N.Z.’s HIGH SCORE

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 May 1927, Page 7

N.Z.’s HIGH SCORE

DACRE & LOWRY CENTURIES HITTING PLEASES CROWD (Australian & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (By Gable—Press Assn. —Copyright.) LONDON, May 12. After a promising start, with the score at one time no wickets for 70, by noon it had become 4 for 107, Blunt, Mills, Page, and Dempster all going in quick succession. The first named again played a capital innings, but. Allen’s fast bowling was too much for some of the others.

Janies and Dacre, however, stopped the rot. The latter set about the bowling as if he had been in all day. He hit his first ball for four, and followed it with two more boundaries in Calthorpe’s next over and scored 28 in ten minutes with such vigour that he split his bat. James got. his leg in front of Hie fast bowler after adding a .useful 33, but Lowry proved a capable partner for the Aucklander, and at lunch the total was 5 for 226. The game had taken a. decided turn, 126 at. one stage being added in 70 minutes.

Dacre, who has become the public’s idol, continued to smash the bowling till he lifted one to deep mid-off. He made his 107 in an hour and a-half, hitting twenty boundaries. The partnership produced 115. in 59 minutes. McGirr and his captain also made a fine stand, the former emulating Dacre and batting in dashing style for an unfinished 58. Lowry was always attractive and was in for an hour and a half for his century which included fifteen fours. Merritt also helped McGirr to materially increase the score to the fine total of 460. Allen, the fast bowler, came out with the best analysis. M.C.C. went in again, and at stumps had scored '36 without a loss. There was considerable enthusiasm at the M.C.C. dinner in honour of the team last night, during the reading of cabled congratulations from New Zealand. The scores are: — AI.C.C. First jjnnings ... 392 NEW ZEALAND—First Innings. Mills b Allen 24 Blunt c Caltliorpe b Allen ... 52 Page b Caltliorpe ... ... ... 8 Dempster c Franklin b Enthoven 2 James 1 l.b.w. Allen ... ... ... 33 Dacre c Falcon b Allen ... ... 107 Lowry b Falcon ... ... ... 106 Bernau l.b.w. b Allen ... ... 0 McGirr, not out ... ... ... 58 Merritt st Franklin b Allen ... 40 Henderson b Allen ... ... ... 4 Extras ... ... ■■■ 26 Total 460 Bowling analysis—Allen 7 for 120. Haig 0 for 105, Caltliorpe 1 for 90, Falcon 1 for 56, Enthoven 1 for 54. M.C.C., SECOND INNINGS. Titchmarsh, not out 46 Lyon 43 Extras 7 Total for no wickets 96 THE SPLIT BAT. LONDON, May 12.

Fierce hitting ma i ked the New Zealanders’ innings against Alarylebone.. ■ Dacre got four boundaries in a single over, and split his bat into four pieces in attempting a fifth. He and Lowry hit 43 off three overs. Lowry’s century occupied eighty-three minutes.