SATURDAY'S PLAY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22584, 24 November 1936, Page 9

SATURDAY'S PLAY

COLLAPSE OF ENGLAND CRITICISM BY HOBBS PRAISE FOR CHIPPERFIELD By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (By J. B. Hobhs.—Copyright in ail countries. Reproduction in whole or in r>art forbidden.) SYDNEY, Nov. 23 So there h;is been another dismal English batting collapse. To stand any chance of being on an equality with this strong Australian batting side England on Saturday required another 100 or 150 runs, of which this tail in the ordinary way in England would have been quite capable.

This continual crumbling against slow leg-break bowling is pathetic. The batsmen seem to be scared stiff! 'ihey go in without the least confidence against it, and either scrape about; or, on rare occasions, they use their feet to get to the pitch of the ball to drive; but they do not get near enough to cover the spin, and consequently sky the hall to the off-side fieldsmen. I exempt Leyland, Ames and Robins.

Chipperfield seldom bowled a short ball, nor djd he often over-pitch one, and he finished with marvellous figures, which one would associate with H. V. Hordern, Arthur Mailey or Clarrie Grimmett at their best. I cannot have it that Chipperfield is in their class. He is not the type to produce such figures against an All-England team. I am convinced that if the Englishmen had presented a bowler like Chipperfield to the Australians they would have scored double the number of runs, and not lost so many wickets. Still I do not want to take away credit from Chipperfield for his success.

SLOW BOWLING BOGEY COMMENT BY MACARTNEY ENGLAND'S DISASTER SYDNEY, Nov. 23 Commenting on Saturday's play in the cricket match England versus an Australian eleven C. G. Macartney says: Once again the slow bowling bogey was responsible for England's disaster although the wicket was entirely in favour of the batsmen. Chipperfield maintained an accurate length, but he was not unplayable. Ebeling's figures did not reflect the quality of his bowling. Fames permitted Fingleton and Brown to watch too many balls pass by which Larwood would not have done. He would have made the men play every ball. Voce gave the impression of being a danger in the first few overs and Verity was the same placid, accurate and steady bowler of the 1932-33 season, but mainly owing to Brown's fine defence he was not sufficiently tested.

Worthington provided a useful relief to Robins, who could not do himself justice owing to an injured finger. However, he gave the opening batsmen a few unhappy overs. Fingleton showed that the bowling could be scored from but Brown evidently found the attack too hostile. WYATT'S INJURY CONDITION OF ARM NO PLAY FOR SOME TIME SYDNEY, Nov., 23 An X-ray examination of Wyatt's broken arm revealed a bone displacement. It will be a month before the plaster can be removed and Wyatt is not likely to play until after the third test match, January 1-6. OFFERS TO FREEMAN NUMEROUS CLUBS CAN NAME OWN TERMS LONDON, Nov. 22 A. P. Freeman, the Kent bowler whose services have been dispensed with by the county club, has been inundated with telephone messages and telegrams from many clubs throughout the country. Several of the largest northern league clubs are offering to engage him on his own terms.