THE FIRST TEST MATCH

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 76, 22 December 1924, Page 8

THE FIRST TEST MATCH

AUSTRALIANS MAKE 450 SPLENDID BOWLING BY TATE ENGLAND MAKES GOOD START IN FIRST INNINGS In the test match the Australians carried their first innings score to 450. The wickets fell rapidly after lunch on Saturday, Tate, who showed splendid consistency with his bowling, capturing five, four, of them for 9 runs. The Englishmen made a good start in their first innings, scoring 70 runs in a little over an hour without the loss of a wicket.

(BY TELEGEAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.! CoPY.HGHT.

(Rec. December 21. 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, December 20. The weather was fine, with passing clouds, when Australia, with an overnight score of three wickets for 28_, resumed its first innings, with A. Richardson and Taylor at the crease. A stiff land wind blowing down the pitch from the north-east end made conditions a little unpleasant, but did not deter a large crowd (which numbered twenty-five thousand when Gilligan led his men into the field and increased during the afternoon to forty-five thousand) from witnessing an interesting game. Tate opened the bowling on a hard wicket, with the wind behind him, and the ball came in very quickly. After eight minutes’ play Richardson fell a victim to the last ball of Hearne s first over. His brother, V. Richardson, succeeded him, and with 'Jaylor carried the score along nicely. Three hundred were hoisted for 317 nun■utes* play. Both, batsmen gave a fine display of cutting and glancing. The Englishmen’s fielding was quite up to the high standard of the previous day, so that although both batsmen were hitting hard, the fieldsmen let little past them. After an hour s play the score was only increased by 39. Richarson was stepping out to Hearne and driving him. Hearne, tn stopping one of these, hurt his hand and had to retire, Kilner taking the field. Hearne’s over was abandoned. He had been dropping the ball just in front of the crease and had to be played carefully. Tate, who was bowling up to his usual form, was snicked several times to the boundary. Both Taylor and Richardson were cautious in running between the wickets and might have obtained many more singles. Taylor had a narrow escape just before lunch. He went to run off a cut by Richardson, but the latter sent him back. Ha was well out from the crease when the ball was sent in, but l<reeman missed it, and one was gained from an overthrow. ’X’aylor went . out fourth ball .alter lunch. 140 had batted for ninetysix minutes, and helped to carry the score from 275 to 364. V. Richardson played a useful innings and batted for ninety-three minutes, his partnership with Taylor yielding 58. The loss of Richardson and Taylor changed the complexion of the Australian innings till Mailey joined Oldfield, with the

