CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1930, Page 5

CRICKET

FOURTH TEST. TEST DRAWN. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Feb. 24. The fourth cricket test match between the touring M.C.C. team arid New Zealand concluded at Eden Park to-day, the game ending in a draw in favour of the Englishmen. 1 - In reply to the M.C.C. first innings total of 540, New Zealand continued its innings of 174 fdft four wickets, being dismissed for 387, which was f-'Ur short of the number required to avert a follow-on. Tile time was too. short, however, for any advantage to bo gained by enforcing the rule, so Gilligan sent his own side in, but the M.C.C. lost, three wickets before stumps were drawn. Early morning showers failed to affect the wicket, which, when the weather cleared, played perfectly. The attendance was estimated at 30,X), and produced gate takings, of £169 13s, which brought the total takings for the match to £IO6O 18s. Play throughout the day was characterised by dogged batting by the New Zealanders, which, it tending to promote uninteresting cricket, nevertheless gave a splendid example of what Now. Zealand could do when pushed for runs. To Lowry went the honours of the day in playing a splendid' fighting innings for 80. in an endeavour to take his side’s total past the: follow-on stage, he set, himself determinedly against all the bowling. On the whole his innings was attractive as well as useful. ..

Weir did not show the same confi--dencc as on Saturday, arid fell a victim to Barratt after adding four runs to his previous score. McGirr played a similar useful innings, of 51, to that of Lowry, but was more aggressive than his partner. He was particularly strong in leg shots. Allcoit was beginning to shape confidently when a bad run out endea his career.

The remaining batsmen fought stubbornly, but eventually they succumbed to the bowling, which was rarely of a good length. Allom ran out with the best bowling figures, taking four wickets for 42 runs, and on the day was the steadiest bowler. M.C.C. made a bad start in their second innings. Legge, who compiled nearly a couple of centuries in the first innings, was well beaten by Blunt before opening diis account. 1 Matheson accounted for the other two . wickets .. and p was >yell on the spot. ' ". / ,f. % ’ \ ; „i> Scores £-’*• - " ■ ■ ENGLAND—Ist Innings. Bowley, run out 42 Dawson,, c.,Allcott, b Blunt .... 55 Dulcepsinbji, b.Alicott ■ ... ..'. .Q 3 Woolley, b Allcott ... ... ... 1% Legge, c v Mathpson, b Weir ...195' Nichols, b StcGirr ... . .... 75. Worthington," b Merritt ... •.. 5 Gilligan, b lVferritt'... 25 Barratt, c/iMills, b Blunt ... .... 1" C( rnford, c Matheson, b Page ... 18 Allom, (not out) 8 •Extras ... 31 Total 540 Bowling analysis.—McGirr 15 overs, 65 runs, 1 wicket; Matheson 30 overs, 89 runs, 0 wickets; Merritt 34 overs, 127 runs, 2 wickets; Allcott 47 overs, 102 runs, 2- wickets; Weir 10 overs, 29 rurs, 1 wicket; Blunt 21 overs, 61 runs, 2 wickets; Page 14.4 overs, 36 runs, 1 wicket. M.CC.—2nd Innings. Cornford, b Matheson 2 Dawson, b Matheson ... 6 Nichols, (not ouf) 7 Legge, b Blunt .... ... 0 Extras ... ... '< Total for three wickets ... 22 Bowling analysis: McGirr 4 runs, no wickets; Matheson 7 runs, 2 wickets; Blunt 4 runs, 1 wicket; Lowry 0 runs, 0 wickets. NEW ZEALAND —lst Innings. Mills, c Duldepsinhji, b Allom ... 12 Dempster, c Cbrnford; b Allom ... 27 Page, c Corn ford, b Woolley ... 25 Blunt, b Nichols C Weir, b Barratt ... 63 Allcott, run out 33 Lowry, l.b.w. b Allom 80 McGirr, st. Cbrnford, b Woolley 51 .Tames, l.b.w. b Worthington ... 14 Merritt, (not out) 18 Matheson, b Allom ... 7 Extras ••• Total ... -.387 Bowling analysis: Nichols 1 for 45. Barratt 1 for 60, Allom 4 for 42, Woolley 2 for 100, Bowley none for 58. Worthington one for 25. N.S.W. BEAT TASMANIA, SYDNEY, Feb. 24. In the cricket match against a New S mth Wales NT, Tasmania in the first innings scored 119. Nash made 33 In the bowling. Tlieak took 5 for 4t, Hunt 3 for 20, and Chilvors 2 for 22. Tasmania followed on, and in the second innings made 96, Burrows scoring 43. In the bowling IheaU took 4 for 50 and Chilvors 5 for 23. New South Wales won by an innings and 262 runs. This match began on Saturday in great boat, and concluded to-day in pleasant weather. The deadly howling of Tlieak and Chilvers fairly routed the visitors, who never looked like making a stand.