WEST INDIES TEST

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 569, 28 June 1933, Page 5

WEST INDIES TEST

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ENGLAND KNOCK UP 296 FOR FIRST INNINGS VISITORS FIGHTING HARD

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London, June 26. The test cricket match, England versus West Jndies, was resumed today, Sutcliffe (19), ahd Walters (21), again facing the bbwlefs and the side compiled 296 before ihe last wicket fell.. The weather was dull and the wicket comparatively hard when the match resumed. Sutcliffe was uncomf ortable facing Martindale and wasi soon disriiissed. Walters continued confidently and showed a wide variety of strokes. With his dismissal Erigland had lost three wickets for three in the first 18 .minutes of the day's play. " Both Jardine and Turnbull1 misjudged Achong's spinners. Ames, however, displayed , great batting power and put a diflerdnt complexion on the game. With Verity he carried the score along in good style. Ames reached his half-centufy iri 85 minutes. West Indians Batting With the West Indies batting Ailen sent Roach's off stump flying in. his second over. Barrow and Headley, the latter limping badly, tried to retrieve, the .disaster and took half an hour to add six runs. Macaulay evok'ed laughter by setting the leg trap. Verity puzzled Barrow, who returned a vefy soft catch. The first hour produced orily 25 funs, and at the drawing of stunips West Indies were fighting to aveft.a follow-on, three leg-before decisions being a shatteririg blow to their hopes. The following are the scores: — England — First Innings Sutcliffe, c Grant, b Martindale 21 Walters, c Barrow, b Martindale 51 Hammond, c Headley, b Gfiffith 29 Leyland, c Barrow, b Griffith ...... 1 Jardine, c Dacosta; b Achong ....:. 21 Tufnbull; c Barrows, b Achong 28 Allen, run out ....:. ...... 16 Robins, b Martindale .;.... 8 Ames, not but ;..... ...; ;....; 83 Verity, c Achong, b Griffiths 21 Macaulay, lbw, b Martindale ...... 9 Extras :.. 8 Total 296 Bowling analysis. — Martindale took four wickets for 85; Franeis, noho fbr 52; Griffiths three for 47; Achong, two for 88; Dacosta, none for 15. West Indies — First Innings Roach, b Allen 0 Barrow, c and b Verity 7 Headley, lbw, b Allen : 13 Merry, lbw, b Macaulay 9 Hoad, lbw, b Robins 6 Dacosta, b Robins 6 Grant, not out 11 Achong, not out 2 Extras 1 Total for five Wickets 55