M.C.C.'S BIG SCORE

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 130, 29 November 1932, Page 7

M.C.C.'S BIG SCORE

N.S.W. UP AGAINST IT

INNINGS DEFEAT. ON CARDS

BRADMAN ILL IN BED

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SYDNEY, 28th.. November

England completed .the first innings against New South Wales to-day for 530 runs. Facing a deficit of 257 on the first innings, New South Wales is fighting hard to avert an innings defeat. Tlio position is all the" more desperate because Bradman is not expected to1 take any further part in the match. He is in bed to-day, suffering from a chill and sore throat. It is anticipated, however, that he will recover in time for the Test match. . -

The game was continued in hot weather., It was apparent that the Englishmen were intent on getting in as much batting practice as possible.

. Sutcliffe and Ames added 45 by very correct but uninspiring cricket before Hird bowled the former with a big legbreak. ■

Love held a wonderful catch to dismiss Jardine off a similar ball.

Sutcliffo batted for 352 minutes, and hit twenty-two'4's. He was always confident, and presented a stubborn defence, lie chose loose balls to score from.

Ames also was extremely slow, taking half an hour to score three runs. Later ho placed the ball nicely between the fieldsmen. He gave two difficult chances.

Voce allowed that he is a batsman of some merit, defying seven of the New South. Wales bowlers, and, with Ames, establishing a record of 100 runs for the eighth wicket.

England batted for 496 minutes. Hird and O 'Reilly were the only bowlers who deserved wickets.

New South Wales started the second innings badly, Wendell'Bill's wicket (being spread-eagled with only 7 runs on the board.

McCabe made a nice 29 before he fell to a leg-trap set by Voce, and when Fingleton was bowled three wickets were down for 60. Stumps were drawn with the score at 68.

Following are the .details/ — NEW SOUTH WALES. First innings .... •.... 273 Second Innings. . Fingleton, b Brown ........... , v . IS Wendell Bill, b Voee 1 McCabe, c Brown,.b Voce ........ 29 Kippax, not out 5 Hird, not out 7 Extras ..'. .... <...... 8 Total, for three wickets ...... 68 . ENGLAND. ~ - First Innings. _. Suteliffe, b Hird- 182 Wyatt, Ibw, b 0'Eei11y'..;....... 72 Hammond, c Bradman, b O 'Eeilly . 20 Pataudi, sfr Love, b Hird Gl Brown, st Love, b Hird ./..;...:. • fi Ames, c Fingleton, b O'Eeilly ... 90 Jardine, c Love, b Hird 4 Allen, lbw, b Hird 15 Voce, b Hird'.'......... . 46 Verity, lbw, b O 'Eeilly 2 Tate, not out 2 Extras .•.. 30 , Total, y'.. -...:•...■ ,530

Bowling Analysis. —Theak took no wickets for 76 runs; McCabe, none for 53; O'Reilly, four for 86; Howell, noiie for 59; Hird, six for 135; Bratlman, none for 24; Cummins, nono for 57; Kippax, none for. 10.

ENGLISH COMMENT

M.C.C. IN MELBOURNE

THOUGHTS ON COLLAPSE

LONDON, 24th November

Bradman's continued failures against the H.C.C. "bowling are regarded here with satisfaction, as many think that they fulfil the predictions, that the "young master" is due for a lean year. Some writers think that his dismissal in the"match at, Melbourne was due to tho exercise o£ too daring-a spirit. Others are convinced, however, that England's "bumper." shock bowlers are capable of piercing his armour, thus improving England's Test prospects.

Some prominence is given to the suggestion that Bradman was sacrificed in being given out leg before wicket to make up for the generosity shown to O^Brien, who was palpably run out earlier in the game, but given "not .out" by the nmpire: Warner's definite -declaration of faith in the Australian umpires'will remove the impression, which might become a conviction, to Australia's disadvantage. "Patsy" Hendren, writing in the "Sunday Express," refers to the doubts cast on the leg-before decisions. ''Don't tell me," he says, "that Australian umpires don't know the game. They do. There " are constant complaints about umpiring when our men are in Australia, yet in my whole experience I never heard the Australians criticise our umpires here. We must not be too elated with events."

