OVER 400 TO MAKE

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 134, 8 June 1937, Page 9

OVER 400 TO MAKE

NEW ZEALAND CRiCKETERS

DERBYSHIRE MATCH . (By the Special Correspondent of the •United Press Association.) DERBY, June 7. Derbyshire batted nearly all day when the cricket match against New Zealand was continued today in overcast weather and on an excellent wicket. New Zealand's first innings score was taken from 151 for niae wickets to 166, and then Derbyshire made 327 for seven wickets before declaring its second innings closed. The tourists successfully appealed against the light without having to face the bowling and will start tomorrow's play with all their wickets intact and with 403 runs to get to win. A thousand schoolooys, who were given a special holiday ■ for the occasion, swelled the crowd to 3000. Derbyshire completed its best second-innings score this season on the perfect wicket. The county was given a magnificent start by Smith and Alderman. The former batted attractively, hitting a dozen 4's and a 6. Alderman was grave and gay in turn in compiling the second highest score of his first-class career. He stayed for nearly five hours, hitting ten 4's and three 6's. The New Zealand bowlers stuck gamely to their difficult task, dismissing seven batsmen in three hours after lunch\ Cowie bowled with tons of energy but not an ounce of luck, several times shaving the stumps and being snicked past the fieldsmen. Dunning also bowled better than his final figures would suggest. Page was never scored from freely and Vivian captured a valuable wicket. Donnelly was inexpensive and effective after tea. Only during the first-wicket partnership did the bowling appear to be mastered. The fielding was unwavering and a brilliant catch was taken at first slip by Page. New Zealand, after a tiring day m the field, was left almost an hour to bat.but bad light stopped play. ! . ..

Details: — NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Kerr, lbw, b G. Pope 36 Moloney, b Mitchell 5 Vivian, b G. Pope '• • H Wallace, c and b Mitchell 23 Carson, lbw, b G. Pope H Page, not out '■■•'• 30 Donnelly, b G. Pope 8 Weir, b Copson .yI/ \; \ Tindill, C Worthington, b Mitchell. 4 Dunning, b Mitchell ••• 4 Cowie, lbw, b Mitchell •. 16 Extras •••••• 16 Total ■■-. } 66 Bowling.—Copson took one wicket for 3 runs, A. Pope none for 17, G. Pope four for 29, Mitchell five for 101. Second Innings. Kerr, not out 0 Moloney, not out ° Total for no wickets 0 . DERBYSHIRE. First innings z^l Second Innings. Smith, b Dunning 85 Alderman, b Page : .' H* Worthington, b Vivian 5 Townsend, c Page, b Dunning .. 19 C. Elliott, b Cowie 5 G. Pope, not out »\ H. Elliott, b Cowie 0 A. Pope, c Cowie, b, Donnelly ... 12 Buckston, not out «• • 4 Extras 24 Total for seven wickets .. 327 (Innings declared closed.)

Smith, b Dunning °j? Alderman, b Page : .' H* Worthington, b Vivian 5 Townsend, c Page, b Dunning .. 19 C. Elliott, b Cowie 5 G. Pope, not out °1 H. Elliott, b Cowie 0 A. Pope, c Cowie, b, Donnelly ... 12 Buckston, not out «• • 4 Extras 24 Total for seven wickets .. 327 fTVininera rWiarpd elOSed.)

BOWLING ANA :s. O. Cowie 32 Weir 2 Vivian 12 Page ,.. 26 Dunning 38 Moloney 2 Donnelly 9 M. 13 0 3 4 4 0 3 b. w. 58 2 15 C 39 1 G9 1 79 2 21 C 22 1