AUSTRALIA OUT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 14, 1 February 1937, Page 4

AUSTRALIA OUT

for Score of Only 288 . ENGLAND OPENS • Two Wickets Down For 174 UNUSUAL 0PENERS , ADELAIDE, Jao. 31. , ! The weather conditions were again! perfect for the Tesumption of play in> the fourth Test. There are still hun-j dreds of runa in the wicket but they were mot for Australia in the first innings. ' Chipperfield was the only player left this morning with any batting^ abllity, He attempted to keep the tail-enderd away froni the strike but failed, the last three wickets adding only 21. The Australian total of 288 was not in keeping with the perfect wicket and they rihould have had a mueh largerj gcore on the board at the f all of the lastl wicket. The innings lasted 355 min-j utes. Voce was not fielding for the Epglish side this morning. He is receiving medical treatment for neuritis and will ibe fit to play on Monday. ' Chipperfield gave a fine Sisplay. He iWas not out and was at the wickets for *103 minutee, hitting four fours. Allen caused surprise by opening iwith Verity and Barnett. Yerity emulated the feat of Rhodes. He was last anan in the 1908 series and opened with Hobbs in 1912, both Yorkshire lefthanders. Both openers should have been out early. Barnett gave the easiest of oaught-and-bowled chances to McCormick. The ball struck the fast man on the finger, necessitating attention in the dressing room. Verity gave a run-out chance. He was yards out of his crease but O 'Reilly did not field th© ball cleanily. Barnett was then 13 and Verity jnine. Verity was not the least impresisive and more through good luck than1 good management stayed in. , At 101 minutes the opening partner-i ship had yielded 53, the best for Eng-j land in the Tests this season. A bright spot came when Bradman; set an obvious trap and Verity walked in with his eyea open. With a leg trap 0 'Reilly sent down an inviting long hop' and Verity swung it. into Bradman hands. * Hammond had a life when at three. He snicked a ball from FleetwoodSmith to Chipperfeld in ihe slips. The end of Hammond 's innings came wheu he attempted to sweep a short rising ■bali from O 'Reilly and McCormick took a good catch. | Scoring at tim.es was very slow. Ati one period Verity and Barnett took 22! minutes to add three. The fielding of the Australians was' slovenly at times, Bradman and Fingle* •ton being noticeable exceptions. The total reached 50 in 79 minutes and the1 century took 152 minutes, while Bar-: net reached his fifty in 108 minutes.! One shot was a beautiful pull for six to square leg off FleetWood-Smith. > Leyland survived an appeal for leg 'before off Chipperfield when 14. An amusing intcrlude came an houf before stumps. Seven seagulls attempted to settle on the ground and play was held up while the players waved their arms and threw their caps. Ultimately they drove the birds away but their jcoming may be the forernnner of rain. The clouds thickened as the after,noon wore on and rain is probable duriing the week-end. If so England may not be in a good posltion on the xesumption of play with the last nse of rthe wicket. They need at least 500 on (the board to give them a bright chance. The score reached 150 in 215 minutes. [Then England was only two wickets jdown and in a good position. The attendance was 35,000 and the jtakings approximately £3706. 1 Scores: — AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Fmgieton, run out 10 Brown, c Allen, b Farnes 42 Rigg, c Ames, b Farnes 20 Bradman, b Allen 26 McCabe? c Allen, b Robins 88 Gregory, l.b.w., b Hammond 23 Chippet^eld, «ot out 57 Oldfield) run out 5 • O'Reilly, c' Leyland, b Allen 7 McCormick^' c Aftles," b Hammond 4 Fleetwood-Smith \ h Farnes 1 Extras 5 'i- Tot.al ' ! ' 288 Fajll of the 'Wickets: Eight for 271, VI -VrL-n oao

EhiGLAJND. j' First InnipgB. IVeritr, c Bradman, b O'Reilly .. 19! Barnett, not out 92 Hammond, c McCormick, b O 'Reilly 20 iLeyland, not out 35 | Extras 8 ' Total for two wickets 174 Fall of ihe xvickets: One for 53, two for 10S..

O. M. R. W. Voce .. .. .♦ 12 0 49 0 Allen 16 0 60 2 Fames .. .. .. .. . . 20.6 1 71 3 Hammond 6 0 30 2 i Verity .... ...... 16 4 47 0 j Robins 7 1 26 1 » '

Bowling Analysis.

O. M. R. W.l McCormiclt 12 1 39 0 ! McCabe 7 2 13 0 j Fleetwood-Smith .. 21 4 65 0 j O'Reilly 14 5 IS 2 | Chipperfield 6 1 17 0 j Gregory ........ 3 0 14 b j

Bowling Analysis.