CRICKET

Otago Witness, Issue 4041, 25 August 1931, Page 49

CRICKET

THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM.

THIRD TEST DRAWN.

LIMITED PERIOD OF PLAY.

MANCHESTER, August 18.

The third test England v. New Zealand was confined to 195 minutes of play. England batted and made 224 for three wickets, the match being drawn. At no time was there a chance of a definite result. The umpires inspected the wicket after lunch, and decided to etart at 3.15.

In the New Zealand team Kerr, Talbot and Merritt (twelfth man) were omitted.

Lowry won the toss, and, although the wicket was slow and easy, there Xvas a chance it might prove difficult, and he sent England in. Sutcliffe and Paynter opened to Matheson and Cromb. After 15 minutes of cautious batting Paynter attempted to turn Cromb, and was brilliantly caught on the leg side by James standing up. One wicket for 8 runs.

A fine partnership followed between Sutcliffe and Duleepsinhji, the pair adding 126 runs to the score. At 10 Duleepsinhji was dropped by Blunt, at second slip, off Matheson, and he was also troubled occasionally by Allcott, but he soon settled down to give a dazzling exhibition of stroke play until he attempted to force a short ball from Vivian and was dismissed with a high left-hand catch by Allcott at mid-on.

Hammond, with his score 3, was dropped by Page in the outfield off Vivian, but was later caught by Cromb at extra cover in trying to force a full toss from Vivian. Three wickets for 166.

Sutcliffe and Jardine remained until stumps were drawn, the former reaching his century in three hours after a fine exhibition of correct and stylish batting. He was dropped by Weir, in the outfield, off Allcott, at 53. Cromb put up a fine performance, bowling 16 overs, which included six maidens, on a dead wicket. Matheson also bowled well at the start. Allcott was the first change, and bowled 27 overs, which included six maidens. He bowled unchanged for 145 minutes. The attendance was 4000.

The rain not only destroyed interest in the match, but also robbed the New Zealanders of a substantial gate. Following are the scores: — ENGLAND. First Innings. Sutcliffe, not out 109 Paynter, c James, b Cromb .... 3 Duleepsinhji, c Allcott, b Vivian .. 63 Hammond, c Cromb, b Vivian .. 16 Jardine, not out 28 Extras 5 Total for three wickets .. 224 Bowling Analysis.—Matheson none for 40, Cromb 1 for 33, Allcott 0 for 75, Vivian 2 for 54, Blunt 0 for 12, Lowry 0 for 5. THE NORFOLK MATCH

AN EASY WIN NORFOLK, August 21. New Zealand gained an easy victory, boating Norfolk by an innings and 62 runs. The county, after making 97 in their first innings, in which Merritt routed the home team, followed on and collapsed before the accurate bowling of Matheson, Cromb, and Merritt. The innings lasted 85 minutes. Matheson, favoured with his first really fast wicket of the tour, bowled at genuine express pace. The wicket also suited Merritt, who kept a steady length and spun the ball sharply, bowling his disguised googly most effectively. The attendance yesterday was 5000, a record for the ground, and to-day 2000. Following are the scores:— NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Dempster, b R. Rought-Rought .. 93 Mills, lbw, b R. Rought-Rought .. 2 Weir, lbw, b Eagle 3 Kerr, lbw, b Eagle 3 Page, run out 9 Talbot, c Pedder, b Falcon .. .. 28 James, lbw, b R. Rought-Rought .. 8 Cromb, c Falcon, b R. RoughtRought 13 Matheson, not out .. 33 Merritt, b Eagle ..' . 14 Allcott, lbw, b Eagle .. .. • • •. 7 Extras 12 Total 225 Bowling Analysis. .. R. RoughtRought, four for 70; Scott-Chad, none for 28; D. N. Rought-Rought, none for 27; Falcon, on e for 25; Eagle, 4 for 63. NORFOLK. First Innings. Falcon, b Matheson 11 B. W. Rought-Rought, st James, b Merritt 9 Walker, not out 31 Smith, c Talbot, b Matheson .... 1 Coldham, lbw, b Merritt 11 D. Rought-Rought, b Alcott .. •. 0 Foster, b Alcott .. .. .. 2 Chad, b Merritt 0 Pedder, b Merritt 13 R. Rought-Rought, b Merritt .... 0 , Eagle, lbw, b Merritt 7 ' Extras 12 Total 97

Bowling Analysis.—Matheson, 2 for 15; Cromb, 0 for 12; Alcott, 2 for 18; Merritt, 6 for 40. Second Innings. B. W. Rought-Rought, lbw, b Cromb 4 Falcon, b Matheson 7 Walker, lbw, b Matheson .. .. 0 Smith, c Talbot, b Matheson .. .. 6 Coldham, c Dempster, b Cromb .. 13 D. Rought-Rought, b Cromb .. .. 7 Foster, c Page, b Matheson .. .. 1 Scott-Chad, b Merritt .. .... 8 Pedder, b Merritt 2 Eagle, st James, b Merritt .. .. 11 R. Rought-Rought, not out .. .. 2 Extras ~ 5 Total 66 Bowling Analysis.—Matheson, four for 24; Cromb, three for 24; Merritt, three for 13. RETURN MATCH AGAINST ESSEX A CENTURY TO LOWRY. LONDON, August 22. The New Zealand cricketers commenced a return match against Essex in fine weather before an attendance of 5000. Allcott, James, and Blunt are standing down. The Essex team is as follows: —Pope, Eastman, Crabtree, O’Connor, Bray, Nicholls, Franklin, Wykes, Sheffield, Daer and Smith.

