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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 118, 21 May 1931, Page 7

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N.Z. CRICKETERS. County Gets 276 Runs on a Slow Wicket. CENTURY BY GIBBONS. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, May 20. The New Zealand cricketers commenced a match against Worcestershire to-day. The weather was fine and the wicket was slow. The teams were as follows:— New Zealand. —Lowry, Allcott, Dempster, James, Kerr, Mills, Merritt, Matheson, Page, Talbot, Vivian. Worcestershire.-—Quaife, Bull, Nichol, Gibbons, Martin, Walters, Ahl, Winwood, Hoot, Brook, Perks. Lowry won the toss and put Worcestershire in. The county scored the largest total yet registered against the New Zealanders, due principally to a fine hundred by Gibbons, and a plucky effort by Perks, who, with Gibbons, added 00 for the last wicket, although Perks himself stored only four. Gibbons started uncomfortably against Merritt, but later gained confidence and batted attractively. Nichol shaped well. He was dismissed immediately after lunch from a snick in the slips. The New Zealand attack was slightly below standard, but the wicket was easy throughout.

Vivian bowled steadily before lunch, sending down 31 overs, of which 16 were maidens. Mcrritt and Matheeon were somewhat erratic.

New Zealand batted for 50 minutes. Mills shaped well before he was dismissed. There was a good attendance in the afternoon. Scores:— WORCESTERSHIRE.—First Innings. Bull, b Merritt 8 Quaife, c Lowry, b Matheson 29 Nichol, c Page,' b Mcrritt 39 Qibbone, run out 118 Martin, lbw, b Matheson 4 Walters, c Vivian, b Page 23 Ahl, run out 2(i Winwood, c Merritt, b Allcott 5 Root, b Mathesou 5 Brook, c James, b Merritt 2 Perks, not out 4 Extras 13 Total 276 Bowling: Allcott took one wicket for 32 runs, Vivian none for. 52, Merritt three for 98, Page one for 19, Matheson three for 54, Talbot none for 8. NEW ZEALAND.—First Innings. Dempster, not out 7 Mills, lbw, b Perks 19 Kerr, not out 4 Total for one wicket 30