KENT TOO GOOD

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 140, 3 September 1927, Page 1

KENT TOO GOOD

NEW ZEALAND BEATEN MARGIN OF FIFTY-EIGHT RUNS WOOLLEY’S FINE BATTING Kent defeated the New Zealand cricketers by 58 runs, in the match ended yesterday at Canterbury. The tourists’ second inning's yielded 317, the highest scorer being McGirr, who made 73 runs. By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright.

Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Friday. VYfOOLLEY’S end-of-season gaiety ' ’ provided the gem of the day. He batted 140 minutes for his 125 runs, and hit one six and ten fours. The tourists, in their second innings, made a disastrous beginning. Mills went out when the score was 1. Dacre resorted to hurricane tactics, and similarly inspired Blunt. The pair added 41 ill 20 minutes. Then Dacre fell a victim to dazzling stumping. Dempster and Lowry played a stolid game till lunch, when the score was three for 122. After that there was a mild collapse, and six men were out for 15S. McGirr and James played a strictly defensive game till McGirr realised that the end was near. He

dashingly monopolised the scoring and hit eleven fours.

McGirr and Allcott joined in a brisk partnership of 61. Then Allcott and Bernau joined in an unexpected last-wicket stand. Their opponents regarded the New Zealanders’ performance as a plucky fourth innings effort. The attendance was 1,000. Details;—• KENT First Innings Hardinge, st James, b Merritt . . 11 Ashdown, c James, b Merritt .... 84 Woolley, c Lowry, b Allcott .... 68 Evans, lbw, b Merritt 8 Ames, c Allcott, b Merritt 84 Chapman, c James, b Merritt .... 30 Legge, c Page, b Dempster 23 Knott, c James, b Allcott 32 Hubble, c Page, b Allcott 50 Wright, b Merritt 1 Freeman, not out 0 Extras .. . . 14 Total 405 Bowling analysis.—McGirr took no wickets for 40 runs, Bernau none for 40, Merritt six for 185, Allcott three for 60, Lowry none for 31, Blunt none for 19. Dempster one for 16. Second Innings Hardinge, c Bernau, b McGirr . . . . 14 Ames, st James, b McGirr 0 Evans, b Bernau 3 Woolley, st James, b Merritt . . . . 125 Chapman, c Page, b McGirr .... 2S Legge, b McGirr . j S Ashdown, b Bernau 19 Knott, not out 39 Wright, b Merritt . 13 Extras 14 Total for eight wickets . . . . 263 Bowling analysis.?—McGirr took four wickets for 84 runs, Bernau two for 31, Merritt two for 81, Allcott none for 35, Blunt none for 9, Dacre none for 9. NEW ZEALAND First Innings C. S. Dempster, c Chapman, b Freeman 26 J. E. Mills, b Wright 65 R. C. Blunt, b Freeman 103 C. C. Dacre, c Chapman, b Freeman 11 M. L. Page, st Hubble, b Freeman 0 T. C. Lowry, b Wright 9 C. F. Allcott, b Wright 7 H. M. McGirr, lbw, b Freeman .... 43 E. H. L. Bernau, c Arnes, b Hardinge 3 K. C. James, c Evans, b Hardinge 9 W. E. Merritt, not out 13 Extras 4 Total 293 Bowling analysis: Wright took three wickets for 88 runs, Freeman five for 108, Hardinge two for 35, Ashdown none for 15, "Woolley none for S, Chapman none for 2, Evans none for 33. Second Innings Dacre, st Hubble, b Evans . . . . 23 Mills, c Chapman, b Evans . . . . 1 Blunt, b Freeman 24 Dempster, b Wright 54 Lowry, c Legge, b Wright 30 Page, lbw, b Freeman 7 James, lbw. b Evans 22 McGirr, b Wright 73 Merritt, b Wright 0 Bernau, c Ames, b Freeman .... 20 Allcott, not out 38 Extras 25 Total 317 Bowling analysis.—Wright took four wickets for 94 runs, Evans three for 64, Freeman three for 82, Hardinge i none for 37, Ashdown none for 10, Chapman none for 5, Knott none for . and N.Z.