MATCH WITH NORTHANTS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 449, 3 June 1937, Page 5

MATCH WITH NORTHANTS

BATTING ON GOOD WICKET NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST INNINGS Kerr And Tindill In Attractive Partnership (From th e special correspondent of the Unfted Press Association wifth the team). (Received 115 a.m.) Northampton, June 2. The New Zealanders tuadi a satisfactory day on a good wicket and maintained more than a run a minute all day in the match with Northants. New Zealand scored 334 in the* first innings, sand Northants in the first innings compiled 24 for the loss of two wickets. Kerr and Tindill, in an attractive partnership, gave the side a useful start. Wallaca and Donnelly added 96 in 80 minutes, the latter batting nearly two hours, during which he hit a dozen fours, driving, cutting and pulling with fine freedom. Weir celebrated hie* birthday with his best innings of the tour and batted. methodically and with deliberation. The last six wickets fell for 130 before keen bowling and. fielding, a feature of which was the capital wlc_ ketkeeping of James, the former New Zealander. \ Northants batted bethe steady bowling of Robert A&d Dunning. ' NEW ZEALAND. First Innings. Kerr, b Clark 24 Tindill, c Buswell, b Timms .. 28 /Wallace, c Davis, b Clark .... 50

D uaelly, c Brown, b Davis .... 89 AVeFr, b Buswell .. i. .. 56 Carson, b Partridge .. 14 Page, c James, b Partridge .... 7 Roberts, c James, b Buswell .... 10 La mason, c and b Partridge .... 22 Gallichan, not out 9 Dunning, c Brown, b Buswell .. 15 Extras .. .. 10 Tdtal ..384 Bowling analysis: Clark 2 for Partridge 3 for 89, Timms 1 for 54, Buswell 3 for 89, Nelson 0 for 27, Davis 1 for 7, Grimshaw 0 for 12. ’northants. First Innings. Grimshaw, c Roberts, b Dunning 9 Nelson, c Carson, b Dunning .... 3 Snowden, not out .. . * 7 Extras 5 Total for two wickets 24