ONE FOR 262.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 288, 5 December 1932, Page 5

ONE FOR 262.

ENGLAND'S ANSWER.

SUTCLIFFE LUCKY.

HAMMOND NEAR CENTURY,

SYDNEY, December 4. The first Test cricket match, England v. Axistralia, was continued to-day. The weather was cool and cloudy, and the wicket was not affected by previous play. At 12.15 p.m. the score was 202 for one wicket (Sutcliffe 121, Hammond 02). There were 58.04S spectators, or 200 short of the record, and the receipts totalled £5703. Saturday's Play. When etumps were drawn on Friday Australia, had "scored 2UO runs 'or nix. vviikete iu their first iiiii.<igs, McCabe (i 27) and Oniumett (17) Deuig not out. At the close of play on Saturday the Aus tralians were ail out lor M'j and .fc.ngiai*a had rni.lo 252 lor one wicket.

Australia's total was made ia 350 minutes. McCabe batted 242 minutes and hit 25 fours. Larwood took the bowling honours and, with the exception of Me<Ja,be, had all the batsmen beaten, by his great pace. Ball Hits Sutclifie's Wicket. Sutcliffe and Wyatt opened brightly for England, scoring 50 in. 42 minutes, compared with. Australia's 78 minutes. Sutcliffe was the more enterprising of the two, being particularly severe on. O'Reilly, who was not bowling with his usual accuracy.

When Sutcliffe had made 43 he had a very lucky escape. He played a ball from O'Reilly down hard and it ran into his wicket, but did not dislodge the bails. After 80 minutes the partnership had yielded-100. Grimmett had both batsmen guessing at times, but Wall and Nagel were played with confidence. After Wyatt had been batting 98 minutes he stepped in front to one of Grimmett's top-spinners and for the fifth time in eight innings in Australia was out leg-before. The vacancy was filled by Hammond who, following the example of his team mates, immediately attacked the bowling and gained several fours with hard straight drives. At the tea adjournment the ecore was 138. The first three overs after the adjournment were maidens, O'Reilly bowling two and Grimmett one. Hammond then livened matters up by sending Grimmett to the fence three times in one over. O'Reilly, however, was now bowling finely. He sent down seven overs, including five "maidens, for three singles. Hammond showed that he was in wonderful form, racing to 50 in 57 minutee. He had then hit 10 fours. Sutcliffe, in the meanwhile, was going along steadily, scoring many singles to leg, supplemented by occasional boundary hits. Tired Bowling Punished.

After tea the bowlers were tired and Hammond and Sutcliffe continued to '■punish their bowling. The 200 was passed in 171 minutes, and the partnership had then produced 100. Sutcliffe reached his eighth century in England•Australia Tests in 186 minutes. He hit 10 fours. The Australians fielded keenly throughout. Oldfield was brilliant 'behind the wickets and allowed only one bye to pass him. Scores:—

AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. Woodf ull, c Ames, b Voce 7 Ponsford, b Larwood 32 Fingleton, c Allen, b Larwood 26 Kippax, lbw, b Larwood 8 McCabe, not out 187 Richardson, c Hammond, b Voce ... 49 Oldfield, c Ames, b Larwood 4 Grimmett, c Ames, b Voce 19 Nagel, b Larwood 0 O'Reilly, b Voce 4 Wall, c Allen, b Hammond 4 Extras 20 Total 360 Fall of Wickete.—One for 22, two for 65, three for 82, four for 87, five for 216, six for 231, seven for 299, eight for 300, nine for 305, ten for 360. BOWLING. Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wkts. Larwood .... 31 5 96 5 Voce 29 4 110 4 Allen 15 1 65 0 Hammond ..14 0 34 1 Verity 13 4 35 0 ENGLAND. —First Innings. Sutcliffe, not out 121 Wyatt, lbw, b Grimmett 38 Hammond, not out 92 Extras H Total for one wicket 202 Fall of Wickets.—One for 112.