GLOUCESTER COLLAPSE ON AN EASY WICKET

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6624, 10 August 1931, Page 7

GLOUCESTER COLLAPSE ON AN EASY WICKET

Accurate Spin Bowlers

AND DEADLY WICKET KEEPING

(Special to Press Association.) Received Sunday, 9.50 p.m. BRISTOL, Aug. 8,

Steady bowling wen uanuiua by Lowry allowed tad Now Zealanders ia uisunss Lloncestersaj.ro choupiy lor 12a, iiic weatner was uuU uuu sac wre.aii slow. Taioot, Jxerr ana raorritt wore oautted iruui Lie Now ZoatanU team, while Uanimoml ana Dacro were absent flow. noucostor erring to- injuries. Lowry lost tho toss. Tho Gloucestershire batsmen generally maue a poor showing against tho accurate spin bowling ox AuCott, w r no was first enango alter MatnosOn and Oromb. Ho spun tne ball back upproei* ably and bowied Hoabrook with a beautiful bail. At lunch the score read three tor 50. After lunch Vivian and Pago quickly gained tho upper hand assisted uy tho oxocllont worn of Jallies behind the wickets. Ford and Benson added 42 tor the ninth wicket, both showing appreciation of the fact that tho bail was only turning slowly. Mathcson captured the lust two wieitets in one over. Fine stumping dismissed Parker who lifted hi s back foot after playing Forward and James whipped off the bails. Tho attendance in the afternoon was 4000. Kaiu at the tea adjournment caused abandonment of play for the doy.

Scores: — GLOUCESTER.—First Innings. Seabrook, b Allcott 27 Sinlicld, b Page 15 Smith, b Allcott 1 Neale, 1.b.w., b Vivian V Barnett, c Blunt, b Page 20 Stephens, c Weir, b Vivian .... 2 Rogers, std. James, b Page .... 0 Parker, std. James, b Vivian .... .0 Ford, not out 37 Benson, 1.b.w., b Mathcson ...... 10 Goddard, c Pago, b Mathcson .... 0 Extras 4 Total 123

Bowling analysis: Matheson, 2 for 12; Cromb, none for 11; Blunt, none for 9; Page, 3 for 3(3; Allcott,2 for 24; Lowry, none for 1; Vivian, 3 for 20. Double Declaration in Surrey-Glamorgan Match LONDON, Aug. 7. The latest cricket comedy is in connection with tho Surrey versus Glamorgan match. There was no play on the first two days and tho captains agreed to a double declaration on the first innings after the first ball had been bowled. The wicket was rolled for twelve minutes between each innings, scrupulously complying with tho rule.