AUSTRALIA WINS TEST, 148 RUNS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 30, 5 February 1937, Page 7

AUSTRALIA WINS TEST, 148 RUNS.

FLEETWOOD-SHITH*

Left-Arm Googly Bowler Routs Englishmen.

BEATS HAMMOND AT ONCE. (By J. R. HORBS.—Copyright in all ' countries. Reproduction in whole or ' in part forbidden.) (Received 9.30 a.m.) 1 ADELAIDE, this day. The fourth cricket Test match between England and Australia terminated yesterday, Australia winning by 148 runs. Australia in its first innings scored 288, and 433 in the second. England made 330 in its first innings and 243 in the second. At the close of Wednesday's play England had lost three wickets for 148. The last seven wickets on Thursday added only 95 runs. England's hopes of snatching victory faded rapidly by a spell of inspired bowling by Fleetwood-Smith, who finished with six wickets for 110. The Australians generally had greater faith than I that the English batsmen might accomplish the apparently impossible. Previously I estimated that England would score 250 runs in the second innings, so I was only seven out. I hand the day's honours to FleetwoodSmith and Wyatt. Fleetwood-Smitli bowled few bad balls. He found the pitch helping him a bit, and made the ball turn considerably and quickly. He is not a slow bowler through the air, so does; not give the' batsmen time to jump out to him. Perhaps the batsmen missed a few fours from bad balls, but they were watching to see if it were a googly or a leg-break and fell between two stools. Wyatt played in his best form. His great effort was more or less wasted on a forlorn hope, because after the departure of Hammond and Leyland whatever chance England had of bringing off a sensational victory vanished. Hammond, correctly playing forward to a good length ball, was beaten by a beautiful off-break. Thus FleetwoodSmith gained revenge for slights to which Hammond had subjected him in the past. Fleetwood-Smith made the ball perform queer tricks. Once Wyatt jumped out to drive the left-hander and he, the stumps and Oldfield were all beaten, three byes resulting. I think the ball from which Leyland was caught was a "wrong 'un." O'Reilly kept on bowling in his own inimitable style, but strangely he did not look like getting wickets. So Melbourne is to be the battleground for the decision of the Test rubber. If yesterday's crowd were hysterically glad at the result of the fourth Test after the game, pulsating with excitement and swaying from one side to other, this is also true of the whole of Australia, and the world's record attendance registered in Melbourne At the third Test is certain to be eclipsed. Scores:— AUSTRALIA. First innings 288 Second innings 433 Aggregate 721 ENGLAND. First innings 330 Second Innings. Verity, b Fleetwood-Smith 17 Barnett. c Cliipperfield, b FleetwoodSmith 21 Hardstaff. b O'Reilly 43 Hammond, b Fleetwood-Smith .... 39 Leyland, c Cliipperfield, b FleetwoodSmith 32 Wyatt, c Oldfield, b McCabe 50 Ames, lbw, b Fleetwood-Smith 0 Allen, c Gre«rory, b McCormick .... 9 Robins, b McCormick 4 Voce, b Fleetwood-Smith 1 Fames, not out 7 Extras 20 Total 243 Aggregate 573 BOWLING. O. M. R. W. Fleet wood-Smith .33 1 110 6 McCormick 13 1 43 2 McCabe 5 — 15 1 O'Reilly 26 8 55 1 TERRORIST BANDS. Menacing Development in Motor Plant Strike. SITUATION GROWS WORSE. FLINT (Mich.), February 4. The situation in connection with the motor strike here is growing rapidly worse. Several hundred unionists from other cities have arrived and the strikers remain in the plants in defiance of the injunction of the Court.

The authorities report that bands of union men and sympathisers, many of them intoxicated, are riding about the city in motor cars terrorising the residents.

At a conference between the military officials and the union it was agreed to stop the terrorists in the city and to disband tha special police.

Fearing that non-union men may attempt reprisals which would result in bloodshed the Chief of Police, Inspector Wills—who says he was chased by 20 car loads of unionists when he motored j to the strike area for an inspection—j hastily organised 500 special policemen and appealed for 3500 troops to take over the plants, but the officers said they were awaiting further orders from the Governor, Mr. Murphy. The conference of parties to the dispute was adjourned until to-day, no decision having been reached. It is disclosed that the conference resulted from the secret intervention of President Roosevelt, who is reported to have authorised the Secretary of Labour, Miss Perkins, to inform the participants that the President desired a resumption of the negotiations. Seven thousand union men are reported to be coming here to make a demonstration. The troops have permitted food to be sent to the strikers in the plants.