OXFORD BEATEN

Southland Times, Issue 21097, 31 May 1930, Page 7

OXFORD BEATEN

INNINGS AND 158 RUNS .

SUCCESS OF AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS ' ’ f ■■ ■ Grimmett and wall (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) London, May 29. By dismissing Oxford University twice for the same score, 124 runs, the Australians scored an easy victory by an innings and 158 runs. This was the visitors fourth win of the nine matches so far played. The University started badly, Wall’s first ball shattering Kingsley’s wicket. Moore, who has a splendid school record, and the Indian Patoudi retrieved the position some; what, 50 appearing after 50 minutes. Grimmett secured his 40th wicket of the tour when he got Moore with the score at 72. Five wickets then fell for the addition of only 16 runs. Walker achieved two fine stumping feats. Peebles alone of the others offered any resistance, and Grimmett ended the innings, which lasted 135 minutes. He bowled well throughout, and finished with fine figures. Oxford followed on at 2.50 p.m. wanting 282 runs to avoid an innings defeat, but three valuable batsmen were lost within an hour for 25 runs. Ford punished Hurwood and Grimmett and with Melville brought the total to 73. The latter was then dismissed by a brilliant catch in the slips.

Wall had another success in his next over and the fifth wicket fell at 80. Bradman, displacing Grimmett, tempted Gar-land-Wells to hit out and bowled him the same over.

Then Hill-Wood fell to the most brilliant catch of the tour, Richardson taking the ball almost on the ground with one hand at deep mid-off. Peebles hit Bradman for six. McCabe ended the match by taking his first wicket of the tour when he clean bowled Peebles. The scores were:—

AUSTRALIA. First innings, two wickets for 406 (declared.)

OXFORD. First Innings. Kingsley b Wall ® Moore l.b.w. b Grimmett 34 Patoudi c McCabe b Wall 22 Melville c Walker b Fairfax 10 Ford b Grimmett • • • 7 Akers-Douglas st. Walker b Grimmett 7 Garland-Wells st. Walker b Grimmett 3 Hill-Wood c Richardson b Hurwood .. 11 Mayhew b Bradman 0 Peebles not out 22 Nevison b Grimmett 0 Extras 3 Total 124

Bowling analysis: Wall took two wickets for 26 runs, Hurwood two for 27, Grimmett five for 48, Fairfax one for 15. Second Innings. Moore b Wall 1 Kingsley c Fairfax b Grimmett .... 10 Patoudi st Walker b Grimmett .... 9 Melville c Hurwood b Wall 22 Ford c and b Wall 31 Akers-Douglas b Wall .. 6 Hill-Wood c Richardson b Fairfax .. 12 Garland-Wells b Bradman S Peebles b McCabe H Mayhew b Bradman 0 Nevison not out .. 7 Extras 7 Total 124

Bowling analysis: Wall took four wickets for 29 runs, Fairfax one for 13, Grimmett two for 31, Hurwood none for 20, Bradman two for 19, McCabe one for 5.

AUSTRALIANS AT LORD’S

MATCH AGAINST THE M.C.C.

BATSMEN IN GOOD FORM.

(By Arthur Mailey in the Sydney Sun.) London, May 19. Ponsford, Bradman, Woodfull, and Kippax showed excellent form with the bat at Lord’s on Saturday against the M.C.C., and their form was gratifying as the first Test approaches. A young medium fast bowler, Allom, was the most dangerous of the attackers, and took five wickets.

More interesting was the googly bowling of Peebles, but he took only two wickets for 87.

The crowd of old gentlemen at Lord’s were very disappointed at Jackson’s swift dismissal, but they gave him sympathetic applause as he returned to the pavilion. Jackson bowed his acknowledgement. To-day’s cricket proves that the Australians, like the Englishmen, prefer batting against medium-fast bowling. Kippax said at tea-time that he lost sight of the ball that bowled him in the crowd in the members’ stand, where there is no sight-board. As usual, the last five wickets did not swell the Australian total sufficiently. Ponsford batted doggedly, and late in the innings attempted to' monopolize the batting. Wall stone-walled, then Hornibrook and Ponsford provided a staunch partnership. The last five batsmen totalled only 16 runs. Ponsford, who was undefeated, showed splendid form, and will be a difficult man to dislodge as the tour progresses. The Australian bowling before lunch today appeared to be more formidable than previously. Grimmett's comparative nonsuccess seemed to spur the other bowlers. Wall and Fairfax opened and did not waste their time with off theory, b'ut concentrated on the wicket. Wall was more like a fast bowler this morning and is improving.

