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Hokitika Guardian, 30 June 1924, Page 1

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AFRICA DEFEATED. LONDON, June 27,

LeveMiu Gowur’s team in the second innings made IP9 for 7 wickets (Leyland .VI. Bryan and Doggart each 27L (lower won b\ three wickets. The weather was tin. and nickel worn. SECOND TEST. LONDON, Juno 2. Five thousand were present when the test maTe.li. (England v. South Africa commenced in tine weather. England’s team is: Billigan, Fender. AVooil. Chapman, Hobbs, Woolley. Sutcliffe. Ileurne, Ifondron. Tate and Dick Tyldesley.

Ili.s Majesty arrived after the commencement of the game, which was stopped while tile teams lined up find .shook hands with him. At lunch the score was three wicket* down tor .

At tea there were 20,000 present. One hundred was hoi,toil in 112 minutes.

.St'.-skind batted soundly, throughout for his (il, being strong on the off' side, lie hit six To urn. Cat tend I played a brilliant inning, t Tor 120. .If driving and square, leg bitting. Be 1 1 ii to lours. lie gave a chance at 2". He batted IP,A minutes. Tin' Smith African innings finished lor 272 at ten minutes to fix’.

Deane made 22 by vigotous driving. Faulkner made many strokes reminiscent 'if hi. s "Id 10-ir ■•■■orir.r. 2" The Engli*Jpii*'n comineiiecd at tell pa~t six. and hit freely for 28. They scored sixteen in the lir.st five mmnie.x. The scores Were:

Si ITT 11 AFRICA -First Tunings. Taylor o Wood b CilUuaii 0 Cummnile 1.h.w.. li. flillignu 0 Su-shind r. Tain li. Iloarno 11l Xottrse i- Woolley h. Tali- -I ( att.-rall 1.. Oiliignn IMO Donne. It. Tylde.-dey *‘M lilntu keiilo-ru: l>. Tate II'on'lor. i-. Fonder Ii Tyldcsley 0 Ward 1.. Tyldosloy ’ 1 Barker (not out) 1 Faulkner h-. 1-Vuder ‘Jo Extras n Total ; J7A Rowling analysis: (i ill i -_t: 111 lot 70 : Tate J for li?.; Tyldosloy ii lor A?: i loann* I lor Fender 1 for KNOI.AXD FI ItS’l' TXN'IN'OS. llol.hs find mill I? Sltteliil'e. foot out) I? Extras -I

Total I’m- (.1 wickets 2S LONDON'. .1 tine -JO. The Africans made an extraordinary recovery after losing Midi batsmen as Taylor, Coiutuuillo. and Xotirse lor seventeen runs. The next four wickets added the hulk in the runs, with the addition of Jls out ot J/A and the hist three wickets accounted lor an addition of only eight runs. The Africans made more runs than they should have done. Woods misses at the wickets and Woollev's in llie slips contributing toward- ( atlerall's score, which was identical with his seofe ill the lirs.l i...si. Ills clfori w:is tin affair of mixtures, at times llttky hut sometimes brilliant, lie was missed three times oil' Oillipan. Fuss-kind played llawlessIv. The English bowline was-- not deadly, bill the Holding lor the most pan "its go*id.