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Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1927, Page 2

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HEW ZEALAND TEAM AT HOME N.Z. V. GLAMORGAN. NEW ZEALAND WINS. (Australian Press Association & Sun.) (Received-this day at 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 2. Before an attendance of 2000 the New Zealanders easily heat Glamorgan. hv £O6 runs. Though 244 ahead at the end of the second day. Lowry did not immediately enforce the closure as there was a possibility of the runs being got. AlcGirr and Alills scored steadily, hut the former had a lucky escape from being run out through Sullivan fumbling a ball. The seventh wicket added 5G in 45 minutes. Then AlcGirr was howled in attenijiting to force the score.

At 205 for seven. Lowry declared, leaving the County 306 to get. hut they never looked like coping with the very difficult situation. Three wickets were down for 47 at lunch *-.me. Clay (Captain) made a great I hut unsuccessful effort to retrieve the | day by reaching a century for tho first time in first class cricket. H’ITTs assisted him to put nil 32 for the 4th. wicket, hut a rot then set in. Nobody but Clay could do anything with tho bowling. Blunt took 3 wickets in one over and even Dempster secured a couple for next to nothing. Clay reached his hundred in 2j hours while his partners wore making 49, and he exhibited sonic splendid driving, sixteen of his strokes findiug the boundary. 1 lie New Zealanders both howled anil fielded with the keenest zest. NEW ZEALAND—Ist Innings. Dacre, o Sullivan, b Arnett 0 Dempster (not out) IG7 Blunt, c Hill, b E. Davies ... 89 Mill, b Arnott 1 Page, c Sullivan, b Davies 17 Lowry, o. Play, l>. Mercer 25 AlcGirr, b. Mercer 9 Alerritt, b. Mercer 3 James, run out o Bernnu, e. Ryan, b. Mercer 0 Oliver, c Clay, b Mercer 5 Extras 29 Total 345 Bowling.—Afercer, 5 for 82; Arnott, 2 for 79; Ryan, 0 for 51; E. Davies, 1 for 24 ; Clay, 0 for 20; Bates, 0 for 18; D. Davies, 1 for 12. GLAMORGAN.—First Innings. Bates, c Alerritt, b Lowry 53 B. Davies, e Oliver, h Merritt ... 25 Arnott, b Bernnu 17 Clay, b Lowry l(j Hills, b Bernnu l Dyson, b Lowry 17 Alorgan, l> Bernnu 0 E. Davies, h Bernnu 2 Mercer, b Bernnu <j Sullivan, b Bernnu 6 Rvan (not out) 2 Extras o Total IJS Bowling.—AlcGirr, 0 for 29; Bernau, 6 for 35; Alerritt, 1 for 45; Lowry, 3 for 13; Blunt, 0 for 17. NEW ZEALAND.—Second Innings. Dempster, b Clay It Oliver, b Clay 21 Blunt, b Afercer 26 Lowry, c Hills, 1> Ryan 10 Page, 1.h.w., 1) Ryan L 5 Dacre, b Afercer 29 AicGirr, b. Clay 38 Alills (not out) 34 Alerritt (not out) 4 Extras 14

Total for 7 wickets (declared) 20-3 Howling: Mercer 2 for 63, Arnotfc 0 for 24. Davies 0 for 34, Clay 3 for 36, Ryan 2 for 26, D. Davis 0 for 8. GLAMORGAN" 2nd. innings. Bates, c. James, b. Bernnu 17 D. Davis, runt out 12 Arnott, st. James, b. Merritt ... 4 Clay (not out) 116‘ Hills, !>. Bernau 18 Dyson, e. James. I>. Blunt 3 Morgan, l.b.vr. b. Blunt ... O E. Davis, c. and b. Dempster ... 11 Mercer, c. Page, b. Dempster ... 4 Sullivan, c. Dacre, b. Merritt ... 0 Ryan. b. Merritt 6 Extras 10 Total ini Bowling: Oliver 0 for 11. McGirr O for 61. Bernau 2 for 3S. Merritt 3 for 46. Lowry 0 for 15, Blunt 2 for 24, Dempster 2 for 3.

NEW ZEALAND TEAM AT HOME, Aii”. .'i, 4, —Surrey at Oval. Aug. 9, 8. 9.—Somerset at WestonMare. Aug. 19. 11, 12.—Gloucestershire, at Cheltenham. Aug. 13, 10, I(s.—Derbyshire, at Derby. Aug. 17, IS, 19.—Lancashire, at Manchester. Aug. 29, 22.—'Cumberland, at Whitehaven. Aug. 24, 2o.—Bedfordshire, at Bedford, Aug. 2(5, 27.—Norfolk, at Norwich.