“TIRING JOB.”

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 227, 24 August 1938, Page 9

“TIRING JOB.”

HUTTON INTERVIEWED. PRESS CRITICISES SLOWNESS. Received August 24 11.25 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 23. The English batsman, L: Hutton, in an interview after the Test play today, said : “It was a tiring job, The Australians bowled well and did not give runs away. I am pleased that it is all over. It was very difficult to get the last runs.”

The Australian Associated Press says: With the accident to Bradman capping the Australians’ misfortunes, defeat is inevitable in the face of the unparalleled score built up by liairshirt methods. After the excitement of Hutton breaking Bradman’s record and his prodigious feat of endurance mass emotion is best expressed by ; 30,000 yawns. Had Hardstaff shown 'even normal batsmansliip, England should have had at least 1000 runs on the board when Hammond declared. How a young, active cricketer with a reputation for forcing the play could go on playing maidens from McCabe, Hassett, Barnes and Bradman remains a mystery. It was not the gigantic score, but the wretchedness of the batting after all the worthwhile records had been broken that reduced the game to a state nobody wants to see repeated.