The .Australian eleven in the Melbourne match, in his opinion, included only four likely Test players—Woodfull, Bradman, Ironmonger, and Oxenham. His forecast of the team for the first Test, besides these four, is that it will comprise McCabe, Grimmett, Oldfield, Ponsford, Richardson, Kippax, and Wall.

In a leading article entitled "The "Kangaroo Kicks, " the "News-Chron? icle" doubts whether the critical-war debts position aroused more concern in the mind of the English crowd than the unexpected collapse. "Apparently all the English team had a day off," the paper states. "If that is.all, nothing is lost but a little prestige. Nevertheless, we hope we are not going to have many days off. They produco something akin to the national demoralisation of England." The paper adds: — "A visible gloom settled over England as the posters cried,'' Rout of the M.C.C.' The effect of one of the most dramatic batting collapses, wTiich occurred at Melbourne, was the greater because it was unexpected. The displaycertainly undermines confidence. Yet it is illogical to allow a'single display to sway judgment. Nagel bowled himself in one innings into a Test team, and assured himself of a place . in cricket annals, but tho reports do not suggest stavtlingly good bowling. It is doubtful whether he will over do anything remotely resembling this feat again."

The headlines in the evening newspapers concerning the M.C.C. team's performance in Melbourne were very subdued compared with the earlier cock-a-hoop. They convey the warning to the English public not to be oversanguine. The batting is described as being no cause for pride, with even Sutcliffo groping and mistiming. Bruce Harris mentions the widespread opinion that the ball to which Wyatt was out l.b.w. at Melbourne was pitched wide of the off stump. He recalls the number of leg-before decisions against, the Englishmen compared Tvith

those against the 'Australians; However, he conceeds that England had luck on the day. "With Bradman on the other side, better batting than this is needed to win> Test matches," ho says. .

The subsequent success of Larwood and Bowes was eagerly seized upon by the newspapers as a tonic after the taste of gloom. The "Evening Standard" explains the play at Melbourne by saying that the English batsmen momentarily forgot their caution, yet elsewhere argues that it would be a thousand pities if in the Tests Pataudi, Wyatt, and Paynter think they can best serve their side by putting the shutters up. .

The "Observer" derives comfort from the modest scores of Woodfull and Bradman against the M.C.C., compared with their performances in interstate matches, .and says:—''So far Australia's attack has not been deadly, and even the pessimists of- England are becoming more hopeful." J. B. Hobbs, cabling to the "Star," dismisses the suggestion offered by some cabled accounts that Kagel found a spot; the wicket, he declares, had nothing to do with it. Nagel got his wickets by downright great bowling. Nagel, he says, used the wind discreetly; making the ball float into the batsmen, and then turn in from the off in a remarkable way. Hobbs says he derives a certain amount of satisfaction from the bowler's great performance because he "spotted" him as a dangerous bowler on the first day of the match, when he bowled with great accuracy ,4nd dash. The batting, however, was poor, in the- opinion of Hobbs. No tTardme was available to "put up the shutters." "Australia seems to have found another great bowler when she wanted one, as she did in 1921, when she found Maedonald, and in 1925, when Grimmett proved his- prowess," says H. A. C. Carson, the cricket writer of the "Evening News." This critic does not regard the collapse at Melbourne as alarming. He thinks the Englishmen have been making too many runs, and ,t,breakdown will impress them that the Test matches must bo taken seriously.

THE SICK PLAYERS

BRADMAN MUCH BETTER

(Beceived 29th November, 10 a.m.)

SYDNEY, 28th November. Bradraan stated that he was feeling much better. He will not decide until later in the morning whether he will play to-day. He will be fit for the Test, however. Oldfield left his bed yesterday. He will be medically' examined to-day.

SHEFFIELD SHIELD

VICTORIA AT ADELAIDE

TRICHARDSON 203

' ADELAIDE, 28th November. In the Sheffield Shield match' with Victoria, South Australia in the first innings made 403 (Bichardson rua out 203, Whittington 47). Alexander took four wickets for 101 runs, Nagel one for 50, Fleetwobd-Smith three for 14C.

: Victoria, 454 first innings, in their second innings had seven wickets down for 83.