SURREY’S GOOD SCORE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 196, 1 June 1934, Page 6

SURREY’S GOOD SCORE

HIGHEST FOR TWO TOURS.

SANDHAM’S POST-WAR RECORD

AUSTRALIANS, 406 FOll THREE

(United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Hay, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON, May 31.

When the cricket match, Australia v. Surrey, was resumed, the weather was cloudy and the wicket good. The County continued its innings with Sandham 201, and Brooks, nil. Brooks, who was sent in as a stopgap overnight, lost his wicket in Wall’s second over. He was both bowled and caught as the ball touched the bat and removed a bail en route to Oldfield’s gloves. Sandham became the highest postwar scorer against the Australians in England. Driving O’Reilly to the boundary Sandham raised 400 in 355 minutes. He soon fell to an easy catch by Bromley at forward short leg. His innings lasted 6 hours 5 minutes. He hit one six and 22 fours.

Barling and Holmes began to thrash the innocuous looking bowling as Surrey should have done yesterday, and added 58 in 30 minutes, before Barling attempted to turn a good length leg break and was out leg before wicket. When Garland-Wells was bowled by ■Wall in attempting a big hit, Holmes declared with! the biggest total scored thus far against Australia, either on this or the previous tour. The innings lasted films 40mins.

For Australia, McCabe unexpectedly opened with Ponsford in a gloomy light. It is understood that the change in batting order was due to Woodfull'j failures and with the object of his recovering from lower in the list. Cover, a tall, fast bowler, and Holmes, medium bowler, opened the attack. The former had five slips. Both batsmen played uppish shots through them. McCabe had a second escape when 20, this time off Fender. Ponsford played Cover's bumpers with confidence, but McCabe, when 30, gave still another chance at short leg off Fender. Undaunted, the pair continued brightly md raised 100 in 80 minutes—the first century for the opening partnership during the t°ur. McCabe had a fourth escape when lie was dropped by fine slip, again off Fender. Both batsmen approached their centuries quietly. Ponsford, after 145 minutes, was the first to get 100. Australia’s .total was then 204.

Thirteen thousand spectators who were present after the tea adjournment, saw McCabe reach the century for 150 minutes’ play. Then Gover and Holmes used a new ball. At 116, Ponsford was dropped at the wicket off Holmes.

The scoring continued merrily, the pair breaking the first-wicket record for an Australian partnership in England.

Ponsford, trying to hook Holmes, was easily caught at the wicket. He had batted 165 minutes, hitting 17 ■fours. It was a versatile and attractive innings. The total was 239 foi one.

McCabe was again missed, when 114, Squires at square-leg failing to hold a reasonable chance off Gover. Bradman began, uncertainly, hut Later brightened and raced to 50 in even time. McCabe then had a sixth life, Hobbs, at cover, dropping him when 116. It was, a simple catch off Fender. . Bradman endangered the leg-side fieldsmen with vicious pulls and hooks, but eventually was caught there. He halted for 75 minutes, hitting eleven fours. The latter part' of his innings was brilliant. The score was then 369 for two. In the next oyer Gover uprooted Kippax’s stump. McCabe and ChipperfieM played out time. McCabe thus far has batted 260 minutes and hit 21 fours. Scores: — SURREY. First Innings. Hobbs, lbw, b Grimmett ... • 24 Sandham, c Bromley, b O’Reilly... 219 Gregory, lbw, b Grimmett ... 116 Squires, b Chipperfield 27 Brooks, b Wall ... ® Barling, lbw, b Chipperfield ... 44 Holmes, not out ... ••• 28 Garland-Wells, h Wall ... 2 Extras * Total (for 7 wkts. dec.) ... 475 Bowling—Wall two for 105, McCabe none for 66, Grimmett two foi 113, O’Reilly one for 104, Chipperfield two for 48, Bromley none for 30. AUSTRALIA. - First Innings. Ponsford, c Brooks, b Holmes ... 125 McCabe, not out Bradman, c Squires, b Gover ... 77 Kippax, b Gover ... ••• ••• ° Chipperfield, not out 6 Extras ° Total (for 3 wkts.) ••• 406 THE RUSH FOR SEATS.

BIGGER. THAN ON LAST TOUR. LONDON, May 20. The “Daily Mail” says the coming Test matches promise to he more popular than ever before. The hookings for the first Test at Nottingham on June 8,9, 11 and 12, already exceed £3OOO, whereas only £2OOO had been readied on the day before the Nottingham Test in 1930. , t . Seats are istill available at Nottingham, but Lord)s and the Oval are practically hooked out.