AUSTRALIA WINS THE FINAL TEST AND ASHES

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1058, 23 August 1930, Page 1

AUSTRALIA WINS THE FINAL TEST AND ASHES

INNINGS AND 39 RUNS England All Out for 251 TRIUMPH FOR HORNIBROOK Wocdfull Has Happy Birthday r 5 cricket ‘ Ashes” will return to Australia. England was defeated in the final cricket Test by the decisive margin of an innings and 39 runs. After making 405 in the first innings, and losing Hobbs for 9 in the second strike, England was faced by a desperate position on going in to bat yesterday. The batsmen were not able to keep Grimmett and Hornibrook off, and the side went cheaply for 251, leaving Australia in a happy position after its first innings total of 695. Hornibrook took seven wickets, and Grimmett kept the runs down by twisty bowling on a tricky wicket. Woodfull, the Australian captain, says he is happiest man alive. Yesterday was his 33rd birthday.

tjuitat P.. 4 Telegraph — Copyright Reed. 10.50 a.m. LONDON, Friday. Continuous sunshine this morning enabled play on the sixth day of the Test match to be begun only a quarter of an hour late. The attendance fell oS so severely that only 5,000 spectators saw the start, compared with 25,000 spectators on the previous day. Dark clouds soon threatened further delay. A desperate position faced Sutcliffe and Whysall, the not out batsmen. The batsmen were obviously anxious about the pitch. Sawdust was strewn freely at one end, but the bowlers found no trouble in getting a foothold. The outleld was dead. Fairfax, Willi and Grimmett were the early bowlers. Whysall and Sutcliffe both received body blows from Fairfax, who failed to And his length. Wall bowled more slowly than usual. Grimmett, however, made the ball turn tremendously, and he soon dismissed Whysall. The batsman was deceived by his leg break, and snicked a ball to short slip, and Hornibrook took a good, low catch. The score was lien 37, of which Whysall had made 10 and Sutcliffe 16. SUTCLIFFE HELPS Woodfull immediately afterward used Hornibrook at Wall's end, as Duleepainhji had so often fallen a victim to the left-hander. Sutcliffe did his best to keep Duleepsinhjl away from Grimmett. The bowkr packed the field round the batsmen. Hornibrok made poor use of what should have been a helpful wickets, and runs came rather well, with 54 in 70 minutes. Puleepsinhji was uncomfortable for s long time, especially against Grimnett. As always, Bradman was magnificent on the leg boundary, and he saved many runs by sprinting, sometimes for 50 yards. Sutcliffe was out shortly before luncheon, anc. was followed by Hammond. The score at the adjournment was 125 for three wickets. FREE BATTING The batsmen hit freely until McCabe quietened them. Sutcliffe, with a four, raised his own score to 50 and the side's to 100 in 130 minutes. Hornibrook at 106 on. Duleepsinhji reached the fence with successive balls from Hornibrook, but the same bowler got Sutcliffe excellently ■aught at backward point. Sutcliffe rad batted for 150 minutes and had nt four four«. Hornibrook was now ■cwlnig much better. Twelve thousand spectators were Present after lunch. Hornibrook’s 'ffleanny capacity of dismissing DuJeepsinhji wes again evident at 135. ae Indian tils time turning one to ippax at si ort-leg. The batsman aa been in for 115 minutes and had bit four fours. ’nil* 1 .!* 167 Hammond nor Leyland n Ba fe against Grimmett. The n® occupied ISS minutes. • "° rn i* >ro °k was now in his best ul™ 80,1 waa unlucky not to dismiss amniomi when he was nine, Grimr. * K dropping him. Hammond time d ropes T° ur times in quick bown and Leyland hammered the tionrV 0 tle tune of 53 in ha l f an ' Bounc aries at this stage were U «°?s. ”he fifth wicket fell when rland was “yorked.” LAIiT hope goes cam^“ d ne< ;<led 101 when Wyatt °nly .i U . “Winging Grimmeft for the He van - tbe matcb - Hammond raised cltimJi L“. minutes. Hornibrook ”* s fmmb victim when the Pads a ca^a ' u was bowled off his England's last hope had now gone sloomv orewd became silent and Tate was out to magnificent Urf 0n ,he r> a rt of Kippax. »as th o<l col, ected two fours and odckw,f I L C lu . gll .t * n the first slip, of d 0.,? - ’ .fitting with the courage Is n Hammond, with a four off ”iiumt tte b:,wler : reached 50 in 00 more s' "* be wicketkeeper got two tu ..“ooadaries off Hornibrook and fortv? Cl3an bow led. an Inki- ° runs were wanted to save in. B n J> s defeat with the last man he adma n dropped Hammond, but ■Xdsht < ou l in the same over, neatly jat in tie slips. h finished at 3.52 p.rn., die vrn,, tl ns winning the Ashes on years a » Dd "'here they lost them four Thp Sfounrt ® ro,, d scrambled across the vteeroa A- be P avil ion and warmly Ham™' Australians. . had batted for 120 fours. ’ b ’tting one six and eight things was a great personal

triumph for Hornibrook, who, with Grimmett, bowled without change after lunch. Scores:— ENGLAND. First innings HOBBS, c Kippax, b Wall 4? SUTCLIFFE, c Oldfield, b Fairfax .. 161 WHYSALL. lbw, b Wall IS PULEEPSINHJI. c Fairfax, b Grimmett M> HAMMOND, b McCabe 13 LEYLAND, b Grimmett 3 WYATT, c Oldfield, b Fairfax .... 64 LARWOOD, lbw. b Grimmett 19 TATE, st Oldfield, b Grimmett .. !C DUCKWORTH, b Fairfax . 3 PEEBLES, not out 3 Extras 19 Total 405 BOWLING

nunuui ook xo x « Fall of wickets.— 1/6s, 2/97, 3/162, 4/190 5/197. 6/367. 7/379. 8/379, 9/391. 10/405. Second Innings HOBBS, b Fairfax 9 SUTCLIFFE, c Fairfax, b Hornibrook 54 WIT YS ALL, c Hornibrook, b Grimmett 10 DULEEPSINHJI, c Kippax, b ITornibrook 46 HAMMOND, c Fairfax, b Hornibrook 60 LEYLAND, b Hornibrook 20 WYATT, b Hornibrook 7 TATE, run out 0 LARWOOD, c McCabe, b Hornibrook 9 DUCKWORTH, b Hornibrook 15 PEEBLES, not out 0 Extras 21 Total 251 BOWLING

