CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1931, Page 5

CRICKET

| THE NEW ZEALAND TOUR. N.Z. y. ESSEX. ■ >x I (United Preaa Association—By Electrio I Telegraph.—Copyright. ) LONDON, August 22. I The New Zealand cricketers coin- ■ „ menced their return match with Essex I , in fine weather. There was an attendI ance of 5000.. I A[lcott, Janies and Blunt were omitI ted from the New Zealand team. I. ■ The Essex team is:—Pope, Eat^nm. 11 ; I Crabtree, O’Connor, Bray, Nicholls, I FVSnkilin, Wykes, Sheffield, Baer, I Smith. I . The wicket was easy although an oc■fca.sional ball kept low. Tj:& L° wr J 7 won the toss, and Dempster I and Weir gave New Zealand a good I start, before the latter was beaten by I Nicholls when the total was 81 runs. I Dempster, when 88, was out to Smith I being bowled by a shooter, when lie I ..appeared set for a century. He gave I a j '-’pically ■’ steady exhibition, makI. in coring shots all round the wicket. I H/ batted for 177 minutes, and hit V seven fours, and also hit a magnificent I straight drive for six off Eastman. I Lowry and Talbot added 144 runs for I the sixth wicket in one hundred minr. tites. Talbot played a fine steady ini'.V nings leaving the captain to force the [ pace. He was caught in the outfield irheri only one short of the half cen* wfcr- * gave a brilliant display of £ studied aggression.' He hit with ex* P traordinary power, making powerful hooks, and his cover drives were excellent, He was caught right on the fine leg boundary, from a short 'ball .1 from Nicholls. tie was 129 and bat- , ted 151 minutes. He hit thirteen fours. The Essex bowling was never dangerous. Nicholls kept a steady length. Eastman retired after tea with an injured hand. At the end of the day ijipNew Zealand had score 360 for eight wickets. Scores: NEW ZEALAND—First Innings, gg— yz2 bfZTOaOlwiYErkxhtdjlflesElide Dempster b Smith ... 88 Weir, b Nicholls ... ... 34 or Kerr b Nicholls ... ? V. Page l.b.w. b’Daer ... ... 22 yivian c Daer b Eastman 5 c Bray b Nicholls 1 129 Talbot c Pope >* O’Connor 49 Mills (not out) 9 Matheson 4 b Nicholls 0 “ Merritt (not out) 3 Extras ... 14

Total for 8 wickets 360 - i COUNTY MATCHES. 7 ' LONDON, August 21. x. Rain caused the complete washout some of the County matches and ■sv'forewas no play in the following Middlesex vDerbyshire, Sus* :.I ’Hex ft, Lancashire, attd.Kel't t. Worcester. , Other matches resulted: Nottinghamshire v. Essex.—Nottinghamshire : First innings 58 (Nicholls 3 for 0); second, seven wickets down • Sot T?3O. : Essex : First innings 124 • ; (Voce 5 for 61). Essex won on the first innings. 1 Somerset v. Surrey.—Somersetshire: First innings, 286 (Fender 7 for 58). r; Surrey: First innings, none for 193 (Hobsb 101). The match was drawn Glamorganshire v. • Gloucestershire. — 'I Glamorganshire: First innings ill | ><Sinfield 6 for 43) ; second inings, 3 for U 76. Gloucestershire:' First innings, 8 for 175, declared. Gloucestershire won on the first innings. Northants v. Yorkshire.— Northants: First innings 163. Yorkshire: First ; innings, none for. 38. The match was drawn.

BATTING AVERAGES

(Received this day at 9.25 a.m) LONDON, August' 23.

BOWLING AVERAGES;

runs aver. Sutcliffe ... 2471 99.64 Pataudi ... 1340 77.44 Jardine ... 974 ' 63.93 Dempster ... 1381 •62.77 Parsons ... 1190 . 62.63 Duleepsinghi ... 2493 59.35 Hendren ... 2014 55.94 Ho'bbs ... 18-58 48.89 Srindham ... 1632 46.62 Frank Woolley .... 1801 45.02

Pi. wickets' iver. v Larwood ... ns 11.37 Verity ... . .. ... 156 13.01 Marriot .. 59 14.05 Parker ... . ..., ... 193 14.29 Tate ... ... . .. :.. 131 14.02 Townsend 66 15.25 Macaulay ..' i .. 85 15.32 Freeman ... ... 241 15.34 Bowes ... . 122 12.57 Root 135 15.88