ENGLAND'S LUCKY DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 38, 15 February 1933, Page 9

ENGLAND'S LUCKY DAY

PAYNTER AND* VERITY

A SAVING PARTNERSHIP

AUSTRALIA, FOUR FOR 108

United Press .Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. BRISBANE, February 14. The fortunes of cricket changed again in the fourth day of the Fourth Test match at Brisbane.' The first day's play definitely favoured Australia; England was on top on the second; while the third went all Australia's way.' Today it was England's turn with a vengeance. : England's score at the resumption was 271 for eight, with Paynter and Verity batting.- These players were together for 92 runs, an extraordini ary ninth-wicket partnership, enabling England -to pass Australia's ; first innings score of 340 by 16 rims. Australia opened their Second innings at 3.30 o'clock, and at stumps had lost four of their best wickets for 108. -.'■,.'" ' The weather was terrifically hot, and there is no sign of rain. With 69 runs in acrears, Paynter, who again came from/hospital to bat, and - Verity continued innings, i Four maiden overs. ;gave an, indication : that the pair were content to dig them--1 selves in at the start of play. \ Verity was missed by Wall at silly , leg off O'Reilly after the fieldsman ; made a noble effort to take the chance. J Paynter was playing a plucky knock, ( Verity being content to keep his end i up. Verity was again lucky . when . Ponsford and Bromley both went'for a | catch on the leg side, and succeeded in letting the ball drop between them. The Australian fielding at this stage : was extremely poor. The crowd roared as Btromley held a catch off McCabe from "Verity, but, a no-ball had been called. ■ TOTAL CREEPS UP, , England's total .was slo-wiy creeping towards the Australian total, and 300 came up in 514 minutes. The batsmen continued ;tb have a charmed life,: Paynter's 50 was posted after he had been batting for 162 minutes, and "the crowd gave him a" magnificent ovation for his plucky effort. The Paynter and Verity partnership put'so together in |93 minutes. ; 1 The batsmen now appearedto be set, > The crowd sat tensely silent as the Aus- ': tralian first innings to,tal was gradually ; being overtaken. At; lunch. Paynter > was 56 and Verity 17. Woodfull had used every bowler and . every wile to separate the pair without ;■ avail. " " ' If Australia loses the match ' poor ; fielding before the lunch period on the i fourth day must accept much of the ; blamej- • ■ ■'.'";"■"• After liinch the CTOwd watched silently: as the batsmen! brought the total close to Australia's. Two fine leg boundaries by Verity reduced the leeway, then Paynter pulled Darling/ who was brought on to. bowl as a desperate hope; to square-leg for a brace to equal Australia's total. * The crowd sportingly cheered the. gallant.effort and renewed their applause as the Australian total was passed. The runs were scored in 570 minutes. Australia's out-cricket at this, stage lacked all the sparkle and "pep" : which brought success on' Monday. - lAt last, after the partnership had • added 92. runs, and Paynter's Score was • 83, Eichardson- caught Paynter in the i covers off Ironmonger. Paynter had battedi fo. 238 minutes. He hit ten • fours. . ■•■ ■ i Mitchell was out leg-before to '■ O 'Rcilly without addition to the score, and England had a lead of 16 runs. Tho innings had lasted 599 minutes. / The tea adjournment was then taken. AUSTRALIA'S OPENING. Woodfull and Richardson opened for Australia at 3.30. The leg theory was introduced in Larwood's" third over to vigorous hooting from the crowd in the outer. Neither batsman took undue risks, but the score mounted steadily, the first half-hour yielding 20 runs. . Paynter fielded, although , Woodfull i offered to let Brown take his place. With Verity on, the scoring slacken- ■ ed, the.first hour yielding 37 runs, Richardson'being 23, Woodfull 7, and extras 17. ', -, ■~( .." ' Jardine kept L'arwood and Allen in 1 short spells at the grandstand end. Eichardson pulled two consecutive J balls from Larwood to the leg bound- : ary, but Leyland might have caught • the fi?st lofty hit. Richardson was rather inclined to take risks,-and in endeavouring to make a big hit off Verity, was well caught by Jardine at mid-off. He had batted for sixtyfour minutes. Bradman and Woodfull hoisted the half-century, Which was made in eightytwo minutes. BRADMAN OUT. Bradman was batting with great confidence, hitting 12 off one. over from Larwood, including two delightful , square cuts to the boundary.' In the next over he cover-drove Verity to the > fence. It was real Bradman forceful batting, and worked the crowd to a , fierce pitch of excitement. '. Barrackers jovially requested Jar- ' dine _to give Larwood another over. ( Jardine did, and Larwood made the ball fly. Bradman.. was too eager, and , was caught by Mitchell at point. Bradman's over-confidence is entire,ly out of proportion in Test cricket. Further disaster was in store for Aus- , tralia, for Ponsford' was brilliantly caught by Larwood at square leg.' It was .unlucky for Ponsford, but such magnificent catches win Tests. Paynter retired from the field at 5.30; looking done. Australia was in dire difficulties when Woodfull, after batting pluckily for 124 minutes for .19, was caught in the slips off Mitchell. Four wickets were now down f0r.93 runs, and the' backbone of the side had been dismissed in just over two hours. GAME GOES ENGLAND'S WAY. The game was now definitely going England's way again, and much de--1 pended on the" colts. Darling joined McCabe, and the cen- , tury was posted in 136 minutes. Jardine received a nasty hit on the shm when fielding a hot drive from McCabe. The outer crowd roared with laughter, but when the captain stood up the grandstand patrons countered with a round of applause. McCabe and Darling played out time, Australia holding a lead of .92 with six wickets in hand. The features of the: play were Paynter 's wonderful knock, Verity's holding his end up, and Larwood's sensational catch. . ■ - - Shortly after 5 o'clock storm clouds gathered, but unless heavy rain falls ' tho wicket would benefit from the ' moisture, as it is bone dry at present. • The official attendance was nearly '

