SENSATIONAL CRICKET

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 101, 19 December 1931, Page 5

SENSATIONAL CRICKET

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't " "j!7 l second test africans' wickets fall like ninepins to deadly bowling all out for 153 runs

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Rec. Dec. 18, 7.30 p.m. SYDNEY, Friday. The weather for the second Test match between Australia and South Africa, commenced here to-day is fine and cool. The South Africans-won the toss on a ; perfect wieket, but ■ quickly lost any advantage that they might have gained from that f actor, when ' five good wickets fell" before lunch for 62. • Thrill followed thrill in the pre- i lunch perlod. Mitchell, before he hadj scored, was dropped by Rigg- off Mc- ■ Cabe, but McCabe with a low in-! swinger got him in the next over. ; Christy when four, was missed hy! O'ldfield off Wall. Grimmett, bowling • exeellently had Christy and Morkel i tied up, and he eventually dismissed ! them. His flgures were two wickets

for four runs oif five overs, which included four maidens. He made them three wickets for nine when he Worried Taylor oUt. "Viljoeii and Vincent added 45 for the seVenth wicket, the former batting very attractively in his first Test. Vincent also played Well. The side was out before 4.30 p.m. The innings lasted 202 minutes. The bowling was alwayS aecurate and Gritalmett was very deadly. With the Australians at the wicket, s'ensations co'ntinued, Ponsford being bowled round the legs with the total at 6. Woodful and Rigg then batted steadily till stumps were drawn for the day. The attendance was 20,930 and the takings £1605. The Australian team, in which A. Rigg (Victoria) replaces A. F. Kippax, who is 111 and P. K. Lee (South Australia) has deposed R. ,K. Oxenham (Queensland), is as follows: — W. M. Woodfull, captain (Victoria), W. H. Ponsford (Victoria), W. A. Oldfield (New South Wales), H. C. Nitschke (South Austra-lia), S. J. McCabe (New South Wales), T. W. Wall (South Australia), H. Ironmonger (Victoria), A. Rigg (Victoria), C. V. Grimmett (South Australia), D. G. Bradman (New South Wales), P. K. Lee (South Australia). SOUTH AFRICA First Innings. Christy, c Nitschke, b Grimmett 14 Mitchell, b McCabe 1 Morkelj st Oldfield, b Grimmett 20 Cameron, b Wall 11 Taylor, c Lee, b Grimmett .... .... 7 Viljoen, b Ironmonger 36 Dalton, b Grimmett .... .... .... .... 21 Vincent, not out : ...... 31 Quinnj lbw, b McCabe ,... .... .... .... 5Brown, b McCabe L, 2 Bell, b McCabe 0 Extras .... 4 T-otal 152 Bowling: Wall took one wicket for 46 runs; McCabe, four for 13; Grimmett, four for 23; Ironmonger, one for 86; Lee none for 24. AUSTRALIA First Innings Woodfull, not out 36 Ponsford, b Quinn .... 5 Rigg, not out 35 Extras 3 Total for one wicket 79 1