SECOND TEST

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 December 1928, Page 5

SECOND TEST

ENGLAND’S VICTORY.

BY EIGHT WICKETS.

AUSTRALIA MADE 397

... L l Ai*VCUliDuL.—t) ( y LlCOiru; LcL'{^ia|*u hiil.Nhi, Dec. 20. iUiigiana won me second test by a margin ox eignt wickets and two runs. n.rter naiing made in tlie first innings- tlie Australians were dismissed ior cs9V in tne second, tnus leaving England, who iiad made 636 runs ill tne first innings, 15 runs to score to win. These tuey scored for the loss of two wickets.

The Australians resumed in fine weatner and on a wicket that was showing no signs of wear. Only eight runs were added when Ryder mistimed a fast rising ball from Larwood, putting it softly to Chapman at square-leg. The Victorian played splendidly till the fatal stroke. He hit seven fours and one six, and batted 86 minutes. He seemed greatly chagrined with the shot- which finished his innings-. He made a few swings with the bat, indicating what he intended but failed to do. 1

After Oldfield went first ball leg before to Tate, Nothling continued to play soundly till he turned a hall to deep leg. The batsman unwisely attempted a second run. Hendren’s prompt return to Duckworth caused Nothling to he run out. Chapman had placed Hendren in this position instead of White, who is weak at returning the ball, and the move met with success. The Queenslander played a fine innings, selecting only the proper ball to hit and taking no risks. He was 98 minutes making 44, including six fours.

Duckworth, who was unpopular with the crowd through the Kippax incident, incurred their dis favour- again. _ Grinlinett chopped down hard on a. hall which bounced to Chapman at second slip. The captain immediately returned it to the howler. Duckworth appealed for a catch, indicating that it had -struck his foot and not the ground. The umpire decided against him, whereat the ridicule was renewed. Tlie tail-enders, - Grimmett and Blackie, played stubbornly till' -an innings defeat was averted. ' Grimmett was then caught behind: point. Ironmonger went first ball, and- the innings closed for 397, leaving England to make 15 for victory. Tate was easily the most successful bowler, though Geary took two wickets- cheaply to-day. The last wicket fell 10 minutes prior to lunch, .but the English captain decided to take the usual interval, remarking: “We must play to rules; anything might happen, such as a snowstorm or an earthquake.”

The necessary 15 mins were not so easily obtained after all, Hendry getting Geary’s and' Tate’s wickets cheaply, the latter being caught by tlie substitute for Bradman. Duckworth was again given a hostile reception.

England gained a derisive, and welldeserved victory hv eight wickets and two runs. The main lesson of the match was that Larwood and, Tate have not such tenors as was previously thought. The attendance was 6900 a.nd the receipts £568. The aggregate' attendance for the match was- 169,537 and the receipts £17:128. Tlie scores are: " AUSTRALIA. - First Innings . .-...................... 253 Second Innings." *,• Richardson, c Hendren, b Tate ... 0 Woodfull, run out 11l Hendry, 1.b.w., h Tate 112 Kippax, 1.b.w., h Tate 10 Ryder, c Chapman, b Larwood ... 79 Nothling, run out 44 Oldfield, 1.b.w., h Tate 0 Grimmett, c Chapman, b Geary ... 18 Blackie, not out . 11 Ironmonger, b Geary 0 Extras 12 Total 397 Bowling analysis: Larwood took one wicket for 105, Tate four for 99, White none for 83, Geary two for 55, Hammond none for 43. ENGLAND. First Innings 636 Second Innings. Geary, h Hendry 8 Tate, c sub., b Hendry 4 Duckworth, not out ...i 2 White, not out ....... 2 Total for two wickets 16 Hendry took two wickets for four runs. ; SYDNEY, Dec. 20. The following Englishmen go to Newcastle by an early train to-mor-row to play Newcastle and the Hunter River district: Chapman, White, Ames, Duckworth, Tate, Geary, Leyland, Freeman, Mead, Larwood, Tyldesley, Hendren. The twelfth man Ims not yet been selected.

AUSTRALIAS STAND.

PRAISE FROM ENGLISH CRITICS.

LONDON, Dec. 20. English critics are unstinted in their praise of Australia’is stand, which is hailed everywhere as a return to the traditional fighting spirit which will add greatly to the interest in the remaining tests. Mr P. V. Warner thus describes the stand: ‘ ‘They are hitting back, true to the tradition that they are best when the odds, are heavily against them, and! their whole history is a shining example of grit and courage. Cricketers everywhere congratulate them sincerely .on a magnificent counter-stroke when apparently in full retreat. Ever since Australian cricketers first- came -to- England half a century ago they have been pulling matches out of the fire, and they may set- taa to make a score in the fourth innings that will take some getting.”

Clem Hill cables: “If the Australians set the Englishmen to get 250 to win, the latter might find the task difficult. The Australians have at last revealed their true selves. In view of the position of the game, Kippax should have sacrificed his own wicket when Woodfull called. Rvder did the proper thing in attacking the tired bowling.” Woolley says: “The worst that can now happen is a glorious defeat and the recovery of batting prestidge will do cricket no end! of good.” He considers the Wcodfull-Hendry- partnership one of the most notable ,in the history of Australian tests. England may yet have to get an awkward number of runs.

“Well done Australia,” writes Tennyson in a column of eulogy, in which he says “the old spirit of resdiution to battle against odds has shown itself.”