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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19843, 18 May 1927, Page 4

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SCORING WELL NEW ZEALANDERS BARING MATCH WITH ESSEX DEMPSTER’S SUPERB CATCHES Th« progress of the match between the New Zealand, tonring team and Essex is progressing favourably, the latest accounts indicating that the visitors have lost three Wickets in their second innings for 72 runs. Essex in their first visit to the crease scoring 373. The New Zealand team is favourably situated to make a draw of the match, the third of the tour. (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, May 16. The weather was dull and cold with rain threatening when the match was resumed. Rain had fallen overnight, but the pitch was not seriously affected. The New Zealand attack was shared by Bernau and McGirr, but Blunt soon relieved the former, who later, while fielding at mid-off, unfortunately missed Cutmore when he had reached 26. At 90 Merritt took over the ball, but the bowling generally, with the exception of that of McGirr, was erratic. At. lunch the total had reached 205 for four wickets, and on resuming Russell and Ashton scored so fast that 74 w.as added in 40 minutes. The game then took a turn in the visitors’ favour, as McGirr in one over clean bowled Russell and got Douglas and Morris caught in the slips. Both were superb catches by Dempster. Lowry, who is not a regular bowler, went on himself and got O’Connor, whose 65 included nine fours. Rain suspended play for ten minutes. Scores: — First Innings. Essex. Cutmore, c Dacre, b Merritt .... 47 Eastman, lbw, b McGirr 30 Hipkin, run out 0 O’Connor, lbw. b Lowry 65 Russell, b McGirr .. 76 H. Ashton, b McGirr 52 Douglas, c Dempster, b McGirr .. 0 Harris, c Denipstcr, b McGirr .... (I Nichols, c Lowry, b Cunningham . . 61 Meston, b McGirr () Eastman, not out 15 Extras 27 Total 373 Bowling Analysis.—Bernau, no wickets for 47 runs; Cunningham, one for 50; McGirr, six for 77; Merritt, one for 60; Blunt, none for 50; Dacre. none for 8; Lowry, one for 42; and Oliver, none for 4. New Zealand. First Innings 289 Second Innings. Blunt, b O’Connor 21 Mills, c Douglas, b Eastman .... 0 James, c Hipkin, b O’Connor .... 26 Lowry, not out 13 Dempster, not out 5 Extras 7 Total, three wickets for .. .. *72 NEXT FOUR GAMES VISITORS’ ITINERARY The next engagements of the Now Zealand touring team in Britain are as follows: May 18, 19 and 20.—Cambridge University, at Cambridge. May 21, 23 and 24.—Middlesex, at Lord’s. May 25, 26 and 27.—Royal Navy, al Portsmouth. May 28, 30, and 31.—-Sussex, at Hove. THE SMALLER BALL BATSMEN GAIN UPPER HAND. DAILY MAIL’S OPINION. « Received May 17, 7.30 p.m. (Sun).. LONDON, May 15. The Daily Mail in a leader says that although at present the trickier wicket* show the smaller ball to be not so in nocuous as at first appeared, the bats men seem definitely to have gained the upper hand.