M.C.C.’S EASY WIN

Hokitika Guardian, 1 March 1933, Page 2

M.C.C.’S EASY WIN

THE FINAL TEST AT SYDNEY

VICTORY BY EIGHT WICKETS

(Australian Pres* Association.) SYDNEY, February '2B. England won the fifth test match by eight wickets, and thus drew level with Australia in the total won by each country, namely 51. The game was continued in muggy weather, before about five thousand people. The wicket was worn at one end—that from which Larwood and Alexander had operated. Ironmonger bowled to this end, and he made the ball stand up awkwardly. Jardine mis-hit one to the slips, and Leyland was bowled behind his legs in itrying to play a. ball with his pads. Ironmonger’s figures were then two for 8, off II overs, including eight maidens.

Wyatt and Hammond watched tlie ball carefully, and runs came slowly. Hammond at lunch had made 11 in 42 minutes, and Wyatt’s 21 had occupied 115 minutes. ■ There were two thrills after luncheon. The first was when, O’Reilly bowled Wyatt with a no-ball, and the second when Hammond lifted O’Reilly into the spectators in the grandstand for a six. Then, lifting two more high to the, boundary, he was level with Wyatt ,at 33. Ironmonger was spelled after bowling twenty-two consecutive overs,' but the others held no terrors for Hammond and Wyatt. The former notched fifty in 92 minutes, while Wyatt’s half century took 182 minutes. -Both batsmen, then opened their shoulders, some of Hammond’s drives being gems, and the match was over before item. Neither Wyatt nor Hammond gave a chance omd at the finish were definitely on top of the bowling. Hammond made the winning stroke by lifting Lee for a six. Scores:—

AUSTRALIA—First Innings. Woodfull, b Larwood ... 14 'Richardson, c Jardine, b Larwood 0 Bradman, b LaTwood 48 ! O’Brienj c Larwood, b Voce • ... 61 McCabe, c Hammond,' b Verity ... 73 Darling, b Verity . ... .... 85 Oldfield, runout ' ... 52 Lee, c Jardine, b Verity 42 O’Reilly, b Alien .. 19 Alexander, not out ... 17 Ironmonger, b Larwood ... ... 1 Extras- ... 23 Total ... ... 435 Bowling' analysis ; Larwood 32 overs, 10 maidens, 98 runs, 4 wickets; Voce 24—4—80—1; / Allen 25—13—128—1 ; Hammond 8—2—32—0 ; Verity 17—3 — 62—3; Wyatt' 2—o—l2—o. SECOND INNINGS. (RichardSoH, 'c AHenyb Larwood"- - 0 Woodfull, b Allen 6? Bradman, b Verity ... ... ... 7l O’Bri&V 0 Verity, b Voce ... 6 'McCabe, e Jardine, b Voce .4 Darling, c !Wyatt,"b Verity ... r ,,7 Oldfield, c Wyatt, b Verity ... 5 Lee, b Allen ... lo O’Reilly, b Verity '... ... ... i Alexander, 1.b.w., b Verity ... 0 Ironmonger, not out 0 Extras ••• 7 Total ... i.. 182 Bowling analysis: Larwood 11 ovens, no maidens, 44 runs, 1 wicket ; Allen 12—2——2 ; Voce 10—0i—34—2 ; Hammond 3—0—10—0; Verity 19—9—33 -5, ' ENGLAND—First Innings.

