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Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1930, Page 5

CRICKET

AUSTRAL! A^CRICKETERS,

ESSEX MAKE 67

HORNIBROOK 6 FOR 1.1

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(Received this day at 8 a.m.) ’'IGNDON, .May 8. The weather was 1 fine but eel cl, and wicket good. Tile wind was' still bitter and the batsmen and fieldsmen-’ indulged in a few minutes exercise before the, start. A slight fall of- rain' overnight, followed by the morning 'sun, was expected to make; the wicket tricky, at • 'least• ‘until it gut "thoroughly dry.'Hornibrook made the ball misbehave ■at the- outset and•':Nichois could do, nothing. The -first gball of the second over removed this off stump. Later Hornibrook;' proved that giv*en a mischievous;- English wicket, the Australian bowljng, was, n,ot as weak a B . some think. : ,Ip f ,the)Queenslander’s second over he knocked Russell’s off stump into Oldfield. ;-. .Meanwhile the, Australians shivered ' and kept their hands in their pockets.. Very little was necessary. Bray pushed bis bat in front of Hornibrook had not even the satisfaction of a run for the ■ catch, three wickets thus falling in half an, hour, wi|s'/th? addition of ’ twelve runs, Six funs later Hornibrook got his fourth victim, Hipkin •. leg stump fallingwitll a slower ball. The next one 'iHAtiered .Sheffield’s t wicket' and the - sorry innings ended in 105 minutes.

’LONDON, May 8. Hornibrook’s figures : were: Nine overs, four"inaid§BS, v "eleven runs, six wickets.-. To-day/he j took .-six' wickets for five; runs offiUslven overs. lie justified the prophecies of his success ori. English ■ “gluepots.” The wicket apparently improved for 'tlfc Australian. Second innings hut wag still dangerous,-improving as the gamev. ■ Wobdfull and Ponsford survived"the critical period before lunch, though Nichols troubled both? ; McCabe a'gaim-failed. ■ Kippax scored nicely on,n both sides of the wicket, but Woodfull reserved his punishment for lodse balls. The latter was brilliantly caught at fine leg after a , ehanceless innings. Jackson and Fairfax showed improved : form and at, the .drawing- #|y.stumps Australia were in a practically.:unassailable position. r r :,.. . .

AUSTRAL! Innings,

Woodfu.ll, b Palmer ..... 4 Ponsford, st. Sheffield, b Hipkin 39 McCabe, c Nichols, b Palmer ... 5 . b. Nichols ; . . 57 Jackson, c Nichols, bHipkin ... 7 Fairfax/ b Palmer I ',!. / ... 12 A’Beckett, b PajfneV J. J .\ ... ... 0 Oldfield, (not out 1 )”V./_... ... 16 Grfrtojiiett/ l) Cuttkoi'd ... ... 0 Hurwood, b Hipkin' ..; 1 Horm'b'rook, o O’OonnOr, b Palmv .‘-A, er ... /./. •Extras: 8 >: Total. ... ... 156 -.Bowling-analysis': Nichols 2 foij 23, Palmer 5 fori 40 } i Hipkin 3 for 44, O’Connor 0 for.' 25,‘--Smith 0 for 16. Crawley, b Fairfax ... 8 Cutmore, st. Oldfield, ib Grimxnett 8 O’Connor, b Gfimmett ... 1 Russell, b Hornibireok 19 Nichols, b Hornibrook;. ~. 9 Bray, c Woudfull, b Hornibrook o Plipkin, b Hornibrook 0 “Pops, b Fairfax 5 Sheffield,* b Hornibrppk, 0 Smith, c Fairfax,. b Hornibrook 2 Palmer, (not out), . ' ... 0 ■*' "Extras ... ... 12

'"..Total 67 Bowling analysis: Fairfax 2 for 25, A’Beckett 0 for 21'l.Qrimrifett' 2 for 17,-' Hornibrook '6 for" IT. AFSTRALI Aff 2nd. Innings. Woodfull, o NioMre, b Smith ... 54 Ponsford, c Outmore, b Nichols ... 26 McCabe, c Bray Palmer ... 6 Kippax, 1.b.-w. b O’Connor 42 Jackson, c Sheffield, b O’Connor 1 / 27 Fairfax, (not out) 52 AL’Beckett, c Crawley) b O’Connor ... ... ~77" 30 Oldfield, (not out) 14 ■ Ektras .. M 12 -'..Yotal for 6 wickets' ... ' ... 263 Stumps were then drawn.