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Hokitika Guardian, 6 July 1931, Page 5

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THE NEW ZEALAND TOUR. NOTTS 138 FOR 3. croub\s fine Bomnc. (Special to Press Association). NOTTINGHAM, .July 4. Rain lifter lunch stopped play in the e 'v Zealand versus .Nottinghamshire match. The New Zealanders omitted from their team 'Merritt, Mills and Kerr. The 'Nottinghamshire team are : Carr, Gunn (2), Ketton, Walker, Hardstaff, Staples (2), Uarratt, Voce and Wheat. -Mills is receiving treatment for a slight leg injury.

Larwood's leg still prevents him from playing. Lowry lost Hie toss, and George 'Gunn and Ketton opened for Notts to the bowling of Cromb and Math-son on a perfect wicket. A feature of the morning's play was a duel between Cromb and the veteran Gunn. Cromb struck form early. Gunn concentrated on keeping him out, and allowing runs to come from the other end. At one stage Cromb had bowled six successive maiden overs, The value of Gunn's policy was proved when Cromb dismissed, Ketton and 'Walker,' who had scored almost entirely off Matheson and Blunt. 'Carr was magnificently caught by iMatheson off a full-bowled straight drive.

Cromb bowled unchanged for two hours before lunch,, sending down 22 overs for 34 runs, and he bowled four overs after lunch. Gunn gave a masterly exhibition of stroke playing, accurate timing and perfect placing. Rain interrupted the play forty minutes after lunch, and then set in for the afternoon. The wicket was covered. The attendance was ten thousand. •Scores:— XOTTINGiHAM. —First Innings.’ George Gunn (not out) 62 Ketton c Blunt b Cromb 21 Walker l.b.w. b Cromb ... 21 Carr c and b .Matheson 3 Staples (not out) ... ... 13. •Extras 13

Total for three wickets 138 Stumps werei, theiij. drawn. . COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. DACRE SCORES CENTURY. LONDON, July 3. Kent, first innings 130 (Nichols 5 for 42). Second, 162. Essex first, 289 (O’Connor 119). Second 0 for 4. Essex won by nine wickets. Lancashire first, 239 (Goddard 5 for 92). Second 111 (Goddard .4 for 46). Gloucester, .first,'. ,330 .(Dnrce 100),. Second 2 for 24. Gloucester won by eight wickets. Somerset first, 309 (Macaulay 6 for 69), Second 107 (Verity 6 for 32). Yorkshire first, fl for 461. declared. (Sutcliffe 183). Yorkshire won by an innings and thirty-five runs. Sussex first, 7 for 470 declared* (<L Langridge 161, Cook not out 103, Duleepsinhji 73),' Second S' for 104. Glamorgan first, 295. Followed On, 174. Sussex,won by two wickets. ..... Noi’thnnts first, 253. Second 2 for 259 declared. (Tims not out 131. Jupp not out 101). Hampshire first 334 (Arnold 100). Second 1 for 112.‘ Hampshire won on the first, innings. Surrey first, ,170. Second 6 for 369 declared (Hobbs 105, Sanclhani 107). Derby first 185, . second '8 for goo (Storer not out loo), Derby won on the

first innings. Middlesex first 330 (Hendren 189, Lee 94), Second 2 for 312 declared, (Hendren not out 100, Stevens not out 170). Warwick first 241 (Parsons not out 83). Second 4 for '2lB. Middlesex won on the first innings. Oxford first, 215 (Howlett 5 for 39). Second 9 for 250 declared. Marylebone first 63 (Owen-Smitli 6 for 27), Second 142, Oxford won'by 260 runs. ,Leveson Gower’s eleven'first, 229 (Brytan 85). Second 224 (Brown 5 for 58). Cambridge first, 4 for ,503 • declared i(Kemp-Welch 126, Cox 114, Brown not out 100). Cambridge won by an innings »nd fifty runs. , , .