UNHAPPY START

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1065, 1 September 1930, Page 7

UNHAPPY START

AUSTRALIANS PLAYING AGAINST SUSSEX KIPPAX SAVES DEBACLE LONDON, Saturday. The Australian cricketers today commenced a match against Sussex at. Hove, Brighton. Bradman, Woodfull, Walker and Wall stood out of the visitors’ team. The county was represented by A. H. Gilligan, Duleepsinhji, Cook, Langridge. H. Parks. A. E. R. Gilligan, Tate, Wensley. Cornford, Bowley and J. Parks. Australia won the toss and batted, and their score whpn stumps were drawn was 340 for nine wickets. Although they batted under Australian weather conditions in blazing sunshine on the attractive ground at Hove, the visitors made a shocking start. Tate’s second ball hit Ponsford’s leg stump before he had scored. McCabe batted in Bradman’s place. He bit freely, but the total was only 22 when he mistimed one from Tate and was clean-bowled. Tate had taken two j wickets for 8. AWKWARD FOR AUSTRALIA Sussex also suffered misfortune, for ( in the second over A. E. R. Gilligan, who was playing his second game of the season, slipped and strained one of his legs. He was carried off the field. The hard, fast wicket suited Tate, who at 31 had another success when Duleepsinhji. at first slip, caught Jackson. Without Woodfull and Bradman an awkward situation confronted the Australians. Richardson lasted only five minutes. He was then clean-bowled, making Tate’s figures four for 14* Kippax, however, shaped delightfully, and with Fairfax raised 50 for an hour’s play. The Australians were happier when Tate was taken off. but coming back 20 minutes before luncheon he quickly disposed of Fairfax at 67 and had A’Beckett well caught at silly midon in the next over. The Australians were in a deplorable position at the luncheon interval, when the score stood at 60 for six wickets, Tate having taken them all at a cost of 18 runs. He had completely baffled all but Kippax. KIPPAX GETS 158 Grimrnett made a plucky stand, and helped Kippax in the intense heat. At the tea adjournment he and Kippax had put on 84. Kippax well deserved his third century of the tour, which he made in 185 minutes. He was caught in the outfield off J. Parks. He had hit 14 fours, eight of them after he had passed his century. Hurwood and Hornibrook trounced the tired bowling and reached 50 each off successive balls in the record lastwicket stand of the tour. The three final wickets so far have added 270 for Australia. Details of the score are: AUSTRALIA First Innings. POXSFORD, b Tate 9 JACKSON, c Duleepsinhji, b Tate .. 10 McCABE, b Tate 15 j KIPPAX. c Langridge. b J. Parks . . 158 RICHARDSON, b Tate 2 FAIRFAX, lbw, b Tate 6 A’BECKETT. c Wensley, b Tate .... OLDFIELD, b Bowley 7 GRIMMETT. c Duleepsinhji, b Bowley -~*S HURWOOD. not out •« HORNIBROOK, not out i Extras ™ Total for nine wickets 343 I