NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19658, 9 June 1927, Page 12

NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS

MATCH AGAINST OXFORD. ANOTHER DRAW RESULTS. VISITORS' EXCELLENT EFFORT. B? Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. A. and N.Z. LONDON. June 7. The cricket match, New Zealand v. Oxford University, ended to-day at Oxford in a draw. The Oxonians contiarvwd their second innings in the forenoon fc'ith the score at 113 for two wickets, Crawley (69) and Holmes (17) being the not-out men. Crawley had only added three to his total when be was caught off Henderson. The outgoing batsman had batted for 160 minutes and had hit 11 fours. The light became poor and the batsmen found Merritt most difficult to play. Newman's 33 included six fours. Page made a sensational debut as a bowler by capturing the last four j wickets. New Zealand began unluckily. They lost Mills when the total was only 16. Dempster gave a chance in the slips when he had scored 10. The New Zealanderi made a fine sporting effort to force a win and 50 went up on the board in less than 40 minutes. Lowry set a fast pace, but when Dempster was caught at mid-off in attempting a forcing drive more care obviously became necessary. Lowry and Page watched the bowling cautiously. As a result the next hour realised only 30 runs. When Page had made nine he gave a hard return to Greenstock, who missed the catch. The partnership added 75 runs in 90 minutes. Lowry batted for 150 minutes. Two cheap wickets followed and New Zealand's chance was apparently endangered after their sporting opening, but Allcott and Blunt held the fort successfully for the last 40 minutes. Details of the scores are:— OXFORD.—First Innings. Crawley, run out . . .. .. 39 Cazalet, c James, b Blunt .. .. 7 Nunn, c James, b Henderson . . . 32 De Silva, c Dempster, b Merritt . . 14 Newman, lbw, b McGirr .. ... 15 Serrurier, hit wicket, b Merritt .. 5 Garland-Wells, b McGirr .. ~ 23 McCanlis, b Blunt . . . . .■ * 14 Holmes, c James, b Henderson .. 165 Rowley, b Blunt 1 Greenstock, not out . . . . 14 Extras . . . 8 Total . . .« v < . . 337 Bowling 'Analysis.—Henderson took two wickets for 60 runs, McGirr two for 67, Blunt three for 74, Allcott none for 33, Merritt two for 82, Lowry none for 13. Second Innings. Crawley, c Lowry, b Henderson .. 72 Cazalet, c Page, b McGirr .. «. 13 Nunn, b Allcott . . . ~ .» 0 Holmes, b McGirr . . .« 38 De Silva, b McGirr . . 6 Newman, lbw, b Henderson «' i. 33 Serrurier, c Dempster, b Page .. 18 Garland-Wells, b Page . « .. 13 McCanlis, c and b Page . . * < 4 Greenstock, c Mills, b Page * • 11 Rowley, not out .. >« »2 Extras .. « ..19 Total w • ». • 229 Bowling 'Analysis.—Henderson took two wickets for 42 runs, McGirr three for 61, Allcott one for 34, Merritt none for 50, Lowrv none for 13, Page four for 10. NEW ZEALAND.—First Innings. Dempster, c Serrurier, b Greenstock 47 Blunt, c Greenstock, b Serrurier ~ 38 Mills, c Holmes, b McCanlis .. 54 Lowry, b Greenstock 29 'Allcott, c Nunn, b Greenstock *. 35 Page, lbw, b Greenstock . . . . 8 James,' b' De Silva . . . . , A 0 Dacre, lbw, b Greenstock . . . 23 McGirr, run out .. 3 Merritt, not out . . . . 11 Henderson, lbw, b McCanlis u 8 Extras . . . . , « . 7 Total . . . . . . . . 263 Bowling "Analysis.—Holmes took no wickets for 22 runs, McCanlis two for 60, Serrurier one for 49, Greenstock five for 91, De Silva one for 34. Second Innings. Dempster, c McCanlis, b Greenstock 26 Mill.-:, b Holmes 9 Lowry, c Rowley, b McCanlis .. 69 Dacre, c Crawley, b Serrurier . . 5 f Page, c and b McCanlis . . .„ 49 McGirr, lbw, b Greenstock . . . » 1 Allcott, r*ot tmt . . ~ » . 25 Blent, not oat .. .. .. 27 Extras ~ 3 Total for tlx wickets . . .. 214 Bowling Analysis,—McCanlis took two wickets for 35 runs, Holmes one for 29, Greenstock two lor 87, ose for 27, De Silva none for 13. So far four of the New Ze&ltnd cricketers have scored over f/Xi ran.%. They are Blunt, T. Ca Lowry, J. E. Mills and 0. S. Dempster. It seems safe to prophesy that sicveral in the team will top their 1000 runs for the s«a3on by a good margin. W. E. Merritt continues to he the outstanding bowler, although M. L. Page's performance in Oxford's second innings displaced the youngest member of the team from the leading position in ' the bowling averages. McGirr 3 howling is also proving satisfactory, and he is second to Merritt for the honour of having taken the most wickets. The averages for the tour to date are as follows:

BATTING. In. N.O. H.S. Tot Av. T. C. Lowry , , 12 IOC 566 53.27 R. C. Blunt 14 119 054 50.31 W. E. Merritt . 13 7 49' 277 46.10 C. S. Dempster . 15 2 109* 525 40.39 .T. E. Mills 15 188 558 39.85 C. F. W. Allcott . 7 3 46 137 34.25 c. C. £>scre 12 - 307 405 33.75 M. h. Page 13 - 134 376 23.92 H. M. McGirr .. 12 1 72 247 22.45 K. C. James 14 - 54 2S2 20.14 E. H. L. Bernau . 9 41 122 15.25 C. Oliver 10 2 28 121 15.12 M. Henderson 6 30 63 12.60 W. Cunningham . 6 23 47 9.4a 'Signifies not out. BOWLING. M. Wkts. Run a Av. Page 5 50 10.00 W E. Merritt 42 1032 24.57 H. M. McGirr 31 821 26.58 E. H. Ij. Bemau 15 452 30.13 R. C. Blunt 27 829 30.70 C. Dacre 09 34.50 CJ, F. W. Allcott 7 200 37.14 M Henderson 12 470 39.16 C ( Oliver 1 09 69 00 W Cunningham 0 587 97.83 T. C. .Lowry 1 106' 106.00