MERRITT IN FORM

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 129, 22 August 1927, Page 1

MERRITT IN FORM

CUMBERLAND GAME n VE WICKETS FOR THIRTY VISITORS START WELL gy Cable- —Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Saturday. The New Zealand cricketers to-day commenced a match against Cumberland »t Whitehaven. There was noplay tefore lunch owing to rain. The county won the toss and batted flrst. Youren and Gill, the opening pair, took the score to 36, but the next two wickeds fell cheaply. Youren batted for an hour and hit two fours and three threes. Shardlow scored 12 in a single over off the New Zealand captain, Lowry. Thomas was out to a fine catch by jjcGiir on the leg boundary. The last jjve wickets only added 52, Merritt bein? responsible for the collapse of the last four men. Blunt and Dempster gave the New Zealanders a fine start, after Oliver had been dismissed for one. Blunt was missed when he had made 10. He and his partner had taken the total to 117, and were still undefeated when stumps were drawn. Details: — CUMBERLAND First Innings Youren, b Cunningham 44 Gill, lbw. b Lowry 10 Saint, b Lowry 5 Adair, b Lowry 0 Shardlow, c McGirr, b Merritt . . 35 Thomas, c McGirr, b Merritt .... 13 Walmsley, not out 28 Hargreaves, c James, b Blunt .... 8 Chambers, b Merritt .. .. .. .. 3 Mudge, c Cunningham, b Merritt .. 0 Madden, c Bernau, b Merritt .. .. 3 Extras 5 Total 154 Bowling Analysis: Lowry took three wickets tor 50 runs; Cunningham, one lor 36; Merritt, five for 30; Blunt, one for 33. NEW ZEALAND . Firat Innings C. S. Dempster, not out 49 C. Oliver, b Walmsley . 1 R. C. Blunt, not out 64 Extras 3 Total for one wicket 117