THE FIRST TEST MATCH

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1924, Page 7

THE FIRST TEST MATCH

SOUTH AFRICANS' GALLANT SECOND HIT - ENGLAND WINS BY OVER AN INNINGS. ■ (DNITSD PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYKIQBT.) (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZBAIAXD CABLS ASSOCIATION.) v (Received 18th June, 11 a.m.)' LONDON, 17th June. ; The weather was fine and hot for the ihird day of the Test match between South Africa and England at Birmingham, but the attendance was only small. The wicket < wore weiL The ' South Africans' second innings occupied 375 minutes, and the side made a gallant effort to save. the. match. The -first wicket fell.with a marvellous rightnand catch by Chapman at second slip after .the ball had' actually passed him, and the second from, an unfortunate incident which 'resulted ir/ Deane, who was lame, being' run out. £!a£teraLl took under two hundred minutes to compile/ his total, and gave chances at 41 and 104 to Woolliy and Kilner respectively.. jHehittwo 6,'s and fifteen. 4"'s,often sparkling, his hard driving being picturesque and the best seen in' England for some .years.i The South Africans' batting in the seconds innings was genuinely solid.and masterly., England^ bowling was light and unimpressive, with the exception of that of Gilligan and Tate. The others on the good wicket were unable to keep down the runs. England won by an innings and 18 runs. Following are the detailed scores:— i. ENGLAND: First innings .......'.«....-...... 438 SOUTH AFBICA. '' ' First innings ...;........,....,.... 30 • ■■'. Second^ ILnnings. H. W. Taylor, c and b Tate ........< '34 M, J. CommaiHe, c iHendren,b' Tate 29 •»!. J. Susskind, b Gilligan ...- 51 AD. Nourse, c Wood, b Gilligan!. v' 34 O. B: Catterall, c Hobbs,'b-,Tate... 120 J- M.Blanckenberg, c;iChapman, b Gilligan .'........:......;.... 56 H. G. Deane, run' out ... 5 E. P. Niipeh, lbw, b Tate " ■•"" 5 T. A. Ward, b Gilligan ......^.'.'l'""" 19 S. J. Pegler, c Hobbs, b Gii'ligan'" ■ 6 -J. P;u-ker, not out ..„ ;, 2 Extras. ,„.. _. . """ 29 Totai ■. L........;...,....;.:..i^ Bowling Analysis.—A. E. E, Gilligan took, five wickets for. 83 runs M W "*-four for 103, 'C. H. . Parkin 'none for 6iS, Roy Kilner none for 40, P G H. Fender none for 56, F. E Woollev none for .41. .',..-,■ -