ENGLAND WINS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 306, 10 December 1936, Page 6

ENGLAND WINS

END OF FIRST TEST.

BATTING DEBACLE.

Wicket Proves Too Much For Australia.,

Brisbane, Dec. 9. England, won .the first cricket test by 322 runs, Australia collapsing on a rain damaged wicket, to-day and being dismissed for 58 runs. England in the first innings made 358 and in the second 256. Australia’s first innings total was 234. * The Australians arc to be commiserate with on the fact tliat rain spoiled whatever chance they ■thought They had last night of winning .the match or alternatively of running England close, says J. 13. Hobbs in copyright comment,. If there had been only a little rain durling the| night it would have bound the wicket up, but there was too much at 6 o’clock this morning, making the wicket sticky at the start. Australia should have made more runs than it did, but I realise Australians .rarely see a wet wicket here because wickets are completely covered in State matches. When, as to-day, the ball comes off the pitch more • slowly than it does through the air and then kicks occasionally the batsmen lopk helpless. Still, probably England would not have done very much better in the circumstances. It is likely that the big score the Australians had to get to win overawed them and caused them more or less to throw up the sponge.

Englishmen would be the first to sympathise with Australia and admit fate played them a scurvy trick this morning, practically presenting the visitors with a victory. Yet 1 honestly think England played better than Australia and had already earned it, so that even if raifri had not comle England should have won. 1 know that is a risky 'thing to say with Bradman in the side, for he is liable to make one or two hundred off his own bat, but the wicket after four day's’ play was showing signs of wear and accidents were bound to happen. One or two batsmen would have been sure to go out. through the ball keeping low or doing something unexpected. Detailed scores are:

ENGLAND. First Innings 358 Second Innings 356 AUSTRALIA. First Innings 234 Secoond Innings. Fingleton, b Voce 0 Badcock, c Fagg, b Allen 0 Sievers, c Voce, b Allen ' 5 Oldfield, b Voce 10 Erad man, c Fagg, b Allen 0 McCabe, c Leyland, b A11en,.... 7 Robinson, c Hammond, b Voce .. 3 Chipperfield, not out 26 O’Reilly, b Allen 0 Ward, b Voce 1 McCormick, absent 0 Extras 6 Tomi 58 I * Fall of Wickets. |

Australias’ Test Team Unchanged. Press Association —Copyright. Sydney, Dec. 9. It is announced from Brisbane that Australia’s team for the second test will be unchanged, but McCormick will be subjected to another medical examination.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ' — — — — — — — — — 0 3 7 7 16 ■Row 20 35 inp41 58

ling 0. M. R. W. Voce .... 6.3 0 16 4 Allen .... .... 6. 0 36 5