DEMPSTER’S RECORD

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 601, 1 March 1929, Page 7

DEMPSTER’S RECORD

ft S. DEMPSTER completed a L • new record in club cricket last Saturday in Wellington, when ! Ha completed > 1,000 runs for t He season, scoring 173 in the InstituteOld Boys match. He previously held l„ creating the record with 976 runs, the new record Dempster is living up to the form he showed last summer, and is prov. j ,ng himself to be the best batsman in Wellington, if not in the i Dominion. Dempster’s perform- ; ance last Saturday was an excellent one. as the bowling he was called upon to face was as good as anything to be found in Well- I ington club cricket. F. T. Bad - cock, who leads Old Bovs’ attack this year, was in great form with the ball, bowling 49 overs, and the fact that only 119 runs were hit off him indicates that he was up to form, though Dcmoster and Foley did get for 137 and 61 respectively.

CRITICAL CRITICS 4 DISTINCTLY querulous note Has crept into Australian comment lately regarding the all-conquering English eleven. Even apart from the incessant barracking of Duckworth, Australia does not seem to be taking kindly to the Englishmen's great run of successes, and the various items of cricket criticism which have come from the facile pens of the Australian writers are under suspicion of being tinged with partisanshi p. The match against New South Wales, which petered out as a result of a spell of bad weather, found some of the Sydney critics keenly alert to score off Chapman and his men with more or less pungent asides, which have been wisely ignored by the English team and its tactful manager. So far. the English eleven has accepted its many brilliant victories with a modesty which deserves better recognition, and there is every reason to believe that, even if defeat comes their way before the tour is over, the Englishmen will not be found wanting in a generous appreciation of their opponents.