, Donnelly and Vivian were dismissed in quick succession by lively bowling, the tourists were in a difficult positiou, and it seemed doubtful whether they would escape a followon. Hadlee chose the most opportune occasion for his biggest ecore on the tour. He gave an entertaining display of adventurous aggressiveness for an hour, in which he reached the half-cen-tury. He smote the bowling with a full swing of the bat. Many strokes were lofted, but they were always clear of the fieldsmea. Hadlee ateadled ^onfiiderably later, proceeding comfortahly till he was dismissed in an extremely unfortunate fashion seven short of his century. He was playing the ball strongly to square leg when he slipped and kicked down the off stump. He batted two and a quarter hours, and hit ten four's, ten two's and three three's. Page was not spectacular, but wa? an invaluable partner in a stand which made 95 for the sixth wicket. He stayed nearly two hours, and saw a followon avoided before being smartly caught in tbe gully. Play was twice stopped, once owing to the bad light, and again while the crowd and players stood for a minute in eilence coinciding with the funoral of the great fast bowler, McDonald, Gallichan was mainly responsible for the effective wagging of the tail. He punched loose balls with vigour in e useful innings which lasted threc-quar-ters of an hour. He was caught in tho slips. Brown maintaiAed his spin till the laet_ taking the last two wickets. Robins was unable to bowl through ih« juring a finger in fielding. Twenty-five changes in the bowling illustrate the fact that every ruse was employed to try and prevent the bate - men from settling down. Eng)and were left .with an hour to bat. Early successes encouraged New Zealand. Barnett was beaten by a swinger, Hutton was out to a wojjderful diving catch at first slip, and Haminond was snapped up close in at square leg. Cowie was bowling with great fire and bumped the next ball clean over the head of Payuter. England, losing three of the best batsmen in half ari hour, were in rather a ticklish position, especially as the light was failing. An appeal a quarter of an hour before time helped them to escape without further loss. The Jast day is now likely to be most interesting unless the home side elects to be satisfied witb a draw. After Lunch tlie news that the tourists were making a good fight quickly spread, and the crowd swelled perceptibly. The estimated attendance was 8000. Detaols ENGLAND First innings nine wickets (deo.) 358 Second Innings

Hutton, c Vivian, b Cowie 14 Barnett, l.b.w., b -Dunning 12 Hardstaff, not out ... ... g Hammond, c Moloney, b Cowie ... O Paynter, not out ... a Extras ... 2 Total for three wickets ... 37

O. M. R. W Cowie 7.41 17 2 Dunning 4 1 13 1 Vivian ., 3 1 5 0 Leg Byes, two.

BOWLING ANALYSIS

First Inninga. Vivian, b Wellard 58 Moloney, l.b.w., h Smith ... ^ 11

NEW ZEALAND

Wallace, st. Ames, b Brown ... 23 Kerr, b Wellard 4 Donnelly, l.b.w., b Wellard ... 4 Hadlee, hit wicket, b Wellard ... 93 Page, o Smith, b Hammond 33 Gallichan, c Brown, b Smith ... 30 Tindill, b Brown ... 6 Dunning, not out 4 Cowie, st. Ames, b Brown 0 Extras ..* ... 15 Total 281

O. M- R. W. Smith , , 22 7 29 2 Wellard 30 4 81 4 Hammond ... 15 5 27 1 Goddard 18 5 48 0 BroWn 23.4 4 81 3 Byes, 4, leg byes .11.

BOWLING ANALYSIS