ENGLAND MAKES 406

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 490, 20 October 1928, Page 6

ENGLAND MAKES 406

CRICKET AT PERTH HOME SIDE FOUR FOR m (L'nitrd V.A. —By Ttlrorar* CrypyUgSt) PERTH. Friday. Tne English cricketers to-day suiiied their match in fine weaAh, against Western Australia. stumps were drawn yesterday tii« itors had made. 306 runs for the lose rr six wickets. Hendren (55) and Am» (3) being the not-out men. Adopting vigorous tactics, in ten trust to their opening day * play th ' visitors added 100 tuns in 75 minute The game was lull of incident tor the several thousand spectators. England had been dismissed at the luocheoi interval tor 406. The total was coni piled in six hours four minutes, mostlv since teatime yesterday. Hendren just missed his centnrv alter having given a sparkling display attended by some lucky escapes ul was batting 2 hours 20 minutes. Chapman, the left-handed captain of the Kngiishmen. opened his inning® orously. He made 26 runs in 30 utes. He was dismissed through tai ing a chance in attempting to make l big hit. He received an ovation. Ames, a careful, sound batsnun took 71 minutes to score 36 runs. INTERESTING PLAY Tho bowling in the afternoon w* s interesting, six of the visitors taking the ball in turn Ley land and Harni mond made tho chief impresaa>n Leyland is a clever slow "googlybowler, who puzales the batsmen. Hammond has plenty of sting and a good twist. White secured wicktt* but seasoned batsmen should have r difficulty in pasting him. Ch>ary corcentrated on strong, long hops with plenty of pace.

Jardine, in a short turn with the ball, secured a wicket. He showed a pretty twist and a good length, but not much spin. The English bowlinestrength apparently is better and morl versatile than that of the last team though nothing exceptional has yet been shown. The Western Australian youth? stool up well to the bowling, but did not take chances. Their score about oqualled that of England at the .-am*stage of the innings. A feature of the Englishmen’s first innings was •the bowling of Evan?, who secured tho wickets of Leyland! Hammond and Chapman for 82 run* ENGLAND.—First Innings. LEYLAND, c Ila loom be, b Evans .. is SUTCLIFFE. Ibw, b Halcomb* .. .. u TYLDESLEY. b Halcombc HAMMOND, b Evans U MEAD. Ibw, b Inverarity i JARDINE. c Richardson, b Halcomb* I*4 HENDRE.V. c Taafe, h Richardson .. AMES, c Stokes, b Richardson .. .. X CHAPMAN, c Richardson, b Evans .. X GEARY, run out i WHITE, not out 1 Extras l Total 41* WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—First Innings RICHARDSON, c Chapman, b White 41 QUINLAN, c Chapman, b White .... 14 TAAFE, c Hammond, b White .... McRAE. c Ames, b Jardine 35 BRYANT, not out . . . - 5' lIORROCKS, not out 24 Extras 12 Total for four wickets .. ..181

TEST TRIAL MATCH AUSTRALIA V. THE REST DREARY BATTING MELBOURNE, Friday. A cricket match, Australia v. ThRest, was begun to-day. The wick*' was slow and easy, and the outfield slow. Richardson won the toss an ! The Rest batted first. As Ryder wa> ill, Scaifs was included. Gregor}, bowled at a good pace, but the wicke was unsuitable for him. There was much dreary battinc O’Connor was in for 140 minutes, an'! Kelleway for one hour. The first 100 runs were scored in 160 minutes, and the total. 111, in three hours. Tho bowling was good, but mpn than one batsman committed suicide Ponsford was missed off Scott after scoring a. single. Ponsford and Hendry were both confident and batted well. There were three adjournments lai' in the day owing to light showers during which the wicket was covered. Stumps were drawn at 5.40 p m., owinto the bad light. Details:— THE REST First Innings HARRIS, e Oxenham, b Gregory .. *• JACKSON, c Oldfield, b Oxenham .. 1? KELLEWAY. run out 35 RICHARDSON, c Hendry, b Gregory O’COXXOR, b Oxenhani *3 DRADMAN, c Oldfield, b Grimroett.. 14 NOTHLING, lbw, b Grimmett .. .. * NICHOLLS, lbw, b Oienham THOMPSON, st Oldfield, b Grimmett • SCOTT, b Oxenham - ft IRONMONGER, not out ; Total 131 Bowling: Gregory, 2-26; Blackie, 0-21; Oxenham, 4-28 ; Grimmett, 3-23. AUSTRALIA First Innings HENDRY, c Kelleway, b Scott .. •• PONSFORD, not out 4 J ANDREWS, not out 1 One wicket for ••