Big Cricket

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 191, 11 February 1914, Page 8

Big Cricket

AUSTRALIANS v| SOUTH TARANAKi HOME TEAM SCORE WELL. VISITORS STA'.tT BADLY. RUT MAKE FIXE RECOVERY. There was a good attendance on the Bayly Rail; at llawera yesterday, wli, : ii the match between the Australians ami South Taranaki was commenced. The weather was line end wicket and outfield in splendid order. Unfortunately, the Australians missed the train connection at New Plymouth, and only five of them were able to get to llawera by 1.30, having travelled per motor-car, the rest coming on by the afternoon train, which arrived about 4 p.m. .At 1.30, therefore, a start wis made, South Taranaki supplying substitutes in the field and going first to the wickets.

Pratt and McLaren opened for South Taranaki to the bowling of Laver and Armstrong. McLaren had scored two singles, when Armstrong beat him with a bailer, and one wicket fell for five, runs. Dunlop took his place and snicked a single past the slips, a boundary past point and another to fine leg, and ten run* were up. Dunlop looked like scoring, but Laver was too good for him, «nd he was dismissed for 9. Twp wickets for 19. Cave, the newcomer, did not Last long. Armstrong tempted him, he stepped out, and was stumped by McGregor. Three wickc'.s for 23 runs. Blamires, of llawera, came next, anuV opened with a swing to l square-leg for four. Laver then se it down a maiden over. Pratt, who hid been playing cautiously, then opened out by lifting Armstrong over the fence for C. He then batted briskly, and at 2.15 p.m. had scored 40 runs. He kept moving, and runs went up despite the wiles of Laver and Armstrong. Blamires made a four, three singles and a two, batting carefully, waiting for Pratt! Finally Mailey dismissed him with a fine «ateh. Sullivan filled the vacancy. Pratt continued to score, and made two more runs off Armstrong, and then quickly made a fine boundary hit past long-on. He made a mistake with a well-pitched ball, but was, luckily, not bowled. Laver now took a hand, but Sullivan opened his scoring account by driving him to the boundary, following it up with a 2 past point and two more boundary hits to leg, scoring 14 off the over. Pratt watched Armstrong's first ball, but lifted ibe next to the outfield, where it fell just short of a fieldsman. Sullivan took Armstrong's third ball on the full for 4, and got the next away for a single. Laver increased the pace a little in his next over, and the balls came up a lot, four going over the wicket. Sullivan got the next away for one and blocked the sixth. Mailey. the "googlcy" man, replaced Armstrong here, who had been expensive Sullivan put him .for. four, but swung the next round

to a substitute at mid-on, and was well caught. He retired with 24 to his credit, and five wicket* had fallen for 94. Davis, of Eltham, the newcomer, greeted Mailey by hitting him over the fence for six. He got a single off the next, and Pratt had the bowling. Mailey showed no symptoms of the "googlev'' yet, and Pratt hit him for two. He skied the next ball, but was let off.

Davis blocked a few balls from Laver, and then, with a beautiful carpet drive, made four. A leg bye, and another bye for 2, and Mailey liad the ball. Duvia and Pratt were now settling* down, and at 2.45 112 runs were registerd. Pratt, with a good boundary hit off Mailey, brought his total to iJ. Pratt got one through the slips for 4, but it was an uppish stroke which might have cost him his wicket.

Pratt next got a nice one away past fine-log for 3. Davis followed witli ,i boundary. Three runs for bves came next, and Pratt lifted Mailey's' last hall to the fence for 4, and yet another past sonare-leg and over the fence for (i. He had now taken the bit between his teeth, and seemed to like Mailey's bowling. Twenty runs came off that over, and Pratt hit a two and a four off Laver, and yet another boundary behind the wicket, which made his- score 80. Davies walked out of his crease to Layer's next ball, but merely patted it hack to the bowler. Pratt,' trying to hit Mailey again for 0, ' swung the ball round to the hands of McKellar. fielding substitute, and losi his wicket for 80 runs. Six wickets for 100 runs.

