SOME SENSATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 292, 10 December 1936, Page 23

SOME SENSATIONS.

COUNTRIES ALL SQUARE. TOSS NEARLY EQUAL, TOO. MEMORY OF, BARNES AND FOSTER. The Test position between the two countries now is: — Won Won Wlicro I'layed. Kng. -\ns. Drawn. Total. In Australia.. 3.S 2 73 In England. . -0 15 27 ("-! Totals . . 53 53 -0 135 The toss prior to tlie commencement of the Brisbane game had been shared eqally, so that England has won it on 08 occasions and Australia on 07. There have been six lower innings in Tests than Australia's yesterday: — Australia. —30 at Birmingham, 1902; -12 at Sydney, 1887-88; 44 at the Oval, 1SU0; 53 at Lord's, 1890. England.—4s at Sydney, 1880-87; 53 at Lord's, 1888. Jn the last-named game the other three innings were: Australia, 110 and 00; England, second innings, 02. Australia won by 01 runs, and the aggregate of 291 for the 40 wickets is the lowest of the 135 contests. Out For 45, Yet Victorious. Would you believe it? Although the Englishmen were dismissed for 45 in the first innings at Sydney in January, 1887, the Australians were defeated. The scores were: England, 45 and 184; Australia, 119 and 97. So England won by 13 runs.

The lowest aggregate in Australia, and the second lowest of the 135 games, was at Sydney in February, 1888, when 40 wickets fell for 374. The English team was a combined eleven from the two teams then touring Australia, one cap-

tained by Lord Ilawke and the other by C. A. Smith. Only one Test was played, England winning by 120 runs. It was only live montlis later at Lord's, that the record low aggregate of 291 was established. Five Bigger Wins Than . The biggest victories in actual runs prior to yesterday in the 135 AngloAustralian Tests have been: 075 runs, by A. P. l'\ Chapman's team at Brisbane in 1925-29, when Jack Gregory and C. E. Kelleway broke down. 0(52 runs by Australia in W. M. Woodfull's last game at the Oval in 1934, when D. G. Bradman (244) and W. H. I'onsford (2GG) put on 451 for the second wicket. 382 runs by Australia at Adelaide in 1594-95, when the winners scored 411 in the second innings (Frank Iredale 140), A. E. Stoddart's team, which eventually won the rubber, was dismissed for 124 (Sid Callaway, later played for Canterbury, live for 37) and 143 (Albert Trott, ei.-iht for 43).

377 runs, by Australia, at Sydney, in 1920-21, when H. L. Collins (104) and W. W. Armstrong (15S) made centuries in the second innings. Jack ITobbs (49 and 59) got the best English double.

338 runs, by D. E. Jardine's team, at Adelaide in 1032-33. In a game in which 1108 runs were scored no century was recorded. Opened With 586 and Lost. Australia has played thirteen innings exceeding 500 and England eleven. Australia's 729 for six at Lords in 1030 (Bradnian 254) and 701 at the Oval in 1034 are the only two knocks to exceed 700. Then come Australia's 095 at the Oval in 1030 (Bradnian 232, Ponsford 110); England's 030 at Sydney in 192829 (Hammond 251) and 627 for nine (declared) at Manchester in 1934 (Leyland 153, Hendren 132). The only 600 innings was the even number by Australia at Melbourne in 1924-25. When Australia's 586 was the record in 1894-95 Sydney Gregory scored 201. And although England had to follow on there was rain overnight at Sydney on the final day, and the left-handers Bobby Peel (Yorkshire) and Johnny Briggs (Lancashire) bowled Australia out for 106 in the filial innings and gave England an astounding victory by ten runs. Rhodes No Wickets in Series! The success of G. O. B. Allen (rightarm) and W. Voce (left), who shared

18 wickets in the match, is reminiscent of the success of those other great bowlers, Sidney Barnes (right) and Frank Foster (left), in 1911-12, when England won four of the five Tests under the captaincy of t'he late J. W. H. T. Douglas. On that tour Foster headed the Test statistics with 32 wickets for 092 runs, average 21.02. Barnes was nex,t —34 wickets for 778, average 22.85. Douglas, a medium-paced bowler, took 15 of the other 29 wickets credited to the bowlers. Wilfred Rhodes, with 109 Anglo-Australian Test wickets to his credit, was noS required to bowl. He had 57 runs lut off him without taking a wicket; but lie was Jack Hobbs' opening partner, and in the fourth Test at Melbourne, when England won by an innings and 225 runs, the opening partnership of 323 still stands as the first wicket partnership for either country. Hobbs made 178 and Khodes 179. Of the need of a gate tonic the paragraph in the Sydney "Bulletin" of December 2 is prophetic: "So far the gate takings for the English tour are far behind those for the same period when Jardine was here —the drop is £6000 already, to be precise, and only a day was lost through rain. From their opening match the tourists have been unconvincing. A win in the Brisbane Test would restore the vanished mana and swell the slack-bellied caslibags. With a full team playing and a Brisbane December thunderstorm acting in conjunction with Verity the dream is not so fantastic as it may seem at present." The commencing dates of the other four Tests are: December 18, at Sydney; January 1, at Melbourne; January 29, at Adelaide; February 20, at Melbourne again. On D. I{. Jardine's tour in 193233 Sydney got two matches. BUSINESS HOUSES. Draw for Saturday arranged by the Auckland Business House Cricket Association:— section A.—Hard leys v. Auckland Drain- . oar( V Stadium No. 4; Silknit v. Heard*, Stadium .No. 7; A upland Racing Club v. Capitol, Green Lane (next railway station) ; United v. Bridges, Overlngton and Company, Walker J'ark No. 8; Maungawhau v. Waitemata Billiards. * Stadium No. 5; "Herald" v. Metropolitan. Stadium No. 2. Section B.—Auckland Railways v. Metropolitan Fire Board, Stadium No. 0; Abel Dykes v. Northern Holler, Stadium No. 8: Carlton v. Amblers and Company, Outer Domain No. 1; Fletcher Construction v. Devonport Ratepayers. Doronport, Vanxha 11 Iload Ground; Auckla l Gas Company v. Thompson and Hills, Stadium No. 1; Auckland Farmers' Freezing v. John W. Andrew and Sons, Walker Park No. 0. ONEHUNGA ASSOCIATION. The Oneliunga Crickct Association's programme for Saturday is:—Woollen Mills v. Labour, No. 1, Mr. F. Jackson: Keid Rubher (green) v. Sutherland's Tannery, No. 2, Mr. H. Fullan; Reid Rubber (gold) v. Onehunga Kovers, No. 3, Messrs. W. Hayward and S. Legge; Old Buffers v. Te I'apapa Works, No. 4, Messrs. T. Mason and G. Wilson. HOSPITAL STAFF MATCH. A cricket match played yesterday afternoon at the Domain, between the Hospital Fees Department and the Administrative staff of the Auckland Hospital, resulted in a win for the latter by 14 runs. Scores:—Hospital Fees.—lsl (Hart 34, Cantlay IS). Administrative Staff.—l6s (White 32, Neil 21). WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION. Matches to be played under the control of the Auckland Women's Cricket Association at Walker Park next Saturday, commencing at 2 p.m.:— Senior. —Friendly match: L.H.A. (B) v. Senior, No. 1 ground. Junior.—Killarua v. Woolworths, No. 2; ■ Cambridge v. Arawa, No. 3.