New Zealanders Bat Splendidly
PLAY AT SCARBOROUGH LAST MATCH OF TOUR By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Saturday. The New Zealand cricketers to-day commenced the last match of their tour against H. D. G. Leveson Gower’s eleven at Scarborough. The-first day
produced exhilarating cricket. The visitors batted first. Mills and Blunt added 207 for the second wicket in two hours.
Blunt grave a fine display. He was missed at the wicket when he had made 12, and also had other narrow escapes. He lilt 18 fours. Mills was more deliberate and made no mistakes. The total was 394 for five wickets when stumps were drawn. Details of the score are: NEW ZEALAND First Innings Dempster b A Gilligan 50 Mills, not out 148 Blunt, c and b Haig !•>! liacre, b Haig 8 Allcott, c Mercer, b Bryan 5 Page, b A Gilligan 23 Lowrv, not out 4 Extras Total for five wickets .. .. ..394 —A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 147, 12 September 1927, Page 1
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