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Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1927, Page 1

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TEST MATCH. NEW ZEALAND V. MELBOURNE. VISITORS PLAY TO DRAW. AND JUST SECURE IT. [BY TEBV'VttAI’H PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, March 22. The first Test Match, Melbourne Eleven versus New Zealand, was drawn. New Zealand’s remarkable hatting recovery of yesterday- was still carried on to-day-, and it is possible that it was the very magnitude of New Zealand’s score which allowed the Melbourne side to avert defeat. New Zealand’s last pair, Galiclian and Merritt, were still going well half an hour after lunch, each with a score over thirty, and when Dacre declared, with nine wickets down, when the Inigo total of 602 runs had been reached, at 2.40, the Melbourne men went to the wickets. New Zealand’s last pair, Galliclian Ransford and Onyons made a stand, and added runs smartly, without any thought of playing for a draw. When those were both out and also Sandford. with the score only 91, the remainder of the Melbourne side played for n draw, and the hatting was painfully slow. When stumps were drawn, seven Melbourne wickets had fallen for 148 runs. Had Dacre declared earlier, his howlers would have bad threequarters of an hour longer to try to get those other three wickets. NEW ZEALAND—First Innings.

R. C. Blunt, c Ebeling, b IV. Armstrong 47 J. E. Mills, c W. Armstrong, B. Ransford 11 M . L. Page, c Hendry, b W. Armstrong • ... 67 K. C. James, b Ebeling 9 Oliver, b Ebeling .4. A. W. Alloo, 1.h.w., h Ebeling ... 1 C. C. Dacre, b Ebcling 31 N. Galliclian, c Jewell, b Wood ... 2 R. J. Read, b IV. Armstrong ... 8 W. Cunningham (not out) 2 W. E. Merritt, b Ebeling 0 Extras 8 Total 190 Rowling analysis.—lT. I/. Ebeling, 5 for 31; V. S. Ransford. 1 for 12; T. B. Wood, 1 for 48; T. Armstrong, 0 for 31; W. Armstrong. 3 for 60. SECOND INNINGS. Blunt, c W. Armstrong, b Ebeling 187 Mill's, 1.h.w., b Ebeling 6 Page, 1.h.w.. li IV. Armstrong ... 89 James, b Wood 49 Oliver, stpd Rogerson, b W. Armstrong 62 Dacre, o Onyons, b Ebeling 29 Alloo, c Rogerson, b Ebeling 22 Cunningham, e Ransford, b W. Armstrong 16 Read, e Onyons, b Wood 22 Galliclian (not out) 39 Merrit (not out) 37 Extras 4-\>

Total for 0 wickets 602 Bowling analysis: Ebeling 3-for 146, Ransford 0 for 41. Wood 2 for 126. Johnstone 0 for 34, Rogerson 0 for 30, W. Armstrong 3 for 131. Hendry 1 for 40, T. Armstrong 0 for 9. MELBOURNE C.C.—First Innings. B. A. Onyons, e Olliver, b Merritt 47 R. Jewell, b Read 60 FI. C. Hendry, b Cunningham ... ol N. S. Ransford, st. Janies, b Merritt 89 H. C. Sandford. b Merritt 67 R.. O. Johnstone, st. James-, b Merritt 0 R. S. Rogorson. 1.h.w.. h Merritt 2 T, Armstrong, 1.h.w., b. Merritt ... 01 p. B. Wood, h Cunningham 14 Ebcling, e Galliclian, b Merritt ... 10 W. Armstrong (not out) 1 Extras 17 Total _ 409 Bowling analysis.—Read, 1 for 107 ; Cunningham, 2 for 78; Galliclian, 0 for 40 ; Merritt, 7 for ; Alloo, 0 for 37 j Rlnnt, 0 for 40. MELBOURNE—2nd. Innings. Hendry, l.h.w. b. Cunningham 4 Onyons, c. and b. Road 43 Ransford, c. Merritt, b. Rend ... Sand ford. st. James, I>. Blunt ... 2 T. Armstrong, l.bvv. b. Blunt ... 0 Johnstone (not out) 49 Armstrong, b. Alloo Wood, l.h.w b. Merritt ••• 2r > Rogorson (not out) Extras ... ‘

Total for 7 wickets 148 Bowling: Read 2 for 43, Cunningham 1 for 24, Merritt 1 for 43, Blunt 2 for 29, Alloo 1 for 2, Dacre 0 for 0, G alii chan 0 for 0. MELBOURNE TEAM’S HELP. CHRISTCHURCH, March 22. The Melbourne Cricket Club has further demonstrated its keenness to support the game, in New Zealand. Today it was announced that the Club had subscribed one hundred shares in New' Zealand Cricket Ltd., the Company formed to finance the tour of the Dominion representatves to England.

■ ANOTHER. DONATION. CHRISTCHURCH, March 22. The Kaiapoi Woollen Company has given every member of the New Zealand team, including the manager, a woollen pullover with New Zealand black edgings. MACARTNEY’S BENEFIT. SYDNEY, March 22. The net proceeds of the cricketer, Macartney’s recent testimonial match was £2590.