ENGLAND ON TOP

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30811, 24 July 1965, Page 13

ENGLAND ON TOP

Good Start In Test (PI.Z.PA.-Reuter—Copyright/ (1 LONDON, July 23. * England, which won all fl£e cricket tests in the re-| Iseries against New Zea-' , took the honours when: :gan a three-match series! Ist South Africa at Lord’s |P ■rday. ( the end of an excellent t > cricket. South Africa, h won the toss, had scor- b 27 for eight wickets. It is t 100th test match between « two countries. I igland excelled in fielding, t splendid catches being r n. v igland seized the initiat- b el in the two hours before :nch by capturing the first t tree South African wickets v rj 75 runs. t R. G. Pollock and K. C. j land rallied their side with I sparkling fourth-wicket v and of 80 in 103 minutes, t id later P. van der Merwe, ho bated 70 minutes for 17, 1 id J. T. Botten defied Eng- f til's efforts to close the , iftngs. a Bain prevented any play 1 More lunch on the second r iy a " c

SOUTH AFRICA J. Barlow, c Barber, b Rumsey 1 . :R. Lance, c and b Brown 28 Lindsay, c Titmus, b Rumsey 40 .|C. Pollock, c Barrington, I b Titmus 56 . C. Bland, b Brown 39 . Bacher, lbw, b Titmus 4 van der Merwe, c Barrington, b Rumsey 17 Dumbrill, b Barber 3 T. Botton, not out 27 M. Pollock, not out 2 Extras (l.b. 2. n.b. 2) .. 10 Total (for 8 wkts.) all of wickets* one for 1. *o for 60, three for 75. four •r 155, five for 170, six for seven for 178, eight for 212. Bowling 0. M. R. W. ■tter 19 8 29 0 ■Rnsey . 25 9 66 3 rjwn 17 6 39 2 ion us 29 10 59 2 IFber 8 2 24 1