CENTURY TO MILLS
GLAMORGAN BATSMEN AGAIN FAIL TALBOT BOWLS WELL [Special to Press AssocutiokiJ SWANSEA, August 3.. (Received August 4, at .10 a.m.) The New Zealand cricketers established a good position against Glamorgan. Their innings closed for 363. At stumps Glamorgan had three wickets in : hand and required 61 runs to avert attinuings defeat. . Mills’s fine innings closed shortly he-jj fore lunch, when, he snicked a ball and; was caught by the wicketkeeper. K| was a chanceless display, lasting 2591 minutes. Graceful off shots were al feature of his innings. He hit fifteen* 4’s. Cromb played one on in the last overt before lunch. Vivian and Matheson attacked the. bowling after lunch. The former] played a sound, undefeated innings ofj 100 minutes. He hit six 4’s and one 6 off Clay clean out of the ground. Glamorgan again started badly.- - Howard attempted to hit a good length ball from Cromb, and Bates -walked in front of a ball from Matheson. Two wickets for 25. Dyson and Davies batted cautiously to the steady bowling of Talbot andj Cromb. The former was dismissed immediately after tea. Talbot continued to bowl well, and , dismissed Davies and Turnln\ll withj late in-swingers. Duckfield was badly] beaten by Cromb. j Jenkins and Lavis defied several; bowling changes. The former was- ; eventually smartly stumped in the final over of the day. Merritt bowled well and deserved more success. * The attendance was 10,000. Details: — GLAMORGAN. First innings v. 136 Second Innings. Howard b Cromb ... ... ; ... i—: 14 Bates Ibw, b Matheson 4, Dai Davies b Talbot ... 33 Dyson b Talbot _ ...; :... 25 Jenkins st Lowry b Merritt ... 40 Turnbull b Talbot ... ... 23 Duckworth h Cromb ... ,i— 1 Lavis not out ■,.< 19 Extras ... ... ... 8 Total for seven wickets ... 166 NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Mills c Jenkins b Clay ... w 137 Merritt st Jenkins b Ryan ... ... 19 Kerr b Clay ... .... ... ...; ... IB Talbot Ibw b Clay ...■ ... .11; Weir Ibw b Clay ... 4 Blunt b Lavis ...: ;... 60: Lowry c Dai Davies b Ryan ... ... ; 5j Cromb b Dai Davies ... 14-] Vivian not out i—: 54* Allcott Ibw b Bates ... 3, Matheson b Bates ... : . 34^ Extras ... •-* 23 ( Total ...■ >..• w i—i 363? Bowling Analysis.—Mercer, none forr 57; Dai Davies, one for 58; Ryan, two--for 80; Clay, four for 90; Lavis, on© for 34; Bates, two for 22. >
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Evening Star, Issue 20862, 4 August 1931, Page 6
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