CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 10 January 1930, Page 5

CRICKET

FIRST TEST.

M C.C. V. NEW ZEALAND.

NEW ZEALAND BATTING

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 10,

The weather is fine hut dull for the cricket test and wicket excellent. There wfis a crowd of about two thousand when play commenced. Bow ley and Benson stood down from the English tea nf, Earle being twelfth man. New. Zealand won the toss and started to bat. The opening batsmen were Dempster and Foley. The score at 11.45. was eleven runs for one wicket. At- 12.25 New Zealand had lost 7 wickets for 21 run.s NEW ZEALAND—Ist. Innings. Dempster, b Allom 11 Foley, c Duleepsinhji, b Nichols 2 .Roberts, e Duleepsinhji, b Nichols ... 3 Page,, c and b Nichols 1 Lo>vry,,-].b.w., b Allom ... 0 James, e Com ford, b Allom ... ... 0 Badcock, b Allom 0 Blunt, (hot .out)' ... ... ... ... 2 / Extras. ... ... 2 •> Total, fpr seven wickets :... ... 21

Nichols bowled the first over from the north , end. . < Off his first ball Dempster hit three to leg and Foley followed by sending the second to leg for two. Off the first ball Foley was caught beautifully in the slDpa by Roberts joined Dempster nnd Allom bowled from the o+.b/v end. Both batsmen played cautiously. Dempster turned; Nichols to leg scoring two nnd bringing ten up. . Allom’s third over was a maiden,. Roberts touched a fast ball, on the off from Nichols and was snapped up by Duleepsinhji. 11 — 2—2.

ALLOM GETS HAT TRICK,

Page was the next batsman. The English fielding was keen. Page playing on defence, was well caught by Nichols, whose, average then was. three for nine' and the score was —l. Blunt opened by. turning Nichols to leg for a single. In : AllonPs next over he survived an l.b.w. appeal. Dempster brought his score to ten by gliding Nichols to leg for a single.. Blunt scored off the next ball bringing twenty up after fifty minutes play.

A'llom clean (bowled 'Dempster in the'next over. 21—4—11. Lowry was next but Allom got him 1.b.w., second ball. James, followed, and. was .caught behind, the wicket off the: first balL Badcock was clean bowled with the next" Allom getting the hat trick. At thirty-two Barratt relieved Nichols and the crowd cheered when Blunt hit the first four of the match off . Barratt..

Worthington relieved Alloin, Blunt scoring two and then cut him tor another brace. .- The half century was reached after ninety minutes batting. Blunt reached; the boundary with a squared’Aovfc off 'W r o , i;'thiiigfoii; * At fifty-six Allom took over from Bar-j-att.

A light drizzle set . in causing the adjournment to be taken five minutes befc):e scheduled (time. The score, then was 57 (Blunt 27, Dickinson 9.)