CROWD’S RESENTMENT

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 96, 17 January 1933, Page 9

CROWD’S RESENTMENT

Larwood’s Terrific Pace UNPRECEDENTED SCENE Oldfield Struck on Head THIRD CRICKET TEST PLAY By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Conjrirht. (Received Jan. 16, 10.40 p.m) Adelaide, Jan 16The wicket was in good order, and the weather was ideal to-day lor tne continuation of the third Test matin, England v. Australia. Til teen thousand spectators were i; r ® se , n * at start. Australia completed the tust innings for 222, ami England lost one wicket |for 85 in thei secon innings when stumps were drawn.

An immense responsibility rested on the shoulders of the not-out• Ponsford and Richardson. I “ u '\ < ’ oU was bowling at a terrific pace, Ponsford receiving several haul body Richardson was unsettled and after adding 7 weakly played Allen on when his score was 28. Four wickets 101 131. Ponsford was showing an attractive repertoire of strokes, late-cutting and square-cutting with perfect artistry. He hit two successive fours off Larwood and three off Allen and was soon In the sixties. Jardine repeatedly changed the field. The crowd became resentful toward Larwood. Oldfield played at the top of his form. Verity came on at 150. Oldfield

drove delightfully off the field and another past point for 2. He played Verify aud Voce grandly. A late cut off Verity for 4 brought him up to 26. When 76 Ponsford placed Voce dangerously close to Verity in the slips. At lunch the score was five wickets for ISS. On the resumption of play Ponsford added 5 and then Voce completely beat him, taking his leg stump. Ponsford played a wonderful innings for 216 minutes. Ho hit eight fours. ' Grimmett, began with a smart 2 through the slips off Hammond. Oldfield when at 200 hit Voce brilliantly to fine leg. Voce missed Grimmett in the slips off Larwood when he was 5.

Oldfield made a dashing cover snot in retaliation for a hard leg knock from Larwood. Oldfield lost Grimmett when the latter was 10. The slow bowler tipped a fast one from Allen for 4. Paynter, attempting interception, badly twisted bis ankle and retired. The next ball Grimmett cocked to Voce, who made a brilliant catch. When Oldfield was 41 a fast one from Larwood came off his bat. and struck the batsman on the temple. Oldfield writhed on the ground. A doctor was quickly in attendance. There was an unprecedented scene, the crowd vehemently hooting and counting out Larwood at every delivery. Oldfield was removed to the dressingroom, O’Reilly replacing him. The last men fell cheaply and the innings closed after 322 minutes’ batting. England on Defensive. When England began the second innings, Richardson took up the gloves. O’Brien fielding. The second ball iroin O’Reilly Sutcliffe sent to flue leg for -L He turned one in a similar direction high from Wall find O'Brien ran round and effected a brilliant catch. One wicket for 7. For the first quarter of’an hour Jardine was subdued, and O’Reilly had Wyatt uncomfortable, the runs being mostly singles. At 35 Wyatt gave a chance to Richardson, for which he ran 3. For a time there was little scoring. 50 occupying 56 minutes. When 14 Jardine skied Grimmett to mid-on, for which Fingleton made a desperate run. but just missed by six inches. Jardine then adopted a policy of safety first, and Wyatt waited for loose ones. Jardine took 91 minutes to score .17. O’Reilly and Wall came back at 64.

Then McCabe had a turn but failed to break the Gibraltar defence, and the score crept to 82. Bradman had a turn with the ball, Jardine turning his first delivery to leg for 2. The attendance is estimated at 30,000. Following are the scores:— ENGLAND. First Innings. Jardine, b. Wall 3 Sutcliffe, c. Wall, b. O’Reilly 9 Hammond, c. Oldfield, b. Wall 2 Ames, b. Ironmonger 3 Leyland, b. O’Reilly 33 Wyatt, c. Richardson, b. Grimmett ... 7S Paynter, c. Fingleton, b. Wall 77 Allen, 1.b.w., b. Grimmett 15 Verity., c. Richardson, b. Wall 45 Voce. b. Wall 8 Larwood, not out 3 Extras 15 Total 341 Bowling Analysis.

Second Innings. Sutcliffe, e. O’Brien, b. Wall 7 Jardine, not out 24 Wyatt, not out 47 Extras 7 Total for one wicket S 3 AUSTRALIA. First Inniugs. Woodfull, b. Allen 22 Fingleton, c. Ames, b. Allen 0 Bradman, c. Allen, b. Larwood 8 McCabe, c. Jardine, b, Larwood S Ponsford. b. Voce .85 Richardson, b. Allen 28 Oldfield, retired hurt +1 Grimmett, c. Voce, b. Allen 10 O'Reilly, b. Larwood 0 Wall. b. Hammond 0 Ironmonger, not out 0 Extras 14 Total 222 Bowling Analysis.

