GREAT RECOVERY

Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1933, Page 5

GREAT RECOVERY

BY M.C.C. BATSMEN

AUSTRALIAN TOTAL PASSED. CAustralian Pres » Association.) BRISBANE, February 14. With sixty-nine rims in arrears Ray liter who again came from the hospital to bat-, and Verity, continued England’s first innings to-day. There were four maiden overs, which gave th e indication that the paii- were content to dig themselves in., At the start of play Verity was missed by Wall, at silly leg, off O’Reilly after th e fieldsman had made a noble effort to take the chance.

Paynter was playing a pluck/ knock Verity being content only to keep‘his end up. Verity was again lucky when Ponsford and Bromley both went for a catch on the leg side, and succeeded an letting the ball drop between them, ’/’•he fielding at this stage was extremely poor'.

The crowd roared a s Bromley he'd a catch off McCabe from Verity, but a “no ball” had been called. T*he total of the was slowly creeping towards the Australian total, and 300 came up for 514 minutes play. The batsmen continued to have a charmed life, : v. !

Paynter’s fifty was posted after .he had been batting .for 162 minutes nnd the crowd gave him a magnificent ovation for his plucky effort,. The Paynter and Verity partnership made itself worth fifty '.runs which had been put together in 93 minutes. The two batsmen now appeared to be set. The crowd .sat tensely silent as the Australian first inning,? total was gradually being overtaken. At lunch Pavnter was 56 and Verity was 17, the total being 8 for 321, only nineteen runs behind Australia. Woodful] ha c ] used every bow.l er and every, wile to [separate the pair without avail. If Australia loses the match, the poor fielding before the lunch period on the fourth day must accept much of the blame.

After lunch, tlr 3 crowd watched idlentlv a, 3 the batsmen brought the total close to Australia’s. Two fine leg boundaries by Verity reduced the leeway. Then Paynter pulkd Darling, who was brought on howling as a desperate hope to sonars leg for a brace to eriual Australiatotal. The crowd sportingly cheered th 2 : gallant effort and they renewed their applause as the home total was passed. The runs wero.-scored in 570 minutes. Australia’s but cricket at this stage lacked all of that sparkle and pep which had brought success on Monday. At last, after the partnership had added 92 runs and with Paynter's score at 83, Richardson caught Paynter in the cover,-, off Ironmonger. ter had batted 238 minutes. He bit ten fours.

Mitchell was out 1 e<r before to O’Reilly without anv addition to the score, and England had a lead of 16 runs on the first innings.

The English innings lasted f°r 599 minutes. v . Woodfull opened for 3,30. The leg theory was introduced in 'Larwood's third over, to vigorous hooting by the. outer crowd. Neither of the batsmen took any undue risks ■hut the score mounted steadily, the first half hour yielding twenty runs. The tea. adjournment was taken at the dorse of England’s innings. Paynte r fielded for England, although Woodfull offered to take his place.

With Verity on to bowl, the scoring slackened, the first hour yielding thirtyseven runs, Richardson then being twenty-three, and Woodfull seven, and the extras totalled seven. Jardine kept Larwood and Allen in. short spells at the grandstand end. Richardson pulled two consecutive halls from Larwood to the leg ■boundary, but Leyland might have ■caught the first, a lofty hit. Richardson was rather inclined to take risks, and in endeavouring to make a big hit off Verity, he was well caught by Jardirte at mic 1 off. He batted fop sixty-

four minutes. Bradman and Woodfull hoisted the half century, which was made in 82 minutes. Bradman was batting with great confidence, hitting twelve off (Larwood in one over, including two delightful square cuts to .the- boundary in the next over. He. cover drove Verity to the fence. It- was the real Huffman, forceful batting, and it worked the crowd to a fierce pitch of. excitement.

