SECOND CRICKET TEST

Hokitika Guardian, 1 July 1930, Page 6

SECOND CRICKET TEST

AUSTRALIA’S RECORD SCORE 729 FOR 6 WICKETS DECLARED BRADMAN MAKES 254 HIGHEST AUSTRALIAN SCORE IN TESTS ENGLAND LOSE 2 WICKETS FOR 98 \ B (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright, )

(Received this day,at 8 a.m.)

LONDON, June 30. The■••weather was hot and cloudless and wicket faster than on Saturday. At Lords it was like Australian when the momentous :f test was resumed in the presence of fifteen thousand. It was hot and cloudless with a strong breeze, hundreds early. peeling off coats and waistcoats and using handkerchiefs . and newspapers to shelter their heads from the sun. Bradman and Kippax resumed carefully against Tate and Allen, each howling a maiden. /The pitch seemed lasting well despite three days sunshine, the hall getting up only to the usual height, Abut/ tte batsmen apparently were dewmined to commence cautiously. .. _,•/ Tate used a new ball in tlie tlurdfi

over. A couple of maidens followed.' Kippax neatly cut and drove Allen, and Chapman twice was applauded for brilliant fielding of Bradman’s hard, cuts. Kippax driving Alien , for pomade the total 421, the best ever recorded by Australia at Lords;. //:/" The lion-hearted Tate t kept _up . a

faultless length and also cunningly sent down several short leg balls, wherefore Duckworth stepped out try-

ing to entra Bradman into glancing.; Bradman soon began to opener his shoulders and slogged went past Duleepsinliji’s 173 ami {men square-cut Tate, a (bad-/ lebgthy, Uall, to the boundary. . 1

There was the excitements when'Kippax gained a five through Chapman’s bad return over ; worth’s head. Y? / An 'hour to-day realised fort3|gi.ght. Bradman cutting Hammond for< three : made his score 194, beating' Bardsley’s 193 in the corresponding match of 1926, thus becoming the highest scorer in a test at Lords. Next over he reached two hundred in 245 minutes and was wildly applauded. .There'.were unprecedented scenes among the Australian spectaj tors. It was Bradman’s third double century of the tour. The Englishmen joined' in the congratulations. Bradman was the fourth Austi al-

ian to make a double century in a test partnership. The wicket non seemed wearing, the hall occasionally flying up, but Tate was off and the other (bowlers presented no difficulties. The batsmen were content to await a suitable (ball to hit and also found it hard to penetrate the field. Bradman slowed down after passing two hundred. Kippax went on steadily with delightful leg glances, which was his principal scoring stroke. Neither he nor Bradman took liberties against White and Hammond. There was a period of dull batting. Five .hundred took 445 minutes, Bi adman soon after broking the record which had stood for forty-six years when he passed 211 scored by Murdoch and became the highest Australian 'scorer in history of tests. In the same over Kippax reached

fifty in two hours, and the side recorded the highest total of the tour

BRADMAN’S INNINGS ENDS

(Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, June 30.

Twenty-five thousand were present after lunch. White - was driven to the boundary hut Tate was -,not punished owing to his good length. Bradman slamming White to the boundary reached 250 and then made his score the highest of the tour, but the immense innings ended when he attempted a drive off the next ball, Chapman taking a good running catch. The young batsman received a tremendous ovation for his chanceless innings, which occupied 335 minutes. He hit twentyfive fours and the partnerships yielded 192 and 175 Three runs later White had another success, Kippax playing on, after a solid exhibition without a chance. Most of his runs were scored behind the wicket by perfectly timed cuts and glances. He only got four boundaries.

Richardson drove White to- the fence raising 600 after 540 minutes, ■and (equalling Australia’s )>est test aggregate. The South Australian batsman treated the spectators to an exhibition of virile hitting. One tremendous sixer was the first ol the match. McCabe also lilt freely and tlie pair shattered the last remaining test record, when 636 scored by England in Sydney last year was passed. The pair 'added 55 in twenty-two minutes ana Richardson was caught at cover,

Oldfield, . who was next, started smartly. McCabe’s bright innings of forty minutes was ended by, a simple catch at mid-on. He had made eight fours.

