AN ENGLISH TRIUMPH

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 228, 25 August 1938, Page 11

AN ENGLISH TRIUMPH

GREATEST WIN IN HISTORY. FINAL TEST OVER. WEAK AUSTRALIAN BATTING. (United Press Association.—By Electric t Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received August 25, 10.30 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 24. An anti-climax was inevitable, following England’s buge score, and the disablement of Bradman and Eingleton accounted for the smallness of the attendance on tbe fourth day of the fifth Test. The match resulted in a -win for the English team by an innings and 579 runs. The Australians in their first innings were all out for 201, and, following on, were dismissed for 123. Bowes and Fames resumed against Brown and Barnes, the not out batsmen, in fine weather. Barnes cut a four through Bowes’s hands at second slip off Farnes’s first over, an apparent chance, He got two more fours from two consecutive overs. Brown meanwhile played neatly, without forcing the pace. BARNES CONFIDENT. . The wicket showed no sign of breaking up. Barnes was out when he played on a yorker from Bowes. He was confident and crisp throughout, and hit' five fours. In the same over Barnett snicked an outswinger, Wood diving for a brilliant low offside catch. Waite was only eight when he was bowled neck and crop. O’Reilly flicked an outswinger, to which left-handers are prone, and was out similarly to Barnett fi;om a low off-side catch by Wood. The umpire (Mr Chester) credited Brown with a five in unusual but legitimate circumstances. Hutton chased a ball cut by Brown toward the boundary, overtook the ball, and deliberately kicked it to the boundary with the object of keeping FleetwoodSmith against the bowling. Mr Chester signalled five, representing one for the stroke ail’d four overthrows. As it happened to be the last ball of the over Brown kept the strike. BROWN CAUGHT. Fleetwood-Smith later hit. Edrieh for two uproarious fours, but just when Brown seemed certain to caVry his bat ho was caught at short fine-leg in trying to swing a ball from Leyland. He played a'chanceless innings and was often attractive, hitting six fours. Bowes’s feat, following the batting of Leyland and Hutton, made the match thus far essentially a Yorkshire triumph. Australia followed on. BADCOCK FAILS. Badcock, after missing and mistiming the ball, had his off-stump knocked back, and thus failed to reach double figures, in any of his eight Test innings in England. McCabe opened by snicking Ins first ball from Bowes for two, but was out in ’-Farnes’s next over. Brown and Hassett stayed until lunch, but the latter was oiit in Bowes!s first over after the adjournment. ~,, • ■ - . . • Brown and Barnes then batted steadily and attempted to put as brave a face as possible on their inevitable defeat. When Brown was caught at square leg the total was 4 for 41, after 60 minutes. BARNETT AND BARNES. Barnett included five boundaries in his first 22 runs, and with Barnes driving strongly 60 runs were added in 40 minutes. ' . Barnes, in trying to swing Verity, was out leg-before after a stay of. lO minutes, having niade an encouraging debut in Test cricket. Waite was out first ball, and when O’Reilly came in Barnett’s off-stump was sent somersaulting. Barnett gave an enterprising display lasting for o 5 minutes. He hit seven fours. The match came to an end at 3.35 •p.m., Fleetwood-Smith being caught at mid-on. , , - „ The crowd swarmed on to tlie ground as the players rushed off, England having won by the greatest margin in history. The crowd outside the pavilion applauded and called for tho players. Hammond and McCabe, and at towards Hutton, acknowledged tlie cheers from the balcony. , The aggregate attendance for tlie four days, including members, was 96,000. The receipts, including the stand tickets, amounted to hit, 433. Details: — J ENGLAND First innings (for 7 wickets dec.) ... 903 AUSTRALIA.

First Innings. Badcock, c Hardstaff, b Bowes ... 0 McCabe, c Edrich, b Farnes ... ... 14 Hassett, c Compton, b ltdrich ... 42 Brown, c Hammond, b Leyland ... 69 Barnes, b Bowes Barnett, c Wood, b Bowes Waite, b Bowes ° O’Reilly, c Wood, b Bowes 6 Fleetwood-Smith, not out ... ••• 16 Bradman, hurt, absent ... ••• 6 Fingleton, hurt, absent u Extras ... ••• J Total 201

Fall of wickets.—One for none 2 for 19, 3 for 70, 4 for 145, 5 for 14/, 6 for 160, 7 for 160, 8 for 201. Second Innings. Badcock, b Bowes ••• ?

