AUSTRALIA V. KENT

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 54, 1 September 1934, Page 9

AUSTRALIA V. KENT

M CCABE AND PONSFORD

COUNTY, n FOR SEVEN

United Tress Association —By Electric 'I'elegraph—Copyright.

(Received September 1, 10 a.m.)

LONDON, August 31.

' Although greatly affected by rain' tho cricket match, Australia v. Kent, iit Hovcj provided an interesting and eventful final day's piny. In. tho first placo Kent's first innings, which had yielded only 21 runs fov two wickets on tliu nrht, day, was not proceeded with, A. P. 1\ Chapman, the Kent captain, presumably anxious to give a disappointed crowd tho opportunity of seeing the Australians batting, declaring tho innings closed. Ponsfora and McCabo formed a splendid first-wicket partnership for Australia, and when it was broken at 107 this inuings' .was also closed. McCabe registered his seventh century of the tour. Batting again, Kent lost seven wickets for 74 runs, the match ending,'apparently by mutual agreement, when the seventh wicket fell ton minutes before time. A prospect of the Australians having to battle for runs as hot sunshine followed the saturation of tho wicket was not realised. The first half-hour's play suggested that the wicket was too sodden to assist the . bowlers, whose foothold was insecure. Ponsford and McCabo played the bowling with ease, and one ball from Ashdowii was slammed by Ponsford over square-leg for 0. At lunch 66 runs had been made without loss. ; ■ . Tho wicket still1 had the appearance of being easy after lunch. McCabe was in great form, driving powerfully, and being especially severe on freeman. He reached his century in 130 minutes. It was one of the best displays of the tour, and his score included elo.vcn 4's. Bradman declared when Woolley dismissed McCabo. Ponsford was sound and vigorous, his scoro including a 6 and three 4's. Thoro wore ninety minutes left for play when Kent began their second innings. Ashdown soon provided O'Reilly with his 100 th -wicket in firstclass inatahca on the tour. .. The Australian bowlers wero able to extract life from the pitch, but this the Kent bowlers had failed to do. FleetwoodSmith,, making tho ball break prodigiously, completed his century of wickets for tho tour.' Tho match was drawn.

AUSTRALIA. First Innings. ■ j PoasfOld, mot out ' 82 McCabo, Ibw, b Woolley • 108 Extras _ 7 Total for ono wicket . 197 (Innings declared closed.) Bowling: Ashdown took no ■wickets for 36 runs, Watt none for 30, Davies none for 27, Todd none for 42, Freeman none for 49, and Woolley one for 6Details:— KENT. First Innings: Total for two wickets 21 (Innings declared closed.) Second Innings. Ashdown, b O'Reilly '. l Woolley, e Bradman, b PleetwoodSinith 22 Todd, b Eb'cling 3 Chalk, c McCabe, b FlcetwoodSmith ; 7 Davies, b Fleetwood-Smith 10 Valentine, b Fleetwood-Smith .... 12 Knott, c 'Ponsford, b Ebeling .... ' 6 Chapman, not out 0 Extras- _......: 7, Total for sevxm wickets ..... 74 Bowling.—Ebeling took t%vo wickets for 21 runs, O'Reilly one for 8, Meet-wood-Smith four for 30, and Kippax none for 8.