LIFELESS WICKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 167, 18 July 1927, Page 7

LIFELESS WICKET.

CIVIL SERVICE MATCH J

N.Z. Bowlers Get Home Batsmen Otit For 256. COLONIALS ONE DOWN FOR 38.' (Br Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON", July 17. The Now Zealand cricketers yester- \ day commenced a match at Chiswick j against an eleven representing the j Civil Service. R. S. Collins, a brother j of the Australian cricketer, captained the homo side. The latter won the toss and made 2,>6 : in their first innings. The New Zealand i bowlers put up a good performance con- | sidf-ring that they had not the slightest I help from the dead wicket. Merritt, Blunt and Henderson were frequently unlucky in beating the batsmen but missing the wicket. The New Zealanders played Fox, a New Zealander now resident in England. Dempster and Blunt confidently played out time. The match against a London club fixed for August 2!) has been cancelled. Details of yesterday's scores are:— j

CIVIL SERVICE. —Fir.st Innings. Cook, c Bernau, b Blunt 22 Kippon, st Lowry, b Merritt 11 Musson, c Page, b Merritt 28 Webb, c Fox. b Henderson 50 Bennett, b Page 7-i Evans, c Mills, b Page 8 Everett, b Blunt 2 Chapman, c Lowrv, h Allcott 22 Collins, b Allcott 11 Sharland, c Lowry, b Henderson .... 2 Koss, not out 0 Extras IS Total 250 Bowling: Bernau took no wickets for !) runs, Oliver none for 6, Allcott two for 23, Blunt two for "fi. Merritt two for Bf>, Page two for 42, Henderson two for 33.

NEW ZEALAND. —First Innings. Dempster, not out Fox, c Collins, b Chapman Blunt, not out Extras Total for one wicket — (A. and N.Z. and Sydney "Sun.")