THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 15, 1989
England Robbed Of Victory
Only 42 Runs Short
Of Win Over South Africa When Rain Interfered
THE SCORE BOARD
SOUTH AFRICA-1st Innings 530 2ND INNINGS
P. Van Der Byl, c Paynter, b
Wright
HAS TEST MATCH BEEN ABANDONED? B. Mitchell, b Verity
Durban, To-day.
Only 42 runs short of their objective, England were robbed of a magnificent victory in the Fifth and Final Test match against South Africa hére yesterday, when heavy rain and poor light made further play impossible with a tea score standing at 654 runs.
Nearly achieving what was con- In was also England's highest Africa, sidered by most critics to be an im-Test score against South
at possible task-that of scoring 696 beating the 559 for 9 'declared runs in a fourth innings, England's | Capetown on January 9: batsmen set about their task with There was a small crowd of 300 'grim determination, but the anti- when Hammond (58) and Paynter climax provided by the heavy rain] (24) resumed England's innings at at a moment when victory was 496 for 3. The wicket appeared to within sight, must have come as a be wearing at the ends, but it was very bitter blow to the England | playing easy.
team.
HAS IT BEEN`ABANDONED?
There appears, however, to be some doubt as to whether the Test match has been abandon, Daventry
reported last night that as the M.C.C. team had to embark on their ship for England, the match had been declared drawn, but Reuter's last cable states that, "owing to a heavy rain and poor light during the interval, resumption of play after tea was impossible and that there would be no further play to- day (yesterday)!
England gained further fame yesterday by establishing a world record score for the fourth innings of 578 for 3 ât the lunch interval, beating the 572 made by New South Wales, against South tralia, in Sydney, in the
season.
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HOUSE OF LORDS DAY GIN
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The 500 was hoisted after €20 minutes play and when 524
was registered Hammond had scored 75 and Paynter 32.
E. Rowan, c Edrich, b Verity A. D. Nourse, c Hutton, b
Farnes
K. G. Viljoen, b Perks
97
89
26
74
103
A. Melville, b Farnes-... E. L. Dalton, e and b Wright 21
R. E. Grieveson, b Fares
A. B. C. Langton, c Hammond,
b Farnes
E. S. Newson, b Wright [N. G. Gordon, not out
Extras
Total
39
Two Brawn Cup Games Yesterday
C.B.A. AND D.G.S. SHARE SPOILS
Miss Sissons Robbed Of Goal By Whistle
Two Brawn Cup hockey matches
At Shamshuipo Mrs. Akroyd,
6 were held yesterday evening and 3 in both the result was a draw. At 7 Shamshuipo Seaforth Ladies were ∙17 held to a goalless draw by Central British School, while at King's 481 Park, Diocesan Girls" School and Fall of wickets:-1 for 191 (Mit- Central British Association shared chell); 2 for 191 (Rowan); 3 for two goals on the former's ground. (Nourse); 5 for 346 (Viljoen); 6 191 (Van der Byl); 4 for 242 for 382 (Dalton); 7 for 434 (Mel- Seaforth Ladies' inside right, was ville); 8 for 450 (Langton); 9 for very good individually and, but for 462 (Newson); 10 for 481 (Grieve a lack of support might quite easily son).
have netted several goals.. BOWLING ANALYSIS
The second half saw the School- O. R. M. W.girls on top, but they could not penetrate the Scots' Ladies· full- back division, where Mrs. Wilmot,
Paynter had made 52 including two boundaries when the partner-Farnes ship yielded 100 runs in 152
Perks minutes.
Wright Melville, the home captain, pin-Verity ned his faith on the pace of the
Edrich bowlers, but this made no impres- Hammond sion on the batsmen, who took no Hutton risks.
Lunch was taken with the score at 578 for 3, Hammond's score now being 93. and Paynter's 68.
AFTERNOON'S PLAY The crowd had increased to 1,500 after lunch, with the weather dull.
Hammond reached his 100 in 273
minutes and he had hit three boun- daries. A feature of his play was
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ENGLAND-1st Innings 316 2ND INNINGS
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Hutton, b Mitchell P. A. Gibb, b Dalton Edrich, c Gordon, b Langton W. R. Hammond, st. Grieve-
son, b Dalton Paynter, c Grieveson, b Gordon Ames, not out
B. H. Valentine, not out
Extras
55 120
Mrs. Wilkes made a sound pivot and distributed the ball to both wings, but the outsides were much too slow in centring,
Miss V. Sissons, Schoolgirls" in- 219 side left, was in very good form and was by far their most dangerous 140 forward. She had extremely bad 75 luck when she broke clean through 17 in the closing minute, but the final whistle beat her parting shot by 24 fractions of a second to rob her of
a goal.
4
Total (for 5 wickets) 654 Fall of wickets: P for 78 (Hutton); 2 for 358 (Gibb); 3 for |447 (Edrich); 4 for 611 (Paynter);
5 for 650 (Hammond).
grand driving to cover and cutting.
his
Spoils Shared
Hesitancy in the goalmouth by both sets of forwards was mainly responsible for Diocesan Girls and | Central British Association bhar- The 602 was reached in
748
ing two goals at King's Park. minutes. Just when the South Africans looked disconsolate and a Outstanding performance was beaten side, Paynter edged a ball given by Mrs. Perrill, in C.B.A.'s from Gordon into Grievson's hands, goal. She kicked confidently and 611 for 4. His 75, which included covered her backs efforts to clear five fours, was made in an aggres-in the circle with much confidence. Miss E. Woolley, C.B.A.'s leader, sive innings marked by fine driv
was their most dangerous forward, but lacked support and in the clos-
ing,
At this stage there were several stoppages owing to rain, Ames having stages had almost to force her
way through on her own. ing joined Hammond.
WELL-BALANCED
-The score was taken to 650 when |Hammond was stumped by · Grieve-
son off Dalton. Hammond made Diocesan Girls were a well-bal- 140, including seven fours, his in-anced side and should have
emerg. nings being featured by fine clas-ed winners, but many scoring op- sic driving. He was at the wickets portunities were thrown away by for 349 minutes.
hesitating in the circle, Miss Ada Valentine joined Ames and they Chang was their best forward and carried the total to 654 for 5 when received good support from Miss ten was taken, Ames having scored V. Churn and Miss C. Kotewall, 17 and Valentine ‘4.
her right and left-wingers, pectively.
TO-DAY'S LEAGUE
SOCCER MATCH
Eastern will meet Kwong Wah on Club "round this afternoon at 5 p.m. in their postponed. First Di- vision Leagu
To-morrow, South, Ch
res-
Miss B. Greaves, who has been selected as one of the Interport half-backs, gave another fine dis- play of spoiling, at left-half, while Miss P. Dodd, at centre-half, did wall to hold Miss Woolley as long as she did.
Mins Woolley opened the scoring in the second half to give the visi- the lead, but D.G.§. retaliated
ised with a well-placed shot,
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