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Hokitika Guardian, 9 June 1930, Page 5

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AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS

AGAINST CAMRJDGE.

Press Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.]

LONDON, June 7

. The weather was windy and. dull for the - Australians’ match against Cambridge University. Tli c ‘ wicket was perfect. . , ■ ‘

/The Australians omitted Kippax '’A’Beckett and.iGrimmett from theii team. ,

- Cambridge, winding the toss, batted first, but they .were ,all put ou[t for 145 runs. , Cambridge proved to be the Weakest side which lias, yet met the A ustralians, avlio were-similarly weak, they, having but little alternative to the' side chosen,, with Kippax and A’Beckett invalids.

' llateliffe was, tho first to go at nine runs. The Varsity,, apart from Kemp- ; Welch and Killick, batted poorly. The third-wicket TOentv.at.s7, Grant being . caught by McCabe off Harwood, Then : Morgan -was run out without any ad* dlfcioh ipH'the ;s<g>Kfe. i% 1 n ' Jackson succumbed to a sudden attack, of ihftneflfcttpand lie was tumble to field after lunch, 'Fairfax taking •Ms’ plooe, “ •'*'

Bradman bowled high-tossed slows ■ against the wind, and they were very deceptive, while McCabe’s bowling improved'considerably, so that six of the Varsity min had been dismissed for 1,12 runs when . Killick’s end came. Theri Human Went in and out without scoring.'.'!. Butterwortli, who should , have been caught earlier by Hiohardson, was taken by Huhvood, and eight were ! out for 116. The rest of the team were dismissed with little trouble, and the innings ended an undistinguished shewing, save for Killick’s [sound batting, t Tlie‘Australians had only scored 13 runs when Kemp-Welch, a medium paced: bowled, -hit Ponsford’s leg stump.

f Woodfull and Bradman were then together. They got runs freely, the bowling lacking, sting ,though there , were' no fireworks on the part of either batsman. -,

Bradman was splendidly caught in the slips to cut a fast one.

' McCabe" Starto|l : ; tb|bat .delightfully. His- 1 - first scoring'',stroke Was a risky four. .Then, however, he punished Human with 'three successive four*, and he reached 21 runs in six hits. A.t, the end Of thirty-five minutes McCabe had passed Woodfull’s score, and he reached 50 runs in forty minutes'''while Woodfull ‘ occupied two hours to get a Hiinilat number of runs. Their -partnership, started at 79 runs, was tiiicbnciuered viyheu stumps wore drawn with 173 up,

The Varsity "team fielded keenly and well, but McCabe’s hard drives were impossible to Stop, He has already hit ton fours. - Scores' ' CAMBRIDGE—IRt Hnnings.

Ratcliffe, c Hcrnibrook, 1) • Hur:%iwood ..v.H;..... 4 Kemp-Welch, h McCabe ■ ... ... 20 Killick, c Wall, h Bradman ... 48 Grant, c McCabe ... I'2 Morgan, run our ... ... 0 Baines, l.'b.w., b Bradman 12 IButterworth,' c Hurwood, b MeCube .... ... 10 Human, b Bradman 0 Brown, c Hurwood, b McCabe ... 10 (Fabian, c Oldfield,; b Wall 8 Webster, (not out)’... ... 10 Extras ... H Total ... :.. 'Vf. 1 145 Bowling analysis: Wall 1 for 47, Hurwood 1 for i 9,i' Hornibrook 0 for 18, McCabe 4 for 25, Bradman 3 for 35. AUSTRALIA—Ist Innings. Ponsford, b Kemp-Welch 7 Woodfull, (not out) • ... Cl Bradman, c Baines, b Human ... 32 McCabe, (not out) ,i. i ... 62 ’■*' Extras H Total for 2 wickets ... ... 173

WOOLLEY’S GREAT RECORD.

(Received tiffs'dav at 9. a.m.> LONDON, June 8. Woolley now aggregates over forty thousand runs arid' more than two thousand wickets in first class cricket, a distinction J -that 'only W. O. Grace had previously achieved.

McCABE’S FORM

LONDON, June 8. While the Cambridge match was of little 'importance Ap. view o’f the TJm- " versity’s weaknSbss'ft Yesterday’s play further emphasises • Ponsford’s inconsistency and McCabe’s extraordinary improvement. The- latter has probably never before batted so well. His square cutting was quite classic. 'I he problem now is should McCabe, who is untried in tests, but definitely in A* form, replace Jackson tried in tests, but at present out of form.

COUNTY CRICKET

LONDON, Juno G

Sussex, first innings, 72. Gregory 3 for 15, Fender 3 for 12. Second innings, 7 for 454ji declared (Cook 122, Langridge, not -'tout, 15b). Surrey, first innings, 76. : Langridge 5 for .86. Second innings 4 for 218. Surrey won on the Jirst innngs. Glamorgan, first innings, 295 (Howard 63, Hills 69). Second innings, 191. Mitchell 7 for 61. Derby, first innings, 216. Davies 5 for 45. Si*-