LANCASHIRE FAILS

Taranaki Daily News, 5 June 1935, Page 9

LANCASHIRE FAILS

MATCH AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. HOPWOOD’S STUBBORN BATTING. By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright London, June 3. Owing to the bad light stumps were drawn early in the match between Lancashire and the South Africans, in which the county was dismissed for 128 in reply to the visitors’ 268. While Hopwood gamely plodded on for three hours the tricky wicket caused Lancashire a series of disasters. The tenth wicket put on 44, saving a follow on. Scores were:— LANCASHIRE. First Innings. Hopwood, not out 73 Washbrook, c Vincent, b Langton ... 1 Iddon, c Langton, b Crisp 1 Paynter, st. Cameron, b Langton ... 3 Oldfield, 1.b.w., b Vincent H Farrimond, c Langton, b Vincent .... 2 Lister, c Mitchell, b Crisp 6 Parkinson, c Cameron, b Vincent ... 5 Eckersley, c Cameron, b Vincent .. 0 Booth, b Langton 0 Phillipson, run out 14 Extras • 12 Total 128 Bowling: Crisp, two for 24, Langton, three for 60; Vincent, four for 22. SOUTH AFRICA. First Innings 288 Second Innings. Siedle, c Paynter, b Hopwood 32 Mitchell, c Parkinson, b Iddon Wade, c Iddon, b Hopwood ° Nourse, b Iddon Cameron, c Booth, b Hopwood < Dalton, c Iddon, b Booth Viljoen, not out Vincent, not out Extras Total (for six wickets) 142