252—NOT OUT '

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 981, 26 May 1930, Page 12

252—NOT OUT '

BRADMAN’S SOUND SCOL IN SURREY MATCH FIVE WICKETS FOR 379 LONDON, Saturday The Australian cricketers uN began the eighth match of their t 7 against Surrey at the Ova! -2 oßr were 9,00 b spectators. From the Australians ÜBeck Kippax. Walker and Hurvood ~ ' out. The Surrey team j s: uN** Sandham. Ducat, Shepherd D • ; dine, Gregory, p. g. H. 'fNj . Stroud. Brooks. M. J. C. Allom L Sj' Woodfull won the toss and deou . tG bat. His Loudon luck in thi, 2 | epect lias held good. He has V* the toss in all three matches ,!* metropolis thus far, but lost ereiwhere in the provinces. Rain duriU tne week had made the outfield and the weather was overcast £ threatening. Allom. who was so successful ~ I Lord's on the previous SaturdsV opened the attack, with Lock ' medium right-hand bowler. The s,* had reached 11 when .lackson s 7 caught at the wicket for the thhr time in three matches. He heartedly hit at a rising off ball whv went straight into Brooks's hands BRADMAN'S CLOSE CALL Bradman seemed to go perilous], near the same fate soon after lie Vt 1 *" 1 7‘ d ’ * bowleit then * tool grew more ente” they occupied oo^; herd’s good lengi „ o deliveries wer. D. Bradman treate d with respe7' The score rose after luncheon. Brat man finding an opening on the lee ! side. The Australian captain reached i 50. and then Fender, who had take-! the hall, got him caught. He ht> hit only one four, but the partnership had produced 116 runs. Richardson contented himself with defensive, wo-k. while Bradman hit steadily until he reached the centur. in 145 minutes. The Sydney player continued forceful play, and the par net-ship yielded 100 in less than an hour. After tea Bradman was aggresshe. but lost Richardson, Stroud taking a high one-handed catch. This partner ship contributed 113 runs, made in (5 minutes. Ponsford was dismissed in the next over, and McCabe failed again. Thus three wickets fell in 25 minutes after tea for 60 runs. Fairfax, when he had made four, gave a chance, which Allom and Lock both missed. He took no risks after that, and scored only 16 runs in an hour. Rain stopped play at 6.25 p.m . when the score stood at 379 for fi-re wickets. Bradman had then batted for 290 minutes for 252 not ouL He hit 29 fours and has a strong chance of reaching the coveted English honour of making 1,000 runs before the end of May. There had been only one extra when the fifth wicket fell, with the score at 250. Details of the score are as follow: AUSTRALIA First Innings IVOObITLL. c Shepherd, b Fender . 5t JACKSON, c Brooke, b AUont It BRADMAN, not out J 8 IiICHA HDSOX. c Stroud, b Allom .. 2 PONSFORD, lbw. b Fender 1 MoC.tCE. c Fender, b Allom t FAIRFAX, not out 21 Extras .. .. .. ..... .. I Five wickets for 57J TEST TRIAL TEAMS Reed. 10.5 a.m. LONDON. Sunday. The test trial teams Eng.and v. The Rest at Lords on May 31 are:— England.—Chapman (captainl, R Robins, Hobbs. Sutcliffe. Hammond,

Woolley, Hendren, Tate, Larwood, Duckworth. Geary. The Rest. White (captain l , Stevens. Duleepsinhji, Wyatt, Jardine, Alom (of Surrey), Leyland. Ame«, Hopwood (of Lancashire), Worthington, Clark (of Northants).