ESSEX WIN

Northern Advocate, 18 May 1927, Page 5

ESSEX WIN

j ON A STICKY WICKET 5 BOWLERS PUZZLE BATSMEN. EASTMAN ’S GREAT SERVICES. (United Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received 10.52 a.m.) LONDON, May 17. ; 1 Owing to rain overnight, there was ■ no play at the Leyton ground before ■ lunch. The game was resumed at 1.45 o’clock, and the New Zealanders were unlucky enough to have to face j a drying wicket rendered tricky by | the hot sun. Nichols, in particular, bumped riskily and one ball hit Dempster on the chest. He and Lowry made the pluekij ost stand of the Innings. The wicket I was assisting the spin of the bowlers and steadily becoming worse, j After the captain was stamped, ; in jumping out to drive O’Connor, 1 Dempster plodded gamely, but met | with no support except from Oliver. ' The batsmen found L. Eastman and O’Connor too much for them and they wont through the remainder in quick order. The pace of the wicket seemed to puzzle Dacre, who was never comfortable and went out in a most unusual way, by mistiming a full toss from O’Connor and allowing it to hit his ’leg. . Dempster was severe on anything on ! the offside and had six clinking boundary hits in his first 50. His innings I was altogether an admirable effort, ■With only 125 to get, Essex did [ none too well and only the sturdy I innings by L. Eastman saved them ■ from possible disaster. When Blunt j was bowling splendidly a characteris- | tically stolid piece of batting by Douglas clinched Eastman’s effort and enabled Essex to win by five wickets, i j Blunt took four wickets and bowled !18 maidens. Details:— NEW ZEALAND. Second Innings. Blunt, b O’Connor 21 Mills, e Douglas, b Eastman 0 James, e Hipkins, b O’Connor 26 1 Lowry, st. G. Eastman, b O’Connor 80 ! Dempster, e and bL. Eastman ~ 79 j Dacre, 1.b.w., b O’Connor 5 j Oliver, c and b Eastman 18 j McGirr, 1.b.w., b Eastman 7 jßornau, 1.b.w., b Eastman 0 ' Cunningham, e Nichols, b O ’Connor 2 Merritt, not out 7 j Extras IS I Total 208 j Bowling analysis: Eastman took 5‘ wickets for 31; O’Connor, five for 92; | Nichols, none for 25; Douglas, none I : for 6; Hipkins, none for 35; Russell, ! | none for 1. j ! ESSEX. I ! Second Innings. j Cutmore, c James, b Blunt 18 L. Eastman, 1.b.w., b Blunt 41 j O’Connor, st. James, b Blunt .... 12 Russell, b Blunt 0 | I Ashton, b Merritt 13 j ! Douglas, not out 19 Morris, not out 11 Extras ’ 11 Total for five wickets 125 j Bowling analysis: Blunt took four wickets for 29; Merritt, one for 35; | Oliver, none for 10; McGirr, none for k 19; Dacre, none for 10; Cunningham, I none for 1; Lowry, none for 10. Essex won by five wickets. —A.P.A. j and Sun. [ 1 r POSITION OF CAME. 1 New Zealand, first innings .. 289 j ( New Zealand, second innings 208 ; j

Essex, first innings 873 Essex, second innings (Swkts) 125 BATSMEN GAIN MASTERY. OP SMALLER BALL. (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, May 16. The “ Daily Mail, ” in a loader, says: “Although at present the trickier •wickets show that the smaller ball is not so innocuous, as at first appeared, batsmen seem definitely to have gained the upper hand. —Sun.