CRICKET.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 June 1924, Page 5

CRICKET.

v SOUTH AFRICA v. ENGLAND. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT, LONDON, June 14. For the first test match, South Africa v. England, the weather was glorious, the wicket recovering after the heavy rain. The attendance was 12,000.. England, at the end of the day had lost seven wickets for 398. Hobbs played a typically excellent and. chanceless innings. Hendren hit one five and six fours, and Sutcliffe hit one six and six fours. Details’: ENGLAND. First Innings. Sutcliffe, b Parker 64 Hobbs, lbw, b Blankenberg 76 Woolley, Ward, b Parker 64 Hendren, c Nourse, b Parker ...... .74 Chapman, b Parker 8 Fender, c Taylor, b Blankenberg ... 3.6 Kilner, not out 40 Tate, c Taylor, b Parker 19 Gilligan, not out 4 Extras 13 Total (for seven wickets) 398 LONDON, June 16. England’s score was compiled in a little short of six hours’ actual cricket. What would have happened but for Parker, who howled thirty-three overs for 138 runs and took five out of the seven wickets, one can scarcely vent lire to guess, 'The general opinion is that Taylor made a mistake in fielding alter winning the toss. A fine foundation was laid by Hobbs, and Sutcliffe made Woolley’s' stav an easy matter. His was the" best knoel: of the match. Hendren wont plodding away like an old woman. Parker felt faint in the afternoon and retired just before lie was due to bowl the lastover of the day. Throughout the day the howling was. never loose, but seldom was it- difficult, and the fielding was kept up to a remarkably good standard. Ward’s wicket-keeping was a feature. There were only two byes, hut eleven leg byes.