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Otago Witness, Issue 4042, 1 September 1931, Page 54

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THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM. MATCH AGAINST ESSEX. ANOTHER DRAW. LONDON, August 25. The match against Essex was drawn. Although the New Zealand bowlers made a good showing before lunch they lost their grip on the game after the interval. Bray and Nichols added 83 for the fourth wicket by steady batting. The latter was caught behind the wickets by Dempster, and Franklin was brilliantly caught by Talbot off Matheson. Daer was smartly stumped, the score reading 243 for seven wickets. Bray, however, continued to bat steadily, and, partnered by Sheffield, wiped out the deficit and .added 107 runs for the eighth wicket. Bray was eventually caught in the slips off a snick from Merritt. He batted for 215 minutes and hit 13 fours. Sheffield then attacked the bowling, hitting seven fours and one six off Cromb. The New Zealand bowlers were occasionally unlucky. Merritt and Matheson frequently beat the batsmen, and Weir bowled steadily into a strong wind for a considerable period before lunch. New Zealand was left with 05 minutes in which to score 111. Five wickets fell in an attempt to force the pace off accurate bowling by Daer. Mills batted brightly during his short stay. Following are the scores: — NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Dempster, b Smith 88 Weir, b Nicholls 34 Kerr, b Nicholls 7 Page, lbw, b Daer 22 Vivian, e Daer, b Eastman .. .. 5 Lowry, c Bray, b Nicholls 129 Talbot, c Pope, b O’Connor 49 Matheson, b Nicholls 0 Mills, lbw, b Daer 36 Merritt, c and b Nicholls 7 Cromb, not out 19 Extras 16 Total 412 Bowling Analysis.—Nicholls, 5 for 75; Daer, 2 for 80; Eastman, 1 for 83; Smith, 1 for 80; O’Connor, 1 for 62; Crabtree, none for 16. Second Innings. Mills, b Daer 29 Cromb, c and b Daer 0 Kerr, lbw, b O’Connor 15 Vivian, b Daer 2 Merritt, b Daer 0 Talbot, not out 4 Dempster, not out 5 Extras 4 Total for five wickets .. 59 Bowling Analysis.—Nichols, none for 32, Daer 4 for 19, O’Connor 1 for 4. ESSEX. First Innings. Pope, c Matheson, b Vivian .. .. 33 Wykes, b Matheson 16 Crabtree, b Matheson 2 O’Connor, b Merritt 1 Bray, c Mills, b Vivian 27 Nichols, st Lowry, b Merritt .. .. 40 Frankling, c Lowry, b Vivian .. .. 16 Daer, not out 8 Sheffield, lbw, b Merritt 1 Smith, c Cromb, b Vivian .. .. .. 1 Eastman, absent 0 Extras 5 Total 150 Bowling Analysis.—Matheson, two for 29; Cromb, none for 15; Merritt, three for 65; Vivian, four for 36. Second Innings. Wykes, b Merritt 18 Pope, lbw, b Matheson 35 Crabtree, b Weir 11 O’Connor, c and b Matheson .... 47 Bray, c Mills, b Merritt 120 Nichols, c Dempster, h Matheson .. 42 Franklin, c Talbot, b Matheson .. 3 Daer, st Dempster, b Merritt .. .. 6 Sheffield, run out 56 Smith, not out 1 Eastman, absent 0 , Extras 24 Total 372 Bowling Analysis.—Matheson 4 for 72, Cromb 0 for 72, Talbot 0 for 28, Merritt 3 for 81, Vivian 0 for 64, Page 0 for 1, Weir 1 for 30. The individual scores with extras as cabled make the total 363, but the bowling figures with extras tally with 372, THE KENT MATCH VISITORS DEFEATED. LONDON, August 28. The New Zealand cricketers were beaten by Kent by nine wickets. 'Their display was extremely disappointing, and, with one exception, their batting in both innings was below standard. This and their poor catching yesterday were chiefly responsible for their defeat. The batsmen this morning simply got themselves out. Marriott bowled steadily, swinging the ball well, but Tie was not exceptionally difficult. The batsmen made bad mistakes. The last four wickets added only 19 runs. Marriott bowled 34 overs, 10 being maidens.

