DEVASTATING MOOD

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1937, Page 9

DEVASTATING MOOD

MCCABE BRILLIANT

"BRADMAM WAS BRADA/lAN"

SAMENESS OF ATTACK

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(Received February 27, 10.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day.

C. G. Macartney comments on.the Test as follows:—"England encountered the might of Australia's batting in a magnificent partnership—Bradman and McCabe. Practically for the first time the visitors met this pair together with McCabe in devastating mood. ■ This partnership clearly revealed the weakness of the attack and the advantage of winning the toss. Both started cautiously, gradually accelerating the rate of run-getting. "McCabe, particularly, gave us a charming innings. His on driving and square cutting were delightfully free and powerful. There was no hesitation in any of his strokes, although he again found trouble in executing short hooks played from the hip. "Bradman was Bradman today. Watchful, and less vigorous than in former days, yet an adept at finding gaps in the field and occasionally driving in his usual masterly manner. There were times when the fieldsmen were demoralised. "Never were centuries by batsmen more deserved. The display.of strokemaking was the best yet seen in • this series. I "With the dismissal of McCabe Brad- \ man kept Badcock away from the stroke in an .endeavour to build up a reserve for today. Sadcock in his present form let loose today will mean much to Australia, especially with Bradman yet unconquered. ALLEN'S ERROR.

"Allen erred in omitting Sims, depriving himself of varifity and, rely-

| ing almost solely on Verity to provide it. Fames, Allen, Voce, and Worthington provided that sameness which enabled the batsmen to take toll of the bowling in the afternoon. "No bowle.r could get much lift from the pitch, and Australia's opening batsmen were hardly troubled by the "deliveries. BothJTingleton and Rigg were responsible for their own dismissals. Rigg shaped promisingly, though he was never really comfortable. ' .

"The Bradman-McCabe partnership^ has placed England in a difficult position."