THE FIRST TEST.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18266, 27 December 1924, Page 10

THE FIRST TEST.

ENGLAND'S CHANCE NOT

BRIGHT.

EIGHT DOWN FOR 362

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(.Received December 26th. 9.15 p.m.)

SYDNEY. December 26

The weather was chill but fine when England resumed their innings requiring 063 nins to win. The wicket was excellent considering this was the sixth day of the match, a.nd the outfield good. The attendance was' 20.000 at the commencement. Hobbs and Sutrliffo quickly settled down. Mailer, bowling well, w pl*.v--cd carefully, except his loose ones, which were pitched well up. These both batsmen stepped out to and diwo or pulled to the fence. Gregory with the wind behind him, was sending down tho ball very quickly. He caused Hobbs some anxiety when one bounced over his head. Both men cut him nicely. When Sutcliffe was facing Mailey, Collins placed a man at short mid-off in tho nope of making a oatcli. He later adopted the name more with. Hobbs, and it proved successful, the batsman just tapping a soft one to Hendry. ~, x , a 4. Hobbs scored more quickly than outcliff o till their scores wore equal—4l each. Then they kept together, reaching fiftv in 104 and 105 minutes respectively. Tho century also appeared :n 104 minutes. Hobbs batted for 111 minutes, the partnership yielding 110 runs. iSutcliffo showed more confidence than in tho first innings. He played very correct cricket, finding holes in the field nicelv. Baxdslov, in the outfield, had a good deal of intercepting to do, and acquitted himself well. Play slowed down till Chapman arrived, and tho crowd expected groat things. Ho hit the second six of the match, putting Mailey twice over the fence, and played vigorously, driving strongly. When the score was 187, Chapman was nearly run out by a quick return from A. Richardson, and again a run later from Ponsford. His partnership with SuteMffe put on 62. and! lasted 46 minutes. _ Sutcliffe continued in good) style. Tho second century appeared for 184 minutes' piny. . . Hendren failed to maintain his average. He occupied the crease for 26 minutes. Tho Australian fielding, while good, especially that of V. Richardson, lacked the snap and cleanness of the! Englishmen's. , Hendren, in making a hit off Gregory, split his bat. Rain commenced to fall at 3.15 p.m., and ten minutes later the teams left the field. Plav was resumed at 4.5 p.m.. when tho Attendance was 29,000. The tea adjournment had been taken during tho rain, wliieh caused the outfield to become slippery. Sutcliffe reached the century off the second ball after batting for 200 minutes. He showed much skill in timing and nulling Gregory's he-jd high balls to the leg boundary. Fifteen runs later a ball from Mailey hit his wrist and bounced off. Any other fieldsnwni than Gregory, with his long reach, would have missed it. Sutcliffe had batted for 247 minutes. He hit nine fours and gave no chances. Woolley gave a nice exhibition of hitting all round the wicket, picking the vacant spaces with precision and square cutting brilliantly. "When the board showed 262 OBfield snapped the bails off. but the batsman's foot was just inside. "With iSutcliffe's departure a rot sot in Sandhasi, Tate and Gilligan going cheaply. Kelleway taking two wickets for none. Woolley kept going and made SO in 67 minutes. He hit Mailey over tho fence. Tliree hundred appeared in 281 minutes. Freeman provided a temporarily bright spot. Conditions towards the end became unpleasant. Rain threatened and the light commenced to fail. Precoded by lightning and thunder, rain came down again at 5.30 p.m., and seven minutes later the teams left the field. Play was resumed at 5.55 p.m., and it was agreed to extend the timo for a quarter of an hour. At 93 Woolley was missed by Mailey. Shortly afterwards, with the score at eight wickets for 362, stumps were drawn. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Collins, c Hendren, b Tate .. 114 Bardsley, c Woolley, b Freeman .. 21 Ponsford, b Gilligan .. ..110 A. Richardson, b Hearne .. 22 Taylor, b Tate .. .. .. 43 V. Richardson, b Freeman „.. 42 Kelleway, c Woolley, b Tate ~«. 17 Hendry, c Strudwick, b Tate ..., 3 Gregory, c Strudwick, b Tate K .i 0 Oldfield, not out ... ... 39 Mailey, b Tate .. * „ « ~.. 21 Extra* „.,' „., „.! 18 Total .„ ■■ „.. .; 450 Bowling: Tate, six for 130; Gilligan, one for 92; Freeman, two for 124; Hearne, one for 28; Woolley, none for 35; Hobbs, none for 13; Chapman, none for 10. Fall of wickets: One for 46, two for 236, three for 275, foar for 286, five for 364, six for 374, seven for 387, eight for 387, nine for 388, ten for 450. Second Innings. Bardsley, b Tate '.. .. 22 A. Richardson, c and b Freeman 08 Kelleway, b Gilligan .. .. 23 Collins, c Chapman, b Tate .. 60 Ponsford, c Woolley, b Freeman .. 27 "V. Richardson, c Hendren, b Tate 18 Hendry, c Btrudwick, b Tate .. 22 Taylor, b Tate .. .. ..108 Gregory, c Woolley, b Freeman . \ 2 Oldfield, c Strudwick, b Gilligan .. 18 Mailey, not out „. 4C Extras _«, _„ '" s * m m»l ymmj O Total ..... „., _ 4^ Bowling: Gilligan. two for 114, Tate five for 98, Freeman three for 134, Hearne none for 88,.Chapman none for Fall of wickets: One for 40, two for 11a, three for 168, four for 210 five ?\?*}' S L X c, for 260 ' Beven for ' 281, eight for 28G, nine for 325, tea for ENGLAND. First Innings. H° b !?- c kelleway, b Gregorv .. in Sutcliffe, cV. Richardson, b Mailey 59 Hearne, c Andrews, b Mailev 7 Woolley, b Gregory 7 ."" ' Hendren, not out '/ " J! Sandham, b Mailey '■',"■ " 't Chapman, run out " *" ~, Tate, c Andrews,.b Mailey .*" 7 Gilligan, b Gregory . ' Freeman, b Gregory "■■ "* Strudwick, lj>w, b Gregory " « Extras .. / J " ° 9 Total .. • •' •. °9B Bowling.-CiregOry five for ln K} way none for 44, Mailey four f0,109 Hendry none for 5 a t>- I * ' none for 0. ' A ' E "*ard«on Fall of wickets: One for iw two for 171, three fo, "a, llur for

