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Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1927, Page 3

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N.Z. CRICKETERS. AG A INST WORCESTE R. (Australian Press Association & Sun.) (Received this dav at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 9. NEW ZEALAND—Ist. Innings. -Mills, l.b.w. b. Price, 2 James, h. Tarbox G Page, c. Gibbons, h. Tarbox 0 Lowry, b. Spencer 74 Allcott, e. Spencer, b. Tarbox ... 35 Oliver, c. Fox. b. Tarbox 0 Daere. I>. Tarbox V MeGirr, Ij. Gibbons ... Jg Bern ait, c. Fox, l>. Tarbox 9 Merritt, (riot out) 4 Henderson, c. Fox, b. Gibbons ... 1 Extras 15

Total 270 Bowling—Tarbox 0 for 88, Price 1 for 73, Wright 0 for IG. Fox f) for 7. Daventry 0 for 10, Spencer 1 for 3-1. Gibbons 2 for 27. WORCESTERSHI RE-1 si. I pilings. King, b. Aferritt 18 Wright, l.b.w b. Allcott 7 Gibbons, b. Allcott 19 Spencer, b Aferritt 20 Fox, l.b.w. Aferritt 79 Spencer, b. Aferritt 20 Talbot, run out 1 Shakespeare, c. Page, h. Henderson 5 Coventry, b. Henderson 7 Foster (not out) 10 Gnrrott, c. Lowry, b. Merritt ... 31 Price, st. James, b. Allcott 4 Extras 9

Total 222 Bowling: Afcrrit -1 for 83, Allcott 3 for 33, Henderson 2 for 00, MeGirr 0 for 0, Bernau 0 for 3. Page 0 for 22. NEW ZEALAND—2nd. Innings. Mills, b. Price'- 3-1 Janies, l.b.w. b. Tarbox 9 Lowrv, c. and b. Spencer 100 Page (not out) < "1 -10 Daere, b. Tarbox 10 Allcott. b. Gibbons 22 Oliver (not out) 20 Extras 8

Total for 5 wickets 3-19 The innings was then declared closed. Bowling: Tarbox 2 for 128. Price I or 05. Wright 0 for 5, Gibbons I for i 3, Colientrv O for 41. Spencer 1 for

WORCESTER—2nd. Innings, 'right, st. James, b. Aferritt ... 2 ihhons, l.b.w. h. Merrit I" ox (not out) 7 Extras 5

Total for 2 wickets 31 Stumps were then drawn. LONDON, June 10. Despite a good inings of 79 by Fox, Worcester's total only reached 222. AT. Tv .Foster did play after all, but went in very late, and carried His hat for IG. Allcott howled with good length and secured three wickets cheaply. Afcrritt offered most tempting, but well pitched slows and secured four victims, but at a higher cost. Henderson got a good pace on from the pitch, hut was expensive. The hall, which dismissed Coventry, broke a

stump and sent n ball Hying an unusual distance. The fielding of New Zealand is sharpening up. as the team become more accustomed to the pace of English grounds. On going in again James did not last long, but Mills gave Lowry go d assistance. The New Zealand captain who is now at the. top of lii.s form played another fine innings, but v rather fortunate in being let off. T 1 Was missed at forty-one and hfty-tv--and of two successive halls in the long field. He obtained most -T

runs by daring pulls, and with Page put on 129 in sixty-five minutes, being finally caught by the howler at 106. His century was compiled in two hours, out of a total of 18S. ft included one sixer and fourteen fours. Page went on steadily and reached his hundred in 135 minutes. He drove cleanly and made many accurately timed turning shots to tine leg. There were eighteen fours m his total. The innings was declared with 5 for 349, and the County had to go in again at the end of the day with 404 to get. Merritt gave New Zealand excellent help towards victory by securing two of Worcester’s most valuable wickets at a small cost. Dempster has sprained his shoulder and will not he able to play for a week. SINGAPORE, June 8. Southern Malaya in the first innings made 122 (Congdon 57). Andrews took 3 for 19, and Wooilftil 4 for 17. • Australians have lost 4 wickets for 150 (Bardsley not out 46, Woodful not out 21). Australia made 302 for S and declared (Woodful 64, Andrews not out 67, Bardsley 54). Southern Malaya made 121 for 6 (Cougdon 55).