AUSSIES’ DISPLAY

Grey River Argus, 21 November 1928, Page 5

AUSSIES’ DISPLAY

NOT IMPRESSIVE. England Wins by Eight Wickets. (Australian & N.Z. Cable As-’n). SYDNEY, November 20. The eneket match, England versus an Australian eleven, was resumed in Jf aUer ’ on . an excellent . e . ■ There was little impressive play in the balance of the Australian innings. Jackson, after running to 61. t;ied_ To turn Tate to leg, and was eaught by the wicketkeeper. His display was' sparkling at times, but lacked soundness. Nothling (29,, who was the only other batsmau to reach double figures, played solidly. Tate was again keeping good length, and swinging awkwardly, while Geary was accurate. England required 118 for victory. Starting the second innings, Hobbs and Sutcliffe had scored 54 without a loss at tea. Details are as follows:— 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 Larwood .. .. 8 Oldfield, run out 7 Scott, b Tate 0 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 67 Sutcliffe, b Hooker 31 Jardine, lbw b Bettington .. 13 Mead, not out 5 Extras 2 Total, for two wkta .... 118 England won by eight wickets and one run. Bowling analysis: Scott 0 for 38, Hooker 1 for 42. Bettington 1 for 25, Morgan 0 for 11. After tea, Scaife fielded instead of Nothling. whose shoulder was injured. Hooker completely beat Sutcliffe, who played a .-ound 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 against all kind< of bowling. He hit only four fours while batting 106 minutes. Hooker, who is a righthanded 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 Englishmen fielded well, having a win in view, but the outstanding feature to-day was Duckworth’s wic-ket-keeping. which was magnificent, his catching of Jackson on the leg side, together with his work there, was superb. This match is England’s first win of the tour. The attendance was six thousand four hundred, and the receipts £468. The consensus of opinion among cricket experts and visiting journalists is that the test team (cabled today) is about the best the Australian selectors could pick. It is now stated that Hendry will be the twelfth man. Australian Test Team.

SYDNEY, November 20. Selectors have chosen the following twelve players from whom the first test (November 30) team will be selected: — Ryder (Captain), Ponsford, Woodfull, Ironmonger, Hendry (Victoria). Gregory, Bradman. Kelleway, Kippax, Oldfield (New South Wales). Grimmett (South Australia). Oxsnham (Queensland). The surprise of the team are the inclusion of Hendry and the omission of Richardson. The twelfth man will be chosen on the day of the match. LONDON PRESS COMMENT. (Received Noxvmber 20 at 8 p.m.) 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 fot 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 Andrews is one of the pronounced features of th« selection, in its opinion. The Daily Chronicle, commentiug 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 savs: It is said more than one expert on legitimate bowhug action is not satisfied as to the fairness of his delivery. Strud»vick expressed surprise at Ryder’s captaincy, but added: “You can take it from me, the Australian selectors know their business. In my experience, tney made very few mistakes.”