ENGLAND OUT FOR 216

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18758, 15 July 1935, Page 7

ENGLAND OUT FOR 216

THIRD TEST STARTS AFRICANS 26 FOR ONE TOURISTS’ GOOD ATTACK (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) LONDON. July 15. England did not emerge covered with honors from the first day’s play in the third test match. Wyatt won <he toss and baited first, but the side was dismissed for the poor total of 216. The only consolation was the fact that the South Africans started‘equally badly, and had lost one valuable wicket for 26 runs. The weather was ideal and the wicket hard, no rain having fallen for weeks. There were 20,000 spectators present at the start. Wyatt and Smith opened for England, and there was dismay, when the captain was neatly taken by Cameron •behind the wickets off Crisp’s second ball. Barber' joined... Smith and played vvit.h easy confidence until he, too, was caught when making a defensive stroke. lie had contributed a useful 26. . i ■ . • Shortly afterwards, Cameron had to retire temporarily, having received a painful blow on the temple when taking a rising ball from Vincent. , Hammond joined Smith, and although uncertain in the early stages, gained confidence. Smith, who had been scoring steadily, succumbed when he attempted to hook a short ball and gave Cameron a careless forehand catch. Hammond’s half-ceii tury came up after 93 minutes, during the greater part of which Mitchell stone-walled. Mitchell went for 70 minutes without scoring. Hammond was now hitting brilliantly, but Vincent, bowling over the wicket, finally got him leg before, lie was at the wickets for 110 minutes, and his 63 included five, boundaries. The fourth wicket had put on 60 runs in 80 minutes. Ilardsiaff, making his debut in test cricket, joined Mitchell. Although the wicket favored the batsmen, he was strictly on the defensive. He provided another victim for Vincent, who was maintaining an erratic length, the batsman sending him a low return. In Vincent’s next delivery, Ames was bowled off his pads, and then Nichols fell a victim to Langton in his first over. Sims assisted Mitchell in making a stubborn resistance, ‘but ‘when Sims went, after making a dozen, there was •no one left to do any scoring, and the innings ended for 216. The bowling honors went to Langton, who secured four for 59, and Vincent, who took four for 45. Siedlo and Mitchell opened for the visitors, but had hardly got going when Mitchell wap a victim of the new leg before rule. Rowan and Siedle played out time, stumps being drawn with the score at 26 for one wicket. Details: — ENGLAND First. Innings. Wyatt, c Cameron, b Crisp .. 0 Smith, c Cameron, b Vincent .. 36 Barber, c Bell, b Langton .. .. 26 Hammond, lbw., b Vincent .. 63 Mitchell, b Langton .. • • 58 Ilardstaff, c and b Vincent .. 10 Ames, b Vincent .. - • • • 0 Nichols, lbw., b Langton . . •• 4 Sims, b Langton 1Veritv, c Cameron, b Crisp .. 1 Bowes, not out 0 Extras Total .. • • ■ • • • ”1® Bowling.—Crisp, two for 26; Bell, none tor 4S; Langton, four for o 9; Vincent four for 4n; Mitchell, none for 30. SOUTH AFRICA First Innings. Siedle. not out .. • • Mitchell, lbw., b Ilammond .. » Rowan, not out " Extra ' " Total for one wicket .. ..26 TEAM FOR NEW ZEALAND MARYLEBONE’S PROBLEM DEARTH OF AMATEURS (Received July 15, 11 a.m.) LONDON, July 14. The Marylebone Cricket Club is experiencing difficulty in inducing eight amateurs to undertake the tour ot Now Zealand and Australia. Seven have accepted out of innumerable invitations. . . • _ , Only a .strictly limited number ot amateurs can afford the time, but one of the main drawbacks is that Marylebono allows an amateur only £SO in addition to expenses, necessitating a player dipping heavily into his own pocket. It is suggested that Marylebone is seeking a large proportion of amateurs in order to do the tour cheaply. Some critics advocate the inclusion of several young professionals needing oversea experience, but express the opinion that Marylebone regards it as too costly. AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS (Received July 15, noon.) SYDNEY, July 15. M. Sicvors, the Victorian allrounder, has been selected to replace Hans Ebeling in the Australian cricket team for South Africa.