ESSEX VICTORY

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 47, 18 May 1927, Page 1

ESSEX VICTORY

FIVE WICKETS MARGIN N.Z. BATTING FAILS ON WET WiCKET VECTORS HAVE NARROW ESCAPE ON a wet, tricky wicket, the New Zealand team, in its second innings, did not make a distinguished stand against Essex at Leyton. The innings yielded 208 runs, and Essex in their second strike equalled the New Zealand total for a loss of five wickets and won the match. The wicket was a bad one for batsmen and Essex were only saved by the stand of L. C. Eastman. Blunt bowled well, taking four wickets for 29 runs.

By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 9 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. The New Zealanders were unlucky to face a wet wicket, which was rendered tricky by the hot noon sun. Play was resumed at 1.45, Nichols bumping riskily. One hit Dempster on the chest. He and Lowry made the pluckiest stand, the wicket slightly assisting the spin bowlers. After Lowry was stumped, while jumping to drive O’Connor, Dempster plodded on gamely, but had no support except from Oliver. The pace of the wicket seemed to puzzle Dacre, who was never comfortable. He went out through mistiming a full toss. Dempster, who was severe on the off-side, hit six clinking fours in his first 50. Eastman saved Essex from disaster when Blunt was bowling splendidly. The stolid Douglas finally clenched the victory. Blunt bowled four maidens out of 13 overs. NEW ZEALAND First Innings 239 Second Innings R. C. Blunt, b O’Connor 21 J. E. Mills, c Douglas, b Eastman 0 K. C. James, c Hipkin, b O’Connor 26 T. C. Lowry, st G Eastman, b O’Connor 30 C. S. Dempster, c and b L Eastman 79 C. C. Dacre, lbw, b O’Connor . . 5 C. Oliver, c and b Eastman . . . . 13 H. McGirr, lbw, b Eastman .... 7 E. H. L. Bernau, lbw, b Eastman . . 0 W. Cunningham, c Nichols, b O’Connor, st James, b Blunt .... 19 W. E. Merritt, not out 7 Extras 4 Total 208 BOWLING Eastman, five wickets for 31 runs; O’Connor, five wickets for 92 runs; Nichols, no wickets for 25 runs; Douglas, no wickets for 6 runs; Hipkin, no wickets for 35 runs; Russell, no wickets for 1 run. ESSEX First Innings 373 Second Innings Cutmore, c James, b Blunt 18 L. Eastman, lbw, b Blunt 41 O’Connor, std James, b Blunt .... 12 Russell, b Blunt 0 Ashton, b Merritt 13 Douglas, not out 19

Morris, not out 11 Extras 11 Total for five wickets . . . . 125 BOWLING Blunt, four wickets for 29 runs; Merritt, one wicket for 35 runs; Oliver, no wickets for 10 runs; McGirr, no' wickets for 19 runs; Cunningham, no wickets for 1 run; Lowry, no wickets for 10 runs; Oliver, no wickets for 10 runs.