Penny (Okaiawa) followed, but diJ not stay long, as he stepped out to Mailey's fifth ball and was stumped without scoring by McGregor, who was keeping sticks well. Seven wickets for 101, after about one and a-half hours" play. Ongley took his nlaee. Collini

(Sydney) now relieved Laver. Davids got Collins' fifth away to fine-leg for 4. bringing his total up to 20. Mailey had Ongley in trouble, and his fifth ball, a leg-break action ball with a spice of googley, proved fatal, as Ongley stood and watched it take his wickets'. Eight for 10."). Soon afterwards Davies lifted one to McKellar, who took his third catch, and Davies retired with 20 to his credit. Dohcrty took Collins' bowlingi, and saw nothing of the first ball he got, nor of the second. Collins tried to "york" him, but Doherty kept his bat down in the approved * style, an J the maiden over closed. Mailey gave Gardner, the newcomer, an awkward one which dew up behind the wickets. Doherty swiped blindly at Mailev, who was bowling a leg-break action ball with an occasional off-break. Doherty hit,a big single off Collins. One came to (iarduer off Collins, the score increasing slowly. Collins' last ball rebounded off the wicket-keeper and brought the bails off. (lardner was sure he was bowled, and started to walk out, but quickly realised his escape. Runs- now came slowly, Mailey beinj rathvr difficult to play. Gardner's innings came to a close for 13, wlie„ r, ■

lins beat him. Ten for 18ii. Fearon j opened by playing oiu or two fioiu I Mailey, Dolicrty 'rot a single off Collins, ; anil then hit Mailey over the fence for six, bringing up 200, amiilst applause. Fearon broke his "duck" with two oil' Collins, and hit the .same bowler's seeoml ball past long-on for four. Doherty was now playing a steady, straiglit bat. Armstrong took the. ball from Muiley, iiml had Fearon puzzled. The latter skied a ball to the outfield, where 'McLaren (sub.) dropped it but mlecnn I himself by throwing in and ruiinin,' Doherty oul in trving a second run, after be had made 14. R. McCarthy followed, only to see Fcaron Mumped by McGregor, and MoKellar joined him: but did not last long, as Collim lrat him before lie had scored. Armstmn" sent a beauty to McCarthy, who nairrcd it back. Instantly it was in the bowler's bands with, apparently, no effort. A fine catch, and out went McCarthy. Thirteen wickets for 221. Benslcy and Slinger were the last two men in. Kens ley hit three off Collins, and then two. Slingcr lifted a kill to n vicanl place, and got two. The tail was beginning to wag, but Slingcr played the bill into the hnwler'» hand, and a very e ed'tabb 1 innings closed for 232. . AUSTRALIAN'S AT THE WICKETS.

At 4,20 p.m., Collins and McGregor opened to ■niamires. The former scored two oIT the first ball. Four lives came next. Collins played three kill.and hit the next for one. Then McGregor got. bis leg in front of bis first ball from lihunires; one wicket for 7 runs. Mailey joined Collins, who took McCarthy's, first over and plaved quietly, but with confidence. He got a pretty stroke to boundary at square lef off a short-pitched one, and then another to the outfield past long-off for two. Blamires bowled an over to Mailey, who got his second ball to le;\ for one. Another wont the same way, but the fielding was too good, and the balls came up too much for the batsmen. Mailey got three oil' McCarthy's first ball, and Collins got a single off the second. Collins got a single by a fine, carpet drive off Blamires, whose pace was increasing, Mailey also L'ot four off the same bowler. Thirty runs were now up for fifteen minutes' batting. Collins made a beautiful leg glide to the boundary off McCarthy, whose bowling seemed to suit him. A ilittle. lateY he lifted one to Davies in the outfield, but the offer was refused. After an interval of quiet, Collins lifted cne to the fence for four, off Blamires, who was bowling for the slips. Collins bad now 33 runs up, and appeared to be getting set. He was keeping the ball down consistently. His carpet drives were most attractive. Mailey now opened out on McCarthy, and cracked his last ball to the boundary. Sixty runs had gone" up in half-an-liour. The stand by Mailey and Collins was well worth seeing. Although the scoring was not sensational, the batting was pretty and scientific. Mailey had played Blamires confidently and sent one ball, to the boundary with an off drive which seemed to postliim no effort. Dunlop replaced McCarthy, and' his third ball, a beautiful' toiler, took. Mailey's wicket. He had played a fine innings for 33 runs. Two wickets for 80 runs.

