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Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1931, Page 5

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THE NEW ZEALAND TOUR. 1 AGAINST SUSSEX. A DRAWN GAAIE. (Special to Press Association). (Received this day at 9.25 a.m) HOVE, September I. Sussex and New Zealand cricketers continued the match at Sussex in fine weather. 'The county declared, with New Zealand 161 behind Dempster was bowled with a ball Tate turned in sharply. Mills and Blunt batted in their best form. Sussex declared' with 9 wickets for 549. Bowling analysis: Alatlieson 0 for 88, Cromb 3 for 92, Merritt 1 for 113, Talbot 0 for 64, Blunt 1 for 20, Vivian 1 for 137, Lowry 1 for 20. The Sussex—New Zealand match was drawn. New Zealand batsman again failed to take advantage of a good -start-. After the dismissal of Mills, who batted for a hundred minutes and hit eight fours, Blunt continued to bat soundly. His late cutting was ex-' oellent. AVith Talbot he wiped off the arrears. After lunch, when five short of the century he just dislodged a bail in playing back to Parks. He was exceedingly unlucky, He was in for 100 minutes and hit six fourst The remaining batsmen chiefly lost their wickets in attempting to force the pace. Talbot and Kerr were steady and Merritt hit freely at the close of the innings. Bowling with a new ball after 200, Wensley struck form, swung away lato and made pace from the pitch. Lowry and James were caught in the slips and Vivian played on. Sussex needed 142 for victory. BowL ey and Parkes batted till stumps were drawn. The attendance' was 2000. NEW ZEALAND.—First Innings. Dempster, stp. Corn ford b Bowley 167 (Mills b Tate 25 Blunt b Cook 16 Talbot b Cook ... 58 Vivian c and b Cook 4 Lowry o Duleepsinhji b Cook ... 5 Kerr b J. Parkes 59 James c Legg b Bowley ... ... 15 Cromb (nof, out) '22 Merritt bJ. Langridge ... 1 Matheson.b J. Parkes ... 1 Extras ... ... 12 J’otal 385 Bowling -Analysis.—Tate 1 for 82, Wensley 0 fpr 12, J. Parkes 2 for 33, J. Langridge 1 for 54, Cook 4 for 76, Bowley 2 for 56. SUSSEX.—First Innings. J. Parkes, 1.b.w., b Blunt 16 Cornford b Alerritt ... 48 Tate c James b Vivian ... ... ... 142 Bowley c Talbot b Vivian 16 Duleepsinhji c : and b Vivian ... 103 Cook c James b Cromb 60 J. Langridge (not out) ... 92 A. H. Gilligan c. James b Cromb 30 H. Parkes b Cromb ... 3 Collins b Lowry ... ... ... 1? Wensley (not out) 12 Extras ; 10 Total for 9 wickets (declared) 549 NEW ZEALAND—Second Innings. Dempster b Tate 9 Alills c Duleepsinjhi b Langridge 64 Blunt b J. Parkes , ... 95 Talbot c Cook b Duleepsinhji ... 29 Kerr b J. Parkes 2/ Vivian b AVensley 9 Cromb c Cornford b Tate 6 Lowry c Tate bi AA T ensley 1 James c Tate b AVensley 10 Alatlieson b Cook b AVensley 1 Alerritt (not out) 34 Extras 10' Totol ... 305 Bowling analysis: Tate 2 for 63, AA ; ensley 4 for 58, Cook 0 for 17, J. Parkes' 2 for 47, J. Langridge 1 for 40, Bowley 0 for 31, Duleepsinhji 1 for 30. SUSSEX—Second Innings. Bowley (not out) ... ... 9 J. Parkes (not out) ... 9 Total for 0 wickets 18 Bowling analysis: Alatheson 0 for 7, Cromb 0 for 2, Alerritt 0 for 9, The match was drawn. OFFER, TO BRADMAN. LONDON, August 81. Despite denials the “Daily Telegraph” repeats that it is almost certain Bradman will play for the Accrington Club. BRADMAN KEEPS HIS OAVN COUNSEL. SYDNEY, September 1. j Don Bradman does not deny receiv- | ing an offer to play for Accrington, i ft is believed that tlie offer is a very 1 r i c b one, but Bradman refuses to state | whether he will accept or not. He j would not even be drawn into any dis- | cussion ( on the matter.