TERRIFICALLY HOT

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 37, 14 February 1933, Page 8

TERRIFICALLY HOT

WEATHER AT BRISBANE:

FOURTH DAY OF FOURTH TESTi

WICKET WEAEBJG

United Press Association—By Electric Telo« graph—Copyright (Received February 14, 2.30 p.m.) BRISBANE, This Day. The weather remains terrifically hot Test, England v. Australia, and there is no sign of rain. The wicket is begin* ning to wear aad is favourable to the spin bowlers. W. M. Woodfull, the Australian captain, states that there is cracking on the pitch similar to that on the Melbourne wicket. Seven, thousand people had assembled at the ground an hour before starting time, and it was expected that, in spite of tha lack of shade, the attendance- would reach fifteen thousand. At stumps yesterday England had made 271 for eight wickets, ana faced to-day's play 69 runs in arrears on the first innings, with Paynter (24) and Verity (1) to continue,, and Mitchell to follow. When Paynter again came from his hospital bed to continue the innings with Verity, the crowd had increased to eight thousand. The wicket was bone dry, and the shallow cracking suggested that it -was likely to crumble tomorrow. The batsmen made steady progress ana in half an hour advanced the total to 286. After little more than an hour's play to-day Paynter and Verity were still together and the total. had reached 300. England, with two -wickets still intact, was then only 40 runs behind Australia.