England Declares at 242 for Eight Wickets Shortly Before Tea London, June 28.
DRAW seemed a foregone conclusion in the second Test Match at Lord's today when England batted the whole morning and a part of the afternoon before declaring at 242 for eight, leaving Australia the task of making 315 in a few hours to win.
At the tea interval Australia had scored 59 for the loss of one w: ket.
Don Bradman, the Australian skipper, broke yet another record today, when he reached 18 runs and passed Hobbs' record of 3,636 runs in Test matches between Australia and England.
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