THE BIG MATCH.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16674, 2 March 1925, Page 5

THE BIG MATCH.

ENGLAND STARTS BADLY. „ A BOWLERS’ DAY. ,'Elcc. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) SYDNEY, March 1. Twenty thousand people saw the opening of Ihc second day’s play in the Tiftli test. Australia occupied the creases till just on lunch time, and finished their first innings with a distinctly creditable •score, considering the poor opening, of 29b. The wicket was in good order, the outfield hard, the weather fine, and a pleasant north-east breeze keeping things cool. Kcileway succumbed to ieg-before to Tate’s fourth trail, with the total standing as overnight. Oldfield and Mailey batted slowly and carefully, and added twenty-five in 42 minutes. • Much of . the credit for Australia’s showing is due to Oidfield, who gave an attractive all-round display for 88 minutes. Griniinett stonewalled and enabled Oldfield to score. The innings lastpd 342 minutes. Tate and Kilner bowled in their usual good style. England opened disastrously, losing three such good wickets as those of Hobbs, Sutcliffe, and Sandliam for 22 runs. This raised the crowd to wild excitement. Gregory opened the Australian attack to Hobbs, who snicked his sixth ball to Oidfield, wiio made a wonderful catch. When the total was seven Mailey missed Sutcliffe. Seven runs later Sutcliffe hit a ball to square leg. Both himself and Sandham made to run, but the latter hesitated and returned. Grimmett returned the bali to Gregory, w;ho threw himself at the wickets and knocked the bails off. It was a doubtful decision. Sutcliffe was dismissed by a clever catch by -Mailey at second slip. He batted thirty-five minutes and bit four 4’s. Woolley batted vigorously, and with Hendren carried tho score to 58, when the latter bit Gregory straight to Ponsford.

Kcileway was in splendid form with the ball and kept the batsmen watchful, and Gregory maintained an excellent length and pace of bowling with attack. Woolley stored mostly with leg strokes, with an occasional powerful drive.

The board showed fifty after 56 minutes’ play.

Hearne played defensively, being content to hold his wicket mp and allow Woolley to do the scoring. The attendance in the afternoon reached forty thousand. Woolley was never comfortable when facing Grimmett, and, in the second over after tea, that bowler got his off stump with a. tine length ball. Woolley played a splendid innings at a time when runs were needed, and put heart into his comrades. He hatted 93 minutes and hit five 4’s.

Hearne scored slowly, taking an hour to reach double figures. The century appeare din 130 minutes, and then an effort was made to tempt Hearne. Andrews fielded at silly point in the hope of making a short catch, but the batsman fell leg-before. His sixteen occupied seventy-nine minutes to compile. A feature of the innings was the immense improvement in the Australian bowling and fielding, compared with previous games. Tho batsmen took no liberties. Grimmett was especially successful and fully justified his selection. \ Kilner gave a bright display, hitting anything loose within roach. Tate also hit out strongly and ran for his life between the wickets, but Kilner refused to be bustled. Theirs was the brightest partnership of the afternoon. Gregory injured his finger when he stumped .Sandham, and had to be rested. The Kilner-Tate partnership yielded 35. Kilner was in 32 minutes and hit two 4’s, while Tate was in twenty-four minutes and got three fours. The innings lasted 194 minutes and produced 167 runs. Stumps were then drawn. AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. Oollins, c Strudwick, b Gilligan ... 1 Ryder, b Jyilner 29 Gregory, run out 29 Andrews, c Why sail, b Kilner ... 26 Taylor, c Whysall, b Tate 15 Ponsford, c Woolley, b Kilner ... 80 Kippax, b Kilner 42 Kelleway, Jbw, b Tate 9 Oldfield, c Strudwick, b Tate ... 29 Mailey, b Tate ... 14 Grimmett, not out ... 12 . Extras 9 Total - 295 Bowling: Tate took four wickets for 92 runs; Gilligan, one for 46; Kilner, four for 97 i Hearne, none for 33; Woolley, none for 18. Fall of the wickets: 1 for 3,2 for 55, 3 for 64, 4 for 99, 5 for 103, 6 for 208, 7 for 239, 8 for 239, 9 for 264. ENGLAND—First Innings. Hobbs, c Oldfield, b Gregory ... 0 Sutcliffe, e Mailey, b Kelleway ... 22 Sandham, run out 4 Woolley, b Grimmett 47 Hendren, e Ponsford, b Gregory ... 10 Hearne, lbw, b Grimmett 16 Whysall, lbw, b Grimmett 8 Kilner, stp. Oldfield, b Grimmett ... 24 Tate, b Ryder . ... 25 Gilligan, stp. Oldfield, b Grimmett 5 Strudwick, not out ... 1 Extras 5 Total 157 Bowling: Gregory took two wickets for 42 runs; Kelleway, one for 38; Mailey, none for 13; Ryder, one for 24; Grimmett, live for 45. Fall of tbc wickets: 1 for 0; 2 for 15, 3 for 28, 4 for 58, 5 for 96, 6 for 109, 7 for 122, 8 for .157, 9 for 163.