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202, fire for 235, six for 254, tW«JBB 272, eight for 274, nine for 27 VJg« Second Innings. 188 Hobbs, c Hendry, b Mailey »<«B , Sutcliffc, c Gregory, b Mailey ** ti 99 Hearne, b Gregory ''"lKh Chapman, c Oldficld, b Hendry .<SH Hcndrcn, c Gregory, b Hendry **'JHB Woolley, not out .. 'feaßß Sandham, c Oldficld, b Mailey .«.fJBB Tate, c Ponsford. b Kcllcway 'fJBH Gilligan, b Kci'eway .. **?B1I1 Freeman, nut out .. **JBH Total for eight wicket,,, 'lfflH RECORD CROWDS AND GA 4H (HJSTmALUIT AST) X.Z. CAIW """^WW SYDNEY, D«eetnb«dHM By the end of the fifth day ta|HH match has established a recW * j9H|H dance of 134,361, and the gfttt have reached £13,250. Wmm The previous records were ~3Ij9HH AN AUSTRALIAN RECPjjMB (Received December 26th, l^lfHHf SYDNEY, The TaylorMailcy P al Wednesday for 127 cstablishwlgWg tralian players' last wicket T y t previous record, 120, was °** e igaHH strong and Duff in The English record is 330, Foster and Rhodes in