BOWLING MASSACRED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18397, 15 May 1934, Page 5

BOWLING MASSACRED

AUSTRALIA 401 FOR TWO M.C.C.’S WEAK ATTACK BIG NOT OUT SCORES PONSFORD 399, McCABE 363 (Elec. Tsl. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received May 15, noon) LONDON, May 14. The weather was fresh, bright and windy, and 10,000 spectators saw Wall and Grimmett resume bowling for Australia in the match against M.C.C. Chapman nowadays' is a mountain of a man, who had floundered hopelessly against Grimmett, but he played him more confidently to-day.. Peebles attempted' an impossible run but fell and Oldfield removed the bails, with Peebles yards out. The M.C.C. wicket-keeper, P. Oldfield, wearing a Harlequin cap, was quickly out to a splendid yorker from Wall, who got-Marriott next ball. Chapman was-unfortunate.in having nobody to stay with him. In 105 minutes lie l)it six fours. He was patchy, but shaped better to-day. ; The innings lasted 360 minutes, j When Marylebone took the -field, the biggest cheer was reserved for Hendren, who emerged alone from the professional’s entrance. Tho extraordinarily unbalanced bowling side meant that Wyatt and Valentine, both well under medium pace, had to open the attack. They were ridiculously easy and inaccurate. Peebles and Marriott were soon called on. Brown was brought on at 51, and got Woodfull, iwho made an uncommonly bad stroke, merely pushing a leg break into the hands of first slip Then, in Ins second over, Brown had another success. Bradman reached forward to play too soon at a ball which hung in the air, giving the bowler the simplest catch. These (disasters naturally quietened Ponsford and McCabe. Fifteen thousand persons were present after lunch. Marriott, a slow right-hander, kept both batsipen on the defensive. White kept an impeccable length, while Peebles also struck a dangerous patch. Ponsford brightened up when White was taken off, and reached tho century in 180 minutes. McCabe, meanwhile, had three narrow escapes, once for a catch in the slips, and then he was nearly bowled. Again lie skied a ball to midfield, which Turnbull dropped. ■ The total of 200 was reached in 185 minutes. Ponsford and McCabe then settled down to steady scoring. Wyatt and Marriott used the new ball after tea, and this seemed to be a positive disadvantage to them, Ponsford driving and pulling both with tremendous power. Tho partnership produced 200 in 155 minutes. Runs came with the utmost freedom now—almost two a minute, Ponsford riddling the weak Marylebone fielding. McCabe’s admirable century, which was reached in 175 minutes, iwas only a little less impressivo than Ponsford’s. The total reached 300 after 240 minutes. Scoring was now at a hectic rate, even White sharing in the punishment. McCabe twice lifted Valentino over the square leg fence for six. No mercy was shown to the jaded bowling from which 108 was hit in an hour since tea. The bowlers were repeatedly changed, but to no avail. McCabe reached 150 in 225 minutes, while Ponsford drove towards his second century. * Tho massacre continued until stumps, when Ponsford had been batting' for 300 minutes. He hit 19 fours. McCabe hatted for 240 minutes,, and hit two sixes and 15 fours. The partnership yielded 340 in 240 minutes. Details:— M.C.C. First Innings. Wyatt, b Wall 7?: Killick, e O’Reilly, !.> Wall .. 3 Turnbull,, st. Oldfield, b Fleet-wood-Smith .. .. .. .. 33 Hendren, c O’Reilly, b Wall .. 135 Valentine, c Oldfield, b O’Reilly ... 40 Chapman, not out .. .. .. 40 E. F. Brown, c Oldfield, b Wall .. 2 White, b Grimmett .. .. 2 Peebles, run out .. .. .. 5 Oldfield, b Wall 0 Marriott, -b Wall .. .. '.. 24 Extras .. .. .. ..21 Total .. .. .. .. 362 Bowling: Wall, six for 74; McCabe, none for 53; O’Reilly, one for 55; Grimmett, one for 81; FleetwoodSmith, one for 72; Darling, none for 3. AUSTRALIA First Innings. Woodfull, c White, b Brown .. 20 Ponsford, not out .. .. .. 199 Bradman, c and b Brown .. .. 5 McCabe, not out .. .. .. 103 Extras .. .. .. .. 14 \ Total for two wickets .. 401 ENGLISH CAPTAIN WYATT OR CHAPMAN * LONDON, May 5. G. L. Jessop, former English Test player, in an article in Tho Scotsman, says that tho only possible choice of captaincy of England, is between Chapman and Wyatt if they strike form in the next week or two. -. “Wyatt would be a capable captain of the safety-first type,” adds Jessop. Chapman would be far more preferable, and the best English leader since Warner, but probablyi he will not be selected if his batting continues to be disappointing.. Wo cannot aflbrd io weaken our batting, as on paper Australia looks stronger in bowling than in 1930.” , Chapman, hitherto, in one innings, has scored nine. Wyatt, captaining Marylebone against Surrey, scored two and 19. They will be captains in the Marylebone-Yorkshire match to-morrow.