Tl>e wicket was easy, although an occasional ball kept low. Lowry won the toss, and Dempster and Weir gave New Zealand a good start before the latter was beaten by Nicholls —one fo • 81.

Dempster was bowled by a shooter when he appeared to be set for a century. He gave a typically steady exhibition, scoring shots all round the wicket. He batted for 177 minutes and he hit seven 4’s and a magnificent straight drive for 6 off Eastman. Lowry and Talbot added 144 for the sixth wicket in 100 minutes. Talbot played a fine, steady innings, leaving the captain to force the pace. He was caught in the outfield when he was one short of the half century. Lowry gave* a brilliant display of studied aggression. He hit with extraordinary power, making powerful hooks, and,, his cover drives were excellent. He was caught right on the fine leg boundary from a short ball from Nicholls. He batted for 151 minutes and hit 13 4’s. The Essex bowling was never dangerous. Nicholls kept a steady length. Eastman retired after tea with an injured hand. Following are the scores: — NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Dempster, b Smith .. .. .... 88 Weir, b Nielifflls 34 Kerr, b Nicholls 7 Page, lbw, b Daer 22 Vivian, c Daer, b Eastman .. .. 5 Lowry, c Bray, b Nicholls .. .. 129 Talbot, c Pope, b O’Connor .. .. 49 Mills, not out 9 Matheson, b Nicholls 0 Merritt, not out 3 Extras 14

Total for eight wickets .. 360 ANGLING FOR CROMB. OFFER BY LANCASHIRE. LONDON, August 18. It has been officially stated that negotiations are proceeding for I. B. Cromb, the New Zealand cricketer, to play for one season for Lancashire in league cricket. THE COUNTY MATCHES YORKSHIRE CHAMPIONS. LONDON, August IS. Yorkshire won the county cricket championship. MIDDLESEX v. YORKSHIRE. Middlesex: First innings, five wickets for 190 (declared); Yorkshire: First innings, three wickets for 141. The match was drawn. SOMERSET v. SUSSEX. Somerset: First innings, 236 (Lee 134 not out); second, 87 (Wensley five for 13). Sussex: First innings, eight for 386 declared (H. Parks 125, Cook 109). Sussex won by an innings and 63 runs. GLAMORGAN v. LEICESTER. Glamorgan: First innings, 105 (Astill five for 27); second, nine for 202, declared. Leicester: First innings, seven for 117, declared; second, five for 97. Leicester won on the first innings.

NORTHANTS v. DERBY. j Northants: First innings, 90 (Townsend eight for 45); second, 56 (Townsend four for 10). Derby: First innings, six for 217, declared (Lee not out 141). Derby won by an innings and 71 runs. NOTTS v. KENT. Notts: First innings, 124 (Freeman six for 67); second, 157 (Marriott seven for 67). Kent: First innings, 89 (Voce eight for 40) ; second, four for 195; Kent won by six wickets. HAMPSHIRE v. ESSEX. Hampshire: First innings, 91 (Eastman five for 15); second, 54 (Nichols five for 24, Smith four for 8). Essex: First innings, 207 (Kennedy six for 54). Essex won by an /innings and 62 runs. GLOUCESTER v. SURREY. Gloucester: First innings, 135. Surrey: First inings, eight for 98 (Parker five for 30). The mate :h was drawn. WARWICK v. WORCESTER. Warwick: First innings, 123 (Brook five for 21) ; second, 200. Worcester: First innings, 129 (Wyatt six for 52); second, 110. Warwick won by 84 runs. LONDON, August 21. Rain caused a complete wash-out of some of the county matches. There was no play in the games Middlesex v. Derby, Sussex v. Lancashire, and Kent v. Worcester. Other matches resulted :— NOTTS v. ESSEX. Notts: First innings, 58 (Nicholls three for 9); second, seven for 230. Essex: First innings, 124 (Voce five for 61). Essex won on the first innings. SOMERSET v. SURREY. Somerset: First innings. 286 (Fender seven for 58). Surrey: First innings, none for 193 (Hobbs 101). The match was drawn. GLAMORGAN v. GLOUCESTER. Glamorgan: First innings, 111 (Sin field six for 43) ; second, three -for 76. Gloucester: First innings, eight for 175 (declared). Gloucester won on the first innings. NORTHANTS v. YORKSHIRE. Northants: First innings, 163. Yorkshire: First innings, none for 38. The match was drawn.