lins-Ponsford 190 for the second wicket, macle on Friday, is a Test match record for the second wicket. Yesterday’s attendance was 47,152, and the gate money £4806. Both are claimed to be world’s records. Tate was the hero of the day in the rout of the Australians. After lunch he captured five wickets, four ' of them for 9 runs, and showed splendid consistency throughout- He bowled ' altogether forty-five overs, . five of • which were maidens. Considering the amount of energy he puts into his work, the task was a herculean one, yet he stood well. Freeman was called on almost as much as Tate. He bowled forty-eight overs, but, as with all googly artists, had not to expend so much energy. Of the 152 overs of the innings, Tate and Freeman bowled 103. They deserve great credit for the way they stuck to their job.—Press Assn, WEATHER THREATENING HEARNE’S INJURY (Rec. December 22, 1.5 a.m.) Sydney, December 21. The weather has been dull and threatening all day. Rain is hanging about. Tho joint of Hearne’s right forefinger was badly bruised and the arm jarred and required medical attention.—Press Assn. “ENGLAND SHOULD WIN” TATE THE BEST BOWLER IN THE WORLD London, December 19. P. F. Warner, in the “Morning Post,” says that England has every justification to hope that the first Test match will be won, as Britain has the best bowler in the .world in Tate, and an array of Britain’s batsmen who, on a good wicket, should cause the Australians to toil hard and long. But the Australians also have nine men capable of scoring a century. Freeman was most likel> to help Tate, who, fortunatelv, has stamina and can bowl all day. Sandham’s inclusion was justified if only as an outfielder. Good throwers and runners were needed with so many slow howlers. Given equal conditions, England should win because Tate was tho best bowler on either side. The Bowling of Gregory, Mailey, Kelleway and Hendry, on paper, was not good enough to get Hohbs and company out under at. least 400 per innings.—AusN.Z. Cable Assn. ENGLISH TEAM V. EAST RAND A DRAWN. MATCH Cape Town, December 19. In a two-day match between the East Rand anil the Englishmen, the latter scored 457 (Powley 152, Russell 54). —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. December 21, 5.5 p.m.) Cape Town, December 20. East Rand in the first innings made 260, the veteran Snooke scoring 69. The Englishmen in the second innings lost five wickets for 85. Tha match was drawn. —Reuter. AN IMPOSSIBLE WICKET TOWN V. COUNTRY TRIAL BOWLERS REAP RICH HARVEST On a wicket which had been drenched 4>v thr"e days of torrential rain, one day’s play in tho annual Town v. Country match was indulged in at the Basin Reserve on Saturday. As was only to be expected, scoring was out of the question, and the howlers revelled in the opportunity afforded them of reaping a rich harvest. The Country eleven could only total 82 in their first innings, while the Town representatives did little better, being all dismissed for 106. Apparentlv the fact that no play had been possible on Friday had robbed the match of all serious interest. Play was timed to commence at 11.15 on Saturday morning, but it was 11.45 before the waiting umpires, Messrs. Tooniath and Bevan, saw the Town leant file on to the field'. Even then there was a number of the Town players absent, and A. Tronson, twelfth' man for the Country side, had to field as substitute for some time. A Bowlers’ Wicket. The weather was dull and cheerless, with a fairly strong breeze from the south. There wns not sufficient strength in the sun’s rays to take the moisture out of tho ground and it was a foregone conclusion that runs would l be very hard to get. Orr (Wanganui) and Cameron (Rangitikei) opened for the Country against the howling of Badcock and Brice. The Englishman, who was sending them down with the wind at a good pace, kept his usual immaculate length, and several of his deliveries picked badly, rearing un about the batsmen’s faces. Brice, who lend the Town forces, was making the hall talk on a wicket which ideally suited him. He opened with his favourite leg-theory attack, with three men close to the batsmen, one being at silly mid-on, another soiiare, and the third fine. Orr and Cameron showed clever defence unde" trying conditions, and weathered the hot attack for quite a while With 12 on the board, Cameron fell into the leg trap, cocking one gently tn Burt at silly mid-on. Temperton (Hawke’s Bay), the well-known ex-Poverty Bay player, followed, but failed to score, playing one from Badcock, which reared up suddenly! to Burt at point. Beuth, a Napier High School bov. who hats left-he.nded, turned one from Brice prettily to the longleg boundary, but fell, 1.b.w., to the same bowler right away. Bernau (Hawke’s Bay), the ex-Wanganui, Wellington, end New Zealand player, followed, and nulled Brice leg for three. Orr, who had ’’eeu at the wickets for forty minutes, was the next to Ko

board showing . nine wickets for 388. Strudwick missed stumping Kelleway off a ball which the lat- i I ter stepped out to but played over. The I Mailey-Oldfield I pa rt n ership I proved most ! exciting, and | aroused great I enthusiasm. It I yielded 62 ] -un s . The I batting was • attractive and neither man gave a chance. The field was placed close in but the batsmen managed

to find outlets. They mamed associated for eighty-seven minutes. The brunt of the bowling fell on Tate and Freeman. The Englishmen proved themselves adepts at picking up the ball in their stride and returning it accuratelv. The innings lasted 504 minutes. The attendance at the tea adjournment had reached fortyseven thousand."

