NORTHANTS MATCH DRAWN

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 451, 5 June 1937, Page 5

NORTHANTS MATCH DRAWN

COUNTY’S DOGGED FIGHT NEW ZEALAND BOWLING LACKS VEMON Closing Batsmen Save Defeat (From the special correspondent of the United Press Association with the team). (Received 11.3 a.m.) Northampton, June 4. New Zealand had a difficult task on a perfect wicket, which helped ffie County to play out time to avoid an outright defeat. The match was drawn. ■ Page and Carson continued, their overnight partnership until th e latter wias caught at mid-off. The pair added 110 for the fourth wicket in eighty minutes. The left-hander’s display lasted for two hours, and included eight fours. New Zealand immediately declared, leaving the County over five hours to bat. This they did with the loss of four wickets. New Zealand employed eight bowlers in unavailing efforts.' to dislodge th e batsmen, who all played well on a hard wicket. The attack lacked wicket-taking venom, and the absence of a slow leg-break bowler wias severely felt. Scores are as follow:

NORTHANTS. First innings 185 Second Innings. Grimshaw, c Page, b Roberts .. 22 Nelson, Tun out 69 Snowden, b Weir 27 Timms, c Roberts, b Gallichan 71 Brooks, not out •• IP2 James, not out 8 Extras 9 Total for four Wickett' 308.

NEW ZEALAND. First Innings 334 Second Innings. Kerr, c James, b Grimshaw .... 83 Tindill, c Partridge, b Clark .... 12 Wallace, c Buswell, b Cllark .... 48 Carson, c Clark, b Davis 86 Page, not out 29 Extras 22 Total (for four wickets dec.) 280 Bowling: Clark 2 wickets for 58 runs, Partridge none for 73, Timms none for 23, Buswell none for 62, Davit, one for 21, Grimshaw one for 21.

Bowling. O. M. R. w. Roberts.. .. . . .. . . 21 4 59 *1* Dunning.. .. ...... 21 5 55 0 Weir'.. .. X 16 4 39 1 .... 27 12 52 1 1 27 0 Donnelly . . .. 12 3 32 0 Clarson .. . • 0 25 0 Lommason .. ’ 2 0 10 0