FOURTH CRICKET TEST

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1930, Page 6

FOURTH CRICKET TEST

l. ... SECOND DAY’S PLAY. LONDON, July 26. ; The second day’s play in the fourth Test match provided more thrills., . j The Australians' total' closed with, tho handy total of 345 runs, to which Fairfax and Grimmett added eightyseven runs. England has now five wickets down for’ 221 runs, the men out including all. the stalwarts. A feature to-day was Wall’s bowling. He accounted for Hobbs, Sutcliffe and Hammond. His figures are three wickets for 61 runs. A BAD LIGHT. The weather to-day was cool and gloomy. Peebles commenced the bowling in a poor light, and Fairfax and Grimniett: (the not out Australian pair), played cautiously. Grimmettlater.batted brightly and the partner-, ship',.added fifty runs in sixty-five minutes. Three fhundred runs cam© oh the’ (board for 385 minutes’ play. Fairfax dro% .Peebles -to .the bourn, dary. with siiccessive balls, He and-' freely that the, latter was taken , off at 313 in .favour of Hammond. Fairfax . had a. narrow escape of being stumped in Hammond’s first over. The scoring now .slackened, but the batsmen defended,, soundly and resolutely, scoring occasional singles, The 'light now commenced to improve but Grimniett, when be was fifty, in attempting to pull, gave Sutcliffe an easy catch at short square leg:, He had (batted for two hours, playing a remarkably plucky and valuable innings. He hit. five fours. This partnership added eighty-seven runs. ; . FAIRFAX'S GRIM EFFORT. Hammond was displaced by Goddard, who got Fairfax in his second over. It was a palpable case of leg before. .Fairfax had played a painfully. slow innings of 190 minutes, but it was. of great service to Australia. Fairfax i.s a typical Kelleway. He undoubtedly, is one of the most reliable on Id's ; side qtdi. pifich, but, unfortunately, lie is lacking ,in enterprise and versatility; but his courage and tenacity are unquestionable. , - ALL OUT! , . I, . . Goddard "had another success in the next over, Duleepsinhji easily catching Horniibrook at first slip. Thus the innings, lasting 420 minutes, closed at 12,35 with' 'a satisfactory total. Peebles was less impressive to-day, but he deserved a better analysis. Scores: — AUSTRALIA—Ist Innings. JWoodfull, c Duckworth, b Tate 54 Ponsford, b Hammond ... 83 Bradman, c Duleepsinhji, b Peebles 14 Kippax, ,c Chapman, b Nichols ... 51 McCabe, 1.b.w.,. b Peebles 4 Richardson, b Hammond ....... 1 Fairfax, 1.b.w., b Goddard 49 Grimniett, c Sutcliffe, b Peebles 50 Hornibrook, ; c Dukepsiiihji, b Goddard 3 Wall, (not out) 1 Extras 33 Total ...’ ... ... 345 Fall! of wickets:—l for 106, 2 for 138, 3 for 184, 4 for 190, 5 for 239, 6 for 243, 7 for 338, 8 for 339, 9 for 345. . Bowling analysis:—Nichols 21 overs, five maidens, 33 runs, 2 wickets; late 30—11—39 —1; Goddard 32.1—14 —49 _2 • Peebles 559 —150-—3; Leyland B_l2—l7—o; Hammond 21 —6—24 —2. The extras were: Byes, 23; leg byes 3; no balls, Peebles,, one Goddard three, Nichols three. ENGLAND’S FIRST INNINGS. The English innings commenced, on a batsmen’s wicket. The sun was now shining, and a light cross breeze was blowing. The last ball of Wall’s fifth over struck Hobbs painfully on the body, but the (batsman soon resumed: In his last over before lunch, a ball from : Grimniett beat both Hobbs and Oldfield, and it went for four byes. Thirty-five minutes’ batting yielded twenty-nine runs. The ground was packed after lunch, the crowd approaching thirty-five thousand. Sutcliffe gave Richardson a difficult chance at first slip, (but the ball went on to the boundary. Wall was bowling well, and he made the ball swing across Hobbs, who was unhappy; but Sutcliffe was more confident, and lie hit Grimmett for two successive fours. This put the crowd in good humour. Fifty runs showed up in fifty-five

AUSTRALIA ALL OUT 345 ENGLAND MAKE 221 FOR 5 , —-a— GRIMMETT’S FINE BATTING AN EVEN POSITION [United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright.]

