ALL OUT FOR 405.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 August 1930, Page 2

ALL OUT FOR 405.

SUTCLIFFE CONTRIBUTES 161 TO ENGLISH SCORE.

TAIL WEAKENS BEFORE GRIMMETT AND FAIRFAX.

Received Tuesday, 2 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 18,

A queue 300 yards long was waiting to gain an entrance to the already crowded ground when the fifth Test was resumed. The weather was fine but overcast a.nd warm. A light shower overnight did not affect the pitch. Sutcliffe and Wyatt, whose stubborn stand on; Saturday put England in a sound position, resumed against Grim.mett and Wall, r.he Australians needing to achieve an early separation in order to regain rhe grip they lost on Saturday. Play commenced brightly in the presence of a crowd approaching 30,000. Wyatt was warmly cheered for pullGrimmett’s first ball to the boundary. The next ball went just over the stumps. Wall struck Sutcliffe hard on the right leg, but the Yorkshireman, -who showed more enterprise to-day, beautifully cover-drove the next ball for four.

The gates were closed at 11.15. Batting delightfully Wyatt turned Wall to the fine-leg boundary, reaching a chancdcss fifty in 125 minutes. Sutcliffe a little later reached 150 in 380 minutes. The partnership was then worth 147. The first half-hour to-day produced 28 runs. Wall did not look as difficult as on Saturday, both batsmen facing him with the utmost confidence driving, pulling and cutting. The fiair ran cleverly between the wicket. They broke the English record for a sixth wicket partnership,- beating the Spooner-J. T. Tyldcsley partnership at the Oval in 1905. Wall should have got Wyatt's wicket when the captain was 56, Hormbrook dropping a hard cut coming straight to him at first slip. Fairfax came on at 359 and Sutcliffe fell a victim in his second over, Oldfield snapping up a smart ■ catch a’t the wicket from a rising at 367. The part, nership of 170 was thus broken at * time when the Australians wore beginning to look down in the mouth.

Sutcliffe was sound and confident and perhaps more enterprising to-day. He batted for 403 minutes, and hit ten 4's six threes and 1(3 twos. Tate shaped well for a time but succumbed to his usual temptation to slog Grimmett with the result that Oldfield easily stumped him after several vain swings. With seven down for 379 the situation looked bettor for Australia and it became still more rosy when two balls after Oldfield’s great log side catch dismissed Wyatt in a similar way 'to Sutcliffe. The captain was deceived by Fairfax’s pace from the pitch and tried to drive him, but flicked the ball and the wicketkeeper jumped across and took the leather magnificently. Wyatt hit 8 4’s and made a solid plucky stand. Fairfax secured his third victim today with Duckworth’s wicket. Detailed scores: — ENGLAND. First Innings. Hobbs, c Kippax, b Wall 47 Sutcliffe, c Oldfield, b Fairfax .. .101 Whysall, Ibw, b Wall 13 Dulecpsinhji, c Fairfax b Grimmett 50 Hammond, b McCabe 13 Lcyland, b Grimmett 3 Wyatt, c Oldfield, b Fairfax .... 04 Tate, fjt. Oldfield, b Grimmett .. 10 Duckworth, b Fairfax 3 Larwood, b Grimmett 19 Peebles, not out 3 Extras .. 10 Total 405 Fall of wickets: 1 for 69, 2 for 97, 3 for 162, 4 for 190, 5 for 197, 6 for 367, 7 for 379, 8 for 379, 9 for 391, 10 for 405. Bowling analysis: Grimmet, 4 for 134; Fairfax, 3 for 53; Wall, 2 for 96; McCabe, 1 for 49; Hornibrook, nda« for 54.