ENGLAND’S GREAT VICTORY

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 75, 21 December 1928, Page 7

ENGLAND’S GREAT VICTORY

IN SECOND TEST MATCH AUSTRALIA BEATEN BY EIGHT WICKETS AND TWO RUNS HOME BATSMEN’S STUBBORN FIGHT England won the second Test match by eight wickets and 2 runs. The Australians made 397 in their second innings, leaving England to get 15 to win. The visitors, however, lost two wickets before this was accomplished. English critics warmly praise the fighting spirit displayed by the Australians in their second innings.

United Press Association. —By

Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.

(Rec. December 20, 10.30 p.m.) Sydney, December 20.

Play in the test match was resumed in fine weather, on a wicket showing no signs of wear. Only eight runs had been added when Ryder mistimed a fast and rising ball from Larwood, putting it softly to Chapman at square leg. The Victorian had played splendidly till the fatal stroke. He hit seven 4’s and one 6, and batted 86 minutes. He seemed greatly chagrined with the shot which finished his innings. He made a few swings with his but, indicating what he intended; but failed to do. After Oldfield went, first ball leg before to Tate, Nothling continued to play soundly till he turned a ball to deep leg. The batsmen unwisely attempted a second run, and Hendren’s prompt return to Duckworth caused Nothling to be run out. Chapman had placed Hendren in this position instead of White, who was weak at returning the ball. The move thus met with success. The Queenslander had played a fine innings, selecting only the proper ball to bit and taking no risks. He was 98 minutes in making 44, including six 4’s. Duckworth, who was unpopular with the crowd through the Kippax incident, incurred disfavour again. Grimmett chopped down hard on a ball which bounced to Chapman at second slip. The captain immediately returned it to the bowler. Duckworth appealed for a catch, indicating that it had struck his foot and not the ground. The umpire decided against him, at which the ridicule was renewed. The tail-enders Grimmett ,and Blackie played stubbornly till an innings defeat was averted. Grimmett was then caught behind point. Ironmonger went first ball, the innings closing for 397, leaving England to make 15 for victory. Tate Most Successful Bowler. Tate was easily the most successful bowler, though Geary took two wickets cheaply to-day. The last wicket fell ten minutes prior to lunch, but the English captain decided to take the usual interval, remarking: “We must play to the rules. Anything might happen, such as a snowstorm or an earthquake. England’s Second Strike. The necessary 15 were not so easily obtained after all, Hendry getting Geary’s and Tate’s wickets cheaply, the latter being caught by substitute Bradman. Duckworth again received a hostile reception. England gained a decisive well-deserved victory of eight wickets and two runs. The main lesson of the match is that Larwood and Tate are not such terrors as previously thought. The attendance to-day was 6900 and the receipts £568. The aggregate attendance for the match was 169,537 and the receipts £17,128. Following are the scores:— AUSTRALIA. First innings 253 Second Innings. Richardson, c. Hendren, b. Tate . 0 Woodfull, run out ID. Hendry, 1.b.w., b. Tate HKippax, 1.b.w., b. Tate TO Ryder, c. Chapman, b. Larwood . 79 Nothling, run out 44 Oldfield, 1.b.w., b. Tate 0 Grimmett, c. Chapman, b. Geary IS Blackie, not out 11 Ironmonger, b. Geary. y Extras • ••• Total ' 897 Bowling Analysis.—Larwood, one wicket for 105; Tate, four for 99; White, none for S 3; Geary, two for <55; Hammond, none for 43. ENGLAND. First innings 636 Second Innings. Geary, b. Hendry 8 Tate, c. Bradman (sub.), b. Hendry 4 Duckworth, not out 2 White, not out - Total for two wickets .. 16 Bowling Analysis.—Hendry two wickets for 4; Nothling, none for 12. AUSTRALIA’S FINE STAND PRAISED BY ENGLISH CRITICS (Australian Press Association.) London, December 19. English critics are unstinted in their praise of Australia’s stand, which is hailed everywhere as a return to the traditional fighting spiirt, which will add greatly to the interest in the remaining Tests. I’. F. Warner describes the stand. “They are hitting bad;, true to the tradition that they are best <ien the odds are heavily against them. Their whole history is a shin ing example of grit and courage. Cricketers everywhere congratulate them sincerely on the magnificent counterstroke when apparently in full retreat. Ever since Austrauian cricketers first came to England, half a century ago they have been pulling matches out of the fire. They may set ns to make a score in the fourth innings that will take some getting.” Clem Hill cables: “If the Australians set the Englishmen to get 250 to win, the latter might find the task difficult. The Australians have at last revealed their true selves. In view of the position of the game. Kippax should have sacrificed his own wicket when V oo(l--ftill called. Hyder did the proper think in attacking the tired bowling. Woolley says: “The worst that can now happen is a glorious defeat. The recovery of the batting prestige will do