Fall of wickets—l for 15, 2 for 18, 3 for 35 4 for 41, 5 for 115, 6 for 116, 7 for 117, 8 for 123. • " PRAISE FOR TORKSHIREMEN PART IN ENGLAND’S WIN. VIEWS OF THE CRITICS. Received August 25, 11.55 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 24. The Australian Associated Press jSays that a drawn rubber is an appro-

priate end to the Test series, which has demonstrated that there is little difference in the strength of England and Australia. The fortune of the toss was the decisive factor aT the Oval, where the wicket was so good and each side was so limited in bowlers that winning the toss meant victory. England draws the rubber largely because Yorkshire breeds a distinctive race of cricketers, adds the Australian Associated Press. The Australians admired the tough fibre of Yorkshire, demonstrated not only at the Oval, but at Sheffield, where the Australians suffered a moral defeat. If any Englishman had to rob Bradman of Ins most cherished records it was appropropriate that it should bo a Yorkshireman. The Tests were played in a cheerful and harmonious spirit. Sir Pelham Warner, one of the English selection committee, says that it is certain that the English public will not stand timeless Tests. “I consider five days to be the right length, he says. “The wicket at the Oval was good and gave a tremendous advantage to the winner of the ! toss, but England at her full strength is abetter all-round side than Australia. BY TELEVISION. BRADMAN WATCHES MATCH. LONDON, Aug. 24. Bradman is remaining in his hotel all day to watch the play by television. The manager (Mr W. H. Jeanes) stated that the chipped bone in Bradman’s leg is not serious and can liard]v be described as a broken shin. Bradman is keenly disappointed that ho cannot carry on in the match, otherwise lie is quite cheerful. TEST PARTNERSHIPS. VARIOUS WICKET STANDS. The two greatest first-wicket partnerships in Tqst games stand to the credit of Hobbs and W. Rhodes, 323 at Melbourne in 1911-12. and Hobbs arid Sutcliffe, 233 at Melbourne in 1924-25. Then comes that of Barnett and, Hutton, 219 in the recent game at Nottingham. Australia’s best is 180, by Bardsley and S. E. Gregory, at the Oval in 1909. When it comes to big partnerships for other wickets, however, Australia stands right out. The only ones exceeding 200 for England are 382 by Hutton and •Leyland for the second wicket in the present match, 262 for the third wicket by D. R. Jardine and iW R Hammond at Adelaide in 1928i 29* and the 206 of Paynter and Compj ton for the fifth wicket in the second I Test at Lord’s tins year. Against this I Australia has nine above 200 20/. 229 249 and 451 for the second i wicket; 221, 243 and 388 for the third; 316 for the fifth; and 243 for the eighth. Australia has more century partnership than England for the second, fourth, fifth, eighth and 10th wickets, but England leads in the number for the third, sixth, seventh end ninth wickets. However. England leads in the total number of century [ Twrtnorshins with 123 to Australia s mu due to ber considerably urea tm | numbers for the first, third and sixth j wickets. TERRIFIC^HITTING. WELLARD SMITES BOWLING. Received August 25, 9.40 a - m - LONDON. Aug. 24. The fast howler, A. W. Wellard plaving for Somerset against Kent, hit F F Woolley for five consecutive sixes. The ball was lost three times.

Bowling Analysis. 0. M. R. w. Fames 13 2 54 1 Ed rich . 10 2 . 55 T Verity Leyland 5 3 1 1 15 11 0 1 Hammond .... 2 0 8 0 Bowes ... ... 19 3 49 5

Brown, c Edrich, b Fames ... ... 15 McCabe, c Wood, b Fames , ••• ... 2 Hassett, l.b.w, b Bowes ... 10 Barnes, l.b.w., b Verity ... 33 Barnett, b Fames ... ... 40 Waite, c Edrich b Verity ... 0 O’Reilly, not out ••• 7 Fleetwood-Smith, c Leyland, b Earnes ... u Bradman, hurt, absent 0 Eingleton, hurt, absent 0 Extras •••. ... 1 Total ..7123

Bowling Analy: sis. 0. M. R. W. Fames 12 1 63 4 Howes 10 3 25 2 Fey land Verity 5 0 19 0 7 3 15 2