SUSSEX FAILS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22820, 30 August 1937, Page 10

SUSSEX FAILS

DOMINION CRICKETERS COUNTY'S SMALL TOTAL VISITORS IN TIIE LEAD ENTERPRISING BATTING 1 By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Keceived August 20, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON. August 28 The New Zealand cricket team is in a' commanding position after the first day's play in tho match against Sussex at Brighton. Sussex batted first on a good wicket and was dismissed for tho meagre total of 151. New Zealand, in its first innings, replied with 176 for five wickets. Page, Weir, Lamason, Gallichan and .Carson wore omitted from tho Now Zealand team. Wallace returned to the side, although still wearing a bandage on his injured thumb. The Now Zealanders performed outstandingly against a team which is in fourth position in the county championship. Lowry's clover management of tho howling and placing of the field, combined with tho steadiness of the attack and tho smartness of the fielding, yielded five wickets heforo lunch. / Former Auckland Coach James Langridgo, a former coach t< ; the Auckland Cricket Association, mad a determined stand. Parks an< Griffiths, two members of E. It. T Holme's team which visited New Zea land, also shaped well. Th® New Zealand bowlers, however always held the whip hand. Cowio, ii Bpite of the strain of seven hard game in Succession, bowled with great life four times hitting tho stumps. Moloney maintained a consiston length and spun tho ball cleverly. Don nelly was responsible for a brillian run-out and Hadlee took a fine catcl at short square-leg. Enterprising batting soon gave thi tourists a lead, Hadlee gave a fin< exhibition of free stroke-making, driv ing/ beautifully. He hit 11 fours anc one six. The latter cleared tho lunch eon marquee, the ball landing in ar adjoining tennis court. Ho attainec his 1000 runs for first-class matches joining Wallace, Donnelly, Molonej and Vivian. Kerr Bats Aggressively Kerr was also confident and batted aggj-essively, scoring quickly all round the wicket. He secured eight fours and was dismissed by a remarkably fast piece of stumping. Tate, in spite of increasing weight and diminished pace, was easily the ■ outstanding bowler. Details of the scores aro as follows: ' SUSSEX.—First Innings • John Langridge, run out .. .. 22 J. Parks, lbw, b Moloney . , , . 30 Stainton, b Cowie . • 21 Bartlett, b Cowie , 0 James Langridge, Q Hadlee, b Moloney 36 H. Parks, st Lowry, b Roberts .. 11 Holmes, c Lowry, b Donnelly . « 2 Griffiths, lbw, b Moloney . . x« 10 Tate, b Cowie . * s x < 4 Scott, b Cowio t* KK x x x • 2 Ny 6} not out* K K Xf. X X XX 4 • Extras .• x u x x n *• 9 Total xx •• •• xx xx > > 151 Bowling O. M. R. W. Cowie • s x>: 15.5 4 41 4 Roberts <j, 9 1 16 1 Dunning y< 18 6 41 0 ' Moloney x * 12 0 22 3 , ; ' Vivian . .xx 5 2 7 0 Donnelly 5 1 15 1 NEW ZEALAND.—First Innings Vivian, lbw, b Tate 16 Hadlee, c John Langridge, b Tate 76 Tindill, c John Langridge, b J. Psrks •• •• •• • • •• •• 11 Kerr, st Griffiths, b Tate . x . • 50 Donnelly, not out * • 14 Lowry, c Griffiths, b Tate x x • • 2 Wallace, not out .. . . x x r'• 1 Extras xx 6 Total for five wickets * * * x 176 TOUR EXTENDED MATCH- AGAINST IRELAND ENGLISH TEAM WEDNESDAY /, (Received August 29. 11.15 p.m.) LONDON, August 29 After the New Zealanders' match against an English eleven at Scarborough on September 8, 9 10, they 'will visit Dublin and play Ireland. M. L. Page, captain, is well on the road to recovery and subject to a favourable report from his doctor probably f will play on Wednesday in the next game—almost another test —against an English team. ( The latter will be composed of Chapman, Valentine, Kimpton, Hammond, Barnett, Ames. Todd, Gimblett, Andrews, Edrich and Winlaw, of Bedfordshire. COUNTY COMPETITION MIDDLESEX'S LARGE SCORE ' FINE ' EFFORT BY HARDSTAFF LONDON. August 27 Results and principal performances in the English county cricket matches ore as follows: — ESSEX V. LANCASHIRE ' Essex: First innings, 275 (Every 82); second, nine for 219, declared. ■Lancashire: First innings, 108 [(Nichols four for 42, P. Smith four for > 25); second, 84 (Nichols five for 40, P. Smith five for 14). Essex won by 302 runs. YORKSHIRE V. SUSSEX ' Yorkshire: First innings, 457 (Hutton 87, Leyland 101). Sussex: First innings, 198 (Verity eight for 80);. second, 143 (Verity six • for 52). Yorkshire won by an innings and 116 runs. SOMERSET V. WORCESTER Somerset: First innings, 248 (Leo 122); second, 112 (Jackson six for 38). Worcester: First innings, 127 (Hazel 1 five for 25); second, 197 (Andrews seven for 57). Somerset won by 36 runs. NOTTS V. MIDDLESEX Notts: First innings, 316 (OwenSmith five for 91); second, six for 447 (Hardstatf 243). Middlesex: First innings, nine for 525, declared (Price 104, Hendren 129, Compton 111). .Middlesex won on the first innings,