PROGRESS OF GAME

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 148, 25 June 1934, Page 9

PROGRESS OF GAME

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THREE CENTURIES SCORED

/ LONDON, June 23. For the start of the'second day's playin the Test, England had made 293 runs for five wickets, the not out batsmen

being Leyland (95) and Ames (44). Leyland today gave the spectators an early thrill by hooking Wall for a splendid 4. Chipperfield and Grimmett bowled alternately at the other end. Runs came at a fair rate, 300 being hoisted in 375 minutes. Wall was bowling at a great pace, and when Leyland i attempted to. drive one which kept ' rather low it scattered his wicket. He batted 215 minutes in making 109. He hit , one 6 ,and . fourteen 4's. The partnership; added, 129 :in 155 minutes. ENGLAND'S INNINGS ENDS. Meanwhile Ames was extremely slow, -making only six runs in 35 minutes, / but later he • batted briskly. Chipperfield proved expensive, 10 runs coming off one over. Geary stubbornly kept his end up while Ames began to • force the pace, and the 350. mark was '. reached in 425 minutes. Wali eventually ; broke the partnership when he had i Geary caught at- first slip. Ames had a harrow escape at 96 when he was dropped by Oldfield. He obtained his : century in 235 minutes. . He made several more fine strokes to the : boundary, and 400 was reached in 490 minutes. Then Oldfield made amends and took a neat off-side catch off MeCabe, dismissing Ames at 120. Ames was at the wickets for 265 minutes, and his score included fourteen 4's. He drove and cut with fine enterprise. In the last over before lunch Wall bowled Fames, leaving England, with* 410 for nine wickets', in a solid position. After lunch , MeCabe dropped a high catch in the slips ,rom; Bowes, who, with Verity, added 30. ' AUSTRALIA'S REPLY. Australia's first innings opened ■at 3.10 p.m., the weather being bright and windy. Woodfull was timing badly, but Brown was soon into his stride, batting with grace and* skill. He seemed-to appreciate Bowes's. kickers, many of ,whieh lie hooked. Others went over his head. . Woodfull -was. less happy. When 21 he failed-to connect with a rising ball from Bowes and drove, it to Fames at square-leg, but the fieldsman dropped a hard catch. Brown received a severe blow on the leg from Fames, but continued. The rate '■ of scoring gradually improved, 50 runs corning in 65 minutes. Until the arrival of Verity the bowling had no terrors for BfWn. Woodfull had .just gained confidence, when, in the first over after tea, he played right across a ball from Bowes. It -was well pitched and knocked out the middle and leg stumps. SPARKLING PLAY. Bradman received a. fine reception. He heralded his .presence with a glorious exhibition, glancing, pulling, and cover-driving Fames and taking 14 off the first over. Then Brown cut and drove s ßowes for successive 4/s,;raising 100 in 100 minutes. Brown continued to treat Bowes with great severity, and the partnership made 50 in 35 minutes. The pair went on at a great rate made the bowling look second-rate. Bradman was in great form, and audacious. He drove Verity three times consecutively to .the.boundary, but then a false stroke, gave .Verity a simple ; return, which he accepted. Bradman was in 45 minutes, and-he hit seven 4's in making his 36. MeCabe started discreetly, but three times in one oyer pulled Bowes to the boundary. Play was extremely quiet in the last half-diour, MeCabe being intent on keeping, up his wicket, although Verity's good length in any case made fast scoring impossible. Brown (103 not out) so far has been at the wickets for 185 minutes. The partnership '(unbroken) made 51 in 50 minutes. ENGLAND.; -First Innings. : ,-.".1 Walters, c Brornley, b. O'Reilly .; " 82 Sutcliffe, lbw, b Chipperfield: .. .iv 20 Hammond, c arid b Chipperfield ;."" 2 Hendren, c MeCabe; b' Wall5 V..... 13 Wyatt, c Oldfield, b: Chipperfield .. 33 Leyland, b Wall 109 Ames, c Oldfield, b MeCabe';.-....' 120 Geary, c Chipperfield, b Wall 9 Verity, at Oldfield, b Grimmett . * 29 Farries, b Wall ..............V... i Bowes, not out ................. -i0 Extras .>........;..... 12 Total \....;..... 440 Fall of Wickets.—One for 70, two for 78, three* for 99, four for 130, five, for 182, six for 311, seven for 359, eight for 409, nine for 410, ten for 440. Bowling Analysis. O. M., R. W. Wall 49 • 7 108 4 MeCabe 18 3 -38 a Grimmett .. 53.3 13~ 102* 1 O'Reilly ..... 38 15 '70 1 Chipperfield . 34" 10 '91 3 " Darling .. .'.. 6.2 ;19 0 AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Woodfull, b Bowes' ..... i.... 22 Brown, not out i....;....;.,.... 103 Bradman,.c and b Verity ........ 36 MeCabe, not out 24 Extras ..:...........;.;.., '7 Total for two wickets .. 192 Fall of Wickets.—One for 68, two for 141.