cricket no end of good.” He considers the Woodfull-Hendry partnership “one of the most notable in the history of Australian Tests. England may yet have to get an awkward number of runs.” “Well done. Australia,” writes Lord Tennyson, in a column eulogy, in which he says. “The old spirit of resolution in a battle against odds has shown itself.”

ENGLISH TEAM TO PLAY NEWCASTLE

Sydney, December 20.

The following Englishmen go to Newcastle by early train to-morrow to play Newcastle and the Hunter River district:—Chapman, White, Ames, Duckworth, Tate. Geary, Leyland, Freeman, Mead, Larwood, Tyldesley, and Hendren. The twelfth man has not yet been selected.

PRESS COMMENT ON SECOND TEST MATCH To the Editor. Sir, —It is not often that I see occasion to disagree with comments emanating fro mthe pen of that well-known cricket writer, “Burwood,” of “The Dominion,” but on his comments on the second Test game, at Sydney, I really think he has shown a pronounced leaning to only one side. In the first place, he refers to the inglorious showing, on a perfect wicket, for a side which included such batsmen as Ponsford, Woodfull, Kippax, V. Richardson, Hendry, Ryder, Nothling, Oldfield, and Grimmett, which statement I absolutely agree with. He further says had it not been for a stubborn stonewalling effort of 173 minutes for 68, by Woodfull, the score would have been Aery moderate indeed. He might just as well have said when commenting on England's great first innings score that had it not been for a splendid knock by Hammond, for 251 runs, that England had nothing to enthuse over.

“Burwood” makes reference to the Kippax incident by saying, “A great subbub appears to have been caused by the peculiar manner of Kippax’s dismissal. The cable messages nre a little hazy on the incident, but it seems that the last ball of an over from Geary touched the batsman’s pads, and hit the leg stick. Hele, the umpire at the batsman’s end, did not notice that the wicket had been broken, and walked away, Duckworth, the English wicketkeeper, then appealed to the umpire at square leg, who gave Kippax out.” My friend must mean Hele at the bowler's end, as an umpire at the batsman’s end and square leg is one and the same gentleman. What are the facts as we so far have received them? Geary bowled his last ball of an over; the umpire at his end must have been satisfied that Kippax was not bowled, and walked away, after calling over. The umpire at short leg, or the batsman’s end, had no jurisdiction whatever, unless he was appealed to by the other umpire, on account of the bowler hiding his view of the wicket. How easy was it for, the ball to rebound off the wicketkeeper’s pads, and dislodge the bails! He. further says the Australian crowds got angry when things, are going against their own men. He evidently has not witnessed many big games in Australia, What happened in Melbourne a couple of seasons' hack, when Hobbs and Sutcliffe made that great partnership in the Test game? What did the crowd do then ? They only put their hands in their pockets. and subscribed about £lOO, which purchased silver plate and a tea and coffee service for the pair of great batsmen. Then, only on Saturday, when things were going badly with Australia in the second Test, did they forget to remember that prince of . batsmen's (JackHobbs) birthday?-No. they presented him with a £1 for every year of his age. and a silver-mounted boomerang. Sydney is not the only place where exception is taken to an umpire’s ruling. “Burwood, no doubt, remembers that regrettable incident which happened on the Basin Reserve a few seasons back, when the umpire had to be escorted off the field tor giving Dacre run out, and don t forget that same gentleman who was. subjected to this unsportsmanlike behaviour . by, a certain class, has been, and is now, one of the best-known. authorities on the game in the Colonies. . No, I am sure that there is not an Australian, or ex-Alistralian. who willingly does not admit that England deserve their success, and have .outplayed us in every denar tin ent bar yvjcket Keei ing, but I would like to see a little more impartial criticism of players who have always played the game, and have treouently gone out of their way tf> ' lpl ’ their brother cricketers in New Zealand. -I am, etc., T cobcroft . I’etone, December 19.