A DRAWN GAME.

North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17170, 29 March 1927, Page 5

A DRAWN GAME.

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!N-EW ZEALAND STAYED IN ALL DAY I FOUR FOR 410

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WELLINGTON, March 28. • The New Zealand crxcket team delighted folloAvers of the game by piling on the splendid score of 410 for four wickets in the second innj ings of the second test match j against the Melbourne Club to-day. J Blunt and Mills gave the side a I splendid start by putting on 136 for the first wiclcet. Later on Dacre fell upon the tired bowling and gave a spectacular display of hitting which delighted the fair-sized crowd. Blunt registered his third successive century in a test match jnnings, a feat which has never before been approached a New Zealand batsraan. The lowest score by any of the six batsmen was 35 not out. It was an exceller.t advertisement for the English tour. The match was left drawn. T.he weather l was again ideal and the wicket wore well. MELBOURNE. First innings 493 /NEW ZEALAND. First innings . . .... 317 Second Innings. R. C. Blunt, c Campbell, b Ebeling 193 J. E. Mills, b Ebeling 45 M. L. Page, c Ebeling, b Hendry 40 C. S. Dempster, lbw, b Ebeling 40 C. C. Dacre, not out 125 ! C. J. Oliver, not out 35 Extras 21 Total for 4 wickets . . 410 Fall of wickets: One for 136, two I for 201, three for 209, four for 282. ! Bowling analysis. — Ebeling 3 for 101, Rogerson 0 for 36, Wood 0 for i 26, Hendry 1 for 87, T. Ai-mstrong 0 for 35, Johnston e 0 for 56, Sandford 0 for 52, Onyons 0 for 7.