LANCASHIRE MATCH

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 148, 25 June 1930, Page 11

LANCASHIRE MATCH

AUSTRALIAN BATSMEN KIPPAX GETS CENTURY RAIN INTERRUPTS PLAY LONDON, June 23. The Australian cricketers resumed their first innings in the return matci against Lancashire at Old Trafford Manchester. When stumps v ere drawf the first day Australia had five wickets down for 231 runsKippax and Fairfax carried the score alopg at a steady rate. Fairfax, how ever, was missed in the slips nt 10 and again at 54. He batted »ith unusual freedom. Tyldesley, with his first turn at th< crease to-day, bowled five successive maidens, but after a quiet period tht batsmen became vigorous punishing Tyldesley. Kippax cut and glanced neatly. Three hundred appeared after 345 minutes. Kippax reached his second hundred of the tour in 255 min-, utes. Fairfax, lifting Iddon to the boundary raised his own score to 5C and made the partnership worth 100 it 110 minutes. Duckworth claimed his fourth victim when Kippax reached forward and was stumped. The partnership yielded 124. Fairfax next went out in a similar manner. While Kippax played a chancelcss and solid innings, his partner was lucky.

Hurwood and Wall went in quick succession, but Oldfield hit with remarkable vigour. He got a sixer which knocked over an elderly spectator in the grandstand. The game was held up for several minutes until the man recovered from tho blow on the head. Four hundred took 450 minutes to compile. Hornibrook and Oldfield both re-

corded their best scores of the tour in the best last wicket partnership. Lancashire commenced their first innings at 4.5 p.m., but rain stopped play for half an hour. Then Watson and Hallows scored freely, 50 appearing in even time. Watson was in especially fine form. Rain finally stopped play at 6.10 when stumps were drawn. Australia First Innings Woodfull, st., Duckworth, b Sibbles 27 Jackson, b Hodgson 52 Bradman, c Duckworth, b Sibbles 28 McCabe, c Duckworth, b Hodgson 34 Richardson, c E. Tyldesley, b Hodgson .. .. 13 Kippax, st. Duckworth, b Hopwood 120 Fairfax, st Duckworth, b R. Tyldesley ?. 63 Oldfield, not out 34 Hurwood, c Taylor, b Topwood . 9 Wall, lbw., bR. Tyldesley .... 0 Hornibrook, b Sibbles 20 Extras IT Total 427 Bowling: Hodgson, three for 97; Sibbles, three for 89; R. Tyldesley, two for 87; Hopwood, two for 92; Watson, none for 10; Iddon, none for 35. Lancashire First Innings Watson, not out 55 Hallows, not out 31 Extras 4 Total, no wickets for 90