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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 13 September 1930, Page 9

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“The total of the ’ British score, shortly before 4.60 p.m., when only half an hour remained for play, stood at 666. which score included the points, runs, and wickets (literally ‘skittles') won by the English eleven. “The British batsman, Bradman, one

TEST MATCH PLAY.

DESCRIBED IN PERU

HP HE English bowlers are not the only people whom Bradman has got in a tangle. An English resident at Lima, Peru, who said he was finding it a little difficult to follow the progress of the Test matches from the local reports, recently sent a sample to England. It was a cutting on the Nottingham Test from a Lima newspaper. Appended is a translation: — “London 17 (Exclusive). “The English cricket team beat the Australian eleven in the first of the! preliminary matches for the champion-1 ship, which finished this afternoon in! the great Oval of Nottingham by the score of 92 runs.

of the veteran jtrofcssiohal cricketers of the United Kingdom, gave a sparkling display during the early hours of the afternoon. Jn less than 45 minutes lie made, the anumng score of 131 runs He defended the fifth wicket lost by England. “Only two hours of play remained and 1(52 runs needed when Bradman was taken from his place. Up to the final stages of the match finishing to-day victory for either team or a draw were alike possible, and many British enthusiasts showed indecision in definitely placing tluMr bets upon the result of the game. “One specially noted the brilliant plav and strokes of Woodfull, who took

the wicket defended by Chapman, captain of the British eleven; thus felling the fourth English wicket iu favour of the Australians.

‘‘The English player Larwood, one of the best bowlers (the bowler in cricket is somewhat similar to the pitcher in the American, game of baseball) of England, and probably of the British Empire, took the wicket defended by the Australian Tate after a brief Australian resistance. It was after the play of Larwood that the victory appeared to incline definitely towards the English eleven.

“Another notable item of the, afternoon’s play was the excellent fight put up by the Australian bowler, Bradman, who after distinguishing himself on the previous afternoon in the first innings, succeeded to-day* after superhuman efforts in finally disposing of the best batsman of Great Britain. Robins, who managed to reach, before succumbing, a score of 131.”