A BOWLER’S WICKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 118, 9 August 1927, Page 1

A BOWLER’S WICKET

ALLCOTT UNPLAYABLE FIVE MEN OUT FOR THREE WIN FOR NEW ZEALAND THE Auckland cricketer, C. F. Allcott, bowling against 1 Somerset, achieved a remarkable feat, taking five wickets for three runs. It was a bowler’s wicket, and New Zealand, as well as Somersetshire, fared badly, for White sent eight men out for 28 runs. New Zealand won the match by 94 runs.

By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Monday. THE wicket at Weston-super-Mare, as a result of thunderstorms followed by a glaring sun, became a bowler’s paradise. Hill, of the Somerset side, was called away because of a bereavement. The tourists allowed Somerset a new wicket-keeper. This sporting action was highly appreciated. Mills and Dempster defied the bowling and put on 56. They really made the wicket look less dangerous than it really was, till White came on He was often unplayable. His bowling broke both ways bewilderingly. Somerset, however, fared worse. Allcott was completely unplayable.

He bowled five overs, of which three were maidens. Only three singles came off him. His colleagues were delighted, and hope that his success will destroy the bogey that has prevented him from

C. F. Allcott finding form. The crowd of 3,000 had a thrilling day’s cricket, especially Earle’s dying effort, when he twice hit Merritt out of the ground. Details: NEW ZEALAND First Innings J. E. Mills, b Greswell 6 C. S. Dempster, c I-lill, b Greswell 5 M. L. Page, c Wellard 0 R. C. Blunt, c Lee, b Greswell .. 44 T. C. Lowry, c Wellard, b Greswell 25 H. M. McGirr, c Young, b Greswell . .. 0 C. C. Dacre, b White 16 E. H. L. Bernau, run out IS W. E. Merritt, b Lee 27 C. F. Allcott, c Greswell, b Lee .. 3 W. Cunningham, not out ....... 0 Extras 6 Total 150 Bowling Analysis.—Greswell took five wickets for 41 runs; Wellard one

for 29; White one for 41; Lee two for 33.

Second Innings Mills, c Case, b White 16 Dempster, lbw, b White 42 Page, c Longrigg, b White 4 Blunt, lbw, b White 26 Lowry, c Greswell, b White .... 0 McGirr, b Lee 0 Dacre, c Macßryan, b White .... 5 Bernau, b White 13 Merritt, lbw, b White 1 Allcott, b Greswell .. 15 Cunningham, not out 0 Extras 6 Total 128 Bowling Analysis.—Greswell took one wicket for 42 runs, Wellard none for 10, White eight for 28, Lee one for 42. SOMERSET First Innings Young, b McGirr 1 Lee, b Bernau 0 Macßryan, b Allcott 37 Longrigg, b McGirr 0 White, b Bernau 7 Case, b Bernau 10 Ingle, st Lowry, b Merritt 0 Earle, b Bernau 0 Wellard, b Merritt 29 Greswell, not out 19 Hill, absent 0 Extras 14 Total 117 Bowling Analysis.—McGirr took two wickets for 5. runs, Bernau four for 27, Blunt none for 22, Merritt two for 28, Page none for 10, Allcott one for 11. Second Innings Young, b Allcott 14 Lee, b McGirr 9 Macßryan, b McGirr- 4 Longrigg, b Allcott 8 White, c Lowry, b Allcott 3 Case, b Allcott 0 Ingle, b Bernau 0 Earle, c and b Allcott 18 Wellard, b Merritt 3 Greswell, not out 1 Hill, absent 0 Extras 7 Total 67 Bowling Analysis.—McGirr took two wickets for 12 runs, Bernau one for 13, Blunt none for 12, Page none for 1, Allcott five for 3, Merritt one for 19.