CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 3 April 1933, Page 2

CRICKET

THE SECOND TEST

HAMMOND’S RECORD SCORE

N.Z. BOWLING IS FLOGGED

(Per Press Association — Copyright.)

AUCKLAND, April 1. When play resumed, the weather was bright >nd sultry. The .attendance was then 2000 and .rapidly growing. Badcock, an his second over, beat Hammond with a ball that just topped the 'bails. Dunning, in hie second over, clean bowled Wyatt with one that the batsman did not attempt to play, bur whidh took his off stump. 139—2—60. Play had been' in progress twelve minutes. Paynter came in and opened with a beautiful leg glance,' James was frequently applauded for skilful taking of balls on the leg side. ‘Badoock wag bowling extremely and his first five overs cost only seven runs. Hammond, who wa s now warming up, kept a close eye on him. New Zealand’s gcdr e wa s passed whei, play had been in progress, twenty-three minutes. Ten minutes liter, the score wa s 170. At 178, Newman -relieved Dunning the scoring again slowed down. Paynter wag more enterprising than but although he played every ball of next on el he. could not penetrate tlhe w6ll-pla. c ed

fesld. , '*& f Neovman relieved Badcock, who ha 'iOfc le<J twelve overs .for fourteen runs. ‘ The scoring proceeded in singles. T h e second century went up after 177 minutes’ play. There was some barracking .about the slow scoring, but the batgmen were undisturbed. HAMMOND A CENTURY. The spectators gave Hammond an ovation as h e beautifully glanced Badcock twice to bring up th e century after 135 minutes. He then straight droveJbunning for six. With'the total at 227, Weir was tried wifiklhe ball for the first tim e in tlhe mdfch and Hammond cut him to the boundary, but in the next ove r he was -nearlyfbowled by a shooter past the leg flump. Hammond w?g now putting greafilpower into hig shots and a cover dilprfff Dunning fairly hummed to the terfliiee'-.fence. In .seventy-five minutes the partner • B-hipJpd .added 100 runs, Hammond then&iing 121 and Paynter 27. The reached 250. After 210 mingave his first chance at 133v-,iwhen Dunning got his -rigid hand tto/the ball well above his head, but he .was unable to hold it. Paynter bad glowed down a good deal, but Hammond was well on the way to his second -century. went on for the last over before lunch and Hammond fhit -him for four to reach 150. At luncheon, the score was two for 286 (Hammond in 152, Paynter in 36). V ' , AFTER LUNCH i _ .1 | The attendance wag hvel 1 BflOO in the ■' afternoon. '* f '

Paynter played a ball from Dunning Into his stumps. 288—3—36, lAmes -cam© Ui next. Both Dunnim.

ia,nd Rndcork were keepi 115 *n imm&cm gSSSEHte length and the batsmen wer© content to wait.

•Hammond squa.re.cut Badcock n«atly

tfo, r three and late-cut Dunning to the J ~, rt , , ;-f ; eric e to 'bring up 300, and followed it landfchea* boundary through the covers. In the following over he lifted Badcock (high to the o ff for four. KEEN FIELDING. The fielding at this stage was keen. Dempster was ’ did standing at mid-off. Ames was not happy facing Freeman, and the Nelson' holt was pitching the ball well' up.. Ames saw an over out cautiously arpid sircasm from the hill. Hammond lifted Freeman straight and high over the ropes for another six with a-fine shot which saw 320 (hoisted. In three-quarters of an hour since lunch, Hammond had added only 30. Ames put ‘Freeman high on, on side,- but the ball fell at the fieldsman’s feet after a great attempt to get under it.

(SUCCESS TO BADCOCK

Facing. Badcock, Ames was b all the way" by .a spinning ball from leg. 340—4—26. ’ came next--I|!w|eetnan was bowling a queer mixture. Th e crowd laughed when a ball bounced three times on its way to Allen, but the next two balls were of perfect length and 'had the hat s man guessing.

THE DOUBLE CENTURY

■mH : *n unsuccessful lbw appeal (Hwmmcmd cut Badcock for a brace prat point to see hie double century hoisted amid tumultuous applause. Hammond gave a real tlhrill t 0 the crowd by jumping out .and lifting Newprnn for three sixe s in one over. f|4 first sailed well above the. sight screen and the next two scattered the •yffEOW'd on the terrace. Four hundred * |vae now on the board. ' Allen went for a hit'off Badcock and deflected the ball into his istumps. 407© —12. Brown followed. Hammond lifted I Badcock to long off, where Dempster L, ~ got th e hall into his hands but drop. Iped it. Weir came on and got Brown who lifted bne to Page at mid-off. 450—6—13. Page tjpok a turn at tlhe terrace end I and Hammond made a gallant effort to I hit him into the neighbouring backyard » 'He w.as now punching everything I Nineteen iun. R came off Pane’s over. 1 Yoco hit over a yorke r from Weir and | wa s clean bowled. 501 —7—16. I Duckworth was next, and Hammond j effidrove Weir to the fence to get his ] ' 3&0 and another great ovation. | ' Despite the big score, the English- \ men carried on after tea. Ha-mmont ' M :i|«ooffi/. began to woTry fieldsmen gam .Duckworth was content to hold bis end up. ■ England declared with 548 up for seven wickets. HaWjj&Qtid’s inpiugs waU

