CRICKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 198, 4 June 1934, Page 2

CRICKET.

THE TEST TRIAL MATCH.

ENGLAND'S DEADLY BOWLING. LONDON, June 2. The Test trial cricket match, between England and The Rest was not inspiring from the batting point of view, but revealed bowling described as deadly. When stumps were drawn for the day The Best had concluded their first innings for 218 runs, and Wyatt and Sutcliffe had scored 73 for England. A few hours after he clinched his Test place with nine hostile overs against The Rest, Clark was on his way back to Northampton suffering with a strained stomach muscle. Ho will not take any further part in the trial and it is doubtful whether he will be able to play in the Test, leaving the selectors in a quandary. Except lor Clark's first half-dozen overs it was tho feeble batting more than the deadliness of England's bowling that was responsible for The Rest's struggling 218. Verity persistently flighted the ball cleverly. Mitchell's well-spun leg breaks were accurate and twice he was unlucky when Ames fumbled stumping chances. Only three of The Rest's batsmen appeared to be in test class—Walters, Valentino and Paynter. AVhile Walters shaped the best against Clark, he twice escaped when ho drove chances back to Verity. Paynter was shaping well before he played-on. Fames, in four-over spells, bowled with some life, making the ball lift. He should have had Wyatt caught early in England's first innings at first slip. Wyatt afterwards drove and cut attractively. Sutcliffe plodded along with his typical caution. ~Scores: THE REST. First Innings. Walters, c and b Verity 57 Mitchell, c Amos, b Clark ... 4 Bennett, c Wyatt, b Clark ... I Turnbull, b Verity 46 Paynter, c Sutcliffe, b Mitchell ... 32 Valentine, st Ames, b Mitchell ... 35 Robins, c Mitchell, b Leyland ... 5 Duckworth, b Verity ... ... 14 Fames, lbw, b Mitchell 2 Bowes, not out ... ... ... 9 Extras ' ... ... 0 Total ... 218 Bowling—Clark two for 14, Nichols none for 37, Wyatt none for 7, Mitchell four for 88, Verity three for 58, Leyland one for 14. ENGLAND. First Innings. Wyatt, not out 36 Sutcliffe, not out 24 Extras 13 Total for no wickets ... 73 GOUNTY MATCHES IN, BRITAIN. RECORD SCORE FOR KENT. LONDON, June 1. County • cricket results are:— Warwick, first innings 281 (Parsons 101; second innings 247. Middlesex, first innings 225; second innings 194 (Paine five for 71). Warwick won by 119 runs. , Kent, first innings 803 for four, declared (Ashdown 332, Woolley 172, Ames not out 202 V Essex, first innings 409 (Popo 100, O'Connor not out 105); followed on, 205 (Freeman six for 60). Kent won by an innings and 192 runs. Sussex first innings 463 for five, declared "(J. Parks 160, Melville 105, James Langridge not out 88). Somerset first innings 140 (Tate four for 39); followed on, 272 (J. Cornford six for 63). Sussex won by an innings and 51 runs. Northants, first innings 103 (\ enty four for 43)/; second innings 100 (Verity four'for 25). Yorkshire, first innings 257 (Partridge five tor 99). Yorkshire won by an innings and four runs. . . Lancashire, first innings 414 tor seven, declared (Tyldesley 239, Hopwood 123). Glamorsan, first innings 352 (Dyson not out 191) ; followed on, 148 for four. Lancashire Avon on the first innings. _ , . • Gloucester, first innings lot (bmith five for 57, Geary five for 21); second innings 293 (Allen 83, Neale not out 83; Geary five for 60). Leicester, first innings 326- second innings 129 for

one. Leicester won by nine wickets. Minor Counties first innings 539 for eight, declared (Farrimond 1.74); second innings 129 for four. Oxford, first innings 469 (Mitchell-Innes 140, Seamer 194). Match drawn. Kent on the first day scored 623 tor two. This total is within 22 runs of Surrey's record day's score. Ashdown s 332 is a record for Kent. Kent's averago rate of scoring was 114 an hour.

EVERGREEN "PATSY" HENDREN Elias ("Patev") Hendren, who for a very long time has been an idol or many thousands of cricket enthusiasts, was again the mainstay of the Middlesex batting, says a southern critic. This grand All-England cricketer who made a century for the Marylebone Cricket Club against the Australians not many days ago, /"owed last yoar that age has not yet staled the excellence of his batting; he is now 45 years old With 143 centuries up to the time these notes were written, Hendren ranks second to J. 13. Oobbs in the list of batsmen who have made more than 100 centuries in firstclass cricket. He made 11 of .these centuries last season, and for the thud time scored over 3000 runs in a season at an average) of 56.89, in all his first-class matches. His average tor Middlesex, however, was 62.80. An innings of 301 not out, against Worcestershire, was the- highest oi Ins cxii'Gcr • J W Hearne. another famous cricketer for England, but with not nearly such a long career in international cricket has Hendren had—Hearne last played for England against Australia eight years ago—continues to give.very </ood service to the county. He is- 43 years of age. Hearne suffered from injuries last year, and he showed quite clearly that he does not like to play against'fast bowling, as he did when he was young, but, for all that, he made over 1100 runs, at an average oi A6.io —the second-best average for the county, apart from G. O, Alien s, which will be referred to later. Hearne also took over 50 wickets, at 25 62 runs each, with his slow bowling; he bowls a good googly at tunes.