AN EASY WIN

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 207, 16 August 1927, Page 5

AN EASY WIN

N.Z. ». DERBY. INNINGS AND 2*o RUNS. BRILLIANT BATTING COMMENDED. (By Cable —Press Assn. — Copyright.) (Received 16, 9.25 a.m.) London, Aug. 15, The match with Derbyshire, which up to the middle of the season held a high place in the count}' championships, resulted in an easy win for New Zealand by an innings and 240 runs. The visitors' put up the highest score in a first-class match and even then the innings was not played out, Lowry declaring at nine for 541. Critics highly commend their brilliant batting in this game. On resuming Mills and Lowry gave a lot of trouble, the latter scoring 81 in 100 minutes with nine boundary strokes. The Aucklander, however, was much slower, as he was at the wickets for 4} hours before he reached his century. After Lowry left Allcott hit with great freedom, taking only an hour to get 62, which included one six and seven fours. Hutchinson was the most successful of the county bowlers, obtaining three of the last Wickets rather cheaply, but Worthington, who has done some good bowling in county matches, was very expensive. The New Zealanders followed up their fine batting effort by again dismissing their opponents for a small total, for which Merritt and Blunt were principally responsible. DERBY STARTS BADLY. Requiring 412 to avert an innings defeat, Derbyshire started badly, Bernaii dismissing both Storer and Lee at 17. At the tea adjournment the total was two for 45. Worthington and Ford made a short stand and then Hutchinson made a forlorn attempt to save the game. He batted with determination and reached 50 in 80 minutes. After he fell to a catch by Dacre, Blunt rattled out three men for only five runs and the whole innings only lasted 2J hours. The attendance was about 1000. Details:— DERBYSHIRE. First Innings 129 Second Innings. Storer, b Bernau 6 Lee, b Bernau 2 Worthington, c Dacre, b Merritt 21 Ford, c James, b Lowry 34 Hutchinon, c Dacre, b Merritt ... 53 A. H. Jackson, b Merritt 24 Slater, c Merritt, b Blunt 2 G. R. Jackson, b Blunt 4 Townsend, st. James, b Merritt 8 Cresswell, st, James, b Blunt ... 3 Elliott, not out 0 Extras 20 Total 172 Bowling analysis.—Bernau two for 27, Oliver none for 3, Merritt four for 67, Dempster none for 36, Lowry one fo 5, Blunt three for 15. NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Oliver, run out 18 Dacre, b Slater 176 Dempster, c Elliott, b Townsend 81 Blunt, b Townsend 0 Page, c Storer, b Townsend 3 Mills, not out 100 Lowry, c Storer, b Hutchinson 81 Bernau, c Elliott, b Worthington 0 Allcott, c G. R. Jackson, b Hutchinson 62 Merritt, c Elliott, b Hutchinson 4 Extras 16 Total for nine wickets 541 Bowling analysis. — Worthington one for 103, Slater one for 63, Townsend four for 95, Lee none for 71, Cresswell none for 78, Storer none for 71, Hutchinson three for 44.— (A. and N.Z.) N.S.W. SELECTORS. (Received 16, 11.50 a.m.) Sydney, Aug. 16. The annual election of selectors for the New South Wales Cricket Association resulted in R. L. Jones, A. R. Sutcliffe and E. L. Waddy being chosen. Warren Bardsley was defeated. TO PLAY SYDNEY* IN OCTOBER. (Received 16, 10.50 a.m.) London, Aug. 15. The New Zealand cricket team commences a match at Sydney on October 28th.—(A. and N.Z.)