26 TO WIN

Southland Times, Issue 19458, 23 January 1925, Page 6

26 TO WIN

SENSATIONAL CRICKET. HOMERIC TEST MATCH. ENGLISHMEN FIGHTING HARD. THRILLING FINISH TO-DAY. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright). (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) ADELAIDE, January 21. (Received January 22, 10.5 p.m.) The Third Test match was at a particularly interesting stage when play commenced to-day, England wanting 242 to win. The wicket was slow and easy, favouring the bastmen. The attendance was 5000 at the start. Rain was threatening when Sutcliffe and Whysall resumed. The latter facet! Gregory. He batted attractively while Sutcliffe played slowly and only added three to his overnight score when he was caught by Ponsford at mid-off off Mailey. Chapman came in and played brilliant cricket while Whysall was dogged and a great partnership added 89 runs. Chapman hit out forcefully sending Mailey and Richardson to the on for six each. He also hit eight fours. Tate was in seventeen minutes for his 21, hitting Mailey for 4, 6 and 4 off successive balls. Whysall played a valuable and confident innings and went out with 75 to a brilliant catch by Gregory off his own bowling. This dismissal of Tate left England with three wickets to get 96 runs and excitement grew intense, every stroke being applauded. Kilner and Gilligan played slow, defensive cricket, picking only the loose balls to hit. Gradually they added 33 then Kilner was out for a valuable innings of 24 runs, leaving the last two wickets to get 63. Gilligan reduced the deficit by four when immediately after tea heavy rain fell and play was adjourned. The Australian ground fielding was very poor, numerous runs being given away through misfielding. Vic. Richardson and Collins were the main culprits. The bowling was good, though Kelleway was giving away runs. At a critical stage he sent down six no-balls. Play was resumed at 5.18 p.m., the wicket being greasy and ball cutting through. Gilligan and Freeman, batting with confidence, stayed together till stumps were drawn with the score 8 wickets down for 348, leaving 27 to get to win. They added 36 runs with strokes to every part of the field. Collins tried constant bowling changes, using Kelleway. Mailey, Gregory, Richardson and himself all without avail. Tremendous excitement prevailed among the spectators, the numbers of whom had now grown to 90000, every stroke being greeted with thunderous applause. The weather conditions threaten rain during the night. Details of the score are as follows: AUSTRALIA. First Innings 489 Second Innings 250 Grand total 739 ENGLAND. First Innings 365 —Second Innings— Hobbs c Collins b Richardson 27 Sutcliffe c Ponsford b Mailey .. .. 59 Woolley b Kelleway 21 Hendren lbw b Kelleway 4 Whysall c and b Gregory 75 Taite b Mailey 21 Chapman c Ryder b Kelleway 58 Kilner cV. Richardson bA. Richardson 24 Giligan not out 29 Freman not out 17 Extras 13 Eight wickets for 348 Grand total 713 There is a discrepancy of one run in the scores as cabled.

WEDNESDAY’S PLAY. WHERE AUSTRALIA FAILED. HONOURS OF THE DAY WITH ENGLAND. SYDNEY, January 22. The Sydney Morning Herald says: “The wicket yesterday w’as at its worst when Australia batted, but was not by any means bad enough to account for the complete failure of the batsmen. Kelleway carried out his bat after he had made 22 out of 39 runs scored for the last seven wickets. He was the only one to show any capacity for handling the conditions. He watched the ball with scrupulous care, avoiding the more dangerous ones whenever possible. He looked for his runs by waiting for a short one to pull and over-tossed ones to hit. The making of 22 runs in the circumstances carried as much pleasure to the batsman as many innings of three or four times the size made under favourable conditions. “The conditions of the play suited to a nicety the left-handed bowlers of the English team, Woolley and Kilner. In these two the team has the finest exponents of left-hand bowling on a rain-spoilt pitch. It was a fine performance for them to finish off so summarily the Australian innings, and one full of homely significance and suggestiveness. The wicket did not suit the Australian “bosie” bowler, since, although it allowed plenty of break, this was counter balanced by the slow rise from the pitch. It was an opportunity to show what the home bowlers would be like on a rain-spoilt pitch, but it resulted in an impressive demonstration of the paucity of slow left-hand and medium-paced righthanders. The quality of our bowling on the whole day’s play saw the Australian side easily outplayed, even after making every allowance for having the worst of the wicket. The honours of the day undoubtedly belong to the Englishmen.” THE GAME UP. BUT WAITLONDON, January 21. The Evening News states: “It looks as though the game is up at Adelaide, but wait until we get the Kangaroo over here again. Won’t we make him skip and jump.”