Kent’s keenness to win was shown by the return of Freeman, who was still slightly inconvenienced by his injured shoulder. Details:— NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Dempster, e Ashdown, b Marriott 34 Mills, b Marriott 163 Weir, run orft 8 Blunt, c Woolley, h Hardinge, .... 9 Vivian, c Woolley, b Hardinge .... 14 Lowry, c Chapman, b Ashdown .... 34 Page, not out 26 Janies, b Hardinge 8 Matheson, st Levett, b Marriott .. 1 Merritt, c Levett, b Marriott .... 8 Allcott, c Todd, b Marriott .... 17 Extras .. .. ~ ~ ~ ~ .. Total 326 Bowling Analysis.—Ashdown, one for 63; Freeman, none for 29; Marriott, five for 102; Hardinge, three for 83; Woolley, none for 21; Ames, none for 24. Second Innings. Dempster, c Levett, h Marriott .. 4 Page, lbw, b Marriott q Mills, b Marriott .. .. 4 Weir, b Freeman 33 Blunt, c Woolley, b Marriott .... 37 Vivian, b Freeman 31 Lowry, st Levett, b Marriott . . 21 Matheson, st Levett, b Marriott .. 0 James, lbw, b Freeman 5 Merritt, not out 10 Allcott, c and b Marriott .. .. ’ ’ 4 Extras jq Total 159 Bowling Analysis.—Ashdown, none for 23; Marriott, seven for 58; Hardinge, none for 14; Ames, none for 3; Chapman, none for 9; Freeman, three for 42. KENT. First Innings. Ashdown, b Merritt 22 Levett. b Matheson 0 Marriott, b Matheson 0 Hardinge, b Merritt 45 Woolley, c Blunt, b Vivian .. .. 224 Ames, st James, b Vivian .. .. 115 Chapman, c Lowry, b Vivian .... 12 Valentine, not out 11 Todd, b Merritt 0 Legge, run out 1 Freeman, absent 0 Extras 7 Total 437 Bowling Analysis.—Matheson 2 for 90, Merritt 3 for 174, Allcott 0 for 26, Vivian 3 for 103, Weir 0 for 10, Pa"e 0 for 27. Second Innings. Todd, e Matheson, b Vivian 9 Hardinge, not out 29 Valentine, not out 11 Total for one wicket .... 49 Bowling Analysis.—Matheson, none for s;..Merritt, none for 19; Allcott, none for 0; Lowry, none for 7; Dempster, none for 1; Vivian, one for 8. In. this match the New Zealanders are meeting for the first time during the tour A. P. Freeman, the most prolific wicket-taker in England since the war. The little googly bowler has taken so far this season 241 wickets at an average of a little over 15 runs apiece, and such success as the county has enjoyed in recent years has been due more to him than to any other member of the side. Kent are at present third in the championship, two places higher than they finished last season, but the early success of the county during the current season promised an even better record.

