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Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1930, Page 6

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AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

AGAINST* SURREY

BRADMAN 252

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LONDON, May 24

There was an attendance of nine thousand people to witness the cricket match Australians v. Surrey, at Qie iOVal'. The omitted A’Beckett, Kippax, Walker and Hurwood.

The Surrey team is as follows: Hobbs, Sandham, Ducat, Shepherd, Jardine, Gregory, Fender, Stroud, Brooks, Allom a.nd Lock. Woodfull won the toss and be decided to bat. His London luck in this respect has held good. He ha-s now won the toss in all three games in the metropolis thus far but he has lost the toss everywhere in the provinces. Rain which fell during the week made the outfield slow and the weather was overcast and threatening.

AJlom, who was so successful at Lords on the previous Saturday, opened the Surrey attack with Lock, a med i urn r i ght-h a nder. The score had only reached eleven runs, when Jackson was caught at the wicket for the third time in two matches. He. waved a faltering bat at a rising off ball, which went straight into Brooks’ hands. Bradman seemed to go perilously near to the same fate as Jackson soon after he went in. Stroud,, a - medium straight jerky bowler took the ball. However Bradman and Woodfull grew more enterprising, though they copied an hour in reaching fifty runs. The pair got runs steadily off Allom, but Shepherd’s good length deliveries were treated with respect. The score rose after lunch, Bradman finding a gap on the teg side. The Australian captain reached fifty runs. Then Fender, who had taken the b.oH, got him caught. Woodfull had only hit one four, 'but his partnership with Bradman produced 116 runs.

Richardson came next. He contented himself with defensive work while Bradman pushed oil till he reached the century in 145 minutes, 72 runs of which came after lunch in ninety minutes. The Sydney player continued his forceful play and his partnership with Richardson yielded one Imndrcd runs in under an hour. After tea Bradman was aggressive, but he lost Richardson, Stroud taking a high one-handed catch.*.•> This partnership had contributed 113 runs, which'were made In 65 minutes.

■f Ponpford then came in, but he was dismissed in the next over, and McCabe failed again. Thus three wickets fell in twenty-five , minutes. After tea for sixtv runs.

Fairfax followed, but when four he gave a chance, which Allom and Lock both missed. Fairfax took no risks after that, only getting sixteen runs in an hour.

Rain stopped' play at 6.25 p.m. when the score stood at 379 runs for five wickets. Bradman had then batted for 290 minutes, and has scored 252 runs. He hit no fewer than 29 fours, and he has strong changes of the coveted English honour of making one thousand runs in the month of May. Only one extra had been recorded when the fifth wicket fell at 250. The scores are:—

AUSTRALIA—Ist Tunings. AVoodfull, c Shepherd, lb Fender 59 Jackson, c Brooks, o Allom ... 9 Bradman, (not out) 252 Richardson, c Stroud, b Allom ... 32 Ponsford, 1.b.w., I> Fender 1

McCabe, c Fender, b Allom ... 2 Fairfax, (not out). 28 Extras 5

Total for 5 wickets

NEAV ZEALAND CRICKET

FRANK WOOLLEY’S IMPRESSIONS

IMPROVED STANDARD,

LONDON, April 15

Frank Woolley, Kent’s greatest cricketer, has given the “Kent Messenger” some impressions of his tour with me English team, in the Dominions: New Zealand impressed me immensely for the great strides it has made in the brief 90 years of its reai existence (he said). After travelling through the country, and observing the wonderful feats of engineering which were required to connect up different places, I marvelled at the spirit of the old pioneers who accomplished so much, not only in the shore space of time, but because they must have realised that they were working for the second generation, for it was impossible for them to have thought of reaping any benefit themselves. As a cricketing country New Zealand has improved a great deal. No doubt our recent tour will make them ever keener and will encourage the younger generation. There are plenty of promising youngsters who will do well if given the necessary encouragement and taken in hand. As the outcome of the tour several names of young players in the up-country districts are being forwarded to the Cricket Council and the course of a few years may bring bio- results. I thought the general standard of their play had improved considerably since we last saw them, and the team they bring over next year should be a