The Archive · 1929

Increased Crowd After Lunch

The century was signalled after play had been in progress for our and st minutes, When the partnership between Hobo and Ty'dectey had produced 3G rune the luncheon interval was announced, the score-board then veading 111 for 3 wickets, of which Todds had contri is The weather wax sunny and the crowd had! increased to 12,60 when Hobbs and Tyldesley went in resume their innings after hinch, Whi id been added when Hobbs, aticinag a ball from Grimmett, was anily ht_at second slip by Fairfax (HY for 4). The retiring bateman had scored 65 rans, in inding six fours, in his stay of one Dowr and fi nutes, At the missal Tyldesley had cig' teen vans to. his was clean bowled (12 for Ye whos had soured 19 ime he Tost Benares Juined ye Leslaud, iced nie hall Fron was lit ye Oldfield for then kad fee rane a failed te hold the ball.

At 27 Tate was nearly caught at fonz-on Bradman she, slow in starting for the failed to held] dred was signalled afte play had been in progress for thre> cent ry ase for When the partnership had produced the useful total of eights rune Tate wax caught by Fairs fax for fifty-four for 7)

We had ay' of plucky hitting and his ich had lasted fifty-five ight fours. Atl the of Tate's dismissal Leylan had reached ter Geary then came along and he and Leyland we re Weak ai Over the ten interval the crows had increased to. 25,000.

Shortly after the resumption of play, when Leyland bad reached 0 and the Jatter was bowled by 2), the partnership betso having produced only White ned Leyland, bat was caught by Oxenham off Wall when he had scored four runs (23! for 9), Leyland then having 36 to his Duckworth was Who, te from Oxen) ud ings clo tributed 58, including xix fours, in his sta of two hours and accounted for England's innings Tasted four hours and 26 minates, ning, sending the fast and) preserving a runs to win, Ryder sending in Oldfietd Hornibrook to fic the bowling Englishmen ings "begat Soon aft the however, the wickets, nf which Oldfield had scored runs for

6 and his partner ele the

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