M.C.O. CRICKETERS

Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1932, Page 5

M.C.O. CRICKETERS

MODERATE SCORE MATCH WITH AUSTRALIAN XI. (Australian , Press , Association.) MELBOURNE, November 18. The weather was fine and cool and th e . wicket was good for the match between the 'English team and an Australian eleven. Wyatt won the toss and batted. The game opened brightly, Wyatt scoring fours' off Nash’s first two deliveries. The play, however, then became dull. One ’hour’s batting brought only 39 iruns. Nagel, the bowler, was in particularly good form. H© bowled nine overs for seven runs. As in the Victorian game Wyatt was dismissed leg before jn the last over before lunch. He batted 87 minutes. The total before lunch was only 56 runs. The crowd became sarcastic. Sutcliffe gave a poor display, making several lucky snicks He also gave a chance when 29 to Oxenham at leg, off 'Trenmonger. In two hours and twenty minutes, Sutcliffe scored 36 runs. The crowd then wer© cheering every stroke ironically. t The century \va s brought up in 145 minutes. Only two more tuns were added when Ptttaudi was clean bowled. He batted for an hour, scored 23, and hit tw 0 boundaries. Runs came at funeral pace. Sutcliffe was labouring dreadfully, as h© did in the Adelaide game. One hundred and fifty runs were reached in 195 minutes’ play. A section of the crowd then commenced counting* out Sutcliffe. When the score was at 182, Leyland mis-hie Ironmonger tb Darling at midoff. He batted 77 minutes, hit four boundaries, and made 38. The score wa s unaltered when Sutcliffe skied a ball from Ironmonger to cover and was easily caught by Bradman. He batted 214 minutes, scored 87, and hit five foul's. The wickets then fell quickly. The batsmen were attempting to force matters but Oxenham, the Queenslander, was’bowling well. Brown brightened up matters by gome clean hitting. He batted for nineteen minutes, scored 27, and hit six boundaries. 'Oxenham turned the ball well. Bowline* twenty overs, he sent down six maidens for 47 runs and five wickets. The attendance was twenty-three if ho,wand, and the gate receipts were £I2OO. Scores: — ENGLAND—First Innings. Wyatt, 1.b.w., b Oxenham ... 29 Sutcliffe, « Bradman, b Ironmonger 57 Pataudi, b Nash Leyland, c Darling, b Ironmonger 38 Allen, not ou t ••• ••• 1 " Paynter. c Barnett, b Oxenham ... ° Larwood, c Darling, b Oxenham ... Brown, b Oxenham Voce, 1.b.w., b Oxenham “ Duckworth, not out Extras _ Total for eight wickets ... 238