BRIGHT SCORING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 143, 20 June 1927, Page 7

BRIGHT SCORING.

DEMPSTER'S GOOD DAY

N.Z. Makes 373 To Durham's 111 For Eight.

COUNTY MAY FOLLOW ON.

(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.)

LONDON, June 19.

The New Zealand cricketers opened the northern portion of their tour yesterday morning at Sunderland in a match -gainst Durham. There were 6000 spectators.

The visitors won the toss, and in their first innings scored 373 runs. When stumps were drawn the home side hr•" lost eight wickets for 111.

New Zealand's first three batsmen, Dempster, Blunt and Page, delighted the spectators. They made a sparkling 148 before luncheon. The first 64 were compiled in half an hour.

Dempster's century was made in 139 minutes. Altogether he was batting i 92 minutes and hit four sixes and 21 fours. He was caught at mid-on. Cleverly-timed leg strokes were the feature of his innings, and his cutting and driving "-ere also excellent. Durham fared badly against Henderson and Blunt. The former took four wickets for 33 and the latter two for 22. Details of the scores are:—

NEW ZEALAND.—First Innings. Dempster, c Howell, b Brooks 178 Blunt, c Brooke, b Carr 42 Page, c Legs, b Cook 57 Mills, lbw, b Cook 0 Oliver, b Cook 1 Allcott, c Weight, b Carr 1 McGirr, c Kollsall, b Carr 6 Dacre, b Cook 43 Bernau, c Gibbon, b Brooke 24 Cunningham, c Niehol, b Brooks .... 4 Henderson, not out 9 Extras 8 Total 373 Bowling: Howell took no wickets for 7!> runs, Cook four for 90, Carr three for 50, Nichol none for 40, Brooks thiee for ■40, Weight none for 48. DURHAM.—First Innings. Kollsall, c Oliver, b Henderson 1 Weight, b McGirr 8 M. Niehol, c Dempster, b Blunt .... 19 Adamson, c Dacre, b Henderson .... 6 Cnrr, c Mills, b Blunt 0 Gibbon, run out 10 K. Nichol, b Henderson 2 Howell, c Dacre, b Henderson 0 Brooks, not out 22 Cook, not out 34 Extras 9 Total for eight wickets 11l