CRICKET FIELD

Northern Advocate, 15 June 1931, Page 5

CRICKET FIELD

TOURING NEW ZEALANDERS DERBYSHIRE MATCH. COUNTY’S MODERATE SCORE. '.United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Oopyr i ght.) (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, June 13. The New Zealand cricketers commenced their match with Derbyshire in glorious summer weather, and on an easy wicket. The attendance was 4500. Alleott, Page and Talbot were omitted from the touring side, the teams being as follows: New Zealand. —Lowry, Dempster, Blunt, Weir, Mills, Kerr, Vivian, Merritt, Cromb, Matheson and James, Derbyshire.—Storer, Smith, Aiderman, Townsend, Worthington, Ford, Walker, Slater, Richardson, Elliott and Mitchell.

Lowry lost the toss. The Derbyshire innings was notable for sound batting by Worthington and Townsend. The New Zealand bowling was not quite up to standard, but it was admirably handled by Lowry. Matheson developed pace occasionally, and bowled Storer with a beautiful ball whfcS came in sharply from the off. Cromb was evidently feeling the effect of his prolonged spell in Gloucester match. Merritt and Blunt were in- 1 consistent. Weir was perhaps the steadiest. Smith and Alderman both played useful innings. Townsend was dismissed after lunch by a brilliant left-hand catch by Dempster at third slip. Worthington played an exceedingly solid innings. Keen fielding robbed him of several boundaries off powerful drives.-

Vivian dismissed the tail after tea, developing real pace for the first time on the tour. New Zealand batted for 90 minutes, scoring 80 for the loss of 3 wickets, Dempster hit IT off the first over from 1 Slater, but in the second was caught behind the wicket. Mills went leg-before to the first ball from Mitchell, a leg-break bowler. Blunt made 00 in 70 minutes. Although he gave two chances, it was a valuable inniUgs, Weir and Lowry played out time. Following are the scores. — DERBYSHIRE. First Innings. Storer, b Matheson 9 Smith, Ibw, b Cromb 26 Alderman, e James, b Blunt .... 28 Townsend, c Dempster, b Matheson 40 Worthington, not out 60 Ford, b Merritt 5 Walker, c Matheson, b Merritt . 2 Slater, c Cromb, b Weir 23 Richardson, run out 5 Elliott, b Vivian 8 Mitchell, c Blunt, b Vivian .... 6 Extras 18 Total 230 Bowling.—Matheson took 2 wickets for 49 runs; Cromb, 1 for 34; Merritt, 2 for 67; Blunt, 1 for 29; Weir, 1 for 29; Vivian, 2 for 4. NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Dempster, c Elliott, b Slater .... 14 Mills,- Ibw, b Mitchell 6 Blunt, c and b Mitchell 50 Weir, not out 15 Lowry, not out 2 Extras 2 Total for 3 wickets 89 HUNDREDTH WICKET. HEARNE RECORD EQUALLED. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, June 14. Parker, of Gloucester, in taking Dempster’s wicket in the second innings of the Gloucester-New Zealand match secured his 100th wicket for the season, equalling J. T. Hearnc’s 35-year-old record of taking 100 wickets by June 12.

TEST SKIPPER. TATE APPROVES .TARDINE. (Received .10 a.m.) LONDON, Juno 14. Maurice Tate, in an article in “Reynold’s News” welcoming the appointment of D. R .Jardine to the captaincy of England against, the A T ew Zealanders, says: “It is premature to assume that he will lead England against Australia, but undoubtedly the appointment is a straw in the wind. Jardine is a good fellow, possessing- a most important qualification of captaincy, namely, that of getting the best out of the team. He will not be fussy, but will be effective. The selectors have thus found a skipper and a possible opening batsman to succeed Hobbs.” The “Daily Telegraph” says that Dak ewe II lias been invited to play in the tost against New Zealand, It is considered that in the event of his success lie will be the successor to Hobbs as the opening batsman with Sutcliffe.