bered as an epic of New Zealand cricket. His third century -was a display of daring hitting in which he treated the bowling with disrespect. At tea 'Hammond had 302 and it was decided to continue England’s innings to give him a of eclipsing Bradman’s record of 334. Thig he successfully did •and the visitors’ innings was then closed. His grand total included ten sixes and' 36 fours. Hammond batted 318 minutes, hit ten sixes and 33 fours, and played every shot known to batsmen. He gave only two chances. The first one was an extremely hard catch to Dunning at mid-off, when ho had scored 134. It was a classic exhibition of perfect footwork, accurate timing, and flawless placing Even the sixes appeared to be hit without effort. Every shot wag made correctly and the innings served as an object lesson on the: true art of batsmanship.' The New Zealanders had a trying day in the field. The ground fielding lapsed at times, but Dempster, Kerr and Page were responsible for good saving. James was brilliant behind the stumps, giving one 6f tile finest displays of his career. The bowlers had an unenviable task. Badcock alone •’caused the batsmen trouble. He kept a perfect length, and only in the last few overs did he come in for punishment, Thinning made pace occasionally, but was not as consistent as Badcock, Newman w.as innocuous. Freeman is not yet up to test standard being hopelessly erratic.

Dempster was unable to bat, and White-law and Mills opened New Zealand’s second innings. After five overs from Alien and Bowes, both bowling at full pace, Mills appealed successfully against the light, and stumps •were drawn. Scores'.—

LARWOOD AND HOBBS AT SUEZ. SUEZ, April 1. . Larwood and Hobbs, on arrival here refused to discuss the leg theory. Carr, the Notts County captain, met them here. Ho also declined to dis-. cuss the leg theory. Hobbs said it would be dangerous to make any statement at the present juncture. MR WARNER RECALLS 1903 TOUR. M.C.C.’S MATCH WITH WEST COAST AUCKLAND. April 1. ' “Many* moons have waned since then,” laughingly replied Mr P. F. Warnpr, joint manager of the English cricket team, this morning, when a “iStar” representative introduced himself as the scorer in a game against at Gi’eymouth, in February, 1903. “Yes, I remember it well,” he added. “Joe Ongley, the elow bowler .(now President of the Manawatu Cricket Association) took eight wickets for 36 in our first innings and the diminutive R. Currie, .crouching over the handle of his hat, was undefeated for Westland. Batting twenty-two men and fielding eighteen, witih a score of 31, the West Coasters turned us out for 69 in the. first innings, and although we had to make only 106 to win, five wicketg were down for 50, but C. JBurnup and P. R. Johnson pulled us through. I was bowled in the dark first ball by the . fast bowler Tim O’Donnell.” .. .

NEW ZEALAND—First Innings. P. E. Whitelaw, b Bowes 12 J. E. Mills, b Bowes ... 0 G. L. Weir, b Bowes ... 0 C. S. Dempster, not out 83 J. L. Kerr, l.b.w., b Voce ... ... M L. Page, st. Duckworth, b Mit10 * chell 20 F. T. Badcockj b Bowes 1 K. 0. James, b Bowes . 0 ,T. A. Dunning, b Bowes ... ... 12 •T. Newman, b Voce 6 D. F. Freeman, run out • 1 Extras ,14 Total ... - ... ... ..." 158 Bowling analysis: Allen 5 overs , 2 maidens, 11 runs, 0 wickets; Bowes 19 — 5 — 34—6; Mitchell 18 — 1—49--1; Voce 10—3—20—2; Brown 2—0—19— 0: Hammond 3—0—11—0. - • 1 NEW ZEALAND—Second Innings. Whitelaw, not out ... ... .... 4 ■T. E. Mills, not out ..j. . 4 Total for no wickets . ... ... '8 ENGLAND — First Innings. H. Sutcliffe, c Weir, b Freeman ... 24 iR. E. Wyatt, b Dunning 60 W. Rt Hammond, not out 336 E. Payntfer, b Dunning 36 L, Ei Ames, b Badeoek 26 G, 0, Allen, b Radcook 4 ' 12 F. R. Bi’own, c Page b Weir W, Voc e , b Weir 13 16 G, Duckworth, not out 6 Extras 19 Total, .seven wickets (dec.) 518