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Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1931, Page 5

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THE NEW 2e.AL.AND TOUR. SECOND TEST. EASY WIN FOR ENGLAND. BY INNINGS AND 26 RUNS. (Special to Press Association). (Received this day at 9.2-5 a.in) LONDON, July 31. The second test continued in dull "threatening weather. The wicket lost most of its sting,- still it enabled the spin bowlers to turn the ball. New Zealand was lighting hard to avert an inning’s defeat. Mills and Page continu d 'to the bowling of Tate and Alien. 'Some 35 minutes after the start, Tate beat Page, with a beautiful ball and wrecked the wiclc.ts, 39 for 2. Further disaster followed. Brown relieved Tate and in the first over, Mills tried to smother a ball. It pitched wed up, and whipped in to take the oh stump Anils gave a sound exhibition of carT-.il batting fqr eighty minutes. Blunt, and Vivian settled down to retrieve matters. The former played with unsurpassed patience. Vivian also ee vealed a sound defence and did not neglect to punish any loose deliveries. pair added fifty in 55 minutes. • COMMENT ON GAME. While looking forward to victory with confidence, English cricketers generally admit the luck had gone against New 'Zealan/L Hobbs writing in the "Daily Mail ’ says: "England’s bowling looks too strong to expect the newcomers in the Test to bat throughout the day. If defeated they will not be disgraced. Ihe luck was against New Zealand from the start. The wicket was dead easy for England, yet at one stage yesterday afternoon it was 'extremely oad. Hammonds brilliant batting, Allen's sensational bowling, and Ames’ fine wicket keeping were nothing compared to Eowfy’-s innings. The mere figures cannot indicate the greatness of the effort. (He did not miss a single possible run, and never looked like getting out. Brown is the most promising young bowler I have seen for years. He is exactly the type needed for Australia. A POOR DISPLAY. LONDON, July 31. The third day of the Test commenced in dull, threatening weather on a wicket which, although it had lost most of its sting, still enabled the spin bowlers to turn the ball. Vivian and Blunt continued to face the bowling with confidence till. just before lunch, when Vivian lifted Peebles tc Brown. Immediately after lunch .a ball glanced off Lowry’s glove to Duleepsinhji. Blunt shortly after was bowled by Peebles. Kerr after starting brilliantly had the bad luck to chop a ball into hit wicket, ultd James who alto started villi, knocked up it difficult catch to Peebles which was accepted. Merritt went out l.b.w. to Tate anct Allcott' lost New Zealand's last wicket, giving Allen at short leg an easy catch. ENGLAND—First Innings. Sutcliffe st. James b Vivian ... ... 117 Bake well run out 40 Duleepsinhji c Weir b Allcojit ... 109 Hammond (not out) 100 Ames c James b Vivian 41 Jar dine (not out) ... " Extras ... - Total for 4 wickets (declared) 416 Bowling .analysis:—Gromb 0 for 97, Allcott 1 for 100, Vivian 2 for 96, Weir 0 for 26, Merritt 0 for 72, Blunt 0 for 2. It is raining. NEW ZEALAND—First Innings. _ Weir b Allen 27 Mills b Allen 13 Blunt c Ames b Allen ... 2 Vivian c Ames b Allen 3 Page o Peebles b Tate 12 Kerr c Ames b Allen 34 Lowfy c Jardine b Brown 62 James l.b.w. Brown 4 Cromb c Hammond b Verity 8 Merritt c Hammond b Verity ... 8 Allcott (not out) 3 Extras 15 Total . 103 Bowling analysis: —Tate 1 for 15, Brown 2 for 52, Verity 2 for 52, Peebles 0 for 35, Allen 5 for 14, Hammond 0 for 10. NEW ZEALAND—2nd. Innings. Weir b Peebles' •" b Mills b Brown 3° Page b Tate 3 Blunt' b Peebles ... • 43 Vivian c Brown b Peebles 51 Lowry c Duleepsinhji b Peebles ... 0 Kerr b Tate 28 James c Peebles b Verity 16 Merritt l.b.w. b Tate 4 'Allcott c Allen b Verity 1 -Cromb (not out) 3 Extras l 8 Total ■ 197 Bowling.—Allen 0 for 20, late 3 for 22, Peebles 4 for 63, Brown 1 for 38, Verity 2 for 33. England won by an innings ail'd 26 runs. TEST PLAYERS. QUALIFICATION DEFINED. LONDON, July 30. The Imperial Cricket Conference settled the question of cricketers’ qualifications to play in tests. Tt was decided that unless the Con'erence debars them, players are always eligible to play for -the country of their hirth. Similarly, they are always entitled to play for any country in which they JjOV9 ro ß hl f or t ? ie f our immediately

preceding years, provided tluit they have not played lor the country <• their hirth in that period. They will not he permitted, without the consent of th.o Board of Control, to play lor any country if they once played against that country.