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Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1931, Page 5

CRICKET

THE NEW ZEALAND TOUR. AGAINST SUSSEX. •SUSSEX GREAT SCORE. BOW LI X 0 M A STEREO. (Special to Press Association), r (Received this clay at 9.25 a.m) LONDON, August 31. New Zealand cricketers continued against Sussex in fine weather. Tate and Corn ford made a fine stand, despite numerous howling changes, until Corn'ord was howled in attempting to liit Merritt. BRIGHTON, August 31. ; Sussex batsmen held a complete mastery of the New Zealand attack. After passing the century, Tate hit more freely, but lost Bowley shortly after lunch, Rowley deflecting a catch to Talbot at m id-on. Tate went out to a fine catch by James. (He batted for two hundred minutes and hit three sixes and fourteen fours. It was an excellent display of clean powerful hitting, although dropped twice in the slips off Cromb before he was fifty. 249 for 4. Duleepsinhji and Cook added 139 before the latter wks brilliantly caught by James on the leg side. Duleepsinhji gave a dazzling exhibition of batting artistry for two hours. He hit ten fours. Another attractive innings by Langridge completed the day. In the final over he. obtained a thousand runs for the season and a hundred wickets. He had previously hatted 115 minutes and hit nine fours and one six. New Zealand howlers had a difficult task on a perfect wicket. .Vivian and Merritt bowled steadily. Apart from slip catching the fielding was excellent. The attendance was five thousand. NEW ZEALAND.—First Innings. Dempster, stp. Corn ford b Bowley 167 -Mills b Tale 25' Blunt b Cook 16 Talbot b Cook 58 Vivian c and B Cook 4 Lowry c Duleepsinhji b Cook ... 5 JCerr b J. Parkes 59 James c Legg b Bowley 15 Cromb (not ou *d 22 Merritt b J. Langridge 1 Matheson b J. Parkes 1 Extras 12 Total ... ' 385 Bowling Analysis;—Tate 1 for 82, Wensley 0 for 12, J. Parkes 2 for 33, |J. Langridge 1 for 54, Cook 4 for 76, Bowley 2 for 56. SUSSEX.—First Innings. J. Parkes, l.b.w. b Blunt 16 Cornford b Merritt 48 Tate c James b Vivian ... 142 Bowley c Talbot b Vivian 16 Duleepsinhji c and b Vivian ... 103 Cook c James b Cromb ,vi" ...■ 60 J. Langridge (not out) 90 A. IT. Gilligan c James b Cromb ... 30 11. Parkes b Cromb 3 Collins b Lowry 17 Wensley (not out) 12 Extras ... 10 Total for 9 wickets ... 547 Slumps were then drawn. CRICKETERS’ SERVICES. LONDON, August 31. Bradman never offered his services to ns, declared the Secretary of the Nelson Club and we know nothing about him. We are retaining Constantine’s services for two more years. The Lancashire Club backed by Lancashire County is making a serious effort to obtain the services of the Australian all rounder, Fairfax.