SECOND TEST

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12593, 1 July 1935, Page 5

SECOND TEST

St)UTH AFRICA v. ENGLAND. PLAY OPENS IN HEAT WAVE. VISITORS MAKE 228. CAMERON CONTRIBUTES 90. HOMESTERS LOSE* TWO FOR 75. (U.r.A. hv Elec. Tel- Copyright) (Rcreived June 30, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 29. Opening the second test in a heat wave, beforo an att-eiidaneo -of 31,000, witlr the proverbially eccentric Lords wicket playing an easy pace, the South African began cautiously. Nichols, howling fast medium goodlengths balls was-supported by splendid fielding: Mitchell with a spinner got Siedlc with his fourth delivery. Mitchell’s nahlesako dourly added seven runs iii fifty minutes beforo playing forward. He became the first test victim to the flew leg before rule to Nicliols. Verity took Noiir.se with a good lengths ball find then rested after eleven overs for seven runs. Rowan .provided a. bright patch after lunch, hitting confidently before he fell a victim to Verity. • Rowan batted 105 minutes, scoring 'forty.' Gaiheron was so'cn a warm favourite, owing to bi,s effortless hitting.. He took sixers off Verity, Nichols arid Mitchell. Wade was brilliantly caught in the slips after which Dalton, hitting hard, outpaced Cameron, but when he was 19 Langridge held a return: Balaskas, after an early escape from being stumped, was clean bowled by Verity. Cameron was howled by an inswinger in the first over after tea. He batted 100 minutes without giving a chance. The Englishmen began confidently, but Sutcliffe fell a victim to the new leg before rule before the fourth over. Wyatt altered the batting order, replacing Ha mm or. cl bj T Ley land. Leyland had batted 45 minutes when a googly by Balaskas, which he attempted to hit out of the ground took his stumps. Wyatt and Hammond registered 50 after an hour. SOUTH AFRICA. First Innings. Siedle, 1> Mitchell 6 Mitchell, Ibw., b Nichols 30 Rowan, c Farrimond, b Verity ... 40 Noursc, b Verity 3 Wade, c Hammond, h Langridge 23 Cameron, o Nichols 90 Dalton, c and b Langridge 19 Balaskas, b Verity 4 Crisp, not out 4 Bell, b Hammond 0 Extras ... 9 Total —S Bowling: Nichols, two for 47; Wyatt, none for" 9; Hnmmoncl, two for 8; Mitchell, one for 71 ; Verity, three for 01;; Langridge, two for 27. ENGLAND. First Innings Sutcliffe, Ibw., b Bell 3 Wyatt,, not out 37 Leyland, b Balaskas, IS Hammond, not out 12 Extras 5 Total for two wickets ... ... 75 Bowling: Crisp, none for 18; 8011, one for 16; Langton, none for 29 Balaskas, one for 7.