CRICKET.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 July 1927, Page 1

CRICKET.

NEW ZEALAND TEAM AT HOME M’ ARMIC KSHIR K MAY CII. (Australian Press Association & Sun.) LONDON, July 23. The New Zealand team to-day commenced their fixture with Warwickshire at Birmingham. There was rain before the game. The home team hatted first, and scored 23-3 runs. At the end of the day the visitors had scored 1.3 for the loss of one wicket. In the New Zealand team. McGirr and Daere replaced Mills and Oliver. The rain delayed the start till 12.1.3 p.m.

The County went in first, Smith and Kilner opening, and the former hit thirty-eight out of the forty-four runs obtained before lunch. .McGirr dismissed Kilner by a brilliant catch, the fieldsman diving and holding the hall as he fell at mid-off. McGirr showed excellent howling alter tea, when the score was 4 for 1 S 3, and this caused the collapse of tin’ rest of the County team, the lastsix of whose wickets only realised fifty-three runs. McGirr sent down seven maidens mil of eighteen overs howled. I lie New Zealanders opened their innings brightly, scoring forty-five runs in forty niinut.es. The scores are:— I AVAR WTCKSH I RE.—lst Innings. I Smith, e Blunt. 1> Lowry 41Kilner. c McGirr. b Da ere So Call liorpc. h Blunt 1 j (.fmtile. c Dempster. 1> Page I I j Parsons, c llcndcrson, b McGirr ... 30 j Wyatt, e Page, li McGirr ; 3 Fanlall. r Dempster, b McGirr ... J Smart, st. James, b Merritt 4 Fox. c Dempster, b McGirr 0 Roll, 1.h.w.. h Blunt 0 (.'room (not mitA 28 Extras fi Total 235 ' Bowling analysis.—Merritt. 1 for 53;, Allcott, 0 for 12; Page. 1 for 2:3; Blunt 2 for (13: Henderson, 0 for 22; Lowry, j I for 3; Cunningham. 0 for 1(>; AfoGirr, I for 2.3; Daere. 1 for 10. NEW ZEALAND'.—Ist Innings. Blunt, 1.h.w.. li "Wyatt II Dempster (not mil) 20 Allcott (not out) 11 Extras 3:

Total' for 1 wicket 45 TEST TRIAL. ENGLAND V. THE REST. LONDON, July 23. The test' trial commenced at Bristol in dull, threatening weather, on a. soft wicket. Sibblos replaced Nichols. Jackson won the toss am I Pe revHolmes and Sandliam opened to the bowling of Tate and Larwood. At lunch one wicket was down for 09. The cricket was not exhilarating, but it was sound and interesting. At the tea adjournment, the score was 4 for 212. TTcarne hatted carefully, and took 105 minutes to reach fifty. Ho carried his hat at the end of a sound, solid innings, which occupied four and a-lialf hours out of the five hours which the team hatted. The Rest of England in the first innings scored 245. Scores: REST OF ENGLAND.—Ist Innings. Saudliiiui, b Larwood 27 Percy Holmes, 1.h.w., b Jupp ... 17 I lea rue (not out) 110 Homlren, e IJvesy, b Freeman ... 20 Bates, c Hallows, h Jupp 49 Erie Holmes, b Tate 5 Ames, b Larwood (i Jackson, 1.h.w., b Tate 3' Geary, 1.h.w., b Freeman I Sibblos, e Woolley, b Freeman ... 0 Clark, e Hammond, b Freeman ... 9 Extras 7 Total 248 Howling analysis: Larwood, 2 for 49; Tate, 2 for 49; Jupp, 2 for G 5; Woolley, 0 for 14; Freeman, I for 47 ; Hammond, 0 for 19'. England lost no wickets for six, Robbs being four and Sutcliffe two, not out, when stumps were drawn.

'CHAPMAN CRITICISED. CONDON. July 23. Chapman's appearance for Kent against Surrey, after bis refusal to captain tbe England team at Bristol, owing to business engagements, lias caused a controversy. Fender, interviewed, strongly objected to the inclusion of Chapman, pointing out that the Counties ha dagreed to let off the players required for test trials. Surrey had refused to play Hobbs against Somerset, and coincidently in tbe Sheffield trial, alter Hobbs, owing to illness, refused to play in the Sheffield , match, but he recovered in time for the County fixture. COCXTY CRICKET. CONDON, July 22. Surrey first (Sandham 09, (iregory OJ.i, Kennedy took (i for "7. Second KiO (Hobbs (17), Newman 7 for b 9. Hampshire lirst. 2(12 (Brown SI, •Read (> 1). I'eary (i for 00. Second, 120 •or I (Brown (not out (10). Hampshire won by eight wickets. Essex lirst 121, l.arwnod 0 for 40, second 130, Vice 0 for 39. Notts lirst. 190 (Whysai‘l 70), Eastman 0 for 02; second, 2 lor l>2. Notts won bv eight; wickets. | •‘ or -Middlesex against Gloucester. I Jlendrcn made 110, Haig took (i for 43.! Eor Gloucester. Parker took 0 for 11 1. .Middlesex won. Eor l.aneasliire against Nortbants, Tyhlesloy took 0 for 17. Lancashire won. 1 For Marwick against Kent, Partridge took 1 for 11. Marwick won. For M’oreester against Yorkshire. Rtiyers took •> for 54. Yorkshire'won. For Sussex against. Leicester A. E. Milligan took 4 for Id. Kolcester won. Haiti interfered with play in several matches.