CRICKET TEST

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22643, 3 February 1937, Page 14

CRICKET TEST

MATCH AT ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA RECOVERS FOUR WICKETS FOR 341 BRADMAN'S FINE INNINGS WEARING SECOND CENTURY By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received February 2, 10.5 p.m.) ADELAIDE, Feb. -2 There, was fine weather for the fourth day of the cricket test match. The vricket was still playing well, but England had no spin bowlers to exploit the slightly-worn surface.

Bradman and Brown showed at the outset that they did not intend to throw their wickets away, but that they were determined to amass as many runs as possible. Australia produced its best cricket so far for the match in the pre-lunch session. Appeals for leg-before were frequent early in the session, but none was successful. Taking no risks and availing themselves of every opportunity to score, Bradman and Brown reached a fifty partnership in seventy-nine minutes. Bradman is the greatest drawcard in the world of cricket but the crowd on a holiday was disappointing. However, 25,000 saw the start of play to-day. There was only one reason for t.he interest. The crowd did not attend to sea test cricket, it wanted to see Bradman hat. Brown's Patience Brown scored a patient thirty-two. He went; out to an excellent low catch behind the wicket by Ames off Voce. Brown batted 127 minutes and hit one four.. Bradman was sound during the morning session. Ho was iu control from the start and did not release his grip for an instant. McCabe started shakily by edging his shots. Strangely enough for him, he took half an hour to reach double figures. Then he played many delightful shots, scoring boundaries off successive balls from Verity and Fames. Australia is fighting back well. A big score appeared imminent, with two down for 150 at lunch.

The English bowlers never appeared menacing, except Voce, the fast lefthander. who bowled grandly. Fames, hero of the first innings, lost his pace to-day. Allen . restricted his morning attack to the pace men and Verity. The Englishmen seemed tired at lunch time. Their fielding was not as dashing as on the first day, when they saved every possible run.

Test Aggregates During the morning session Bradman passed his previous best test aggregate in Australia, 469 in the 1928-29 series. Then he took the season's aggregate of 1000, being the' first Australian to accomplish the feat.. Barnett and Hammond had each registered four figures for tho tour in the game against South Australia. Bradman has now scored 1000 runs in each of seven playing seasons. ' There was bright play after lunch, when the batsmen dominated the game. Bradman reached his century after batting for 196 minutes. It included four fours. This is his eleventh century in tests against England, only one behind the record-holder, Hobbs. His century partnership with McCabe is their thirteenth in tests and was scorer! in eighty-five minutes. The batsmen raced the clock throughout the session before tea and at one stage put on lO 1 )) funs in ninety minutes. Every Shot Cheered

Bradman was superb and never gave anything like a chance until at 123 ho flicked Hammond just out of reach of Verity at second slip. The crowd cheered every shot from Bradman as he neared ; his century. Bradman reached 1-50 in 274 minutes.

Australia seemed set for a huge tally when the third century was hoisted' with only four wickets down. Gregory batted like a veteran, making an ideal partner for Bradman. The wicket was wearing in the last hour and Verity kept the batsmen quiet, bowling to a patch. Australia's spin bowlers will gain greater assistance when England bats. The attendance in the afternoon was tlhe .best so far for the game, there being 35,700 present and the takings amounting to £3921.

Details oi Scores Following are the details of the score's— AUSTRALIA First Innings . . ..... . < k . 28S Second Innings 'J. H. Fingleton, Ibw, b Hammond 12 ,W. A. Brown, c Ames, b Voce . . 32 D. G. Bradman, not out . . . . 174 S. J. MeCabe, c Wyatt, b Robins 55 K. E. Rigg, c Hammond, b Fames 7 R. Gregory, not out 36 Extras *« . . 25 • Total for four wickets * * > . 341 BOWLING 0. M. R. W. Fames .... 38 1 69 1 Hammond . . 11 Allen .. .. 11 1 44 Voce . * . . 16 2 59 1 Verity . < . . 32 12 54 Robins .... 6 Barnett 5 Fall of Wickets.—One for 21, two for 88, three for 197, four for 237. ENGLAND. —First Innings C. J. Barnett, Ibw, b Floetwood- .... Smith ,i. 129 H. Verity, c Bradman, b O'Reilly 19 W. R. Hammond, c McCormick, b O'Reilly 20 M. ' Levland, c Chipperfield, b ' Fleetwood-Smith 45 R. E. S. Wyatt, c Fingleton, b O'Reilly 3 L. E. G. Ames, b McCormick .. 52 J. HardstafF, b McCormick . . . . 20 G, O. B. Allen, Ibw, b FleetwoodSmith 11 R. W. V. Robins, c Oldfield, b O'Reilly 10 W. Voce, o Rigg, b Fleetwood- . Smith ' 8 K. Fames, not out 0 Extras ... •. 13 '•'Total .. ~ ..330 BOWLING O. M. R. W. v O'Reilly . . . . 30 12 51 4 ■ Flesetwood-Smith 41.4 10 129 4 McCormick .. 21 2 81 2 MeCabe .... 9 2 18 * Chipperfield .. 9 1 24 > Gregory ..3