BRIGHTER CRICKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1019, 9 July 1930, Page 9

BRIGHTER CRICKET

AUSTRALIANS DRAW IN NOTTINGHAM MATCH COUNTY PILES UP 433 Uni (ed r. A.—By T clegra p U Copyrigh t Reed. 10.15 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. The cricket match at Nottingham between the Australian cricketers and Notts, the county players, was drawn. The county team, which yesterday had replied to Australia's first inning? score of 296 with nine wickets for 387, carried this to 433 before being dismissed, and Australia, in its second innings, lost four wickets for 360. Nottingham was batting splendidly. Sam Staples raised the total to 400 in 400 minutes soon after the resumption. The weather was fine but dull, and the Avicket was good. Voce cut and drove Wall for several fours in one over, and this pair brought the total to 426, thus passing England’s score in the second test, which was then the highest for the season against Australia. Hurwood, by taking his fifth wicket, ended the innings. BRIGHT SCORING The Australians Avere 137 runs behind when Ponsford g.nd Jackson opened the second innings. Both scored at a good rate from Larwood, blit Voce succeeded in getting Ponsford when the total was 4 3 McCabe raised 50 after 35 minutes, and this steady rate of scoring continued, the 100 taking 72 minutes. Both men then attacked the bowling and hit very hard, punishing Voce severely. McCabe was eventually caught at mid-on after a slashing display, haA ring hit 14 fours in an innings occupying 75 minutes. Jackson’s fifty took 105 minutes, and the total was two for 165, with Kippax not out.

The 200 was raised in 130 minutes. Jackson then gave an easy catch in the slips after showing that he was at last finding form. In a sound, at tractive innings he hit seven fours With three wick ets down for 21S, Ivippax and Richardson batted cautiously but later they went for the bowling. RICHARDSON IN FORM Richardson straight-drove Sam Staples for six and then hit Voce for four and six off successive balls, reaching 50 in 70 minutes, compared with Kippax’s 95 minutes. Richardson went on merrily until he was easily caught, having batted 80 minutes and hitting two sixes and nine fours. The partnership yielded 121. The match ended tamely. Kippax batted 135 minutes and hit 13 fours The scores are: NOTTINGHAM First Innings. GUNN, c Wall, b Hurwood 34 WHYSALL, b liurwoock 320 WALKER, b Hurwood 7. 53 PA YTON, Ibw, b Wall 24 LILLE Y, b Hornibrook 24 STAPLES. A., run out 29 RHODES, c Hornibrook, b Hurwood 20 BARRETT, b McCabe 0 GARWOOD, c A'Beckett, b .Hornibrook 25 STAPLES, S., c Richardson, b Hurwood 62 VOCE, not out 22 Extras 20 Total 433 Bowling:—Wall, 1-P6: A'Beckett. 0-57; Hurwood. 5-111: Hornibrook, 2-S5; Kippax, 0-20; McCabe, 1-38. AUSTRALIA First Innings 296 Second Innings. PONSFORD, o Larwood, b Voce .. 27 JACKSON, c S. Staples, b A. Staples 79 McCABE, c Gunn, b Larwood .. .. 79 KIPPAX. not. out 89 RICHARDSON, c Walker, bA. Staples 69 A’BECKETT, not out 5 Extras 12 Four wickets for 360 Bowling.—Larwood, 1-35; Barratt, 0-13; Voce, 1-112; S. Staples, 0-69; A. Staples. 2-56; Rhodes, 0-30; Gunn, 0-33. FAIRFAX OUT OF TEST Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. An operation was performed on Fairfax for a deep-seated abscess. He has to rest for 10 days and will not. be available for the third test.