RAIN STOPS PLAY

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 114, 16 May 1931, Page 13

RAIN STOPS PLAY

NEW ZEALAND V. HAMPSHIRE

DEMPSTER 106 NOT OUT

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. , (Special to Press Association.) (Received 16th May, 8 a.m.) LONDON, 15th May. . The resumption of the New ZealandHampshire match was delayed for an hour owing to rain. The not-out batsmen were Dempster (86) and Kerr (2), but the latter did not add to his score before / being dismissed. Dempster made a chaneejess century in 150 minutes. At 1 o'clock rain interrupted play, and fell steadily throughout the afternoon, causing the game to be abandoned at 3 o'clock. New Zealand's score'was 161 for four wickets (Demp-•■ ster 106 not out). The match was drawn. , Details:— HAMPSHIRE. First • innings 190 NEW ZEALAND. First innings .... 271 Second Innings. Dempster, not out 106 Mills, c B,artley, b Baring 12 Weir, b Herman 6 Blunt, c Bartley, b Baring 21 Kerr, b Kennedy ' 2 Vivian, not out .5 Extras ..' 9 Total for four wickets 161 Bowling Analysis.—Baring took two wickets for 52 runs, Kennedy one. for 30, Herman one for 30, Boyes none for 15, Judd none for 25. .