A BOWLER’S WICKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16360, 7 June 1927, Page 8

A BOWLER’S WICKET

N.Z. OUT FOR 263 LIKELY WIN FOR OXFORD (Rlec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received June i, 2 p.m.) LONDON. June 6. Heavy rain on Sunday and showers at intervals to-day affected the pitch, but Oxford bowlers did not seize the opportunity immediately, and for two hours the hatting had the upper hand. Blunt and Mills scored at a good pace, and the former’s dismissal was almost accidental. He cut at a hall wide of the off stump and caught jt on the driving part of the hat. Oreencock at backward point dived for it and brought off a splendid catch a few inches from the ground. At lunch the total had progressed to two for 128. Mills played immaculately, and Lowry had just appeared to have mastered the bowling when he was bowled off his (juris by a ball from Oreenstock, which turned in sharply. The. ’Varsity fielding and howling then improved Considerably, and gained the upper hand, though Ureenstock gave Allcott too many Opportunities to reach the boundary with leg strokes. Daero batted for a brief period in his Lord's form against M.l’.t .. hut the improvement in Oxford’s out-cricket stopped the scoring. The tail-end men failed, and the total, which once promised to pass the ’Varsity score, only reached 253. Aflcutt’s recovery has strengthened New Zealand attack. He should have had Crawley’s wicket when Oxford went in hut a had miss at short Jog proved disastrous, as the batsman scored i’nvly, and is still in with 69 t 0 Ins credit. ’Varsity is now in a strong position, and New Zealand may Suffer another loss. NFAV ZHA LAN D—lst Innings. Dempster, o Serrnrier, fi Oreenstock 41 Blunt, c Oreenstock, b Serrurier ... 38 Mills, c Holmes, b McConlis ... 54 Lowry, h Ureenstock ••• 29 Allcott. e Nunn, l> Ofeenslook ... 3b Page, Ibw, b Oreenstock 6 ,Taihes, b DcSilva ... f P Dacre, Ibw, li Oreenstock ... 23 MeOirr, run out ... 3 Merritt (not put) D Henderson, Ibw. b McConlis 8 Extras 1 Total ... ... 263 Bowling: Holmes, none for 22: McConlis, two for 60; Serrnrier, one for 49; Oreenstock, five for 91; DcSilva, one for 34. OXFORD, Ist innings 337 Second Innings. Crawley (not out) ... 69 Cazalet, e Page, b MeOirr 13 Nunn, b Allcott 0 Holmes (not out) 17 Extras 14 Total for two wickets 113 AUSTRALIA BEATEN A WIN FOR MALAYA (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received June 7, 1 p.m.) SINGAPORE, June 6. At cricket, Malaya won by* 39 funs, Australia, being dismisesd for 142. Penman took three wickets for 25 inns, and flennessy three for 30'.