Cricket Continued in Bright Sunshine

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 207, 21 November 1927, Page 13

Cricket Continued in Bright Sunshine

N.Z. MAKES 330 press Association . CHRISTCHURCH, To-day. , fter heavy rain overnight the •thcr cleared to bright sunshine; for of the match. New Zea- **, v The Rest. Zealand continued with 29S for ■'* The batsmen were McGirr, 12 nut and James, not out. " o The first ball of the day from New- „ clean skittled McGirr, who played r ‘if over it. When Bernau and James re together, the scoring was slo%v, tn James pulled a short one from ' unu . j or four, and sent another over 'it boundary for six—the first of the tc h Newman, who was bowling 11 naught Bernau's off stump with "leg break. 326—9—16. Merritt ■* ‘ r in but James was stumped alimmediately off Newman, with total of 330. , nmyllng analysis: New Zealand—innings: Badcock. 1-35; New'r _ a. 72; McEwin, 1-44; Langridge, Tv Bead, 2-81; Massey, 1-17; Cun■'ingham, 0-42= Nixon, 0-4. THE REST’S SECOND INNINGS Langridge and Newman opened The second innings. The score at the luncheon adjourn»nt was one for 34. Langridge was tught hy Lowry, b Allcott, for 4; Xewman had scored 25. and Gillespie j; extras, 2. Details are; THE KEST First Innings vfWMAN. lbw, b Page 31 i tN-GRIfXJE, b Page 30 .'IILLESPIE. b Page 9 S'OLET, b Allcott o “fADCOCK, b Page 1 UASSEY, run out 5 riSfW b McGirr .. . • ~ -• •• •• -1 P-ffiosr, b McGirr .. .. 16 CinEWAN. b Merritt 9 o Allcott, b Merritt 0 CUNNiNGHAM, not out 5 ‘Extras 11 Total 141 Fowling—-McGirr, 2-41: Merritt, 2-33; Page 4-'22j Allcott. 1-13; Blunt, 0-14; Bernau, 0-7. NEW ZEALAND First Innings DEMPSTER, b Read 77 OLIVER, b Badcock 3 LOWP.T, b Me Ewan 78 MILLS, o Foley, b Newman 0 PVGE, b Read 7 ALLCOTT, c and b Massey ->b BLUNT, run out 43 jcGIRR, in 1.7 JAII.ES, in ■ - Extras -- -- A 4b Total for seven wickets .. .. 292 WELCOMED BY COUNCIL Tie New Zealand team was accorded 1 welcome by the New Zealand Cricket Council at the luncheon interval. Mr. L Heathcote Williams proposed the ealth of the team and the toast was supported by the Mayor of Christ- ■ hurch, the Rev. J. K. Archer, and Air. D Feese, Mr. Lowry, responding, said •iiat if he had any mission to perform it was to urge unswerving loyalty to the M.C.C. It would have been better had that body been consulted before the tour. AUSTRALIAN MATCHES KIPPAX MAKES 199 By CoS!#. — Pres* Association. — Copyright. SYDNEY, Satureday. In the grade cricket matches to-day, playing for Waverley against Marrickville, Ktppax made 199; for Northern District against Paddington, Loder made 152, not out; for Paddington, Gregory made 88; for Glebe against Balmain, Ratcliffe made 113, not out. Bowling for Gordon against Manly, Kelleway took six for 38; for Western Suburbs against Mosman, Long took live for 43 and Dupain, five for 47; tor Cumberland against North Sydney, Stecmark took five for 52, and Nicholls, five for 53. . . - ‘ In the Melbourne grade matches, for South Melbourne against University, Park made 144: for Collingwood against Prahran, Ryder made b 6. A. and N.Z.