AUSTRALIA 438

Evening Star, Issue 21723, 18 May 1934, Page 7

AUSTRALIA 438

CHIPPERFIELD'S AUSPICIOUS START

NEW SOUTH WALES PLAYER SCORES 175 PONSFORD DISMISSED FOR A “ DUCK " Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, May 37. (Received May 18, at 10 a.m.) Tile weather was line and the wicket good for resumption of play in the match Essex v. Australia. An early disaster overcame the Australians, Ponsford falling a victim to H. Smith’s first ball, which he apparently tried to turn to leg but cocked up at short-leg. Darling filled the breach and hit with great vigour, scoring four d’s in Farnes’s second over. He scored 20 in ten minutes, pulling, cutting, and cover-driving. Fames was bowling good-pace balls, which were rising hip high, but it made no difference to Darling. Fames was taken off after four overs.

Eventually Darling, in trying to turn Peter Smith to leg, pushed a simple catch into the hands of Taylor at forward short leg. In a spectacular thirty-five minutes lie hit eight 4’s. Woodfull and M'Cabe continued with good, sound batting. M'Cabe later began forcing the pace owing to the uncertain lasting qualities of the wicket. One hundred runs wore scored in an hour. Both batsmen handled Fames with complete comfort. Woodfull reached his first 50 of the tour. When the total was 148 Fames deceived M'Cabe with a slower ball. M'Cabe played back and was clean bowled. He bit live 4’s. In the same over Woodfull was completely beaten by a fast ball which took his off stump. Ho had batted ninetyfive minutes. Fames, who was making the ball sometimes bump and sometimes keep low, bad Bromley caught in. the slips just before lunch. Brown and Chipperfield were together after the adjournment, the latter playing his first innings of the tour. There was no suggestion of the convalescent, and he was timing delightfully. As the result ol crisp batting 200 runs were recorded in 135 minutes. Brown handled Farnes s bumpers nonchalantly. Chipperfield, after being badly missed at cover point when 45, drove powerfully and reached 50 in even time. The partnership was worth 100 in seventy minutes. Brown’s 50 occupied 110 minutes. He then lifted P. Smith for 6. Chipperfield did likewise, and he was racing towards the century when Brown was caught and bowled. The partnership had added 141 runs at a critical time. Barnett was run out in attempting a second sharp run, which would have given Clupperfield his century. Chipperfield’s unexpected 100 took only 155 minutes, and he thus joined Woodfull and Bradman, who made a century on their first appearance in England. Grimmett helped Chipperfield to add 43 before the former was bowled. Ebeling soon succumbed, and with the last man, O’Reilly in, Chipperfield hit furiously all round the wicket. O’Reilly also contributed some bm hitting. The last wicket had added 02 rims when Cliippcrfield’s glorious display dosed, and tho innings ended. He had batted 185 minutes. He hit two 6’s and twenty-five 4’s. The innings lasted 300 minutes. Cutmore and Pope batted half an hour before stumps. Details; — ESSEX. First innings 220 Second Innings. Cutmore not out 11 Pope not out 0 Total for no wicekts ... 14 AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Woodfull b Fames , . . ••• 55 Ponsford c Pearce bH. Smith ... 0 Darling c Taylor b P. Smith 43 M'Cabe b Fames 48 Brown c and b O’Connor 58 Bromley c Taylor b Fames . Chipperfield o and b H. Smith ... 175 Barnett run out 10 Grimmett b Eastman 11 Ebeling bH. Smith • ... 1 O’Reilly not out i ... 22 Extras 11 Total ..' 438 Bowling Analysis.—Fames, three for 111; H. Smith, three for 123; Eastman, one for 92; P. Smith, one for 77; O’Connor, one for 24.