SOFT WICKET

NZ Truth, Issue 1215, 14 March 1929, Page 15

SOFT WICKET

West andOH Boys Left In

NEWMAN SHINES

(Froni "N.Z. Truth's" Christchurch I ..,..., ,-■; • Itep.) ;■ • ■■ i ..- i -.- : .; - -. - -iA' 1 ./ ninth wiisket /partnership ■-■;•] which produced thirty runs put . Riccarton out of, and Old Boys', m, the Christchurch senior final. . THE batsmen responsible were. "Kuku" Burns, the Old Boys and Canterbury wicket-keeper, and Bill Dalley, the; All Black half-back. - Old Boys still; required thirty; runs and; had only two wickets . m hand. \S. /.Bijt Burns and- Dalley; went straight at it, : and are sure to haye 1 their .enlargements, hung by Old Boys for averjting a, disaster. •...'.' i. ,; . . Old Boys; exceeded Riccarton's total by twenty r.uns; thereby earning, the; right to play West for the premiership. Jack .Newman; the Canterbury professional',! was the predominating factor jih 'West's success agalhst^Syden-, ham.- '"■■.'. ' •' . ■-•< ■•. .' .'. !'■ '''. ■ ' • ■ : ' ':'•'• On the soft wicket, •Syderiham never looked like overhauling West's first innings score of 244, but it was Newman, more than the wicket, . that accounted for |Syderiham's miserable' tally of 88.. •Veteran Bill Patrick set his boys aigreat example and displayed all . > hi.s old fighting qualities. ■ /] ' , They; did not iook to be a good side' at the opening Of the season, but New-. man's ; work on them ■ has effected; a ivast iriiprovement. t ■ :■..-..