AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS
WARWICKSHIRE MATCH TWO AND A-HALF HOURS’ PLAY Frets Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, August 6. (Received August 7, at 10 a.m.) The teams are:— Warwickshire.—R. Wyatt, Rev. J. H. Parsons, Hon. F. S. Calthorpe, Partridge, Kemp-Welch, Smith, Bates, Kilner, Croom, Mayer, Santall. Australia. Woodfull, Ponsford, Richardson, Jackson, M'Cabe, Fairfax, Grimmett, Hornibrook, Oldfield, a’Beckett, Hurwood. Warwickshire won the toss and batted. . Less than two and a-half hours’ play was possible to-day owing to lain. During that time three good county wickets fell for 102 runs. The wicket was difficult, but suited Hurwood, v>bo secured the former test player Smith s wicket, and later had both Bates and Croom. missed off his bowling. The third wicket fell at 53, when Richardson brilliantly caught Bates Parsons took half an hour to score, but later he and Wyatt livened up, and when 100 had been scored .in. 145 minutes rain stopped play. Details:— WARWICKSHIRE. First Innings.
THE FIFTH TEST SHORT OF BATTING PRACTICE LONDON, August 6. (Received August 7, at 10.30 a.m.) Every match, except the one since the test at Leeds and including the test at Manchester, has been seriously curtailed by rain, and an extraordinary position has now arisen whereby the three days before the test set aside for a rest must now be transformed into practice days. Several of the Australians feel short of batting practice.
[The -final test commences at the Oval on Saturday week.]
Smith c Woodfull b Hui-wood ... D Groom c Hurwood b Hornibrook 25 Bates c Richardson b Fairfax ... 22 Wyatt not out ... 22 Parsons not out ... Extras ... ... ... 6 Total for three wickets ... 102
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Evening Star, Issue 20556, 7 August 1930, Page 11
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267AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS Evening Star, Issue 20556, 7 August 1930, Page 11
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