"ILL-TIMED."

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 173, 24 July 1934, Page 7

"ILL-TIMED."

CALL TO LARWOOD. London Newspaper Objects to Popular Clamour. "NOT A NATIONAL DISASTER." (United P.A.-Elcctrio Telegraph-Copyright) (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, July 23. The "Daily Mail" says the clamour for Larwood is ill-timed. "One would think a great disaster had overtaken the nation because two Australians made very fine scores. People are demanding Larwood. He twice refused to assist the country, and it would be unreasonable to expect him to abandon his stand."It would be equally unreasonable to expect the selectors to go cap in Land and ask Larwood to reconsider the position. People, instead of recognising Bradman's genius, arc heaping blame on the poor bowlers." Bradman will not field to-morrow, and will bat only in the direst emergency. He returns to London to-morrow for treatment, and vi ill not play in the next two matches owing to a thigh muscle being badly torn. B. J. Bosanquet, the English googly bowler of 1910, says: "Bradman thus fa on good wickets ranks with the great.es batsmen I have seen." He adds that England is in an unenviable position, with every chance of saving the match gone, except for rain. NO FIREWORKS. EXCELLENT ENGLISH ATTACK. (Received 12 noon.) LONDON, July 23. Commenting on the Test play, the Australian Press Association critic says the stoutness of England's defence gives tho greater cause for thankfulness. The Australians this morning did not attempt to gild the lily by setting themselves out to make a colossal score. They have made enough to force a victory unless rain comes to England's rescue. If the batting to-morrow equals to-day's patience and skill the finish may yet be interesting, though it seems to be expecting too much to anticipate the remaining six wickets to see out tho CI hours of Grimmett and O'Reilly on a wicket which must progressively become less easy. Tho spectators were deprived of tho. fireworks naturally anticipated before lunch by the excellence of tho English bowling. Bowes recovered his accuracy and vim, and Verity' 3 length was consistently good. Consequently there was no chance of attacking more than an occasional ball. Curiously, though recklessness would have been justifiable, most of the Australian wickets to-day fell to defensive strokes. Tho real tragedy ' for England was Hammond's unfortunate dismissal. Wyatt deserves jrrcat praise for tho solidity of his innings. D. R. Jardine says England was outselected, out-batted, out-bowled and out-fielded. J. B. Hobbs says England was outplayed chiefly by better batting. Bowes, who clean-bowled five batsmen at Leeds, including McCabe, Bradman and Darling in quick succession yesterday, had previously taken the champion's wicket in a Test. This was at Melbourne on December 30, 1032, when Bradman was clean-bowled without scoring by Bowes, who had been surprisingly included in the second Test instead of Yerity, and played in that one international game only. Grimmett's dismissal of Keeton and Wyatt yesterday makes his Test wicket tally 07. Only seven players in the 57 years of Anglo-Australian Tests have captured 100 wickets. There have been 23 scores of over 500 in the history of Test cricket. The list is:— Australia (12): 729 for six wickets, declared, at Lord's, 1930; 605, at The Oval, 1930 j 600, at Melbourne, 1924-25; 586, at Sydney, 1894-95 (England won by 10 runs); 584, at Leeds, 1934; 582, at Adelaide, and 581, at Sydney, both in second innings, 1920-21; 573, at Adelaide, 1897-98; 566, at Leeds, 1.030; 551, at Tho Oval,' 1884; 620, at Melbourne, 1897-98; 500, at Adelaide, second innings, 1907-8. England (11): 636, at Sydney, 192829; 627 for nine wickets, declared, at Manchester, 1034; 589, at Melbourne, 1911-12; 577, at Sydney, 1903-04; 576, at The Oval, 1899; 551, at Sydney, 189798; 548, at Melbourne 1924-25; 524, at Sydney, 1932-33; 521, at Brisbane and 619, at Melbourne, 1928-29; 501, at Adelaide, 1011-12. THOUSAND ARRESTS. Austrian Socialists Allegedly Discovered in Plot. DETAILS UNDISCLOSED. (Received 2 p.m.) VIENNA, July 23. The Austrian Government discovered a Socialist plot, and 1000 arrests were made in 48 hours, resulting in overcrowding of the prisons. ! The arrested persons were placed in a concentration camp at an Armbruster j factory, formerly occupied by makers of the Royal carriages. The authorities refuse to disclose details of the plot. THE OLD SCHOOL TIE. ITS PRESCRIBED LIMITS. LONDON, July 19. Parents who, "for reasons not unconnocted with snobbery and (p social prejudice," keep their children at public schools until they are 17 or 18, regardless of their capacity to benefit from such education, have a critic in Mr. H. Ramsbotham, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education. "They are unaware that an old school tie cannot disguise a young fool's head," he remarkf *