CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1930, Page 6

CRICKET

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

MATCH WITH NOTTS.

[United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.]

JReceived this day at 8 30. a.m.) LONDON, July 7.

The weather was fine hut dull and wicket good. Oldfield fielding instead of Fairfax, whose boil threatens jstp become an abscess and may keep liiip out of the next test. His absence, further weakened the Australian attack.

• Wall, and A’Beokett opened the bowling, Gunn and Whysall adding only nine in twenty minutes. Wall allowed them, to score . when and where they diked., He had neither length nor. pace. The batsmen were Seventy-fire minutes scoring fifty, Hurwood broke the partnership with the last ball of his first over. Gunn gave Wall a tame catch in the slips, ending"th e dullest of knocks. The batting continued to be miserably unentertaining despite the easy wicket. 100 taking 135 minutes and the lunch adjournment found the Champion County in a sound positidjfffi -The Australian, attack without Grimmett was innocuous. The rate of scoring improved after-the adjournment.' Whysall reached 50 after minutes but Walker made his Half century in 80 minutes. The partnership added. 100 in eighty-five .. minutes.

-Wall was expensive, so was taken 'off, HarWood'- secured V s second wicket when he bowled Walker, who played an attractive innings. After 225 minutes two hundred appeared. Whysall then reached his third successive century. He gave a slow but sound display of four hours. Payton was out when the score was, 223. Whysall then batted freely until Hurwood dislodged his middle stump. He had been in 260 minutes and hit sixteen fours, a chanoeless exhibition.

: Hornibrook bowled Lilley when v tlie County wanted, two runs to .equal Australia’s total. This was papfed > with five wickets intact. A. Staples was unluckily .run out and shattered Barrett’s wicket. Thus three wickets fell for two runs. “ J

. Larwood, Rhodes and S., all played good forceful oricket agains£}yt> tired attack. Staples and Rhodes added fifty in twenty-five minutes for the ninth. The latter was dismissed in the last over of the day and the County- 1 are ninety-one ahead with one wicket to fall. ' ; AUSTRALIA—First Innings. Ponsford, b Larwood ... 6 Jackson, c Whysall, b Voce .;. 22 McCabe, c and b Larwood ... 58 Kippax, c Larwood, b Voce ... 98 Richardson, c Rhodes, bA. Staples 55 Fairfax,, b Larwood 3 A.’Beckett, c S. Staples, b A. Staples '/_3B Hurwood, b Wbce 0 Walker, b Voce ... •• •• 5 Wall, b A. Staples ... 6 Hornibrook, not out ;-.•;••• Extras 5 - Total .1 -- ' 296 Bowling analysis: Larwood 3 for 59, Barratt 0 for 48, Voce 4 for 86, S. Staples 0 for 54, A. Staples 3. for NOTTINGHAM—Ist Inning, Gunn, c Wall, b Hurwood ... ... 34 Whysall, b Hurwood 120 Walker, b Hurwood 53 Payton, 1.b.w., b Wall 24 Lilley, b Hornibrook 24 Staples, run out ' ... 29 Rhodes, c Hornibrook, b Hurwood 20 Bari-ett, b McCabe 0 Larwood, c A’Beokett, b Hornibro(ok ... !.. 25 S. Staples', (not out) ... 39 Extras ... 19 Total for 9 wickets 387 Stumps were then drawn.

WARNER’S COMMENTS

LONDON, July 7,

Mr P. F. Warner writing in the “Morning Post,” states that the English test team is in accordance with expectations, though 'riiany, he says, would have preferred Freeman to Tyldesley. Neither was successful in Australia, but both are fine howler ;S on English wickets. He says that the passing of Woolley is to be regretted. He is still r a : great batsman. Hendren, he remarks, is certainly a most distinguished occupant of the position of twelfth man. The wicket at Leeds is apt to crumble, so’ that the winner of the toss will have a big initial advantage.