CRICKET IN ENGLAND

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22351, 27 August 1934, Page 9

CRICKET IN ENGLAND

THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM .-v.: MATCH ;AGAINST ; Twelve thousand were present in sunny weather when the match between Australia and Sussex,'wag' commenced. Sussex had first use of a : comfortably paced wicket.' • : ' :> .' ' \' ;'•'.' ,"' The match opened quietly arid John Langridge took 50 minutes to score, nine runs. Fleetwood-Smith, bowling over the wicket, beat him all the way when the total was 44. He.then, sent back Melville, , • . '.;.. Parks cut cleverly and reached 50 but of a total of 73 in one hour and a-half. After lunch Parks became FleetwoodSmith's third.victim. Be,hit.-six fetors. ',' . Fleetwood-Smith bowled for two hours unchanged. Cook batted .forcefully and scored an .'excellent 50 in 85 minutes. Then O'Reilly had him well caught at deep mid-off. - • ' i-' ; ...-■■ - , Langridge gave Chipperfield a hot chance at first slip off Ebeling.' ••' ," ' ; " After tea Fleetwood-Smith dismissed H. Parks, after which play, became, tedious, , 2QO taking 225 minutes. ~ Then Langridge was out. He failed; properly to time the bowling. He batted for 145 minutes arid hit seven fours. ':.'<

Bowley \vas just .beginning to show form when he became Fleetwood-Smith's fifth victim, while Eaton was rather needlessly run out in discounting Bradman's alacrity. :, . :Tate made it a good day for Sussex by adding 70 in 40 minutes; He hit eight fours, one of Chipperfield's overs costing 19 runs, including a six by Pearce. . • Folio wing, were the scores when. Stumps were drawn:- ? ■ ~''■' ■ ;';: ■*•-■'•■■;;• V vsussen.;":■-V'f' ; '-5; ■'; •':, First Innings. ' .; John Langridge, c'Barnett, b Fleet-. :': wood-Smith .... ..•-,■ •} •• 9 J. Parks, lbw, b Fleetwbod-Sraith .60 Melville, b Fleetwood-Smith ••; ... 2 Cook, c Darling,, b O'Reilly .... 60 James Langridge; c FleetwoodSmith, b M'Cabe .......... 57 Bowley, c Ebeling, ; b FleetwoodSmith .'. ...„: ... .. ■• 24 H. Parks, c Bradman, b ■Fleetwood-. Smith.. .'..' .... ..... '.'.'..., 10 Pearce, not out ............ .v 25 Eaton, run out .. .. ... ...... 0 Tate, not out .... ...... i... .. 40 Extras .. . '....... 17 . Total- for eight wickets ' .;,304 Bowling Analysis.—Fleetwood-Smith 5 for 114, M'Cabe 1 for 38, Ebeling none for. 51, O'Reilly 1 for 42, Chipperfield none for 42. VOCE'S BOWLING ;"■ ■:' LONDON, August 25. (Received August 26, at 9 p.m.) Mr Bushby refuses to comment on a London paper's report that Australia protested against Voce's bowling for Nottingham, in the second innings, when he bowled two overs. Mr Bushby, added that he was giving the Board of Control a report on the whole tour but he did not specify whether he was discussing the incident. THE COUNTY MATCHES GOOD BOWLING PERFORMANCES . . LONDON, August 24. Following are the results, of the county matches:— SURREY v. MIDDLESEX. Surrey: First innings, ; 155 (Smith six wickets for 36); second innings, 192 (Hearne six for 44). Middlesex: First innings, 259 (Watts six for 59) ; second innings; one for 89. . . Middlesex won by nine wickets. NORTHANTS v. HAMPSHIRE. . Northants: First innings, 369, (Snowden 81). Hampshire: First innings, 107 (Partridge six for 26). Hampshire followed on and scored 164 (Cox five for 72). Northants won by an innings and 98 runs. ' ■ ■ ■ . " ' LEICESTER v. NOTTS. Leicester: First innings, 399 (Armstrong 117). Notts: First innings, 15S (Marlow six for 68). Notts followed'on and made 135. .'•■;,'.•■ Leicester won by an innings and 106 runs.' - . \" • WORCESTER v. KENT. Worcester: First inning*, 25S (Bull 95); second innings, 140 (Freeman eix for 60). -;: Kent: First innings, 264 (Perks five for 67); second innings, six for 141. Kent won by four wickets. '.■'., LANCASHIRE v. SUSSEX. [\ Lancashire: First innings, 196 (Tyl : desley 84; Tate six for 50); second innings, eight for 322 declared (Pearce five for 61 ).. Sussex: First innings, 143 (Pollard, four for 40); second innings, (wo for 126. . ..,':.-.

Lancashire won on the first innings, GLOUCESTER, v. YORKSHIRE.

Gloucester: First innings 34S (Lyon 125) ; second innings, one for SS. Yorkshire: First innings, 143. Yorkshire followed on and scored 262 (Goddard five for 101). Gloucester won by nine wickets.