DULL CRICKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1038, 31 July 1930, Page 11

DULL CRICKET

SOMERSET TEAM GOES FOR 121 RUNS AUSTRALIA ONE FOR 136 United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copyriyh Reed. 10.15 a.m. LONDON, Wed. The Australian cricketers today commenced a match against Somerset at Taunton. The teams were as follow: Australia. Woodfull, Richardson, Bradman, Jackson, Ponsford, McCabe, Grimmett, A’Beckett, Hornibrook, Ilurwood, Walker. Somerset.—Young Longrigg, Ingle, J. Lee, J. C. White, Case, Hawkins, F. Lee, Wellard, Hunt, Marshall. The weather was dull,’ and the wicket fair. Somerset won the toss, and elected to bat. They quickly lost five wickets for only 60 runs. The early batsmen fared badlv against the bowling of A’Beckett and Hurwood. At one stage fouj> were out for 10. BRADMAN SLOW A stiff breeze helped the bowlers to sw.'-g the ball. Grimmett took the wicket of White and Hawk ns in his first over, after the lunch adjournment. Wellard hit fiercely, and raised the score to 100 in 115 minutes. With his dismiss:’.!, the innings soon ended. The Somerset total would have been much smaller had dropped catches been accepted. This was the third lowest score against the visitors. Jackson and Ponsford opened for •Vustral a, but the latter failed to get going. Hunt bowled four successive maidens to Bradman, who remained for 20 minutes without scoring. Jackson took 35 minutes to make six. Then he was dropped in the slips. Bradman was not himself. He mis-hit and timed badly. Australia’s laborious 50 took 85 m.nutes. Bradman later brightened somewhat, but his partners 25 occupied 105 minutes. In the same time Bradman reached 50. Somerset’s total was passed without further loss. The scores are:— SOMERSET. First Innings. YOUNG, b A’Beckett 4 LONGRIGG, c McCabe, 1» A’Beckett n LEE, c Walker, b Hurwoocl 0 [NGLE. run out 2 WHITE, lbw, b Grimmett S> OASE, c Hornibrook, b Hurwood .. 5 HAWKINS, c Jackson, b Grimmett .. 11 WELLARD, b McCabe 3S LEE, c Woodfull, b McCsbe 11 HUNT. c Hornibrook, b Grimmett.. 1° ' TAR SHALL, not out •» Extras O Total 121 Bowling.—A’Cec’*ett, 2-22: Harwood. 2-42; McCabe. 2-19; Grimmett, 3-38. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. '* TCI .FORD, b Hunt 8 JACKSON, not out 57 BRADMAN, not out 71 Extras .. 0 One wicket for 13i'