VICTORY TEST
DRAWN GAME MORAL VICTORY FOR ENGLAND LONDON, August 8. Although the (fourth victory, test faded out without a decision, it was a moral victory for the English eleven, Who on the three days.’ play looked the better side.
Declaring just before Ihe tea adjournment to-day, Hammond made a bid for victory; but after four Australian wickets had fallen at a low cost, Miller and Stanford steadily batted out time. :
England’s batsmen were not troubled by the Australian attack. Hammond and Washbrook added 157. for the fourth wicket, and Washbrook and Edrich 105 for the fifth wicket. Washbrook scored. 112 in 235 minutes. He hit one 6 and nine 4’s. Hammond batted with his old-time brilliance today, and Edrich, too, played • brilliantly. , . The Australians, who were 80 behind on the first innings, lost four wickets-Joiv that .number of runs before Miller arid Stanford stopped the rot.
The attendance to-day was about 20,000. Following are the scores:— England.—First innings, seven wickets for 468 declared (Hammond 83, Washbrook 112; Edrich 73) ; Williams, three for 109; Pettiford. three for 62. Australia. First innings 388. Second innings four for 140 (Pettiford 39, Miller ’not out So, Stanford _ not out 33); Pope, two tfor 42; Wright, one for 23; Pollard, one for 58. The match was drawn.
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Evening Star, Issue 25559, 10 August 1945, Page 7
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