NEW ZEALAND BEATEN

Feilding Star, Volume 5, Issue 1127, 15 June 1927, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND BEATEN

SCORED ONLY 164 RUNS THE NORTHAMPTON GAME Ry Telegraph—Press Assn-Copyright (Aust. and N.Z. Cable). (Received 9.5 a.m.) ■ London, June 14, Reqiiiriig 277 runs to defeat, Northampton, the New ,'Zjen landers scored only Id I, and were beaten by 82 runs. New Zealand. Second InninTjs. Mills, |> Wright 0 Rliinti, ;b Jupp 25 Lowry, e Jupp, b Thomas * 13 Page, c Bellamy, I) Thomas 7 Oliver, 'b Thomas 0 McGirr, e Pennington, D Jupp .2T> Dacre. b Towe l I 32 B o-nan. e. Wills, ' b Towoll 18 James, b Jupp 12 Alleott. b Towell 8 .Merritt, not out 0 Total 104 Bowling. --Wrigh'l one for 19, Towell three for 5(5, Jupp three lor 5(5, Thomas three for 29. An official 'correction has been issued. In Nortbants’ second innings Jupp was howled by Blunt for 17. Consequently the bowling analysis is .Merritt lour for 'O3. Blind two for 72.

SPORTING LIFE EXPLAINS.. Replying to criticism that leading players .are benig omitted from the County teams against the New Zealanders (made by Mr Brice), Sporting Life hastens to give an assurance that the sole intention is to give bowlers a rest, badly needed, owing to tlie unusually hard ground. The idea that the? "Counties can win as they please against the New Zealanders is not held hero. The visitors have proved worthy of the steel of anv County side.