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THE NEW ZEALAND TOUR. , * i N.Z. V. ESSEX. BOWLERS BEATING f'SSEX. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. ) (Received this day at 9.25 a.m) LONDON, August 24. New Zealand bowlers definitely held the upper hand against Essex. Pope was dismissed shortly after lunch with a low catch bv Matheson at square leg off Vivian. Nichols ana Bray were the only others to offer resistance to the accurate bowling of Vivian and Merritt. The former was exceptionally steady and bowled 29 overs, ior fourteen maidens. The last four wickets fell for ten runs. Eastman was, unable to bat owing to an injured hand. The innings lasted 195 minutes.
Lowry enforced the follow on and Essex Uatted an hour betore stamps. Merritt again bowled well and deserved more than one wicket.
The weather throughout was bitterly cold and there were several adjournments owing to light showers. The attendance was four thousand.
NEW ZEALAND—First Innings. Dempster b Smith 88 Weir, b Nicholls <34 Kerr b Nicholls 7 Page l.b.w. b Daer 22 Vivian c Daer b Eastman 6 Lowry c Bray b Nicholls 129 Talbot c Pope •* o’Connor ~, 49 Matheson b Nicholls 0 Mills l.b.w. b Daer ~, 56 Oromb (not out) 19 Merritt c and b Nichols 7 Extras ' 16 Total ... ... ... ... 412 Bowling.—'Nichols 5 for 75, Daer 2 for 80, Eastman T> "for 83, Smith 1 for 80, O’Connor 1 for 62, Crabtree 0 for 16. ESSEX.—First Innings. Wykes b Matheson 16 Crabtree b Matheson 2 O’Connor b Merritt 1 Pope c Matheson b Vivian 33 Bray c Mills b Vivian 27 Nichols stp. Lowry b Merritt ... 40 Frankling c Lowry b Vivian ... 16 Daer (not out) *0 Sheffield l.b.w. b Merritt 1 ■Smith c Cromb b Vivian r •Eastman (absent hurt) 0 Extras ... 3 Total iS O Bowling.—Matheson 2 for 29, Cromb 0 for 15, jMerritt 3 for 65, Vivian 4 for 36. ESSEX.—Second Innings. Wykes b Merritt 18 Pope (not out) 31 Crabtree (not out) -/ Extra ... ••• 1 Total for 1 wicket 63 Stumps were then dvawn.
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