BIG SCORE

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 218, 11 June 1930, Page 11

BIG SCORE

WOODFULL MAKES 216 AUSTRALIAN INNINGS DECLARED CAMBRIDGE STARTS BADLY I f By Telegraph—-Press Association—Copyright London, June 9. ; The Australians compiled a big total against the Cambridge bowlers. Six thousand people were present when McCabe and Woodfull continued their innings. The former started by hitting two 4’s in the first over. Two hundred appeared in 150 minutes, and a steady rate of scoring was maintained. McCabe failed to reach his hundred, being easily run out. His slashing innings of 06 had .taken 115 minutes. He hit fifteen 4’s. The partnership total was 174. Woodfull reached his third hundred of the tour after 210 minutes. Richardson was careful, but later he and Woodfull punished the bowling. The pair had put on 95 when Richardson was dismissed by a splendid catch. The Cambridge fielding rose to great heights, and the fast and clean picking up delighted the crowd. Jackson, who has been pronounced fit by the doctor,’ made several attractive shots. Four hundred appeared in 315 minutes. Woodfull was now hammering the bowling, and Jackson was showing a glimpse’ of his form, when he also was foolishly run out Wood- ■ full continued to help himself to runs, and reached his 200 in 345 minutes. Oldfield also scored rapidly. The captain was dismissed when recklessly hitting out. He had batted for six hours and hit twenty boundaries. It was a chanceless display. The closure was applied shortly after tea. The successful bowlers in the first innings got one Cambridge victim each before stumps were drawn. Killick again flayed confidently. SHOWERY WEATHER (Rec. June 11, 1.10 a.m.) London, June 10. Play was resumed in showery weather, but the wicket was good. Following are the scores:— - AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Woodfull, c. Fabian, b. Webster 216 Ponsford, b. Kemp-Welch 7 Bradman, c. Baines, b. Human 32 McCabe, run out ...' , 96 Richardson,, c. Kemp-Welch, b. Human 34 Jackson, run out ... ..... 25 7 Oldfield, c. Human, b. Webster....... 28 Hornlbrook, b. Human 6 Hurwood, not out 8 Wall, not out 9 Extras 43 Total for eight wickets (declared) 504 Bowling Analysis.—Kemp-Welch, one wicket for 100; Human, three for 106; Fabian, none for 104; Brown, none for 55; Webster, two for 45; Grant, none for 30; Butterworth, none for 21. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. First innings 145 Second Innings. Kemp-Welch, b Hurwood . 2 Ratcliffe, b McCabe 5 KiUlck, b. Bradman ................ 44 Grant, b.1.w.,' b. Bradman ............ 10 Morgan, c. Oldfield, b. McCabe 14 Butterworth, b. McCabe 8 Extras 8 Total for seven wickets .......... 90 [One of the outgoing batsmen has been omitted.] 1 t . A GREAT BATSMAN ’VARSITY MISSES DENNIS BLUNDELL (By “Burwood.”) The feat of the Australian captain, W. M. Woodfull, in hitting up a double century against Cambridge University came as no surprise to followers of the game 1 in the Dominion. Woodfull is well known in New Zealand, having visited this country with Victorian and Australian teams. Indeed, Woodfull has always been considered by New Zealanders a much sounder batsman than Ponsford. During the Victorian team’s tour of New Zealand in the 1924-25 season, Dominion bowlers had the greatest difficulty in digging Woodful out On that tour he aggregated no fewer than 895 runs at an average of 149. He went to the wickets thirteen times and was only dismissed six times. Among his scores were 212 not out against Canterbury and 115 not out against Poverty Bay. The most remarkable feature, however, was his batting in the Test matches against New Zealand. Going to the wickets three times, he.was not dismissed once, and made scores of 110,' 50 and 150—310 runs—without , losing his wicket. When he visited the Dominion with the Australian team he compiled 344 runs in the two Tests, his scores being 284, 45 not out, and 15, and his average for the three innings was 172. Cambridge University was lucky to get the Australian captain out for 216. It is clear that Cambridge sadly misses E. D. Blundell, the Wellington . player, who captured 53 wickets for the ■ ’Varsity last season at a cost of 1255 runs. Cambridge University does not appear this season to possess players of the calibre of K. S. Ranjitsinhji, A. P. F. Chapman, G. L. Jesson. T. C. Lowry, or K. 8. Duleepsinhji. The students would also have been very glad this last few days to have had Blundell and Allom bowling for them while Woodfull and McCabe were piling on 174 for the third wicket. FrM» she$ he TeBt matcb nn A I? y . H is Phasing to see that McCabe has struck form with the bat. Many Australians consider that, this k fr ? m Bnthnrß t is almost as brilliant a batsmnn ns Bradman.

