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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23045, 23 November 1936, Page 9

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ENGLISHMEN'S INNINGS EIGHT WICKETS TO CHIPPERFIELD AUSTRALIANS OPEN WELL (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) SYDNEY, Nov. 22. (Received Nov. 22, at 6.30 p.m.) The conditions were again unpleasant when the match between England and the Australian eleven was resumed. The sky was leaden and a bitterly cold wind was blowing. The wicket was good. The attendance was 36,530. The early play was sensational, the remaining five English batsmen being dismissed in less than half an hour for the addition of only 14 runs. Chipperfield to-day took four wickets for nine runs and finished with the remarkable average of eight for 66.

Leyland and Robins resumed, and two quick boundaries enabled the latter to pass 50 in 90 minutes, but he was then bowled by an inswinger. Leyland soon followed. He batted in all 156 minutes and hit five fours. The Robins-Leyland partnership had yielded 106 runs. The remaining batsmen lost their wickets in quick succession, being completely nonplussed by Chipperfield's . slows. He certainly bowled well, but the Englishmen rather flattered him. England's innings occupied 323 minutes. With the Australians' at the wickets the excitement continued. Duckworth made two vociferous appeals against Fingleton in Voce's first over, and Brown gave a chance in the slips in Farnes's second over. The Australian openers then batted steadily until lunch. They scored more freel> after the adjournment, raising 103 after 96 minutes' play. One of Duckworth's many appeals then brought results, Fingleton being out l.b.w. Bradman came in and immediately attacked the bowling, playing strokes, many of them most unorthodox, to all parts of the ground. Brown meanwhile had become very quiet, taking 148 minutes to reach 50. Bradman passed his half century in 73 minutes and then overtook Brown, whom he conceded a start of 38. Brown was only picking up an occasional single, but Bradman was hitting vigorously at almost every ball. Eventually, in attempting to hook an off break he had his leg stump knocked back. Eight fours were included in his total, which was compiled in his usual dashing style. The partnership for the second wicket was worth 91 runs.

Badcock opened with two fours, and thus carried the total to 200 after 204 minutes. Brown's batting was so tedious that he was ironically cheered when he notched a couple after a long period without scoring. The batsman made no attempt to force the pace in the last hour, and at the drawing of stumps at 5.40, owing to a bad light, the Australians were within striking distance of England's total with eight wickets in hand. Verity was the most impressive of the English bowlers. Scores:— ENGLAND First Innings Fagg, c Brown, b Chipperfield 49 Worthington, c Robinson, b Waite 6 Ames, c Brown, b Chipperfield 76 Leyland, c and b Chipperfield 80 Hardstaff, c Tallon, b Chipperfield 12 Fishlock, st Tallon, b Chipperfield 0 Robins, b Ebeling 53 Verity, c Tallon, b Chipperfield 0 Voce, c Bradman, b Chipperfield 4 Duckworth, not out 0 Fames, c Brown, b Chipperfield 0 Extras 8 Total 288 Bowling Analysis.—Ebeling, 1 for 71; Chipperfield, 8 for 66; Waite, 1 for 48; Gregory, none for 64; Ryan, none for 31. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN First Innings Fingleton, lbw, b Verity .... 56 Brown, not out 66 Bradman, b Worthington .... 63 Badcock, not out 20 Extras 16 Total for two wickets 221 Bowling Analysis.—Fames, none for 51; Voce, none for 29; Robins, none for 37; Verity, 1 for 43; Worthington, 1 for 35. ENGLAND'S BATTING LEYLAND AND AMES IN FORM By J. B. Hobbs (Copyright in all countries. Reproduction in whole or in part forbidden.) SYDNEY, Nov. 20. ' There was somewhat happier news to report of England's batting to-day at the start of the match with the Australian eleven, which contained several young batsmen and a wicketkeeper on trial for their country To-day's display, however still gives us cause for uneasiness We ought to be able to produce better cricket than this, though it had its redeeming feature in that Fagg secured runs, and Leyland played a typical innings. It was just as well that we had him there when things went wrong. The failures of Hardstaff and Fishlock placed us in a serious position for some time, with five out for 178 The vexed question of the opening batsmen has not been settled yet. Fag.f! got a good deal of practice. If he had had someone like Barnett to stay in with him it would not have mattered about his being slow, but two men in all day batting at his pace would lead us nowhere. Worthington was the victim of an " in-swinger" that came through quickly and got up a bit. I was surprised to see the ball carried to short-leg as deep as the umpire when playing a defensive strike, and from this we may consider him a bit unlucky. He or Fagg will have to go in first. At one time 1 thought Fishlock was a first-wicket batsman. I am not sure he would not be better there now, as he has shaped badly at this leg-break stuff, and was stumped to-day playing a walking shot. Hardstaff is far from convincing at the moment.

