ENGLAND AT THE WICKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1010, 28 June 1930, Page 1

ENGLAND AT THE WICKET

Nine Down For 405 Runs DULEEPSINHJI PILES UP 173 Second Test With Australia ENGLAND, batting in the second cricket Test against the |j Australian touring eleven at Lords, has lost nine wickets for 405 runs. Hobbs, the veteian batsman, went for one run, but Duleepsinhji proved the hope of his side by piling up 173 in an innings of narrow escapes. White and Duckworth are the not-out men.

■ t -,iM P.A . —VYh ;o 'i/.h —'VOPI/,•!!//!! |l seed. 10.15 a.m. LONDON, Friday. I The seeoud Inst match between the ® Australian cricketers and England | ivas begun today at Lord's. I The teams arc as follow: Australia England % , v ji Weodt'ull .1. K. Hobbs B ' (captain 1 K. Woolley M. v V. Richardson . It. Hammond ■ p' G. Bradman K. H. r "nleepsinliji & Fairfax K. Hendren i V F. Kippax A. I'. H. Chapman I w A. Oldlield (captain). ' W. H. Ponstnnl ( i All. n 1 r V. Or i pi me it Al. A Tate i t' Wall K. W. A*, nob! ns 3 s' McCabe .1. 'White j | a. it. Hornibroth J. H. Duckworth The English team is given in the i order of batting A. Jackson is 12th matt for Australia and A. Sandham for England. Chapman won the toss and elected to bat. He did England excellent setvice by forcing the Australians to field. There were 17,uu0 spectators, ineludiing the Duke of York, when play commenced. The boundaries were shorteuedlin order to permit of more spectators. A surprise was the choice of Woolley as the opening partner for Hobbs Wail opened the bowling at the pavilion end, aided by a breeze. The weather was fine and the wicket good HOBBS OPENS CAREFULLY Hobbs carefully played a maiden ■ over. Both Wall and Fairfax placed only two men in the slips, Hornibrook and Richardson. Woolley opened his score by driving ■ Wall to the leg boundary. Then lie ( ! beautifully cover drove Fairfax for -1 A quarter of an hour passed before Hobbs opened his score. He then cut Wall for a single. With the score 13 the first sensation of the match came. In Fairfax's j, 'hird over Oldfield, by a smart catch ; at the wicket, sent back England's l i great veteran. I Incidentally the omission of Sandliam caused a great surprise. it was r. popularly supposed that by the invitation to Lord’s he would play, and 1 incidentally open the batting’ with Hobbs. Woolley had a narrow escape front being run out. duo to smart fielding by Bradman. The left-hander made IS of the first 30 runs. When Grimmed came on he was almost stumped m the first over. He then hit two more sreat fours, but a superb innings ended "“ en Wall took an excellent catcli at Pptnt, after a scintillating display, including seven fours. LUCKY DULEEPSINHJI 0 Fairfax, running up the pitch, almost caught Duleepsinhji next hall. The T latter, with Hammond, sent up (he I score the Gloucester crack hitting , norntbrook for four boundaries, j Grimmett worried the batsmen, who ! " et iuently mis timed him. Hammond men had a narrow escape. Richardson missing a difficult catch in the sups. The Indiau raised 100 in 95 minutes, unmmett got Hammond after a sound 105 P 8y ’ The total was 11 ow three for

There were 25,000 present after huu-li. They saw the batsmen punish , Wall, but Grimmett was accorded j more respect. ! Duleepsinh.il reached 50 in 90 min- ; ’lies, but, was missed at 05 bv Woodi full off McCabe. Hendren was now scoring all round ;tho wicket, and the 200 appeared in I ISO minutes. j . When the pair had added 104 Fair- , tax obtained another success, haying i Hendren caught at leg. He had batted -*■> minutes, but only had three boundaries. I Chapman felt at a ball going away | and Oldfield took the catch, giving Wall his first wicket. Fairfax “yorked” Allen and had so far fulfilled the hopes that he would do well on a fast wicket. SCORE PILING UP Duleepsinhji did not score for 20 minutes, and was two short of the 100 when given another life. Wall, in the slips, dropping a low catch from Fairfax. The Indian reached his century in ISS minutes, joining the band who have made 100 in their first test. Tate and Duleepsinhji put on 42 by the tea interval, and the 300 appeared in 270 minutes. This pair’s vigorous hitting extricated England from a posi- [ tion which looked unpleasant when I Chapman left. Passing 302, England’s total became the highest of the tour against Australia. Duleepsinhji continued to score at a moderate rate, but Tate slogged the bowling and compiled 54 in 65 minutes. The partnership added 9S. Tate, wheD caught at mid-off, had hit eight fours in a lucky, but courageous innings. VISITORS TIRING The Australians at this stage showed signs of being tired, and Duleepsinhji continued to harass them with delightful placing. He reached 150 and became the highest scorer against the visitors. After that he went for runs, but lost Robins, Oldfield taking his third catch at. the wickets. Duleepsinhji and White both had narrow escapes from being run out, and the former was eventually caught, at the boundary after batting for 295 minutes. His score included 21 fours. He received a great ovation. White and Duckworth raised the 400 in 340 minutes, and were unconquered at the drawing of stumps. Fairfax's bonding figures so far are four for 93. The scores are: ENGLAND First Innings HOBBS, n Oldfield, b Fairfax .. i WOOLLEY, o Wa.ll, b Fairfax .. .. : 1 1 HAMMOND, 1, Grimmett "v DULEEPSINHJI, o Bradman, b Grim- ! lIKNDREN, c" .McCabe", ' b" Fairfax " Ux CHAPMAN, c Oldfield, b Wall .. ' 11 TATE, e McCabe, 1> Wall 54 ALLEN, b Fairfax » i ROBINS, c Oldfield, b I-lorni brook .. r> WHITE, not out 14 I DUCKWORTH, not out ,* * 7 Extras 10 Nino wickets for ~ ~405