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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20649, 22 August 1930, Page 11

DEFEAT ANTICIPATED.

______ ENGLAND'S PROSPECT. HOPE ALMOST VANISHED. BRADMAN. A SENSATION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received August 21, 7.55 p.m.) LONDON, August 21. The English newspapers aro practically resigned to England's defeat in the final test cricket match and aro even speculating whether sho can bo saved from an innings defeat. Mr. B. Bennison, in the Daily Telegraph, say.'i: " Nothing short of a miracle can deny Australia an overwhelming and descrvod victory. As batsmen, bowlers and fieldsmen they have proved the better team. " In Bradman Australia has produced one of the most astonishing batsmen of all ages. The cricket writer of the Daily Express says: " The plain talo is that England has been out-played, out-generallcd and out-spirited, also largely out-fielded. The Australians have proved better than the best England has been able to find." The Daily Herald's cricket writer says: " The match has revealed to the world the most wonderful batsman of all time in Bradman." Mr. I'. F. Warner, in the Morning Post, says: " Australia is well on the way to victory. The batting of Bradman and Jackfon was magnificent." The former English captain, Mr. A. P. F. Chapman, writing in the Daily Mail, says: "It is impossible to see how Australia can be proventeu from gaining a comparatively easy win. Yesterday I said Bradman was a menace to English cricket. To-day I will go further —1 think he will be tho death of it if ho comes over here moro than once." D. Bradman's figures for test_ matches in England this season are: 8, 151, 254, 1, | 334, 14 and 232, an aggregate of 974 runs j and an average of 139.11. This surpasses | Hammond's aggregate of 905 compiled in test matches in Australia in the 1928-29 ' series. Bradman's double century in this match brings his total number of runs for the tour to date to 2627. The pre- | vious highest aggregate for a tour was V. Trumper's 2570 made in 1302.

GUIP on the ashes. DELIGHT IN SYDNEY. HISTORY'S GREATEST BATSMAN. (Received August 21, 11.35 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 21. The Sydney newspapers express delight at- Australia's strong grip in the final test match. One heading is: "The ashes look fine." Another is: "Larwood does his worst. Don does his best." Writers describe Bradman as the greatest batsman in history. Thousands of people had very little sleep through listening to tho wireless reports of the game until early in the morning. TWO GREAT BATSMEN. BRADMAN'S RECORD TOTAL. HOBBS' LAST TEST MATCH. LONDON. August 20. Tn scoring 243 runs for the fourth wicket in the test cricket match at the Oval to-day, Bradman and Jackson beat the previous fourth wicket record of 221 by S. Oregon and G. Trott, which Ivid stood for 34 years Bradman, who has established a record of three double centuries in tost matches, has now broken Victor Trumper's record of 2570 runs in an English season. Bradman's innings of 232 is tho highest scoied in test matches at the Oval. The dismissal of llobbs for only nine runs was tho saddest feature of the day. His hatting glove dropped from his listless hand as he walked back, amid sympathetic cheers, on his home ground on which ho has been a dominating figure for 20 years. llobbs said: "Well, that is the end. I wish I could have made some runs, England needs them so badly."