BOYCOTT CENTURY

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32379, 19 August 1970, Page 10

BOYCOTT CENTURY

Dominant Innings ffl.Z. Press Assn.—Copvrtpht) LONDON. G. Boycott, in the best innings played for England against the Rest of the World XI, dominated the fourth day’s play in the final test The Yorkshire opening batsman scored 157 before being fourth out at 289. England then led by 228, but C. H. Lloyd accounted for R. Illingworth and put England’s strong position in jeopardy. However, D. Amiss, who made only 21 of the 64 runs he and Boycott added, took the score past 300 in partnership with A. P. Knott The England innings ended at 344, leaving the Rest needing to score 284 to win in 6hr 50min. At the close, it was 26 for one. Scores:— ENGLAND First Innings 294 Second Innings G. Boycott c Barlow b Lloyd 157 B. Luckhurst b Procter .. 0 M. C. Cowdrey b Intikhab .. 31 K. Fletcher c Barlow b Sobers 63 D. Amiss c Murray b Lloyd 35 R. Illingworth c Mushtaq b Lloyd 0 A. Knott b Sobers .. 15 J. Snow c Mushtaq b Sobers 19 C. Old b McKenzie .. 5 P. Lever not out 0 D. Wilson b McKenzie .. 1 Extras (byes 5, leg-byes 10, no-balls 3) ..18 Total 344 Fall of wickets: one for 0, two for 71, three for 225, four for 289, five for 289, six for 319, seven for 323, eight for 343, nine for 343, 10 for 344. Bowling: Procter, 19, 9, 30, 1; McKenzie, 22.1, 2, 51, 2; Sobers, 42, 15, 81, 3; Barlow. 16, 2, 42, 0; Intikhab, 32, 8, 87, 1; Lloyd, 18, 2, 34, '3; Mushtaq, 1,0, 1, 0. REST OF THE WORLD First Innings 355 Second Innings B. Richards not out .. 9 E. Barlow b Snow 6 R. Kanhai -not out .. 9 Extras (leg-bye 1, noball p . 2 Total for one wicket 26 Fall of wicket, one for 7. Bowling: Snow, 5,2, 8,1; Old, 4, 0, 5,0; Lever, 2,0, 5,0; Wilson, 2,1, 6, 0. Santos Loses.—M. Santos, of New Zealand, the former Commonwealth light-weight champion, was outpointed by the Queenslander, W. Doherty, In a 10-round fight at Melbourne. It was Santos’s third successive defeat on points in Melbourne this year.