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Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1932, Page 2

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M.C.C. SCORE 359 FOR THREE. PATAUDI ANOTHER CENTURY. (Australian Press Association.) PERTH, October '27. There is ideal weather with sunshine, aiid a. good wicket, playing fast, for the match to-day in which England meets the Combined Australian team including Don Bradman. The teams are:— ■ England.—J ardine (captain), Allen, Pataudi, Sutcliffe, iiainmoiW,,, Duckworth, Ames, Leyland, Mitchell, Verity, Paynter and Bowes (twelfth man). Combined . Team .—Bryant (captain), Martin, Lovelock, Evans, Hill-Smith, Ha 1 combe, Inver rarity (twelfth man), all of. West Australia ; Lonergan and V. Richardson (South Australia); Bradman, Fingl'eton and McCabe (New South Wales). The English team introduces Hammond, Alien, Duckworth and Paynter. The gat & was insured against rain 011 Saturday on *wenty-eight pounds premium for £4OO pounds on ten points of rain. ' '

.England won the toss and elected to bat on the perfect wicket. Leyland was out to McCabe in the second over.

The Nawab of Pataudi and Sutcliffe were playing care fully, and they topped their century.

There were: many changes in the bowling, Bradman, Halcombe, MoOabe, .Martin and Evans all being tried, but they did not show much sting. The Englishmen, by slow batting, took the score to 359 by the end of the day for the loss of three wickets. The bowling was ipoor, and the crowd barracked the batsmen for not scoring freely. Sutcliffe took 164 minutes to made 100, and Pataudi 118 minutes. Bryant, the Australian captain, persisted with' Martin as bowler, while Bradman also had a good spell of bowling. Sutcliffe compiled 169 before Invcarity caught him off Evans, while Pataudi was caught off Halcombe when 129. Scores:—

ENGLAND.—First Innings. Leyland, l.'b.w., b McCabe 2 Sutcliffe, c Inverarity, b Evans ... 169 Nawab of pataudi, c Evans, b Halcombe ... 129 Hammond, not out ... 37 Ames, not out ... .}. ... 15 Extras ... ... 7 Total for three wickets ... 359 Bowling Analysis.—McCabe 1 for 49," Halcombe 1 for 59, Evans 1 for 66, Martin 0 for 110, Bradman 0 for 69, Richardson 0 for 13. The match will l be continued to-mor-row and Saturday. The wicket lasted perfectly. _ t The attendance was eleven thous•ujkTarid' gate '£BB3.'"' The play generally was slow, but" was relieved by smart .fielding, especially by .Bradman who returned marvellously, and also the. artistid strokes of Pataudi. Sutcliffe was solid and slow, but made attractive strokes -all round the wicket,' He got 169 in 235 minutes,: He hit one sixer and 16 fours.

Pataudi wals extremely strong with leg strokes and gave another fine display using his wrists for. most of his strokes with unapparent .effort. His century came in; 180 minutes and he made eleven fours.

Hammond gave his usual display of forceful defence, at times going halfway down the pitch to meet the slow balls. His footwork was beautiful to watch. Ames was not in sufficient time to show his qualities. MoOabe was the best bowler, the batsmen treating him with great respect. The local bowlers .were well pasted. The fielding was excellent' especially Bradman, with the other Eastern Statens.

» THE ENGLISH TEAM. I . MACLAREN’S VIEWS. A. 0. MacLaren, the old All England captain, who led the M.C.C. team through Australia and New Zealand in the 1922-23 season, is of opinion that the Englishmen will win back “The Ashes” in the coming campaign. “Mitchell gave me th e impression in the North v. South snatch at Manchester that he knew just how to bowl against each, batsnian much better than any other player taking part in that game,” he writes, “and I was desperately anxious to hear he had been invited to go to Australia, for no one will bowl more ball* to Bradman’s disliking. Mitchell will force Bradman to attack his good length by making him go forward to it, rather than allow him to indulge .in hie much stronger back play, which he was allowed to do to his heart’s content, except in the Manchester, and Nottingham here. “Of. O. Allen js a fine all-round cricketer, and in the event of Larwood breaking down the team would be ■afire of an efficient substitute. “Larwood, Mitchell and Brown are likely to get through th e most amount of work, and be the most successful bowlers.

“I shall hope to see R. E. S. Wyatt used as a bowler with Mitdhell—who •can bowl all day and keep things quiet—Brown and Larwood, while Leyland and Hammond will also be with them.

“Verity is quite likely to hold his own and gain much f-or the next tour as ,a slow left-hand bowler. The bowling will require all the assistance possible, which it cannot get if Duckworth, who is an international wicket-keeper of proved merit, iw not behind the stumps.” VICTIMS OF PiACE.

It is a coincidence that Larwood and Grinrmett, the two star , bowlers oil. the respective sides,- have both been the victims of the pace at which tile modern work! moves. Larwood m e t with an accident two years ago, while motoring home from a county cricket match in England, and it remains, to ibe. seen whether he will be able to reproduce''' 1 t lib pace which ' bewildered'' the' Australians on his last, visit to'' the' Chlrmionwealth.

Clafrie 'Grimhiett liaci run over by a inotor-cai ; nt Adefaifdfk’recently, but it is hoped that he will be fit and well by the time the Englishmen reach Adelaide. AUSTRALIA WILT, BE THERE.

‘‘Australia will undoubtedly ; have a rod in pickle ‘for England,” states the ‘‘Australian Cricketer” in discussing Test- match prospects. “Practica’ly .all the 1930 team- should still be in form, while there are .some particularly .bril* 'Jiant colts to draw upon. Lonergan and Nitschke are undoubtedly Test batsmen, while Oakley. Bill and Fing.leton are distinct' possibilities. Practically all of the-e players are certain of a trip to England, probably with the next team.

“The bowling does not look so promising. Hunt, the Balmain and New 'South Wales 'left-hander, who has had a really wonderful season for so young a bowler, looks -Ike a certainty for the English Tests. He has-.merely to keep progressing, and his future is assured. Healy, the Victorian understudy to 'Blackie, though not yet as far forward ■as Hunt, shows great promise. As these two colts are the type of spin bowlers fhat Australia will need in the near future, their progress is being eagerly watched. The outlook for fast howlers, so necessary against an English team, while not bright is comfortable, Alexander and Gilbert being quite up to average standard. Gilbert i.s a fast irrmrovlns: howler who may force himself into the team. If he shows the neces'arv ounlitv it is not likely that the-fact that he is an aborigine will keep. him out of the team. Australia is certainly awaiting the outcome of fb-e English Tests with great confidence. She has a. good team to work on and good colts, to draw upon. Another colt who has not yet played in a first-class but yko «»ems certain to play against the Englishmen shortly is A. I, Bassett, the Geelong College champion.:.'