A GOOD WIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 101, 20 July 1927, Page 1

A GOOD WIN

NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS

CIVIL SERVICE BEATEN

INNINGS AND 15 RUNS

DEFEAT by an innings and 15 runs was inflicted on the Civil Service team by the New Zealand cricketers. Blunt and Henderson brought about the downfall of the Service batsmen in the second innings.

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Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. rrHOUGH Henderson got tlie better 1 bowling average, Blunt was more difficult to play, turning the ball considerably and varying his break in a way that puzzled the batsmen. He was responsible for breaking the Civil Service resistance. In 45 minutes four wickets fell for 34 runs. Bennett, who hit twelve four’s and Evans threatened to avert the innings defeat, but Henderson’s purple patch settled the chance. The attendance was meagre. Details: CIVIL SERVICE First Innings Cook, c Bernau, b Blunt 22 Fdppon, st Lowry, b Merritt .... 11 Musson, c Page, b Merritt 28 Webb, c Fox, b Henderson 59 Bennett, b Page 73 Evans, c Mills, b Page S Everett, b Blunt 2 Chapman, c Lowry, b Allcott .... 22 Collins, b Allcott 11 Sharland. c Lowry, b Henderson 2 Ross, not out 0 Extras IS Total 256 Bowling Analysis.—Bernau took no wickets for 9 runs, Oliver none for C. Allcott two for 23. Blunt two for 36, Merritt two for 89, Page two for 42, Henderson two for 33.

Second Innings Rippon, st Lowry, b Blunt 24 Webb, b Blunt 17 Musson, run out 0 Collins, b Henderson 0 Cook, c Allcott, b Blunt 12 Bennett, c Dempster, b Henderson 60 Evans, not out 15 Everett, c Dempster, b Henderson 0 Chapman, c Lowry, b Henderson . 0 Sharland, fc Henderson 0 Ross, b Blunt 1 Extras 21 Total 150 Bowling Analysis.—Henderson took five wickets for 27 runs; Blunt four for 45, Bernau none for 38, Merritt none for seven, Allcott none for 12. NEW ZEALAND First Innings C. S. Dempster, hit wkt, b Sharland 28 Fox, c Collins, b Chapman 4 C. Oliver, b Collins 14 E. H. L. Bernau, c Musson, b Collins 4 R. C. Blunt, c Cook, b Chapman . 90 T. C. Lowry, c Evans, b Chapman 26 H. L. Page, b Cook 21 J. E. Mills, not out 104 C. F. Allcott, not out 102 Extras 28 Total for seven wickets (dec.) 421 Bowling Analysis.—Chapman took three wickets for 73 runs, Sharland one for 67, Evans none for 52, Cook one for .63, Musson none for 57, Collins two for 47, Everett none for 34. —A. and N.Z.