CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 1 July 1929, Page 3

CRICKET

ENGLAND OUT FOR 302. Preas Association.—By Electric - " ;' .., ~ LONPON, June 29., , - In the second test against South Africa, England in the first innings are'all out for 302; The scores were. ENGLAND.v~iST INNJNG§.' Killickr b Morkel ... ... ... ■<* Mitchell, b Bell ... ... 100 (TConnor, b Morkel ••• '''■ Hammond, c Christie, rb Morkel c. Headmen, ;,b Morkel ’... ... ' ~f-: 43 b Bell 8 .1. 73 c .Cameron, b Bed- ... ... -15 ‘Robbins; c. Mitchell, lb Bell ... .4 .Larwood,.' b Bell 35 •White, b Bell, ... ... ... ... ... * Duckworth, (not out) o Extras - i ••• 6Totail '...' ... ... .... ...; t.. 302 , Bowling analysis: .Gclise 0 for 51, Morkel 4 /for 93, Belli 6 ,for 99. Christie 0 for .20, McMillan 0 for 31, Owen Smith 0 for 3. • SOUTH AFRICANIST INNINGS. Catterall, b Larwood ... • u Mitchell, (not out) / ... 15 Christie, (not out) ... • 42 Total for 1 wicket ... ... ... 57 Stumps were then drawn. The match opened sensationally. England won the toss and lost three wickets for eighteen runs. There were six thousand spectators at Lords for the match. It was perfect cricketing weather-' when the match commenced. The crowd increased to thirty thousand after lunch. The South Africans had misfortunes, ‘which included the absence oi Seidle, Taylor and Quinn pn medical advice. Vincent did not piay owing to a strained leg. - Therefore the visitors lacked two of ; * their • best batsmen and .two of their best bowl-. er.s..’ . '.. ' Vy: ’ -'• . The ground was bard and cracked. Tiie pitch was fast. ( ; Kiilliclc and Sutcliffe opened cpii-, ; fidently,'hut 1 Killick was. bowled when tiie score , stood a,t eight Hammond was well caught on the off slide!at eighteen and then the fir?t hall to . O’Connor. . w hpse first test chance it .was,' rebounded from .• fib pgd to the * wicket, while • the total was .unaltered.. •, ■ - .retrieved the situation. . wheriyhe and Hepdren pluckily added ninetyd-hree, runs before Morkel. , who -had /'■tgken all: of the wickets [ hitherto, howled Heiidren at 117. , - ‘ - The --gouth Africans fielded magni- - gently, but Sutcliffe was missed at [ first slip when be was only fourteen.

Mcftjiilitn for a sixer, his confidence recallihg; )v>s Australian form, though. ( lie was hover entirely happy. He hit eleven fours and scored one hundred in 170 minutes, saving a possible collapse whose innings lasted 240'minutes Oatteritil, with an hour remaining, opened for South Africa with Mitchell. but lie was < bowled 'first ball. •Mitchell and Christie, despite, this disastrous start, batted -confidently, -and carried the score, to .fifty-seven without further loss, -