Kail of wickets.—l/17, 2/37, 3/118, 4/135, 5/189. 6/207, 7/208, 8/220, 9/248. 10/251. AUSTRALIA First Innings WOODFULL, c Duckworth, b Peebles 5i PONSFORD. b Peebles .. . .. .. .110 BRADMAN, c Duckworth, b Larwood 232 KIPPAX, c Wyatt, b Peebles .. .. 28 JACKSON, c Sutcliffe, b Wyatt .. 73 McCABE, c Duckworth, b Hammond 54 FAIRFAX, not out 51 OLDFIELD, c Larwood, b Peebles 34 GRIMMETT, lbw., b Peebles 6 WALL, lbw., b Peebles 0 HORNIBROOK, c Duckworth, b Tate 7 Extras 46 Total 535 BOWLING

10/605. WOODFULL’S BIRTHDAY A HAPPY MAN, HE SAYS ENGLISH CAPTAINS TRIBUTE Reed. 11.40 a.m. LONDON, Friday. Woodfull, the Australian captain, was 33 today. It must have been the happiest birthday a successful captain ever celebrated. The crowd persistently called for the captains and players of both sides and at last they were persuaded to appear on the balcony. Wyatt, in a brief speech, said they were genuinely beaten and expressed the hope that all the Australians would be here four years hence, “when we have a better side.’’ He congratulated Woodfull and his men on the very fine performance. “Of course I am disappointed,” he said, “but we were fairly beaten by a better side. We lost the Ashes to a very fine team.” Woodfull said: "I cannot tell you what a happy man 1 am. It was the dearest hope of the team of which t am captain to recapture the Ashes. We owe a tremendous lot to Bradman, who surely is one of the world’s greatest.”

When Bradman appeared outside the gates, women mobbed him, and he was shepherded to a car. Wyatt added: “We have not lost heart. Australia will have to fight hard out there in 1932. Meanwhile all Englishmen will want to congratulate Bradman, to whom Australia owes nearly everything. But it is a splendid all-round team, and deserves success.” The “News-Chronicle,” in a leader, says that while the real superiority of the Australians is unquestionable, matches played to a finish are extraordinarily exhausting to the players and most tedious to the spectators, and will ultimately have to be barred. In the “Daily Mail,” Chapman, In summing up the tests, declares it is obvious that England will have to build up a new side for 1932. "The simple truth is we were beaten because the Australians proved them-

solves tlie better team,” he said. ‘‘Wyatt did everything possible in the last test. Woodfull is a magnificent captain, and Grimmett the best bowler in the world. Oldfield’s wicket-keeping was superb and Wall stands alone as a fast bowler. “As for Bradman. I hope he get’s housemaid’s knee in the next test.” PLAYERS RETIRING The “Daily Mail” says it understands that in addition to Woodfuil, Ponsford and Oldfield have definitely decided to retire from test match cricket. FIRST FOR 48 YEARS AUSTRALIA’S WIN AT OVAL For the first time ire 48 years, and the second time in the history of England-Austral ia tests, the Aussies have won the Ashes at the famous Oval ground. The headquarters of the Surrey County Club is by no means the most beautiful of cricket grounds, as it is set in a dismal and slummy area, while that ugly monster, the gasometer, with its litter of little ones dominates the ground. But its central position makes it a very valuable ground, and the cosmopolitan crowd which assembles therp is the very opposite of that which en joys the cathedral calm of Lord’s in its picturesque setting at St. John’s Wood, a “toney” suburb and one of the centres of refined artistic life in London. The Oval is reclaimed marsh land low lying, and inclined to hold the water, while Lord’s is on the heights. Between the Oval and the River Thames is the “suburb” of Vauxhall, once famous for its gardens, but now an industrial centre. Football was once played regularly at the Oval, international Rugby and Soccer Cup finals being staged there in the olden days: but the turf was never of the best and to conserve the wicket, football was banned. Surrey’s next-door neighbour, Kent, has no fixed metropolitan ground, but prefers to play all round the county with occasional games on the famous Rugby ground at Rectory Field, Blacklieath.

Overs. Meins. Runs. Wckts. Wall .... 37 6 06 2 Fairfax ..31 0 52 3 Grimmett 66.2 18 133 4 McCabe .. 22 4 49 1 Hornibrook 15 1 54 0

Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wckts. Wall .... 12 2 25 0 Fairfax .. 10 2 21 1 Grimmett . 43 12 90 Hornibrook 32 D 92 7 McCabe 3 1 2 0

Larwood Overs. 48 Mdns. 6 Runs. 132 Wckts. 1 Tate .. .. 65 32 153 1 Peebles . - 71 8 204 6 Wyatt 14 1 58 1 Hammond 42 12 70 1 Leyland .. 16 7 34 0 Fall of w ickets.—1/159, 2/190, 3/263, 9/684, 4/506, _ 5/570, 6/591, 7/670, 8/684,