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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 37, 20 June 1927, Page 5

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MATCH AGAINST DURHAM NEW ZEALANDERS’ SPLENDID START. FIRST INNINGS SCORE 373. Press Association—Copyright, Aus-

tralian and N.Z. Cable Assn. LONDON, June 18. New Zealand commenced its 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 0000.

The Now Zealanders opened the batting and rattled up the line score of 373. Dempster was in his best form, and scored 178 in 192 minutes. Blunt, Page and Caere all played bright innings; Durham in their

second innings had eight w.ickets down for 111 when stumps were drawn for the day, Henderson and Blunt causing a procession. Henderson and Blunt were the tourists’ most formidable howlers, the former taking four wicketg for 36 and Blunt two for 22. Merritt is not playing. The detailed scores are as follows; NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Dempster, c Howell, b Brooks 178 Bluue, c Brooks b Carr 42 Page, Ibw., b Cook 57 Mills, Ibw., b Cook 0 Oliver, b Cook 1 Allcott, c Weight, h Carr .... 1 McG'irr, c Kelsall, b Carr 6 Caere, b Cook 43 Bernau, c Gibbon, b Brooks 24 Cunningham, c Nichol, b Brooks 4 Henderson, not out 9 Extras 8 Total ’ 373 Bowling analysis.—Howell took no wickets for 79 runs; 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 McGirr S M. Nichol, c Dempster, b Blunt 19 Adamson, c Dacre, b Henderson 6 Carr, c Mills, 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 ,9 Total for eight wickets .... 11l