NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19721, 22 August 1927, Page 10

NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS.

MATCH WITH CUMBERLAND.

COUNTY ALL OUT FOR 154.

MERRITT FIVE FOR THIRTY

VISITORS 117 FOR ONE WICKET. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Received Augrust 21. 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z.-Sun' LONDON. Aug. 20. The New Zealand cricketers to-day commenced a match against Cumberland at Whitehaven There was no play before lunch owing to ram. The county won the toss and batted first.' Youren and Gill, the opening pair, took the score to 36, but, the next two •wickets fell cheaply. Youren batted for sn, hour and hit two fours and three threes. Shardlow scored 12 in a single over off the New Zealand captain, Lowry. Thomas was out, to a fine catch by McGirr on the leg boundary. The last five wickets only added 52, Mcrritt being responsible for the collapse of the last four men. Blunt and Dempster gave the New Zealanders a fine start, after Oliver had been dismissed for one Blunt was m;ssed when he had made 10 He and his partner had taken the* total to 117, and were still undefeated when stumps were drawn. Details of the scores are:— CUMBERLAND. —First Innings. Youren, b Cunningham .44 Gill, Ibw, b Lowry 10 Saint, b Lowry 5 i Adair, b Lowry . . . ■ • • • • 0 Shardlow, c McGirr, b Merritt . . 35 Thomas,- c McGirr, b Merritt . . 15 Walmsley, not out . . . . . 28 Hargreaves, c James, b Blunt ... 8 Chambers, b Merritt . . . . . . 3 Mudge, c Cunningham, b Merritt . . 0 Madden, c Bernau, b Merritt . . .. 3 Extras . . t> Total . . 154 Bowling Analysis.—Lowry took three wickets'for 50 runs; Cunningham, one for 36- Merritt, five for 30; Blunt, one for 33. NEW ZEALAND. —First Innings. Dempster, not out 49 Oliver, b Walmsley 1 Blunt, not out . .. .. . . 64 Extras » • 3 Total for one w.icket . . . . 117

LANCASHIRE GAME.

NO PLAY ON THIRD DAY. A FORCED ABANDONMENT. A. and N.Z.-Sun. LONDON. Aug. 20. The cricket match New Zealand v. Lancashire had to be abandoned at Manchester yesterday. Lancashire had made 229 in their first innings and New Zealand 57 for one wicket. In the visitors' innings the bowling analysis was as follows:—Macdonald, one wicket for 9 runs; Sibbles, none for 21 Holrovd, none for 17; R. Tyldcsley, none for, 2. The following are the averages of the New Zealand cricketers at the close of the match against Lancashire:—

" The record of the team to date is as follows Martineau's: Drawn, • M.C.C.: Drawn. _ Esses: Lost by five wickets. - Cambridge: Lost by five wickets. Middlesex: : Lost by three wickets. - Royal Navy: Abandoned. Sussex :-Won by eight wickets. Club Conference: Drawn. Oxford: Drawn. Worcestershire: Won by 194 runs. Northamptonshire: Lost by 82 runs. Leicestershire: Abandoned. Durham: Won by 10 wickets, l'. Northumberland: Won by an innings \ and three runs. Scotland: Abandoned. Scottish Counties: Drawn, i Edinburgh : Won by 10 wickets. South of Scotland: Drawn. Yorkshire: Abandoned. Nottinghamshire: Abandoned. East of England: Won by eight wickets. Civil Service: Won by an innings and 15 runs. Army: Abandoned. f Warwickshire: Abandoned. West of England : Abandoned. Glamorgan: Won by 206 runs. Surrey: Drawn. Somerset: Won bv 94 runs. , Gloucestershire: Abandoned. • Derbyshire: Won by an innings and 240 mns. Lancashire: Abandoned. Played 31, won 10, lost fonr, drawn seven, nhandnncd 10.

BATTING In. N.O. H.S. Tot. Av. C. S. Dempster . 40 7 ISO 1.833 55.72 •R. C. Blunt ... 36 2 195 1565 46.03 J. E. 'Mills 41 8 . 188 1319 39.97 T. C. Dowry 38 2 106 1393 38.69 C. C. Dacre 37 — 176 1363 36.84 If. L. Page 40 3 140* 1269 34.29 W. E. Merritt . 36 14 50* 676 30.73 CTF. W. Allcott 29 6 131 677 29.43 H. M. McGirr .. 32 j 72 644 20.79 K. C. James 34 7 54 480 17.77 C. Oliver 27 4 48 355 15.43 E. H. L. Bernau 26 4 41 305 13.86 M. Henderson 1. 17 6 30 138 12.54 W. Cunningham 15 3 23 96 8.00 *SigniSes not out. BOWLIKG. AverBowler. kets. Runs. age. C. S. Dempster ,, 8 151 18.87 C. C. Dacre 14 277 19.78 M. I*. Page m 34 689 20.26 W. E. Merritt . 132 2697 •20.43 T. C. Lowry , . 18 406 22.55 H. M. McGirr 0 CO 1413 23.53 R. C. Blunt m v , 86 2058 23.93 E.. H. L. Bernau , . 36 909 25.25 M. HenHerson , 9 36 883 27.44 C. F. W. Allcott 24 784 32.66 ,-J. E. Mills m 3' 134 44.66 W, Cunningham 18 851 47.27 C. Oliver . 1 184 184.00