CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 16 December 1929, Page 6

CRICKET

AGAINST M.C.C. TEAM. WELLINGTON LEAD VISITORS. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 15. Twelve thousand spectators. . assembled at the Basin Reserve on Saturday to watch tlio continuance of the opening match, of the M.C.C. team’s New Zealand tour. The Wellington. XI held possession of the wickets for practically the whole day, and managed to total 242 runs, thus leading the Englishmen on the first innings by 76 rus. The feature of the innings was the spirited stand made by E. A. McLeod and M. Henderson for the ninth wicket, which realised 74 runs. The Englishmen bowled and fielded so ably that it took the Wellington team 291 minutes to score 242 runs. The stage was ideally set for the second day’s play. The day was beautifully fine when Wellington opened their first innings at 11.30. As the day wore on the weather improved. Though the wicket was much firmer and faster than it was on Friday, the Englishmen bowled so well that the Wellington men had to defend stubbornly for the greater part of the day. C. S. Dempster was at the wickets for 105 minutes if or his 20 runs. The stand between McLeod and Henderson for the ninth wicket provided the brightest batting of the innings. The wicket by this time had thoroughly dried out, and the English bowlers were beginning to feel the strain of their long labours in the hot sun. The AL.C.C. team demonstrated ibat they have some really good b>wlei*s. Nichols proved that he had a light to be classed as fast. Barratt, Worthington and Allom stood revealed as a trio of fast, medium right-handers, whose deliveries at all times commanded respect. The day’s bowling laurels, however, wejre gathered by the graceful Kent left-hander, Frank Woolley, who is the very poetry of motion as he runs up to the wicket and tosses up his tempting slows with a delightfully easy action. Woolley sent down nineteen overs, five of which were maidens, and he secured two wickets for 39 runs, and he would have done even better, bad the chances offering off him been taken. Little Cornford, the Sussex keeper, compared more than favourably with any glove artist who has ever visited this country, not ev'em excepting Blackham; Kelly, or Oldfield. Without fuss or flurry, Cornford does his work behind the sticks with a surenoss and deftness which marks the master wicket keeper. Though one or two .chances were dropped, the English fielding was keen and smart, and Gilligan had his men well placed. Duleepsinhji and Wolley gave a finished exhibition of slip-catching, find Earle showed how to return a ball on the full to tlie wicket-keeper’s gloves from the boundary. The gate for the match realised £6BO. Afwmt £IOO was taken on Friday, and in the neighbourhood of £570 on Saturday. Monday and Tuesday will be all clear profit. The detailed scores are as folows:— ENGLAND—Ist innings. A. H. H. Gilligan. c Massey, b Henderson 14 E. W. Dawson, c James, b Henderson 25 K. S. Duleepsinhji. run out ... 12 F. E. Woolley, e Massey, b Badcoek 0 G. B. Legge, c Lowry, b Badcock 7 M.'S. Nicliolls, c and b McLeod 28 S. Worthington, c Dempster, 1) Badcock 10 G. F. Earle, c Dempster, b Melee d 4o F. Barratt, c Hollings, b McGirr 2 W. Cornford, e Lowry, b McLeod G M. J. C. Allom, (not out) H Byes 4 Leg byes ... - Total !66 Bowling analysis: McGirr 16 overs, 4 maidens, 28 runs, 1 wicket*, Badcock 28 overs. 11 maidens, 72 runs, 3 wickets'; Henderson 16 overs, 1 maiden 53 runs, 2 wickets; McLeod, 4.5 overs. 1 maiden, 7 runs. 3 wickets. WELLINGTOX—I st Tunings. Dem.pster, b Nichols ... ... 20 De Worker, c Nichols, b Barratt 2 Hollings, c Worthington, b Woolley 27 Airey, b Woolley 20 Lowry, c Duleepsinhji, b Allom 10 Badcock, b Nichols H James, run out -~ McLeod, b Worthington 37 McGirr; c Duleepsinhji, b Nichols 5 Henderson, e Allom, b Worthington 4 1 Massey, (not out) 10 Byes , ... Leg byes 1° No balls 0 Total 242 Fall of wickets: One for 6, two for 34, three for 5(5. four for 85, five for <)L six for 125. seven for 1.36, eight for 142. nine for 2!6, ten for 242. Bowling analysis: Nichols. overs 22, maidens 7, runs 53, wickets 3: Barratt, overs 19. maidens 3, runs 44 wickets 1; Allom, over 15, maidens 6; runs 21, wickets 1; Worthington, overs 14, maidens 3, runs 34, wickets 1; Woolley, overs 19. maidens 5. runs 39. wickets 2. ENG L A ND—2nd In n i n gs. Gilligan, (not out) ... Dawson, (not out) Leg byes

Total for no wickets 14 Howling analysis: Modi it. oval's 2. maidens 0, runs 7, wickets 0: Endcock, overs 2. maidens % runs 0;

wickets 0; Henderson, overs 1, maidens 0; runs 2; wickets 0; Massey, overs 1, maidens 0, runs 1, wickets 0. SYDNEY CRICKET. SYDNEY, Dec. 15. In yesterday's grade cricket, playing for Waverley against North Sydney, Wcndle Bill made 146 not out; for Mosul an against University, Love scored 119 and Salmon 95; for St. George against Petersham, Palmer made 90 not out. In the bowling, for Glebe against .Balmain, Mail- took 6 for 103; for Randwick against Western Suburbs, MeNamee took 5 for 48, and McGrath 3 for 6; for Western Suburbs, Grange took 3 for I . for Northern Districts against Marrickville, Olivers took 5 for 56.