ENGLAND AT THE WICKETS. England opened its first innings with a little over an hour to go, Hobbs and Sutcliffe taking strike to Gregory and Mailev. Gregory was the first bowler and had the advantage of the wind, but howled rather erratically. Manv balls off the wicket had just to bo touched to go to the boundary. The batsmen played cautiously. The field was placed well out, and a number of short singles were obtained. Hobbs was stepping out to Mailey, hitting him hard. The Australian fHding was canable of improvement; Fifty runs annearefl in fortv-five minutes, the result of brmht. attractive batting, bo + b men exhibiting a- nice style. The following are the scores.— AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Collins, c. Hendren, b. Tate 114 Bardsley. c. Woolley, b. Freeman 21 Ponsford. b. Gilligan 110 A. Richardson, b. Hearno 22 Taylor, b. Tate 43 V. Richardson, b. Freeman 42 Kelleway. c. Woolley, b. Tate 17 Hendry, c. Strudwick, b. Tate .. 3 Gregoi-y, e. Strudwick, b. Tate ... 0 Oldfield not out 39 Mailey, b. Tate ' 21 Extras - —— -- — — 18 Total \ 450 Bowling Analysis.—Tate took six wickets for 130 runs I Gilligan, one for 92; Freeman, two for 124; Hearne, one for 28; Woolley, none for 35; Hobbs, none for 13; Chapman, none for 10. The fall of the wickets was as follows: One for 46. two for 236. three for 275, four for 286. five for 364, six for 374, seven for 387. eight for 387, nine for 388, ten for 450. ENGLAND. First Innings. Hobbs, not out 42 Sutcliffe, not out - 28 Extras - - - No wickets for - 70 —Press Assn. THREE RECORDS TATE THE HERO OF THE DAY (Reo. December 21, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, December 21. The Test match already has been responsible for three records. J’he Col-

