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Chronicle (Levin), 13 June 1949, Page 5

Received. Suuday 7 p.m. LEEDS, June 11. There were few surprises ahout the first day . of thejfijjst Test at Leeds. ! Engfetnd batsmerr'shdwed .their expected strength and "both Hutton and Compton made centuries to "bring the score to 308 for five. This is little more than 50 -hourly and though it represented a' comfortahle sum" to England, it reflected steady howlihg and good fielding by New Zealand. It also tended to prove what has heeh all , along been suspected, that a three-day test oh a reasonabl^wicket ' leaveS little room for a result to a , match. The wicket was the f astest yet seen hy the New Zealanders hut it, was without guile and accepted a iittle spin and only the very occasional turn. Yet the New Zealand bowlers kept. down the rate of scoring until the last hour when they were tired after a long day's .work $nd Compton was intent on his century. Over 30,000 people paeked into the ground, many of whom were in their places a full hour and a half befon the game began. They sat right up to the boundary line and in some places spilled over it. With no sight screens at either end, there were occasional pauses when the batsmen were dis tracted by movement. Hadlee kept to his custom of calling "tails" ahd when Mann saw the head he pushed forward his two hands as though making a stroke, indicating to the crowd that England would bat. Hadlee, wdth a cheerful smile and preeeeded by two . polieemen, led his team out' to applause, hemmed in on either side by a rank of schoolboys Hutton and Washbrook, with a similaT civil ushering, followed immediately. ENGLAND First Innings Hutton, e Sutclifie, b Cowie . . 101 Washbrook, c Suteliffe, b Cowio 10 Edrich, c Donnelly, b Cowie . . 36 Compton, not out .) .. .. 103 Wharton, l.b.w., b Cowie . . . . 7 Mann, c Scott, b Burtt . . . . 3S Bailey, not out 6 Extras .. 6 Total for five wickets .... 307 Bowling: Cowie 4 for 104, Cave 0 foi 85, Rabone 0 for 56, Burtt 1 for 56.