AUSTRALIA BATTING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17952, 2 December 1932, Page 9

AUSTRALIA BATTING

FIRST TEST MATCH FINE WEATHER CONDITIONS ONE WICKET DOWN FOR, 25 (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Dee. 2, 3 p.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 2. The weather is tine, cool, and cloudy for the commencement of the first test match between England and Australia. The curator of the ground says the wicket is in splendid condition. The teams are as follows: ENGLAND AUSTRALIA Jardine Woodfull Wyatt Ponsford Hammond Kippax Sutcliffe McCabe Leyland Nagel Pataudi Oldfield Ames Grimmett Allen O’Reilly Larwood Wall Voce Richardson Verity Fingleton

Paynter is twelfth man for the tourists and Bird for Australia. Woodfull won the toss, and accompanied by Ponsford opened Australia’s first innings.

The Australian captain, however, did not last long, being dismissed after scoring seven only, the total having just passed double figures. Fingleton joined Ponsford, and opened his score with a two, 'bringing the total to 2t! for the loss of one wicket. HAWKE’S BAY V. OTAGO TOURISTS 106 FOR FOUR (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. The Hawke’s Bay touring cricketers met an Otago team at Carisbrook Park this morning in fine weather, on a good easy wicket.

Bay batted first, and after a bad start, two wickets being down for 3’ to the bowling of Badcock and Dickinson, Browne played confidently with O’Brien, and at lunch Bay’s score was four wickets for loti —Finlayson, lbw, b BadeoCk, 2; Mahony, c Chettleburgh, b Dickinson, 0; Browne, c Moloney, b Dunning, 59; O’Brien, c Dunning, b Moloney, 21; Kavnnagh, not out, 3; Ellis, not out, 19.