VICTORY BY SEVEN WICKETS.
AFRICA BEATS SOUTH! AUSTRALIA VIGOROUS BATTING ON j BOTH SIDES. Un’ .ed Press Association—By Electric j (Received January 26. 7.30 p.m.) j ADELAIDE. January 26. < The South Africans defeated South Australia by seven wickets and one run. ; Heme Team’s Stubborn Effort. South Australia displayed a stubborn j tail-end, Grimmett advancing from 38 to 63. He batted 119 minutes and j scored two fours and one five. The Africans tried five bowlers in J three-quarters of an hour, Balaskas taking the last two wickets. Africa required 116 to win. Africa’s Sprint Effort. South A ustralia was hopeful when j Christy was clean bowled by Wall in j the first over. Taylor, however, alter- j ed the complexion of the game by a superb chanceless innings. He showed | scant respect for Grimmett. His off ! drives were revelations of artistic batting. The innings lasted 88 minutes. He hit nine fours. Cameron contributed a serviceable knock, including three fours. The South African innings lasted just over one hour and a half. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Richardson, b McMillan 53 Nitschke, b McMillan 62 Lonergan, st. Van Der Merwe, b McMillan 23 Waite, lbw, b Brown 5 Tobin, lbw, b Brown 2 Jamieson, c Van Der Merwe, b McMillan 6 Lee, lbw, b Brown 11: Grimmett, run out .....«•••• 5 Walker, not out 7 j Wall, b McMillan 5 Carlton, c Balaskas, b McMillan 10 1 Extras 8 : Total 197 ■ Bowling analysis—Brown took three i wickets for 23 runs; McMillan six for 91; Bell. Christy, and Vincent also bowled, but without success. Second Innings. Richardson, run out 61 Nitschke, run out 44 Lonergan, c Viljoen, b Vincent... 119 Waite, c Viljoen, b Vincent .... 9 Tobin, lbw., b Vincent 12 Jamieson, std. Van der Merwe, b Christy 34 Walker, b Vincent 1 Lee, b Vincent ?8 Grimmett, not out 63 Wall, c and b Balaskas 32 Carlton, b Balaskas .. . • .. 4 Extras 23 Total 430 Bowling analysis.—Bell, took no wickets for eight runs; Brown, none for 89; Vincent, five for 78; McMillan, none for 146; Christy, one for 32; Balaskas, two for 14; Cameron, none for 13; Mitchell, none for 22. SOUTH AFRICA. First Innings. Christy, c Walker, b Jamieson .. 74 Mitchell, b Grimmett 82 Taylor, b Carlton 97 Viljoen, c Walker, b Lee 30 Cameron, b Grimmett 37 Balaskas, c Grimmett, b Waite .. 25 McMillan, c Wall, b Grimmett .. 39 Vincent, st. Walker, b Grimmett 83 1 Van der Merwe, b Grimmett .... 22 Brown, b Grimmett 1 Bell, not out 7 Extras .. 15 Total 512 Bowling analysis—Wall took no wickets for 103 runs; Carlton one for 41. Jameson one for 38, Tobin none for 27, Grimmitt six for 155, Lee one for j 83; Waite one for 50. Second Innings. Mitchell, c Walker, b Carlton .. 8 ! Christy, b Wall 4 Taylor, not out 68 Bala-skas, 1.b.w.. b Grimmett .. 5 ; Cameron, not out 28 Extras .. 4 j Tot 1 for three wickets .. ..117 Bowling analysis.—Wall took one wicket for 22 runs; Carlton, one for 16: Grimmett, one for 45.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 19093, 27 January 1932, Page 7
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