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Hawera Star, Volume L, 19 May 1930, Page 8

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AUSTRALIANS AT LORDS VISITORS ALL OUT FOR 285 / ALLO'M’S GOOD a BOWLING. ' (United Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph Copyright.) LONDON, May 17. Briglit sunshine welcomed the Australians' first appearance at Lords. Oldfield had not quite recovered from his indisposition. The M.C.C. team was: Chapman (captain), Allen, M. D. Lyon, Jardme, Duleepsinhji, Stevens, Allom, Peebles, Kennedy, Hendren and H. AV. Lee. Kennedy replaced J.upp, who is ill. The game is popularly regarded as a minor Test. There were 8000 spec-j tators at the start. ' \A r oodfuU’s luck changed, and he won the toss for the second time in six matches. Jackson opened with AVoodfull. The former was out before a run was scored on what looked like 1 a perfect .wicket. Bradman, who received a generous cheer, joined AAoodfull, and the pair piled up 110 before they were separated. Bradman played dashing cricket for 68. AYo-od till I was much slower, but confident. He did not score for 20 minutes. Bradman often prettily cut the former Australian, Allen, who worked up a good pace,’ Hendren, Chapman and Duleepsinhji forming a strong slip field. Peebles, an accurate slow bowler, » displaced Allom, and Bradman reached 24 when AVoodfull was only 4. The former received a nasty knock on the left hand and left the field for five minutes to secure attention, but his batting was not affected. The hare-tortoise partnership continued. Bradman’s hard hitting and Hendren’s smart fielding delighted the * crowd, which was now 12,000. The Marylebone howlers made no further impression before lunch. Bradmand soon reached 50 after lunch and fiercely drove Peebles to the boundary. Then he attempted a big hit off Allom and his wicket was spreadeagled. His sparkling innings lasted 110 minutes and he hit six fours. Kippax started with two delightful fours; then AVoodfull was well caught low down at mid-on. He had hit five fours and had given a characteristically sound display. The crowd was now over 20,000. The ground was full and many were turned away. Peebles came back at 152. Pons ford commenced to punish him, but Kippax, playing forward, was hopelessly beaten by a leg break, which took the bail. Pons ford continued t o drive on both sides of the wicket. Richardson started aggressively, but failed to connect properly. Allom replaced Stevens at 197, and Ponsford brought up 200 for 185 minutes. Both he and Richardson survived a number of appeals. Richardson batted delightfully after tea, cutting and driving with power and precision. Kennedy was brought on, ini-, medlately sobering the batsmen, and Richardson hit a” ball straight into Hendren’is hands at forward square leg. He had batted 90 minutes. Ponsford played cleverly, forcing the pace as much as possible and doing his best to manoeuvre the strike, but wicket after wicket fell. Hornibrook batted stubbornly until he also put his leg before, and the innings ended at 6.20 p.m., having lasted 310 minutes. Stumps were then drawn. Ponsford gave a good fighting display. Scores :

AUSTRALIA. First Innings. - Jackson, c b Allom 0 AVoodfull, c Lee, b Kennedy 52 Bradman, b Allom 66 Kippax, l> Peebles 18 Ponsford, not out 8Riehardson, c Hendren, b Kennedy 34 Fairfax, 1.b.w., b Allom 1 Grimmett, b Allom 4 AValker, c Lyon, b Allom ” Wall, 1.b.w., b Kennedy u Hornibrook, 1.b.w., b Peebles 6 Extras H Total 285 Bowling analysis: Allen took none for 38, Allom five for 67, Peebles two for 87, Kennedy three for 60, Stevens none for 16. An Australian. and Now Zealand Press representative says that everything was in favour of run-getting at Lords; yet the Australian batsmen were only moderate.. Sympathy is everywhere expressed with Jackson’s inability to reproduce his Australian form. The bowler AlacDonald regards Jackson As the team’s best batsman, but lie was not impressive yesterday. The wicket was the fastest on which the Australians have yet played liete. The attendance Avas 30,009. The gates had to be closed at 3 o’clock.

REMAINING MATCHES. The following matches remain to be played: — May 17. 19, 20—v. M.C.C., at Lord's. May 21, 22, 23—Derbyshire, at Chesterfield. May 24, 26, 27—v. Surrey, at the Oval. May 28, 29, 30—v. Oxford University, at Oxford. May 31, Juno 2, 3—v. Hampshire, at Southampton. June 4,5, 6—v. Middlesex, at Lord’s. June 7,9, 10 —v. Cambridge University, at Fenner’s. June 13, 14, 16, 17—Eirst Test, at Trent Bridge. June 18, 19, 20—v. Surrey, at the Oval. June 21, 23, 24 —v. Lancashire, at Old Trafford. June 27, 28, 30, July I—Second Test, at liOrd’s. July 2,3, 4 —v. Yorkshire, at Bradford. July 5,7, B—v. Nottingham, at Trent Bridge. July 11, 12, 14, 15—Third Test, at Leeds. July 16, 17, 18—v. Scotland, at Edinburgh. July 19, 21—v. West of Scotland, at Glasgow. July 22, 23—v. Durham, at Sunderland. July 25, 26, 2S, 29—Fourth Test, at Old Traiford. ■July 30, 31, August I—v. Somerset, at Taunton. August 2,4, s—v.5 —v. Glamorgan, at Swansea. August 6,7, B—v. Warwickshire, at Birmingham. August 9, 11, 12 —v. Northamptonshire, at Northampton. August 16, 18, 10, 20, 21, 22—Fifth Test, at The Oval. August 23, 25, 26—v. Gloucestershire, at Bristol. August 27, 28, 29—v. Kent, at Canterbury. August 30, September 1, 2 —v. Sussex, at Brighton. September 3,4, s—v.5 —v. South of England, at Folkestone.