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Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1930, Page 5

CRICKET

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS

AGAINST OXFORD UNIVERSITY

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(Received tin's day at 8 a.in.) LONDON, May 28.

For the match Australia v. Oxford University, the leather is fine and warm.. Woodfull won., .the toss and Australia is batting.

THE PLAY

this Hav at .8 80. n.m.) LONDON, May 28.

Oldfield, A’Beckett,- Jackson and Ilorniibrook. werq iomitted from the Australian team. .(die Oxford team is: B. Kingsley, . ;i C, s H.ilhvood. N. Ford, Nabob of Pa.todi, H. GaTlandWells r I. Ackers, Douglas, A. Melville, J. N. Moore, J. Nevison.

On an easv wicket which gave the howlers no assistants, and w bright sunshine, the Australians rattled up a splendid score the University. .Fifty were scored in as many minutes. McCabe r sss baltting well though he gave a,cliapce.of stumping, at twenty, and with Ponsford maintained tlie run-a-niinute rate until luiich, The bowlers .were not giving miich trouble they passed VH. the ".batsmen hqdjnade the openin|g stand' of the tour.,' With his confidence restored, after a run of fail-, -ure/s, ! ; McCahe now ‘'drove, vigorously. Peebles left the fiefci, with a strained shoulder. One hunclvod and fifty occupied ld6 minutes. McCabe seemed, certain of reaching the century when he readied, forward and was yorkecl. FPe had batted for'l4o minutes and 'hit thirteen fouij'sL Idle partnership produced 172, Peebles , reappeared 1 with 1 Bradman’s arrival at the croatse. The incoming batsman quickly set to work in an endeavour to scoi'6 the seventy-eight necessary to reach " tlie thousand before the end of May.

Ponsford meanwmfe was batting steadily and reached one hundred in 161) minntt.es. Bijadpian hit Peebles for riv.'s but afterwards had his wicket shattered. Three hundred took 255.. minutes....jcfe-

Kippax was cautious, but Ponsford forged :> steadily •'•ah’ead: Repeated howling changes made no difference to 1 Ponsford .who punished the tired bowling and his 209- appeared after 295 minutes. • hmr-o! cfn; The -.fourth . -hundred was scored in fiftyrfive mimltes./AVo,Ponsford hit >22

analysis flEftfij Skuirey; game. Australia innings- Allom 3 for 74, Lock 0 for 74/ StrcftM 'O' for 66, Fender, 2 for 75, Shepherd 0 w for 46. Gregory 0 for 40, "'

boundaries., i . V ; j-' ;'.': AUSTRALIA—4>st tunings. Ponsford, (not. out) . 220 McCabe, b . Garland* Wells , . . 91. Rradman, b Garland-Wells ...... ... 32 Kippax, (not out),,-;,;. . . 56 Extras . ... . . 7 Total, for’2 wickets/.., ..... • .406 Stumps were then drawn. "- : "L0N1>0N, May 27.