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Hokitika Guardian, 20 July 1927, Page 2

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NEW ZEALAND TEAM AT HOME. CIVIL SERVICE MATCH. AN EASY WIN. (Australian Press Association & Sun.) (Received this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 19. New Zealand beat Civil Service hy an innings and 15 runs. There was a poor attendance. Henderson and lilunt proved too good for the home side and though the former secured the best average, the latter was tlie more difficult to play, turning the hull considering and varying his break in a puzzling manner. He broke down the resistance at the start and in 45 minutes four wickets had fallen for 34. Bonnett, as in the first innings, came to the rescue and with Evans looked likely to avert an innings defeat. He was not afraid to hit and rattled up no less than 12 boundaries in his GO. At this juncture Henderson came to light with a purple patch of bowling. After getting Bonnett caught lie rattled out three more men in short order and brought the innings to a sudden close. NEW ZEALAND—Ist Innings. Fox, c Collins, b Chapman 4 Dempster, Hit wicket, b Sharia nil .. 28 Oliver, b Collins 1* Berimu, c Mason, b Collins ... ... 4 Blunt, c Cook, b Chapman 90 Lowry, c Evans, b Chapman ... 26 Page, 1) Cook 21 Mills, (not out) 104 Alloott, (not out) ... 102 Extras 28 Total for 7 wickets declared ... 421 Bowling:—Chapman 3 for 73, Sliarland 1 for 67, Evans 0 for 52, C<x>k 1 for 63. Musson 0 for 57, Collins 2 for 57, Everett 0 for 34. CIVIL SERVICE.—First Innings 256 CIVIL SERVICE.—Second Innings. Rippon, st. I.owrv. c Blunt 21 Collins, b Henderson 0 Webb, b Blunt 1< Cook, c Allcott, b Blunt 12 Nasson, run out 0 Bonnett, c Dempster, b Henderson 60 Evans (not out) 15 Everett, c Dempster, b Henderson 0 Chapman, e Lowry, b Henderson ... 0 Sliarland, b Henderson 0 Ross. I) Blunt 1 Extras -I Total 150 Bowling.—Henderson. 5 for 27 ; Blunt 4 for 45: Bernau, 0 for 30 ; Merritt. D for 7 ; Allcott, 0 for 12. New Zealand won by an innings and fifteen runs. NEW ZEALAND TEAM AT HOME. July 20. 21. 22—v. Army at Folkestone. .July 23. 25, 26—v. Warwickshire, at Birmingham. July 27. 28. 29—v. West of England, at Exeter. July 30. August 1, 2—v. Glamorgan, at Cardiff.