CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1927, Page 4

CRICKET

(Australian Press Association & Sun. SINGAPORE, June 12. Australia against North Malaya have lust 7 for JIG (Bardsley 59, Macartney 61. Oldfield 70, Sullivan 53 not out).

N.Z. TOUR. AGAINST northants. LONDON, June 11. The New Zealand cricketers began a inntcli at Kettering to-day against Northamptonshire. The Comity men went in first and were disposed of for 237 runs and when stumps were drawn at the close of play the New Zealanders had lost three wickets for 86. NORTHANTS- First Innings. Woolley, c. James, b. Blunt ... 21 AYills, b. Allcott 68 Bellamy, c. Page, h. Blunt II Japp, e. Allcott, b. Blunt 31 AYnlden, e. Lowry, h. Allcott ... 2 Tamms, e. Oliver, b. Blunt 55 Torrell, c. James, b. Blunt 0 Pennington, b .Blunt 0 AVright, c. Page, b. Blunt 28 Alatthcws, e. James, b. Merritt ... 28 Thomas (not out) *1 Extras 2

Total 237 Bowling: McGirr 0 for 13, Allcott 2 for 46, Pago 0 for 13, Oliver 0 for 9, Blunt 7 for 109, Bernnu 0 for 9. Merritt 1 for 36. NEW ZEALAND—First. Innings. Mills, b. Jupp 18 Blunt, l.b.w It. Jupp 60 Lowry, !>. Torell 12 Page ( not out) 4 James (not out) 0 Extras 2 Total 3 wickets 86 Bain overnight had softened the wicket at Kettcrin, and when playstarted runs were difficult to get. Woolley and Mills opened slowly against the bowling of McGirr and Allcott, hut they knocked up 50 in as many minutes.

Blunt went on after lunch, and off his first hall he got Bellamy caught in the slips. Jupp sent the next one to the ropes, and was missed in the same over, after which lie hit Allcott for two fours. Prior to this Jupp had treated the bowlers with respect. Later lie put up a ball which enabled Allcott to bring off a well-judged running catch.

AYills did not give a chance during the 23-5 minutes he batted for 68 runs, which included eight fours. Tt is his highest score in first class cricket.

Tamms hit two sixers and seven fmn*s but was twice missed. However, lie fell to a remarkable one-handed catch bv Oliver on the leg boundary, where tbe fieldsman stumbled and fell, but retained bis bold of the ball.

Blunt and Mills put on JO for New Zealand’s first wicket. The former completed bis half-century (out of 81) then scored in seventy minutes.

SWIMMING. —intfjSir CHANNEL SWIM. 0 [ Vuslralian A N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, dune 11. A young O.echu-Slnvukian is supposed to have swum the English Channel, and to have done so moreover, in record time, without anybody knowing of the lad until he himsoll revealed the secret, lie is Yencelas Spaeek. Interviewed by the British United Dress at Paris, lie said:— ‘‘l wanted to he the first this year, hut 1 wish I had nailed till the water was warmer. 1 left Prague on Saturday and arrived at Calais on Tuesday. I went to bed at 7 o’clock on Wednesday evening, awakened at midnight, and started the swim, at three o'clock on Thursday morning. The waves were soon whipped up by a breeze, and [ at once struck a l"g. hurting niv stomach. I was most distressed when my companion, Dvorack. had to give up alter six hours. llowevr, T was getting stronger and the waves seemed to he getting smaller. llj s food consisted of powdered chocolate* anti three bananas. He landed at Dover at 1.-15 o’clock on Thursday afternoon, his time for the crossing being 1.03 hours, which beat Michel's record of eleven hours five minutes, in September ol last year.

The Czeclio-Slovakian Legation at Paris confirms the icat, hut there is no confirmation yet from Dover.

-fjpacek may and may not have thought to emulate Lindbergh’s lone unexpected dash. Certainly Ins methods were unconventional. He did not use glasses, and the result was temporary blindness. He was only rubbed with two pounds of grease. He says: “I consider it useless. 1 keep warm b\- fast swimming."