CRICKET.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1927, Page 4

CRICKET.

NEW ZEALAND TEAM AT HOME. CIVIL SERVICE MATCH. (Australian Press Association & Sun.) LONDON, July Hi. The New Zealand cricketers commented a match against the Civil Service) time sit Chiswick on a dead pitch. Collins, tho brother of the Australian captain, led tho Civil Service team. The New Zealand bowlers put up a good performance, i insidering that they bad not tho slightest help front the wicket. The Civil Service team, who batted first, made 256 runs.

At the end of the day New Zealand had on 36 runs for one wicket. .Merritt, Blunt and Henderson were livqucntiy unlucky in heating flic Civil Service batsmen, but missing the sticks. The wickets were evenly divided; live bowlers taking two each. Fox. a New Zealander, residing in England played for the visitors. .Limes did not play. Lowry was keeping wickets. Though tiie early wickets did not fall cheaply, the indications did not favour the total that was ultimately reached, till M'cbh and Bennett, became iisociated and carried the score well past the century and a half. The tea adjournment came with their partnership broken, hut Bennett was unbeaten with 51. and the total was onc< short of two hundred for five wickets, Evans having followed M’cbb to the pavilion before reaching double figures. Alter tea, Chapman was the only other batsman to stay long, and the oiirl ot the innings came with the score at 350. Dempster and Fox opened for the visitors, the latter not staying long. Then Dempster and Blunt confidently played out time. The details are:CIVIL SERVICE—Ist Inn itigs. Cook, e Beninu, h Blunt 22 llippon. st.L owry. h Merritt ... 11 Nassau, e Page. 1) Merritt 28 M'cbh, e Fox. b Henderson 59 Bennett, b Page ... Evans, c Mills, 1) Page 8 Everitt, b Blunt ... *- Chapman, e Lowrv. b Allcott ... 22 Collins, l> Allcott 11 Sharlaiul, e Lowry, b Henderson 2 Ross. (not. out) C Extras >8 Total -■■>6 Bowling analysis—-Ucruau 0 lor !) : Oliver 0 for (i; Alliutt 2 for 23; Blunt 2 for 36; Merritt 2 for 89: Rage 2 lor 12: Henderson 2 for 33. NKM’ ZEALAND—Ist Tunings. Dempster, (not out) E* Fox, e Collins, b Chapman 1 Blunt, (not out) 1; 1 Extras Total for one wicket 38

A MATCH CANCELLED. i ON DON. July 16. The match to have begun I y the New Zealand on the 29th ol August against Gates’s Eleven, has been laurelled. NEW ZEALAND TEAM AT HOME. July 2U, 21. 22—v. Army at Folkestone. July 23, 25, 20—v. M’arwickshire, at Birmingham. Jui’v 27, 28, 29—v. West of England, at Exeter. July 39. August 1,2- v. Glamorgan, at Cardiff.