THE DERBYSHIRE MATCH

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21362, 16 June 1931, Page 7

THE DERBYSHIRE MATCH

NEW ZEALAND BATTING FIVE WICKETS DOWN FOR 141 (Special to Press Association.) LONDON, June 15, (Received June 16, at 1.50 a.m.) The New Zealand cricketers continued the match against Derbyshire in fine weather. The wicket had been covered and was not affected by the thunder storms yesterday. The batsmen scored slowly against steady bowling. Weir was bowled by a sharp offspinner, while Lowry was caught when attempting a big hit to leg. Following are the scores: — 1 DERBYSHIRE. First innings 230 NEW ZEALAND. Fitst Innings. Dempster,, c Elliott, b Slater .... 14 Mills, Ibw, b Mitchell 6 Blunt, c and b Mitchell 50 Weir, b Slater 22 Lowry, c Alderman, b Walker .. 39 Kerr, not out .. ! 4 Vivian, not out • 1 Extras 5 Total for five wickets 141 NEW ZEALAND TEAM’S AVERAGES. Following are the averages of the New Zealand team, including the Gloucestershire match; —

JARDINE AS TEST CAPTAIN. [ TATE WELCOMES APPOINTMENT. ’ LONDON, June 14. Tate, in an article in Reynolds’s News, I in welcoming the appointment of Jardine to the captaincy against the New Zealanders, .says: “It is premature to assume that he will lead England against Australia, but the appointment is a straw in the wind. Jardine is a good fellow, possessing the most important qualification of captaincy—namely, that of getting the best out of his team. He will not be fussy, but effective. The. selectors have thus found a skipper and a possible opening batsman to succeed Hobbs.” THE ENGLISH TEAM.. ; BAKEWELL OFFERED A PLACE. j LONDON, June 14. The Daily Telegraph says that Bake- . well has been invited to play in the test [ match against New Zealand. It is con- ; sidered that in the event of his success he will be the successor to Hobbs as t the opening batsman with Sutcliffe. I ; PARKER’S BOWLING RECORD. , HUNDREDTH WICKET TAKEN. i LONDON, June 14. 1 Parker in taking Dempster’s wicket in the second innings of the Gloucester match secured his hundredth wicket for the season, equalling J. T. Hearne’s 35-yenr-old record of taking 100 wickets by June 12.

BOWLING. Runs Wkts. Av. Matheson . . . . 222 14 15.85 Cromb 48(5 31 15.67 Merritt 948 Oi) 17.23 Weir .. .. 413 19 21.73 Blunt .. . 580 21 27.90 Allcott 225 7 32.14 Page .. .. 199 5 39.00 Talbot 333 6 ' 50.00 Vivian 179 — 88.00 Lowry .... 10 BATTING. In. N.O. H.S Tl. Av, Dempster .. 14 4 212 844 84.40 Blunt .. 14 1 120 439 33.76 Mills .. 13 0 92 416 32.00 Vivian .. 10 2 135 226 28.25 Merritt .. .. 10 4 35* 169 28.16 Lowry .. 14 2 101* 330 27.50 Page .. .. .. 15 1 113 366 26.14 Weir .. .. 2 100* 322 24.76 Talbot .. 14 2 06 287 23.91 Kerr .. 14 0 88 278 19.86 Cromb .. 10 1 52* 171 17.88 Allcott .. .. 5 0 25 59 11.80 James .. 11 1 42 111 11.10 Matheson .. 4 4 ,13* •Not out. 22 —