FOURTH CRICKET TEST

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 727, 29 July 1929, Page 6

FOURTH CRICKET TEST

ENGLAND OPENS WELL AGAINST AFRICA SEVEN WICKETS FOR 437 (United r.A.—Uj Telegraph — Copyrigi,,, (Australian and X.Z. Press Associauonj (L~nited Service,' LO.NDOX. Saturday. The fourth cricket test match be tween England and South Africa was begun at the Old Trafford. Munches ter. today. The teams aru as follow' England.—Sutcliffe, Bo.vlej LS. Wyatt. Woolley, Hendr :n. 'Levlan.i' A. W . Carr (captain). Gcarv liar raw’ Duckworth. Freeman. ‘ At - South Africans.—Seidle, Catten.ii Mitchell. Taylor. Mc.rkel, Owen-Smhl!’ Deane, Vincent. Uuirin. Dell tW eron. There .vere t’o.ooo spectators in unite of the dull wrath They reahsed that the South African team vas stronger than when it lost the test match at Deeds, and they hoped for an exciting contest. England won the toss and Rowley and Sutcliffe opened the batting The visitors’ fielding: was good, and Ivlorkel’s and Quinn’s bowling obvsouslv bothered both Sutcliffe and Bowlev and two wickets were down for 3ti runs. TH I RD-WICKET STAN D Woolley then came gallantly to England’s rescue, and with "Wyatt made a third wicket stand of 245. This score beat the previous highest thirdwicket partnership in the test matches against South Africa. The pair put on 245 runs in two and three-quarter hours. Woolley went for the bawling in capital style, and employed a variety of strokes. He established his partner’s confidence, arid this enabled Wyatt to score soundly and neatly, in spite of the fact that six bowlers'were tried before luncheon. Eventually Woolley, who hit 20 fours, skied a ball back to Vincent, whose catch concluded an innings not devoid of luck. Wyatt signalised his first appearance in a test match in England with a versatile and well-played score oi 113, including 13 fours. He ended by giving the. wicketkeeper an easy catcii through playing late to a ball. The score was 437 for seven wickets when stumps were drawn. Details of the score are as follow: ENGLAND First Innings SUTCLIFFE, b Morkel * BOW LEY. b Bell 13 WYATT, c Cameron, b Vincent .. lit WOOLLEY, c and b Vincent .. .. iy ; HENDREN. b Quinn 12 I.EYLAND, c Cameron, b Mitchell . hi CARR, c Bell, b Quinn 10 GEARY, not out .'4 BARRATT, not out Z Extras .. .. Seven wickets for 4"7 The first test match at Birmingham ended in a draw, as did the second match at Lord's. England won the third game at Leeds. CRICKET IN ENGLAND (’United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and X.Z. Press Assoc iction) LONDON. Saturday. In the county cricket championship, the points are as follow: Kent 101 Gloucestershire 108 Yorkshire 100 Notts • •. .. OS " Lancashire .. 98 Derbyshire . . S 7 CLAY BIRD SHOOTING AUCKLAND GUN CLUB There was a good attendance at the Auckland Gun Club’s grounds at Pakuranga on Saturday, when a series of matches was held. The first 10 birds match was won by F. Curtis (16yds), Willi the possible, C. E. Hodge (lfy&si and A. M. Bartley (14yds) dividing second money with 8 each. The second match was won by A. At. Bartley with the possible of 10. C. E. Hodge being second with !>. The third match of seven birds was divided by A. M. Bartley (15yds) and W. 11. Hazard (15yds >. with the possible. A Gimcrack shoot was divided by C*. E. Hodge, H. E. Knight and Brett on the fifth round, in this match Hodge, who was the last shooter, put up a splendid performance, the light being so bad that the birds could hardly be discerned, and his last shot off 23yds was an excellent one. The hand-trap was used in view of the contests next week at Hamilton and Morrinsville, and the shooting was good all round.