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THE NEW ZEALAND TOUR. AGAINST LANCASHIRE. (Special to Press Association). (Received this day at 9.25 a.m) ~ LONDON, July 14. Lancashire continued th<si' mn.ngs in fine weather. Duckworth was smartly caught at mid-on oy VVtir off Yiv.an witnout add,t.on to tne score. Kck-isKy and’ Hodgson were absent ill and enforced a declaration w th 481 for 8. New Zealand opened badly,- for Cromb, (Mills and Blunt were dismissed ior '3B. Vivian again came to the rescue. !He batted confiden.ly and drove Hopwood for two sixes. ihe final day of the’ cricket match New Zealand v Lancashire rtso'lvtd itself into batting praccice for the New Zealanders. -Ihe h'.gh scoring of the first two days precluded the possib.lities of a definite result.
Dempster reached 50 before lunch and was dismissed on the resumption, in attempting to force a ball on. Vivian gave another polished display of forceful, versatile batting, 'He is now on the top of his form. While he retains his aggressive style, Ids defence has greatly improved, In 132 minutes he hit two sixes and five fours, Other batsmen threw away their wickets in hitting out at the bowling. An attractive unbroken partnership by Weir and •Lowry added 110 for. the ninth wicket In fifty minutes. Lowry soon mastered the attack and hit ten fours, • Stumps were drawn at 4.15 p.m, to allow the New .Zealanders to leave for Glasgow'. NEW J3EALANP-~First Tunings, Dempster, o Sibbles, b Hodgson ... 4 Mills, c Pay nter. b Hodgson V,. I 6 Blunt, c Duckworth, b Sibbles* .... . S 3 Vivian, c.Horrocks, b Iddon 51 Weir, c Duckworth, b Hodgson ... 10l Talbot, e Eckersley, b Sibbles ... 21 Page, c Eckersley, b Sibbles ... 43 Cromb, c Duckworth, b Hodgson ... 0 Lowry, b Hodgson ... 92 James, not out 33 Extras HI Total for nine wickets ... 410 Bowling Analysis.—Hodgson 5 for 93, Sibbles 3 for 107, Hopwood 0 for 71, Horrocks 0 for 16, Idon 1 for 96, Taylor 0 for 15. Paynter 0 for 2.
LANCASHIRE.—First Innings. Hallows c Vivian b Cromb 115 Horrocks c Page b Cromb ... ... 72 lE. Tyldesley c Page b Vivian ... 45 Iddon c and b Lowry ...’ ... 47 Hopwood stp. James b Vivian ... 33 Paynter c Lowrv b Vivian ... 102 Taylor e Dempster b Vivian. ... 16 Sibbles (not out) ... ...' 26 Duckworth c Weir b Vivian 9 Eckersley (absent) ... 0 ■Hodgson (absent) ... .... ... ... Q Extras i ... ... 22 Total ... ... . ... 487 Bowling.—Cromb. 2 for .72, We:r 0. for 34, Merritt, 0, for 74, Page 0 for 51, Vivian 5 'fpr 117, .Lowry 1 for 36, Blunt 0 for 23,- Talbot 0 for 58. NEW ZEALAND.—Second Innings. Crumb b Paynter .^ Mills b Sibbles ... ••• * Blunt e Duckworth b Iddon ... 10 Vivian c Horrocks b Sibbles ... ... 83 Dempster c sub. b Hopwood ... 'sl Merritt b Hopwood ... 24 Page l.b.w. b Iddon ® Talbot stp. Duckworth b Hopwood H Lowry (not out) Weir '(not out) ... ... ... 6 ° Extras • ■ •>' ••• Total for 8 wickets ... 306 Bowling.—Sibbles 2 for 49, Paynter 1 for 43, .Hopwood 3 for 88, Tddon 2 for 82, (Horrocks 0 for 28, Taylor 0 for 7. The match was drawn.
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