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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 13, 30 January 1937, Page 5

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English Fast Bowlers Keep Seore Low McCABE BATS WELL

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(Received 30, 8.46 a.na») At)ELAIDE, Jan, 29. Wfcdthdr conditions were perfect tof the start of the fourth Tut on & typical Adelaide wicket, a batsmah'g paradise Adelaide is thronged with visitors &nd therfe Werfe 10,000 at the ground tW6 aild A-half hours before play, which was excellent for a Friday. It seeztlls ceftain Adelaide 's record fcricltet attehdahce figtire will be brckeri iii Ihe tttext two days The -Englisii feelectors were worried about the condition of VoCe and Ames. Voce was given a trial at the reaf of the oval before eleven and it was announced then that the selectors had Waited iintil 15 minutes before tae ■tarts Anies was suffering a reciifreneC of baek trouble and Voce from a bhiii in the baek. A-ilen called tails on the toss but the eoin fell heads. With VoCe, Ailen and FafUes in the teaiii Englautl needed .only Copson to liave a full fast battery. Fingleton and Brown scOi'ed with ease but were too venturesome, gdihg Irom the Statt for singles. A diS&strous mix-up between the openers sfiW the end 6f Fihgletdnt He badked iip a At-..T| , llliuill fTTxrmT^AAAAAAAAAAAAAA-U.AAXAAAAA^5

|^cw.^^>^vvv?wwwwwgwwwvYyavvTmVQmgffi itraight drive by BrOwn off Voce. iingleton attempted to scrainble back but Voce thrfew ddwii the wicket. Rigg and Hrown then settled down to play sodnd cricket iintil Ittnch whfeii 72 ruus were on thd bdard. A heetic fifst over by Farhes after luhch saw Brown and Rigg eent baek to the pavilidn with only dhe run gcotea Off the bvfer. Farnfes deserVfed the suceess. ' Me had Ifiieheasily the most impressive English bowler. Bradman was cnore restrained than, jsual, leaving McGabe to do the scoring: Bradman wen out tb a bait from Allen wiiich kept ibw and went through tcfery fast. Bradman attempted to hook it but gdt iidwher§ hear the ball: Bradmf.n's first run to-day took his Test aggregate to 3000 runs. Hobbs is the only other hatsman to liave perJTormea the feat: Fifty from the paitnership came up in 53 riiniutes. Gregory, the 20^yea?-old gelt, played like a veteran with McGabe. After settling dbwn McGabe gave a free hitting display scoring ten dff bfie dy®r ffdni Robins. MeOabS hoiStfed half a century in 88 minutesi The Gregory and McCabe partnerShip reached fifty in 47 miiiutfes, So freely was McCabe scoring thdt the fourth fifty of the taliy took only 43 minutes. With thfee fast bowlers opef&ting, Alien was expeeted to call for a new ball at 200, but Robbins and Vefity, who wbfe bdwling vVell ht tHat stage, were allowed to cbntiniifei The policy was rewafded as McGftbe, wheli iii sight of his century, hooked Robbins into Ailen *s hands. McCabe was at the wickets 134 minutes. He hit nine foilrs. The fifth ivifcket fell at 206. Australia Was hot ih a good position 6onsidering it was a batsman's wicket. Gfegory helpCd Ohipperfield to add 20. Allen called ior a new ball at 21 8. Hammond was successful in dismissing Gregory leg before. The colt played an excellent fii'st Test knock, giving his partner fine support. Ghipperfield handled the fast bowl5 ing capably, scoring ffeely with shots all round the Wicket. Oldfield was run out by foolishly loitering. A smart Teturn from Leyland beat hiln td the wicket easily. The attendance was 34,000 and the receipts £3040. The English team consists of Allen, Ames, Barnett, Farnes, Hammond, HaTdstaff, Leyland, Robins, Verity, Voce, Wyatti Scores: — Australia. First laaings. l^iagieton, raa out io BfOWn, C Allen, b Fafiies . . 42 Rigg, c Amef, b Farries 20 Bradman, b Allen 20 McGabe, e Allen, b Robins 88 Gregory, l.b.w., b Hammond 23 Ghipperfield, not out 45 Oldfield, run out 5 O'Reilly, not out ................ 3 l)xtr as g Total for seveii wickets 267