THE SUSSEX MATCH. DEMPSTER ANOTHER CENTURY. LONDON, August 29. The New Zealand cricketers commenced a match against Sussex to-day in fine weather before an attendance of 5000. Lowry won the toss and New Zealand batted on a fast wicket. The Sussex team is: Duleepsinhji, Bowley, Parkes (2), Cook, Langridge, Harold Gilligan, Collins, Wensley, Tqte, Coniford. Dempster and Mills started brightly, the latter hitting five fours before being bowled by Tate with a ball that whipped like lightning off the pitch. Dempster and Talbot provided brilliant cricket for the third wicket, hitting up 134 in 95 minutes. Talbot gave one of his brightest displays of the tour. He drove and hooked magnificently, hitting seven fours. Dempster maintained the mastery of the bowling, but after passing the century he took risks and was stumped yards out of his crease. He gave a sparkling, chanceless display, using practically every scoring shot, and his placing was brilliant. He batted 215 minutes and hit one six and 23 fours. Another sound innings followed, Kerr playing all the bowling confidently. He was bowled in attempting a big hit. He batted for 100 minutes and hit five fours. The Sussex attack was never difficult, and the batsmen were not troubled by Tate. Sussex batted for 40 minutes before stumps were drawn. J. Parkes was out lbw to Blunt’s first ball. Scores at the drawing of stumps:

NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Dempster, st Cornford, b Bowley 167 Mills, b Tate 25 Blunt, b Cook 16 Talbot, b Cook 53 Vivian, c and b Cook 4 Lowry, c Duleepsinhji, b Cook .. 5 Kerr, bJ. Parkes .. 59 James, lbw, b Bowley ........ 15 Cromb, not out 22 Merritt, b Langridge 1 Matheson, b J. Parkes 1 Extras 12 Total 385 Bowling Analysis.— Tate, 1 for 82; Wensley, 0 for 12; J. Parkes, 2 for 33; J. Langridge, 1 for 54; Cook, 4 for 76; Bowlfey, 2 for 56. SUSSEX. First limings. J. Parkes, lbw, b Blunt 16 Tate, not out is Cornford, not out .. 1 Extras 8 Total for one wicket .. 43 THE COUNTY MATCHES LONDON, August 25. KENT v. MIDDLESEX. Kent: First innings 346 (Ashdown 121) ; second five for 200 declared (Ashdown 103). Middlesex: First innings 204 (Freeman seven for 88) ; second 142 (Freeman six for 66). Kent won by 200 runs. YORKSHIRE v. SURREY. Yorkshire: First innings 233, and second four for 178 (Sutcliffe not out 101). Surrey: First innings 300 (Hobbs not out 133). Surrey won on the first innings. LEICESTER v. HAMPSHIRE. Leicester: First innings 109 (Kennedy seven for 40), and second 52 (Kennedy six for 15). Hampshire: First innings 151, and second one for 12. Hampshire won by nine wickets. SUSSEX v. WORCESTER. Sussex: First innings 140 (Jackson six for 43). Worcester: First innings 109 (Wensley six for 50). Sussex won on the first innings. WARWICK v. GLOUCESTER. Warwick: First innings 167 (Goddard six for 4G), and second 157 (Goddard five for 51). Gloucester: First innings 224 and second two for 104. Gloucester won by eight wickets. LANCASHIRE v. NOTTS. Lancashire: First innings 163. Notts: First innings 340 (George Gunn 117; Hopwood seven for 90). Notts won on the first innings. DERBY v. GLAMORGAN. Derby: First innings 191 (Ryan seven for 105), and second 165 (Mercer five for 37). Glamorgan: First innings 86 (Slater five for 27); second 86. Derby won by 184 runs. LONDON, August 28. County cricket matches resulted as under: — MIDDLESEX v. NORTHANTS. Middlesex, first innings, 329 (Hendren 203) ; second, five for 309 declared. Northants, first innings, nine for 376 declared (Bakewell 105); second, 170 (Peebles five for 30). Middlesex won by 92 runs. SURREY v. LEICESTER. Surrey, first innings, 355 (Sandham 115, Block 117); second, two for 60. Leicester, first innings, 179 (Allom six for 43). They followed on for 232 (Fender six for 81). Surrey won by eight wickets. NOTTS v. HAMPSHIRE. Notts, first innings, 373 (Keeton 131); second, five for 50. Hampshire, first innings, 181. They followed on with six for 402 declared (Bailey 104). Notts won on the first innings. SUSSEX v. YORKSHIRE. Sussex, first innings, 106 (Verity six for 52); second, 165 (Verity seven for 93). Yorkshire, first innings, 148 (Langridge six f0r.59) ; second, one for 124. Yorkshire wod by nine wickets. DERBY v. LANCASHIRE. Derby, first innings, 173; second, 65 (R. Tyldesley six for 21). Lancashire, first innings 66 (Slater five for 22) ; second, seven for 176. Lancashire won by three wickets. GLOUCESTER v. GLAMORGAN. Gloucester, first innings, 541 (Hammond 156, Seabrook 103, Smith 112) ; second, six for 132 declared. Glamorgan, first innings, 356 (Turnbull 128, Parker five for 59) ; second, eight for 164. Gloucester won on the first innings.