Sobers hits 22nd test century

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32565, 26 March 1971, Page 24

Sobers hits 22nd test century

( N.Z.P.A.-Reut er—Copyright) GEORGETOWN. The West Indies captain, G. S. Sobers, hit his twenty-second test century yesterday to highlight the final day of the third test against India, which ended in a draw.

Sobers made 108 not out and put on 152 for the fourth wicket with C. Davis (125 not out) between lunch and tea before declaring at 307 for three. India, which leads 1-0 in the series, trailed by 294 runs when it began its second innings after tea with less than two hours and a half remaining. At stumps, it had scored 123 for no wicket. Sobers, who hit a six and 14 fours, took his test total to 7055 runs. Davis batted for nearly five hours for his second test century, which included 15 fours. Scores: WEST INDIES First innings 363 Second Innings R. FredericKs lbw b Solkar 5

M. Carew c Durrani b Bed! 45 C. Davis not out 125 C. Lloyd c Khrlshnamurthy b Bedl . 9 G. Sobers not out .. ..108 Extras 15

Total (3 wckts dec.) 307 Fall of wickets: one for 11, two for 114, three for 137. Bowling.—Abid All, 14, 2, 55, 0; Solkar, 16, 4, 43, 1; Bedl, 26, 9, 55, 2; Venkataraghavan, 20, 10, 47, 0; Mankad, 5. 0,3, 0; Durrani, 16, 2, 47, 0; Wadekar, 3,0, 12, 0. INDIA First innings 376 Second innings A. Mankad not out .. .. 53 S. Gavaskar not out .. 64 Extras .. 6 Total (for no wckts) 123 Bowling,—Boyce, 2, 0. 12, 0: Shillingford, 2,0, 13, 0; Lloyd, 3,0, 20, 0; Noreiga, 10, 0, 30, 0; Gibbs, 1, 0. 4,0; Sobers, 5,1; 14, 0; Fredericks, 4,0, 9,0; Davis, 3,0, 15, 0.

Women’s field days held by the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Association every Thursday during the summer season at Wilding Park have been very strongly supported, drawing more than 100 players on some days. Representatives from most of the association’s affiliated clubs have competed in doubles tournaments for A grade players one week and B grade the next.

When the days began several years ago, they were held irregularly but as the. popularity grew they went from fortnightly to weekly, con-

ducted by Mrs B. Miles, a member of the association’s management committee. The photograph shows A grade players before they began yesterday. They played only a few sets before the day was washed out, one of the few fixtures this season that has suffered.

Golf.—The Taiwan golfer, Hseih Min Man, won the pro-am tournament played as a prelude to the Thailand open championship at Bangkok.League.—The Australian Rugby league test forward, A. Beetson, has been transferred by Balmain to a rival Sydney club, Eastern Suburbs, at a fee reported to be about $10,006. ■