CRICKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 26, 12 November 1935, Page 2

CRICKET.

M.C.C. TEAM IN AUSTRALIA. CHANGING FORTUNES AT ADELAIDE. ADELAIDE, November 11. The match between South Australia and the M.C.C. team was resumed today. Rain fell overnight, and there were slippery patches near the w. cktt. South Australia made a good recovery, and the innings closed for 322 Waite and Walker were the main factors in'tlie recovery. Waite's -valuable 58 included five fours. Warmer excelled himself for his 65.

M.C.C. opened the second innings cautiously, taking 40 minutes for the first half-century and 86 minutes for

the second 50. Human was the only batsman who showed an inclination to hit. He was strong on the offsida. The fielding was tigerish. Following are the scores: — M.C.O. First innings ..371 Second Innings. Parks, c Moyle, b Ward ... ... 21 Smith, c Waite, b Thompson ... 10 Hardstaff, by Ryan 24 Mitchell-Innes, c Walker, b Ward 4 Human, not out ... 26 Langridge, lbw, b Williams ... 34 Sims, not cut '. 6 Extras ••• ° Total (for five wickets) ... 125 Bowling—Thompson took one wicket for 34 runs, Williams one for 17, Ward two for 24, Ryan one for 8, Waite none for 20, Collins none for 6. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Badcock, c Powell, b Read ... 45 Parker*, c and b Sims ... ... 30 Bradman, lbw, b Sims 15 Moyle, c and b Langridge ... 39 Ryan, e Hardstaff, b Langridge ... 18 Waite, c Mitchell-Innes, b Read ... 58 Williams, c Powell, b Read ... 24 Walker, not out ... 65 Collins, b Sims ... ... ••• 6 Ward, lbw, b Langridge 7 Thompson, b Sims 7 Extras 8 Total ... 322 SHEFFIELD SHIELD MATCH. QUEENSLAND’S BIG SCORE. SYDNEY, November 11. In the Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales, Queensland in the first innings made 528 (Allen 146, Tallon 58, Bensted 102, Levy 52, Cook not out 48). Allen batted superbly for 4 hours 48 minutes, and hit 17 fours and one six. Ohilvers took three wickets for 142 runs, Caldwell two for 55! , New South Wales in the second innings made 30 for the loss of two wickets.

BRADMAN AT ADELAIDE. A DASHING START. Interest on the opening day of South Australian district cricket was centred in Don Bradman, who played his first game for Kensington. How would he fare? Would his play be affected by his illness? Bradman answered all the questions by scoring 60 runs in an hour —61 minutes to lie exact. Ho went in first wicket down, and, hatting confidently, scored all found the wicket almost at will. Bradman and E. J. R. Moyle, who is certain to gain a permanent place in the State eleven, put on 81 in 43 minutes. Bradman got seven fours and Moyle five. Moyle was batting 41 minutes for His 39. With six wickets down for 172 Kensington’s prospects were not very bright, but C. Koehne and . Clarrie ■Grimmett became associated, and they altered the whole outlook. Koehne (six fours) batted solidly for 50, while Grimmett, mainly through those little pats of his through the slips, ran up to 39. They were separated at 231, and the other batsmen built up the total to 283, Singularly, this match was responsible for the .best batting and the best bowling of the day. F. Ward, former Victorian, took the bowling honours by dismissing six batsmen for 98. Bradman was one of his victims. Don pulled a ball into the hands of square leg. Best batting performance of the day went to Merv. Hutton, who, before transferring to l Sturt, scored century after century in the Peterborough district. His 67 against West Torrens indicates that he lias regained his form. Although he did not score at a fast rate, he did not give a chance.

IRONMONGER’S SOUVENIRS. INCIDENT OF ADELAIDE TEST MATCH. Bert Ironmonger was at Fitzroy, Melbourne, on the opening day of the cricket season, watching his team batting against the locals, and, no doubt, wishing that he were in the field. He received many congratulations on his inclusion in the team for India, and as usual when he is about, ~a lot of good natured chaffing went on. Several good stories about him were told, and listening to them, I could not refrain from smiling at the recollection of an amusing incident in which he was the central figure in the _ Test match against Jardine’s team in Adelaide, writes a Melbourne critic. It was in the match in wliieh the bodyline howling controversy reached its crisis and the feeling between the two teams was very strained. Australia had been set the impossible task of making 582 to win, and they were dismissed for 193. Ironmonger, of course, was the last man in, and a hall from fast bowler “Gubby” Allen crashed into his wicket before he had scored. Souvenir-snatching is the recognised thing at the end of a Test match and Ironmonger had determined to obtain his share. As soon as he heard the crash of the ball into the wicket— Ames, the wicket-keeper, of course, was standing well back to Allen —he took a dive at the stumps, and made a clean job of it, appropriating the whole three, and set off for the pavilion. Maurice Leyland, as it happened, was in his path, and he evidently thought that Ironmonger was a bit greedy. Knowing something about Rugby, the Yorkshireman made a tackle, and tried to deprive Ironmonger of part of his trophy. Ironmonger, however, is a formidable man to tackle and, brushing Leyland aside as though he were a child, continued his dash for the pavilion, which he reached safely with his three stumps. It was in this match that feeling occurred between Ironmonger and Leyland because Leyland, while batting, complained that Ironmonger was using resin when bowling—and that is prohibited. To prove that he was not doing so Ironmonger turned his pock-

ets out in front of the tremendous crowd, and no doubt Ley land’s action ranklefj in his mind.