CRICKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 13 June 1927, Page 5

CRICKET

NEW ZEALAND V. NORTHANTS

COUNTY OUT FOR 237

FINE BOWLING BY BLUNT

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian A N.Z. Cable Association)

LONDON, lltli June. The New Zealand cricketers began a match at Kettering to-day against Northamptonshire.' The county men went in first and were disposed of for 237, and when stumps Were drawn the New Zealanders had lost 3 for 86.

Rain overnight had softened the wicket, and when play started runs were difficult to get. Woolley and Wills opened slowly against the.bowling of McGirr and Allcott, but they knocked up fifty in as many minutes. Blunt went in after lunch and off his first ball he got Bellamy caught in the slips. Jupp sent the next one to the ropes and was missed in.the same over, after which he hit Allcott for two fours. Prior to this Jupp had treated the bowler with .respect. Later he put up a ball which 'enabled Allcott to bring off a well judged '.runhihg; catch. ' Wills did hot give a- chancis; during: the 225 minutes, he batted for his 68, which' included''.eight" fours.' 'lt "is'his" highest score in -first'-class* cricket. Timms hit two sixes.and seven fours, and was twice/missed, but he fell to a remarkable one-handed catch by Oliver on the leg boundary, where the fieldsman stumbled and fell, but retained j hold ■■ of the ball. .•'.■'> ' '

Blunt and, Mills; put oh 60 for New Zealand's first 'wicket;.-; ,i ThMofirier completed 'his half 'century'(out of '-81 then scored) in 70 minutes.

Scores '~*~* NORTHANTS—Ist Innings Woolley, c James, b Blunt 24 Wills, b Allcott.. 68 Bellamy, c Page, b, Blunt , 14 Jupp, c Allcott, b Blunt 31 Walden, c Lowry, b Allcott 2 Timms, c Oiiver, b Blunt 56 Towell, c James, b Blunt 0 Pennington, b Blunt 0 Wright, c Page, b Blunt 9 Matthews, c James, b Merritt 28 Thomas, not out 4 Extras 2 Total 237 Bowling: McGirr, 0 for 13; Allcott, 2 for 46; Page, 0 for 13; Oliver, 0 for 9; Blunt 7 for 109; Bernau, Ofor 9; Merritt. 1 for 36. NEW ZEALAND—Ist Innings Mills, b Jupp 18 Blunt, lbw, b Jupp '. 50 Lowry, b Towell 12 Page, not out , 4 James, not out 0 Extras 2

Total three wickets for 86

TEAMS AGAINST THE NEW ,ZEALANDERS PLAYING THE BEST BOWLERS (By Telegraph—Special to "The Mail") CHRISTCHURCH, 11th June. "I think we can • quite safely leave the team in the hands of the English authorities," said Mr D. Reese, chair, man of the management committee of the New Zealand Cricket Council, when asked if he cared to pass any comment on the telegraphed remarks of Mr Brice, one of the selectors of the team in reference to the absence of soni? of the more prominent players from the county sides. "The Englishmen are only doing now what the Australians have done to New Zealand over a long term of years," continued Mr Reese. "I feel quite certain the play of the New Zealanders to date has in itself sufficiently demonstrated, at any rate to Sussex and Worcestershire, the mistake of leaving out tlieir crack bowlers. There is plenty of cricket ahead of the present team to enable them to force the leading counties to play something like their best sides.

"One must also remember the English counties' point of view. They all have big seasons and even counties like Yorkshire and Lancashire and others frequently rest their star bowlers against the weaker counties. It would be savouring a little of presumption on New Zealand's part to make any definite request to English counties on this matter."

COUNTY MATCHES

(A.P.A. and "Sun")

LONDON, 10th June. Following are the results of the latest county cricket: — Lancashire v. Sussex. Lancashire 251 (Wensley four wickets for 47) and 261 for five wickets. Sussex, 442 (Tate 59, Parks 50, Cook 139, Langridge 61). Sussex won on the first innings. Middlesex v. Essex.—Middlesex, 429 for eight wickets, declared (Lee 58, Hendren not out 201). Essex, 181 (Powell four wickets for 22, Hearne four for 58), and 144 (Powell four wickets for 50, Hearne six for 26). Middlesex won by an innings and 103 runs.

For Surrey against Leicester, Jardine made 147. and Shepherd took five wickets for 45. For Leicester, Sk'elding took five wickets for 103. Surrey won.

For Yorkshire against Warwick, Rhodes took four wickets for 72. Warwick won.

For Gloucester against Notts, Hammond made 116. -For Notts, O. Gunn 116. Richmond took seven wiokets for 78. Notts won.

For Derbv against Somerset, Jackson made 134; Lee took six for 34. Derby won. For Nortbants against Kent, Jupp made 116; for Kent, Woolley not out 106. Freeman in the first innings took five for 28, and in the second six for 100. Kent won.

AUSTRALIANS V. NORTH MALAY

SINGAPORE, 12th June Against North Malay the Australians lost seven wickets for 346—Bardsley 59, Macartney 61, Oldf.eid 76, and Sullivan 53 not out.