Seven hundred came up in six hundred minutes. This score had- never been recorded at Lords before. At tea time Australia, led- by 304,> and Woodful closed the innings '-which had lasted 625 minutes, y • ENGLAND’S TASK. .-, *•• y . . ~/' / //./('LI // ’ ■ • A tremendous . task facqd/Englaud when the second innings, was. begun .at 4.50. 'The {wicket though wearing well , wasV not expected to •• remain in good order/ Moreover .the A Australian how-, lers had been well, rested.- ■■/

-.{ Hobbs and Woolley played quietly. The .latter when'..s (dangerously cut a ball which; passed the ,wicket keeper. Grimmett replaced Fairfax and half an hour produced thirty-two runs. The slow boyjjffe* had a sensational success "at .forty-five, completely heating and ; .bowling Hobbs. Hammond uncertainly' played the two remaining 'balls%f / the- over.’ Grimmett worried both ' batsmen, hut';fifty appeared in eventime// Then * Grimmett forced AVooUeysSO fhr hack ’ that he dislodged the Bails. - V \J’ ■% P / Thus twbj{ vSuahle-,. -Jiatsmen were dost in an hour.v\V... ” ' /■■.'; / Englandvyas sorr .Y when Dulecpsinhji,,/pam.e . ■forty iminutas;. leflis|fqr 1 play. Hammond ' and-/. J|e' played.,- watchfully, Hornihrook, ' causing i both /fbatsmon some concern. / // •/ At-the drawing .ninetyheight; had been, scoped),in., minutes.' Hammond .in/.the last'/stago was showing and iDuleepsinhji batted- nicely////•/■ /-/.-A " /

J , ’ ENGLANDrrIst )Imiings‘ . Hobbsy- c ’Oldfield, v 1 Woolley,>'c’Wall, b‘Fairf^|/ V Hammond, b Grimmett ( 38 Duleepsinhjijvc Bradman, b Grimmett i a ••• 113 Hen’dreii. 5 -qp iMtjOabe, b Fairfax 48 Ci'iapmtihy c Oldfieid, b Waihc ■Tate, 'OV.-McCai.be, lr ; Wall ... o\ Allen, h {Fairfax , .fly A., ••• ... 3 Robins, ~c Oldfield, b Tlornihrobk"' 5 White (not’&it).'.. -a/"--:. 23 Duckworth, cs.Oldfield', b/ Wifi,;.;) ... 18 Extras ... ■ ...~r •10 total •..-r.-.«. : ; r%v-425: Fall.of wickets: >1 for 13; 2 for 53, 6 for 1 " 105, 4 for 209 ; s'foi ; 23Gf6 fot 239, 7, for 337, 8 for 363, 9 for 387. Bowling: Wall a 9.4 over's,“'2 maidens 118, runs, 3 wickets; Fairfax 31 overs, 6 maidens, 101 runs, 4 wickets; Grim-;, mett 33'overs, 4 maidens,? 105 runs; 2 wickets; Horn (brook 26 overs, 6 maidens, 62 runs, 1 wicket; McCabe 9 overs, x maiden, 29 runs, 0 wickets; byes, two; leg-byes,-seven. Fairfax bowled one no ball. 1 •;< AUSTRALIA-Ist. Innings;Woodfult, sf Duckworth, b. Robing J3S, Poiisford, c. Hammond, b. WMte)i|Blt Btadman, c. Chapman,, b. ..White 254Kippax, b. White .... . -v/i/83 McCabe, c. Woolley, b. Hammond 44 Richardson, c. Hobbs, b. Tate 30 Oldfield (not out) ' 43 Fairfax (not out) ... ... .... ... 20 Extras ... 19 Six wickets (declared) 729 r J’lie fall of the wickets was as follows : i-1 for 162, 2 for 393/3 for 585, 4 for 587, 5 for 643, 6 for 073. Bowling: Allen 34 overs, 7 maidens, 115 runs, 0 wickets; Tate 64-16-148-1; White 35-1-158-3; Robins 42-1-172-1; Hammond 35-8-82-1; Woolley 6-0-35-0. ENGLAND-2nd. Innings. Hobbs, b. Grimmett 49 Woolley, bit wicket, 1). Grimmett 28 Hammond (not out) ... 20 Dulecpsinhji (not out) .... 27 Extras ••• 4 Total for two wickets 98 Stumps were then drawn. Bradman’s score has only once been exceeded in .a test, by R. E. Eostei (England) playing at Sydney in 1904, of 287.