BRADMAN 5 ONLY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22240, 28 January 1947, Page 4

BRADMAN 5 ONLY

M.C.C, ATTACK

CHECK BY HAMENCE

RIDINGS AIDS STAND (9 a.m.) ADELAIDE, Jan. 28. Surpisingly, Hammond did not declare when the match between M.C.C. and South Australia was resumed yesterday. but after a shaky 10 minutes of batting Wright was clean bowled by Dooland and England were all out for 577. At the drawing or stumps for the day, the South Australian reply had reached 351 for four wickets. After a sensational first over from Douglas Wright, in which lie took the wickets of Craig and Bradman, Ron Hamence played one of the most brilliant innings seen on the Adelaide Oval to reach his cenutury in 113 minutes. Hamence treated the bowlers as second rate and cover drove, straight drove and square cut as if the bowlers were no more class than club standard. With his clubmate. Phil Ridings, being content, to hold his end up, Hamence simply belaboured his way to the century. while, after being level with Hamence at lunch when each was 25 not out. Ridings had not reached 50 when his partner made his fourth first-class 100 for the season. Bradman’s Weak Shot

Craig was dismissed by Wright’s first ball, a fast in-swinger which caught the batsman unawares, while Bradman played a weak shot to be caught at silly mid-on. At tea. South Australia were two for 217. Hamence being 126 not out and ridings 71 not out. Called upon to substitute for Langridge, when the left-hander left the ground after bowling one over because the strain was too much for his leg injury, Gibb gave a display of petulance. He went up to the umpire, Mr. Scott, when he came on the field and handed Mr. Scott his cap. Mr. Scott gave it back to him.

Gibb walked away and threw the cap on the ground. Immediately the umpire, Mr. Smith, at the other end, and Hammond instructed Gibb to pick up the cap, which he did, putting it in a side pocket. Apology to Umpire

At the tea interval Gibb apologised to Mr. Scott, who told Hammond he was sorry the incident had occurred. Hamence’s fine stand ended shortly after tea when he drove a half-volley from Wright into the hands of Ikin at silly mid-on. His score was 145. He put on 101 runs between lunch and tea.

Ridings’ strong innings was all the more meritorious as he is not normally an opening bat. Ridings had to fill the position of opening batsman against the M.C.C. in October. He then made 57.

A strange feature of to-day’s play was the extraordinary number of no-balls sent down, 19 in all. Most of them either went to or over the boundary. Scores: —

ENGLAND First Innings,

Washbrook. c Ridings, b Dooland .. 21 Hutton, c Vaughton, b Gibson .. 88 Fishlock. c Dooland, b Oswald .. 57 Hardstafr, c Bradman, b Dooland .. 13 Ikin. lbw., b Dooland 35

Hammond, b Craig 188 Langridge. c Dooland, b Craig .. 100 Voce, c Vaughton, b Oswald .. .. 21 Pollard, st. Vaughton, b Oswald .. 6 Evans, not out 22 Wright, b Dooland 1 Extras .. .. 25

Total 577 Bowling.

. SOUTH AUSTRALIA First Innings. Craig, Ibw., b Wright .. • .. .. 10 Bradman, c Langridge, b Wright .. 5 Ridings, lbw., b Vocc 77 Ilamence, c Ikin. b Wright .. ..145 Stanford, not out 30 James, not out .. .. 63 Extras 21 Total, for four wickets .. .. 351 Bowling: Pollard, none for 47; Langridge, none for nine; Ikin, none for 60; Hutton, none for 45; Wright, three for 67; Voce, one for 101; Hardstaff, none for one.

O. M. R. W. Dooland .. .. 33.7 7 67 4 Webb .. 26 4 71 0 Ridings .. .. 30 4 68 0 Gibson .. 34 6 111 1 Oswald .. .. 34 0 182 3 Craig .. 31 1 33 2 James .. 3 0 14 0