ENGLAND BATS WELL

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 243, 4 January 1928, Page 9

ENGLAND BATS WELL

CRICKET TEST MATCH AT CAPETOWN AFRICANS’ FIELDING POOR By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 10.52 a.m. CAPETOWN, Tues. Resumption of the match between the Marylebone team and South Africa was delayed by rain. The wicket -was easy. Sutcliffe made his best knock of the tour, scoring freely all round till he was 99, when he played Bisset on. England is now in a winning position, mainly through the South Africans dropping catches. Wyatt had four lives in the twenties. ENGLAND HOLMES, b Bissett * J SUTCLIFFE, c Nupen, b Bissett .. 29 TYLDESLEY, b Bissett .. 0 HAMMOND, lbw, b Morkel 43 STEVENS, c Cameron, b Bissett .... 0 WYATT, lbw, b Bissett 2 ASTILL, lbw, b Vincent 2o STANYFORTH, b Vincent 4 GEARY, lbw. b Vincent 0 PEEBLES, not out “ FREEMAN, st Cameron, b Vincent .. 7 Extras Total I^2 Bowling Analysis: Bissett, 5-37; Morkel, 1-20; Vincent, 4-22; Nupen, 0-10; Promnit:!!, 0-33. Second Innings HOLMES, c Vincent, b Nupen .... SS SUTCLIFFE, b Bissett 09 TYLDESLEY. lbw, b Promnitz . . 57 HAMMOND, c Palm, b Promnitz .. 14 STEVENS, c Morkel, b Bissett .... 2 WYATT, not out . . . . . •■••••• ASTILL, c Cameron, b v meent .... ■ STANYFORTH, b Vincent 1 GEARY, b Vincent I PEEBLES, not out " Extras * •• Total for eight wickets .. 412 SOUTH AFRICA TAYLOR, hit wkt, b Freeman .... 68 COMMAILLE, lbw, b Freeman .... lo CAMERON, c Geary, b Stevens .... 19 CATTERALL, b Hammond MORKEL. b Freeman PALM, c Stevens, b Freeman • • - • - DEANE, c Stanyforth, b Hammond 41 VINCENT, b Astill 1" NUPEN, not out •>; BISSETT, b Hammond £ PROMNITZ, run out 0 Extras _ Total 230 Bowling Analysis.—Hammond, e-5e ■ Freeman, 4-58; Stevens, 1-26; Peebles, 0-27; Astill, 1-32; Geary, 0-50.—A. and N.Z.-Sun.