eocked one from Brice over Burt’s head close in at mid-on. The fieldsman turned smartly, and dived for the ball, taking a spectacular catch close to the ground. “It was the most uncomfortable forty minutes I have ever spent.’’ remarked the ex-Sydney player on n aching the pavilion. The Country players were making the mistake of trying to play the bowling. The ball was coming along at all kinds of puces. One would hang on the pitch, the next would cut through, v. hilo the succeeding one would rear up head high. Bernaa, after scoring 3, was clean bowled by a. beutiful legbreak’ from Brice, which pitched u perleet length, whipped from the legpin to the off. and made great pace from the pitch. Bernau is a lefthander, and it was one of Brices famous fast off-breaks which, of course, was a leg-break to the Napier man. Little wonder it beat and bawled turn. Neither Holland nor Uitchie stayed long, but Geo (Wairarapa), Pearson (North Taranaki), and the veteran Cole (South Taranaki) infused a bit of lite inro things nv hining a bang at the bowling. Gee, who learnt his cricket in Christchurch, shaped well for 14. Cole was in sore trouble for a time with kicking balls from Badcock, receiving several resounding knocks on the ribs. The bowler came up to the mtch. and, borrowing the striker's bat, hammered out some of the hillocks whic i had arisen on the soft ground. Cole then opened out to Brice, and drove him to the sight scren, and a little later luc rue dipper r.igh w extra long-on, the ball landing within a yard or tne wicxets and bouncing over. Pearson also opened out, and smacked a tourer in the drivej.ff -Price. After scoring 18 by enterprising methlais. Line g<n. on one uJlu HaccocK hard, and the bowler made a brilliant eaten. Hope, me l-ast man, tailed to score, popp.ng one from the coach into Baker’s safe hands at second slip, and me innings was orcr lor bZ. The Country eleven did quite well to get so many on such a wicket against bowlers of the cal.bre of Badcock and Brice. Badcock has dismissed town club teams lor smaller scores on a guuu wieo.ee tu.s svusuii mure tuan once, no cowled a beautuul length on Saturday, ana varied Uis pace witn judgment. His best ball was one widen pitched on the leg-pm, anu Just came in enougu to beat tne pat. lu all he sent down 117 deliveries, bowled six maidens, and secured six wickets ror 21 runs. Brice aiso bowled exceptionally well, and had flattering figures until Cole plucked, up .•e-.WUi CO bi, .n tue lung handle at him. The Town captain euued up with lour tor 46 off thirteen overa. Slow Play in Town innings. On going to the wickets, it was the To»U ixcuix S turn to uup about IvUKUIg for the elusive leather. Banks and \VestbrooK opened to the bowiing ox Xxunui.u uhu xieinUu. miter xroxxauo haq. sent down an over to Banks, Bernau tome up the attack: witu tne winu, dismissing Westbrook with the very iusc ball he sent uown in the match, me batsman went lor u hook, but placeu the leather straight into Pearson s hands at squure-Lg, Burt followed, out with S on the board, of which Banks cLimed 7, tne latter was beaten by a Sharp off-oreax irum Loilahu, wuo was making them whip auxoos m loiioweu, but uiter scoring a conmienuy, ne too reli a victim to axoiianu s ueaaiy on-break. Three were down lor 20 when Hiddleston joined Burt for his first Knock tuis season. Holland and bernau were bowling well, but the batsmen showed' sound defence. Runs came at long inteiwals, and play was very dreary, but those who understood what it meant to be batting on such a wicket admired the resource of the batsmen m being able to remain at the wickets. After the pair had added 30 runs, Burt, who had played a most valuable innings for 19, was clean bowled by the seventh ball of Hope’s opening over. Baker joined Hiddleston with four down for 50, and another period of slow play followed. Holland sent down a string of maidens, and each scoring stroke thereafter was greeted with ironical applause from the spectators. Hiddleston at last brightened matters by hooking Holland to the wickets, and palling him for 4. Slowly the score mounted to 86, where Hiddleston, who had reached 34, was clean bowled by a good one from Bernau. Bowling Change is Effective. After having sent down fourteen overs for 37 runs and two wickets, Holland tossed the ball to Temperton. McGirr cutt the first ball dangerously over Dernau’s head at point for a couple, but then attempted a grand slam and mishit the leather to Gee at mid-on. Ja cobsen, who followed, was clean bowled by an off-break from Temperton. in the same over, without scoring. Brice had a slice of luck, as he was thrown out by Cole, but Umpire Toomath, by an error of judgment, gave him not out. It did not make much difference, however, as Bernau shattered Brice’s sticks with a particularly good delivery shortly afterwards. Haughey fell l.b.w. to Temperton after scoring a single, and Baker, who had played a sound defensive innings for 24, was clean bowled by Cole. The innings closed for 106. The Country bowlers all came out with good figures, and the Town total might not have reached that of their oppenents had the Country captain decided upon a change earlier. Temperton secured three for 12 off 24 balls, and Cole one for 2 off four balls. Bernau, Holland, and Hope all bowled very ably. In about half an hour's batting, the Country team lost three wickets fori 27 runs in the second innings. Following are the detailed scores:— COUNTRY.—First Innings. G. Orr, c. Burt, b. Brice 9 D. A. Cameron, c. Burt, b. Brice ... 5 C. Temperton. c. Burt, b. Badcock .. 0 M. Beuth, 1.b.w., b. Brice 4 E. H. L. Bernau, b. Brice 8 C. A. Holland, c. sub., b. Badcock ... 3 D. A. Ritchie, b. Badccek 4 K. Gee, b. Badcock 14 G. M. Pearson, not out 7 E. C. Cole, c. and b. Badcock 18 R, W. Hope, c. Baker, b. Badcock .. <1 Extras 10

SECOND INNINGS. Ritchie, not out 12 Beuth, b. Haughey 5 Pearson, b. 'Raiiqliey 6 Gee, st. James, b. McGirr 1 Cameron, not out 8 Extras 1 Total for three wickets 27

