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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 15 July 1924, Page 6

CRICKET.

SOUTH AFRICA v. ENGLAND. THE THIRD TEST. BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT, LONDON, July 14. ! The third test match, between England and South Africa, at Leeds, was continued to-day. - At the end of the first day’s play England had made , 396 in their first innings, and South Africa had lost two wickets for 15. Continuing their innings, South Africa carried their total to 49 for the loss of five wickets. Details : ENGLAND. First Innings 396 SOUTH AFRICA. First Innings. Deane, b Tate ..' 2 Commaille, run out ....' 4 Ward, b Tate If Sussldnd, b Gilligan 4 Nourse, run out 13 Extras 9

, Total for five wickets 49 ENGLISH TOUR OF AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, ’July 14. The Cricket Board of .Control has received advices from . the Marylebone Club agreeing to the programme for the tour of the English cricketers. LOWER STANDARD OF PLAY. LONDON, July 13. Prince Ranjitsinhji,. writing in the Sunday Express, declares that scarcely any of the present English test team playing the South Africans would have been regarded as worthy of a place in 1912. He attributes the decline in the standard of English cricket first to the war’s heavy toll of young men, secondly to the tremendous vogue of the twoeyed stance, which he prefers to call the two-shoulder stance, the abuse of back play, which lias been reduced to such an absurdity that county cricketers were back playing even .to fulL pitches and half volleys, with the result that the batsmen eliminated every single shot callable of dealing effectively with anything except a- long hope or half volley on the off side. He considers that Parkin in his day the only bowler who would have been considered high class a decade ago. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

ARMSTRONG IN ENGLAND. LONDON, July 13. Armstrong made his first cricket appearance in England since 1921. He nit with his accustomed freedom, and scored 93 out of Brickley Park’s total of 209 against Bromley’s 145. He also took four wickets for 24 runs.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. , i COUNTY MATCHES. LONDON, July 13. Lancashire made 327 (Makepeace 120, Fenley five wickets for 71 runs) versus Surrey 8 for no wickets. Notts made 423 for five w’ickets (George Gunn 55, John Gunn 108 retired hurt, and Carr 134') v. Middlesex. Kent, made 230 (Seymour 61, Ashdown 61, Kilner five for 45) against Yorkshire 38 for no wickets. Hampshire scored 368 for five wickets (Day 142, Aird not out 95) against Somerset. Playing for Northants against Worcester, Mardin took five for 32. Playing for Gloucester against Sussex B. Lyon made 53, Bloodworth 68, and Dipper 196. For Leicester, against Warwick, Dawson made 53. King 92 and Astell 72. Playing for Glamorgan against Derby, Riches made 170, Arnott 102, and Bates 54. —Reuter.