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Otago Witness, Issue 3823, 21 June 1927, Page 60

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NEW ZEALAND TEAM IN ENGLAND.

THE NORTHANTS MATCH. NEW ZEALAND BATSMEN FAIL. ' LONDON, June 14. Requiring 247 runs to win, New Zealand in its second innings against Northants was dismissed for 164, and thus lost the game by 82 runs. Though the wicket was 'somewhat worn, it played truly enough, and consequently the New Zealanders’ display was a great disappointment. Blunt played a restrained and confident game, but Lowry failed to settle down. He attempted one big hit, but mistimed It so badly that he fell back on the defensive game. M’Girr and Dacre established a partnership which promised for a while to save the game. M'Girr, who realised his responsibility, batted especially well, ami was full of confidence. He scored 11 from one of Jupp’s overs. Dacre hit a sixer, and then fell to a shooter. The batting after lunch was rather scratchy. Northants's bowling was steady. The bowlers kept a length, aitn sometimes got work on the ball, but tins did not acount for the New Zealanders’ poor showing. The match will long be remembered at Kettering for its sporting qualities. Scores:—

NORTH ANTS. First innings 237 Second innings 260 NEW ZEALAND. First innings 251 Second Innings. Mills, b Wright 0 Blunt, c Jupp 25 Lowry, c Jupp b Thomas .. .. 13 Page, c Bellamy b Thomas .. .. 7 Oliver, b Thomas • ~ u M'Girr, c Pennington b Jupp .. .. 36 I >acrc, b Towel! 32 Dernau, c Wills b Towell 18 James, b Jupp 12 Allcott, b Towell 8 Merritt, not out . . . . • 9 Extras 4 Total ..164

Bowling Analysis.—Wright, one tor If); Towell, three for 56; Jupp, three for 56; Thomas, three for 29.

In Northants second innings Jupp was bowled by Blunt for 17. Consequently the bowling analysis is:—Merritt, four for 63 ; Blunt, two for 72. ’

THE LEICESTER MATCH.

THE MATCH ABANDONED. LONDON, June 15. The New Zealanders commenced a match against Leicestershire, who left out Geary, the test match bowler, and the visitors substituted Henderson and Dempster for Bernau and Oliver. The attendance was 1000.

Th© visitors lost four wickets for 107 before lunch. Blunt and Mills started uncomfortably, and only scored 26 in the first half-hour. Blunt was taken at the wickets when ho had reached 24 out of 36.

A brief collapse followed, two wickets falling for 39. Mills was caught in the slips and Dempster at mid-on. Lowry played a ball on to his wicket. The pitch was good, and did not account for the collapse. After lunch a change came over the game, and the New Zealanders effected a tine recovery. First Page and M'Girr stopped the rot by adding 102 for the fifth wicket in an hour and a-half. The former hit with the greatest freedom, and obtained nine boundaries. After this pair Dacre came to the front with the brightest lotting of the day. In an hour and a-quarter he rattled up 90, driving powerfully and cleanly in his best style. Two of his strokes went over the ropes and 12 more reached the boundary before he was caught. Merritt and Henderson gave a lot of trouble by putting on 56 for the last wicket in a partnership which lasted 35 minutes, and, in all, the last three wickets added 136, bringing the total to 371 Leicester had a half-hour’s batting without the loss of a wicket.

. - . July In brilliant weather, reminiscent of the zenith of the antipodean summer, Shipman ami Berry, who opened for Leicester, relished the fast billiard-table wicket, ami treated the bowling ruthlessly. This partnership had produced 94 before Blunt caught Bery in two minds, and held an easy catch. With Armstrong, Shipman carried on in a style that threatened a big total. Then, through Henderson's agency, a dramatic change came over the game, and from, two for 137 at lunch time the score became seven for 164.

At one stage four wickets fell for 4 runs in as many overs, and the county side suddenly found itself stru; ling to avoid a follow on. The ninth wicket actually fell when still'3 short of the required number, but Snary kept up his wicket, and with Skelding averted disaster.

Henderson bowled superbly, ’and took file wickets cheaply; Lowry is keeping wickets in place of James, who is indisposed.

