Fourth Victory To New Zealand

Chronicle (Levin), 1 June 1949, Page 5

Fourth Victory To New Zealand

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-Re'uter,

SUSSEX BEATEN BY FIVE WlCKETS

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Received Wednesday,- 10.20 a.m. LONDON, May 31. In three hours a.nd five minutes New Ze"alatid sco'rfed 247 runs to beat Sussex by five 'wickets7 Sutcliffe made 56, Reid 82 and Donnelly 88 (not out) with the brightest of batting.

The only disappointment of the game, which the New Zealanders won with 20 minutes to spare, was that Wallace missed his 1000 runs before the end of May by 90. He yas well caught at fin-e leg when 13. Sussex added 101 to their overnight score to reach 130 which, vith their lead on the first innings of 116, gave them a presentable total. The New Zealanders made up for their failure of the previous day to wih their fourth match of the tour after a game that began slugfishly and ended in a race against time. It was Griffiths, who played for Sngland against South Africa in he recent tests, and, James, who, ogether with Jack Oakes, were nainly responsible for the extra 101 runs for Sussex. On - Saturday 3434 people paid ""434 to watch the match and on Vionday 4113 paid £530. Details: — SUSSEX. First Innings : 276 Second Innings. . rohn Langridge,- 7 bw, b Cowie . . 0 D. Smith, b Cowie 0 I. Oakes, c Mooney, b Cov/ie . . 8 3ar+lett, c Mooney, b Cresswell 5 ""ox. c Reid, b Cowie e. 1 rames Langridge, lbw, b Hayes 9 E. James, not out ..♦. 29 Griffiths, c Smith, b Burke 37 J. Oakes, b Reid 27 Cornford, c Sutcliffe, b Reid . . 2

Wood, b Cowie X Extras ....11 Total 13-0 Fall of wickets: O-ne for 0, two for i, three- for 14, four for 18,, five, for 23, six for 29, seven for 89, eight for 121, nine for 12,3.

NEW ZEALAND. First Innings ... •" • • • 160 Second Innings. Sutcliffe, lbw, b C. Oakes 56 Wallace, c J. Oakes, b Wood . .- 13 Reid, c. J. Oakes, b J. Langridge 82 Donnelly, not out . . 88 Smith, b J. Langridge 1 Mooney, b J. Langridge '0 Rabone, not out 0 Extras * « Total for five wickets ...... 247 Fall of wickets: One for 22, two for 101, three for 202, four for 217, Ovp fnr 9,9.6

O. M. . R. • W. Cowie 26.2 6 22 5 Cresswell 6 0 17 1 Hayes 6 1 *6 J Rabone ...... 9 1 43 0 BurKe 4 0 14 1 ReM* 3 0 7 2

Bowling.

0. M. R. W. Wood 12 4 34 1 Comford 15 2 55 0 James 3 2 25 0 Cox 4 0 14 0 C. Oakes ' 12.4 2 66 1 J. Langridge .9 3 29 3 J. Oakes 3*0 17 0

Bowling.