CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 8 June 1931, Page 5

CRICKET

NEW ZEALAND TOUR. AGAINST SOMERSET. (Special to Press Association). LONDON", June 6. The New Zealand cricketers to-day commenced their match against Somerset at Path. Lowry lost the toss, and Somerset decided to hat. It was an easy wicket. The weather was fine. The attendance was four thousand.

The New Zealand team omitted -Merritt, Crornb and Alatiiexon. The two latter bowlers are receiving treatment for slight muscle strains. New Zea land were handicapped by the absence of their three leading bowlers, but Lowry handled the attack with excellent judgment. Somerset were dismissed for 244. There was a bright partnership between Lee and Ingle, which added eighty-seven for the third wicket. Ingle played particularly attractive cricket, hut the remaining batsmen offered little opposition. Leo became over-cautions when he was approaching the century, and he was caught at third slip. Weir howled with admirable steadiness throughout, sending down seventeen overs, ten of which were maidens. Blunt also kept a good length, and he tempted the batsmen to make mistakes. Fie. sent down twenty-six overs, seven of them being maidens.

New Zealand batted for eighty-five minutes before stumps wore drawn.

Dempster and Mills opened brightly. The former, however, was' caught at fine leg off tv kicking delivery from Wellard, "' ''

Mills was caught at lon'g off when no was attempting to hit White. Talbot and Blunt then played out time. The New Zealand fielding showed some improvement over that in the last two matches. The scores are : SOMERSET—First Innings. Young, o and b Weir 1" Lae, c Lowry, : b Talbot 98 Meßryaia, c James, b Allcott ... i Ingle, b Blunt GO White, b Blunt 5 Case, c Mills, b Weir 2 Earle, c Mills, b Blunt 3 Welard, b Weir - ... U Marshall, b Blunt ... ... 2U, Burrough, 1.b.w,, b Blunt ... ... 3 Pratten, not out ... ... .... Q Extras : ... ’••• 6

Total " ... 244 Bowling analysis:—Blunt 5 for 60, Weir 3 for 46. Vivian 0 for 40, Talbot. 1 for 40, Allcott 1 for 31, Page 0 for 2i. ’ ’■ NEW 7 ZEALAND—First Innings. Dempsster, c Burrough, b Wellard,. 20 Mills, c Earle, b White ... 2C Talbot, (not out) ... 12 Blunt, (not out) 9 Extras ... 4

Total for two wickets 6c Stumps were then drawn. ENGLISH COUNTY GAMES. LONDON, June 5. Following are'the county cricket re cults: Gloucestershire v. Yorkshire.

Gloucestershire— First innings none for 4, declared; second innings 171 j Verity 7 for 64. Yorkshire—First innings none lor 4, declared; second innings 124. Goddard o for 21.

Gloucestershire won by 47 runs Freak declarations, consequent on the new County scoring rules, reached the limit at Sheffield this morning in the G loucestershire-Yorkshire match, which had been held up for two days owing to rain. Gloucestershire, in endeavouring to force the conclusion oi the game, declared after the first bah had been allowed to go 4 byes. Yorkshire similarly declared at none for four, thus completing four innings in oneday. Somersetshire v. Middlesex. Somersetshire —First innings 114; second 193 (Peebles 6 tor 62). Middlesex—First innings 246; second 2 for 62. Middlesex w'S'fr by eight wickets. ’ Lancashire v. Oxford.

Lancashire—First "innings 195 (Green 80); second innings 92 (Wellings 5 for 36). '■ • Oxford—Firsrt •- innings 171; second innings 3 for 117. Oxford won -by seven wickets. Warwickshire v. Surrey.

Warwickshire —First innings, 139; Cover 6 for 7-2'j second innings, 262 (Wyatt 100), Fender 6'for 51. Surrey—First innings 4 for 503, declared (Hobbs 147, Ducat 125, Shepherd 140). Surrey won .by an innings and 11runs. Hampshire v. Nottinghamshire. Hampshire—First innings 220 (Arnold 85); second innings 68 (Larwood 6 for 20). Nottinghamshire—First innings 9 for 279, declared (Walker' 79); second innings none for 10. Nottinghamshire won by 10 wickets.

Kent v.- Worcestershire. Kent —First innings 76, Jackson 6 for 25; second 1 innings 110, Perks 6 for 40. Worcestershire —First innings 112, Freeman 7 for 44; second innings 5 for 76.