AUSTRALIANS’ AVERAGES (By “Burwood.”) fhe following tables show the averages of the Australian cricket team at the conclusion of the match with Middlesex at Lord’s:—

RESULTS AT A GLANCE Match. Result. Worcestershire Won by an innings and 165 runs. Leicestershire Drawn. ' Essex Won by 207 runs. Yorkshire Drawn. Lancashire Drawn. M.C.C. Drawn. Derbyshire Won by 10 wickets. Surrey Drawn. Oxford University Won by an innings and 158 runs. Hampshire Won by an innings and 8 runs. Middlesex Won by five wickets. Summary: Matches played, 11; won, 6; drawn, S; lost, 0. THREE-FIGURE SCORERS AUSTRALIA. Name. Score Match. D. G. Bradman 252* Surrey. D. G. Bradman 236 Worcestershire D. G. Bradman 191 Hampshire. D. G. Bradman 185* Leicestershire. W. M. Woodfull 133 Worcestershire. W. M. Woodfull 121 Yorkshire. W. H. Ponsford 220* Oxford University. W. H. Ponsford 131 Derbyshire. A. F. Kippax 102 Middlesex. V. Y. Richardson 100 Leicestershire. THE OPPONENTS. E. Hendren 138 Middlesex. > ♦ Not out. NEW DELIVERY BY GRIMMETT London, June 3. C. V. Grimmett has decided to experiment with a new delivery of tile ball in view of the Test match. This mystery ball is.the latest innovation in cricket, but until there are further demonstrations and practice is obtained, it would be unwise to proclaim the ball as being a Test match winner. , Grimmett has been demonstrating privately to get sufficient proof of its effectiveness. If Grimmett can exploit his new-found delivery intelligently, the possibility of winning the Test matches will be much greater. Having studied and practised it, Arthur Mailey states that he finds it impossible to say which way the ball is breaking. Further experiments will be made. “FIDDLING BALL-SPINNER” London, May 23. The veteran cricket journalist, W. A. H. Catton, writing in the “Evening Standard,’’ pays a glowing tribute to “Grimmett, the strong, silent and shy,” and especially admires his modesty. He may be mercilessly hit, but he takes his punishment as part of the game. He puts his opponents in a tangle, undermines their confidence, and then gives them their marching orders. He is “a fiddling, twiddling ball spinner, atrociously accurate.” Catton adds that if the habit of the old times in giving great bowlers nicknames persisted, Grimmett would probably have been dubbed “The Fox," *

BATTING. Inns. N.O. H.S. Runs Aver. Bradman 13 3 252* 1198 119.80 Ponsford _ - _ 13 8 220* 619 61.90 Woodfull a 0 133 446 49.55 Kippax 13 4 102 428 47.55 Fairfax i.. 12 4 53* 244 30.50 Richardson 11 0 100 301 27.36 Jackson 14 1 64 315 24.23 McCabe 11 0 91 256 23.27 Oldfield 5 2 16* 49 16.33 A’Beckett r> 0 30 71 14.20 Grimmett 8 2 23* 79 13.16 Walker 5 2 10* 22 7.33 Hornlbrook, 8 9 11 36 6.00 Hurwood 4 0 15 17 4.25 Wall 6 ‘Not 1 out. 9* 19 3.40 > BOWLING Wickets Runs Average Grimmett 60 738 11.18 Hornlbrook 1 a 50 613 12.26 Kippax 1 13 13.00 Bradman 3 48 16.00 Wall 17 380 22.35 Fairfax 19 468 24.63 A’Beckett 3 83 27.66 McCabe .. 2 86 43.00 Hurwood 3 182 60.66