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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 20, No. 3. 4th April, 1957
Cricket
Cricket
Slow Scoring
The University senior team has recently come in for much criticism because of its "slow and unimaginative batting." Chief offender has been left hand opening batsman Michael Lance with his 13 in just over three hours against Kilbirnie. Lance seems to have assumed the mantle of former Students' Association President Maicom McCaw as snail pace batsman but when one considers the inconsistencies of such experienced players as Bob Vance, Doug. St. John, Jim Thomson, and John Oakley the value of his innings becomes more apparent
Fast Bowling
There can have been few more hostile spells of bowling by a University player than Jim Zohrab's 5.66 against Wellington. On a suitable wicket Zohrab demonstrated that outside New Zealand represenative Bob Blair there is no-one in Wellington to compare with his sheer speed. Zohrab is essentially a shock bowler and too often this year he has been used for long periods in which his speed and hostility have suffered. The other University bowlers have rarely been more than steady although left arm spinner Jim Thomson (5-35) and medium pacer John Martin (4-19) bowled consistently for long periods against Kilbirnie when the Seniors registered their first points snce Christmas.