ENGLAND'S TASK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 273, 17 November 1936, Page 7

ENGLAND'S TASK.

SET 447 TO WIN. Chipperfield 97, Not Out, for New South Wales. HAMMOND SUBDUED AGAIN. (By J. B. HOBBS. —Copyright in all countries. Reproduction in whole or part forbidden.) (Received 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The third day of the cricket match between England and New South Wales opened yesterday in cool weather. The wicket was wearing. The attendance numbered 8760. New South Wales, which had lost four wickets on Saturday for 122, completed its second innings for 326 runs. Set to score 447 to win, at stumps England had lost two wickets for 93. I Dynamic Captain. By lunch time New South Wales was 33(i ahead of Marylebone, with five wickets still in hand. Allen was trying very hard to stem the tide, and, with his colleagues, worked like a Trojan. At J that stage I thought he had bowled liim- ! self to a standstill, but he threw off! exhaustion and bowled just as energetic- I ally immediately afterwards. If he keeps up tension like this he will be . cracking up. j When the day was started England i had not much hope, judging by the i first innings batting. lam not giving this side up yet. Let us keep our faith I in them. Encouragement at this stage i will do them far more good than harsh > criticism. These players are the best j I in England, and they cannot be as bad ; as Saturday's batting performance suggests. We were all disappointed, but every team has its bad spasms. Runs came at a respectable rate before lunch, though people grumbled about dullness. McCabe, in spite of his groin injury, batted magnificently. He is a beautiful player, executing .his strokes easily and gracefully. " It is difficult to sum up Chipperfield. At times he seems quite a moderate batsman. He cuts at many balls, which he misses, or snicks past slips, but I have come to the conclusion that he is a better batsman than he appears. The batsmen were playing Copson comfortably; but he broke the partnership, though chief credit goes to Allen, j who took truly a magnificent catch at short-leg. This is the best of many brilliant catches I have seen Allen take in this position, where his work is invaluable. I have mentioned how hard the skipper worked. He might have made it easier for himself if he had bowled Worthington sooner, and given Leyland a trial. Sims seemed to have forgotten his resolution to bowl slower. He would find a slower delivery more profitable against for it would give l the spin a chance to work. j An Error of Tactics. I Chipperfield had the misfortune to miss his hundred, but erred in taking a single off the first ball of the last over before tea, when-, if he had got his century, McCabe must have declared. Allen sent Worthington in with Barnett, and this looks to me as if he has given up hope of Fagg getting into form for the first Test. Worthington got off to a flying start, hitting three lours in four balls. However, O'Reilly I came on at 41, and with his second ball clean-bowled the Derbyshire player, j The ball appeared to keep low, and the j batsman was much too late for it. : O'Reilly is going to make us fight for , runs all the tour. Barnett played a nice innings, but was missed when 32. Hammond gave nothing away. England has a long way to go, but it ' is a great pleasure to see that the visitors, are still fighting. Scores: — NEW SOUTH WALES. . First innings 273 J ! Second Innings. j ! Fingleton, Ibw, b Hammond 42 ' kludge, c Barnett, b Allen 31 Marks, b Allen 33 ' Robinson, run out 4 : Chipperfield, not out 97, McGilvray, b Copson 12 j McCabe, c Allen, b Copson 40 i Hynes,_ b Worthington . . 15 j White, c Ames, b Sims o ■ O'Reilly, c Hardstaff, b Sims 2 Oldfield, b Sims 12 J Extras 24 j Total 320! Bowling.—Sims took three wickets for ' 103 runs, Allen two for 09, Copson two for 91, Worthington one for 8, Hammond one for 31. ! ENGLAND: First innings 133 i Second Innings. j Worthington, b O'Reilly 2S ' Barnett, run out 33 Hammond, not out 23 Sims, not out 5 Extras 4 Total for two wickets 93 Bowling.—O'Reilly took one wicket for 1 17 runs, Chipperfield none for 5, Me- ■ Gilvray none for (j, Robinson none for. 7, Mudge none for 23, Hvnes none for I 31. ' 1 ! A Press Association message from j Sydney states that Hammond was most subdued when opposed to spin bowlers, and took 50 minutes to reach double figures.