THE THIRD TEST

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 14, 18 January 1933, Page 9

THE THIRD TEST

ENGLAND BATS ALL DAY

PLAYING FOR SAFETY

FOUR WICKETS YET^TO FALL

BRADMAN AS "BOWLER

United Press Association—^y Electric trrapli—CopyrightADELAIDE, 17th January. Conditions were perfect all round to-day for the continuation of the third Test match, England v. Aus-1 tralia. The wicket was easy. Eng-1 land continued the second innings, j and was at the wickets all day. The score was carried to 296 for six. Recognising their immense responsibility, Jardine and "Wyatt, the not-out men, resumed cautiously. The captain was subject to incessant barracking for tho slowness of his batting; he was extremely unenterprising. With 91 up O'Reilly's doggedness was rewarded, Wyatt turning one low. Wall dived and made a magnificent one-handed catch a few inches from the ground. Wyatt occasionally hit hard during the 133 minutes he was batting. Allen followed, and scored his first four past point off Ironmonger. RUNS COME SLOWLY. O'Reilly's superb length pegged Jardine down to the crease. Wall had heaps ,of. pep, but the captain with a; relentless straightxbat ran to 32, mak-' ing some virile drives a!t this stage. I O'Reilly had then bowled eight overs i for seven runs and secured one wicket. The batsmen's desultoriness continued. Allen was tangled up by Grimmett on the fifth attempt to. smother the ball with his pads. Three wickets for 123: At the luncheon adjournment Jardine was 46, Hammond 1, and the score was three wickets for 130. On resuming, O'Reilly beat Hammond, slumming his bails. Hammond brought off'two forceful drives. Then the batsmen played back to the bowlor monotonously, not attempting \o score. The first worthwhile stroke by Javdine for an hour was a leg glance for one. Ja.rd.ine was.now 52, gained by straight-driving Ironmonger. He then treated O'Reilly similarly for 4. Four runs later Ironmonger secured the captain leg-before. He had batted for four hours fifteen minutes, getting two fours and scoring 56. Leyland brightened play, hitting Grimmett to square-leg and also getting him to the off boundary by a similar powerful hit. Hammond continued stodgily. Leyland brought up 182 by a forward square-leg hit for 4 off Ironmonger. England was now 300 in front of Australia, Leyland raising the double century by turning McCabe to square leg for a single after five hours eleven minutes' batting. At the tea adjournment the score was four wickets for 203 runs.

The bowlers kept an excellent length and the batsmen had to earn every run. LEYLAND OUT AT LAST. Leyland's useful innings ended at 42 after 108 minutes' batting. He attempted to pull Ironmonger. The ball travelled high and Wall made a smart running catch at mid-on.

;■ Hammond was then 57, tho score being five for 274.

>The Hammond-Leyland partnership added 91, which was invaluable to England. Two hundred and fifty took 371 minutes to compile, or at the rate of forty runs an hour. >

Ames joined Hammond, but the runs were mostly singles. Hammond's most attractive shot was a neat four through the coyers off Ironmonger, which made him 68. • Stolidness still' characterised the batsmen who were intent on keeping the wicket intact. They patted easy singles, alternating with lifeless play. Hammond went to 74 by lightly tapping O'Reilly. ; Ames's best shot was square-cutting Ironmonger to the boundary, making him 12. Wall came back at 279. Hammond increased his score to 83 by getting a 4 and four singles. Ames reached 18 by hitting O'Reilly high.to fine leg in the last ball of the over. { ~ , . • Bradman's first ball was a full toss, and scattered Hammond's stumps. It was a sensational ending to a defensive innings of 85 made in 241 minutes. Ho hit eight fours.. The attendance was 19,821, and the takings £1538. Following are the-scores:— ENGLAND. First Innings. Jardine, b Wall 3 Sutcliffe, c Wall, b O'Reilly 9 Hammond, c Oldfield, b Wall 2 Ames, b Ironmonger 3 Le'yand, b O'Reilly . B*3 Wyatt, c Richardson, b Grimmett . 78 Paynter, c Fingleton, b Wall .... 77 Allen, lbw, b Grimmett ..... 15 Verity, c Richardson, b Wall ... 45 Voee, b Wall ......;.. 8 Larwood, not out 3 Extras 15 Total ' 341 Bowling Analysis. O. M. R. W. Wall .... 34.1 10 73 5 ■ O'Reilly . 50 19 ~S2 2 Ironmonger 20 6 50 1 . Grimmett .. 28 C 94 2 McCabe .. 14 3 28 0 ] Second Innings. Sutcliffe, s c O'Brien,'b Wall ...... 7 Jardine, lbw, b Ironmonger ... 56 Wyatt, c Wall, b O 'Eeilly .;....". 49 Allen, lbw, b Grimmett 15 Hammond, b Braclman 85 Leyland, c Wall, b Ironmonger .. 42 Ames, not out is j Extras 24 Total for six wickets 296 J AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Woodfull, b Allen 22 Fingleton, c Amos, b A11en"..*.".*.". 0 Bradman, c Allen, b Larwood 8 j McCabe, c Jardine, b Larwood ... 8 Ponsford, b Vocc So Richardson, b Allen ...'.. 28 Olclfiold, retired hurt ... 41 Grimmett, c Voce, b Align 10 O'Reilly, b Larwood o Wall, b Hammond 6 Ironmonger, not out o Extras ; 14. Total ... 222 Bowling Analysis. O. M. R. W. Allen ... 23 4 71 4 Larwood .25 6 55 3 Hammoud . 17.4 4 30 1 Vocev ..... 14 ,4 21 1 Verity .... 16 7 31 0