CRICKET.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 3 December 1924, Page 10

CRICKET.

ENGLISH TEAM AT BRISBANE

A DRAWN GAME. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPY KIGIIT BRISBANE, Dec. 2. For the third day of ohe match between Queensland and England the. weather was fine but cloudy. Several hundred spectators saw the resarapi on of the State’s first innings on a vhke.t which was still playing well. The Queenslanders’ good start on the previous clay had heartened their sapporters, but the greatest surprise of the match was the ninth wicker stand by Cain and Hornibrook. They laced England’s first string of bowlers (Giliigan and Tate) like veteran batsmen, and played superb cricket, hitting them delightfully all over the ground'. The' bowlers were at their top, but the l-.-.ts-men showed that the English bon ling can be hit. The pair added 50 in the best partnership of the match. son the previous day, it was 'two- slow bowlers who broke the association. Cain is a young Queenslander m his first- big season. He hits lustily, but lacks sound defence. Hcirnibrook showed that he could quickly develop into a first-class batsman. If the bow-’ng is disregarded Queensland’s score is one of the best in first-class cricket sine the war. The result should hearten the Australian test team, who should be able to run up big secires. T.ngJrno, of course, missed such bowlers as Woolley, Howell and Hearne.

With 247 runs in arrears, Queensland followed oil. The first wicket gave a useful start. Then it looked as though a debacle was setting in. Three- good wickets, those of Bensted (the youngestmember of the-Queensland side), Rowe and Thompson, fell quickly to 1 ’ six runs. This was the worst patch in the home side’s play. O’Connor and Oxenham, however, saved the day. The for mer ! s was patient,. dreary batting. He played like a rock, but was badly at sea with the slow howlers. Later he hit out better, being specially suong against Gilligan, ■whose bowling so far was very ordinary. A storm passed over the ground just before tea. driving the players into shelter. The bowlers used sawdust on resuming, and the wicket vis very heavy after the interval, play being delayed almost an hour. Queensland’s task was to play fer a draw, and the game resumed in dull and cooler weather. The ball quickly became greasy and heavy, and fcmhold was hard for the bowlers. Ty Ides ley, a big, slow, leg-break bowler, rl'd veil under difficult conditions. After a few overs it was seen that the wicket was unplayable, and the game was discontinued at 5.10 e.m.

.It was. surprising to see Hobbs at the crease, but he sent- down a good swinging ball which had the batsmen worried. Tate is still far from the Barnes standard, hut Tyldesley and Freeman did better to-day. The fi< filing was always alert, with Hobbs, Gilligan and Chapman as the shining stars. Details:— ENGLAND. First innings 522 QUEENSLAND. First Innings. O’Connor, b Tyldesley 29 Bensted, 1.b.w., b Freeman 40 Rowe, thrown out 32 Thompson, b Tate ... i : 34 Oxennam. b Tyldesley 21 Heffernan. b Tate ...b 0 McDonald, b Tate 8 McFarlane. c Gilfigan, b Tate 7 Cain, b Freeman 39 Horinbrqolc. b Freeman , 36 Shewon, not cut 1 3 Extras 16 Total 275 Bowling analysis.—Gilligan took no wickets for 47; Tate, four for 64; Freeman, three for 67 ; Tyldesley, two for. 79; and Bryan,, none for 5. Note. —The scores a scabled show discrepancies. and do not agree with the analysis. Second Innings. O’Connor, not out 66 Bensted, 1.b.w., b Freeman 12 Rowe, 1> Tate 3 Thomnson. c and b Freeman 2 Oxenham, not out 45 Extras 3 Total for three wickets 131 Bowling analysis.—Hobbs took no wickets for 13; Tate, one for 23; Freeman, two for 49; Tyldesley, none for 18; Sutcliffe, none for 12; Gilligan, none for 13. _ PROSPECTS FOR TEST. LONDON, Dec. 1. Tfie Star, -referring to cricket, says Fin gland’s hopes p,f success in the test matches rise higher with every game. All the batsmen are striking the best form, which, once found, usually lasts ''or several weeks.