AUSTRALIA MAKE 319

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18402, 21 May 1934, Page 7

AUSTRALIA MAKE 319

CENTURY TO DARLING OXFORD’S POOR START TWO DOWN FOR'FIVE (Eloc. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) LONDON, May 20. The weather was fine and the wicketgood when Australia, winning the toss, batted against Oxford. Ponsford and Brown started nicely, both driving 'powerfully until Townsend, coming on at 48, got Brown, who played over a ball which kept lowBradman took time to settle down, but Ponsford scored freely. Four thousand persons were present after lunch. The weather was cold and threatening. ' Bradman,; whQ : had never been. quite comfortable, l badly mistimed a ball and was out lbw. Despite the. bowlers’ good length and keen fielding, Darling again began in great style, quickly hitting four boundaries. Dyson had another success at 181, Ponsford attempting to cut a ball and being easily caught in the slips.' He batted for 145 minutes. He gave an attractive display arid hit seven fours. , , Ddrling dashingly reached; 50’. in 45 minutes,, total of 200 wax posted in 150 minutes. ■ Darling completely overshadowed McCabe, who seemed to pull away from a fastish ball which he played on. Bromley was never happy and was clean bowled. Darling’s brilliantly audacious 100 —his (first in England—took only 95 minutes and included 20 fours. He was out in the same over. With Chipperfield and Oldfield together, 300 was passed in 225 minutes, and' then Tindall clean bowled Oldfield and Grimmett in the same over. Ebeling was out to ,a very poor shot. With the last man, Fleetwood-Smith, in, Chipperfield hit out, but in attempting a six was. easily caught at mid-on. The innings, which was the smallest of the tour, lasted 245 minutes. When Oxford began at 5.30 p.m. it was bitterly cold. There was slight rain and indifferent light. McCabe bowled 'Townsend in the first over, and Ebeling, in his third over, shattered the wicket of the Cingalese, Dc Barm. Rain stopped play at 5.45 p.m. Details:— AUSTRALIA First Innings. Ponsford, c Singleton, b Dyson 75 Brown, lbw, b Townsend .. .. 20 Bradman, lbw, b Dyson .. .. 37 Darling, lbw, b Tindall .. .. 100 McCabe, b Tindall 15 Bromley, b Barlow .. .. 3 Chipperfield, c Stainton, to Barlow 40 Oldfield, b Tindall .. .. .. 8 Grimmett, b Tindall, .. .. 0 Ebeling, c Walker, b ‘Tindall .. 0 Fleeetwodd-Smith, not out .. 2 * Extras .. .. .. .. 19 Total 319 Bowling.—Tindall, five for 94; Barlow, two for 102; Townsend, one for 18; Singleton, none for 38; Dyson, two for 48. OXFORD„ First Innings. Walker, not out .. .. .. 3 Townsend, b McCabe .. .. 0 Do Sarm, b Ebeling "... .. 2 Total for two wickets .. 5 ■ %

ENGLAND'S TEST TEAM SELESES’ FOUR ON INJURED LIST 9 - (Received May 21, noon.) LONDON, May 20. The English cricket selectors are fading a serious problem with a famine of bowjdrs and over production of batsmen. ,

The difficulties arc intensified by the news that Larwood will be unfit to play, at least in the first test, in consequence of a recurrence of his foot trouble, an unsatisfactory report about Hammond’s back injury, doubt regarding'the fitness of Alien, and the obvious lack of form of Voce. INDIAN PROPOSALS TEST MATCH STATUS CALCUTTA, May 20. Efforts are to be made at the forthcoming Imperial cricket conference to put India on the same footing as Australia in regard to test matches. Representatives at the conference will endeavor to arrange regular four-year matches with England instead of having to ask for fixtures and depend on luck.