ENGLISH TACTICS . Woodfull Rebukes Warner NOT PLAYING CRICKET (Rec. Jan. 16, 9.15 p.m.) Sydney, Jan. 16. The Sydney morning papers feature a protest by Woodful to Warner in the Australians’ dressing-room against the methods of the English bowlers. Woodfull was on the table in the hands of doctors and masseurs when Warner entered. Warner inquired how Woodfull felt, but received an abrupt reply that he did not wish to speak to the visitor. Woodfull then rebuked Warner concerning the tactics of the English team, saying that they were not playing cricket and that the leg theory policy of the bowlers was unfair. “Cricket,” he said, “is too great to be spoilt by the tactics your team are adopting. I don’t approve of them and never will. If they arc persevered with, it may be better if I do not play In the game. The matter is in your hands, Mr. Warner, and I have nothing further to say to you.” ■Warner left the room without replying. The papers say that Warner is now in an awkward position, as he previously expressed decided objections to bowling the leg theory. The ‘‘Daily Telegraph” publishes articles by Warner in the “Morning Post” criticising Bowes for bowling bumpers and the leg theory. Warner, in a brief statement, says that Woodfull expressed regret to him regarding Saturday’s incident, and the breach was healed. Woodfull denies making an apology to Warner. ENGLISH COMMENT Time for Common-sense, (Received Jan. 16, 11.40 p.m.) London, Jan. 16. Some newspapers feature on their front page the Woodfull-Warner incident without comment. The “Sketch” has a heading, “Woodfull Sulks In His Tent,” and the “Daily Mail” says “Woodfull Snubs Warner.” The "Express" laments that the Tests have produced far more sensationalism than sportsmanship. “When rivalry in sport creates international ill-wili it is time for common-sense to blow the whistle,” it says. “Woodfull is the last player anybody would expect to explode. A more blunt Australian player would have used a local expletive which would be regarded merely as an incident.” J. C. White, writing in the “Morning Post,” says: "Every sportsman will extend sympathy to Woodfull. Undoubtedly it was a pure accident. It is the ardent wish of us all that friendly relations shall prevail, aud so enable the Tests to be played out in a sportsmanlike manner. . . Larwood is a much better man than he was on the last tour, and is probably bowling a little faster. At any rate, the Australians appear somewhat frightened of the English fast bowlers. They certainly have not yet mastered Larwood and Allen.” VENOMOUS THEORY “Death-knell of Scientific Cricket” (Received Jan. 16, 10.15 p.m.) Adelaide, Jan. 16. Clem Hill says: “The venomous leg theory, or rather head theory, is sounding the death-knell of scientific cricket. Batsmen may soon have to wear basebailers’ armour to combat it. Woodfull’s blow was all in the game. The ball flew sharply and beat the defence. Larwood immediately resorted to leg tactics. It is not cricket. Woodfull does not squeal unless something Is wrong.” Says Noble: “Larwood’s attack was vicious. The whole leg theory is preventable brutality. Woodfull will provide the visitors with an object lesson in British fairplay by discountenancing retaliation.” RANK PESSIMISM Mediocrity of Batting London, Jan. 15. Neville Cardus, writing in the “Observer,” lamenting the mediocrity of batting, says:—“l am no lover of leg theory violence, but I cannot withhold admiration of Larwood's power to transform the lazy turf , of Adelaide Into a field of tribulation for Woodfull and Bradman. My reason for thinking England will win the rubber is not optimism, but rank pessimism about

cricket generally. The Australians must be bad, if they are worse than England. Private advices suggest that the Englishmen are the worst fielders ever seen in big cricket in Australia. I suppose it will be admitted that the Australians are the worst batting side that ever wore pads in a Test, but the absence of masters is producing rare fun.”

Overs. Mdns. Kuns Wkts. Wall . 34.1 10 72 5 O'ltellly . 50 10 82 Ironmonper . 20 6 50 1 Grimmett .. . 28 0 94 2 McCabe . 14 3 28 0

Overs. Mdn-s. Runs. Wkts. Larwood .... 25 « 55 3 Allen .... 23 4 71 4 Hammond .... 17.4 4 30 1 Voce .... 14 4 21 1 ' Verity .... .... 16 7 31 0