The barrackera jovially requested Jwrline to give Larwood anothe.,. over. Jardine did. There was a nature of hostility and of amazement as Larwood mad,, the ball fly, and Bradman who was too eager, was caught by Mitchell at point. Bradman’s over-confidence is entirely out of proportion 111 ' Jes '

cricket. A further disaster was m.-sto-c Australia for Pour,ford wan ■ hnlpanlly caught by Larwood at square leg. I was unlucky for Ponaford,- but such ■ 'magnificent catches win L Paynter retired from the field r.t • M looking done. ■Australia was in dire d ‘ fftcul !, -ftfcvhen Woodfull, after batting ph'ckU.v m minutH for caught in the slips off MlXc-hcll. wickets were now (low i ,n 1 Sind the back! me ,f M» «* ■»? bee» dismissed in just ovl ’'k™ tidy'V"* The game was now clefiniuiy g [England’s way again, and much - pended on the colts. Harlmg ] l

McCabe, and the century was posted in •136 minutes.

Jardine received a nasty hit on the shin when he w, fielding a hot drive from McCabe. The outer crowd roared with laughter, but. when the captain stood up, the grandstand patrons countered with a round of applause.

McCabe and Da.rlin? nlayecl out time. Australia at s tumps holding a lead of 92 runs with six wickets in hand. It is remarkable bow the fortunes have swung in this match. The first day’s play definitely favoured Australia. England wag on top on the second day, while t-h,o third went all Australia’s way. To-day it was England's turn with -a vengeance, a feature of the play being wonderful knock, Verity’s holding his end up end Larwood’s sensational catch that dismissed Ponsford.

Shortly after five o'clock, storm ■clouds gathered, and if heavy rain fal's. the wicket will benefit from the moisture, as it is bone dry at present..

The official estimate of the attendance to-day was -nearly seven thousand, the gate taking, 3 being £769 o. r a total of £BBOS. Australia's score at stumps was 103 for four, ENGLAND.-First Innings. .Tardine, c Love, 1» O’Rei'liy 46 Sutcliffe, 1.b.w., b O’Reilly 86 Hammond, b McCabe 20 Wyatt, c Love, b Ironmonger ... 12 Leyland, c Bradman, b O’Reilly 12 Ames, c Darling, b Ironmonger ... 17 Allen, c Love, b Wall 13 Larwood, b McCabe 23 •Paynter, c Richardson, b Ironin monger 83 Verity, not out 23 Mitchell, 1.b.w., b O’Reilly ... 0 Extras 21 Total 356 The wickets fell lbs follows : One far 114, two for 157, three for 165, four for 188. five fo. r 198, six for 216, seven ■for 225, eight for 264, nine for 356, ten for 356. Bowling analysis ; Wall 33 evens. 6 maidens, 66 runs, 1 wicket; O’Reilly, 67.4 overs, 26 maidens, 120 runs, 4 wickets ; Ironmonger, 43 overs, 19 maidens, 69 runs, 3 wickets ; McCabe, .23 overs, 7 maidens, 40 runs, 2 wickets; Bromley, 10 overs, 4 maidens. 19 run«, 0 wickets; Bradman, 7 overs, 1 maiden, 17 i'uns, 0 wickets ; Darling 2, oven;, 0 maidens, 4 runs, 0 wickets.

AUSTRALIA—First Innings

SECOND INNINGS

Woodfull, <: Hammond, b Mitchell 19 Richardson, c Jardine b Verity ... 32 Bradman, c Mitchell, b Larwood 24 Pon-ford, c Larwood, b Allen ... 0 McCabe, not out, 14 Darling, not cut .:. ... 8 Extras 11 Total for four wickets ... ... 108 Fall of wickets ; On e for 4 , two for 79, three for 82 ' f°nr for 91. Bowling analysis; Larwood 11 over' 1 , 1 maiden, 33 runs, 1 wicket; .-'lien 19 overs, i 3 maidens, 26 runs, 1 wicket ; .Hammond, 7 overs 3 nia-idcms, 11 rr' ns , 0 wickets ; Verity, 10 overs, 4 maidens, 13 rum, 1 wicket • Mitchell, 5 overs, U maidens, 11 runs, 1 vdek-et.