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Fielding must
be improved
By H. A. de LACY
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ORE District cricket mofciies ore being lost in the
field than ore being won with tfoe bof ©b bofL Fielding
is lomentabie. Not onfy ore cclchei dropped ot the
cost of runs mode and the bowlers' confidence wrecked, but
seturns from the field are strp-shod. Bate menu ore encouraged
to take liberties in running between the wickfets.
It's a sorry picture
Two rounds back I saw
Bouth Melbourne give
Melbourne reprieve after
reprieve. Saturday Hawthorn-East
Melbourne gave
Lindsay Hassett three
hands — a very risky
adventure.
Disgraceful fielding cost
Richmond nearly 100 runs
against Filzrcy on Saturday,
says Globe cricket
reporter, Jack Hogan.
Apart from fumbling and
costly over-throws, chances
•wwe missed off Ray
Harvey -when he was 44
and 47, and Ray made 137
no.! Fifth-class fielding
reduced genial Bill Johnston's
figures to 4/121.
^jpiGER Bruce Miller beat
Fitzroy batsmen several
times on Saturday, but
just missed the stumps
However, the ball with
which he bowled Harold
fihillinglaw was a beauty.
Be puts the fire of a real
tiger into his deliveries.
UNIVERSITY spin
' bowler, Lou Carter,
' hod St. Kilda team and
the crowd waiting anxiously
when he dismissed
. Mm ray and Jack Edwards
Wth two leg-befores in
nuccession on Saturday.
His next ball — to Brian
T'aram — hit him on the
•pads, and Carter appealed,
wut in vain. He'd missed
the hat-trick. However,
•University supporters were
•very happy with his final
—7 for 47.
•JACK DANIEL, Melbourne
fast bowler,
•was unsuccessful early. He
plugged on and length and
nip eventually won him
3/35. Jack, who has a
.Victorian Sheffield Shield
cap, is most dangerous
•when the wickets are green
early in the season.
•THERE was a time when
I thought Bruce
Harper, Cellingwood
medium-fast, would win
a place in the Victorian
Shield side. Then he developed
u n explainable
faults. It looked as if he
had left bis best bowling
with Brighton in his
Sub-Distriet days. On
Saturday Bruce (3/15)
struck bis top again, and
with Harry Lambert
<2/22) brought Collingwood
back into the game
against Carltop. The
Magpies' 138 didn't look
nearly good enough until
Harper and Lambert got
going.
*
WHILE Carlton's newcomer,
Keith Fanner,
. was bowling accurately
against Cellingwood, Shield
•veteran Jim Baird was very
wild at one period and
bowled two wides in one
over.
1?ITZROY skipper Bill
Jacobs has good reason
to believe bis team, now
(second on the District
ladder, will play in the
final. The batting, bowling,
fielding and general teamwork
are in striking contrast
with the mediocre cricket
early in the season.
MELBOURNE openers,
™ John Tohn Knlm Solomon and
Mas Haysom provide a
contrast id batting styles.
Solomon is slow and tedious
to watch. Haysom has
all the strokes in the book
and goes fer runs at every
opportunity.
•pSSENDON opener, Bill
AJ
Nield, gave only one
chance against Melbourne,
and carried his bat for 46.
He was dropped in slips by
Crompton on Figgis at 31.
riXJM LING&ORD, Ivan-
• hoe fast bowler, hopes
to play District -cricket
lnext season. Lingford intends
to marry and live in
Essendon district. At present
he is attached tc
Fitzroy. He has taken
more than 200 wickei* at
Ivanhoe. However, he it
27 — a trifle old Joy a last
bowler to be entering District
ranks.
WHEN Haw.-East Melbourne's
Vic. Woeli
swept South'!: opening
bowler. Les Hill, tc tht
fence twice in tht fiist
over, spectators sat back,
hoping that the Combine
would pass Souths meagre
108 before stumps. Then
spinner Ian Johnson took
a wicket in each of his fim
three overs, and finished
with 4/16. Now Haw.-East
Melbourne <4 45) are ff.v
from out of trouble.
fJRUCE HAMPER gave
the Collingwooc total j
some show of respectability
when Alan Jinks <5/54)
looked likely to roll up the
innings . . . Harper js an
adept with the long handle.
Smacking 16 off one over
from Jinks, ht muscled m
and rescued the Magpies.
Incidentally. Jinks has.
taken 29 wickets for 4£6
this season.
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CAM FRENCH hit out U:
North Melbourne nnd
added a uselul 3C in even
time. French, by compari
son with other North baismen,
looked the part. Hf
the bowling and I
glorious shcts
JACK DANIEL Help
JACK DANIEL
VEVEN St. Kilda batsmen
*«3Jf,missed by Lou Carter
, U n i ve r sity's spi
bowler, on Saturday
played right into his hands.
Instead of stepping out to
meet his tiicky spinners,
they kept in the crease and
tried tc play
cautiously.
•k
"TTWO Harvejs made rccordis
at Richmond on
Saturday. Bitting up 137
not out; Ray registered
his J3tb century for Filzrcy
Firsts. Previously, the
record of 12 100s for the
club bad been shared by
Ray and Arthur Liddicut.
Voungeii Harvey, Brian,
tct t?. Tbi.v was his
ht$b<*1 score in District
ciithl. Until then, bis
fc+'M Yt as 4(7.
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J/EVJN WEIR, a 19-yearc)d,
6ft. medium pace
bowler graduated to the
Foots any first eleven rapidly.
He had only played
three games in the Thirds
and one in the Seconds before
his chance came. With
a free, easy action, his inswingei
is his best ball. He
got 2/31 against North.
ir
f 'OMBlNE'S captain,
^ Dave Dick, finished off
wretched South Mel
bourne batting display
taking 4/4 raewirkptwas
apart torn £hl
fact that Dave Kerr used
the seam tc advantage, the
bowling was never frightening.
Ken took 2/20, and
was seldom off the spot
John Salmon (3/26) however
wasted the new ball
over much.
FOOTSCRAY tried 18-
year-old Ian Stewart
after he had played three
games with the Seconds.
His catch that dismissed
John Iron was a gem.
Later in the day he bowled
left-arm slows, and
thoroughly earned his
three wickets.
WHEN uncle, Lindsay
Hassett, and nephew,
John Shaw, became associated
at Glenferrie, the
crowd expected batting titbits.
Hassett, however,
gave three chances in
making seven, and Shaw
stumbled along, taking 75
minutes to make 10.
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