CRICKET TEST

Hokitika Guardian, 24 July 1933, Page 5

CRICKET TEST

W. INDIES BAT WELL

TWO MEN SECURE CENTURIES.

(United Press Association—By Electric > Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, July 22. In the second test, cricket match, West Indies v. England, the West Inflies in the first innings scored 533 run* for -gix wickets when stumps were diywn. The match commenced on the Old .'Traflbrd (ground in fine, but cold weather, and in the presence of an -attendance which numbered twelve thousand after lunch. West Indies won the toss .and baited. The 'oid Tnnfford wicket was , a g .hard as granite when the play began. Hie i first wicket fell within twenty minutes, Clark clean bowling Roach for 13. For ( .thc advent of Headley, the - bowling , was changed, Robing and Verity coming on, but the second partnership was unbroken at lunch, when the seo-re was il for 98. A .feature of the morning play was the brilliant out-fielding of Walters. Barrow and Headley, though cautious scored at a good rate, adding fiftyfive in the first 'hour. i ' After the adjournment, Robins, Clark, Verity, Macaulay, 'Hammond and LangrWgo were all tried, only Laogridge giving the batsmen any trouble. Two hundred run s were signalled after three .and a half hours’ play. Barrow, by beautifully on-driving Robing to the boundary reached his century in 3| hours. Headley achieved his century in the same over Amid ringing cheers. With the total at 226, Wyatt- took Barrow’s middle stump, I thus breaking a partnership that had | •lasted for three anfd a quarter hours, j Barrow Lit nine -fours.

After the tea- interval. Grant, following Hoad, batted steadily, and it -seemed likely that the second long partner-

ship would be established, but after half ail hour, Ames caught Grant at the wicketg off Robins when the score was 266. of which Headley had made ■125 .and Grant 16.

'Constantine followed and he scored 24 in almost the same number of minutes, -and gent up three hundred with a four off CW’k, after the match had been in progress five hours. Two runs later he was beautifully caught when 31. by Robins off Clark.

The sixth wicket fell for another Four runs, when Wiles tipped the ball to Hammond off Verity. Headley continued to bat cautiously -until the close of jolay. The “Manchester Guardian's” cricket special writer -says : “A curious fact which will ’be noticed by Australia, is that all t>f the bowlers—Larwood, Bowes, Voce and Allen—who shattered the Australians and reused all the bother, are absent from to-day’s test. U-ardine is a most disappointed man that events have prevented him from demonstrating to England the legitimacy of the so-calling body line bowling.” WEST INDIES—Ist Innings. Roa-cb, b Clark ... 13 Barrow, b Wyatt 105 Headley, not out' I^s Hoad, b Clark 1 Grant, c Ames, b Robins ... 16 Wiles, c Hammond, b Verity ... 0 Constantine, 'c Robins, b Clark ... 31 Da costa, not out- 16, Extras 6 Total for six wickets ... 333

A MIGHTY KNOCK

LONDON, July 21

Santall playing for Warwick against Novthants, made 201 not out. His innings was one of the mightiest knocks in history. It occupied 105 minutesHe scored 173 before lunch, including a century in 85 minutes. The innings included four sixes and twenty-five fours. He scored fifty-five off four overs from Jupp. LONDON, July 21. Essex, first 317 (Eastman 113) ; second 5 for 200 (O’Connor not out 102. Lancashire, first 433 (.Hepwood 142). Lancashire won on the first innings. Middlesex, first, 339 (Hearne 156) ; second 161 (Freeman 6 for 50). Kent first 452 (Woolley 108); second 3 for 50. Kent won by seven wickets. Hampshire, first, 238, Second 6 for 333 (Mead 116). Gloucester, first, 370 (Boyes 5 for 94). Gloucester won on the first innings. Glamorgan, first 220, second 178 (Marlow 5 for 56). Leicester, first, 228. Second 6 for 171. Leicester won by four wickets. ' North an ts, first, 399 (Blakewell 116, tinims 113). Second 2 fer 76. Warwick, first 8 for 565 declared (Kilner 114, Groom 116, Santall, not out 201). Warwick won on the first innings. Sussex, first. 157 i Cox 5 for 36); second 195. Notts, first, 305. Second I for 48. Notts won by nine wiekets. Gentlemen, second innings. 117. Players second 0-12. The Players won by ten wickets.