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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 83, 24 June 1930, Page 5

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AUSTRALIANS ON TOUR LANCASHIRE MATCH BAIN INTERRUPTS PLAY. Press Association —Copyright. (Received 9.20 a.m ) LONDON, June 23. Australia in the first innings made 427. Ei-prax ’-20 Fairfax f 3 Oilfield, not iiit ‘’4 Hornibrook 20

Bowling.—Hodgson took 3 tor 97, Sibbles 3 for 89, R. Tyldesley 2 for 87, Hopwood 2 for 92. Lancashire in, the first lost no wickets for 90.

Watson, not out Hallows, not out ... Stumps 7 were drawn.

Kippax gave a cnancelesb display, but Fairfax was lucky. The partnership between them yielded 124.

Oldfield and Hornibrook were associated in the best last wicket partnership, and both recorded their highest individual sicoreg for th© tour.

( Rain interrupted play shortly after Lancashire opened, and again at 6.10 p.m., when stumps were drawn.

Watson and Hallows scored freely

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Press Association —Copyright ( Received 10.30 a.m.)

DELHI, June 23. It is reported here that an invitation has been issued to the following English cricketers to visit lu-diar-r-B. Lyon, (captain), M. Lyon, Wyatt, Allom, Enthoven, G. Stevens, Legge, H. Franklin, J. Stephenson, B. Dawson, V. Haig, George D. Gunn, Hallows, Worthington, (Sam) Staples.