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Greymouth Evening Star, 6 September 1934, Page 11

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MINOR COUNTIES v. AUSTRALIA (BY CABLE —PBEBS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Rec. September’ 6, 10 a.m.) LONDON, September 5. For the match against Minor Counties the weather was sunny and the wicket good. Australia omitted Bradman, Bromley, McCabe and O’Reilly. The twelfth man is Fleetwood-Smith. Minor Counties: G. S. Butler (Wiltshire), W. Harbord (Yorkshire), F. De Saram (Hertfordshire), Fishlock (Surrey), G. R. G. Tindale (Dorset), Fisher (Yorkshire), R. Relf (Berkshire), Phillipson (Lancashire), R. Rutter (Buckinghamshire), Ellis (Durham), Franklin. Minor Counties, including at least five players with first-class experience, provided Australia with fair opposition. Play was uneventful until the total was 48. Grimmett then dismissed Butler and De Saram with successive balls. Three wickets fell soon aftei* lunch. Then Relf joined Harbord in an excellent stand, which realised 54. The others failed to stay with Harbord, who carried his bat through the innings, and reached a century in 205 minutes. He hit 14 fours and was often attractive. Brown and Ponsford opened at 4.35, and scored steadily. Ponsford was out at 43, after which Brown and Darling sent the score along merrily, the 100 taking 75 minutes. Darling’s 50 occupied 70 minutes. Scores: —

MINOR COUNTIES,—First Innings. Butler, st. Oldfield, b Grimmett . . 21 De Saram. b Grimmett 0 Fishlock, c Darling, b Ebeling .. 10 Harbord, not outlo4 Tindall, c Ponsford, b Grimmett . . 14 Fisher, c Oldfield, b Ebeling . . 1 Relf, c and b Chipperfield .. .. 21 Franklin, b Darling 5 Phillipson, b Darling 0 Rutter c Brown, b Chipperfield .. 1 Ellis, c Wall, b Chipperfield .. 1 Extras • .• 5 Total 183 Bowling: Ebeling 2 for 38, Wall 0 for 31, Grimmett 3 for 72, Darling 2 for 25, Chipperfield 3 for 12. AUSTRALIA. —First Innings. Brown, c Rutter, b Tindall .. .. 53 Ponsford st. Frankling, b Fisher 13 Darling, not out 54 Kippax, not out 12 Extras i 8 Total for 2 wicketsl4o AMATEURS v. PROFESSIONALS (Recd. Sept. 6, 11 a.m.). LONDON, September 5. At Scarborough, Players v. Gentlemen. Players, first 6 for 306 (Keeton 94, Leyland 63). At Folkestone, Players v. Gentlemen, Players, first 186 (Ames 54, Read 5 for 53). Gentlemen, first, 117 for 4.