THE M.C.C. BEATEN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23118, 18 February 1937, Page 9

THE M.C.C. BEATEN

A DEFICIT OF 105 RUNS FINE BOWLING BY LUSH SEVEN WICKETS FOR 72 (United Frees Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) SYDNEY, Feb. 17. (Received Feb. 17, at 8 p.tn.) Lush, the. 23-year-old New South Wales fast bowler, continuing a great run of success . against the English batsmen, dismissed Ames. Fames and Copson with the second, third and fifth balls of his third over today, finishing off the innings in summary style Ames and' Duckworth had carried their unfinished eighth-wicket partnership to 54. but at 299 Ames, who made 60 runs, including seven fours, in 80 minutes, mistimed a drive off Lush and was caught behind point. The next ball, a yorker. bowled Fames. , , Lush missed the hat trick and then bowled Copson off his pads. Lush finished with seven wickets for 72, following six for 43 in the first innings. He bowled to-day with fine speed and good control of length. It remains to be seen if the performance will force him into the fifth test team, which will be chosen at the week-end, after two days’ play in the match New South Wales against South Australia at Sydney, in which Lush wiil be opposed by Bradman. Following are the scores: — NEW SOUTH WALES First innings 231 Second innings 440 ENGLAND First innings 73 Second Innings Worthington, c and b Lush .. 6 Barnett, b Hynes 117 Hardstaff, c White, b Lush .. 64 Wyatt, c Robinson, b Lush .. 11 Leyland, c M‘Cabe, b Lush .. 1 Robins, b Hynes- 7 Sims, Ibw, b Hynes 8 Ames, c Hynes, b Lush ...... t»u Duckworth, hot out 1*? Fames, b Lush ~ Copson, b Lush o Extras .. Total 299 Bowling Analysis.—Lush, seven for 72; Hynes, three for 76; Chilvers, none for 95; White, none for 33; Jackson none for 13. New South Wales won by 105 runs. J. B. HOBBS’S COMMENTS SYDNEY, Feb. 17. In his comments J. B. Hobbs says - Yesterday was the first occasion this season I have seen Oldfield produce anything like the batting form he showed when he was such a thoin in England’s side in the tests about 1924. Some of his cover drives were splendidly executed. Hardstaff and Barnett put the English batting back on the map after Monday’s sad display. It was the best batting seen on this tour m an important match. It scintillated with all strokes, and there was brilliant running between the wickets. They kept chasing runs as well as running them quickly. The spectators appreciated the splendid batting. The batsmen did not merely guide the ball, but hit it with full-blooded smacks. The bowling was never loose, and runs were never presented to them. Hardstaff played the best innings I have seen from him in Austrdliß* The wicket was a gem. Perhaps I was rather unkind on the previous day in not making allowance for it when condemning the English batsmen, and maybe it was not as good as I thought, but the wicket was no excuse for the other failures. Yesterday there was a collapse when the new ball was used, England losing four wickets while scoring 20. It was regrettable that Barnett and Hardstaff were let down, as their effort deserved to bring England near to victory. I except Ames, who played a forceful innings towards the close. It was excellent cricket, and a win or a defeat in this match does not really matter. New South Wales is the only State to beat England. It must be a long time since any State did it twice, and I . heartily congratulate New South Wales.

PRAISE FOR LUSH SYDNEY, Feb. 17; (Received Feb. 18, at 1.35 a.m.) C. G. Macartney’s comment tonight is mainly directed to the Sheffield Shield match, New South Wales v. South Australia, beginning on Friday, and its bearing on the final test. He says: “ Lush had >a wonderful match against England. It matters little whether his wickets were secured by bad balls pr whether his bowling was erratic. He has shown himself to be an allround cricketer of such good quality that he can be moulded into a player of international class. He has a great future if he follows the right lines. lam quite certain that Bradman will keep a close eye on him in the match against South Australia.” ALLEN ANSWERS CRITICISM SYDNEY, Feb. 17. The English captain, Allen, speaking at a social function and answering criticism of England’s slow batting in the second test, ascribed the tactics employed to Australia s system of test matches without a time limit. “If you are going to play matches that go on indefinitely the side winning the toss and going in says: * The longer we stay in the worse for the opposition, as the wicket will wear.’ If there is limited cricket and you win the toss you say; “ We must yet the opposition in on the fifth dav. We must get on with the game.’ If you have limitless cricket you always have dull cricket. I have always advocated a time limit, and when I go back 1.0 England shall urge it all the more.