CRICKET

Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1932, Page 3

CRICKET

HOBBS’ BRILLIANT SHOWING (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, July 15. While the selectors were in the pavilion choosing the nucleus of a side tor Australia, Hobbs, the' man they probaoiy were most anxious to have, was making an artistic century and getting the .flayers out of. danger. He played all the bowling, some of .which was really good, with such ease and craftsmanship for ijjve .hours that it was difficult to believeJpiat lie had leached the e.ening of Ins cricket career. Incidentally lie scojvd his sixteenth century in Gentlemen > v. Players matches, breaking Dr W. G. .Grace’s record.' Allen was again good and dismissed Woollley and Hammond with splendid balls. •it is officially .stated that Hammond Sutcliffe, Ames, Diicku oith and Duleepsinhji have been invited to go to Australia with the team. The remainder of the team will be announced later, probably after the Cardiff trial.

While the official choices , all were obvious, it iii reasonably certain that the other four members of the team wifi be Wyatt, Robins, ,Brown and i.Voee. The selection confined to batsmen and .wicketkeepers indicates that the bowling is worrying the selectors,

Larwood had one •.good .patch at Lord’s, but while . lie showed fair speed generally, .he lacked real hostility, .and indeed,, compared unfavourably with Allen. Allen; was unabl? to equal Larwood’s top speed, but he bowled longer stretches and • sometimes with considerably more “devil”. The match enhanced his prospects for Australia as a support, but not as a rival to Larwood. ' His .performance s turned tho scales against Paynter an ; Hendren and left Tate doubtful!. .'Tate; is now ; achieving Ins old ski ; from the pitch. It as there is strong reason to . believe both Robins and Brown go, Peebles will probably he omitted. Close observers say 't at i < iias never reproduced his 1930 form against the Australians, and has lost his command of the spin. The Match Gentlemen v( Players, was drawn. . Gentlemen declared t eir. innings closed ...with their overnight score of eight for ,430. . The following is “ the bowling analysis:—Larwood, four’ for 54 ; Tate, one for 72; Voce,, one for 84; Freeman, one for 111; Woplley, one for 48; Hammond, none for 34; . Paynter, none for 10. Players in their second innings, made 320 (Sutcliffe 22, Hobbs not out 161, Woolley 31, Hammond 5, Henluen .14, Paynt er 13, La rv\ ood i’ 0,; extras 22). The bowling analysis: 'is as. follows.—Allen, three for 97; Al!om, none for 40; Peebles, one for 63 ; Brown, one for 56; Wyatt, one for 25 j Hazlerigg, two for 17. ;x • j * ... . _ •i-vcv ♦. COUNTY MATCHES. • I - LONDON, July 15. Following are the county cricket results: — Surrey—First inningsj eight for 424, declared (Gregory ,131); . second innings, five for-.-. 226: Glamorgan— First innings, 421 (Dyson 208). Surrey won the first innings. • Essex.—First innings, • 174. S. Staples five for 50. Second innings, G. Gunn seven for 44. Notts —First innings, five for 306, declared (Keetpn 141, Carr not out 132). Notts won by an innings and 61 runs. Gloucester—First innings, 130; second innings, 158. Somerset—First innings, 108. Parker seven for 26. >3c:ond innings, six for 122. Gloucester won on the first innings. Worcester—First innings, 256; secnd hings, one for 132, declared. .Middlesex—First innings, 191; second innings, eight for .170. Worcester Won on the first innings.

Warwick —-First innings, 105. Ashdown six for 39. Second innings, loiir for. 161. Kent—First innings, ill. Paine file for .32. Kent won on the irst .innings. Sussex-First innings, 370 . 116): NoFthants—First innings, 143. J. Langridge eight for 43. Followed m, 93. Langridge four for 22. Sussex won by an innings and 132 runs.