RECORD AGGREGATE

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 March 1939, Page 7

RECORD AGGREGATE

SOUTH AFRICA’S SCORES SECOND INNINGS TOTAL 481 [by CABLE —PBESB ASSN. —COPYRIGHT .] (Received March 10, 11 a.m.) DURBAN, March 9. In the fifth cricket Test, stumps again drawn early, owing to the bad light. The wicket was easy, and the batting brighter before lunch, 64 runs being scored in half an hour. Afterwards, play lapsed into dreariness. Viljoen unluckily chopped a ball into his wicket. Melville made his first Test century. His innings occupied 203 minutes. South Africa’s aggregate is a record against England. Scores: — SOUTH AFRICA—Ist Innings 530. ' ENGLAND—Ist Innings 316. SOUTH AFRICA—2nd Innings. Mitchell, hit wkt b Verity .. 89 Van der Bijl, c Paynter b Wright 9-7 Rowan, c Edrich b. Verjty .. .. 0 Nourse, c Hutton b Faroes .. 25 Viljoen, b Perks. . • ; '- 1 •• 74 Dalton, c and b Wright .. .. 21 Melville, b Faroes 193 Grieveson, b Faroes - • • • 39 Langton, c Hammond, b Faroes .. 6 Newson, b Wright 3 Gordon, not out • • .. .• • 7 Extras . i 7 Total • 481 Bowling: Fames 4 for 74, Perks 1 for 99, Wright 3 for 146, Verity 2 for 87, Edrich 0 for 18, Hammond 0 for 30, Hutton 0 for 10. i, ■»»»■ CAHN’S XL v. NEW ZEALAND. RAIN DELAYS START. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, March 10. Light rain has been falling since 8.30 o’clock this morning, but conditions for cricket at the Basin Reserve at 11 a.m. were fair. The wicket and outfield, although damp, were in good order. The captains inspected the wicket at 11.10 a.m., and decided to make another inspection at noon. Light rain was still falling at 11.30 a.m., the time originally set for the match to begin. The wicket was inspected again at 12.30 p.m., and a decision was made to have lunch at one o’clock, and to inspect the wicket again at 1.30 p.m. The twelfth man in the New Zealand team is Rainbird. Sir J. Cahn’s team is as follows:— Heane, Dempster, Jackson, Maxwell, Walsh, Dyson, Hardstaff, Oldfield, Phillipson, Smith, and Watts.