YORKSHIRE FIGHTS BACK

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 July 1931, Page 7

YORKSHIRE FIGHTS BACK

VERITY BOWLS WELL ) BLUNT TO THE RESCUE (Special to Press Association.) HAr"rOGATE, July 10. The New Zealand cricketers continued the match against Yorkshire, in lino weather. The wicket was still tricky. The last Yorkshire pair added 20. Wood was dropped by Dempster off Merritt, the second ball of the day, and was eventually caught at slip. New Zealand opened badly. The wicket almost made Verity unplayable, but. Blunt batted attractively.

The New Zealand batsmen atteinptel to force the pace in the effort to secure a definite result. Blunt batted brilliantly for two hours. He showed steady defence, and did not miss a single scoring opportunity. His offback square cutting was outstanding. Vivian and Talbot batted briskly. The latter hit two sixes. One was a straight drive of the ball from Verity out of the ground. Verity was using the drying wicket admirably. He was spinning appreciably and making considerable pace off the pitch. Lowry declared at three o’clock, leaving Yorkshire under three hours to score 238. Merritt and Matheson bowled well before tea, although the wicket was becoming easy. Weir bowled Holmes with a late inswinger. Oldroyd and Mitchell were dismissed by catches in the slips. After tea, a fine, free partnership between Leyland and Barber ended New Zealand’s hopes of victory. The former was well stumped during the final over of the day. The match was drawn. Scores: —

NEW ZEALAND—First Innings 303

YORKSHIRE, First Innings.

Holmes, c Weir b Lowry .. .. 20 Mitchell, run out .. .. .. 12 Oldroyd, 1.b.w., b Merritt .. .. 1 Leyland, c Lowry b Merritt .. 23 Greenwood, b Merritt .. .. 25 Barber, c Talbot b Allcott .. 16 Dennis, b Allcott .. -• •• 4 Fisher, st James b Merritt 1 Macaulay, b Allcott .. • • p Wood, c Page b Allcott .. • • 92 Verity, not out .. .. .. 11 Extras .. .. • • 8 Total .. • • • • 189

Bowling: Merritt 4/79, Allcott 4/29, Vivian 0/25, Lowry 1/33, Blunt 0/15.

NEW ZEALAND—Second Innings.

Dempster, l.b.w. Verity .. . - 6 Weir, b Verity .. -.- • 3 Vivian, c Barber b Verity . . • • 18 Page, c Fisher b Verity .. - - 0 Lowry, c Holmes b Verity • ■ 5 Blunt, not out .. .. .. 52 Talbot, c and b Fisher .. .. 17 Merritt, c Leyland b Fisher .. 2 Allcott, Ib.w. Verity .. - - 6 James, not out .. .. •• 12 Extras .. .. • - 8 Total for eight wickets .. 123 Bowling: Verity 6/67, Fisher 2/23, Leyland 0/S, Macaulay 0/17. YORKSHIRE—Second Innings. Holmes, b Weir .t>-4 5 Mitchell, c Merritt b Matheson .. 31 Oldroyd, c Page b Merritt .. 8 Leyland, st James b Merritt .. 65 Barber, not out .. .. .. 66 Extras .. .. .. 17 Total for four wickets .. 192 Bowling: Matheson 1/17, Weir 1/33, Allcott. 0/21, Merritt 2/56, Blunt. 0/4, Talbot 0/31, Lowry 0/13.

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP HOBBS’ 181st CENTURY. (Recd. Julv 11, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 10. County crickets results: — Glamorgan, first, 192; second 151. Surrey, first 5 for 476 declared (Hobbs 106, Sandham 175). Surrey won by an innings and 133 runs. Derby, first, 96 (Wensley 6 for 47); second 153 (Wensley 6 for 48). Sussex, first 263 (Cook 88, Worthington 5 for 80). Sussex won by an innings and 14 runs. Hampshire, first, 274 (Freeman 5 for 82); second 3 for 141. Kent, first 244 (Baring 5 for 63). Hampshire won on the first innings. Lancashire, first 322 (Hopwood 126, Paynter 100); second 3 for 88 declared. Warwick, first 204 (Croom not out 102, Sibbles 6 for 25); second 2 for 94. Lancashire won on the first innings. Somerset, first 218; second 229 (Young 89). Middlesex, first, 126; second 189 (Hendren 80, White 5 for 53). Somerset won by 132 runs. Northants, first, 251; second 185 (Brook 6 for 53). Worcester, first 415 (Walters 153, Gibbons 113); second 0 for 23. Worcester won by ten wickets.

Notts, first 93 (Geary 7 for 27); second 250. Leicester, first 264 (Shipman 89); second 3 for 25. Leicester won on the first innings. Hobbs has now scored 181 centuries in first class cricket, six this season. He and Sandham have made 55 firstwicket stands exceeding the century. In the match against Glamorgan, the total for the partnership was 209.

GIRL CRICKETERS. " LONDON, July 3. Which is the hardier sex? The question is now being fought out in the cricket world. Major Troup, former Gloucestershire captain, and now cricket coach at a Brighton girls’ school, declares: “I have seen women knocked out continue to play when many men would have retired to the pavilion.” He challenges the assertion of the Kent cricketer, A. M. Crawley, that women’s cricket is a mere travesty of the game. “Cricket was never intended for women. They ought to leave it alone. It’s a man’s game,” was Crawley’s statement. “It’s a game for hard men, who will give knocks and take them.” Major Troup says that he has some 'girl cricketers who would make Crawley change his opinion. “They 'stop the fastest ones, and stand up to the fastest bowlers,” he adds. “If the girls can do nothing else, they can teach the county cricketers how to play in the rain.”