ONE WICKET TO FALL

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 609, 11 March 1929, Page 11

ONE WICKET TO FALL

ENGLISHMEN MAKE 485 LEYLAND MAKES CENTURY AUSTRALIA MISSES GRIMMETT j fVnit€d PA. — By Telegraph Copyright) MELBOURNE, Sunday. | ’1 lie final test cricket match, England i v ‘ Aust ralia, was continued yesterday at Melbourne. There were 49,000 spectators and the receipts totalled £4,080. LVhen stumps were drawn on Friday the visitors in their first innings hail made 240 runs for the loss of four tvickets, Duckworth (3) being the not out man. Pla> was resumed in delightful weather and the wicket was in excellent condition. Grimmett did not play owing to the injury to his knee. When Duckworth had reached 12 after half an hour he was caught at j lot-ward leg. He had previously given j a difficult chance to Fairfax in the 1 slips off Wall. Hendren opened his innings confidently, but quietened down after making several very vigorous strokes. Leyland was scratchy at first. There was a thrill when Hendren ir running a fourth run front a clever pull off Hornibrook reached the same end as Leyland, who should have been easily run out. However, Fairfax re- . tlie ball the wrong end. A Beckett, who was playing substitute for Grnnmett, made a wild throw at the far wicket, but missed it and the ball went to the fence, giving Hendren eight runs for one stroke. Hendren reached his 50 after having batted 65 minutes. He ha<j added 40 while Leyland was making only 10. EXPENSIVE MISS

When Leyland had made 30 he was missed in the slips by Fairfax off Rydcr. Leyland became more vigorous after lunch and 350 was brought up after 399 minutes’ play. the position now was becoming serious for Australia with her depleted bowling strength. Grimmett was sadly missed. When Hendren had scored 70 he gave tin easy chance of stumping to Oldfield olf Oxenham, who had been bowling well. It was an expensive error on the part of the wicket-keeper. Hendren had now become very quiet. In 14 overs he added only 14 runs. Leyland reached his 50 after having batted 46 minutes. The fourth century appeared on the board after 476 minutes’ play. Off the fifth ball of the last over after tea Hendren was caught in the slips. He had batted 191 minutes and had hit one eight and 10 fours. The partnership had yielded 141 in 168 minutes. Only eight runs had been added after tea when Wall clean-bowled Larwood. EXCITED SPECTATORS The huge crowd of spectators were now becoming very excited at the change in the fortune of the game as Geary played over a yorker from Hornibrook. Leyland had been playing slowly but attrac.tiv€ily. Tate tried to force matters and the inelegance of some of his strokes caused great amusement. Like Hendren. Tate is very popular with the public. The bowling was accurate and the rate of scoring was kept down for a time. England’s total was 450 after 533 minutes’ play. Fairfax’s error in missing Leyland at 30 proved a sad thing for the Australians. Leyland’s score stood at 99 for some time and Tate batted 46 minutes for 15. Great interest was displayed in the question whether Leyland would reach his century when "White, the last man. went in. and the former had remained at 99 for seven overs. He then reached the century in his first test match after having ba.tted 253 minutes, lie had made 14 boundary hits. Australia’s attack lacked variety and the fielding was too slack at times. ■Wall. Hornibrook and Ryder bowled well. Details of the scores are: ENGLAND First Innings HOBBS, lbw, b Ryder JARDINE, c Oldfield, b Wall .. .... 19 HAMMOND o Fairfax, b Wall .. TYLDESLEY, c Hornibrook. b Ryaei oi DUCKWORTH, c Fairfax, b Hornibrook •• * * : * * * it HENDREN, c Hornibrook, b rail lax yo LEYLAND, not out lx y LARWOOD, , b Wall * GEARY, b Hornibrook .. - • • • • •• I TATE, c A’Beckett, b Hornibrook .. lo WHITE, not out 1: . Extras .. - Nine wickets for

AS CLEM HILL SEES IT

AUSTRALIA’S OWN FAULT WILL YET MAKE BIG BID (Australian t%id U.Z. Press Association) Reed. 12.22 p.m. LONDON, Sunday. Clem Hill describes England as beingin a comfortable though not unbeatable position. He expects Australia to make a big bid, and to get somewhere

near victotv. He says Australia has herself to blame. Test matches were never won by easy misses in tne field. Hill praises Hendren’s display before lunch. He says no batsman was playing greater strokes. .Had he maintained his play, he would easily Have passed the century. He expec.s : that Levland will he playing lor bugland a long time ahead. i Australia realised front Gimm.etts i absence how much it relies on hint. Xone of the others could get pace from the wicket, and they never looked da ofdfiehi S was not keeping wicket well I an d was far below ‘the Oldfield stan-i-p p Warner savs England may regard the issue with confidence, if not certainty. Those who suggested I that Hendren does not possess the test temperament must be forever silent. • The Australians think the world of He" expects to see both Wall and Hornibrook in England in 1930. !■;. Woolley confesses that first he had a great doubt whether England would win the fifth: but now the position is that it is a firm favourite. Of Deyland’s early chance he asks: “How many hundreds ever have been scored unblemished.