SECOND DEFEAT

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 167, 8 March 1932, Page 5

SECOND DEFEAT

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S.A. WINS TEST bOMINION BATSMEN FAIL ' IN" SECOND INNINGS vivian again -leads

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WELLINGTON, Monday. • The weather was dull for tKe start i of the last day's play in the second , cHcket Test match betweefi South i Afeca and New Zealand. There was ! a light southerly win'd blowing. t ,'Soutlj Africa'k innings ended without any additio'n to tfieir score pf *410 for. nine wickets when Dickinsbn! with the second ball of the d'ay got Bell, leg-before.' ' bowiing. Six, including a leg boundary hy Dempster, came off the over. " Dempster and Weir o'peried New Zealand's second innings to Bell's Quinri, 'the other bowler, operied with a maiden. In his"'secbnd over Quinn knocked Weir'b* leg sfump down. ' Demjister contiriued to score with spl^.did shots, particularly to the oh side and the total advaneed rapidly,1 mainiy off his bat. Disaster overtook New Zealand when Dempster was caught behirid tW wickets off a ball which he did riot appear to touch, Cameron appearing surprised when the bowler's appeal was upheld. Dempster's 20 had occupied 22 minutes. He hit three fours. Blunt was hatting more confidently than on Friday, while Vivian was alsb shaping w-ell. Blunt reached dbrible' figufOs in 27 riiinutes. Likely Partnership Broken In a double change Brown and McMillan were brought . oh, but the steady scoring continued, the haif-

century being reached in 50 minutes. With frequent boundaries, Vivian, v/ho was repeating his fine forrii of ihe first innings, outpaced Blurit in reaching 20 in half. an hour. When the partnership looked like retrieving the position for New Zealand Brown got Blunt's off stump. Roberts, ihe incomer, batted defensively from the start, Vivian, who was timing beautifully frequently sent the ball speeding to the boundary. Hesitation hy Roberts made what should hdve been safe ruris somewhat risky. Two powerful on shots off McMillan added consecutive boundaries to Vivian's account and the century was reached in 94 piinutes. Bell then relieved Quinn. Vivian reached 50 in 78 minutes. At luncheon the score was 109 for three wickets. McMillan and Quinn were the bowlers after lunch and in the latter's second over Roberts played a ball on to his wicket. The partnership had added 56 runs in 52 minutes. A smart return by Brown saw Badcock run out in attempting a risky run. When the score had reached 157 Balaskas was brought on to bowl and Vivian turned his first ball to leg where Vincent held a good catch. Vivian gave a splendid display for two hours without giving a chance. He hit eight fours. Soon afterwards the same bowler caught and bowled Page. Balaskas' Curly Ones Allcott joined Dickinson and powerfully off drove Balaskas for four. Bome amusement was caused by Dickinson vainly trying to hit Balaskas' curly ones. After a dozen vain attempts to hit wrong 'uns, Dickinson got one and hit it back to the bowler, hut the chance was too hot to hold. After . scoring laborously, a ball from McMillan came off Dickinson's pad and dislodged the hail. Eight wickets had now fallen for 186 runs. Cromb, who had done so well in the first innings, followed but after scoring two, lifted one from McMillan and Christy took a well judged catch near the sight screen. James, the last man, joined Allcott, who had just reached double figures, but the end came at 3.3-0 when Quinn, who had been bowiing splerididly, beat Alcott all the way. The innings realised 193. Requiring 150 to win, Mitchell and Christy opened South Africa's second innings at 3.40 to the bowiing of Dickinson and Badcock. Christy twice drove Dickinson through cover to the fence, repeating the stroke in the fast bowler's third over. Cromb then relieved Dickinson, but Christy relished the change, driving the Canterbury man to extra long on for four, and driving him to the track at long leg, 11 coming from the over. When 30 appeared, Allcott took the ball from Badcock, and Christy rattled the Aucklandef's first ball up against the sight screen. Christy Opens Out Page here relieved Cromb and sent down a good maiden to Mitchell. A cover drive by Christie to the fence at extra long on, brought 50 up. Christy then opened out on Allcott and hit him for four, six, and four to the on in the one over. Seventy came up in 55 minutes, both batsmen being. in the thirties. Vivian came on to endeavour to steady the score, and sent down an over of good length to Mitchell. Christy, who had reached 53 was taken at cover hy Dempster off Badcock. Cameron jpined Mitchell, who was in the forties, and Dickinson took the ball from Vivian, who had bowled really well. Mitchell was applauded on reaching the half century at 5 o'elock. He had been hatting 80 minutes. The first ball of Dickinson's riext over proved fatal to Mitchell, James takirig a smart one at short ■ stop. Mitchell scored his 53 in 85' -minutes and had given a stylish display. Two wickets were riow down for 115. Viljoen partnered Cameron, who leg cut Dickinsori to the sight screen, causing 120 tp appear. Viljoen drove Dickinsori through cover to the picket, " Both meri ptlt runs ori at a brisk pace and With a four to mid on off Blunt, Cariier'oh made the' Winnirig hit at ' 5.20 b.rii. gmng South Africa the vie- ; tOry by eighfc Wickets. A total of £85'9 was taken for th& three days. Sc'of§§":: — NEW ZEALAND First Innings 364 Second Innings Weir, b Quinn 1 Dempster, c Cameron, b Quittn 20 Blunt, b Brown ...... 17

Vivian, c Vincent, b Balaskas 73 Roberts, b Quinn 26 Badcock, run out d Page, c and b Balaskas 23 Dickinson, b McMillan 5 Allcott, b Quinn 15 Cromb, c Christy, b McMillan 2 James, not out 0 Extras 11 Total 193 Bowiing: Bell took no wickets for 30 runs; Quinn four for 24; Brown one for 30; McMillan two for 71; Balaskas two for 14. SOUTH AFRICA First Innings 410 Second Innings Christy, e Dempster, b Badcock 53 Mitchell, c James, b Dickinson ...... 53 Cameron, not out 22 Viljoen, not out ...... 16 Extras .! 6 Total for two wickets 150 Bowiing : Dickinson took one wicket for 33 runs; Badcock, one for 3i; Allcott none for 27; Vivian* none fpr 15 ; Cromb riorie for 13; Page none for ) 14; Blunt none for 11.