FOUR-DAY TESTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 139, 15 June 1938, Page 7

FOUR-DAY TESTS.

ARE THEY DOOMED? Reflections On Nottingham Contest. BRADMAN LIMPS OFF FIELD. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 12 noon.) LONDON, June 14. Another Test record has been created by seven batsmen each making a century in the Nottingham game, says Howard Marshall, commenting in the "Daily Telegraph." He states that although the wicket developed a spot at one end it failed to crumble. This left the bowlers helpless against defensive batting of the highest class. '".Let us pay tribute to Australia, who struck back so bravely and escaped from gravest peril," he says. The Australian Associated Press says that the match has done much to end four-day Tests in England. Even conservative critics are now joining in the demand for an extension to five davs after the demonstration that four days, with only 10 minutes lost owing to rain, was insufficient to assure a finish. Although the wicket was noticeably \\ earing on the last day, a magnificent example of leadership, with captain and vice-captain playing contrasting hands, enabled Australia to draw. Bradman limped wearily from the field to-night with a strained groin, conscious that by revealing aw.ther facet of his greatness lie had finisl'ed the work begun by McC'abe, Brown and Fingleton.