FINAL DAY S PLAY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 208, 3 September 1934, Page 7

FINAL DAY S PLAY

AUSTRALIA AND KENT McCABE AND PONSFORD. COUNTY’S SECOND INNINGS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright? LONDON, Aug. 31. Although greatly affected by rain, the ! cricket match, Australia v. Kent, at Hove, provided an interesting and eventful final day’s play. In the first place Kent’s innings, which had yielded only 21 runs for two wickets on the first day, was not proceeded with, A. P. F. Chapman, the Kent captain, presumably anxious to give a disappointed crowd the opportunity of seeing the Australians batting, declaring the innings closed. Ponsford and McCabe formed a splendid first-wicket partnership for Australia, and when it was broken at 197 this innings was also closed. McCabe registered his seventh I'entnry of the tour. Batting again, , Kent lost seven wickets for 74 runs, the ; match ending, apparently, by mutual agreement, when the seventh wicket < fell, ten minutes before time. A prospect of the Australians having ] to battle for runs as hot sunshine followed the saturation of the wicket was ] not realised. The first half-hour’s play suggested that the wicket was too sodden to assist the bowlers, whose foot- j hold was insecure. Ponsford and Me- ( Cabe played the bowling with ease, and < one ball from Ashdown was slammed by Ponsford over square-leg for 6. At - lunch 66 runs had ben made without loss. The wicket still had the appearance of being easy after lunch. McCabe was in great form, driving powerfully, and being especially severe on Freeman. He reached his century in 130 minutes. Ft was onh of the best displays of the tour, and his score included eleven 4’s. Bradman declared when Woolley dismissed McCabe. Ponsford was sound and vigorous, his score including a 6 and three 4’s. There were ninety minutes left for play when Kent began their second innings. Ashdown soon provided O’Reilly with his 100th wicket in firstclass matches on the tour. The Australian bowlers were able to extract life 1 from the pitcfi, but this the Kent bowlers had failed to do. Fleetwoodf Smith, making the ball break prodigiously, completed his century of wickets for the tour. ’ The match was drawn. Details: Australia. First Innings. > Ponsford, not out 82 [ McCabe, 1.b.w., b Woolley .. .. .. 108 > Extras 7 , Total for one wicket 197 (Innings declared closed). > Bowling. —Ashdown took no wickets r for 36 runs; Watt, none for 30; Davies, i none for 27; Todd, none for 42; Freei man, none for 49; and Woolley, one for , 6. Kent. First Innings. Total for two wickets 21 (Innings declared closed). Second Innings. Ashdown, b O’Reilly 1 Woolley, c Bradman, b FleetwoodSmith 22 Todd, b Ebeling 3 Chalk, c McCabe, b FleetwoodSmith 7 Davies, b Fleetwood-Smith .. .. 16 Valentine, b Fleetwood-Smith .... 12 Knott, c Ponsford, b Ebeling .... 6 Chapman, not out 0 Extras 7 Total for seven wickets .... 74 Bowling.—Ebeling took two wickets for 21 runs; O’Reilly, one for 8; Fleet-wood-Smith, four for 30; and Kippax, . none for 8. , LAST MATCHES I COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. ' LANCASHIRE THE WINNERS. ' LONDON, Aug. .31. The final series of matches iu the county cricket championship, already won by Lancashire, was affected by rain. Several good performances, however, were registered with bat and ball, and some of the matches were interesting. The results were:— Nottinghamshire 219 (Sims five for 67) and 252 for five wickets, declared - (Walker 111, Hardstaff 84); Middlesex ' 238 (Voce four for 83) and 64 for three wickets. Middlesex won on the first innings. Derbyshire 181 and 229; Leicestershire 189 and 179. Derbyshire won by 42 runs. Hampshire 269 for nine wickets, declared; Worcestershire 137 for seven wickets (Boyes four for 37). Match drawn. Yorkshire 263 (J. Cornford six for ; 57) and 225 for eight wickets, declared; j Sussex 289 (Tate 77; Smailes five for , 57) and 15 for one wicket. Sussex won on the first innings. , Glamorgan 173 (Fender eight for 79) and 148 for four wickets; Surrey 220 (Clay seven for 95). Surrey won on the ( first innings. ] ELEVEN OF ENGLAND AUSTRALIA’S NEXT MATCH. RAIN PREVENTS COMMENCEMENT Received Sept. 2. 7.5 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 1. Heavy rain prevented a commencement of the match between Australia and an Eleven of England. Australia omitted Chipperfield, Barnett and Bromley. Ebeling w r as twelfth man. England’s eleven is Walters, Hobbs, Woolley, Hammond, Ames, Valentine, Tennyson, Chapman, Jahangir Khan, Allom, Freeman.