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Grey River Argus, 10 August 1931, Page 5

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N.Z. BOWLING GOOD James to the Fore (■Special to* Pic.--- Association.) ; (Rceoved Angus- •? a: 5.5 p.mj BRISTOL, Aligns! 5. fejiicidy bowling, well handled l.v Lowry, allowed th<- New Zealanders dismiss Gloucestershire cheaply. Th- j weathej was dull and the wi< ket was I 'low. From tho Now Zealand foam Tnibot. j Kerr and Mer'itt were omitted. Hammond and Dacrc were abseir f ,, om the G.oucester team owing to injuries. Lowry lost the toss. The Gloucestershire batsmen .however, made g n daily a poor showing agaiirt the ac-1 curate sp n bowl ng. Allcot.-., who wr- ; first change after Matheson and! Cromb, spur the ball back appreciably. | and he bowled Seabrook with a beauti- ■ ful ball. At lunch ho score rend 50 for three. ! After lunch. Vivian and Page quicklv gained the upper hand, and were assisted with excellent work by James behind the wicko\ Ford and Benson added forty-twn for ninth* wicket, both showing nn apprcc'ntwm th » fact thn the be.c wns nnlv turning slowly. Matheson captured the last two} wickets hi one over. Dnc stump'ng. dismissed Parker whn lifted hi-* ba k foot aftc-i playing forward and James whipped off the bails. The attendance In the afternoon was four housand. Rain at the tea adjournment caused th - riba-donm ent play the day. Scores: — GLOUCESTER—F’i t Inning'. . Seabrook, b A-Uootf -7 Sinfield. h Page . . . . . . 1 Smith, b Alk-ctr .. 1 Neal, 1.b.w.. b VivianBarnet’. c. Blunt, b Page .. •• 20 Stephens, c Weir, b Vivian . . . . - ‘ Rogers, stpd. James, bp- g ( . . . .. - o Parker, stpd. Janv" l b Vivian 0Ford, not out E -n-on. :-b.w.. b Matheson • 10 i Goddard c Page, b Mathcso n .. o' Extras 4 Total 123 Loving Analysis.—-Matheson 2 f r 12, Cromb 0 for 11. Blunt 0 tor 9. Page 3 for 36. Allcutt - for 2-i, Lowry 0 for 1, Vivian 3 for 2C.