HEAVY SCORING

Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1932, Page 5

HEAVY SCORING

S. AFRICA SCORES 410 CENTURY TO BALASKAS. By Telegraph—Per Press Association ) WELLINGTON, March 6. Eleven thousand spectators at the Basin Reserve yesterday were treated; to a finished hatting display by tlie'’ South African cricket team in the second day’s play of the second Test match against the New Zealand eleven.

Showing supreme confidence, the Springboks held possession of the wicket for the whole day, with an hour’s break between 3 p.m., and 4 p.m. through rain, and piled up a total of 410 runs for nine wic-kets. With two wickets down for 78 Christy and Viljoen put on 55, for tne third wicket. The feature of the innings was the sterling unbeaten knock for 122, not out, by Balaskas, who batted for 200 minutes, hitting fifteen fours. Christy, Viljoen, Dalton an! Vincent, all played delightful cricket.

The New Zeaalnd fielding was not up to the mai’k, Dempster dropping two catches in the slips and James missing a chance of stumping Balaskas, when he was jh the twenties, Vivian was the only howler to meet .with success, taking four wickets for 58 runs. The sum of £4BB was tnue at the gates.

Viljoen and Christy continued South Africa’s innings. After Vivian completed the unfinished over, Allcott and Dickinson took up the attack. Both batsmen scored with shots behind the wicket off -Dickinson. Viljoen drove Allcott to the fence and snicked Dickinson through the slips to the boundary. Viljoen brought 100 up after 76 minutes. Christy reaching 50 soon afterwards. At 105 Badcock relieved Dickinson whose eight overs had cost 35 runs. Ten came off the coach’s first over but there was no score off the next. After a fine innings of 95 minutes in which he fully lived up to his reputation, Christy fell to a catch in slips off Badcock, when looking set for a big score. He hit five fours. Dalton was the newcomer and the scoring rate temporarily slackened, although both batsmen employed sound strokes and soon had the score moving again.

At 144 Vivian replaced Allcott (thirteen overs for 49) and Dickinson replaced Badcock (one for 35 off ten overs).

One hundred and fifty was reached in 110 minutes. Vivian was bowling well and frequently had the batsmen guessing, hut Dickinson did uot ap■pear difficult, shortly giving way to Badcock Itguin, With tile score at 170, Cromb relieved Vivian (one for'l6 off six overs) and in the new bowler's first over Vlljeon, reached 50 after 76 minutes’ batting. . Allcott was brought on at the northern end for the first time, he and Cromb keeping the batsmen comparatively quiet. In an effort to break the partnership Blunt was also used at the northern end, where seven changes had been made in the morning.

Carrying on steadily, Viljoen arc! Dalton took-the total past 200, after 153 minutes. The pair capably shouldered the task of retrieving their sido from a rather unsatisfactory position and caused the prospects of a followon to fade. When he was 67 Viljoen was missed in slips by Dempster off Dickinson. In the fast bowler s next over Dalton snicked one to James’s safe hands. Dalton made a vatuable stand for 71 minutes. He hit four 4’s and helped Viljoen to add 87. 220 42. Balaskas remained with Viljoen til lunch, when the score was 227 for four wickets. The ground rapidly filled after lunch. In the first half-hour of postlunch play scoring was slow against accurate howling by Oromb, Dickinson and Badcock. Lambert fielded place of Weir. Slow scoring continued until the partnership was broken when a wellpitched ball hy Page heat Viljoen, who had butted for 167 minutes, in a stubborn display, hitting nine fours. McMillan followed, but soon gave .an easy catch to silly mid-on. Light rain commenced at 2.45 p.m. Rain caused an adjourn men at 3.5 p.m. the wicket being covered. The score was then 286 for six wickets. Play was resumed at 4.10 p.m. Soon after Basaskas square cut Dickinson for' four, reaching 50 after batting ninety-three minutes. He was playing a valuable innings, mixing good scoring shots with dogged defence. Dickinson was bowling with little luck, and another chance oil his bowling saw Vincent missed behind the wickets. Throe 'hundred was passed after DO minutes’ play Play was very slow after the bo m'n tea* rain, adjournment. Balaska was using li s feet mere than any ottofv South A rican and scored well, bjujtjf Vincent appeared lie be trigutenca t> jump out to Page and Vivian. Still both batted safely, taking m» risks as the score approached the Now Zealand total. New Zealand had a little had luck immediately on the resumption, when both Vincent and Balaskas were missed hv dam s off Dickinson each on th € leg side James’s misses were unfortunate. Still, the ball was slippery, which may have excused the misses. At 5 p.m.. the score was 332 for six. Balaskas not out 68, Vincent not out 28Vivian caught Vincent off Ins own

