ENGLAND’S FIRST WIN

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 November 1928, Page 5

ENGLAND’S FIRST WIN

“AUSTRALIA’S” COLLAPSE

WEAK TEAM OUT-CLASSED

(Australian Press (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.)

SYDNEY, November 20.

The cricket match, England v. an Australian eleven, was resumed in gloi-ious weather, on an excellent wicket.

There was little impressive play in the balance of the Australian innings. Jackson, after running to 61, tried to turn Tate to leg, and was caught by the wicketkeeper. His display was sparkling at times, but lacked soundness. - Nothling (29), who was the only other batsman to reach doublefigures, played solidly. Tate was again keeping good* length, and swinging awkwardly, while Geary was accurate. England required 118 for victory, and won by eight wickets. Starting the second innings, Hobbs and Sutcliffe had scored 54 without a loss at tea.

After tea, Scaife. fielded instead of Nothling, whose shoulder was injured. Hooker completely beat Sutcliffe, who played a sound (innings. Jardine went early. Hobbs and Mead then carried the Englishmen to victory. The former is still the master batsman, making safe strokes and displaying versatility x against all kinds of bowling. He hit only four, fours while batting 106 minutes.

Hooker, who is a right-hand medium paced bowler, and Bettington, a slow break bowler, won admiration, -and it would not be a surprise if both later were playing in the test games. The Englismen fielded well, having a win in view, but the outstanding feature to-day was Duckworth’s wicketkeeping, which was magnificent, his catching of Jackson on the leg side, together with his ■frork there, was superb. . This match is England’s first win of the tour. The attendance was 6400 and the receipts £468. The scores were: —

AUSTRALIAN Xl—lst Innings ... 231 ENGLAND—Ist Innings ... ... 357 AUSTRALIAN Xl—Second Innings. Richardson, b Geary 21 Harris, b White ... ... ' —, 56 Andrews, c Hobbs b Geary .... 25 Jackson, c Duckworth b Tate ... 61 Bradman, 1.b.w., b Tate ... ... 18 Nothling, not out 29 Morgan, b Geary 9 Bettington, b Ldrwood 8 Oldfield, run out ' Scott, b Tate ••• ? Hooker, c Hendren b Geary ... 1 'Extras ••• 8 Total 243 Bowling analysis : Tate 3 for 65, Larwood 2 for 81, Geary 3 for 42, White 1 for 47. ENGLAND—Second Innings. Hobbs, not out ... ••• ••• 57 Jardine, l.b.w. b Bettington ~.. 13 Sutcliffe, b Hooker 31 Mead, not out ~ Extras ... ... ••• * Total for two wickets -•• H 8 Bowling analysis: Scott 0 for 38, Hooker 1 for 42, Bettington 1 for 25, Morgan 0 for 11. TEST TEAM SELECTION. SYDNEY, November 20. The consensus of opinion among cricket experts and visiting journalists is that the test team is about the best the Australian selectors cQula-pick. it is now stated that Hendry will be the twelfth man. HOMELAND OPINIONS. LONDON, November 20. The test team reviewers agree that the big surprise is Ryder’s captaincy. Woodfull and Richardson had been regarded as the only two candidates, with Kippax a distinct third. Apart from this aspect, the general opinion is that the selection is obvious, with the exception of Richardson’s omission. Warner admits that he is surprised, but says Ryder is senior to the others, and has had much test experience. He is seen to best advantage when in. a forcing role. Warner adds: “He is a pleasant, easy man, and will make a nice opposite to our captain.” The “Daily Telegraph” recalls that Ryder accomplished so little in the tests in 1926 that he was dropped for the final test at the Oval. It confesses it is unable to understand why Richardson was dropped, and furthermore, preference for Hendry as twelfth man over Andews is one of the pronounced features of the selection, in its opinion. ■ The “Daily Chronicle,” commenting on the Australian eleven, says: It is a strange position for Woodfull, who is Ryder’s State captain, to find himself serving under one of his own men. With regard to Ironmonger, it says: It is said more than one expert on the legitimate bowling action is not satisfied as to the fairness of his delivery. Strudwick expressed surprise at Ryder’s captaincy, but added: “Yon can take it from me, the Australian selectors know their business. In my experience, they made very few mistakes.”