minutes, to which Hobbs had contributed only twelve. A FINE THROW IN. Bradman figured in an unusual incident. It was when Hobbs turned (Fairfax almost to the boundary,. and Bradman, in attempting to pick up the basil kicked it fifty yards along the edge of the line. He sprinted and picked it up, and then threw down the wicket from the edge of the boundary. The batsmen meanwhile were (running three. The game was then held up by Fairfax striking Sutcliffe on the left' arm. The partnership bagged one hundred runs in 105 minutes. i WALL’S GOOD BOWLING. Wall displaced Fairfax in the bowling at 108, and lie got Hobbs in his first over. Habibs tried to tap the rising ball, but Oldfield, keenly anticipating the result, jumped across for a splendid catch. Sutcliffe went out only seven runs later, also the victim of Wall, aided by a magnificent catch by Bradman, who, at the edge of the boundary, judged the flight of the ball splendidly, and held it as lie fell over among the spectators. This ended a delightful innings. The batsman had hit one sixer and ten fours. HAMMOND GOES. Hammond and Duleepsinhji started to bat neatly, : Ib.ut Wall, . accomplishing easily his best performance of the tour, dismissed Hammond two overs later, the batsman playing on a good length ball. This was a sudden reversal of England’s fortunes, and a similar one for . the Australians. Duleepsinhji gave a delightful exhibition of wristwork. He -hit two successive fours off Hornbirook. He and Leyland were together at the tea adjournment;' when the score read 3 for, 136. INDIAN BATS WELL. "Wall and Grimmett bowled after tea, Duleepsinhji, scoring freely off Wall, raised one hundred and fifty after 175 minutes’ play. He indeed, monopolised the scoring. Leyland, however, was neat and confident. Bradman once again threw down the wicket from the boundary, after beautifully fielding a late cut by Leyland. Duleepsinhji looked anxious when batting against Hornibrook, but, be hit him hard a couple of times. He. reached an artistic fifty in seventyfive minutes. McCabe, who lias a useful knack of dismissing troublesome batsmen, then got Duleepsinhji at 192, Hornibrook making an excellent left-handed catch at first slip! Duleepsinhji had hit seven fours. He had batted for eightyfive minutes. CHAPMAN COAXED OUT. Chapman started to bat shakily. Horihbroolt coaxed him to try a hit at a ball that was wide outside his off stump, and Grimmett, at point, accept a neat low catch. Two hundred were raised in 245 minutes. Tate and Leyland were together to the finish of the day’s play. ENGLAND—Ist Innings. Hobbs, o Oldfield, b Wall 31 Sutcliffe, c Bradman, lb Wall ... 72 Hammond, b Wall 3 Duleepsinhji, c Hornibrook, b McCabe ... ••• 34 Leyland, (not out) ... 35 Chapman, e Grimmett, b Hornibrook 4 Tate, (not out) 5 Extras Total for 5 wickets 221 Fall of wickets: —I for 108, 2 for 115, 3 for 119, 4 for 192, 5 for 199., Tile igani© is now in a most interesting position. . ENGLISH HOPES OF PEEBLES. All of the sporting, writers concentrate • on Pebbles’ mastery of Bradman. Mr P- F. Warner, in the “Morning Post,” says: “It was a rare duel. Bradman found his match, for this once, and Kippax was fortunate to survive his first three balls. Yet Ponsford played Peebles remarkably well, using bis feet most effectively. The * wicket was never really tricky.” Mr Bennison, in the “Daily Telegraph,” says:—With the field that Chapman built round the batsmen, it

was a!,desperate struggle even to get. a single run. Mr Trevor Wignall; in the “Daily! Express,” says:—“The noise that greeted Bradman’s dismissal was terrific. Considering that McCabe, Oldfield and Richardson failed, Australia has a great deal for which to thank Fairfax and Grimmett. The wicket was not suited to Nichols in the morning, but later he showed himself practically equal to Lanvood. AUSTRALIA’S POSITION GOOD SYDNEY, June 27. The Sunday newspapers in Sydney are of the opinion, that Australia has got a good grip of the test. They pay a tribute to Fairfax, Grimmett and Wall. LONDON, July 26. All of the critics have been taken by surprise at the Australians’ tail. The “Sunday Express” savs ; England’s effort was disappointing. We had the right to expect a much better result. We think it must lx? admitted that the English players have not the same power- bf 'concentration to 'build: up a score as the Australians. Maybe, England will again have to struggle to draw. Mr MacLareit, /in -filie, “Evening Standard,” says: Grimmett’.s ..was ... a true batsman’s innings, of real merit. LONDON, ...July 29. The Australian Press Association says .that neither side is able l to claim any advantage as the result of the 'first day’s see-sawing play in the Test. While the wicket was never really pleasant, it could never he described as actually bad. The honours of the day rested with Woodful 1, Ponsford, and Peebles. The Australian captain, it says, probably is the most reliable batsman in the world today. Peebles’s figures. are misleading,, it says, as lie showed himself an able bowler, potentially great. CRITICS COMMENT. ■' LONDON, July 27. /Received this day at' S.3U. a.iu.) Most critics have'‘been asking what will. happen to Australia if Grimmett fails. The fact remains that he could not make Hobbs and Sutcliffe look the same novices As at Lords. A curious thing about Wall is that lie invariably bowls better either after lunch or when, brought on the second time, as in this match. The fielding standard of both teams was about ievtJ). , -'Woodfull,. however, cannot imitate Chapman’s'/ uncannily clever placing of the field. Hobbs and Sutcliffe had not-the least trouble, in. getting singles tlirough empty places, while tlie Australians .repeatedly play powerful, enterprising strokes which will penetrate the fieldsmen. COUNTY CRICKET. LONDON, July 25. Rain, again! interfered with County Cricket. Derby, first, 162; Shepherd 5 for 42. Second, 4 for 305, declared. , Smith 107, T. Townsend (in) 102. Surrey, first, 258; Mitchell 5 for 40; second 110; Slater 5 for 46. Derby won by 199 runs. Somerset, first,’’l47; Freeman 6 lor 80. Kent, first, 9 for .207. Hardinge 76. White 7 for 71. Kent won on the first innings. , ’ ' , • , Sussex, first,? 325. Bowley 82 •, .-Cook. 137. Second,, 8 *for 210. Nottingham, first, 383; George Gunn 96; Fay ton (in) 119. Nottingham.;won on the first innings. , ; . Lancashire,'first, 8 for 251; declared.. Seem'd. 1 for 68, declared. Essex, firs'; 133: IT6 vvopd 5 for 18. Lane-a-sh i e won on first- innings. Vcrl,-shire versus Northants, no. play, drawn. Middle-©-', first 338; Haig 73, Hulme. (in) 117. PaiiiegS' for 98. Warwick, first, 179 and'followed on; 2 for 37. Middlesex won on first innings. Worcester’s first, 9 for 483, declared. Nichol (in) 262. Second 1 for 114. Hampshire, first 312. Worcester won on first innings. Glamorgan, first, 137. Liecester, first, 6 for 137... The match was drawn.