CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1931, Page 5

CRICKET

THE NEW ZEALAND TOUR.

, AGAINST GLOUCESTER. N.Z. BOWLING GOOD. (Special to Press Association), BRISTOL, August 8. Steady bowling, well handled by Lowrv, allowed the New Zealanders to dismiss Gloucestershire, cheaply. The weather was dull and the wicket was slow.

From the New Zealand team Talbot, Kerr and Merritt were omitted. Hammond and Dacre were absent from the Gloucester team owing to injuries. ... .

Lowry lost the toss. The Gloucestershire batsmen, however, made generally a poor showing against the accurate spin bowling. Allcott, who was first change after Matheson and Cromb, spun the ball back appreciab'y, and he bowled Seabrook with a beautiful ball.

At lunch the score read 50 for three. After lunch, Vivian and Page quickly gained'''the upper hand, and were assisted, with excellent work by James behind the wicket. Ford and Benson added forty-two for ninth wicket, both showing an appreciation of the wet that 1 the ball was only turning slowly. Matheson eaptufed the last two wickets ill one over. Fine stumping , dismissed Parker, who lifted his back foot'after playing forward, and . Jala.es. whipped off the bails. - ' . ‘5 , The attendance in the afternoon was four thousand,

Rain at. the tea adjournment caused the abandonment of play ;for the day. Scores:— • GLOUCESTER—First Innings. Seabrook, b Allcott ... 2/ Sinfield, b Page 15 tSmith, b Allcott 1 Neal, 1.b.w., vVivian 7 Barnett, c Blunt, b Page, ... ... 20 Stephens', c Weir, b Vivian ... ; ... 2 Rogers, stpd. James, b Page ... 0 Parker, stpd. James, b Vivian ... 0 j Ford" not out ... 37 Benson, 1.b.w., b Matheson ...10 Goddard, c Page, b Matheson ... 0 Extras .... 4 Total . ... ... ... 123 Bowling • Analysis. —Matheson 2 for 12, Cromb 0 for 11, Blunt-0 for 0, Page 3 for 36, Allcott 2 for 24, Lowry 0 for 1, Vivian 3 for 26. •/ 'COUNTY CRICKET. LONDON, August 7. Rajn curtailed most County games. (Results Essex, first 8 for 352 declared (Eastman 78). 'Middlesex;, §rst 155. Followed on, one for 126, Essex won on the first '•innings. Lancashire, first, 3 for 158 declared. Worcester, first 70 (Tyldesley 5 for 46). Lancashire Won on the first in- , hltlgs, ’ Gloucester, first, 7 for 128 declared. ’ iSomemt, first 7 tor 129, Somerset won on the first innings, Surrey, first 0 for 0 declared. Second 3. for 214 {Sandham not out 100). Glamorgan, first 0 for 0 declared. Second 7 for 216. Glamorgan won by three wickets. •Northants, first 168, . (Staples 7 for 75), second 131 (Voce 6 for 40). Notts, first 169 (Jupp 6 for 46); .second 8 for 111 (Matthews 5 for 39). Notts won on the first innings. / •Sussex, first- 327 (Duleepsinhji 127, .(Kennedy 5 for 67). Hampshire, first, 140 (Tate 5 for 36). Followed on 4 for 132. Sussex won on the" first innings. Yorkshire, first, 447. Sutcliffe 187. •Leyland -90). Leicester, first, 241 (Bowes 5 ‘for 95), followed on 180 (Macauley 6 for 52). Yorkshire won -by an, innings and 25 runs. Kent, first, 299' (Crawley 90, Town-,. ■ send 5 .for 78). Derby, • first, ,125 ‘.(Freeman 5 for 77, -Mariott 5 for 42), followed, on 7 for 209. "Kent won on the firsts innings' > . .The latest *" cricket comedy was tile (Surrey versus Glamorgan match. There was no play in the first two days. The captains agreed to a double declaration on the first innings after the first ball was bowled. - - The wifcket was rolled for 12 nrnutes between each innings, scrupulously complying 'with the rule. : *• •' • ••