Hendren and Duleensinhji were severe on Grimmett. If both play in the Tests it is likely’ that they will not be troubled by the googly bowler. Hornibrook bowled exceedingly well, keeping Duleepsinhji and Hendren quiet. « Although the score after lunch was increasing the Australians looked more like a team, bowling and fielding finely. Richardson and Bradman excelled in the field.

Wall's pace is increasing as the tour progresses and after the interval he bowled at top speed, causing Duleepsinhji and Jardine occasionally to mistime the ball. Duleepsinhji was thoroughly set and seems to have played himself into the English Test team. The light was very bad at 3.30 and Wall was bowling from the members’ end without a sightboard. He was difficult to discern and, consequently, Chapman mistiming a ball was clean bowled.

Walker’s stumping of Lee and Duleepsinhji was excellent work, and, although Walker is improving considerably I think Oldfield will find a place in the first Test. Oldfield has more experience for a big occasion and is a better batsman. Tliis will influence the selectors, who realize that Australia has a weak tail.

When Chapman was bowled it was very dark. Lights were burning in the pavilion, and Chapman showed good sportsmanship in not appealing before tea. The Australian bowling was dominating the position and lucky snicks off Wall were made by Stevens. Wall and Grimmett were, nevertheless, worrying Stevens considerably. The M.C.C. tail-enders were pot very particular about playing out time. They did as the Australian tail should have done on Saturday—sacrificed wickets. The result to-day was that at six o’clock Aus-

tralia, batting in a fading light, had lost Woodfull and Bradman.

The M.C.C. match was drawn. Australia made 285 in the first innings and the M.C.C. 258. In the second innings Australia scored 213.

STRUCK FORM

JACKSON AMONG THE RUNS.

GOOD TEAM PRACTICE. Writing in the Sydney Sun after the M.C.C. match, M. A. Noble states: The weather was again responsible for a drawn game. That is very unsatisfactory, but not unexpected. Interference by rain is nearly always to be expected in England early in the season, though at that period it does not have the same destroying influence as it possesses later on, when the sun is hotter and conditions for drying the pitch are more favourable.

Therefore, it really depends upon the sun whether the game is won or lost. A given amount of rain which will get a side out of trouble in May will bring almost inevitable defeat subsequently.

The manner in which Jackson and Hornibrook shaped on the hard wicket before the rain came suggested the possibility of a large total after the disastrous ending of the previous day. After the adjournment they made the most of their opportunity while the ball was wet and slippery. The batting stubbornness shown by the Queenslander is a repetition of his effort in the last Test match in Melbourne, when he resisted the attack from noon until 1.30 p.m., and played a most valuable innings.

Jackson is getting into his stride, and is gradually mastering the intricacies of English wickets. That long hit into the country when Jardine missed him, and the splendid six he hit off Peebles are evidence that at last he realizes the necessity for judiciously using the long handle. This method is called offence in defence, and has the frequent effect of destroying the bowlers’ length and the team’s morale. Jackson’s knock in this game should put him in great heart—64 runs against a representative team at Lord’s has a much greater moral effect than many more runs made against one of the counties. I think we can confidently say that he has struck form. Every run he makes now will get him into a run-getting vein for the first Test, when he should be in great fettle.

But Jackson and Hornibrook had the best of the wicket, for subsequent to their dismissal the bowlers were able to hold the ball, were more sure-footed, the wicket began to dry and became somewhat treacherous. There is no doubt it was responsible for the dismissal of Ponsford and Richardson.

Kippax, after a stodgy and over-cautious beginning against Peebles, was very unlucky being caught behind the wicket on the leg side. Alan was nearly bowled by the slow bowler again this innings, which indicates a tendency to play forward to him, an unsatisfactory feature of his batting, noticeable only in the early stages, but which, later on, he overcomes by confidently jumping into the pitch of the ball, and driving it before it has time to break.

It is to be hoped that the dismissal of Fairfax in attempting a big hit will not deter him from giving his offensive inclinations full play on future occasions. This match has been fine practice for our boys. Allom is a bowler similar to Tate; Allen is fas), like Larwood; Peebles and Stevens bowl difficult slow leg-breaks, with an occasional “wrong ’un,” and Kennedy is a medium pacer and a great trier—a variety in attack which has been excellent training for them, and will give their batting that extra bit of “pep” so necessary for international engagements.

EXTRAORDINARY SPEED

WALKER’S GREAT WORK.

London, May 19. ' “One of the most brilliant feats of stumping seen at Lord’s for a long time,” is how the cricket writer in the Evening News describes Walker’s stumping of Lee in the match against the M.C.C. “The ball kept low,” he says, “and when Lee just raised his foot the bails were removed with extraordinary speed. The same marvellous quickness was shown when Duleepsinhji dragged his foot over.”