SOUND BATTING by Australian Team

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 16, 3 February 1937, Page 10

SOUND BATTING by Australian Team

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BRADMAN 174 11 "I 'J Crowd Cheers Expert Display BIG SCORE LIKELY

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[ • • ADELAIDE, Feb. 2. • There was flne weather for the fourth iday of the Test. The wicket is Btill. playing woll, but England had no spin, 'bowlers to exploit the slightly worii' ■surface. Bradman and Brown showed at the ,outset .that they would not throw fheir wickets away and were determined fo! ' amass ae many runa as possible. Aus-' trglia produced the best cricket eo far: for the match. In the pre-luneh session t appeals for leg before were frequenti early 'in ihe session" but none was suc-j cessful. Taking no risks and availing; themselyes of every opportunity toi score Rradman and Brown reached 5Q| for their partnerBhip in, 79 minutes. Bradman is the greatest draw cardj in' the world fpr a ericket crowd. pori a hojiday it wa* disappointing, butl 25,000 saw ; him ptart to.play to-day., There. was only oue xeaspn for the interest. The crowd did not attend to seeTest cricket, They wanted to see Bradman bat. Brown pcored a patient 82 and then went .to pn excellent low catch behind the wickets by Ames off Voce. Brown batted for 127 pnnutes and hit on© fpuf,, Bradman was aound during the morn- ; ing sepsipn and was in control from the start. He did not release his grfp fo? an instant. McGabe started shakily, edging his fihots. Strangely enough for him he took half-an-hour to reach double figures. Then he played many delightful shots, scoring boundaries from suceessive balls from Verity and Farnes. j Austraiia were fighting back well and b big score appeared imminent with |wo down fo? ^50 at lunch. ' The English bowlers never appeared janenacing escept Voce, the fast leftjhander, who bowled grandly, Farnes, rthe hero of the first innijags, Id^t his pace to-day. Allan restricted the morn|ing attack to the pace men and Verity. [The Englishmen aeemed tired at lunch j |and their fielding was not as dashing ,as pn. the first day when they saved avery possible run. During the morning session Bradman passed his previous best Test aggregate in Australian Tests, 468 in 1928-29. Then Bradman took his season's aggre-i gate to a thousand, the first Australian to acoomplish the feat. Baxnett. and, Hammond registered four figures in thei game against Sonth Australia. Bradman has now scored a thousand in each of seven playing seasons, Bright play was witnessed after lunch when the batsmen dominated the game. Bradman reached his century after batting for 196 minutes and hft four fours. This is his eleventh century in Tests against England, only one. behind the record holder, Hobbs. His century partnersbip with McOabe is his thirteenth in Tests and was scor,ed in 85 minutes, The batsmen raced the clock throughout the pre-tea session and at oue stage put on 100 runs in 90 minutes, Bradman was superb. He never gave anything like a chance until at 123 he fiicked Hammond jusfout of reach of Verity at second slip. The crowd1 cheered every shot from Bradman as he neared the century, Bradman reached. 150 in 274 minutes. Australia seemed set for a huge tally when the third century was hoisted with only four, , wickets down. ! Gregory batted like a veteran, makiing an ideaj. paTtner for Bradman. The [wicket showed signs of wearing in the ilast hour and Verity kept the batsmen quiet bowling t° . a patch. Australia '% spin bowlers will gain greater assisfance from the wicket when England bats. The attendance was the best so far for the game, being 35,700 and the tak-i ings £3921. J Scores: — ENGLAND. First innings . . . ■, .......... , 330 AUSTRALIA. First . innings 288 . Second Innings. Fingleton, l.b.w., b Hammond . . 12 BroWn, c Ames, b Voce ........ 32 Bradman, not out 174 McCabe, c Wyatt, ,b Robins ...... 55 Rigg, c Hammond, b Farnes .... 7 GregOry, not out 36 •Extras ........... 25 Total for four wickets 341

Fall of the wickets: One ±or 21, two for -88, three for 197, four for 237.

O. M. R, W. Fbrnes 18 1 69 1 Hammond ........ 11 0 37 1 Allen 11 1 44 Q Voce 16 2 59 1 Verity 32 12 54 0 Robins 6 0 38 1 Barnett .......... 5 0 15 0

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