FARNES, THE MENACE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 14, 1 February 1937, Page 7

FARNES, THE MENACE

Allen's Opening Tactics Succeea (Received 1, 8.45 p.m.) ADELAIDE, Jan. 31. C. G. Macartney coinments: "At the end of play England occupied a strong position mainly due to dogged batting against^accurate bowling and first rate fielding McCormick' s blunder changed che complexion of the game and it is fortunate that Barnett is still unconquered. "It was a triumph for Allen and his men to dismiss such a fine array of batsmen as Australja possessed for such a moderate total. Farnes Was a real menace to Austraila. No other bowler on the jEnglish side compared with him. "Allen's object in opening with Verity instead of Wyatt was to keep the latter aWay from the new ball and it would be too risky to open with Hammopd. Verity acted as a good foil for Barnett, fhus the policy of opening with a mixture of defence and aggression as represented by Verity and Barnett proved most successful, ' 'Hammond was not in his UBUal good lorm and lost his wicket playing one ot these round-the-corner legside strokes when a fullblooded pull would have been safer, "Barnett wqs always sound in defence and made some powerful dx'ives but found it difficult to penetrate the well-placed field. Nor could he ^qfford to take liberties with the bowling.* "Leyland played more aggressively

than any of the others. FleetwoodSmith beat Barnett badly twice. . He jppeared to bowl just as well as O' Reilly without O'Reilly's luck. McCormick bowled well with considerable pace at the start but faded appreciably."