TEST CRICKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 30 July 1929, Page 5

TEST CRICKET

AFRICANS FOLLOW ON FREEMAN'S LEG BREAKS HARD TO PLAY DISASTROUS START IN SECOND INNINGS (Unite* Prtes (Australian Press Assooiation.-Unitea Service) ■ (Received 30th July, 9,301 a.m.) / v LONDON, 29th July. Twenty-four hours of rain left the pitch wet and it began to cut up early in the test cricket between England and South Africa. . , , England declared at Saturday s. total of seven wickets for 437 .runs. Rain delayed the start. England's bowlers bowled leg breaks andfthe South Africans persistently tried to get the ball to the leg side, often with disastrous results. Catterall banged a long hop into Sutrliffe's hands at deep leg. _ . Freeman was the first change, mixing occasional goog'y with leg breaks. The former often raised a laugh at the batsmen's expense, but the leg breaks did the damage. Mitchell gave Geary an easy catch at the boundary. Taylor alone tried to drive Freeman. Deane quite failed to manage Freeman's break?. He played forward and tipped the ball to Duckworth who almost ran him out. Deane, playing a similar shot, missed the next ball altogether, and was stumped, i •' , Taylor jumped out to smother a break but missed and was bowled. Morkel fared better at the same game, and confidently left the crease, jumping in to Freeman. Nevertheless, his batting was mostly defensive. ■Vincent, in trying a big leg hit, was easily taken. •Morkel hit eight fours. The Africans' innings lasted 185 utes.Africa in the second innings batted for 55 minutes. They scored three runs off seven overs, then they lost Seidle and Catterall in successive /vers for the same score. Carr missed Taylor when he was twc. Scores:— ENGLAND First innings (seven wickets (declared) 437 Bowling—-Morkel took one wicket for 61, Quinn two for 95, Bell one for 113, Vincent two for 93, Mitchell one for 21, Owen-Smith none for 16. ) SOUTH AFRICA First Innings Catterall, c Sutcliffe, b Barratt ..„ 3 Siedle, lbw, b Freeman ......I 6 Mitchell, c Geary, b Freeman *.*... 1 Taylor, b Freeman i 28 Deane, st Duckworth, b Freeman ~,,, 0 Cameron c and b Freeman * 13 Owen-Smith, c Barratt, b Freeman 6 Vincent, c Geary, b Freeman ...... 6 Morkel, lbw, b Geary * 63 Bell, c Duckworth, b Geary - 0 Quinn, not out «....—, 1 Extras ' > .£(*•*••— '••••••p** 3 Total , ;.„ 130 Bowling—Barratt took one wicket for eight runs, Geary two for 18, Freeman seven for 71, Woolley none foi\ 22/Wyatt none for 8. ~7 . Second Innings Sjedlei b Barratt ........„...,,..........* 1 Catterall, b Geary » .......i 1 Mitchell, b Geary 2 Taylor, not out 10 Quinn, not out :. 0 . Extra 1 Total, three wickets for 15