BIG CRICKET

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10303, 14 June 1927, Page 5

BIG CRICKET

N.Z. AT HOME

MATCH ON MAY 4,

TOURISTS’ INITIAL WIN

According to the original programme of the New Zealand team in England, they were due to play a practice match on May 4 at Berkhamsted. As no word of this game was cabled, it was generally presumed that it had not taken place. English papers now to hand show, however, that the match actually Was played and resulted in a win for the tourists by five wickets and 67 runs on the first innings. It was only a one-day match. The details are as follows; BER-KHAMSTED (first, innings)

S. Radford, c James b Hender-

R. B. Stephenson, c Lowry b Merritt 12 R. B. Cowley, run out 60 J. N. Cowley, b Mc-Girr 12 Brown, b McGirr 0

Cole, b Merritt- ... Clarke, b Henderson. Breton, b Merritt-

Dwight, c Merritt b Cunningham 1 Taylor, e Page h Dempster ... 3 J : . Brown, not out 24

Fossielf, c Cunningham b Lowry 11 Extras 2

Total

Bowling: Henderson took two wickets, Merritt three, McGirr two. Cunningham one. Dempster one. and Lowrv one.

NEW ZEALAND (first innings) Blu.nl, st Cc-ie b Fossick

.Mills, h Taylor 56 Page, c Radford b Taylor ... 55 Dempster, not out 2d Oliver, cJ. Brown bG. Brown... 5 Daere. cJ. Brown 1> C. Brown' 0 McGirr. s*t Cole b Fossick ... 16 James, not out 19

Extras

Total for six wickets 22! I .Merritt, Henderson. Cunningham and Lowry did not bat. Bowling: Fossick took two wickets, Taylor two. and C. Brown two.