ENGLAND WINS FIRST TEST

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 June 1930, Page 7

ENGLAND WINS FIRST TEST

AUSSIES’ PLUCKY EFFORT BRADMAN SCORES CENTURY [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Received June 18, 8 a.m.) LONDON, June 17. It was gloomy and overcast with a breeze that scarcely stirred the flags when Chapman led out the English team. Duleepsinhji was fielding instead of Sutcliffe and Copley instead of Larwood. Thus the ill-luck, which formerly was all Australia’s, turned against England. There was the unusual spectacle of a cricketer, who has never played in a first-class match, figuring in a dramatic Test. Copley is a member of the Nottinghamshire second eleven, and a professional.

Hammond, who had not bowled earlier, shared the attack with Tate. About ten thousand were present at the commencement.

Hammond nearly bowled Ponsford in the second over. The ball kept very low. In the third over he got one on Bradman’s legs. The appeal was disallowed. Bradman was very cautious. Ponsford was more daring, as if he appreciated the absence of Larwood against whom he is never comfortable. Bradman took nearly half an hour to add four. It was quite apparent that he appreciated the gravity of the situation, taking no chances until properly set. Hammond bowled three successive maidens. He struck a splendid length. The feeling was now tense. As Chapman never believes in a bowler staying long at any end unless getting wickets, Tyldesley replaced him. Runs came slowly, in accordance with expectations, as the first halfhour was regarded as probably Australia’s most critical period. Moreover, a draw was Australia’s primary consideration. Tate, after bowling for fifty minutes, shattered Ponsford’s wicket. The ball was well pitched up, swinging and taking the middle and leg stumps. Ponsford batted a hundred minutes, and hit three fours. The partnership obtained eighty-one in eighty minutes leaving Australia to get 336 for victory with eight wickets in hand. It was a big order, even with the weakened attack.

Kippax had a narrow escape from being run out, Copley throwing down the stump by a splendid return. He then survived a confident appeal for leg-before, Bradman smiling broadly as Tate and Duckworth chorused loudly “how’s that!” When Bradman was 61, he snicked Tyldesley into Duckworth’s hand. The ball flew to Hammond at short slip, but deflection caused Hammond to drop it. It was a narrow escape.

Robins replaced Tyldesley who had bowled well, but unluckily, for seven-ty-five minutes. Kippax immediately drove Robins for two fours. In the same over, the batsman collapsed when a ball from Hammond struck him in the leg, but he resumed short Iv afterwards. Kippax went out in the third over from Robins, touching a ball to short slip. He had batted sixty-fivo minutes. McCabe commenced with a boundary shot. Tate came on again at 156 and bowled a maiden to Bradman, who had not hit a four in his two hours at tho wicket. McCabe . hit Robins for three fours. His bright batting was the outstanding feature of an otherwise unexciting morning’s batting. Bradman also hastened the rate of scoring and became top scorer of the match. At lunch, McCabe had made thirty-two in half an hour, including five fours. Bradman played his most restrained innings of the tour. . . The attendance was surprisingly small, totalling only 9000 at lunch. McCabe’s batting suggested that Australia was playing for a win rather than a draw. | In Tate’s first over after the interval, Bradman raised two hundred in 205 minutes. Copley taking an excellent low catch ended McCabe’s bright display of 70 minutes during which he hit seven boundaries. Bradman and Richardson had

MANY ANXIOUS MOMENTS facing Tate, who was swinging dangerously. Bradman stayed in the nineties for half an hour and after 215 minutes reached his fifth century of the tour. His score is the highest ever recorded in a test at Nottingham, the previous figure being Clem Hill s eighty in 1899. Richardson was in 25 minutes before he scored. Australia, still wanted 162 to "win, when Robins took Bradman’s off stump. Bradman played a solid innings, giving only one chance. He batted 260 minutes and hit ten boundaries. The challengers’ prospects slumped when he was dismissed. . . ' Richardson commenced to punish Robins and Hammond, causing Tyldeslev to be brought back. Fairfax stone, walled but lost Richardson when loj were still needed. Fairfax batted an hour and hit six singles. With Oldfield in, defeat faced Australia. The pair raised three hundred for 320 minutes’ play. V oolley bowled for the first time in the match. Batting with great caution, Fairfax and Oldfield were together at tho tea. interval, but without ’adding a run Oldfield "wont out in the fiist over after the adjournment to a neat catch in the slips. Grimmett sot a pair of spectacles, falling into the same trap as Oldfield. Ninety minutes were left when Horn!brook camo in. He played two maidens. Fairfax, however, was brilliantly caught, on the boundary. The crowd applauded his plucky effort to save the game. Robins was then given the ball, and the match ended at 5.35, Hornibrook being caught at the wicket in the first over. Ho had previously pulled Tyldesley for six, tho only one of the match.

The crowd rushed the pavilion, but with the assistance of police, the players hurried inside. The scores were: — ENGLAND—IST. INNINGS .. 274 AUSTRALIA—IST. INNINGS .. 144 ENGLAND—2ND. INNINGS .. 302

lnnings Woodfull, c Chapman, b Larwood 4 Ponsford, b Tate .. .. 39 Bradman, b Robins . . .. 131 Kippax c Hammond, b Robins 23 McCabe, c sub., b Tate .. 49 Richardson l.b.w. b Tyldesley 29 Fairfax, c. Robins, b Tate .. 14 Oldfield, c Hammond, b Tyldesley 11 Grimmett, c Hammond, b Tyldesley 0 Hornibrook, c Duckworth, b Robins 5 Wall, not out 8 Extras .. .» .. 22 Total .. .. .. 335 Bowling: Larwood, 5 overs, 1 maiden 9 runs, 1 wicket; Tate 50 overs, 20 maidens, 69 runs, 3 wickets; Robins, 17 overs, 1 maiden, 81 runs, 3 wickets; Tyldesley, 35 overs, 10 maidens, 77 runs, 3 wickets; Hammond 29 overs, 5 maidens, 74 runs, 0 wickets; Woolley, 3 overs, 1 maiden, 3 runs, 0 wickets. Fall of wickets: 1 for 12, 2 for 93, 3 for 152, 4 for 229, 5 for 267, 6 for 296, 7 for 316, 8 for 322, 9 for 324.

