AUSSIES’ ASHES

Grey River Argus, 23 August 1934, Page 5

AUSSIES’ ASHES

ENGLAND’S TASK TO MAKE OVER 700 AUSTRALIA WIN BY 562. (Aus. & N-Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON. August 21. The third day’s play in the final test match >aw England dc<- are at 321, •is Ames was disabled and Bowes was sick whi’e Australia, batting again, scored 186 for 2 wi’ckets before stumps were drawn. After luncheon Leyland and Ames continued brightly against Ebeling and Chipperfield. Two hundred was raised in 205 minutes. The pair added 69 in 45 minutes by lunch.

Twenty five thousand were presen’ after th e adjournment. Leyland hi! Grim.metJt freelv and reached a de-

lightful fifty in 75 minute s . Ames was also batting nicely when he strained his back badly scurrying back 1o the crease, when he 'changed his mind about a short run \V< odfull ami Ponsford assisted him from the field. Allen joined Leyland, who swung O'Reidy for a splendid sixer. Ebeling and McCabe were bowling with a new ball. Th ( > former was accurate and twice beat Allbn before he. bawled him Six for 263. Verity remained 25 minifies before he scored. Meanwhile. Leyland was scoring mainly by boundaries. The throe hundred was reached in 295 minutes. Leyland reached a brilliant, ohanceless hundred in 145 minu'tes. Verity chopped a ball from Ebeling on to the wicket. Tie had batted doggedly fop 50 minutes, while Leyland attacked the bowling.

With Clark in Leyland swept Grimmett to the fence. lie tried another big hit, but was bowled. He had batted 160 minutes, and hit one sixer and fifteen fours l lt was a glorious display. With Ames injured and Bowes unable to bat. the innings lasted for 315 minutes. i

Woodfull’s decision to bat again was unexpected by the English team. Woollev was wicket-keeper, and Gregory and McMurray, the latter a member °f the Oval ground staff, were deputising.

Ponsford and Brown opened at 4 26. Clark bowled to the leg-trap more pronounced than ever He had five men close in and another on the leg boundary. Ponsford was si reek on the back in the first over. The same ba'tsman was drooped by Walters at cover point off Allen when eight. After Ponsford was again struck by Clark. Brown was caught at forward short leg.

Bradman crashed the first ball he received through the leg-trap to fence. Ponsford attempting to pierce Clark’s leg field was caught behind square Bradman then lifted Clark over the head of the leg fieldsmen . for a mighty sixer. M’Cabe. who was quietly correct, cored steadi’y. When fifteen he was dropped by Sutc’iffe at se ord slip. I’ was a difficult chance off Allen. The hundred came up after 75 minutes. The substitutes. Gregory and McMurray, vastly improved the fielding. APcCabe thrice banged Clark over -the leg-trap to the ropes. The partnership' was worth 100 in 65 minutes The scoring proceeded at a great pace. McCabe’s 50 occupied 85 minutes. The' batsmen did not relax the pressure until the close of the day The innings so far has lasted 130 minutes. The attendance was 30,000. 'Scores: —

AUSTRALIA—First Innings. Ponsford, hit wtcKet, b Allen .... 266 Brown, b Clark 10 Bradman, c Ames, b Bowes 244 McCabe, b Allen 10 Woodful, b Bowes 49 Kippax, l.b.w. b Bowes ..." 28 Chipperfield, b Bowes 3 Oldfield (not out) 42 Grimmett, c Ames, b Allen 7 Ebeling, b Allen 2 O’Reilly, b Clark 7 Extras 33 Total 701 Fall of the wickets: 3 for 488, 4 for 574, 5 for 562, G for 631, 7 for 638, 8 for 676, 9 for 682. Bowling; Bowes 338/2/164/4; Allen 34/5/170/4, Clark 37.2/4/110/2, Hammond 12/0/53/0, Verity 43/7/123/0, Wyatt 4/0/28/0, Leyland 3/0/20/0. ENGLAND—First Innings. Sutcliffe, c Oldfield b Grimmett .. 38 Walters, c Kippax, b O’Rei lly .. 64 Woolley, c McCabe, b O’Reilly .. 4 Hammond, c O dfield, b Ebefing .. 15 Wyatt, b Grimmett 17 Leyland, b Grimmett HO Ames, retired hurt 33 Alien, b Ebeling 19 Verity, b Ebeling 11 Clark, not out 2 Bowes, absent, ill 0 Extras 8 Total 321 Fall of wickets: 1 for 104, 2 for 108, 3 for Hl, 4 for 136, 5 fo r 142, 6 for 263, 7 for 311. 8 for 321. Bowling: Ebeling 21/4/74/3; Me Cabe 6/1/21/0; Grimmett 49 3/13/103/ 3; O’Reilly 37/10/93/2; Chipperfield 4/0/22/o.* AU ST RA LT A—S ec on d Innings Ponsf rd. c Hammond b Clark .. 22 Brown, c Al’en, b Clark 1 Bradman, not out 76 McCabe, not out 60 Extras 27 Total for 'two wickets .. .. 186 Fall of wickets: 1 for 13. 2 f< r 42. Bowling: Allen 10/2/48/0; dark 10/0/63/2, Hammond 7/1/18/0, Verity 9/0/30/0. 1 (Received August 22 at 8 p.m.) LONDON, August 22. At midnight there was no sign of rain lor. the. Test matchy

