DACRE IN ENGLAND.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19972, 5 July 1930, Page 9

DACRE IN ENGLAND.

PLAYS FOR GLOUCESTERSHIRE. (FRO It OtIB OWX CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, May 30. I ."Walter Hanvmond, of Gloucester, mado a score of 190 runs iu the match Surrey v. 'Gloucestershire, at tho Oval this week. . ' Going in after lunch, ho was out to the last ball of the day, trying to drive Gregory and make certain or nis 200 th run. In less than four hours n® hit up 199, eventually being caught by Fender. His big hits were ono 6, on© 5. and fifteen 4's. . d . Hammond did not get many of np runs with boundaries, but to get ins total at a rate of over 50 runs an hour ho could not have missed many chances to score. He did not. He was always out for runs, always making the bowling to suit his own style. Unfortunately, he ran out Dacre, tne New Zcalander, who is now playing for Gloucestershire. "There are no two opinions about the incident," writes Vulcan of the "Daily Chronicle. "When Dacre hit a ball to mid-on n. was -not, a run. It was not Hammond s right to call and if the New Zealander had stood still and let Hammond suffer for his own impetuosity no ono couia have grumbled. Instead,_ Dacre crossed Hammond and sacrificed wicket." . t Dacre's score at that time was on y 5.