DESULTORY SCORING

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 97, 18 January 1933, Page 9

DESULTORY SCORING

England at Wickets THIRD CRICKET TEST Jardine Keeps Straight Bat BATSMEN EARN EVERY RUN (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received Jan. 17 ,11.30 p.m.) Adelaide, Jan. 17. Conditions were perfect all round to-day for the continuation of the third Test match, England v. Australia. The wicket was easy. England continued the second innings, and was at the wickets all day. The score was carried to 290 for six. Recognising their immense responsibility, Jardine and Wyatt, the not-out men, resumed cautiously. The captain was subject to incessant barracking for the slowness of his batting; he was extremely unenterprising. With 91 up O’Reilly’s doggedness was rewarded, Wyatt turning one low. Wall dived and made a magnificent one-handed catch a few inches from the ground. Wyatt occasionally hit hard during the 133 minutes he was batting. Allen followed, and scored his first four past point off Ironmonger. O'Reilly’s superb length pegged Jardine down to the crease. Wall had heaps of pep. but the captain with a relentless straight bat ran to 32. making

some virile drives at this stage. O’Reilly had then bowled eight overs for seven runs and secured one wicket. The batsmen’s desultoriness continued. Allen was tangled up by Grimmett on the fifth attempt to smother the ball with his pads. Three wickets for 123. At tlie luncheon adjournment Jardine was 46, Hammond 1, and the score was three wickets for 130. On resuming, O’Reilly beat Hammond. skimming his bails. Hammond brought off two forceful drives. Then the batsmen played back to the fast bowler monotonously, not attempting to score. The first worthwhile stroke by Jardine for an hour was a leg glance for one. Jardine was now 52, gained by straight-driving Ironmonger. He then treated O’Reilly similarly for 4. Four runs later Ironmonger secured the captain leg-before. He had batted for 4 hours 15 minutes, hitting two fours and scoring 56. Leyland brightened play, hitting Grimmett to square-leg and also getting him to the off boundary by a similar powerful pull. Hammond continued stodgily. Leyland brought up 182 by a forward square-leg hit for 4 off Ironmonger. England was now 300 in front, of Australia, Leyland raising the double century by turning McCabe to square leg for a single after 5 hours 11 minutes’ batting. At the tea adjournment the score was four wickets for 203 runs. Bowlers’ Excellent Length. The bowlers kept an excellent length and the batsmen had to earn every run. Leyland’s useful innings ended at 42 after 108 minutes’ batting. He attempted to pull Ironmonger. The ball travelled high and Wall made a smart running catch at mid-on. Hammond was then 57, the score being five for 274.

The Hammond-Leyland partnership added 91, which was invaluable to Eng-

land. Two hundred ami fifty took 371 minutes to compile, or at the rate of forty runs an hour. Ames joined Hammond, but the runs were mostly singles. Hammond’s most attractive shot was a neat four through the covers off Ironmonger, which made him 68. Stolidness still characterised the batsmen who were intent on keeping the wicket intact. They patted easy singles, alternating with lifeless play. Hammond went to 74 by lightly tapping O’Reilly. Ames’s best shot was square-cutting Ironmonger to the boundary,' making him ,12. Wall came back at 279. Hammond increased his score to 83 by getting a 4 and four singles. Ames reached 18 by hitting O'Reilly high to fine leg in the last ball of the over.

Bradman’s first ball was a full toss,