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Northern Advocate, 13 June 1931, Page 12

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NEW ZEALAND TEAM’S ITINERARY. RESULTS TO DATE: First Match.—v. Essex. New Zealand won by an innings and 48 runs. New Zealand 425; Essex 264 and 113. Second Match. —v. Leicestershire. Drawn. New Zealand 434 for 8 wickets (declared) and 90 for 7 wickets; Leicestershire 277, and 273 for 6 wickets (declared). Third Match.—v. Hampshire. Drawn. New Zealand 271 and 158 for 4 wickets. . Hampshire 190. Abandoned owing to rain. Fourth Match. —v. M.C.C. New Zealand won by an innings and 122 runs. New Zealand 9 wickets (declared) for 302; M.C.C. 132 and 48.

Fifth Match—v. Worcestershire. Drawn. Worcestershire 276 and 112 for 7 wickets; New Zealand 215. Abandoned owing to rain. Sixth Match. —v. Glamorgan. Drawn. New Zealand 288 for 6 wickets (declared) and 190 for 4 wickets (declared); Glamorgan 200 and 103 for 5 wickets.

Seventh Match.—v. Oxford University. Drawn. New Zealand 488; Oxford 129 for 4 wickets. Abandoned owing to rain. Eighth Match —v. Middlesex. Middlesex won by 79 runs. Middlesex 241 and 225; New Zealand 152 and 235. Ninth Match—v. Cambridge University. Drawn. New Zealand 375 and 226 for 5 wickets (declared); Cambridge 305 and 200 for 5 wickets. Tenth Match—v. Somerset. Drawn. 'Somerset 244 and 201 for 9 wickets; New Zealand 255. Abandoned owing to rain. *

Eleventh Match—v. Gloucestershire. Drawn. Gloucestershire 132 and 8(5 for 4 wickets (declared); New Zealand 89 and 65 for 6 wickets. _ Play seriously curtailed owing to rain. SUMMARY. Played H Wen 2 Lost 1 Drawn ° REMAINING FIXTURES: /une 13, 15 and 16.—-v. Derbyshro. June 17, 18 and 19.—v. Minor Counties, at Gainsborough. June 20, 22 and 23.—v. North ants. June 24, 25 and 26.—Reserved. June 27, 29 and 30.—v. England, at Lord’s. July 2 and 3.—v. Staffordshire. July 4, 6 .and 7.-r-v. Notts. July 8, 9 and 10—v. Yorkshire. July 11, 13 and 14.—v. Lancashire July 15, 16 and 17.—v. Scotland, at Edinburgh. July 18 and 20. —v. Durham. July 22, 23 and 24.—v. Combined Services, at Portsmouth. July 25, 27 and 28—v. Hampshire. July 29, 30 and 31—v. Surrey. August 1, 3 and 4.—v. Glamorgan. August 5, 6 and 7.—v. Warwickshire. August 8, 10 and 11.—v. Gloucester-

shire. August 12, 13 and 14. —v. Wales. August 15, 17 and 18.—v. Lancashire. August 20 and 21, —v. Norfolk. August 22, 24 and 25.—v. Essex. August 26, 27 and 28. —v. Kent. August 29, 31, and September 1. —v. Sussex. September 2, 3 and 4.—w. Gentlemen of England, at Eastbourne. September 5, 7 and 8. —v. an England XI., at Folkestone. September 9, 10 and 11. —v. an England XI,, at Scarborough. September 12, 14 and 15. —v. Sir Julien Cahu’s XL, at Nottingham.