Gentlemen of England Go Cheaply

Manawatu Times, Volume LIX, Issue 7493, 18 June 1934, Page 7

Gentlemen of England Go Cheaply

DISMISSED BY AUSTRALIA TOR UNDER TWO HUNDRED Received Sunday, 7 p.m. LONDON, June 16. The weather was fine and the wicket good for tho match between the Australians and the Gentlemen of England. The latter won tho toss and batted, being dismissed for 177. Grimmett was the most successful bowler, taking four wickets for 76. Australia, at the close of play for the day, had scored 164 for six wickets, Darling top-scoring with 42, being followed by Kippax (33) and Bromley (30). The Australians omitted Bradman, Ponsford, Oldfield, O’Reilly and Flcet-wood-Smitli. Walters, who was captaining the Gentlemen, and Dawson opened, and when half an hour had produced 17, the latter flicked a bumper from Wall and was nicely caught at first slip. A few overs later Walters was caught at the wicket.—Two for 28. Both Wall and Ebeliug bowled with plenty of life. Grimmett, relieving Wall after an excellent spell of nearly an hour, immediately troubled Holmes, whom he bowled.—Four for 49. Valentine meanwhile hit Grimmett for two fours and then drove to the on the same bowler for a beautiful sixer before he was caught in the slips.—Five for 57. Lowndes and Robins survived until lunch. There were 12,000 present after lunch. Wall' and Ebcling resumed bowling and the former crashed through Robins’ defence, making tho total 72 for 6 wickets. The bowlers at this stage were emphatically on top, but Lowndes and Brown were putting up a stubborn fight to retrieve the situation. Brown’s bright innings ended when Kippax nicely judged a running catch in tho outfield.—Seven for 120. Lowndes and Clay hit out finely in a partnership worth 46, when Lowndes was bowled. He had batted for 130 minutes and it was a solid, chanceless knock. A miserable innings lasted 195 minutes. Woodfull and Brown opened for Australia to Read and Holmes. Twenty-two wero scored in fast time, of which Brown collected 20, when ho put his leg in front. McCabe, after a perfect cover-drive to the boundary, tried to repeat the shot and had his off stump uprooted by an inswinger.— Two for 29. Rend, bowling fast and short, gavo Woodfull and Darling uneasy moments, but became erratic and was taken off. Darling was unusually quiet. The pair had added 35 when Woodfull played on. Darling then cut and drove and glanced confidently, raising 100 after 90 minutes. He hit Read for a sixer, but, in the next over, attempting a big hit, was bowled. —Four for 109. A crowd of 18,000 was delighted towards the close of play to see the best batting of the day from Kippax and Bromley. The former played his most fluent innings of the tour before he was caught behind. Chipperflold came in, but soon lost Bromley, who was brilliantly caught off a hot drive.—Six for 154. Chipperfield and Barnett steadily played out time. The innings thus far has lasted 135 minutes.

Detailed scores:— GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND. First Innings. Walters, c Barnett, b Wall .... 15 Dawson, c Chipperfield, b Wail .. 5 Lyon, b Ebeling 12 Valentiue, c Chipperfield, b Ebeling 19 Holmes, b Grimmett 5 Lowndes, b Grimmett 44 Robins, b Wall .. .. 11 Brown, c Kippax, b Grimmett .. 3.1 Livock, lbw, b McCabe 0 Clay, st.mpd. Barnett, b Grimmett 30 Read, not out 0 Extras 5 Total .. 177 Bowling: Wall, three for 49; Ebcling, two for 39; Grimmett, four for 7G; McCabe, one for 8. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Woodfull, b Brown 13 Brown, lbw, b Holmes 20 McCabe, b Road 4 Darling, b Brown 42 Kippax, e Livock, b Holmes .... 33 Bromley, c and b Robins 30 Chipperfield, not out 6 Barnett, not out 0 Extras 16 Total for six wickets 164 Northampton Make it a Draw ONLY ONE WICKET TO FALL NORTHAMPTON, June 15. Blocking successfully for the last ten minutes of play, Northamptonshire’s last-wicket batsmen saved the match for their side and deprived the Australian cricketers of a win which had looked to be well within reach oarlier in the day’s play. In their second innings Northamptonshire required 332 runs for a win, but, as stumps were to be drawn at 5 p.m., this was an impossible task. O’Reilly was used very sparingly as a bowler, but Flectwood-Smith again took five wickets, giving him ten for tho match. The outstanding performance with the bat for Australia was a century by Brown. The scores were:—Australia 254 and 234 (the lowest, of the tour); Northamptonshire IS 7 and 133 for nine wickets. Northamptonshire's second iunings was commenced, beforo lunch, with the impossible task of making 332 runs in three hours. Just prior to the adjournment, Snowden, who had made a centurj' in the first innings, was bowled neck and crop. When Grimshaw was out shortly afterwards, Northamptonshire’s chances of saving the game seemed remote. Bakewell and Timms, however, made good stands. Timms punished Bromley severely before that bowler had him stumped. This gave Bromley his first wicket of the tour. With fifteen minutes to go the total was 131 for oight wickets. Partridge was smartly caught at the wicket, but Pitt and Brown put up a plucky defence and held out for the remaining ton minutes of play. Despite the fact that the fieldsmen clustered around the wickets, Pitt and Brown saved the match. Fleetwood-Smith turned the ball tremendously on the slightly worn pitch. Detailed scores:— AUSTRALIA. First Innings Second Innings „. ~ .. 234 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. First Innings .. •• 187 Second Innings. - Bakewell, c Brown, b FleetwoodSmith ..» .... M. .... .... 53