NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19699, 27 July 1927, Page 11

NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS.

WARWICKSHIRE MATCH.

FINE SECOND-WICKET STAND.

DEMPSTER 180. ALLCOTT 131.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright-. A. and N.Z.-Sun., ; LONDON. July 25. The cricket match New Zealand v. Warwickshire was i*esumed this morning at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on an ideal wicket. There was only a small attendance. On, the resumption of the New Zealanders' first .innings Dempster and Allcott were associated in the finest secondwicket partnership seen anywhere this season. Both batsmen completely mastered the Warwickshire attack .and each made a century in superb style. Allcott was. the first to- make 50. It took him 70 minutes. Dempster was 25 minutes longer, but after that he played very aggressive cricket and reached his century in 170 minutes, just forestalling his partner. Dempster gave a difficult chance at the wicket when he had made 102, otherwise both played chanceless innings. Critics expressed the opinion that their batting was the best of the year. The partnership added 303 in three and a-half hours- Dempster batted four hours and hit 19.; fours, including five off consecutive balls in one of Quaife's overs. Allcott hit 13 fours. McGirr and Page also laid on the wood merrily. Altogether it was a day of exhilarating and enterprising cricket—a real tonic compared with the average county games. With the score at 492 for six wickets New Zealand declared. When stumps were drawn Warwickshire had lost two wickets for 43. This left them with 215 runs to get to avert a single innings defeat. Details of the scores are:—

NEW ZEALAND.—First Innings. Blunt, lbw, b Wyatt .. i.. 11 Dempster, lbw, b Parsons . 180 Allcott, run out .. .. •; c • 131 Daore, c Smart, b Groom t .., r.. 29 Lowry,, c Smith, b Smart >.i r.. 9 McGirr, c Roll, b Wyatt ( V.i i.43 Page, not out .. • - e•: t«45 Merritt, not out . c.i i. -i 23 Extras .. . i. •: ;• • 21 Total for six wickets (dec.) .. 492 Bowling Analysis.—Wyatt took two wickets for 110 runs, Groom one for 26, Smart one for 49, Parsons one for 22, Calthorpe none for 73, Quaife none for 91, San tall none for 40, Roll none for 40, Smith none for 20. WARWICKSHIRE.—First Innings. Smith, c Blunt, b Lowry .. . . 41 Kilner, c McGirr, b Dacr* «« . . 86 Calthorpe, b Blunt . . «. .. 1 Quaife, c Dempster, b Pago . , .. 14 Parsons, c Henderson, b McGirr . . 39 Wyatt, c Page, b McGirr . . . . 5 Santall, c Dempster, b McGirr . . 3 Smart, st James, b Merritt . 4 Fox, c Dempster, b McGirr . . . 9 Roll, lbw, b Blunt .. . 4 . • 0 Croom, not out . . t. .. .. 28 Extras . . •« • « • • 6 Total .. . . 235 Bowling Analysis.—Merritt took one wicket for 63 runs; Allcott, none for 12; Page, one for 25; Blunt, two for 73; Henderson, none for 22: Lowry, one for 3; Cunningham, none for 16; McGirr, four for 25; Dacre, one for 0. Second Innings. Smith, lbw, b McGirr ~v r.>: '4 Wyatt, c and b Blunt <*.; »i 0 Kilner,, not out . M( i i.« = u?..-29 Quaife, not out .V 8 Extras .. u'.i t..: 2 Total for two wickets . t .v r.>: 43