ENGLAND MAKES GOOD START WITH 312 FOR 2

Chronicle (Levin), 23 June 1947, Page 8

ENGLAND MAKES GOOD START WITH 312 FOR 2

: ■ ■ LONDON, June 21. ; The secofrd South • African verstts j Eh'g-land crieket test bngan at Lords in •sunshine bei'ore an attendanee of 1 about 30,090. Englatid won the toss and elected to bat, Hutton &nd Washbrook being the opening batsmen. Both played very cautiously. ■ Washbrooh!, when f ouiy snickfed a ball froni Dawson straight to ' .the .. "Winketkeeper Lindsay^ vvho f ailed- to hold 'the. ;cateh ; Tueketp and Dawson eompelled, .the batsmen to. think about- every ball. • Washbrook teached 5Q by ,driying;vRowan to long on. .Washbrook eontrib'ut.ed- 50 of a! total of 67 in lOO-.minufes. ■ . .. . ■ "! Hntton remained .very ,subdued. Re 'tried to punish an off-break and. was cleah boyvled after ^scoving IS in minutes. •••■>- Edrich livened up...the. game bat England had scored so slowly that a new ball became available "at' 94. 0 caused Washbrook 's downt'ail when he tried to. cut Dawson 's first delivery and \ Tuekett at secohd slip held the eatch..; Washbrook 's 65 occupied.1.40 minutes.' Edrich and Compton increased the; pace of the match. Edrich played the. innings of • his life. ■ He . hit Rowan for, four and six off suceessive b^alls to put 50 up from the p'ar t ne r ship'. • w jth Compton in 45 minutes. The pair's gay display yielded 113. ' By the tea adjournment, England seemed coinpletely on top while South A..frica regretted a misSed chance when : Edrieh, at 47, stepped. out to drive; Mann, missed and could have been stumped by yards but Lindsay ■ failed . to gather the ball^ The game was interr upted for I? minutes by a Shower of rain and; stopped 10 minutes early because of a second sliower. The -partnership at stumps had put on 215. Seores: — ENGLAND . First innings Hutton, b Rowan .. . . 18 Washbrook, c Tuekett b Dawson . . 05 Edrich, not out 109 Compton, not out Hb Extras 10 Total for two wickets 312