FIRST COUNTY MATCH

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 113, 16 May 1927, Page 9

FIRST COUNTY MATCH

INNINGS AGAINST ESSEX MILLS AND LOWRY IN FORM (A.P.A. and “Sun.”) LONDON, 14th May. The New Zealand team commenced a match at Leyton against Essex. Ia the first innings New Zealand scored 289. Following the quick and cheap dismissal of Blunt by a catch behind the wickets, the New Zealanders’ enterprise seemed checked, till Lowry and Mills came together. The former gave only one chance, and hit seven 4’s, though Mills appeared more complete master of the bowling, and withstood the attaek for a couple of hours. 1 He hit five 4’sj and won many encomiums from the critics. The next few batsmen were soon dismissed, and at the tea adjournment the score was 211 for eight wickets. Bernau and Merritt mad a good ninth wicket

s t a nd, their hour’s partnership yielding 55. Cunningham hit merrily, and drove powerfully, tho last wicket adding 41 in a quarter of. an hour. The whole innings occupied four hours. Merritt compiled a good score by patchy batting. He hit seven 4’s. The fielding of Essex clean and smart. ■ •• Essex then went to the wickets, and when stumps were drawn for the day had two wickets down for 57 runs. The detailed scores are:— NEW ZEALAND. First Innings.

R. C. Blunt, o Eastman, b Nichols 1 J. E. Hills, c Nichols, b O’Connor . 64 K. C. James, b Nicholls ........ 4 T. C. Lowry, c and b O’Connor ... 61 C. Dacre, c Ashton, b Eastman .. 9 C. S. Dempster, c Eastman, b O’Connor . 13 H. M'Girr, c Ashton, b O’Connor . 11 C. R. Oliver, lbw, b O’Connor . 28 E. H. L. Bernau, lbw, b Russell 22 W. E. Merritt, not out 49 W. P, Cunningham, b Heston ... 23 Extras 4 Total .....289 Bowling analysis: O’Connor, five wic? ketß for 68; NiehollS, two for 111; Eastman; one for 24; Russell, one for 37; Heston, one for 13; Hipkin, none for 32. ■ • ESSEX.' . First Innings. Cutmore, not out 21 Eastman, lbw, h M'Girr 30 Hipkin, run out ........ J 0 Extras ; ...... ..... 6 Total for two wickets ...... 57