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Hokitika Guardian, 5 September 1931, Page 5

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THE NEW ZEALAND TOUR. AGAINST GENTLEMEN. - MATCH DRAWN. TRIBUTE TO BLUNT. (Special to Press Association). (Received this day at 9.25 a.in) 1 LONDON, September 4. Owing to heavy rain last night, there was no play to-day in the cricket match New Zealand v. Gentlemen of England aiiu the match was abandoned, drawn. New Zealanders are travelling to Folkstone this afternoon.

The “Times’’ pays a high tribute to Blunt’s batting. It says the number of runs scored was less important than the strokes with which he scored. Blunt’s mastery of the late cut made him a difficult batsman to bowl to. NEW ZEALAND—First Innings. Mills c NBvvman b Brown 16 Weir l.b.w. b Morkel 36 Blunt (not out) 225 Kerr b Foster 13 Vivian c Wyatt b Brown 8 Talbot c Brown b Foster 28 Page b "Wagner ,1 Lowry b "Wagner 12 Merritt b Wagner 6 Cromb c Morkel b Foster 22 Allcott b Brown 2 Extras 8 Total 377 Bowling analysis:—Foster 3 for 73, Wagner 3 for 74, Brown 3 for 105, Wyatt 0 for 40, Morkel 1 for 55, Newman 0 for 22. GENTLEMEN—First Innings. Bryan (not out) 7 Fiddian Green (not out) 10 Extras 5 Total for o wickets 22 Bowling.—Cromb 0 for 3, Weir 0 for 9, Blunt 0 for 5. The ground was soaked to-day. LONDON, September 3. Pltfycrs, first 357 for 6 wickets, declared (Woolley 83, -Hearne 55, Sandbam 118); Gentlemen made 196. Freeman took 7 for 44. The match was drawn. LONDON, September 3. Yorkshire, first 200 (Oldroyd 64) : Marylebone, first 10 for 0. LONDON, September 4. There was no play in Yorkshire v. Marylebone match. LONDON, September 3. J. 0. White will retire from Somerset County cricket after Saturday’s game. He says that- the present plight of agriculture .demands the - whole of his attention to his farm. J