CRICKET OVERSEAS

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 137, 9 May 1930, Page 7

CRICKET OVERSEAS

ESSEX DISMISSED CHEAPLY. AUSTRALIA BATTING .STRONGLY. AN INDIFFERENT WICKET. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received May 9, 10.5 a.m. LONDON, May 8. The wind was bitter when Essex opened their first innings against Australia. Essex were dismissed for 67. Hornibrook made the ball misbehave at the outset, and Nichols could do nothing. The first ball of the second over removed his off-stump. Later, Hornibrook proved that, given mischievous English wickets, the Australian bowling was not as weak as some think. The Queenslander’s second over knocked Russell’s off-stump into Oldfield. Meanwhile tiro Australians shivered and kept their hands in their pockets. Very little fielding was necessary. Bray pushed the bat in front of Hornibrook, and Woodfull had not oven the satisfaction of a run for the catch. Three wickets thus fell in the halfhour for an additional twelve runs. Six runs later, Hornibrook got his fourth victim, Hipkin’s leg stump falling to a slower hall. The next one shattered Sheffield’s wicket, and a sorry innings ended in 105 minutes. HORNIBROOK’S GOOD FIGURES. Hornibr ak figures were nine overs, four maidens, eleven runs, six wickets. To-day he took six wickets for five runs off seven overs, and he justified the prophecies for his success on English “gluepots.” The wicket apparently improved for Australia’s second innings, but was still dangerous, although improving, as the game progressed. Woodfull and Ponsford survived the critical period before the luncheon adjournment, though Nicholls troubled them both. McCabe again failed. lvippax scored nicely on both sides of tho wicket, but Woodfull reserved his punishment for the loose balls. The latter was brilliantly caught at fine leg after a clwnceless innings. Jackson and Fairfax showed improved form and at the drawing of stumps Australia were in a practically unassailable position. Detailed results are as follow: ESSEX. First Innings. Crawley, b Fairfax 3 Cutmore, b Grimmett 8 Russell, b Hornibrook 19 Nichols, b Hornibrook ... 9 Bray, c Woodfull, b Hornibrook 3 Hipkin, b Hornibrook 0 Pope, b Fairfax 5 Sheffield, b Hornibrook 0 Smith, c Fairfax, b Hornibrook ... 2 Palmer, not out 0 Extras 12 Total ... 67 Bowling analysis: Fairfax, two for 25; A’Beckett, none for two; Grimmett, two for 17; Hornibrook, six for 11. AUSTRALIA. First innings 156 Second Innings. Woodfull, c Nichols, b -Smith ... 54 Ponsford, c Cutmore, b Nichols ... 26 McCabe, c Bray, b Palmer 6 Kippax, 1.b.w., h O’Connor ... 42 Jackson, c Sheffield, b O’Connor ... 27 Fairfax, not out 52 A’Beckett, c Crawley, b O’Connor 30 Oldfield, not out, 14 Extras ... 12 Total for six wickets 263