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New Zealand in England, 1931 
Combined Services v New Zealanders 
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth 
22,23,24 July 1931 (3-day match) 
Result: Match drawn 
Toss: Combined Services 
Umpires: W Reeves and FI Walden
 
Close of play:
  Day 1: Combined Services 301, New Zealanders 7/0 (JL Kerr 1*, KC James 5*)
 Day 2: New Zealanders 364, Combined Services 29/0
        (WAC Wilkinson 16*, RJ Shaw 7*)
Combined Services 1st innings
WAC Wilkinson                            b Weir                47
Lt-CmdrRJ Shaw        run out                                  49
Lt-ColESB Williams    c James            b Blunt               27
L Williams            c Weir             b Vivian              31
KA Sellar             run out                                  26
*RAD Brooks           c Blunt            b Cromb               11
MB Burrows                               b Vivian               0
+Lt-CmdrELD Bartley   not out                                  42
AJT McGaw             c Allcott          b Lowry               52
RGW Melsome           c Allcott          b Matheson             3
AC Gore               c James            b Vivian               6
Extras                (b 4, lb 2, w 1)                          7
Total                 (all out, 118 overs)                    301
FoW: 1-94, 2-107, 3-146, 4-163, 5-193,
     6-193, 7-204, 8-286, 9-294, 10-301.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Matheson                    15      1     42      1
Cromb                       15      0     43      1
Vivian                      25      4     66      3
Allcott                     18      8     41      0
Lowry                        4      1      9      1
Blunt                       18      7     40      1
Weir                        23      5     53      1
New Zealanders 1st innings
JL Kerr                                  b Gore                72
+KC James                                b Gore                54
JE Mills              c Brooks           b Melsome             18
HG Vivian             st Bartley         b Melsome             10
GL Weir                                  b Burrows             22
RC Blunt                             c & b Melsome              3
ML Page               c Bartley          b Burrows             11
*TC Lowry             run out                                  89
IB Cromb              c L Williams       b Melsome              9
CFW Allcott           not out                                  26
AM Matheson                              b McGaw               23
Extras                (b 15, lb 7, w 3, nb 2)                  27
Total                 (all out, 119.4 overs)                  364
FoW: 1-98, 2-151, 3-165, 4-175, 5-185,
     6-207, 7-217, 8-240, 9-322, 10-364.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gore                        35      5     81      2
Burrows                     13      1     51      2
Melsome                     38     11    107      4
McGaw                       28.4    5     73      1
Brooks                       5      0     25      0
Combined Services 2nd innings
WAC Wilkinson         c Page             b Cromb               76
Lt-CmdrRJ Shaw                       c & b Cromb              119
Lt-ColESB Williams    c Cromb            b Vivian              22
L Williams            c James            b Blunt               26
KA Sellar             c Lowry            b Vivian              25
*RAD Brooks           c Matheson         b Blunt                1
+Lt-CmdrELD Bartley   not out                                  12
AJT McGaw             not out                                   5
Extras                (b 5, lb 6, w 4)                         15
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 101 overs)         301
DNB: MB Burrows, RGW Melsome, AC Gore.
FoW: 1-205, 2-206, 3-254, 4-258, 5-266, 6-296.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Matheson                     7      1     28      0
Cromb                       26      2     80      2
Vivian                      28      3     71      2
Allcott                      5      1     15      0
Lowry                        4      0      5      0
Blunt                        9      0     23      2
Weir                         8      1     32      0
Page                        14      2     32      0
New Zealanders 2nd innings (target: 239 runs)
JL Kerr               c Burrows          b Gore                31
JE Mills              c Gore             b Burrows             34
GL Weir                                  b Burrows             13
RC Blunt                                 b Gore                22
ML Page               c L Williams       b McGaw               16
IB Cromb              c ESB Williams     b Melsome             27
HG Vivian             not out                                   4
Extras                (b 2)                                     2
Total                 (6 wickets, 51.4 overs)                 149
DNB: +KC James, *TC Lowry, CFW Allcott, AM Matheson.
FoW: 1-53, 2-76, 3-81, 4-110, 5-133, 6-149.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gore                        16      5     37      2
Burrows                      9      1     37      2
Melsome                     13.4    5     38      1
McGaw                       13      4     35      1
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