RAIN STILL FALLING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21861, 25 July 1934, Page 11

RAIN STILL FALLING

LONG DELAY EXPECTED After the luncheon interval rain was still falling and no further play was expected for two hours. BRADMAN'S INJURY NOT ABLE TO FIELD AN ENFORCED REST LONDON. July 23 Owing to the injury to his right thigh Bradman will not field to-mor-row, and will bat only in the direst emergency. He will return to London to-morrow for treatment, and will not play in the next two matches. The musclo in the thigh is badly torn.

MONDAY'S PLAY STOUT ENGLISH DEFENCE UNENVIABLE POSITION LONDON, July 23 The stoutness of England's defence in the test match to-day gives the greater cause for thankfulness. The Australians this morning did not attempt to gild the lily by setting themselves out to make a colossal score. They have made enough to force a victory unless rain comes to England's rescue. If the batting to-morrow equals today's in patience and skill the finish may bo interesting yet, though it seems to bo expecting too much to anticipate that the remaining six English wickets will see out six aftd a-half hours of Grimniett and O'Reilly on a wicket which must become progressively loss easy. The spectators were deprived of the "fireworks" naturally anticipated before luncheon by the excellence of the English bowling. Bowes recovered his

accuracy and vim, and Verity's length was consistently good. Consequently there was no clinnce of attacking more than an occasional ball. Curiously enough, although recklessness would have Deen justifiable, most of the Australian wickets to-day fell to defensive strokes. The real tragedy for England was Hammond's unfortunate dismissal. Wyatt deserves great praise for tho solidity of his innings. D. R. Jardine says England was outselected, out-batted, out-bowled and out-fielded. J. B. Hobbs says England was outplayed chiefly by better batting. B. ,T. Bosanquct, the English "googly" bowler of 1910, says: "Bradman so far on good wickets ranks with the greatest batsmen 1 have seen. England is in an unenviable position, with every chance of saving the match gone, except for rain." CALL FOR LARWOOD CAMPAIGN DEPRECAtED LONDON PRESS COMMENT LONDON, July 23 The Daily Mail says tho clamour for the inclusion of Larwood in the final test is ill-timed. "One would think a great disaster had overtaken the nation because two Australians made very fine scores. People, are demanding Larwood," says the paper. "Twice he refused to assist the country, and it would bo unreasonable to expect him to abandon his stand. "It would bo equally unreasonable to expect the selectors to go cap in hand and ask Larwood to reconsider tho position. People, instead of recognising Bradman's genius, are heaping blame on the poor bowlers." RE-BROADCAST BANNED CHRISTCH URCH STATION [BY TKLECItAI'H —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHUHCH, Tuesday Station 3ZM Christchurch, which on Saturday evening conducted a rebroadcast description of the test cricket match from the Sydney station 2UE, has been refused the necessary extension of time to allow the innovation to be continued. The station has also been ordered to deduct the time taken in the rebroadcast from the ordinary time schedule this week. The rebroadcast was undertaken after permission had been granted by the district radio inspector. Yesterday, when a request was made for a similar extension of time for the remainder of the test the Post and Telegraph Department informed the inspector that no further extension of hours could bo allowed for such purpose, and tho station would have to close at the usual time, 10 p.m. Station 3ZM was therefore compelled to abandon the rebroad- ! cast.