Jardine, c Oldfield, b o’(Reilly ... 1.8 Sutcliffe, c Richardson, b' O’Reilly 56 Hammond, j.b.w. b Lee ... ... 101 Larwood, c Ironmonger, b Lee ... 98 Leyland, run out , 42 Wyatt, c Ironmonger b O’Reilly ... 51 Ames, run out ..' 4 Paynter, b Lee 9 Allen, c Bradman, b Lee ... ... 47 Verity, c Oldfield, b Alexander ... e Voce, not out ... Extras mo Total 454 Bowling analysis; Alexander 35 overs, 1 maiden, 129 runs, 1 wicket; (McCabe 12—1— j27—o ; O’Reilly 45 7 —100—3; Ironmonger 31—13 —64—0 ; Lee 40—11—111—'4 ; Darling 7—s—3 0; Bradman I—o—4—o. ENGLAND—Second Innings. Jairdine, c Richardson, b Ironmonger ... 24 Wyatt, not out 61 Leyland, Ironmonger 0 Hammond, not out 75 Extras ... 8 Total for two wickets ... ... 168 Bowling analysis: Alexander IT overs, 2 maidens, 25 runs, no wickets; O’Reilly 15—5—32—0; Ironmonger 26—12-34—2; McCabe 5-2—10—0; Leo .12 — 3 — 52 — 0; Darling 2 — o — 7 — o.

BODY-LINE BOWLING QUESTION. GILLIGAN’S FIERCE ATTITUDE • LONDON, February 28. A. H. Gilligan, addressing the annual meeting of the Sussex Cricket Club, said lie lioped that the bodyline bowling would not spread to their clubs or to the village cricket. , Gilligan said: “If a schoolmaster sees any boy doing this dreadful thing cn the cricket ground, I hope he will give him the biggest hiding that ever lie had in liis life, and send him off: the field for a week.” . Incidentally, Gilligan described the Australian Board of Control’s message as “they roughest, rudest and coarsest cable ever sent from Australia, to which the. Marylebone Club had sent most dignified, courteous and statesmanlike reply.

Duleepsinhji, who is not expected to play before August, was re-elected as Sussex captain.

MAILEY REVIEWS LAST TEST,

SYDNEY, February 28

Arthur Mailey, writing in the “Sun,” declares the Englishmen won the final test handsomely. He is sure Australian sportsmen will concede their popularity. Whatever luck attached to the test, too, favoured Australia in winning the toss, compelling England to bat on a worn wicket. Mailey pays a tribute to Woodful, and says the'remainder of the batsmen, with the possible exception of Bradman, let Australia down badly, owing to their inability tc< play Larwood, who has exercised an embarrassing influence throughout the tour. M.C.C. TEAM IN NEW ZEALAND. PARTICULARS OF ITINERARY After' the Test, in Sydney, the M. C.C. team is to play Victoria, at Melbourne, commencing next Friday. The tourists then go t G Adelaide to meet South Australia. commencing on March 10. Tlio English cricketers are due in Wellington from Sydney on Monday, .March 20. Their New Zealand tour has been mapped out by tlie Neiv Zealand Cricket Council as follows:—March 21 and 22,—Play Wellington, at Basin Reserve, Wellington.

March 22.—Leave at 7.45 p.m, for Christchurch.

March 23,—Arrive Christchurch 8 a.m.

March 24, 25 and 27.—Play New Zealand (first test), at Lancaster Park, Christchurch.’

March '27. —Leave Christchurch 7.10 p.m. for Rotorua, via Wellington. March 28.—Arrive Wellington ; leave again 7.15 p.m. for Rotorua.

March 30.—At Rotorua. March 31.—Leave Rotorua 4.40 p.m. ; arrive Auckland 11 p.m. April 1, 2 and 4.—Play New Zealand (second test), a t Eden Park, Auckland.

April 5 (?). —Leave New Zealand. Unless the vessel by which the M.C.C. team is to leave New Zealand is delayed, the tourists will have to make their departure on the third day of the match at Auckland. N.Z. TEAM SELECTED. CHRISTCHURCH, February 28. The following team has been selected to represent New Zealand against the M.C.C. in the first* test at Christchurch on March 24, ’25 and 27 : James, Dempster, Newman and Freeman (7/ellington), Mills, Weir and Vivian (Auckland), Pago and’ Kerr (Canterbury), Smith and Badcock (Otago); twelfth man, P, E. Whitelaw (Auckland). u