The enigma has been the slow bowling. Chipperfield was the " bogey-man " to-day. He never put a foot wrong. His length was perfect and he was able to make the ball turn.

A slow start puts a big strain on the rest of the team, but with Bar-

nett'in we should see a big difference. One reason for the slowness was Ryan bowling a negative leg theory. A batsman, especially when out of form, cannot be blamed for leaving alone balls on the leg side.

Another feature the crowd lost sight of that kept the scoring down was the placing oi the field. The Australians can teach us a lesson in this respect, and they have always done so. Moreover, their bowlers bowl to their field.

Insofar as he batted nearly three hours, Fagg had a useful bit of practice, but he was dreadfully slow. He batted so correctly that many of his best strokes went straight to the fieldsman. He might have been caught at the wicket when at six and was beaten by a fast yorker from Waite when 26. It was getting towards tea, and he was 49 when lie allowed himself to be worried out by the crowd, which had begun to murmur at his sloth. He jumped out to Chipperfield, hit against the spin of a leg break, and skied the ball. Ames batted extremely well His confidence in making strokes amazed me especially considering that he had been ill so long, and this was his second match and practically his second innings of the tour. Despite the slow start forced on him because we had lost our first wicket at 12, he scored at the rate of 40 an hour, which was good going. He hit the bali hard to all parts of the field, neglecting only the straight drive. He had a couple of snicks, but these were small blemishes in a really good innings. It was left to Robins to put some sparkle into the cricket with his unorthodoxy. He had the crowd expecting him to get out every ball at the beginning. There are not many men able to get their left leg further down the wicket to the pitch of the ball. Ebeling bowled well enough to get three or four wickets. I was keen to watch Tallon, because I had heard so much about him as a probable successor to Oldfield. He did not keep badly, but was a bit snatchy and has much to learn before displacing Bertie. That is not disparaging, because Oldfield is in a class by himself. The ground fielding was brilliant —as it should be from these youngsters. The sixth wicket stand of 96 saved our faces and put a different complexion on the game. Without it we should have been in " Queer street." REMAINING IN AUSTRALIA WARD ALTERS HIS PLANS SYDNEY, Nov. 22. (Received Nov. 22, at 6.30 p.m.) The Sunday Sun's Adelaide correspondent reports that the promising slow bowler, Frank Ward, has decided not to join Sir Julian Cahn's team. He will remain in Australia. THE KENT ELEVEN FREEMAN TO BE DROPPED LONDON, Nov. 20. (Received Nov. 21, at 5.5 p.m.) Kent has decided not to re-engage A. P. Freeman in 1937. In view of his " exceptional services," the club will grant him £250 and his wages will be continued until next summer. The club states that it wishes to give younger players a chance. Freeman said: "The news has come as a bombshell. I had no intention of retiring yet." Freeman, who is 47 years of age, has been remarkably successful as a slow bowler, and has taken over 200 wickets in a season on eight occasions. In each of the six seasons from 1928 to 1933 he took over 250 wickets.