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Hokitika Guardian, 31 August 1931, Page 5

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THE NEW ZEALAND TOUR. AGAINST SUSSEX. A GOOD START. .United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph.—Copyright,. ) LONDON, August 29. The New Zealand cricketers commenced thfir match against Sussex todliy in fine weather. Lowry won the toss, and New Zealand batted on a fast wicket.

I'hc Sussex team are:—Duleepsinhji, Rowley, Parkes (2), Cook, Langridge, late, uilligan, Collins, Wenslfy, Cornford.

, Dempster and Alills started brightly the latter bitting five fours before being bowled by Tate with a ball that whipped like lightning off the pitch. Dempster and Talbot provided brilliant ’cricket for the fhird wicket, putting up 134 runs in 95 minutes. Talbot made 58, and gave one of his brightest displays of the tour. He drove and hooked magnificently, incting seven fours.

Dempster maintained a mastery of the bowling, but after passing the century, he took risks, and he was stumped when yards out of his crease, He gave a spurkling, chanceless display, using practically every scoring shot, and his placing was brilliant. He made 167. He batted for 215 minutes and hit one six anu twenty-three fours. Another sound innings followed, Kerr playing all the bowling confidently. He made 59 and was then bowled in attempting a big hit. He batted for one luinorcd minutes ana hit five fours. The Sussex attack was never difficult, and the bajtsineu wore not troubled by Tate. Sussex batted forty minutes beiore stumps were drawn. J. Parkes was out l.b.w. to Blunt’s first ball. The attendance was five thousand. The scores at stumps were: NEW ZEALAND.—First Innings. Dempster, stp. Corn ford b Bowhy 167 Alii Is b Tate 25 Blunt b Cook lb Talbot b Cook 58 Vivian c and 6 Cook h Lowry c D'uteepsinhji b Cook ... 5 Kerr b J. Parkes 59 James c Legg b Rowley 15 Cromb (not, out) 22 '•Merritt b J.-Langridge 1 Matheson b J. Parkes 1 Extras I 2 Total ••• 385 Bowling Analysis.—Tate 1 for 82, Wen.siev 0 for 12, J. Parkes 2 for 33. J. Langridge 1 for 51, Cook 4 for 76, Bowley 2 for 56. SUSSEX -First Innings. J, Purkos, l.b.w, b Blunt ... ,•• 16 grate (hot out) ... Corn ford (not out) ... ~. ... 1 Extras 8

Total for 1 wicket 43 COUNTY MATCHES. LONDON, August 28. County cricket results-. Middlesex, first, 329 (Hendren 203), second 5 for 309 declared. Northants, first 9 tor 376 declared (Bakewell 105), second 170 (Peebles 5 for 30). Middlesex won by ninety-two runs.

Surrey, first, 355 (Sandham 115, Bock 117); second 2 for 60. Leicester, first 279 (Allom 6 for 43). Followed on 232 (Fender 6 for 81). Surrey won by eight wickets. Notts, first, 373 (Keeton 131) ; second 5 for 50. Hampshire, first, 181. Followed on 6 for 402 declared (Bailey 104). Notts won on the first innings. Sussex, first 106 (Verity 6 for 52) ; second 165 (Verity 7 for 93). Yorkshire, first 148 (Langridge 6 for 59), second 1 for 124. Yorkshire won by nine wickets. Derby, first 173, second 65, (R. Tvldeslev 6 for 21). Lancashire, first (Slater *5 for 22). Second 7 for 176. Lancashire won by three wickets. Gloucester, first, 541 (Hammond 156. Seabrook 103, Smith 112). Second 6 for 132, declared. Glamorgan, first 356 Turnbull 128, Parker 5 for 59), second 8 for 104. Gloucester won on the first innings. _ It is reported from London that J. B. Hobbs, the well known cricketer, will not retire at the end of this season, as he had previously intended. He has decided i to play for Surrey during the 1932 season. A London sporting writer states that this news wifi be welcomed by all true lovers of the national game. Vie says: “It is not the number of runs that Hobbs scores but the way he makes the runs which has made him famous."