ball at 5.30 p.m,, ndding 38 to the total. The scorn then was 862 for seven wickets (Balnskus not out 91). Jlalaskas captured the bowling whilst Brown (dean bowled by Page), and then Quinn blocked. At the close of play' Balaskas was still ’unbeaten with 122, having added 31 runs in quick time NEW- ZEALAND—First Innings. C. S. Dempster, c Vincent, b Mcmillan 64 G. L. Weir, ,b v McMillan ... ... 8 R. O. Blunt, 1.b.w., b Quinn ... 25 H. G. Vivian, c Dalton, b McMillan ... xoO A. W. Roberts, 1.b.w., b Quinn ... I M. L. Page, / c’ Mitchell, b Brown 7 F. T. Badcock, e and b McMillan 58 G. R. Dickinson, st. Cameron, b McMillan ... 2 C. F. W. Allcott, c Dalton, ,b Mit- , chell ... ... ... ... 26 I. B. Cromb, not out ... ... ... 51 K. C. James, 1.b.w., b -Mitchell ... 11 Extra® ... ; ... 16 Total ... ... ... ... 364 Bowling analysis: Bell none for 47, Quinn two for 51, Brown one for 59, McMillan five for 125, Vincent none for 32, Christy none for 11, Mitchell two for 23. SOUTH AFRICA—First Innings. J. A. J. Christy, c. Dempster, b Badcock 62 B. Mitchell, b Cromb 0 H. B. Cameron, c Blunt, b Vivian... 44 K. Viljoen, ,b Page . v ~. 81 E, Dalton, c James, b Dickinson 42 Bnlaskas, not out ... ... 122 Q. McMillan, c Dickinson, b Allcott ~, 1 C. b, Vincent, c and b Vivian 33 L. S'. Brown, c Page, b. Vivian ... 1 7 N. A. Quinn, b Vivian 8 A. J. Bell, 1.b.w., b Dickinson ... 2 Extras 8

Total ... ... 410 Bowling:—Dickinson two for 78; Cromb one for 48;' Allcott one for 80, Badcock one for 70; Blunt none for 38; Vivian four for 58; Page one for 30.

THE FINAL DAY’S PLAY. WELLINGTON, March 7. The last day of the second cricket •test opened in fine weather. South Africa’s innings ended without addition to the total when Dickinson’s second ball got Bell leg before.

' Dempster and Weir opened New Zea-la-nds’ second innings to the bonding of Bell and Quinn. Dempster reached 10, including two boundaries, off Bell in even time, but Weir’s leg stump was knocked back in Quinn’s second over. A doubtful decision saw Dempster out, caught-behind the wicket, when batting at his best. He scored 20, including three fours in 22 minutes. Vivian joined Blunt and both shaped promisingly, running smartly between the wickets, although the scoring rate was slower than when Dempster was

Noon score 39 runs up for two wickets. SYDNEY GRADE, CRICKET. MACARTNEY IN FORM. SYDNEY, March 6. Tn grade cricket, playing for Gordon, the former international player, Charlie Macartney, scored 94 in 32 minutes, making 23 off one of Bettington’s overs, including four fours nnd a, six. The ball was, lost in the, long grass and in the next over, he hit so hard that the ball struck the score board and knocked the “M” off Macartney’s own name. . The crowd was electrified. Macartney also took 6 for 64. His .bowling was exceedingly varied and difficult. Don Bradman, playing for St. George against University, scored 67 in thirty minutes. Theak took 5 for 49. McCabe, for Mosmnn against Manly, hit up 115 in 54 minutes. SHEFFIELD SHIELD. SYDNEY, March 5. In the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia, Victoria in the first ! innings lost five wickets for 364. The chief scorers were Darling 100, Oakley (not out) 104,