STILL HARD PUT

NZ Truth, Issue 1205, 3 January 1929, Page 12

STILL HARD PUT

No Terrors In Aussie

Bowling

(By Cable,—^From "N.Z. Truth's" Mel-' ! bourne Rep.) ** The changing phases have been gradual, nevertheless they' have been full of interest m the critical third test on the Melbourne cricket ground. , 'A FTER a disastrous start on the, first ** ' day when Wpodfull and Richardson ."were', dismissed for a handful of runs, Allan Kippax arid skipper Jack Ryder put their backs to the wall and took tlie.' Aussie score to 2 1 8 for four. \ They fought for. runs all the time and pasted the cover off the great Lar wood. , With thedisinissal of Ryder things slumped until Bradman and a'Beckett got together, but the whoie side was out for uhder 400. Don.' Bradman and a'Beckett, the colts of the /team, fully justified their inclusion, inttie side. . y Geary and Larwood took, the most wickets, but the latter was impotent against Ryder and -Kippax and Chap.--man used him sparingly. A" disastrous start by Engl.and made Australia's chances lopk/rosy until Hammond started .off on one of his scoring marathons'. Now it looks anything to! ? g'ooseberries that England wil jb; raise another. huge score. ■ a b:,y;.""'-"-' b „.-■;. '. ;>>'■■.'• Throughput the three days play was . slow. Bqtif';tea'ms played steadily, preferring defence to attaclt m the main, j Duckworth „Wjas. again "picked on for adverse criticism over his appealing and invariably; when he handled the ball, theborgahized yell was, "Quack, quack.'yy,!y,j", '';■.. 7 'bl-bb "■