FAIR OPPOSITION.
Australians Play Minor Counties. lIARBORD NOT OUT 104. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received September 6, 11.30 am.) LONDON, September 5. The Minor Counties, including at least five players with first-class experience. provided Australia with fair opposition when the match opened to-day at Kennington Oval. Play was uneventful until the score reached 48. Grimmett then dismissed Butler and De Sarm with successive balls. Three wickets fell soon after lunch, and then Relf joined Ilarbord in an excellent stand, which realised 54. The others failed to stay with Harbord, who carried his bat through the innings. lie reached his century in 205 minutes, lie hit fourteen tours, and was often attractive. Brown and Ponsford opened at 4.35 for Australia and scored steadily. Ponsford was out at 43, after which Brown and Darling sent the score along merrily, 100 taking 75 minutes. Darling’s 50 occupied 70 minutes. Scores: MINOR COUNTIES.
PLAYERS V. GENTLEMEN. (Received September G. 12.30 pm.) LONDON, September 5. At Scarborough, in the match Players v. Gentlemen, Players in their first innings lost six wickets for 305 (Keeton 94. Leyland 63). At Folkestone, in the match Players v. Gentlemen. Players in their first innings made IS6 (Ames 54). Read took five wickets for 53. Gentlemen in their first innings have lost four for 117.
First Innings. Butler, st Oldfield b Grimmett . 21 De Sarm, b Grimmett Fishlock, c Darling b Ebeling .. . 10 Harbord, not out . 104 Tindall, c Ponsford b Grimmett . 14 Fisher, c Oldfield b Ebeling 1 Relf, c and b Chipperfield .... . 21 Franklin, b Darling n Philipson, b Darling 0 Rritter. c Brown b Chipperfield 1 Ellis, c Wall b Chipperfield 1 Total Bowling analysis.—Ebeling. t\\ o for 38; Wall, none for 31; Grimmett, three for 72; Darling, two for 25; Chipperfield, three for 12. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Brown, c Rutter b Tindall .... . 53 Ponsford, st Franklin b Fisher . 13 Darling, not out Kippax, not out Total for two wickets .. . 140
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20403, 6 September 1934, Page 1
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