CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 24 June 1930, Page 5

CRICKET

LANCASHDIE MATCH

(United Press Associat/ion—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright

(Received this day at 2.30. a.m.) LONDON, June 23. Against Lancashire the weather is fine, wicket hard and 'fast.

Resuming Australia's innings Kippax and Fairfax ‘ carried the score along at a j/teddy‘ rate. The latter, however, was 'missed in the slips at -ten and again at forty-four. Fairfax batted with unusual freedom. Tyldesley with' his first turn at the (? ease tu-day boSuled five successive maidens, but after a quiet period the batsmen became • vigorous, punishing 'Tyldesley, Kippax cut an’d glanced neatly.. Three’ hundred appeared after 345 minutes. Kippax reached his second hundred of the tour in 255 minutes. Fairfax lifting Iddon to the boundary raised In's own fifty and made the partnership worth a lmn--1 died in a hundred and ten minutes. Duck worth claimed his fourth vic.tim when Kippax reached forward and was stumped. The partnership yielded one hundred and twenty-four. Fairfax next : ;weut out in a yiniilrir manrfer. While Kippax played a okanceleßs and, solid -innings, his partner was luckjM h l • . . Hunvood and; Wall- went in quick succession, biif -Oldfield hit with remarkable vigour. He got a sixer which knocked, over an elderly spectator in the grandstand and the gaime was held' up for several minutes until the man ; recovered from the blow on bis head.

Four hundred took four hundred and fifty minutes to compile. Homibrook and Oldfield both recorded their best score of the tour in the best last wicket partnership. Lancashire commenced their first innings at 4.5 p.ni: but rain stopped play for half an hour. Then Watson and Hallows scored’ freely, fifty appearing in even-time. Watson was in especially fine. -"’form. Rain finally stopped play at 6.10 when stumps were drawn. >

AUSTRALIA—First Innings. Woodfull, st Duckworth, b Sibbles 27 Jackson, b Hodgson 52 Bradman, c -Duckworth, b Sibbles 33 Kippax, st. Duckworth, b Hop- ' < Wood ... ... .... ... 120> McCabe, c Duckworth, b Hodgson 34 Richardson," c. i E. • Tyldesley, b Hodgson h..- ... ... ... ... 13 Fairfax, st. Duckworth, b It. TyldesletA^triT.:'' fi3 (not out) ... 34 Hurwooil, c- Taylor, • b Hopwood 9 Wall, l.b.w j 1) R. Tyldesley ... 0 Hornibrook, b J3ibbles 20 Extras . H Total ... ... " 427 Bowling analysis: Hodgson 3 for [)7, Sibbles 8 for 89, H. Tyldesley 2 for 87. Hopwood ,2. for 92, .Watson 9 for 10, Iddon 0 for 38. LANCASHIRE —1st Innings. Watson, (not out) 55 Hallows, (not out) 31 Extras ../ ' 4 Total for 0 wickets 90 Rain stopped play and stumps were drawn. «-