SUCCESSFUL TOUR

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 80, 16 March 1933, Page 3

SUCCESSFUL TOUR

THE ASHES REGAINED M.C.C. VICTORY IN FOUR TESTS. ALL-ROUND SUPERIORITY SHOWN The English team on Tuesday concluded one of the most successful tours ever undertaken by an M.C.C. side in Australia. By winning four of the five tests matches England easily regained the ashes and equalled the record of the last team captained by P. F. Chapman in 1928-29. Altogether the English team played 22 matches, winning IQ and suffering defeat only in the second test, while rhe second match against Victoria resulted in a tie. As is usual in these tours there were many drawn matches, the number on this occasion being 10. From the outset the English team proved a formidable side, and it was recognised Australia wouid be faced with a great hurdle in the test matches. As the tour progressed this became more and more evident. Finally, England proved its superiority as an allround team and justified the confidence placed in it at the time of selection. Unfortunately, considerable controversy resulted over the alleged bodyline bowling adopted by the English fast bowlers. At one stage the position became so tense that the Australian Board of Control sent a cablegram protesting to the M.C.C. England’s reply was that it was willing to cancel the remaining matches of the tour and the position, therefore, remained undecided. At the conclusion of the present tour it will, therefore, be very interesting to await the action, if any, the powers that be may decide upon. With such a brilliant record in Australia the English team will leave Sydney to-day for Wellington and will play three games in New Zealand, including two test matches. In the test series England scored 2726 runs for 76 wickets, averaging 35.86. as against Australia’s 2490 for 98 wickets, average 25.15. Woodfull, the Australian captain, won the toss on four occasions and Jardine once. Following are the detailed scores:— England. Australia.

AVERAGES OF PLAYERS

SUTCLIFFE HEADS BATTING. LARWOOD'S FINE BOWLING. The batting averages of the English teams are headed by Sutcliffe, with the line figures of 63.21 for 23 innings, including one not out, his highest score being 194. He scored the highest number of runs, namely 1454. Hammond is second on the list, with an average of 60.10 for 21 innings, including two not outs. He totalled 1142 runs. Sutcliffe and Hammond were the only batsmen to score over 1000 runs. The strength of the batting can be judged from the fact that over nine members of the team returned an average of over 30. The remarkably fine bowling of Larwood throughout the tour is revealed by his excellent figures. He secured the most wickets, 64, at the splendid average of 13.32 runs each. Mitchell and Verity also come out with fine averages. Mitchell took 52 wickets at a cost of 16.34 each and Verity 47 at an average of 16.55. The success of the English fast bowlers is shown by the figures. Larwood took 64 wickets, Allen 39. Bowes 38 and Voce 33.

Following are the complete averages of tho tour: —

RECORD OF MATCHES

TEN GAMES WON. Of the 22 matches played by the English team it won 10, lost one, 10 were drawn and one resulted in a tie. Following are the details:— Western Australia: Drawn. Combined Australian Team: Drawn. South Australia: Won, innings and 128 runs. Victoria: Won, innings and 83 runs. Australian Eleven: Drawn. New South Wales: Won, innings and 44 runs. Southern Districts: Drawn. Australia: Won 10 wickets. Tasmania: Won, innings and 126 runs. Tasmania: Drawn. Australia : Lost, 111 runs. Bendigo: Drawn. Australia: Won, 338 runs Ballarat. Drawn.

New South Wales: Won, four wickets. Toowoomba: Drawn. Queensland: Won, innings and 6 1 runs. Australia: Won. six wickets. Northern Districts: Drawn. Australia: Won, eight wickets. Victoria: Tie South Australia, Drasrn, 1

1st 2nd 1st 2nd Ins. Ins. Ins. Ins. First test 524 1 for 0* 360 164 Second test 169 139 228 191 Third test 341 412 222 193 Fourth test 356 162 for 4 340 175 Fifth test 454 16S for 2 435 182

BATTING. Ins. N.O. H.S. R. Av. Sutcliffe ... 23 1 191 1454 63.21 Hammond 21 2 203 1142 60.10 Pataudi ... 17 1 166 846 52.87 Leyland .,. 24 1 152* 976 42.43 Ames 23 2 121* 816 38.85 Paynter ... 20 3 102 644 37.83 Jardine ... 23 3 108* 746 37.30 Wyatt 27 2 78 917 36.68 late 13 6 94* 233 33.28 Larwood 15 2 98 298 22.92 Allen 19 — 66 418 22.00 Brown 17 1 51 316 19.75 Verity 20 3 54* 328 19.29 V oce 17 6 46 179 16.27 Duckworth 13 3 27* 126 12.60 Mitchell ... 14 1 32 89 6.84 Bowes 13 6 20 43 6.14 ‘Denotes not out. BOWLING. Pataudi R. W. 12 1 12.00 Larwood 64 13.32 Mitchell 850 52 16.34 Verity 778 47 16.55 Paynter 94 4 23.50 Allen 932 39 23.89 Brown. 623 25 24.92 Tate „ 535 21 Bowes 1029 38 27.07 Hammond 589 20 29.45 Voce 981 3'3 29.72 Leyland 77 38.50 Ames 51 1 Wyatt 70 1 70.00 Sutcliffe ...... 21 — Jardine 21 —