FIFTY IN THE LEAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 32, 8 February 1928, Page 7

FIFTY IN THE LEAD.

South Africans Declare With Seven Wickets Down.

M.C.C. AT THE CREASE. (Received 1 p.m.) CAPETOWN, February 7. The final cricket Test match between South Africa and the English eleven was continued at Durban. Replying to the visitors' first innings score of 282, Taylor and Coen, the overnight not outs for South Africa, were confident. Taylor was polished and Coen impressive. The bowling and fielding were excellent and compelled the Africans to abandon their forcing policy. Staples' leg theory also kept down fhe runs. Catterall and Cameron indulged in stonewalling tactics, intent on wearing down the bowling, but later they scored freely and vigorously all round the wicket and the partnership produced 135 in 93 minutes for the fifth wicket. Catterall hit two sixes and fourteen fours. The batsmen were completely 011 top of the tired bowling. When 50 in the lead Deane declared. Holmes went out to the last ball of the first over. Scores were:— ■ SOUTH AFRICA. —First Innings. Taylor, lbw, b Staples 36 Coen, b Astill 2S Morkel, c Hammond, b Staples .... 2 Nicholson, b Astill 21 Catterall, c Holmes, b Astill 119 Cameron, c Holmes, b Freeman .... 53 Deane, b Staples 23 Nupen, not out 19 Vincent, not out 19 Extras 12 Total for seven wickets (dec.) . 332 Bowling: Hammond none for 41, Staples three for 93, Wvatt none for 10, Freeman one for 57, Astill three for 99, Stevens none for 14. ENGLAND. First Innings ... 252 v Second Innings. Holmes, lbw, b Bissett 0 Sutcliffc, not out To Tyldesley, not out ................ 14 Extras 6 Total for one wicket 30 —(A. and N.Z. and Sydney "Sun.")