JOYOUS PLACARDS

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 136, 11 June 1938, Page 9

JOYOUS PLACARDS

BIG ENGLISH SCORE.

Australian Fielding Untidy

And Often Slow.

NO RESPECT FOR O'REILLY!

United Press Association.—Copyright.

(Received 12 noon.)

LONDON, June 10.

England's big Test score produced joyous placards in Fleet Street. The Australian Associated Press says: "At the end of the day Australia was in such a poor position that it seems that a draw is the most that can be hoped for. The brilliant partnership of Barnett and Hutton showed England that aggression pays. The Australian bowling never fully recovered from the battering received at the hands of Barnett; and only in mid-afternoon, when O'Reilly triumphantly sent back Edricli and Hammond, was there any prospect of Australia finishing the day in a fighting position. The selectors' gamble iu playing Ward failed." A second message by the Australian Associated Press stated: — "The Australian fielding was decidedly untidy, often slow, and lacking anticipation. "Barnett, whose place in the team was doubtful until the morning, gave a glorious display of old-fashioned driving. Hutton is a batsman of real distinction and polish."

Complete satisfaction with the batsmen's defiance of the Australian bowling, and high hopes of an English victory, are voiced by English newspaper critics. Howard Marshall, writing in the "Daily Telegraph," 6ays: "This start should give England the greatest confidence. The batsmen treated O'Reilly as 'just another bowler. , England is in such a strong position that victory, even in four days, is by no means out of the question. The- general opinion, even if rain does not interfere, is that the wicket will crumble on the fourth dav."