(Received at Midnight.) LONDON, August 22. When play in the Test match was resumed, the weather was bright and mild, There were fifteen thousand present. Slight rain fell overnight, but did not affect the wicket. Bowes, following on a minor operation, insisted on playing. It was also suggested that Ames may yet be fit to bat. This is Woodfull’s thirty-seventh birthday, thus recalling the fact that four years ago to-day his side won the Ashes at the Oval. The stage is set for a repetition of that feat. Gregory substituted for Ames, and Woolley was still wicketkeeping. SENSATIONAL START. There was a surprise when Bowes appeared on the field. This increased when, after Verity bowled the first over, Bowes’s second ball removed Bradman’s leg stump. It was a medium paced ball, keeping low, and Bradman played a poor stroke at it. He tried to life it, and swung over the top of it. He played a chanceless innings, lasting 115 minutes, and hit one sixer and seven fours.

Clark, bowling much faster than Bowes, had his usual leg trap. McCabe, while batting brightly,‘ attempted a cover drive, but failed properly to connect, and Walters took a good hard catch low down. McCabe batted for two hours. He hit ten fou rs. Woodfull- was more aggressive than usual, but he lost his wicket early to a .enlly good ball from Bowes, which kept low down. (Received this dav nt 12.40 n.m.) Bowes had thus dismissed Woodfuil -n four out of the five encounters during the season. His score of thirteen was an unhappv birthday present for Woodfull. There were wor n patches on the wicket, which meant that the ball sometimes rose and sometimes kept low, prom sing trouble in store for England. Clark returned at 235. and bowled the hottest form -of leg theory. He pitched short and round the leg side he had five leg traps. which the Australians undisguised y resent. Kippax lifting Clark over the log trap, skied the ball to long leg, and Walters, who was a sixth leg-side fieldsman, made a neat catch. Six for 236. The second ball of Bow-es’s’ next over, Oldfield cut. straight into the hands of Hammond, at second slip. Five wickets had now fa. len in an hour with the addition of only fifty runs. Chippe.’field, by strong offside play, induced Clark to abandon al! but two of his leg traps. (Received Ibis day at 12.50 tv".;.) LONDON, August 22. Ch'pperfield was caught at the wicket with a rising ball off the shoulder ol

his bat, when he was showing impressive form. Grimmett was hitting almost everything. He was splendid’y caught by Hammond at second slip. Ebeling and O’Roi ly then made th<s pace a cracker until luncheon, when 9 w»'ve oi‘t v or 307. S«ores:— AUSTRALIA—Second Innings. Ponsford, c Hammond, b Clark . . 22 Brown, c Allen, b Clark . . .. 1 Bradman, b Bowes 77 McCabe, c Walters, b Clark .. .. 70

Woodfull, b Bowes 13 Kippax, c Walters, b Clark . . . . 8 Oldfield, c Hammond, b Bowes .. 0 Chipperfield, c Woolley, b Clark .. 16 Grimmett, c Hammond, b Bowes 14 Ebeling, not out 26 O’Reilly, not out 13 Extras 47 Total for nine wickets .. .. 307 LATER. Australia all out for 327 —Ebeling 41; O’Reilly not out 13; extras 52. LATER. England two for three—Walters I; Woolley 0; Sutcliffe 2. LATER England three for 85—Sutcliffe 28; Hammond not out 43; Leyland not out 10. AUSTRALIA WIN BY 552. LATER. Final Score.—England all out for 145. Hammond 43, Sutcliffe 28. Leyland 17. Allen 26, Wyatt 22. Bowes 2, Verity 1. Clark (not out) 1 ; Extras 4. LONDON, August 21. Commenting on the Test, the Austrnlian Press Assn says; As time was no object Woodfull was wise to enforce the follow on. It would be asking too much of hi s limited array cf bowling to continue all day with the risk of having to bowl all dav tomorrow. Until the loss of Ames and Bowes, all of Eng’and’s misfortunes were to her own making. Only when Leyland and Ames were together was seen the type of batting which was likely to ruin the spinners’ length. Fender approves of Woodfull’s batting again while the wicket is good.

The “News-Chronicle’’ in a leader says: Australia was entirely within her rights in batting again, if victory alone had to be considered, but unhappy England, 380 behind and two men ini apaciated, could scarcely have hoped to avoid an innings defeat. We are not blaming the Australians It is an inevitable result of conditions which imp’y that the game is played only for victory. This is not cricket, but a grim struggle for fantastic preeminence, for whi'ch the public are as equally responsible as the players. There is comedy in the hysterical seriousness of converting the spin of a coin into an event on which two nations hang breathless, but recent events show there are possibilities too grave for ridicule. LONDON, August 21. It is officially explained that Ames in addition to a strained ba'ck, is suf fering from lumbago. Bowes is suffering from fistula. Neither will take any further part in the match. A subsequent examination of Bowes rcvea'ed that an immediate operation is necessary. He entered a hospital, and th e specialists decided to operate immediately in view of the increasing chances of his fitness -to morrow. Bromley is undergoing an operation for app’endictis