GOOD RECOVERY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 9 June 1927, Page 5

GOOD RECOVERY

AFTER A BAD START

NEW 2EALANDERS V. WORCESTER

TWO FINE PARTNERSHIPS

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(Received Oth June, 12.5 p.m.) LONDON", Bth June,

Worcester were without the services of their best batsman, Foster, and their best bowler, Root, but they gave the New Zenlanders a scare by getting rid of three batsmen before the innings was well started. The visitors were in a nasty hole from which two fine partnerships, the first between Lowry and Allcott and then Dacre and McGirr, extricated them.

Lowry and Dacre in particular rose nobly to the occasion. Tarbox and Price started the bowling triumphantly, and might have delivered a death blow if the mid-off had accepted a chance which Lowry gave before he had scored, but the New Zealand captjainpindisrhajyed,,settled dojvn with. Allcott'a able 1 assistance to 'tackle, precisely' tiie sort of' job :/in' which' lie .revels. .The.. capiajn. was again missed at }s, but otherwise he _batted,.spl.endidly. Both his driving and l cutting were magnificent. His 74 occupied liim 100 minutes and included ten boundaries. A well-known judge has expressed the opinion that English cricket suffered a great loss when Lowry left for New Zealand arid that he undoubtedly has. great cricket. personality. With'Dacre,and MclGirr together the score received' another excellent lift, this pair putting on 115. Dacre gave another typically brave exhibition and hit both hard and attractively. The score, which at lunch read 3 for 65, by the tea adjournment had reached 8 for 270, but the remainder failed leaving Merritt once again with a not out innings. .

Tarbox, who got C for 88 and bore the brunt of. the bowling, deserved his wickets.

When the county went in they did little better than New Zealand. The batting wa9 rather dismal, the men evidently being afraid of the slow bowlers.

Tiie New Zealand fielding was excellent. -Scores:— NEW ZEALAND-lst Innings Mills, lbw. b Price 2 James, b Tarbox 6 Page, c Gibbons, b Tarbox 0 Lowry, b Spencer ;,..., 74 Allcott, c Spencer, b Tarbox •;...;. 35 Oliver, c Fox, b Tarbox 0 Dacre, b Tarbox 82 McGirr, b Gibbons 48 Bernau, c Fox, b Tarbox 9 Merritt, not out , 4 Henderson, c Fox, b Gibbons ......... 1 Extras \ 15 Total 276 Bowling: Tarbox six for 88; Price one for 73; Wright, none for 16; Fox none for 7; Daventry none for 16; Spencer one for 34; Gibbons two for 27. WORCESTERSHIRE—Ist Innings King, b Merritt 18 Wright, lbw, b Allcott ...........'..."!!, 7 Gibbons, b Allcott 19 Fox, not out ."' 21 Spencer, not out 8 Extras " 5

Total for three wickets 78 Stumps were drawn. .

COUNTY MATCHES

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LONDON", 7th June. In county cricket, Middlesex in the first innings made 388—Twining 70, Hearne 75, Hendren 101, Gray 72; Wensley took 5 for 131; second innings, 131 for 4—Hendren 50. Sussex in the first innings made 207—Langridge 56; Durston took 5 for 58; second innings 311—Tate 50, A. H. Gilligan 85; Hearne took 5 for 57. Middlesex won by six wickets.

Surrey in the first innings made 248 — Shepherd -62; second innings 128; Larwood took '7 for 35. Notts in the first innings made 296—Gunn 72; Geary took 6 for 76; second innings, 84 for 1— Whysall not out 51. Notts won by nine wickets.

Yorkshire in the first innings made 166; McDonald took 5 for 68; second innings, 153, McDonald 6 for 67. Lancashire in the first innings scored 234; second innings 89 for 2. Lancashire won by eight wickets. Kent in the first innings scored 271 — Ames 70; Newman took 6 for 83; second innings 330—Evans 117, Ames 101 5 Newman took 6 for 93. Hampshire in the first innings made 227—Brown 50, Dowell 56; Mariott took 4 for 33; second innings 375 for fi—Newman 69, Day 65, Meade 108. Hampshire won by four wickets.

For Essex against Worcester O'Connor made 101 not out; Douglas took 5 for 62: Palmer 5 for 71. For Worcester, Hill took 5 for 90. Essex won. Playing for Warwick against Derby, Smith made 177, Mayer took 6 for 23. For Derby, Slater made 106. Warwick won.

Playing for Somerset against Gloucester White scored 113, and Case 122. Playing for Gloucester, Hammond made 197, Parkes took 5 for 35, Gouldsworthy 5 for 52. Somerset won. Playing for Leicester against Northants Armstrong made 113 not out; Spelding took 5 for 85. Leicester won. TOURING AUSTRALIANS (Received 9th June, 9.10 a.m.) SINGAPORE. Bfh June. At cricket, Southern Malaya in the first innings made 122—Congdon 57; Andrews took 3 for 19, Woodfull 4 for J 7. The Australians made 155 for 4 Bardsley not out 46, Woodfull not out 21.