THIRD CRICKET TEST

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 July 1935, Page 7

THIRD CRICKET TEST

ENGLAND’S WEAK BATTING 1 HAMMOND HIGHEST SCORER [BY CABLE—PBESS ASSN.—COPYBIGHT.) LONDON, July 13. The weather was ideal for the start of the cricket Test match between England and South Africa. Rain has not fallen on the ground for weeks. The South Africans omitted Williams, Tomlinson and Balaskas. Nourse is 12th man. Twenty thousand people were present when Crisp opened the bowling for South Africa. His second ball had Wyatt caught, Wyatt being neatly taken without scoring by the wicketkeeper. Barber played with easy confidence, but he was easily caught at 24, when playing forward to Bell with a defensive stroke.

Cameron, the South African, later retired, after receiving a painful blow on the temple when taking a rising ball from Vincent.

Hammond was uncertain early in his innings, but he gained confidence. Smith, who was scoring at about the same rate, when 26 attempted to book a short ball and Cameron took a careless forehand catch. Hammond scored 50 in 93 minutes, but Mitchell stone-walled, and did not score for 20 minutes. Hammond hit brilliantly, including five fours, until he was 63. Then Vincent, who was bowling skilfully over the wicket, got him l.b.w Hammond was in 110 minutes. The fourth wicket put on 69 in 80 minutes. Hardstaff, who was making his debut, was strictly defensive, although the wicket favoured the batsmen. Vincent, who was maintaining an excellent length, accepted a low return and dismissed Hardstaff when 10. His next delivery bowled Ames off his pads. Nichols when 4 fell a victim to Langton in his first over. Mitchell and Sims continued a stout resistance, but England sadly lacked attacking batsmen. The rate of scoring was extremely slow after tea. Scores:

ENGLAND—First Innings.

Wyatt, c Cameron, b Crisp •. 0 Smith, c Cameron, b Vincent .. 36 Barber, c Bell, b Langton .. 24 Hammond, lbw, b Vincent • • 63 Mitchell, c and b Langton .. 5b Hardstaff, c and b Vincent -• IV Ames, b Vincent ” Nichols, lbw, b Langton .. -- + Sims, b Langton Verity, c Cameron, b Crisp • • 1 Bowes, not out Extras ° Total “ 16 Bowling: Crisp 2 for 26, Bell 0 for 48, Langton 4 for 59, Vincent 4 for 45, Mitchell 0 for 30. SOUTH AFRICA—First Innings. 14 Siedle, not out • • • • • • \ Bruce Mitchell, lbw., b Hammond b Rowan, not out Extras Total for one wicket 26 Mitchell was out under the new leg before rule. ETON v. HARROW. LONDON, July 13. The Eton-Harrow match ended in a draw. Scores: —Harrow, first innings, 049 Eton, first innings 299 (Kaye 6 wickets for 11). . . w inirots Harrow, second innings, 6 wickets for 204 declared (Studd not out 100). Eton in the second innings lost t> wickets,'for 94. VERITY’S RECORD. LONDON, July 13. H. Verity has now taken 1000 wickets in first-class cricket. N.Z. TOUR FINANCE. (Recd. July 15, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 14. Marylebone is experiencing difficulty in inducing eight amateurs to undertake a tour of New Zealand and Australia. Seven have accepted, among innumerable invitations. Only a strictly limited number of amateurs can afford the time, but one main drawback is that allows amateurs only £5O in addition to expenses, necessitating dipping heavily into their own pockets. It is suggested that Marylebone is seeking a large proportion of amateurs in order to do the tour cheaply. Some critics advocate the inclusion of several young professionals needing oversea experience, but express the opinion that Marylebone regards this as too costly. AUSTRALIAN TEAM. SYDNEY, July 15. M. Sievers, the Victorian all-rounder has been selected to replace ing in the Australian cricket team fol South Africa.