LOW SCORING AT BRISBANE

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21953, 30 November 1936, Page 9

LOW SCORING AT BRISBANE

England 28 Behind On First Innings MAGNIFICENT BOWLING BY VERITY [By J. B. HOBBS. Copyright In all countries. Reproduction m whole or in part forbidden.] (united press association—copyright.) (Received November 29, 7.5 p.m.) BRISBANE, November 28. The match between England and Queensland was continued to-day. Queensland, in reply to England’s first innings total of 215, made 243. ■ -rity took five wickets for 50 runs. England, in the second innings, has made 19 without loss. Thanks to a wonderful piece of bowling by Verity, England nearly got on terms with Queensland, though when the first wicket had not been captured until 117 had been scored the situation looked bad. The team had been showing signs of declining morale up to then, but the vim put into the fielding when the chance existed of leading on the first innings showed the need for only one turn of fortune’s wheel to surprise everyone in the tests. At tea time eight wickets were down for 193 runs. Verity had bowled all day, 25.3 overs, of which nine were for 33 runs and five wickets. Wyeth and Oxenham then showed enterprise and passed the total. Verity bowled very straight, without a full toss or a long hop, throughout a long spell which look my mind back to White s marathon effort at the Adelaide test in 1928. Only when a new ball was taken did Verity give way, after bowling 30 overs for 50 runs and five wickets.

The easiness of the wicket was emphasised by the lack of success of the other bowlers. Occasionally Fames put venom into his delivery, but Voce was not at his best. England wanted another slow bowler, arid if Robins had been able to lend a hand, ought to have seized the advantage and led on the first innings. Robins injured a leg early, and did not field after tea when Hammond took over tire captaincy. A Peculiar Player Brown, the lop 'scorer for Queens- j land, is a peculiar player. He is a j fine batsman for a time. Then he j goes into his shell and refuses to i make a stroke. He did this both | to-day and in Sydney. If he reversed tlm process I could understand him,. I know Verity was bowling finely and had the field placed veil. Brown got out trying to hit him, but I thought he might have opened out to the other bowlers. Rogers, the young left-hander, played a good innings. He was beaten twice by Fames in the first j over on Friday, but was excellent 1 to-day, making hard offside strokes off the fast bowlers. Oxenham and Wyeth pluckily cave Queensland the [ lead, adding 44 for the ninth wicket. This compelled a double bowling change, Hammond coming on for i the first time. Voce effected the separation, this being his only wicket. Verity capped the day with a great personal triumph by making a brilliant catch in the gully off Fames, to leave England 28 behind. England hit back ti -dav, and the position is far better than appeared possible when Queensland registered a first-wicket partnership of 100 for the first time against an English lUam. England’s second innings j started with half an hour to go. It | was important for some batsmen, : for it would decide which should I play first in the test. j “i'rankly Worried” j In view of England’s failure I against slow bowling, it has been I suggested by friends of the team j that I should coach some of the | younger players. We are frankly ■ worried, and it is not nice for me fto sit here and see them perform i so badly, and hear the cheers of the | crowd as one man after another gets ; out to log-breakers. But I don’t | think I could do any good. These ■ are England players. They have j got runs against this bowling at home, and should oe to master it here. It is a math ” c the fundamental principles of batsmanship, which test players should know at this stage of their careers. A batsj man has to use his feet to get to the pilch; or play right forward to I cover the break; or else play right j back, watching the ball on to the I bat. Nobody can tell a batsman when to play forward, and when to play back. He has to decide that in a fraction of a second, after the ball has left the bowler’s hands. I don’t think the wickets are as fast as they used to be here. They respond more to pin, due to the ; unusual drought, but our men should i have fathomed that by now. I Scores:— ■ ENGLAND i First Innings .. .. 215 I Second Innings lA. H. Fagg, not out .. .. 9 iC. J. Barnett, not out .. .. 10 I I Total for no wickets .. 19 ! Bowling—Dixon, no wickets for 11 j runs; Coekburn. none for 3; Oxenham, | none for 5; Amos, none for 0. QUEENSLAND First Innings. W. A. Brown, c Fishlock, b Verity 74 R. Rogers, c Hammond, b Fames .. 62 C. W. Andrews, c and b Verity .. 24 T. Allen, b Verity .. 12 D. Tallon, run out .. .. 0 J. Baker, c and b Verity .. 5 J. Coekburn, c Verily, b Lcyland 2 R. K. Oxenham. b Voce .. .. 19 G. Amos, b Verily .. 3 jE. R. Wyeth, c Verity, b Fames .. 29 P. Dixon, not out .. .. 5 Extras .. .. 8 Total .. .. 243 Bowling—Voce, one wicket for 51 runs; Fames, two for 75; Hammond, none for 17; Robins none for 23; Verity, five for 50; Lcyland one for 19. “MIGHT HAVE MADE MOKE'’ (Received November 29, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 28. The “News-Chronicle,” in a leaier, says Jack Hobbs’s comparison of the Marylebone lailenders with Clapharn Common cricketers perhaps adds a phrase to the language, but it is doubtful whether Clapharn Common players deserve this immortality of rabhitdom. They might have made more than 17,