UPHILL FIGHT

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 434, 19 January 1933, Page 5

UPHILL FIGHT

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AUSTRALIA'S TASK REQUIRE 532 RUNS TO WIN TES1- •'? > MATCH WOODFULL STONE-WALLS .

-By Telegrapli — Copyriglit).

Rec. Jan. 18, 9.15 p.m, Adelaide, Jan. 18. The few showers which ffill 4nring the night did not affect tjap \yipket fqr the yesumption of the third Test. land commenced the dpy's play with a lead of 415. Ames brought up 3QjO by hitting to square leg off Wall, had little pace. Verity opened confidently ap4 was soon 15 while Ames made five. Grih}mett once beat Verity, the hall elearing the stumps. A f orcef ul strgkp off the slow bowler to mid pff paa'dp Ames 26. Wall missed a shpt hy Ames to cover of£ ironmopgpr apd the hatsman subse-quently h|t Grin£ mett for four. After an pscppe at the hands of Richardsop, a glance tpfine leg put Ames in the thirties; Verity also assisted the scope with some magnificent shots. 3§|) pamg in eight hours 12 minntes. Bradman had another try ajid Jjjg full tosses were ineffective, 20 rpns coining from his two overs. Aipps jptpd • Verity added 89 before lunch. fronmpnger once beat Ames, " the jjaU gliding over the stnm'ps. Ill-Ipck ged the Australians. ' Ames ran to 69 an4 then playjpg forward to O'Reilly the b^ll was seized in the fiight. Larwood had been in five minjjtps when he lost Ve-rity, who was 'also deceived by O'Reilly's fiight anl wps out leg before. He had batted 112minutes for 40 runs, revealing tenacity. ^ *'■ - Larwood gave little trouble, lifting Ironmonge-r high to long on. Bradman judged accurately and brought off" a fine catch. ' Voce reached five, when He fell to a fast one from O'Reilly. The innings closed for 412. Big Deficit At 3.3.Q the Australiaps hegpn tjipir herculean task. LarWood opeped Witll a normal field, the first pver bpipg p maiden. Fipgleton allQjved four ^plls to pass. Playing the fast hpiyjpr jp his next over, Fingleton attenrptgd a defensive shpt, hut had hig ipiddlg stump taken. One for thrpe. Ponsford was now linkefi with thg captain and square putting Allen fpr a single ran two extras for pn over? throw, eight coming off the pyer. Voce replaeed Allen whose two ovprg had yielded 10 runs. There was a howl when Ponsford sent Larwood to Jardine at ppint, the Engljsh captain making an easy low catch. Two for 12. Larwpod's ayerggg was tfyen twp fpr one. Bradman's appearance was heralded with enthusiasm. He opened with a four off Larwood crisply pagt deep square leg. He also exploited geveralsimilar shots running into the thirties quickly and giving ah exhihitiqn th.e crowd desired. The first 50 were scqred in 57 minutes, and Bradman aeached 41, getting 10 off1 Verity. Larwood came back when the score was two for 64, nine being sp'ore'd off the first over. Larwood had taken two for 23 and the score was .75. Larwood began the leg attack again and the crowd became ang-ry,' counting out each ball. Bradman 'was putting in some dashing work, making two beautiful leg shots and briiiging the Australian score up to 90. "Woodfull was anything but fi*ee. He was simply holding the fort; Bradman appreciated Verity, hitting him to fine leg for six, injuring a woman in the stand. Excitement was simmering when Bradman sent tKp next ball back to Verity apd was Put for 66. He hit eight fours, and batted 73 minutes. Three for 100. McCabe joined the captajn, whose cautiousness was most marked, for he made runs infrequently. McCabe was only in for 20 miputeg, hping caqght high at deep leg by Leylan^ off Allen. His best scoripg shot "Was a four off Allen through 'cover. Fpur for 116. Richardson f ollowed ahd singles were predominating. 415 were required, the sky became overcast and play was stopppd f op ffie day on an appeal against $ae dight with rain threatening. The attendahce was 25,000.

ENGLAND First Innings 341 Second Innings Sutcliffe, p O'Brien, b Wall ...... 7 ■Jardine, lbw, b Ironmonger ...... 56 Wyatt, c Wall, b O'Rgilly' . '..... ty Allen, lbw, b Grimmett ...... ...... 15 Hammond, b Bradman S... Leyland, c Wall, b Ironmonger 42 Arpes, h O'Reilly ...... ...... Verity, lbw, b O'Reilly ...... ...... ...... 4Q Larwood, c Bradpaan, b Iro'n- . monger 8 Paynter, not out 1 Voce, b O'Reilly ! 8 Extras 32 Total 412 Bowling; "Wall, 29 overs, 6 maidens, 75 runs, 1 wicket; 0'Reilly, 57, 3, 21, 79, 4; Ironmonger, 57j 2l, 87, 3"; Grimmett, 35, 9, 74, 1; McCabe, 16, 0, 42, 0; Bradman, 4, .0, 23, 1. AUSTRALIA First Innings 222 Second Innings \ Fingleton, h Larwood ...... P Ponsford, c Jardine, h Larwpod 3 Woodfull, not out 35 Bradman, c and h Verity (36 McCabe, c Leyland, b Allen ...... 7 Richardson, not out 0 Extras 8 Total for four wickets ...... 120