THE FOURTH TEST

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 61, 8 February 1933, Page 7

THE FOURTH TEST

AUSTRALIAN TEAM. FINAL SELECTION. B. TOBIN TWELFTH MAN. (United Press Association- —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received February 8, 11.15 a.m. SYDNEY, Feb. 8. The selectors have announced that B. Tobin will be the twelfth man for the Australian team for the fourth Test, commencing at Brisbane on Friday. The team will therefore be as follows: W. M. Woodfull W. J. O’Reilly (captain) T. W. Wall Y. Y. Richardson W. H. Ronsford (vice-captain) E. H. Bromley 11. Ironmonger L. Darling D. G. Bradman H. S. Love S. J. McCabe

COMMENT ON THE PLAYERS. The biggest surprise of the Australian selection is the inclusion of the young South Australian bowler, B. J. Tobin (writes the cricket correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald). He is not as fast as Wall, and would correctly be described as fast-medium. A tall right-hander he has a good action, and although his figures for South Australia against the Englishmen last November were one for 119, he impressed some of the visiting players with his promise. Tobin lias had several good performances with the ball since that match and has proved a useful batsman. He hits the ball hard.

Victorians have long been urging tlie claims of Darling, an aggressive batsman, smart field and useful change bowler. Darling lias made several good scores; but some of the experts have considered that lie was of too risky a type to bo played in a test.

Bromley is a promising batsman, who performed well for Western Australia against the South Africans last season. Making his first appearance for Victoria this season, he played a splendid fighting innings against New South Wales at Melbourne. Bromley took part in the match' between Ballarat and England, but he had the misfortune to strike a bad wicket and failed to score a run. He is a fine fieldsman.

Love has long been a prominent widketkeeper, but with a man of Oldfield’s class available lie has previously missed test honours. It is to be hoped that lie recovers some of his old batting form.

Fingleton’s turn will come again ; but Grimmett may find it hard to win back a place in the Australian Eleven. In a long succession of -Tests he was Australia’s main bowling hope, but this season lie lias not been nearly so destructive, and his bowling has lacked its former life. In the tests he has taken only five wickets, averaging C 3.20.

Now that Grimmett has been dropped lie cannot be regarded as being assured of a place in the next team to tour England.

INNINGS TO SPARE,

ENGLAND BEAT QUEENSLAND

FINE BATTING BY AMES,

BRISBANE, Feb. 7. England defeated the Queensland cricket eleven by an innings and 61 runs. The weather was fine and warmer, and the wicket remained a batsmen’s paradise.

England’s first innings, which yesterday had yielded 303 runs for eight wickets in reply to Queensland’s 201, was continued by Ames (44) and Larwood. A dozen runs had been added, mostly by Ames, when Larwood was caught by Litster off the Brisbane Grammar School slow bowler, Govan.

Ames then gave a delightful display of hard hitting. Manoeuvring for the strike, he and Bowes were able to add 37 for the last wicket. Ames’s eighty took 76 minutes to compile, and included one six and eleven fours. He was out while attempting to force the pace. Oxenham bowled really well, but,, though Govan took wickets, Gough could use him little, as lie was too expensive. The aboriginal bowler Gilbert, who was considered a possibility for “leg theory” retaliation, was rarely dangerous. Faced with a deficit of 142, Queensland's second innings began disastrously. Gough was caught first ball off Larwood, who was sending them down at top speed; at lunch he had taken four wickets for 15 runs off four overs.

Jardine at third slip was responsible for two great catches. With four down for 33, Queensland was in a hopeless position, and her batsmen came to an inglorious end soon after resuming, but there were two _ bright spots. Gamble threw discretion to tlie winds against Larwood, hitting him for 14, including one hefty drive for 6, off four balls before being caught. Larwood appeared to enjoy the fun as much as the crowd. The other bright spot was when a cattle dog jumped into the oval and attached himself to Wyatt, who had to lift him over the fence before play could be resumed.

Larwood • bowls with lots of pace, but tjie left-hander Verity impressed greatly. Except for Gambles purple patch the Queensland batsmen made a dismal showing. The attendance was 4000. The takings for the match totalled £1293 compared with £979 for the corresponding match of the last tour. Details are as follow : QUEENSLAND.

First innings ... 201 Second Innings. Gough, c Allen, b Larwood ... 0 Cook, c Jardine, b Larwood ... 11 Andrews, c Jardine, b Larwood 5, Levy, c Ames, l> Larwood 6 Litster, c Hammond, b Verity ... 5 Bensted, lbw, b Verity ... ... ... 9 Oxenham, c 'Ames, b Verity ... 17 Waterman, c Paynter, b Verity 0 Gamble, c Verity, b Lanvood ... 14 Gilbert, b Lanvood 1 Govan, not out 10 Extras 3 Total 81

Ames, st. Waterman, b Oxenham 80 Larwood, c Litster, b Govan ... 1 Bowes, not out 2 Extras ... 16

Bowling Analysis. 0. M.' R. W. Lanvood ... 8 1 38 6 Hammond ... 2 0 5 0 Bowes 3 0 10 0 Allen 2 0 5 0 Verity 6.3 1 20 4 ENGLAND.—First Innings. Jardine, b Oxenliam . 34 Verity, b Oxenliam 21 Sutcliffe, lbw, b Oxenliam 35 Leyland, b Gilbert ... ... 2 Wyatt, c Levy, b Govan 40 Hammond, c Levy, b Litster 27 Paynter, lbw, b Gilbert ... 19 Allen, c Gough, b Govan 66

Total ... ... ... ... Bowling Analysis. 0 M. R. .. 343 W. Gilbert ... 25 3 93 2 Gamble ... 18 3 58 . 0 Oxonham ... 33.6 11 70 4 Govati ... ... 6 0 59 3 Litster ... ' 4 0 10 1 Bensted ... . 4 1 19 0 Andrews ... 2 0 18 0