AFRICANS BAT WELL

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 746, 20 August 1929, Page 9

AFRICANS BAT WELL

TWO MAKE FINE STAND IN FIFTH TEST RECORD PARTNERSHIP (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Reed. 10.40 a.m. LONDON. Monday. With three wickets down for 20 runs in the fifth test between England and South Africa, it might have been supposed that Deane’s so-called gamble in sending England in to bat on Saturday had been a boomerang; but two old hands, Deane and Taylor, staged a magnificent fight, incidentally establishing a record of 214 for a South African fourth-wicket partnership. They put on 200 runs in three hours by solid batting, mostly driving and leg hits. The partnership ended when

Deane, giving his first chance, snicked the bail to the slips, Woolley brilliantly accepting a wide left-hand catch. Taylor soon followed, snicking one to the wicket-keeper. He played beautiful cricket, with especially powerful driving, and his innings was quite chanceless. He hit 12 fours. When they were set, both men gave an exhibition of sound, forceful batting. England resumed with great confidence, but Vincent, with a wily slow ball, quite deceived Leyland. Carr’s innings was extraordinarily hazardous, and he was almost caught at the wicket at the first ball. Three other lucky strokes went near the fieldsmen. Sutcliffe, at 96, was nearly caught in the slips, otherwise his innings was sound, solid, and chanceless. Catterall, attempting to pull, was easily taken at short leg, and Mitchell was completely beaten by a fastrising ball. The attendance was 17,000. Details as under: ENGLAND Fix-st Innings HOBBS, c Quinn, bMcMillan 10 SUTCLIFFE, c Owen-Smith, b Vincent 104 HAMMOND, st Cameron, b Vincent 17 WOOLLEY, bit wicket, b Vincent . . 46 R. E. S. WYATT, c Deane, by Vincent 6 LEYLAND, b Vincent 16 AMES, c Mitchell, b McMillan . . 0 CARR, c Morkel, b McMillan 15 FREEMAN, c Cameron, b Quinn .... 15 CLARK, b Quinn •, 7 GEARY, not out 12 Extras 10 Total •• 258 Bowling.—Morkel, 0-20; Quinn, 2-20; Vincent, 5-105; McMillan, 3-78; OwenSmith, 0-15. SOUTH AFRICA First Innings CATTERALL, c Carr, b Clark .... 0 SIEDLE, b Geary 14 MITCHELL, b Geary 2 TAYLOR, c Ames, b Clark 121 BEANE, o Woolley, b Wyatt 93 CAMERON, not out V 31 MORKEL, not out * 9 Extras U Five wickets for .. .. 253 MARYLEBONE TEAM TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. Following is the itinerary of the j Marylebone Cricket Club team’s tour of New Zealand, as agreed upon by the management committee of the New Zealand Cricket Council: December 10: Arrive Wellington. December 13-16, v. Wellington, at Wellington; December 18, leave Wellington for Nelson; December 20-21, v. Nelson, at Nelson; December 23, leave for Christchurch; December 24-26, v. Canterbury, at Christchurch; December 27, leave for Timaru; December 27-28, v. South Canterbury, at Timaru; December 30, leave for Dunedin; December 31, January 1-2, v. Otago, at Dunedin. January 3, leave for Invercargill; January 4-6, v. Southland, at Invercargill; January 7, leave for Christchurch; January 10-13, v. New Zealand, at Christchurch; January 15, leave for Palmerston North; January 16, arrive Palmerston North; January 17-18, v. Manawatu, at Palmerston North; January 20, leave for Marton: January 21-22, v. Rangitikei, at Marton; January 23, leave for Wellington; January 24-27, v. New Zealand, at Wellington; January 27, leave for Wanganui; January 2S-29, v. Wanga-. nui, at Wanganui; January 30, leave for New Plymouth; January 31, v. Taranaki, at New Plymouth. February 3, leave for Hamilton; February 4,5, v. Waikato, at Hamilton; February 6, leave for Auckland; February 7-10, v. Auckland, at Auckland; February 14-17, v. New Zealand, at Auckland; February 18, leave for Rotorua; February 19-20, at Rotorua; February 21, leave for Napier; February 22-24, v. Hawke’s Bay, at Napier; February 25, leave for Masterton; February 26-27, v. Wairarapa, at Masterton; February 28, leave for Wellington. March 1, leave for Panama by the steamer Rotorua, In connection with the proposed tour of England by a New Zealand team in 1931, the Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Hawke’s Bay Associations have signified their favour of such a tour, provided satisfactory financial arrangement!? can be made. The management committee of the New Zealand Council has sent a cable message to that effect to Mr. Swan, its representative on the Marylebone Cricket Council.