THE FIFTH TEST.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20788, 23 February 1933, Page 9

THE FIFTH TEST.

TO-DAY'S MATCH AT SYDNEY. ENGLAND NEARS AUSTRALIA'S TOTAL OF WINS. Although the destination ol! the mythical ''Ashes" of cricket supremacy has already been decided, the Test match commencing at Sydney to-day will be of particular interest because England again has an opportunity of drawing level with Australia in the total number of Tests won since the inception of the contests in 1876. Tlii* is the 129 th match of the long series, ■ of which Australia has won 51 and England 50, 27 having been drawn. Australia's Team. The Australian team will be as follows: W. M. Woodfull, Victoria. < V. Y. Richardson, South Australia. D. G. Bradman, New South Wales. 8. J. McCtabe, New South Wales. W. A. Oldfield, New South Wales. L. P. O'Brien, VictoriaLi Darling, Victoria* W. J. O'Reilly, New South Wales. P. K. Lee, South Australia. . H. Ironmonger, Victoria. H. H. Alexander, Victoria. E. Bromley, Victoria (twelfth nan). English Touring Side. The English team will be selected from the following 17 touring playefllt D. R. Jardine, Surrey. B. E. S. Wyatt, Warwickshire. 6. O. Allen, Middlesex. L. E. G. Amos, Kent. F. R. Brown, Surrey. G. Duckworth, Lancashire. ' » W. E. Bowes, Yorkshire. W. R. Hammond, Gloucestershire. H. Larwood, Nottinghamshire. M. Leyland, Yorkshire. T. B. Mitchell, Derbyshire. The Nawab of Patandi, -Worcester-, shire. E. Paynter, Lancashire. H. Sutcliffe, Yorkshire. y Mi W. Tate, Sussex. H. Verity, Yorkshire. . W. Voce, Nottinghamshire. The injury to Allen will be a MOW', to England's hopes, for his fafct bowling has been invaluable in maintaining' speed in the attack, and it has befra * " speed which the Australian# hav® foteiti , moat difficult to gaunter. < It is possible that Voce, another fast bowler ofgrest ability, will have recovered from the'in? ■ : jury which kept him oat ojE the fourth Test, and will replace Allen. The Australian team has been select*! . with a view to giving young fehd JH'o*". raising players Test match toXpei'lfebC*, 1 ' O'Brien, Darling, O'Beilly, Leo, Afexander, and Bromley all being in th*i* first season of Test criclcGt. The tt»jurv to Wall is unfortuante for lia," as he has been one of the «#; t '' bowlers to trouble the stolid M.O.C. , , batsmen in the previous Testi. ,A»x- , ahder, who replaces him as fast boWl^r,... ■< has bowled well for Victoria in etftti matches during the last frtf.fcefcipni. f HOT WEATHER IfOR, A land hasten some'interest Mtt | final Test,' lie genatally are iwwwA * *\ are expected to take ffio.ra which wis* ofetacmftl*J announced that fowler,