CRICKET
NEW ZEALAND TOUR. (Special to Press Association). (Received this day at S a.m.) LONDON, June 4. New Zeaalnd cricketers continued at Cambridge. The weather was dull and the attendance poor. Lowry was keeping wickets. Surfleet replaces Christopherson at Cambridge. University batsmen scored steadily.
LONDON, June 4. New Zealand cricketers gained a first innings lead of seventy. ' For Cambridge, Kelpwelcli and Surfleet added 126 for the second wicket. Tne former was run out shortly after lunch. Surfleet was making bis first appearance for the University and was batting soundly. He. appeared well-set for a, century when he wa s dismissed by a ball by Matherson which just shifted the off bail. Matheson struck form with a new ball alter the second century and four wickets fell rapidly. Fabrian then made a calm stand and greatly improved Cambridge’s score. The wicket was a batsman’s paradise but New Zealand bowlers kept a steady length. A lathe son bowled accurately at considerable pace and dleserved Letter figures. The Now Zealand fielding was again below the standard, several catches being dropped. Dempster and Mills batted brightly for forty minutes before stumps wore drawn. AGAINST CAMBRIDGE. NEW .ZEALAND.—First. Innings. Mills c Rntcjiffo I) Baring ... 59 Dempster c Ratcliffe b Fabian ... 36 Blunt, b Baring \ 1-9 Weir, c Sales, b Brown 19 Allcott, c Surfleet, b Fabian ...... 25 Page, c Baring, b Pelham 1 Kerr lbw., b Webster 31 Lowry, c Sales, b Brown 19 Talbot, e Bateliffe, b Pelham 8 Cromb, c Sub, 1) Baring 15 Matheson (not out) 13 Extra 29 Total 375 Bowling: Haring 3 for 98, Pelham 2 for 69, Webster 1 for 27, Fabian 2 for 55, Brown 2 for 97. CAM HR IDGE—I st Innings. Ratcliffe lbw. b Matheson 4 Kempwelch, run out 6.1 Surfleet, b Matheson 86 Davies, c Lowry,. b Matheson ... -1-1 Askew, 1.b.w., b Cromb 3 Brown, c Weir, b Matheson 8 Webster, 1.b.w., b Page 15 Fabian, c Lowry, b AYeir 5-1 Baring, b Weir 1 Dales, run out 0 Pelham, (not out) 17 Extras 12 Total 305 Bowling analysis:—Cromb 1 for 55 Matheson 4 for 76, Blunt 0 for 20, AVeir 2 for 31, Page 1 for 57, Talbot 0 for 34. Allcott 0 for 20. NEW ZEALAND—Second Innings., Mills, (not out) ' 46 Dempster, (not out) 13 Extra* .9 Total for 6 wickets ... . ... ... 46
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19310605.2.51
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1931, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
389CRICKET Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1931, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in