SOLID SCORING

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 125, 31 May 1927, Page 9

SOLID SCORING

. » . MATCH WITH SUSSEX

CENTURY TO LOWKY

NEW ZEALAND IN LEAD

(United Press Association.—Copyright.)

(Received 31st May, 8 a.m.)

LONDON, 31st May.

The second day's play of. the match between New Zealand and Sussex was marked by solid scoring by the vis-itors-in reply to the home team's score of 316. Blunt and Dempster, who had made 11 runs without loss^on the first day,, gave, the New Zealanders a splen-

did start. The excellent first-wicket »tand by these two batsmen realised 125 runs in a hundred minutes. Dempster made 57 and Blunt 67; the latter's scoring strokes including eight fours. ,/ Page and Lowry were associated in another good stand. The latter, driving powerfully, registered a century dur-a-period, of a hundred minutes' play, in which a total of 163 runs was compiled.. Lowry waß dismissed as the result of a fine catch by Wensley in the outfield. The captain's score.of 105 included eleven .fours.

After the fall of the fourth' wicket James and Dacre took the score to 340. Both were dismissed before the tea ad-

journment, James being very unlucky in being run out through a misunderstanding. At the interval Now Zealand's score was 363 for six wickets— M'Girr not out 4, Oliver not out 18. Early in the final session Oliver had the bad luck, to be dismissed in the same manner as James. M' Girr carried- on until the score had reached 402, and finally Merritt and Bernau put on 53 runs in forty-five minutes. The innings, -which occupied 355, minutes, closed with the total at 466.

. Before stumps were drawn for the day Sussex commenced their second innings, A. H. Gilligan and Wensley making ten runs without loss. - following are 1 the-details:— '-••• ... . /..I.'. '. ".NEW ZEALAND. •' First Innings. R. C. Blunt, c A. E. R. Gilligan, b Wensley. , G7 C. 8. Dempster, b Waghorn ...... 57 M. L. Page, c A. H. Gilligan, b Langridge ......,...'. 63 T. C. Lowry, c Wensley, b Langridge 105 C. Dacre, c Waghorn, b Cox 28 K. C. James, run out . / 15 H. M. M' Girr, st Cornford, bJ. Parks 34 C. Oliver, run out ...... ' 21 W. E. Murritt, b Cox ....... "' 28 C. F. W. Alleott,.c Cornf ord, b HolHngdale .;...... 5 E. H. L. Befnan., not out .' 34 - '.. Extras ;. .'"...■. ; 9

Total 466 Bowling Analysis.—J. Langridge took two wickets for 53 runs, G. Cox two for 106, A. F. Wenaley one for 130 J. H. Parks one for 33, R. A. Hollingdale one for 75, L. A. Waghorn one for / . SUSSEX. First Innings 3jg Second Innings. A. H. H. Gilligan, not out 7 A, F. Wensley, not out " 2 Extra " J No wickets for 10

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