AGAINST NORTHANTS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 136, 13 June 1927, Page 9

AGAINST NORTHANTS

TAKES SEVEN WICKETS

CONSISTENT CRICKET

'{tTnifcwl Pre«» Association.—Copyright.^ LONDON, 11th Jone.

The New Zealand cricketers began a match at Kettering to-day against Northamptonshire. The county men went in first and were disposed of for 237, and when stumps were drawn at the close of play, the New Zealanders had lost three wickets for 86.

Bain overnight had softened the wicket, and when play started runs were difficult to get. Woolly and Mills opened against the bowling of M'Girr and Allcott, and knocked up fifty in as many minutes. Blunt went on after lunch and off his first ball he got Bellamy, caught in the slips. Jupp sent the next one to the lopes and was missed in the same over, after which he hit Allcott for two 4's. Prior to this Jupp had treated the bowler with respect. Later he put up a ball which enabled Allcott to bring off a well-judg-ed running catch, Wills did not give a chance during the 225 minutes he tatted for his 68, which included eight 4's. It is his highest score in firstclass cricket. Timms hit two O's and seven 4's, and was twice missed, but he fell to a remarkable one-handed catch by Oliver on the leg boundary, where the fieldsman stumbled and fell but retained hold of the ball.

Blunt and Mills put on fifty for New Zealand's first wicket. The former completed his half-century (out of 81 then scored) in seventy minutes.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

First Innings,

! Woolley, c James, b Blunt ... >>4 Wills, b Allcott G8 Bellamy, c Page, b Blunt «.■«.„».. 14 Jupp, c Allcott, b Blunt ........... 31 Walden, c Lowry, b Alleott 2 Tinims, c Oliver, b Blunt ........ 55 Towell, c James, b Blunt ....... 0 I Penuington, b Blunt •»■»«. 0 Wright, c Page, b Blunt ...,.,.. 9 Matthews, c James, b Merritt.».. 28 Thomas, not out .. "4 Extras ......„„. J*LIHII~ 2 1 Total „„ 037 Bowling Analysis.—M'Girr took no wickets for 13 runs, Allcott two for 46 I Page none for 13, Oliver none fov 9' Blunt seven for 109, Bern,™ none for 9 Memtt one for 36. NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Mills, b Jupp ns Blunt, lbvr, b Jupp 1171!!!* so Lowry, b Towell ........ " '■><> Page, not out .Ll*"* I James, not out ;•«.«.....,..»J^ 0 Extras »..'..••••»»iriir«l* ° Total for three wickets ....... 86