New Zealand wefit in again, and gave a very poor display. Blunt and Lowry were, soon out. and the total at the tea adjournment was two for 29. Page made another fine effort, and with the exception of Allcott, was the only one

to stand up to the bowling. The former had eleven 4’s in his 65, ..nd the latter also hit brightly. At the end of the day nine wickets had fallen for 165 runs, and New Zealand thus had a lead of 294. Details:— NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Blunt, c Sidwell, b Snary 24 Mills, c Armstrong, b Snary 12 Dempster, c Skelding, b Astill 2 Lowry, b Snary 5 Page, c Sidwell, b Snary 74 M'Girr, b Snary 56 Allcott, c Smith, b Shipman 17 Dacre, c Smith, b Bale 90 James, c Smith, b Armstrong 19 Merritt, c Smith, b Bale 35 Henderson, not put ... 19 Extras 18 Total 371

Bowling Analysis.—Shipman, one for 49 ; Skelding, none for 68 ; Snary, five for 66 ; Astill, one for 42; Bale, two for 85; Smith, none for 10; Armstrong one for 33.

Second Innings. Blunt, lbw b Skelding 12 Lowry, b Skelding 1 Dempster, c Sidwell I Snary .. .. 19 Page, c sub. b Smith 65 Mills, b Armstrong 18 Dacre, b Smith 5 M'Girr, b Smith 0 Allcott, c sub. b Snary 35 James, lbw b Shipman -• 6 Merritt, not out 0 Henderson, not out 0 Extras 4

Total for nine wickets . . 165 LEICESTERSHIRE. First Innings. Shipman, c James b Ilendcrsc’’. . . 62 Berry, c and b Blunt 37 Armstrong, c Lowry b Henderson . . 41 Bradshaw, c Blunt h Henderson . . 8 'Astill, c Lowry b Henderson .. . . 4 Sidwell, b Blunt 0 Fowke, c Blunt 1> Allcott 2!) Smith, c and b Blunt 0 Bale, c Pag b Henderson .. . . 24 Snary. not out S Skelding. st Lowry b Blunt . . .. 6 Extras 23 Total 242 Bowling Analysis.—Henders-.u, five for 76; Blunt, four for 53; M’Girr. iiono for 31; Merritt, none for 24; Allcott, one for 32; Dacre, none for 3.

RAIN CAUSES ABANDONMENT. LONDON, June 17. Owing to rain the match was abandoned. MATCH AGAINST DURHAM. A SPARKLING FIRST INNINGS. LONDON,- June 18. New Zealand commenced the northern tour with a match against Durham, which last year won the second-class counties championship. The match early attracted 3000 spectators, and the attendance soon afterwards grew to 6000 New Zealand batted first, and Dempster and Blunt, the opening batsmen, delighted the spectators with their sparkling play, the first 64 runs coming in half an hour. The pair scored evenly, and when Blunt was dismissed, Page and Dempster carried on brightly, the total reaching 148 by lunch. Dempster attained his century in 139 minutes, and outlasted Page and the next four batsmen, being joined by Dacre, who also gave a fine display. Dempster was finally dismissed by a catch at mid-on, after being at the wickets 192 minutes, and hitting four sixes and 21 fours. Cleverly timed leg strokes were a feature of the innings, though his cutting and driving were also excellent.

Dacre and Bernau continued to add runs freely, but the partneiship was broken and the last wicket taken by the tea adjournment, and when play was resumed Durham went in. Cook and Carr, who headed Durham’s bowling averages last season, were each fairly successful, but other professionals failed to take a wicket, whereas an amateur, Brooks, who was not a regular bowler, secured three for 46.

Durham’s batting opened miserably, and when eight wickets had fallen the team seemed unlikely to reach a century for the innings. Then Brooks-and Cook became associated, and held the home team’s end up until the end of the day, when the total had reached 111 without further loss. Henderson and Blunt were the tourists’ most formidable bowlers, the former taking four for 33 and Blunt two for 22. Details are: — NEW ZEALAND. First Innings.

Dempster, c Howell, b Brooks ... ... 178 Blunt, c Brooks, b Carr 42 Page, lbw, b Cook 57 Mills, lbw, b Cook ... ... 0 Oliver, b Cook q Allcott, c Weight, b Carr 1 M'Girr, c Kelsall, b Carr 6 Dacre, b Cook 43 Bernau, c Gibbon, b Brooks 24 Cunningham, c Nichol, b Brooks ... 4 Henderson, not out 9 Extras ...’ ... g Total .„ ... ; , ... 373

Bowling Analysis.—Howell, none for 79; Cook, four for 96; Carr, three for 56; Nichol, none for 40: Brooks, three for 46; Weight, none for 48.

