TEST CRICKET MATCH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20628, 29 July 1930, Page 9

TEST CRICKET MATCH.

BAIN CAUSES DELAY.

PLAY. UNLIKELY YESTERDAY.

COMMENTS ON THE GAME. CRITICISM OF HOBBS. By Tfleprapli— Prc.«s Association— Copyright. (.Received July 29, 1.15- n.ui.) LONDON. July 28. It w;'s mining lienvily at Manchester at 30 a.m. to-day, making it certain that the resumption of play in the fourth test cricket match, Australia v. England, would be delayed. The ground was soaked. Drenching rain was still falling at midday, which mado play before luncheon impossible, and prospects of resuming the match at all to-dav are remote.

Heavy rain fcli at 9 p.m. on Saturday, but yesterday morning if was fine and sunny. In the afternoon tho sky frequently was overcast-, but uo further rain fell. Most of the cricket writers have been asking what will happen to Australia in the present test match if Grimmctt fails. The fact remains that ho could not make Hobbs and Sutcliffo look the same novices as he did at Lord's.

A curious (liing about "Wall is thai invariably he bowls bettor either after luncheon or when he. is brought on a second time, as in this match. The standard of fielding of both teams is about level. Woodfull, however, cannot imitate Chapman's uncannily clever placing of the field. Hobbs and Sutcliflo had not tho least trouble in scoring singles and twos through empty places and the Australians repeatedly played powerful, enterprising strokes, which failed to penetrate the fieldsmen. Mr. Trevor Wignali, writing in the. Daily Express, says this game has shown that Hobbs is definitely growing elderly. That cricketer's own wish to retire at the end of the present series of test matches should be granted.