CRICKET TEST

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 148, 26 June 1933, Page 9

CRICKET TEST

kWES'I INDIES AT LORD'S

f ENGLAND BATTING FIRST

] EAIX HIXDEES PLAY

■j , [united Press Association—By .Eloctric ,'Zelfi- ¥ , ■. .1 . graph—Copyright. :

LONDON, June 24.

In: the -cricket Test England1 v. "West, .Jndies at Lord's England won the toss |f*Bid batted firsts The- ■weather was dull, and- rain ti\;rco stopped play duringfihe morning antl prevented1 resumptionl .ntft-or. lunch. England, in ' tho first imii-Ug&has scoi-cd 43 for. no. wickets- ■'" The' West Indies-, teinu- is as, follrlws: —Roach, Barrow, ! Headley, Hoad, Gjrnnt, .Daco&t-a, Merry., Acliflng, Martihidale', Francis, Griffiths. " ' "-' : Tho Australian Pl-ess Association's special- representative at Lord.'sr, says that, without: Constaiitine; whom the Xcjlson Cllib refused to- release^ AVest. lij<lies> had' tho misfortune to lose the, tQSJSi .■■■'■■ ' : -' ■■'••' ' ' ' ■ :

Walters, the Worcostorshire' eaprahv, placing his' first Tost gamq, partnered. ;Su<3qlifffe on an easy wi'fkot. - ■ Tfie fast bowlers; SraTtindale and) Fra'acis (the latter borrowed from tire Lancashire League)-, kept the batsmen. qui(f: in,the- first half-hour; but after the rain had caused twenty minutes^ adjournment the- slij^ery ball renderedthe Bowling in effectives and the scoring, was iconsiderably easier. . WMters played neatly arid confidently,'■timing? the. ball. •well. Bain again enmmenood' at 12i40,. causing a .'long; delay; j . . •■.■.-., ■ , ■ ■ •.. .

■ Tli'p King arrived" during, the rain and 'ckmversed! with the. players.1 ~Ilain; contidijicd' during the afternoon,-.and pla.y .^'as abandoned at. 4.30. . . 80-nf4ing,,thus far had, been' orthodox, with piackerd\ slips; The* ball' rarely rose hfe*h. . ■■' ' . ' Fiftpen thousand attended and the minim inn charge for admission was' two sliillinjßs-, wliich. mado- -a costly morn--ing's i(|rieket. , . . Scorlfes:—■•'. ■ - ■;'' . '■■. ''. :!\ ENGLA-ND. . : ; ; :| ■;. Tirst'lnnings; ; : WaUersu\hot' out •"-... V........... &1 Sutcliffe- not out ...,.......,.*,.,.,..., 19 Exinjas^ j .................... 3 Tptß|l for.no wickets ........ 43