TOWN.—First Innings. R. A. Westbrook, c. Pearson, b. Bernau 9 J. Banks, b. Holland 7 D A. Burt, b. Hope 19 F T. Badcock, b. Holland 5 J. S. Hiddleston, b. Bernau 34 W A. Baker, b. Cole 24 H M. McGirr, c. Gee, b. Temperton 2 N. R. Jacobsen, b. Temperton 0 W. S. Brice, b. Bernau 5 B. D. Haughey, 1.b.w., b. Temperton 0 K. James, not out 1 Extras 9 Total - 166

SENIORS V. JUNIORS SLOW SCORING At Kelburn Park in the afternoon, senior representatives met tne junior representatives. ' The turf was somewhat spongy, tLe conditions we.* in,

our of the bowlers. The seniors batted first. The individual scores were very modest, the highest being that or Hutchings, who registered 24, when Ke played on to a ball from Rollings, lhe latter was handling the ball very _ effectively, as his analysis of seven wickets for 29 runs conclusively proved, ine seniors compiled 99, but the juniors u P°n going in to bat showed i dtl e prospect of rivalling this total. The tour wickets fell without a run (cored, and the only members of the vho reached double figures were Ell tai ana ■ ac j kenzie 11. The juniors were dismissed, for the meagre score of 61, this being mainly due to the fine bowling of Sharp, who secured five wickets for 7 runs. Hutchings also bowled well, capturing three wickets at the expense of only 7 runs. The seniors in their second innings knocked up 93 for three wickets, of which Ronaldson contributed 36 not out, and Hamilton 25. The seniors won on the first innings, as it was only a one-day match. Following are the scores:

