FOURTH TEST DRAWN

Evening Post, Issue 27, 31 July 1935, Page 9

FOURTH TEST DRAWN

SOUTH AFRICA BARRACKED

ENGLAND DECLARES

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LONDON, July 30.

As was anticipated yesterday, the fourth cricket Test between England and.South Africa at Old' Trafford, Manchester, ended in a draw. England's second innings was declared closed after the luncheon adjournment today, when the score was 231 for six wickets, and South Africa scored 169 for two wickets before the match ended.

When play was resumed this morning England had 43 runs on the board for the loss of one wicket,, the batsmen being Bakewell and Barber, both of whom had scored 21. They opened steadily against accurate bowling until Bakewell. was beaten by a splendid ball from Langton which broke back. He had scored 54 runs.

Hammond, who filled the vacancy, took 35 minutes tci score 12 runs. Leyland, however, batted aggressively with of! drives and hits to leg. Apparently the public considered a draw inevitable and the attendance was only 8000 at the luncheon adjournment. FORCING THE PACE. After the resumption of play in the afternoon Wyatt and Hammond forced the pace and the latter was unbeaten with a score of 63 when the closure was applied. T:\ most successful South African bowicr was Vincent, who bowled two and a half hours and took four wickets for 78 runs. The South Africans, seeing no chance of winning, batted with the utmost caution. The dull play, which was relieved by occasional boundaries from Rowan's bat, caused mild barracking, directed chiefly at Mitchell, who carried his bat after a patient innings for 48. Details:— ENGLAND. First innings 357 Second Innings. Smith, Ibw,-b Crisp 0 Bakewell, b Langton 54 Barber, b Vincent '... 44 Hammond, not out 63 Leyland, c Mitchell, b Vincent .. 37 Robins, c Wade, b Vincent 14 Tate, b Vincent 0 Wyatt, not out , 15 Extras 4 Total for six wickets (innings declared closed) 231 Fall of the Wickets. —One for 1, two for 90, three for 110, four for 172, five for 200, six for 200. ; Bowling.—Crisp took one wicket for 43 runs, Bell none for 3, Langton one for 80, Vincent four for 78, Dalton none for 23. ' SOUTH AFRICA: First innings 318 Second Innings. Mitchell, not out 4!3 Rowan v b Robins 49 Viljoen, Ibw, b Robins 10 Nourse, not out :. 53 Extras - 9 Total for two wickets .: .169 Fall of the wickets.—One for 67; two for 105. Bowling.—Bowes took no wickets for 34 runs, Tate none for 20, Hammond none for 15, Verity none for 24, Robins two for 31, Leyland none for 28, Bakewell none for 8.