AUSTRALIA’S BIG TASK

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 610, 12 March 1929, Page 13

AUSTRALIA’S BIG TASK

ENGLAND MAKES 519 HOME TEAM NOW BATTING TWO WICKETS FOR 152 RUNS (United I\A.. —By Telegraph — Copyright) j MHBOUKNE, Monday. ' The final test cricket match, Eng- j land v. Australia, was continued to- ' day at Melbourne. The weather was delightful and the wicket in good con- j dition. There were nearly 32,000 spectators ; and the receipts totalled 2,630. When stumps were drawn on Satur- j day the visitors had lost nine wickets ■ in their first innings for 455 runs. Ley- j land (.110) and 'White {-) being the ! not out men. On the resumption of play Leyland j was aggressive from the start. He hit two fours otf Hornibrook’s bowling with a vigorous olf drive and a particularly neat square cut. The fifth century appeared on the board after 504 minutes’ play. Leyland continued to give a fine exhibition of batting. He sent two balls to the boundary in one over from Oxenham. In the meantime 'White was playing good defensive cricket. When 40 runs had been added in 34 minutes Leyland was caught at deep point off a hard hit. He- had batted 300 minutes for 137, a very valuable contribution to his side's tottil. He had hit- 17 fours. White was at the wicket 54 minutes and the last wicket yielded 59 runs. The innings had lasted 615 minutes. AUSTRALIANS BAT The Australians commenced. their first innings at 12.57 p.m. Larwood's deliveries flew in a menacing manner and the opening batsmen, Woodl’ull and Jackson, were very cautious. It was a quarter of an hour before the first run was scored. Then Jackson, with beautiful leg strokes, scored two fours off Tate in one over. After luncheon Larwood continued to make the ball bump and once Woodfull was struck severely in the back. The onlookers yelled disapprovingly. White bowled very accurately and with a well-placed field runs were difficult to obtain. Jackson batted very stylishly and Woodfull looked as safe as ever. The first 50 was compiled in 79 minutes. Jackson was then very un- ; lucky to be run out. He slipped as he I started for an easy single. Larwood returned the ball well to the bowler, Geary, who nipped off the bails. Jackson had batted 89 minutes for 30, and had hit three fours. Woodfull tried to force the pace, but the bowling was very accurate and the fielding splendid. Kippax reached double figures after batting 54 minutes. The bowlers concentrated on the off theory and so kept the runs down. Woodfull made his 50 after batting 136 minutes. The century was brought up in 160 minutes. LARWOOD TIRES The batsmen were now scoring more freely off Larwood, who was soon taken off, as he tired very quickly. The scoring rate slackened again, although the batsmen were trying to force the ball through the well-placed field. When Chapman took drinks out to the team he was given a tine reception by the crowd. After a fairly long period of quiet play Kippax entered the thirties by cutting and pulling Tate for a two and ft three off successive balls. After batting 116 minutes for 38 Kippax was smartly caught by the wicketkeeper. Duckworth. The outgoing batsman had hit two fours and the partnership had yielded 89 runs. Ryder played quietly in order to make a fresh start to-morrow. Woodfull took most of the bowling. The board showed 150 after 226 minutes’ play. When stumps were drawn Woodfull had batted 237 minutes and made, two boundary hits. Ryder had batted 25 minutes. The slow rate of scoring is a tribute to the strength of the attack, as time is against the Australians, who are anxious to make runs quickly. Details of the scores are: ENGLAND First Innings HOBBS, Ibw, b Ryder .. .. 142 JARDINE, c Oldfield, b Wall 19 HAMMOND c Fairfax, b Wall .... 38 TYLDESLEY, c Hornibrook, b Ryder 31 DUCKWORTH, c Fairfax, b ITornibrook 12 HENDREN, c Hornibrook, b Fairfax 95 LEYLAND, c Fairfax, b Oxenham . . 137 LARWOOD, b Wall 4 GEARY, b Hornibrook 4 TATE, c A’Beckett, b Hornibrook .. 15 WHITE, not out 9 Extras 13 Total .. ..519 Bowling: Wall, 3-12; Hornibrook. 3-142; Oxenham, 1-S6; Grimmett, 0-40; Fairfax, 1-84; Ryder, 2-29; Kippax, 0-2. AUSTRALIA First Innings. WOODFULL, not out 78 JACKSON, run out 30 KIPPAX, c Duckworth, b White .. 3S RYDER, not out 4 Extras 2 Two wickets for 152