TEST MATCH AT DURBAN

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 259, 23 January 1928, Page 7

TEST MATCH AT DURBAN

STAPLE’S SUPERB BOWLING SOUTH AFRICA SCORES 246 By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. CAPETOWN, Saturday. At Durban the third test match between South Africa and England was begun to-day. South Africa, in the first innings, made 246. and England 42 for no wickets. The weather was fine after overnight rain, but the wicket, which had been covered, was easy. South Africa won the toss for the third time in succession and batted. Taylor was dismissed early, and the South Africans stonewalled for a time. The play brightened after lunch, but the superb bowling of Staples, whose average at one stage was three for 16, kept the South Africans on the defensive. The Deane-Nupen partnership was exhilarating. Nupen in one over scoring 20 runs. Deane played attractively, scoring mostly behind the wicket. The visitors began luckily, Holmes giving two chances. The details of the scores are: SOUTH AFRICA TAYLOR, b Wyatt 7 SEIDLE, lbw, b Staples .. It CAMERON, b Peebles 21 NICHOLSON, b Astill, b Staples .. 39 CATTERALL. b Staples 14 MORKEL, b Peebles 14 DEANE, st Stanyforth, b Wyatt .. 77 VINCENT, c Stevens, b Peebles .. 2 NUPEN, lbw, b Wyatt 51 OCSHE. b Freeman 4 BISSETT, not out 1 Extras 5 Total 246 Bowling analysis.—Hammond 0-54; Wyatt, 3-4: Freman, 1-44: Staples, 3-50; Peebles, 3-69; Stevens, 0-12, Astill, 0-S. ENGLAND HOLMES, not out 23 SUTCLIFFE, not out 17 Extras 2 Total for no wickets 42 —A. and N.Z.-Sun.