S. AFRICANS DOING WELL
N.S.W. BATSMEN FAIL VISITORS' BIG LEAD ■ [BY CABLE —PBXSB ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.] SYDNEY, November 15. The match South Africa versus New South Wales was continued .yesterday in perfect weather; The visitors’ tail raised their total to 425 runs, thus presenting the New South Wales team with a formidable task. When New South Wales went, in, Bill went second ball to. Bell. xFlnglfeton played his part as an opening, batsman till Bell bowled him; but with two wickets down for, fifty-three runs, •the position , was not rosy for Neto South ‘Wales. " , ’ •
After being in for. e.ighty-seven minutes for thirty runs, Don Bradman returned a simple one to the bowlffr, McMillan. '-.f-
McCabe, meanwhile, had been moving along nicely, but he was evehtually a victim to a smart piece of stumping. . ' Bell and McMillan were bowling splendidly, and they soon dismissed the remainder of'the State .teajffst The Springboks’. fielding throughput/ was excellent. South Africa took'no'chances iff-de-ciding to bat again. The attendance was 33,100, and the takings at the gate were £IQI2. Scores: —
SOUTH AFRICA—First innings. Christy, b Amos ... .. .. .. 8 Curnow, l.b.w. b Bettington ..39 Mitchell, 1.b.w., b Hunt ... .. 16 Taylor, l.b.w, b Hunt .. .. ... 124 Cameron, c Fingleton, b McCabe 74 Dalton, st. Oldfield, b McCabe ~.. 87. Morkel, b Bettington' .'.... . • 30 Balaskas, b Hunt .. ..... .7 3 McMillan, c Oldfield, b McCabe .. 9 Vincent, c Oldfield, b Hunt .. 17 Bell, not out 1 Extras ... • - 17 Total 425 * Bowling: Amqs 2 for 36, Fairfax 0 for 62, McCabe 3 for 89, Hunt 4 for 84, Bettington 2 for 78, Hird 0 for ’ 24, Bradman 0 for 35. N.S. WALES—First Innhxgs. Bill, b Bell .. ..> ... .1. .. 0 ' Fingleton, b Bell .. ,30 Bradman, c and b McMillan .. 30 McCabe, st Cameron, b McMillan -37 Marks, b Vincent .16 Fairfax, c Dalton, b Vincent .. ‘ 3 Hird, c Mitchell, b McMillan ..* 18 ' Oldfield, c Vincent, b McMillan 10 Bettington, b Bell .. .. .. 7 Hunt, st. Cameron, b Bell 3 Amos, not out .. - 3 Extras ‘ ..• 11 Total ‘ 168 s SOUTH AFRlCA—Secdnd Innings. Curnow, not out .. .. 7 Mitchell, not out ' 2 Extras 2 Total for no wickets .. ... 11 VICTORIA v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, November 15. In the Sheffield Shield cricket match, South Australia against Victoria, South Australia’s first innings realised 317 runs (Waite 63 and Nitschke 57). McCormack took 5 for 103 and Ironmonger 3 for 110. Victoria in the. first innings made 286 for five, wickets (Ponsford 134, Ryder 64).
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 November 1931, Page 5
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