INNINGS MARGIN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18924, 28 January 1936, Page 5

INNINGS MARGIN

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS MATCH WITH TRANSVAAL CENTURY BY FINGLETON (Elec. Tel, Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Jan. 28, 11 a.m.) JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 27. The Australian cricketers, with a score of 346, defeated Transvaal by an innings and 29 runs. The weather was fine and warm and the wicket perfect. Darling was the victim of a great catch at deep square leg. He liit nine fours. Chipperfield made two fours in succession before he was fowled by a beautiful offturning ball. There was another sensation when Fingleton was (bowled by the first (ball in Gaydon's next over, the ball keeping low and shooting in sharply. Fingleton displayed delightful forcing tactics and hit 11 fours. Siovers, batting 'brilliantly, ran up 72 in 90 minutes, with 11 fours. The Australian innings occupied 27;") minutes. Transvaal began its second innings after tea, and after a good opening partnership 'by Coen and Rowan, and a stand of the tail-enders, Langton and Nupen, were all out shortly after G o'clock, the captains agreeing to finish the match to-day. Langton hit O'Reilly over the roof of the members' stand and later hit two successive sixers off Grimmett. Details:— TRANSVAAL

First Timings 100 .Second Innings. Coen, c, and ib Grimmett .. .. 30 Rowan, run out . . . . . . 19 Briscoe, c O'Reilly, b McCormiek 11 Grieveson, c Barnett, b McCormiek . . . . . . 13 Foley, b McCormiek . . . . 2 Baines. 1) O'Reillv 1 Mitchell, e Barnett, 1) McCormiek 13 Gaydon, b O'Reilly . . ..12 Langton, c Fingleton, b Grimmett 32 Nupen, c Chipperfleld, h Grimmett 17 Hall, not out .. .. . . 0 Extras 7 Total 157 Bowling: MeCormick, four for 24; Rievers, none for 14; Grimmett, three for SG; O'Reilly, two for 50. AUSTRALIA First Innings. Brown, c Grieveson, b Langton ... U Richardson, c Jfoley, ib Langton . . S Fingleton, b Gaydon .. .. 110 Darling, e Coen, b Nupen . . 70 Chipperfleld, b Langton .. 23 Sievers, b Nupen . . .. 72 Barnett, e Gaydon, b Langton . . 0 Grimmett, not out . . . . . . 4 McCormiek, b Hall .. .. . . 1 O VBrien, absent .. ' . . . . 0 Extras 25 Total 340 Bowling: Gaydon, one for 40; Langton, four for SI; Hall, one for 74; Nupen, three for 93;. Mitchell, none for