ENGLAND DEFEATED.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 2065, 10 January 1925, Page 5

ENGLAND DEFEATED.

AUSTRALIA WINS SECOND TEST. BY 81 RUNS. (Press Association.) Melbourne, January 8. With 113 runs required to win the second Test cricket match, England v. Australia, and four wickets in hand Sutcliffe (114) and Douglas (0) this morning continued England's second innings. The weather was fine, but the wicket was cracking but playing well, and Mailey and Gregory disposed of the Englishmen within 48 minutes at a cost of only 31 runs. The attendance was 15,000. Sutcliffe and Douglas resumed to the bowling of Gregory and Mailey. Sutcliffe had reached 127 when he was smartly caught by Gregory in the slips off Mailey. 280—7 127. Douglas was clogged, but Mailey beat him with a leg break. 280—8 —l4. Chapman, who joined Douglas on Sutcliffe's dismissal, was quiet. Gilligan followed Douglas and fell a victim to Mailey. 280—9—0. There was wild enthusiasm when Gregory clean bowled Tate for nothing, and the side was cut for 290, Australia gaining a hard-fought, brilliant victory by 81 runs. . The bowling of Gregory and Mailey was the feature. Sutcliffe's magnificent performance took 379 minutes. Following are the scores: AUSTRALIA. First innings 600 Second innings 250 ENGLAND. Firsl innings ....": 479 Second Innings. Hobbs, lbw ; b Mailey ... ~ 22 Sutcliffe, c Gregovg, b Mailey .. 127 Strudwick, lbw, b Gregory 22 Hearne, lbw, b Gregory 21) Woolley, lbw, bA. Richardson .. 50 flendren, b Gregory 18 Tyldesley c Ponsford, b Mailey.. 0 Douglas,' b Mailey 14 Chapman, not out 4 Tate, b Gregory 0 Gilligan, b Mailey 0 Extras 10 Total 290 Bowling analysis: Gregory took four wickets for 87 runs, Kellaway none for 42, A. Richardson one for 35, Mailey live for 92, Hartkopf none for 14, Collins none for 10.

ENGLISH COMMENT. "AUSTRALIA CARRIED NO PASSENGERS. ; Loudon., January 8. "Beaten, lAit not down-hearted," siuus.nip the evening paper comment on the result of the Test match at Melbourne, of which the cabled reports engrossed public attention to the exclusion of everything else throughout the match. Papers emphasise iliat Australia's initial innings practically decided tfhe issue, as it was impossible for any batsmen to score the necessary for victory on a worn wicked. Sutcliffe, Hobbs and Tate are singled tf.it as great figures in the contest. A hope io expressed that Gilligan will win tho toss in tlhe next venture, as the British team has shown the capacity lu win tests.

Colonel Philip Trevor, in the Daily Telegraph, says: "Our horse cracked badly in the straight for home. We have goil to take the beating like men, not like grizzling infants. With six wickets for 280, the vvhojgp ream should not have been out for '290. The English team has got better cricketers, except for Teat matches. Sutcliffe is tho sort of man wanted for a Test. He has shown pluck and grift. Hobbs, Tate and Strudwick come next. Hearno howled well for the two days. Wooilley did fairly well, so did Gilligan and Chapman, as fielding comvts. hut tor II end ion it was not- a good match, and for TVldesley and Douglas it was a bad maedh. The Australians carried no passengers."