TWO CENTURIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 67, 10 June 1927, Page 1

TWO CENTURIES

NEW ZEALANDERS STRIKE FORM BRILLIANT BATTING AT WORCESTER COUNTY SIDE FACES DEFEAT TO beat New Zealand Worcestershire v/ill be required to score 372 * runs on the third day’s play, and they have only eight wickets with which to do it. In their first innings the County scored 222, being 54 behind the New Zealand total, but the fine batting of the

New Zealanders in their r second innings made the j County's task immeasurably j greater. New Zealand, with a total of 349 was able to declare after losing five wickets. Lowry put up 106, but Page, striking form, played a brilliant not-out innings of 140. Merritt -

took four County wickets in the first innings, and the two best batsmen were his victims at the opening of the second. New Zealand’s fielding has also brightened considerably. By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright

Reed. 10.30 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. Henderson was getting a good pace from the pitch when he bowled Coventry, broke a stump, and sent the bail flying an unusual distance. Allcott bowled with a good length, while Merritt offered most tempting well-pitched balls. The fielding is sharpening as the

team becomes more accustomed to the pace of the English grounds. Lowry gave several chances and was missed at 41 and 52 and also with two consecutive balls at long-field. He obtained most of his runs by daring pulls. With Page, as partner, the: put on 129 in 65 minutes. Lowry’s 106 was compiled in two hours. He hit one sixer and 14 fours. Page reached 100 in 110 minutes. He was driving well and also hit ac-curately-timed turning shots and played fine leg shots. He hit 18 fours, and his 140 occupied 135 minutes. Merritt made an excellent start in the second innings and secured two of Worcester’s most valuable wickets. Dempster sprained his shoulder and will not play for a week.

The following are the detailed scores:— WORCESTERSHIRE First Innings King, b Merritt 18 Wright, lbw, b Allcott 7 Gibbons, b Allcott . . .. 0 19 Spencer, b Merritt 26 Fox, lbw, b Merritt 79 Tarbox, run out 1 Shakespeare, c Page, b Henderson 5 Coventry, b Henderson 7 Foster, not out 16 Garrat, c Lowry, b Merritt . . . . 31 Price, stpd James, b Allcott .... 4 Extras 9 Total 222 Bowling.—Merritt four wickets for 83 runs, Allcott three for 33, Henderson two for 66, McGirr none for six, Bernan none for three, Page none for 22. Second Innings Wright, stpd James, b Merritt . . 2 Gibbons, lbw, b Merritt . , 17 Fox, not out .. .. * 7 Extras . 5 Total for two wickets 31 NEW ZEALAND First Innings .. .. .. 276 Second Innings J. E. Mills, b Price 34 Iv. C. James, lbw, b Tarbox .... 9 T. C. Lowry, b Spencer 106 M. L. Page, not out 140 C. C. Dacre, b Tarbox 10 G. F. Allcott, b Gibbons 22 C. Oliver, not out 20 Extras .. 8 Total for five wickets declared 349 Fowling.—Tarbox two wickets for Price one for 65, Wright none for . ■. Gibbons one for 68, Coventry one r 41, Spencer one for 34. —A. and N.Z. AUSTRALIAN TEAM SOUTH MALAYA MATCH Receive:! 10.30 a.m. SINGAPORE, Thursday. Australia, playing South Malaya, declared alter scoring 303 for eight wickets (Woodfull 64, Andrews not out 67, Bardsley 5 4). South Malaya, in its second innings, had lost six wickets for 121. A. and N.Z. ******** *****J^iit^