DOUR BATTING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 January 1939, Page 6

DOUR BATTING

PLAY IN SECOND CRICKET TEST AFRICANS ON THE DEFENSIVE. ENGLAND IN GOOD POSITION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 1.15 p.m.) CAPE TOWN, January 3. I In the second cricket Test with South Africa, England declared in their first innings with the score at 559 for nine wickets. The South Africans were on the defensive from the outset and only scored twenty-six in an hour. Mitchell batted dourly for 255 minutes, Nourse. however, and Balaskas, who hit Verity for four successive boundaries, livened up the batting towards the close. Details:— ENGLAND. First Innings. Hutton, b Gordon 17 Paynter, lbw, b Langton 1 Gibb, c Wade, b Gordon 58 Ames, b Gordon 115 Hammond, b Davies 181 Edrich, b Gordon 0 Valentine, lbw Gordon 112 Verity, b Langton 29 Wright, c Nourse. b Langton .... 33 Fames, not out 1 Extras 12 Total for 9 wickets (declared) 559 Bowling analysis: Davies, 1 for 77; Langton, 3/117; Gordon, 5/157; Balaskas. 0/115; Mitchell, 0/81. SOUTH AFRICA. First Innings. Van der Bijl, c Valentine, b Verity 37 Rowan, b* Wright 6 Mitchell, b Wright 42 Nourse, not out 74 Briscoe, lbw Goddard 2 Wade, c Edrich, b Verity 10 Langton, lbw Goddard 10 Balaskas, not out 28 Extras i 14 Total for 6 wickets 223 Bowling analysis: Farnes, 0 for 29; Edrich, 0/6; Goddard, 2/43; Wright, 2/66; Verity, 2/55.