McKenzie filled tlufe vacancy, and he liit Dunlop for a single. Collins scored another boundary and continued tn bit out, timing the ball beautifully, but he was nearly caught by fine. leg. MeKenzie played the bowling. Dunlop's over yielded only one run. Slinger replaced Blamires with the ball, and Collins got him away for two, but was nearly run out. Mckenzie now opened up with leg glides and carpet drives. The fielding of McLaren and Gardner saved a lot of runs. McKenzie lifted to the outfield an easy patch which Davies dropped. Immediately afterwards McCarthy missed a simple catch from Collins, and an overthrow gained the batsman another run. The century was hoisted after .">!) minutes' play. Collins opened out. and boundaries and '•twos-" came with almost monotonous regularity. Slinger could do nothing with him. aud his howling was either put awav tn Kijtiaio leg or pasted to the outlield. At last Collins skied one to Blamires, in deep field. The fieldsman made no mistake, and Collins was out after scoring 78 runs. Three wickets for 128 runs. A. SimsXioined McKen/.ie. and before be had faced tnc bowling, his partner was well bowled J>v Dunlop for 12. Four wickets were down for 128. Dolling replaced McKenzie, and faced Dunlop. Tic scored one oil' the first bull lie received, but from Dunlop's fourth ball, Sims put one up and was caught in (he slips by Slinger. Five wickets for 1.11. I.aver was the next man in. Dolling hit it boundary off Slinger. Laver skied one perpendicularly, and Manures took the catch amid ciilhifsiasm. Six wickets for i:) 7. Noble came next. Dolling scored 12 in three hits, and Noble had the bowling, lie got one ofT the first, and drove the next (o the boundary, where Davies saved well. Dolling soon lifter hanged Dunlop over the fence for li. and 1.10 went up after SI minutes. Xoble played conlidently, and drives to the boundary were .frequent. Dolling gave a chance at which Sullivan made a line attempt. Noble made a hot shot to point, which Cave stopped magnifjccntly. Cave then replaced Slinger, and was punished by Dolling, who. with Noble, was piling up the score. Noble played a sound scoring game. McCarthy ri*|daeed Dnnlnp, but Noble hit all round the wicket. McLaren took the ball from Cave. Two hundred went tip in 10.) minutes. The wicket was now humping slightly. When stumps were drawn, 20S runs were on the board for sixwickets. Scores: — SOUTH TARAXAKI. First Innings. Pratt 2 4 22 4 4 2 (i 2 4 4 1 3 2 4 1 1 2 I 4 1 4 1 I! 4 (i 2 4 I 1 4 c substitute b Mailev 8!) W. McLaren. 1 I, b Armstrong .... 2 I-'. Dunlop, 1 4 4, I. Laver . 0 K. Cave, st McGregor b Armstrong 0 Dlamires. 4 1 2 1 I, c Mailey b Laver 9 Sullivan. 4 2 4 4 4 114. 'c substitute b Mailev 24 Davies, 0 1 4 1 4 4. c substitute b Collins 20

Penny, st McGregor b Mailey .... 0 Onglcy, b Alailcv ' (I Gardner, 3 1 24 2 1, b Collins .... 13 Doherty, 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 C, rim out .. 14 l'Varon, 2 4 1 4 1, st McGregor b Collin| 12 McCarthy, 1 !5, c and b Armstrong (> McKellar, b Collins 0 Kensley, 3 2, not out 5 Slinger, 121, c and b Collins .... 4 Extras 25 Total 7 3 2 Howling analysis: L.tvcr took two wickels for (i.> runs; Armstrong, three for 52; Maile., four for CO; Collins, 'five for 23. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Collins, c Manures b Slinger 78 McGregor, l.b.w. 1> Blamires 0 Mailey, 1) Dunlop 33 McKcnzie, b Dunlop 12 Sims, c Slinger 1> Dunlop 1 Laver. c Blamires b Dunlop I | Dolling, not out 45 Noble, not out 28 Extras G Total for six wickets • 203 Bowling analysis; Blamires, one wicket for 41 runs; McCarthy, none for 52; Dunlop, four for 47; Slinger, one for 47; Cave, none for 11, and McLaren none for 1. SOUTHLAND v. CANTERBURY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. liivereanrill, Last Night. The interprovincial cricket match, Southland v. Canterbury, was "commenced to-day. Southland batted first, ■ind made 100 ltins. Cantoi'bury had made 55 for tlino wickets when time was called.