SENIORS.—First Innings. Mason, b. Foley 8 Hamilton, b. Foley 11 Ronaldson, c. Rollings, b. loley 16 Hutchings, played on, b- Rollings .. 24 Barclay, b. Rollings •••••: '•••• Prince, c. Jeffrey, b. Bollings 11 Nunn, c. Virtue, b. Hollings 6 Malcolm, c. Virtue, b. Hollings 10 Sharp, b. Hollings 1 Lusk, b. Hollings 0 Black, not out 1 Extras 6 Total ••••• 99 Bowling Analysis—Hollings took seven wickets for 29 runs; Foley, three for 44. Second Innings. Nunn, 1.b.w., b. Hollings 6 Lusk, b. Hollings 8 Hamilton, b. Owen 25 Ronaldson, not out • 36 Mason, not out H Extras ? Total for three wickets - 93 JUNIORS.—First Innings. Hollings, c. Prince, b. Sharp - 0 Jeffrey, c. Prince, b. Nunn 0 Monkhouse, b. Sharp 0 Virtue, c. Lusk, b. Sharp 0 Mackenzie, c. Mason, b. Sharp 11 Ell, b. Hutchings — Sykes, c. Malcolm, b. Sharp — 0 Foley, played on, b. Hutchings 3 Gray, Lb. w., b. Malcolm 5 Owen, not out -2 Smith, b. Hutchings 2 Extras 13 Total ••••• 91 Bowling Analysis.—Sharp took five wickets for 11 runs; Nunn, one for 20: Hutchings, three for 7; Malcolm, one for 4. MERCANTILE LEAGUE Cable and Co., 82 (Hart 27, J. Cunninghame 26, Grieg 10), drew with D I.C. 82 {Buckman 20, Donovan 15, Haines 12, Cookson 12, Truscott 12). Cunninghame took four wickets for 31 runs; Gornall four for 7; Cookson four for 32; Carter, four for 7. Whitcombe and Tombs, 17-(Milford 14, Whaler 18), drew with Munt, Cottrell and Co., 77 (Rogers 43, not out, Osborne 11). Jeff took seven wickets for 23 runs, and Smith four for 22. GAMES ELSEWHERE x AUCKLAND ' By Telegbaph—Press Association. Auckland, December 21. The cricket competitions were continued in fine weather. University beat Parnell by one run on the first innings, Parnell making 132 (Snedden 25, Horspool 24). Player took six wickets for 33 runs. University played out time in the second innings, making 160 for six wickets •.onunders 48). Eden drew with Ponsonby. Eden made 387 for six wickets, and declared (Postles 103, Weir not out 59, W. B. Smith not out 53, Whelan 57). Ponsonby scored 329 for nine wickets when time' nas called (Snedden 84, Taylor 66, Craig 53.- Smith 42). Parnell beat North Shore. Parnell made 178 in the first innings, and beat North Shore by two runs on the first innings. North Shpro making 176 (Frater 45, Dacre 32, Monteith 30). Broberg took five w ckets for, 35 runs in the” second innings. Parr ell made 126 for eifcht wickets (Anthony not out 57). Townshend took six wickets ior 56 runs. DUNEDIN Dunedin, December 21. Carisbrook 362 (.eclared) defeated Albion 212 and 230 for three wickets. For Carisbrook Worker made 205 (retired), Duncan 97, Dickinson 23, and in Albion’s second innings Siedeberg made 96. B’nney 79. Grange 274, beat Dunedin 93 and 282. In the” second innings for Dunedin, Higgins made 126, Casey 65, Baker -4, and Strang 22. Bowling, Galland took four wickets for 92 runs. WELLINGTON V- CANTERBURY LOCAL TEAM SELECTED Mr. K. H. Tucker, sole selector, after the Town v. Country match on Saturday, picked the following team to represent Wellington against Canterbury in the Plunket Shield match, to be played at Christchurch on January 1,2, ana a:— J. Banks (Institute). F. T Badcock (Institute). I). A. Burt (Institute). AV. S. Brice (Petone). TJ C. Collins, captain (Old Boys). S.' Dempster (Institute). . A. Grant (Midland). M. Henderson (Y.M.C,A.). C. A. Holland (Wanganui). K. Janies (Old Boys). J. S. Hiddleston (Wellington). H. M. McGirr (Hutt). The team will practise at the Basin Reserve on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings, and will leave for Christchurch on December 31. The team is well balanced, and if it is possible for the players to get some solid and much-needed practice in the short time remaining' before the match starts, they should make a pood fi.g'ht to retain the shield. It will depend upon the state of the wicket on the day of the match which player will be dropped. The bowling is stronger fnan it was last season, the presence of Badcock, Holland, and Grant lending variety to the attack. The substitution of Condliffe for James as wicket-keeper, and Bernau for Henderson as fast lefthanded bowler and batsman, would stilt further have strengthened the side. MATCH ENDS IN TIE. A match between Vacuum Oil Co. and Dominion ended in a draw, each side scoring 121 runs. Waisham (Vacuum Oil), 58, and Richarls (Dominion) were the principal scorers. In a fourth grade match. Technical Old Bovs 69 (White 27. Bennett 21), and 70‘(Ward 20, White 17) beat Y.M.C.A. B, 28 and 59. Ward took 12 wickets for ’33 runs. New Zealand Sports Service —H. M. and L. W.’ McGirr, 38 Willis Street, Wellington, supply everything for cricket, tennis, bowls, croquet, swimming, and running, at competitive price s. —Advt.

Total Bowling Analysis 0. M. B. .... S3 W. BndcoCft 14.5 R 21 6 Briec . ■ 13 1 4d 4 McGirr 1 0 5 0

Bowling Analysis K. w. 0. M. Badcock 3 1 7 0 Hanghey S 1 16 McGirr 3 0 3 1

Bowling Analysis W. 0. M. R. Holland 14 3 37 2 Bemau 11 3 32 3 Hope 5 0 14 1 Teniperton 3 f) 12 3 Cole 4 A 2 1