THREE CENTURIES

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 453, 22 June 1937, Page 5

THREE CENTURIES

TOURISTS MAKE 428 BIGGEST SCORE OF TOUR Good Chance Of Victory (From the special correspondent of the United Press Association with the team). Received June 22. 10.30 a.m. Nottingham, June 21. New Zealand brilliantly compiled the biggest score of the tour against bowling not greatly different from that previously experienced. The first innings totalled 428 runs in reply to County's 163. Kerr and Page comfortably added 19 in a great stand for the second wicket before the former was run out, Voce tried low breaks and got two quick wickets. With five out for 268 Lowry thrashed the bowling, while Page, unhurried and undisturbed, made a century, his seventh in England. I Lowry completed a chanceless century in 102 minutes. He hit eighteert fours and one six. Larwod was unable to bowl on account of sore feet. New Zealand’s innings lasted tor six and a-half hours. Notts had batted three-quarters of an hour when stumps were drawn. Detailf are as follow: NEW ZEALAf D. First Innings. Hadlee, b Staples 45 Kerr, run ou,t 93 Page, b Knowles' .. 109 Moloney, c Staples, b Gunn .... 27 Donnelly, c Gunn, b Voce .... 0 Weir, b Voce 0 Lowry, c Knowles, b Butler .. 121 Roberts, 1.b.w., b Voce 0 Tindill, not out 10 Dunning, c Wheat, b Butler .... 0 Cowie, c Larwood, b Voce .... 1 Extras 22 Total 428 Bowling: Voce 4 for 112; Butler 2 for 88; Larwood 0 for 0; Heane none for 31; Staples 1 for 57; Gunn 1 for 67; Knowles 1 for 51. NOTTS. First Innings .. 163 Second Innings. Keeton (not out) 21 Knowiee (not out) 15 Extras 1 Total (no wickets) 37