BIG CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 30 June 1924, Page 9

BIG CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

The Second Test Match. AFRICANS’ FAIR SHOWING. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. ' Received 3.5 p.m., June 29: LONDON) June 28: The Second test) England V: Africa) was commenced in fine weather: Africa won the toss, and batted on a good vrieketj and were all but for 273: Five thousand were present when Africa commenced to bat; England’s team wasi Gilligan,, Fender, Wood, Chapman, Hobbs, Woolleyi Sutcliffe, Hearne) Hendren, Tate, “Dick’ 1 Tyldesley: His Majesty arrived after the commencement:

The game was stopped while the teams lined up and shook hands: At lunch) the score wad three wickets down for 72. At tea ( there were 20)000 present: The century was hoisted in 148 minutes: Susskind Vfas sound throughout: He is strong bU the offside and hit six fourth ©ftfterall played a brilliant inningd 6f bfl-dfiving and Square leg hits. He had sixteen fours, He gave ft chance at 30: He batted 105 minutes, The Africans' innings finished at ten to six. Deano showed vigorous driving, and Falkner revealed many strokes reminiscent of his bid form. The Englishmen commenced _ at ten past six, They hit freely, and scored sixteen in the first five minutes.

AFRICA. First Innings. Taylor, c W'ood> b Gilligan .■ . . 4 Commaille, i.b.w., b Gilligan . . 0 Susskind', c Tate, b Hearne . . 84 Mourse, c Woolley, b Tate. ... 4 Catterall, b Gilligan 120 Deane, b Tyldesley . 83 Blanlcenberg, b Tate ........ 12 Pegler, c Fender, b Tyldesley . . 0 Ward, b Tyldesley 1 Parker, not out 1 Faulkner, b Fender . . 2 5 Extras 9 Total 273 Bowling analysis: Gilligan took three for 70, Tate two for 62, Tyldesley three for 52, Hearne one for 36, Fender one for 45. ENGLAND. First Innings. Hobbs, not out . . . 12 Sutcliffe, not out 12 Total none for 28 COMMENT ON THE PLAY. AFRICANS’ GREAT RECOVERY. By Cable—Press Association—-Copyright. Received midnight, June 29. LONDON, June 29. The Africans made an extraordinary recovery after losing such batsmen as Taylor, Commaille and Nourse for seventeen runs. The next four wickets added the bulk of the runs, with the addition of 248, out of 27 3. The last three wickets accounted for an addition of only eight runs. The Africans made more runs than they should have done, Woods’ misses at the wickets, and Woolley’s in the slips contributing towards Catteral’s score, which is identical with his score in the first test. His effort was an affair of mixtures—at times flukey, but sometimes brilliant. He was missed three times off Gilligan. Susskind played flawlessly. The English bowling was not deadly, hut the fielding, for the mosL part, was good.