7000, and the gate takings were £769. The total for the match so far is £8805. '- ■ - ' Score, are as follows:— , AUSTRALIA. First innings ...; „,■..,._ 340 Second'lnnings. Woodfull, c Hammond, b Mitchell 19 Richardson, c Jardine, b Verity .. 32 Bradman, c Mitchell, b Larwood.. 24 Ponsford, c Larwood, b Allen .... 0 McCabe, not out ................ 14 Darling, not out .............. „..._ 8 Extras ~ .....■.-.•....-.,:..„ 11 Total for four wickets 108 Fall of Wickets: One for 46, two for 79, three for SI, four for 91. Bowling' Analysis. O. M. R. W. Larwood ... 11 1 33 ,1 Allen ...... 10 3 26 1 Hammond .. 7 3 14 0 Verity ..... 10 4 13 1 Mitchell ... 5 0 11 1; • ENGLAND. . First Innings. Jardine, c Love, b O'Reilly ......-.. 46 Sutcliffe, Ibw, b O'Reilly .". 86 Hammond, b McCabe 20 Wyatt, c Love, b Ironmonger ..... 12 Leyland, c Bradman, b O'Reilly .. 12 Ames, c Darling, b Ironmonger .. 17 Allen, c Love, b Wall 13 Paynter, c Richardson, b Ironmonger 83 Larwood, b MeCabe 23 Verity, not out ................. 2. Mitchell, lbw, b O'Reilly .. .„ 0 Extras ......;"...-.:. ... .........' 21 Total ...................-._;... 356 Bowling Analysis. O. M. R, W. Wall ...... 33 6 66 1 O'ReDly .. 67,4. 26 120 4 Ironmonger. 43 19 69 , 3 MeCabe ... 23 7 40 2: .Bromley .. 10 4 19 0 Bradman .;_. 7 . 1 17 0 Darling ; ._. 2 O 4 O