CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1931, Page 5

CRICKET

NEW ZEALAND TOUR. AGAINST HAMPSHIRE. MATCH DRAWN. PLAY STOPPED BY RAIN. (Special to Press Association). (Received this day at 8 a.in.) LONDON, May 15. Rain delayed a stmt in the cricket match New Zealand v. Hampshire for an hour. Kerr was dismissed early. Dempster made a clmnccle.ss < entury i:i 15!) minutes. Rain interrupted play at one o’clock. Rain fell steadily preventing the 1) amp) >n *:■. (lav .j, tho N'.‘\v Zcnla»d-Hampshirc match this after noon and the game was abandoned at three o'clock. NEW ZEALAND, First Innings. Dempster c Boyes h Baring ... 21 Mills c Kennedy h Baring ... 0 Blunt l.b.w. b Kennedy 13 Kerr, c and b, Baring 88 Page, b Baring 20 Vivian, c Arnold, b Kennedy ... o Lowry, st. Barclay, b Juchl 36 Weir, c Hermann, b Judd 27 Merritt, c Partly, b Baring 8 James, b Boye s 2(5 Matheson, not out 2 Extras 0 Total 271 Bowling analysis:—Baring 8 for DO, Kennedy 2 for 57, Hermann 0 for 37, Boyes 1 for 46, Lowndes 0 for 14. Judd 2 for 18. HA AIPSHIRE—First In n i ngs. Arnold, l.b.w. b Merritt i Judd, b Matheson 29 Harfiold, c James, b Merritt 11 Mead, b Matheson 99 Kennedy, b Matheson 18 Lowndes, b Matheson 7 Creese, st. James, b Merritt 3 Bowes, run out 15 Bartley, run out 0 Baring, c Page, b Merritt 0 Herman, not out 0 Extras 7 Total 190 Bowling analysis:— Matheson 4 for 49, Merritt 4 for 79, Weir 0 for 29, Blunt 0 for 18, Page 0 for 8. NEW ZEALAND—Second Innings. Dempster not out 106 Mills, c Bartley, b Baring 12 Weir, b Herman 6 Blunt, c Bartley, b Baring 21 Kerr, b Kennedy 2 Adrian not out ... 5 Extras 9 Total for 4 wickets 161 Bowling,—Baring 2 for 52. Kennedy 1 for 30, Herman 1 for 30, Boyfs 0 for 15, Judd 0 for 25. The match was drawn.

COUNTY CRICKET

LONDON, May 15. Rain interfered with county cricket games,

Middlesex, first 258 (Heurne 83). .Second 250 (Newman 78). Gloucester first 200, Peebles 6 for 100, Lee 4 for 41. Second 0 for 4. Middlesex won on the first innings. Somerset first 33S (Case 155). Surrey first 4 for 579 (Saudham 131, Hobbs 128, Ducat 83, Fender in 139, JUrdine in 80). Surrey won on the first innings.

Lancashire first 6 for 244 declared, second 0 for 11. Essex first 59, .Hopegood 4 for 16. Second 193, Kibbles 5 for 46. Lancashire won by 10 wickets.

Worcester first 77, Larwood 6 for 31, second 108. Nottingham first 152, Root 4 for 27, Parks 5 for 40. Second () for 34. Nottingham won by 10 wickets.

Cambridge first 179, Verity 5 f° r 42. Second 3 for 93. Yorkshire, first 6 for 376 declared (Sutcliffe in 173). The match was drawn.

Oxford first- 291 (More 137) S»n r y I for 27, second 0 for 32. Leicester first 232. AA : eUiitgs 6 f°r 75. ihe match was drawn.