DECISIVE WIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 204, 31 August 1935, Page 9

DECISIVE WIN

AFRICA AGAINST KENT VINCENT’S SLOW BOWLING BEST OF THE TOUR [Bi' Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright] LONDON, Aug. 29. The South African cricketers won the final first-class county match of their tour by defeating Kent. at Canterbury by an innings and 138 runs. 'The tourists carried their first innings total to 31.1. and then dismissed Kent twice during the remainder of the day’s play for 124 aud 49. Kent’s decisive defeat was largely due (o the remarkable slow bowling of Vincent. In what was easily nis best performance of the tour Vincent took sev&n wickets at a cost of 4S runs In Kent’s first innings and two for 5 iu second. The remaining eight wickets in tho county's innings were shared by Crisp (four for 21) and Langton (four for 18). Ashdown was the only Kent player to reach double figures. Details:— South Africa First Innings Mitchell, e Woolley, b Wright .. 43 Rowan, lbw, b Wright 77 Nourse, b Todd 51 Wade, c Ames, b Wright 56 Dalton, c Chapman, b Lewis .... 1 Viljoen, b Todd .. .. 36 Williams, «c Woolley, b Toda .... * 5 Vincent, c and b Todd 1 Tomlinson, c Woolley, b Ashdown 8 Crisp, b Wright 4 Langton, not out_.. .. 19 Extras .. 10 Total • .... 311 Bowling.—Watt took no wickets for 33 runs; Todd, four for 70; Wright, four for 124; Lewis, one for 57; Ashdown, one for 17. Kent First Innings Ashdown, c Crisp, b Langton .. 1 Fagg, b Vincent 24 Woolley, c Dalton, b Vincent .... 31 Anics, c Dalton, ]> Vincent ...... 14 Valentine, c Williams, b Vincent . 2 Todd, b Vincent 10 Chalk, b Vincent .. .. .. .. .. 7 Watt, b Langton •• J2 Chapman, b Vincent .. 12 Wright, b Langton 0 Lewis, riot out n Extras 11 Total 124 Bowling.—Crisp took no wickets for 28 runs; Langton, three for 37; Vincent, seven for 43. Second Innings Woolley, c Nourse, b Crisp .... 4Chapman, c Viljoen, b Langton .. 6 Aines, c Williams, b Langton .. 2 Valentine, c Mitchell, b Langton . 0 Chalk, b Langton 5 Ashdown, c and b Crisp ...... 16 Fagg, lbw, b Crisp 1 Todd, c Wade, b Vincent 5 Watt, c Rowan, b Crisp 5 Wright, st. Williams, b Vincent .. 0 Lewis, not out 0 Extras 5 Total 49 Bowling.—Crisp took four wickets for 21 runs; Langton, four for 18; Vincent, two fpr 5. The (South Africans are to commence a match against an English Eleven at Folkestone to-day and, after a match against the ’Minor Counties at Skegness, they will conclude their tour by meeting Mr H. D. G. Leveson Gower’s I Elevon at the Scarborough cnekot carnival.