DURHAM. First Innings. Kelsall, c Oliver, b Henderson 1 Weight, b M'Girr 8 M. Nichol, c Dempster, b Blunt ... 19 “.damson, c Dacre, b Henderson"... 6 Carr, c Mill, b Blunt 0 Gibbon, run out ; 10 R. Nichol, b Henderson 2 Howell, c Dacre, b Henderson 0 Brooks, not out 22 Cook, not out 34 Extras g Total for eight wickets 11l THE LEICESTER MATCH. FINAL BOWLING ANALYSIS. LONDON, June 17. In the match with Leicester the bowling analysis in New Zealand’s second innings was:—Skelding, two for 32; Shipman, one for 18; Astill, none for 21; Bale, none for 1 ; Snary, two for 28; Smith, three for 41; Armstrong, one for 20. LIST OF CENTURIES. The following centuries have 30 far been made during the tour :— For. Against. Blunt .. .. 119 Wilkinson .. 101 Mills . . . . 188 Titchmarsh . . 171 Dacre . . . . 101 Lyon . . . . no Dacre .. .. 107 Allen .. .. *lO4 Lowry . . . . 106 Seabrook .. 106 Page .. .. 134 Dawson .. 107 Lowry .. .. 106 Tuck .. .... 125 Dempster . . .. *lO9 Hunt 100 Lowry . . . . 106 Newman . . . . 133 Page . . . . *l4O Holmes . . . . 165 • * Not out. REMAINING FIXTURES OF TOUR.

The remaining fixtures of the New Zealand cricket team's tour of England are as follow :— June 22 and 23.—Northumberland, at New-castle-on-Tyne. June 24 and 25.—Scotland, at Glasgow. June 27 and 28.—Scottish Counties, at Broughty Ferry, Dundee. June 29 and 30.—Edinburgh Clubs, at Edinburgh. July I.—South of Scotland, at Galashiels. July 2,4, and s.—Yorkshire, at Bradford. July G, 7, and B.—Notts, at Nottingham. July 9, 11, and 12.—East of England, at Wisbech. July 13, 14, and 15.—Gentlemen v. Players, at Lord’s. July 10, 18. and 19.—Civil Service, at Chiswick. July 20, 21, and 22.—Army, at Folkestone. July 23, 25, and 26.—Warwickshire, at Birmingham. July 27, 28, and 29.—West of England, at Exeter. July 30, August 1 and 2.—Glamorgan, at Cardiff. August 3. 4, and s.—Surrey, at Oval. August 6,8, and 9.—Somerset, at Weston-super-Mare. August 10, 11, and 12.—Gloucestershire, at L’leltenham. August 13, 15, and 16.—Derbyshire, at Derby. August 17, IS, and 19.—Lancashire, at Manchester. August 20 and 22.—Cumberland, at Whitehaven. August 24 and 25.—Bedfordshire, at Bedford. August 26 and 27.—Norfolk, at Norwich August 29 and 30.—Mr Everard Gates’s Eleven, at Old Buckenham. August 31, September 1 and 2.—Kent, at Canterbury. September 3. 5, and 6.—Wales, at Llandudno. September 7 and S.—The Cygnets, at Llandudno. September 10 and 11.—Mr H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's Eleven, at Scarborough. THE COUNTY COMPETITION." FIVE BATSMEN REACH 1000 RUNS. LONDON, June 15. Notts: First innings, 381 (Whysall 66, Carr 51, Flint 69, Larwood 67 not out). Allen took five for 59. Second innings, 80 for no wickets. Middlesex: First innings, 139; second, 320 (Lee 102, Hendren 56, Allen 74, Haig 50). Larwood took six for 111. Notts won by 10 wickets. Surrey: First innings, 376 (Jardine 143). M’Donald took six for 155. Second innings, three for 91. Lancashire: Fiist innings, 522 for nine wickets, declared (Hallows 88, Watson 97, Iddon 113). Geary took five for 102. Lancashire won on the first innings. Essex: First innings, 584 for nine wickets, declared (Russell 161, H. Morris 166, Nichols 76). Hampshire: First innings, 177; second, 381 (Mead 200 not out). Essex won by an innings and 26 runs.

