BEST BATTING OF THE YEAR.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19063, 27 July 1927, Page 9

BEST BATTING OF THE YEAR.

IN FORM.

01 » *«****- LONDON, July & i' sjr nr«rae»laader« declared down for 492. Warwickf*f? wicket, down for■ 48, to »vert an innings defeat. enseen any--s*""i!tasthis season. Sthjfflonnty a«ed bo fewer both batsmen comttettttek, and both 'Ss*2Srf the race for the halfin seventy •J** 1 *? ptrtner took twenty **t R£, but after that beand reached «*»2?J in 17CI minutes, just fore- *• Aucklander. He gave a the wickets at 102, **£•?£ *a™ any other chance. and Quaife suf--s*Sair at the New Zealanders' *** Foster hitting five consccuoff Quaife's slows an

m 2*i* ,Ufld laitcd three and a »*r»dputon3o3runs. %TeS«i"he opinion that at °M Wting seen this # year. Sil had nineteen w%W n ,M* Alcott thirtoen in *A tea adjournment, the total J?J-Ufi*efor 388. but WarwickJJfHto were by no means "5L isd MeGirr laid on the wood then Merritt and Page "SL'for «2 Lowry declared, and *&™> loßt two "SJi.ing cricket, and came as *£ toak compared with the averLjiSy &***• »i» rather regret- & tot ST »ttendanee waß P oo ' JJwd'Mi Saturday's gate, which mJOOO. WARWICKSHHtE. first Innings. tj,feo»,c Blunt, b Lowry ... 41 itaeTcMcGirr, b Dacre ... 85 f |T6aUhorpe. b Blunt ... } lH jKm. c Henderson, b Mc- gg I|LB Wjattj' o Page, b Mc- g 11, total!, o Dempster, b Mcflor ... ••• 1106, it. James, b Merritt ... 4 Ukeßwipeter. bMcGire ... » I Sit,-b Blunt 0 I Uflwo, not out ...' ... 28 1 fy* .- -_ 6 *|b|il ... 235 Hue Analnis: Merritt. one for £jj£i, none for 12; Page, one kMiJmt, two for 63; Henderson, M»9; Lowry. one for 3; CunitipqpM for 16; McGirr, four atlptee, one for 10. '* EitanXE>w,b McGirr .. 4 UfJNMndb Blunt .. 0 *.*&«,.«* cut .. .. 29 W,Q,W,*rt<rt ••■■ ■■>.. -8 Brina .< if.'' Totalfwti»«ickets ... 43 NBWZEAUND. *' i ass* v ;I a Blntt, li», .. 11 Parsons .. 180 ttkitt,m& ..131 tC.niea > eaiart,b Croom .. 29 U hmj,t B«tth, b Bmart .. 9 J«o%«Bai,"bWyatt .. 43 Ibftpfi&m " ..45 WJtattt,aot.ont .. 23 **"• -. .. 21 TttaHwaixwiekets (dec.) 492 Wyatt, two for gWMByow for 26; Smart, one for J«"M, one for 22; Calthorpe, none L^.TO«. WM for W; Santall, *FiJ; Wl, none for 40; Smith, mm to. WW WTBRBUPTS PLAY. *«w»d July 27th, 12.40 a.m.) r LONDON, July 26. to rain at Edgbaaton there was *SJayfortheday. jg*** Zealand innings of 492 for a strong etrnnty |£ Warwickshire wUI rank as one 4f» •Btitandbg performances of . "•* Warwidtahire is not one of **EP»t counties, but it is a J»««e formidable side than its ta£j* t , ,eaß,m wonl * indicate. SEMT thirteenth among the iffiT *«■ Mwon it has shown and has some fS2,£*omanees to its credit. 15252. thil 8 / Mon hM t0 date W£K" *** lMt *>«• It has Cft™* 8 twice, and also won Worcestershire, and DertiStin&yS . dißmißßed tork - h is Quite up to attac\ fc/the indications are that the !L* S?S« tat ' tea themselves 'NftTSu th6T have P ro bably mS »L"F "• B° od «s their BMasfcft l^ Mli are Alined giTS™ *** «atehes, bnt this, S*«*Wrf attribut able to the 2f*t*wift Z a *°rc»g game. IS Kft , the first-class ■K ft tpP«w>«y, with New Zealanders' iSJW. atteadei ■ p J alße to I <Bh*h£Vi he^ fine pßrt--18&A!?iS5.lM^ really I tab.*', W fte rans were I Deo ™ te r's fourth I S^^^faS^tS 81168 * I *BL**£? 6? Po,ition the H&HS in *be lead. ]ui two years

that he has quite failed to live up to his bowling reputation. This match has given both Page and Dacre their thousand runs for the tour. Dempster, Bunt, and Lowry had alr. dy passed the four figure mark. Unless rain comes to the assistance of the Home side, the New Zealanders should have no difficulty in winning. Warwickshire, with only eight wickets in hand, have still a deficit of 214 runs to make up. The New Zealanders commence a three-days' match against a team representing the West of England at Exeter to-day. TEST TRIAL, ENGLAND 461 FOR 6. LONDON, July 25. In the Test trial match, England, in reply to the Best's total of 248, had scored 461 for six wickets when stumps were drawn. The weather was fine and the attendance large when the match was resumed this morning att Bristol. Two hundred appeared for 201 minutes' play. ■ The fielding was good, but the bowling held no terrors for the batsmen. The second wicket added 317 in 265 minutes, Sutcliffe being caught in the long field. He hit four sixes, seventeen fours, and was in 345 minutes. With Hammond he put on 76 in 55 minutes. Hallows hit one six and nine fours. Scores: — . • BEST OF ENGLAND. First Innings .. .. •• 348 .ENGLAND. First Innings. J. B. Hobbs, b Clark ~ ..12 H. Sutcliffe, c Bates, b Sibbles .. 227 C. Hallows, b Hearne .. .. 135 W. E. Hammond, c and b Sibbles 34 F. E. Woolley, run out .. < ".. 20 J. W. Jupp, c Holmes, b Geary .. 13 D. B. Jardine, not out .. .. 9 M. W. Tate, not out .. .. 2 Extras .. 9 Total for six wickets .. 161 N.S.W. ASSOCIATION'S FINANCES SYDNEY, July 26. At a meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association it was announced that last year's surplus revenue was £1315, a decrease of £6OO compared with the previous year. NOT INFLUENZA. DENIAL BY CHAPMAN. (Received July 25th, 7.25 p.m.) LONDON. July 25. Chapman denies he has influenza and says his brewery firm is doing business at the Oval, so he is able to combine business and play.