HAIL, HOBBS!

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 126, 30 May 1934, Page 7

HAIL, HOBBS!

HIS 197 TH CENTURY.

Ames, Walters, Turnbull and Langridge in Form. MITCHELL BEST BOWLER. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, May 29. The outstanding event in the series of English county cricket matches which terminated this afternoon was the recording by Jack Hobbs of the 197 th century of his career in firstclass cricket. Ho performed this feat for Surrey, at Manchester, in the benefit match foi Geo. Duckworth, the Lancashire wicketkeeper, who played for England in all the 1930 Tests. Of the players selected for the English Test trial, commencing at Lord's on Saturday, the most successful were:— Batsmen: Ames (wicket-keeper) 109, Walters 100, Turnbull 86 and 61, James Langridge 96, Wyatt 68 not out, Pataudi 57.

Bowlers: T. B. Mitchell (Derby) five for 26 and six for 96, Verity four for 15. Results:—

Kent: First innings, 472 (Ames 109, Todd 127); second, four for 220 (Woollev 68). Hampshire: First innings, 473 (Moore 137). Hampshire won on the first innings.

Somerset: First innings, 225; second, 192 (Case 106 not out; Goddard seven for 71). Gloucester: First innings, 275 (Page 83; White six for 96); second, 103 (J. Lee five for 62, White five fpr 40). Somerset won by 39 runs.

Yorkshire: First innings, 99 (T.-B. Mitchell five for 26); -second, 271 (Mitchell six for 96). Derby: First innings, 102 (Bowes five for 60); second, 166 (Verity four for 15). Yorkshire won by 102 runs.

Sussex: First innings, five for 445, declared (James Langridge 96, John Langridge 132 not out). Northants: First innings, 343; follow-on, 141 (Tate seven for 42). Sussex won by an innings and 61 runs.

Essex: First innings, 262; second, three for 185. Notts: First innings, five for 490, declared (Harris 153, Hardstaff 145). Notts won on the fir3t innings.

Lancashire: First innings, 263 (Iddon 93); second, five for 308, declared (Iddon 88, Tyldesley 81). Surrey: First innings, 324 (Hobbs 116, Fandham 78; Brook five for 92); seccnd, three for 149. Surrey won on the. first innings.

Glamorgan: First innings, 366 (Turnbull 86, Smart 90); second, three for 161, declared (Turnbull 61). Leicester: First innings, 240 (Shipman 82); second, two for 158. Glamorgan won on the first innings.

Warwick: First innings, 209 (Wyatt 68 not out; Perks five for 36); second, 340. Worcester: First innings, 165 (Pataudi 57, Gibbons 70 not out; Mayer five for 40); second, three for 282 (Walters 100, Gibbons 100). Warwick won on the first innings.

LARWOOD OUT AGAIN.

TRIES LEG-TRAP TACTICS. (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 27. The "Daily Mail" says Larwood created much discussion at Trent Bridge when, after the announcement that he will not be playing in the Test trial, he opened the bowling for Notts against Essex. Working up a terrific pace, he operated with a leg-trap field. Altogether ho bowled 12 overs for 28 runs, and no wickets.

THE MIDDLESEX GAME.

NO ADJECTIVES FOR BRADMAN LONDON, May 29. The clever exploitation of the wearing wicket at Lord's yesterday gave the Australians their hollow victory of .10 wickets over Middlesex. Nowadays there is a natural wicket at Lord's, no marl or chemical preparations beiug allowed, in accordance with the Marylebone Club's policy of discouraging perfect pitches. Consequently, combined with an exceedingly clry winter following a hot summer, the ground is by no means a batsman's paradise. Indeed, the ball was doing strange things on the first day and a hot Sunday caused the pitch quickly to become dusty.

Grimmett's figures are more impressive than O'Reilly's, but the latter was tlie best bowler. He had three catches missed. Ebeling was more like a Test bowler in this match. He may yet force his way into the Test team.

C. B. Fry (Ranji's famous opening partner for Sussex), writing in the "Evening Standard," says: "Adjectives do not describe Bradman. He just does it. It is impossible to assess the class of bowling when he is slogging. I had seen others perform similarly. iJanjitsinhji was more sinuous and electric; Macartney was more impudent .Mid risky; Trumper more stylish and graceful; but none put across such unremitting dash and devil.

"Technically Bradman lias faults, but nobody ever did so many wrong things right. He hits across a break but his exquisite timing and his faculty of withholding his stroke until he knows each ball by heart more than cover every error." _^j