Yorkshire: First innings, 260 (Holmes 65). Cox took five for 70. Second innings, 335 (Holmes 72, Sutcliffe 64, Leyland 91 not out). Sussex: First innings, 307 (Tate 53, Cook 67, Wensley 64). Macauley took five for 74. Second innings, 92 for two wickets. Sussex won on the first innings. Yorkshire’s opening pair. Holmes and Sutcliffe, made their fortieth century stand since the war, equalling the record of Hayward and Hobbs.

Playing for Cambridge against Gloucester, Longfield made 114 (not out), and Irvine took six or 62. For Golucester, Hammond made 110 and Dipper 105. Bessant took five or. 68. The match was drawn.

Playing for Oxford against the Free Foresters, Holmes made 236 and Butterworth 101. M'lntosh took five for 52. Oxford won.

Playing for Warwick against Kent, Smith made 132. Bates in the fiist innings made 116 and in the second 144. Playing for Kent, Hardinge made 134. Capes took five for 45. Kent won. Playing for Derby against Glamorgan, Lee took five for 25. For Glamorgan, Ryan in the first innings took four for 60 and in the second five for 62. Derby won.

Playing for Worcester against Somerset, larbox took five for 70. For Somerset, White took four for 2. Creswell in the first innings took four for 19 and in the second six for 24. Somerset won.

The first five batsmen to complete their 1000. runs in the season have succeeded in the*following order:—Hammond (Gloucester), Hallows (Lancashire), Sandham (Surrey), Hendren (Middlesex), Shepherd (Surrey).-

LONDON, June *l7. Kent: First innings, 463 (Harding 80, Woolley 96, Ashdown 122, Chapman 71 ; Haig five for 140). Middlesex : First in? nings, 153 fl'reeman seven for 68). Second innings 244 (Hendren 60). Kent won by an innings and 66 runs. Hampshire: First innings, 296 (New? man 72, Livsey not out 56). Second in? nings, 361 for nine wickets, declared (Kennedy 118, Mead 64, Newman 78),’ Notts: First innings, 147. Hampshire won on the first innings. Sussex: First innings, 329 (Bowley 83, Tate 59 ; Irvine five for 96). Second in? nings, 151 for nine wickets, declared. Cam? bridge: First innings, 352 (Judd 93, Daw? son 54, Robins 85 ; Bowley four for 41), Second innings, 82 for five wickets. The match was drawn.

Yorkshire: First innings, 486 for seven wickets, declared (Holmes 126, Oldroyd 111, Leyland 66, Kilner 56). Somerset; First innings, 140; second innings, 194 (A. Rippon 59; Rhodes four for 26). Yorkshire won by an innings and 152 runs. For Warwick against Surrey, Parsons scored 135. For Surrey, Ducat made 166, and Barling 124. Fender took five wickets for 140. Warwick won.

For Essex against Gloucester, Cutmore made 238 not out. For Gloucester Dipper scored 185 not out. Hammond 105 not out, and Neale 106. The match was drawn.

For Northants against Worcester, Jupp scored 97. Clark took eight wickets for 59. For Worcester Rook took five for 77. Northants won. Rain caused an interruption of some of the matches on the third day. AUSTRALIANS IN MALAYA. SINGAPORE, June 14. Playing against North Malaya the Australians made 346 for seven wickets when they declared the innings closed. North Malaya, in the first innings made 50 ’(Macartney seven for 10, Andrews three for 8) In the second innings North Malaya has lost eight wickets for 168 (Macartney four for 41). SINGAPORE, June 15. Dr Rogers's non-European team in its first innings made 93, Sullivan taking four wickets for 23- The Australians in their first have scored 229 for six wickets (Macartney 56, Andrews 59). AUSTRALIA v. NORTH MALAYA. SINGAPORE. June 17. North Malaya made 149 (Rodrigo 49). Macartney took five wickets for 29. The Australians have scored 109 for three wickets (Bardsley not out 51). CRICKET CLUB'S GIFT. LONDON, June 19. The Marvlebone Cricket Club has presented £lOOO to the Playing Fields' Association.