TODAY'S PLAY

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 150, 21 December 1929, Page 11

TODAY'S PLAY

SOME CHEAP WICKETS

I (By Telegraph.'—Press Association.) NELSON, This Day. 1 The day is fine after the heavy rain, late yesterday for the M.C.O. v. Nelson match. The covered -wicket was not affected, but the outfield is slow. With an overnight score of five wickets for 131 Eden (35), Hawkes (0) faced Nichols and Barratt. In the second over Eden went lbw to Barratt without adding to his score. The same bowler cleaned, bowled E. Newman in the same over. J. Newman was another victim to Barratt in the third over, and the following ball skittled Searell. Nelson had lost nine wickets for 140 runs at noon. Nelson's innings closed for 142, Duleepsinhji taking a brilliant catch off Nichols. Five of the last Nelson batsmen added. 11 runs only' to the overnight total. The concluding scores are:— Eden, lbw, b Barratt 35 Hawkes, c Duleepsinhji, b Nichols 7 B. Newman, b. Barratt 0 J.. Newman, b Barratt 3 Searell, b Barratt ■.....,.; Q Jones ... ....'............ 0 Extras 9 Total ..:. 142 Bowling.—Nichols, two for 25; Alloni, three. for, 12;- Barratt, four for 26; Worthington, none for 20; Woolley, none for 10; Duleepsinhji, one for 40. Dawson and Gilligan opened the Englishmen's innings,-the captain being clean bowled by J. Newman's third ball. Duleepsinhji and Dawßon went on merrily, scoring 46 runs in half an hour: The Indian put on 30 in twenty minutes-in brilliant cricket. At lunch England had.lost one for 46. •'•■■' "■ M.C.C. ■• Eirst Innings. '■ • Gilligan, b J. Newman ...» 0 Dawson, not out 10 Duleepsinhji, not out 30 Extras 6