SECOND CRICKET TEST

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 703, 1 July 1929, Page 13

SECOND CRICKET TEST

FNGLISHMEN SCORE 302 1 AGAINST AFRICA CENTURY TO SUTCLIFFE . p Ji. —By Telegraph Copyright) and -V.Z. Press Association) l jotroH*n (Uniud service) LONDON, Saturday, second test cricket match, Eng1' Soutli Africa, was commenced la ? v at Lord’s. There were 30,000 after luncheon. The weather team comprised Deane, Mitchell. Cameron, Morkel, wt 'n Smith, Ochse. Dalton, McMillan, fund Christie. Van Dermerwe was **!‘ absent on njedical advice. Vin- " t did not play owing to a strained f® 1 Therefore the visitors lacked two '•’’their best batsmen and two of their l i, l froimd was hard and cracked, jod the pitch was fast. SENSATIONAL START Tt,« game opened in a sensational ner England won the toss and lost wickets for 18 runs. Killick and started confldently, but Kilfl- was bowled when the score was ’tL. Hammond was well caught on 'i* nff side at IS. Then the first ball O’Connor, whose first test match it “ ” re bounded from his pad on to his Tket before the total was altered, sntrliffe retrieved the situation. He Hendren piuekily added 93 before ““■Ai who had taken all the wickets „ m that time, bowled Hendren at 117. The South Africans fielded magni-,2-tiv but Sutcliffe was missed at when he had made 14. Leys mastered the bowlers, and hit one McMillan for six. Sutcliffe's continence recalled is Australian form, Sh he never was entirely happy. Me Tekven fours and scored 100 in 170 minutes, savins a possible collapse for E The n h>nings lasted 340 minutes and ''eftreran. with an hour remaining, nnened for Soutli Africa with Mitchell. bSt he was bowled by the first ball ■from Larwood. _ . Mitchell and Christie, in spite of this imstrous start, batted confidently and h.d carired the score to 57 without furL r loss when stumps were drawn. Details of the scores are: ENGLAND First Innings SfcUFFE, ?°Mitcheil. b Boll'' .' TOO C OhHsHei ’b ’ Merkel 11 S HENDREN. b Morkel 43 MSYLANP. t> Bell • • • ?'2 TA.TE. e Cameron, n Bell io popBINS. c Mitchell, b Bell .. «• • • LARWOOD, h Bell DUCKWORTH. not out * Extras _ Total ° O2 Rnwline Analvsis. —Ochse. 0-51: MorJT""f Bell. '6-39: Christie, 0-20; McEan, 0-31: Owen-Smith, 0-3. SOUTH AFRICA First Innings TATERRALL, b liar wood 0 MITCHELL, not out - .. •• CHRISTIE, not out One wicket for .••••••••••••• 57