AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS
SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR TRANSVAAL BEATEN BY TEH WICKETS press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright JOHANNESBURG, December 10. [(Received December 11, at 10 a.tn.) Australia, with nine wickets down for 411, declared its innings closed. The [weather was fine and cool when play .was resumed, and the wicket was still jcood for many runs. The Transvaal batsmen opened cautiously against accurate bowling. Grimmett’s first seven overs included five maidens. Rowan was brilliantly caught at short leg. . Mitchell went along quietly until Grimmett tricked Jam, , T • Of the remaining batsmen Langton and Baines were the only ones to offer any real resistance. They provided the day’s brightest ibatting, and succeeded jn averting an innings defeat. Brown and Fingleton attacked the howling fearlessly in a fading light, and with the score at 31 rain pelted down. ■Play was continued in heavy rain, the fieldsmen and batsmen hardly being able to keep their feet. The score mounted, and theii_ Nupen sportingly howled a wide to tKe boundary, giving ;fche Australians a win by 10 wickets. Details. TRANSVAAL. . First 'innings ... ... , ... ... '... 201 . ' Second Innings, ißowan c Fingleton b O’Reilly ... 16 .Grierson b M'Cormick 25 Mitchell Ibw b Grimmett 44 Briscoe st Oldfield b Grimmett ... 18 Foley c O’Brien b • Grimmett ... 23 Baines c M’Cormick b FleetwoodSmith ... .... .... ••• "■ ,30 Begbie c and b O’Reilly , ... 0 Langton c Richardson b M'Cormick 45 Nupen b M'Cormick ... ... ... ■lB Heaney b M'Cormick ... o Rose hot out ... ... ... ... ... 0 Extras ... ... ... ••• ••• 23 _ * - Total, ... 247 Bowling "Analysis.—M'Cormick; four for 61; O’Reilly, two for 60; Grimnjett, three for 60;- Fleetwood-Smith, one for 43. AUSTRALIA. , First innings—total for nine wickets (declared) ... - ... 411 Second Innings. Fingleton not out ...V... ... ..; 7 Brown not out ... 28 Extras ... ... ... ... ... 5 Total for no wickets ... 40 Bowling Analysis.—Rose, none for 16; Heaney, none for 9; Nupen, none for 10.' ' -
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Evening Star, Issue 22209, 11 December 1935, Page 11
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