DOUBLE CENTURY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19880, 6 March 1939, Page 10

DOUBLE CENTURY

DEMPSTER STRIKES FORM ENGLISHMEN MAKE 434 WATTS CONTRIBUTES 84 OTAGO 63 FOR ONE (Pur Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. There was entertaining cricket for a crowd of nearly 3000 spectators at Carisbrook on Saturday afternoon for the second day of the match between Sir Julien Cahn's team and Otago. On the first day Otago had scored 184 in its first innings and the visitors 105 for three wickets. On Saturday Sir Julien Cahn's players carried thentotal to 434, and Otago batted for an hour and a quarter before stumps and scored 63 for the loss of one wicket.

Features of the day's play were the double century by Dempster and the fast-scoring partnership between Dempstei and Watts, who hit two sixes. Scores:— OTAGO First innings 184 Second Innings Knight, not out 29 Uttloy, c Walsh, b Smith .. .. 23 Robertson, not out 3 Extras 3 Total for one wicket .. .. G 3 Fall of wickets: One for 58. Bowling Analysis O. M. R. AV.

SIR JULIEN CAHN'S ELEVEN First Innings Dempster, c Silver, b Groves .. 200 Dyson, b Nimmo 8 Hearie, Ibw, b Leader .. .. 31 HardstafT, c Groves, b Leader .. 7 Oldfield, st Mills, b Groves .. 11 Jackson, b Groves 47 Maxwell, c Moloney, b Silver .. 12 Watts, b Elmes .... .. ..84 Phillipson, b Elmes 12 Smith, c Nimmo, b Groves ' .. 2 Walsh, c Groves, b Elmes . . .. 10 Sir J. Calm, not out •. .. 1 Extras 9 Total 434 Fall of wickets: One for 10; two for 58- three for 72; four for 123; five for 219- six for 250; seven for 393; eight for 415; nine for 420; 10 for 431; 11 for 434. Bowling Analysis

Phillipson .. 30 0 19 • 0 Watts 4 0 10 0 Jackson . 3 0 10 0 Smith 4 1 6 1 Walsh .. 3 0 10 0

o. M. K. W. Nimmo ■ • • Silver .. 25 ... 2G 2 3 104 1 85 1 83 2 84 4 34 3 35 1 Leader ... 20 2 0 1 1 Groves ■ ■ • Elmes . . . H 7.7 6