WALL’S IMPROVEMENT.

LONDON, June 17.

Commenting on the test match, the Australian Press Association states: The Australian bowling looked remarkably cheap before lunch, which was partly due to Hobbs teriific battering. It was, however, a different story after lunch. Wall proved himself to be a real bowler. He hurried himself into the attack with more vim than he had shown at any time previously during the whole tour. Wall deserved Sutcliffe’s wicket. The balls with which Wall dismissed Woolley and Chapman were really good. If Wall could only produce that sort of bowling more often, he would quickly remove previous justifiable doubts as to whether he was really of test match class. Wall invariably bowls better after lunch.

Hobbs, who is 47 years of age, is a cricketing miracle. His running between wickets was brilliant and audacious. Few tests have been so chockfull of incident and changes of fortune as this one. There has not been a single moment of dullness. That sort of cricket will restore the love of the game for the game’s sake. Whatever happens on the last day, the Australians have made a gallant recovery, and they have proved that they are the stuff of which test players are made.

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.

FREEMAN’S 100 WICKETS.

(Recd. June 18, 1 p.m.) LONDON, June 17.

Yorkshire, first innings 266 (Mitchell 92, Dudston 6 for 75), second 6 for 208 declared. Middlesex, first 242 (Hearne 80), second 5 for 43. Yorkshire won on the first innings.

Derby, first 144 (Freeman 8 for 70). He is the first bowler to get one hundred wickets this season. Second, innings 90 (Freeman 5 for 40, Hardinge 4 for 29). Kent, first 171 (Ames not eout 8), second 1 for 64. Kent w’on by nine wickets.

Hampshire, first 339 (Mead 60, Arnold 59); second 193 (Goddard 4 for 43). Gloucester, first 316 (Lyon 132, Barnett 67, Newman 5 for 84). Second 18S (Boyes 6 for 18). Hampshire won by 28 runs. Glamorgan, first 194 (Bates 71), second 217 (Voce 4 for 52). Nottingham, first 346 (George Gunn 114), second 3 for 68. Nottingham won by seven wickets.

Lancashire, first 333 (Iddon 136, Eckersley 74), second 4 for 294 (Hopwood 74, Taylor not out 60). Surrey first 381 (Sandham 98, Gregory 101). Surrey won on the first innings Leicester, first 254 (Riley 69, Langridge 4 for 14), second 156. Sussex, first 362 (Parks 66), second 4 for 13. Sussex won on the flfst. innings. Warwick, first 285 second 6 for 244. Worcester, first 346, second 0 for 23. Worcester -won on the first innings.

Essex, first 189, second 234. Northants first 96; second 213. Essex won by 114 runs.

MR A. P. F. CHAPMAN. To be appointed captain of England is no mean tribute to a man’s ability as a cricketer in these days of advanced thought on spdrt, and the selection of Mr A. P. F. Chapman to that position for the first Test match against the Australians is an indication of the estimation in which he is held in England at the present time. Chapman has a good deal of association with New Zealand, for he is the brother-in-law of the New Zealand captain “Tom” Lowry, and he has paid several visits to this Dominion and played cricket here. The first impression of Chapman is that he is essentially English, while he looks little more than a boy. In years—he was born in 1900—he has long reached man’s estate, but there remains the boyish nature, the boyish enthusiasm, the boyish desire for play. To Percy Chapman cricket is a game and nothing more. He plays it now as he played it when a lad at Oakham Preparatory School, and later at Uppingham, and at each of these schools he excelled. He smiles at the applause of the crowd when he goes in to bat, smiles when he notices the opposing captain spreading his field, smiles as he takes his stand, and smiles again as, without waiting to get his eye in, he attacks from the very first ball, and whether it is a four or a failure, he smiles again. When Chapman went to Australia in 1928 as captain of the English team, he. was the youngest man who had ever led an English touring side in international cricket, with the exception of Lord Darnley, who, as the Hon. Ivo Bligh, was captain of the English team which visited Australia in 1882. Chapman is now 30 years old, which is l eight years older than Ivo Bligh was when he visited Australia 48 years ago in the first quest of “The Ashes,”-' which had resulted from that greatest of all Australian performances—the first victory of the Kangaroo over the Lion on English soil. Ivo Bligh won a wife in Australia. Chapman won his when he visited Now Zealand in 1922, and she is as keen on the game as is her husband. A. C. MacLaren, always a good judge and a man of vision, who chose Barnes tn visit Australia from a Lancashire league team before he had represented his country, had seen the possibilities of Chapman also, and he invited him to join the team ho was taking to New Zealand. Chapman is a nephew of the Rev. C. E. Chapman, who was for several - years on the staff of the Melbourne Grammar School in the late ’eighties. This uncle, as a young man. was a famous Rugby player, who gained his international cap. The Chapman of to-day is 6ft. 2 in. high,, and is a heavy man, built in proportion

to his height. He is a perfect specimen of English athletic manhood, who is a popular cricketer, and a capable leader, and a chivalrous sportsman who plays the game under all conditions.