N.Z's STRONG POSITION
(N.Z.P.A,
—Reuter
Tourists Dismiss Kent In ^ - ; Hours .
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Received Friday, 9.40, a.m. CANTERBURY, Augu's'U 25. New' Zealand is 'in a winning position againsh Kent. They put the county out in 34 hours for 184, , thereby taking a first innings' le^d of 174, and in their second inhings are foqr for 139. ^urtt distingipshed himself again and for the seyenth time on the tour took six wickets in' an innings. They cost only 56 runs. • Hadlee did no.t oblige Ke,nt to follow on for two reasons, firscly he wished'to rest hi's'bowlers and secondly he preferred that the county should have the fourth innings on a pitch that was taking a ■certam. amount of spin all day ^nd may possibly- take more tor morrow. Ridgway, for Kent, bowled well after tea and took three for 13 and Evans held four catches. 'The crowd was bigger than on the first day and nearly 8000 people paid to watch the game. There are five hours 20 minutes of play left. DetaLs of the scores:— KENT. First Innings. Fagg, c Cowie . 3 Ames, c Hadlee, b Rabone 11 Todd, b Burtt 54 Davies, b Rabone 33 Evans, c and b Burtt 1 Pawson, c Hadlee, b Burtt .... 50 Clarke, c Mooney, b Burtt . . 4 Crush, c Donnelly, b Burtt . . 15 Dovey, c Hadlee, b Rabone . . Q Ridgway, c fc'utcliffe, b Burtt . . 4 Wright, out out 0 Extras / 6 Totak I34 Bowling.
Fall of wickets: 1 for 8, 2 for 40, 3 for 98, 4 for 140, 5 for 149, 6 for 159, 7 for 179, 8 for 180, 9 for 180. NEW ZEALAND. First innings : ; • 358 Second InningS. Rabone, c Evans, b Ridgway . . 36 Mooney. c Evans, b Ridgway . . 46 F. B. Smith, c Evans, b Ridgway 2 Hadiee, c Evans, b Dovey 9 Wallace, not out 32 Donnelly, not out 13 ! Extras •' 4 Total for- 4 wickets 139 Bowling.
Fall of wickets: 1 for 81, 2 for 83, 3 for 89, 4 for 105.
0. M. R. W. Cowie 15 3 31 1 Cave 3 0 11 0 Rabone 19 2 69 3 Burtt 24.3 8 56 6 fintnliffn .... 2 CP 11
O. M. K. W. Ridgway I4 4 23 3 Crush 5 0 22 U Wright 9 0 40 0 Dovey 42 3 48 4 Davies 14 ' 3 25 0 AinP.S 2 0 12 0
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Chronicle (Levin), 26 August 1949, Page 5
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