CRICKET TEST

Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1933, Page 5

CRICKET TEST

M.C.C. 560 FOR 8

NEW ZEALAND OPENS FAHRLY.

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CHRISTCHURCH, March 27

The test cricket match was continu-

ed to-day in cool weather, there being an easterly breeze with a dull sky. The remaining English batsmen gave the weak New Zealand bowling a. merciless trouncing, scoring! 142 runs in 66 minutes, before declaring with eight wickets down and the total 560. It was a hopless total -for New Zealand, but Kerr and Weir made a useful stand, adding 94 runs for the third wicket, and at stumps the home side had the respectable score of 153 for 3 wickets,

Hammond (223) and Brown (2) resumed England’s innings to the bowling of Badcock and Smith. Hammond’s innings was soon over. In Badcock’s second oyer-he sent dotvn a ball of perfect length, which beat the batsman, and took the bails. Considering that his bowling hand was badly swollen from an injury yesterday, it was a good performance on his part to bowl Hammond.

Voce joined Brtiwn, and. the two big felows made mefrjA'wjth the bowling. Voce gave a chance at 18 in the deep field, off Badcoclc,' but Whitelaw dropped the ball. .The batsmen were hitting at everything, and soon reached and passed, 500. Page took • a turn with the ball, and, as frequently happens, he broke the partnership. Brown lifted his first- delivery to the on, and Weir made no mistake with the catch.

Tate joined Voce, and kept up the scoring rate. Voce at length lifted a ball from Page to long off, where Dempster heT/d the catch. At this stage Jardine declared' the innings Closed. - • - y '

Whitelaw and Dempster opened the New Zealand innings against the bowling of Voce and Tate. ' The luncheon adjournment- was taken , wfien seven runs had been scored.. After lunch. Allen, the fqsfc.bowler,, came on, instead of Voce. Whitelaw handled the.bowling, rather better than Dempster. The field was placed for the off theory, to both bowlers-, but Allen ’had a' deep fine leg, short leg, and forward shore deg. V . . , Dempster was Pitt off the second ball of Allen’s,Fifth over when he hooked the ball into -Wyatt’s hands at. forward short leg. The score was now 25, of which Dempster had made s. . r ■ ; -. -.

Weir partnered Whitelaw, and Voce took over from Allen panel-Brown, a slow-medium bowler, relieved T a to. The first 30 runs had been made in 45 minutes, by painfully .slow criidstt, hut the bowling was .very difficult;. Weir did not get the paw - of the wicket for n few overs, .but survived his troubles, and then batted steadily,' Verity, the left-hand slow bowler, relieved Brown... wjth the -score ati 44. Weir had a narrow escape when he mad arT uppish stroke just out of the reach of Jardine at point. At 54 Tate replaced Voce. Whitelaw was out when ho made a-bad-stroke in attempting a cover drive off Verity, and was caught easily by Brown at extra cover. 59—2—30. Whitelaw had taken 75, minutes to get his runs, and Weir’s total was 17, when Kerr joined him. Kerr, usually a streaky and venturesome beginner, kept his wicket up through two, maiden overs from Tate, who was swinging the ball in with the east wind. Karr scored two runs in 30: minutes. When. Allen relieved Tate, Kerr late cut his first ball to the pickets, a good stroke. At tea the total was 85 —• Weir 33, Kerr 8. ,

Allen and Brown bowled on resuming. The score rose to 100 after 136 minutes. Kerr had by this time got the pace of the turf, and was accuse tomed to the dull light, and he timed his strokes well. Practically every English bowler was tried, but the . batsmen faced all of- them confidently. At five o’clock Weir appealed more than once against the light, but the appeals were disallowed. Eventually he lost his wicket feeling for an off ball from Voce, and Hammond took a catch at second slip. With Weir out, the umpires agreed the light was too bad, and stumps were drawn. Scores:—

ENGLAND.—First Innings. II. Sutcliffe, c James b Badcock 0 ~ E. Paynter, b Smith ... ... ... 0 Hammond, b Badcock. 227 R. E. S. Wyatt, run'out .J ... 20 D. R. Jardine, c James b Badcock 45 L. E. G. Ames, b Vivian ... ... 103 Brown, c Weir, b Page 74 W. Voce, c Dempster, b Page ... 66 M. W. Tate, not out ... ... ... 10 Extras ... ... ... ... ... 15 Total for S wickets (dec.) ... 560 Bowling AnalysisBadcock, 3 for 143; Smith 1 for 113; Newman, 0 for 91; Freeman, 0 for 77; Vivian, 1 for 72; Weir, 0 for 28;*Page, 2 for 21. NEW ZEALAND —First Innings. Dempstef, c Wyatt,, b Allen ... 8 Whitelaw, e Brown, h Verity ... 30 Weir, c Hammond, b Voce ... ... 66 Kerr, note out .... ... 42 Extras ... ... ... 7 Total for three wickets ... 153 ’