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Wairarapa Daily Times, 23 June 1930, Page 5

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AUSTRALIANS AT HOME. MATCH AGAINST LANCASHIRE. Prjsa Association Electrlo TelegrapL-.CopjrlgL. LONDON, Saturday. Injuries to Walker, Ponsford and a’Beckett made the selection of the Australian team for the second match against Lancashire unpleasantly easy. Grimmett, who is resting in view of the second test, remained in London, so if a twelfth man is needed a “casualty” must field. Lancashire is without the services of McDonald, who is suffering from strain. The teams are as follow:

Australia. —Bradman, Jackson, Kippax, McCabe, Fairfak, Oldfield, Woodfull, Richardson, Wall, Hornibrook and Hurwood.

Lancashire—Eckersley, Hallows, Watson, E. Tyldesley, R. Tyldesley,' Iddon, Hopwood, Duckworth, Sibbles, Taylor and Hodgson.

The Australians won .the toss and went in to bat on an easy wicket, but a shower fell at the start of the match. Further showers interrupted the game several times.

Woodfull and Jackson put on 59 by steady play, when the captain , was splendidly dismissed by Duckworth. Jackson, though slow, was settling' down to a deliberate game, timing accurately. He scored the first fours of the day by "cutting Hodgson twice to the boundary off successive With Bradman he carried the total to 103, and then was completely beaten by Hodgson. Bradman, after a slow beginning, batted delightfully, principally making delicate shots on the leg side. Kippax also was timing well, and pulled a magnificent sixer off the lefthander, Iddon, in his first over. Sibbles dropped a catch off Iddon when Bradman was 35, but atoned for his blunder in the next over. ; McCabe, who changed his bat after making two, slammed Tyldesley for a terrific four, and raised 200 in 234 minutes. Then Hodgson, with a new ball, brought about his downfall in the next over.

Duckworth, the wicket-keeper, was in splendid form, greatly improving >n his test match display. Richardson began uncomfortably, and play became dreary. Kippax took 143 minutes to reach 50. Richardson squarecut Hodgson for a splendid four, but in trying to repeat the feat was caught brilliantly single-handed at point. Fairfax played out the over, stumps being drawn at 6.25 owing to failing light, wheip the score was 231 for five wickets.

Detailed scores are as follow:

AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Duckworth, b Sibbles 27 Jackson, b Hodgson 52 Bradman, c Duckworth, b Sibbles . 38 Kipax, not out 56 McCabe, e Duckworth, b Hodgson.. 34 Richardson, e E. Tyldesley, b Hodgson ....... 13 Fairfax, not out 1 Extras 10 Total'for five wickets 231 HEAD AVERAGES LIST. BRADMAN AND GRIMMETT. LONDON, Saturday. Bradman heads the batting averages with seventeen innings for 1374 runs, an average of 98.14. Hobbs is next, with twenty innings for 1214 runs, an average of 67.44.

Grimmett has taken 83 wickets for an average of 12.02 runs; R. Tyldesley, 62 wickets for an average of 12.75.