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Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1924, Page 4

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I.\I1 : RE8810N8 OK 'f VISITORS. DUNUDUV. Eehre.arv 13. elusion of the march, Mr JJ. Ur I e would «!• al like m- eoitgnti ill: to the ground -man. Mr A. U - . on iV came n had found it a real lease re p, I'lay mi it. and laid .shown w, signs of wen-; ii:p. Oin- .-mild well umh iglm .1 h".v so many runs bad been ■- o '■ in tb- IMunivot. Shield ns h with Wellington. Dealing with the I ailing, Mr (..a lira nc said: “The » 1 :!!'. ;• : • fellows made Hie but hit the ball, the majority of your fellows let the ball bit the bat.” I he interviewer suggested that I!v > Otago Imtsmcit v.lm ii:ul tried !o wake the ImL hit .MnileyV. bawling had i:.it bet >i entirely sue, ossl'nl. Mi (’’.K'hrnne replied that it. had to be remembered that Mailoy was a very lint I owler. indeed, he was the right

stain]) for :v successful bowler. He bat: the temperament and did not mind how much his bowling was knocked about; lie kept on trying. Moreover, he was a scientific bowler, giving consideration to windage, the state of the wicket etc. Mr Cochrane said that Mailey’s style, of bowling was the only typo ot its kind, oven in Australia, and that he expected be would have the average at the end of the tour iit New Zealand.

-Mr Cochrane said that the fielding of the Otago side was really excellent. V.'l.nt had pleated his team most was lhe way the Otago fieldsmen stuck to then task on Saturday. They had never let up the whole time. If lie v i. re asked to say who were the best fielder* on the Otago side lie would lied it very difficult to separate them, ill: batsmen were putting plenty of fore' inti: their stroke* and one of the ic. ro fieldsmen had told him that h. had neve; previoc.dy been called on to i Pm in. eiit oil .Mr Cochrane. “Your bowlon: i< pi pegging an ay. ami considering the class of batsmen they were up against, me bowling was very good." I!, JPmP-lev was associated with Audit v.-. in mi exhibition game while the interview was taking ph" o. and Air Cochrane remarked that Ihirdslcy was leading in the batting averages in Syd--1 e senior grade with something like 1:T: rum; ]’er innings, lie also .stated that (iregnry played for the same term a* himself Manly—and that the lamoc.s cricketer had undergone an operation lor an injury to In- ! a v. Cregory "a net going to play again this year, but it wts hoped be would be all right I, the time •l a in t Kllph-ll n ll.i ac,iar in Ac,-tralia. Karly in :' .- mi Crogory had taken Mx v. i!' . , \\ four '1111': CAPTAIN INTiiN VI liW'lin. Air Macartney, lapi.ia ol the New Sou til \\'i I - team, said tori the Otago bi lding; was the hesi they led se n in , über Araiia or New' Zealand ibis - -0,11, and that (iidlanil had set. n line example to his men in this depai'liri lit cl the game. The bowlers, taking Ml the conditions ol’ the game into nr. cat’:it, had don- very well. They were eg against, a strong batting side, the '-. i: !:..•{ did not assist them, and on j-'iiipiv night and again on Satuiday night t!’(.",• lii'.l had a greasy ball to handle. Mr .Macnttnvy said that there was no doubt there was a general wt akness in howling every when I he pitseui. time.