ENGLAND WINS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 5, 21 December 1928, Page 7

ENGLAND WINS

SECOND TEST MATCH.

EIGHT WICKETS AND TWO BUNS

SYDNEY, December 20

England won the secondj test by a mlxrgin of' eight wickets and two runs.' After leaving made 253 in the first innings the Australians were dismissed for 397 in the second, thus leaving England, who had made 636 rurig in the first innings, I's runs t$ score to win. These they scored foi' the loss of two wickets.

.The Australians resumed in <ftne weather and on. a wicket that was allowing no signsTcf wear: Only .eight raws were added 1 when* ltydier mistimed a fast rising ball from Larwpod, putting it softly to Chapman at square leg. The Victorian played splendidly till the fatal, stroke Ho hit seven fours and one six and bat. ted! 86 minutes. He; seemed greatly chagrined with the shot which finish, edhis innings. He male a fewswings with the Wat, indi idling what he intended but failed to dt?.

.After 'Oldfield went tirsk ball leg before to Tate, Nothing continued to play soundly till he turned a' ball to deep leg. The batsman unwisely attempted a. second run. tidudren's prompt return to Duckworth ciauseci Nothling to be run out. Chapman had ■ placed Hendren in this position instead of White, who is weak at returning the ball, and the move met with success'. The Queens iai> dor played a. fine innings, selecting only the .proper Will to hit and taking no risks. Be was ninety-eight minutes making 44, including six fours. , Duckworth, who was unpopular with the crowd through the Jvippax incident, incurred their disfuvour again. Grimmett chopped down hard on a ball which bouncedl to Chapman at second slip. The captain immediately returned it to the bowler. Duckworth appealed for a catch, indicating that it liad struck his fott anfi not the ground. Th e umpire -decided, against him, whereat the ridicule was renewed. The tail-enders, Grimmett and Blackie, played stubbornly till an innings defeit wa s averted Grimmett was then caught behind point. Ironmonger went first ball and the innings cTosed for 397, leaving England to make 15 for victory..

'MOST SUCCESSFUL BOWLER. Tate was easily the most ,successful 'bowler, though Geary took ftwQ' pickets che}iply_to-day. Tlio last wio? ket fell ten minutes prior to lunch, butVthe English_£aptarn decided to '.take the* usual interval, remarking: ?W$ must play to rules; anything 'blight happen, such a snowstorm or ah darthqueike." The necessary 15 run s were not so easily obtained after all, Hendry getting Geary's and Tate wickets cheap-ly,-the latter being caught by the 'substitoe for Bradman. Duckworth was again-given a hostile reception. •England gained a decisive and wellvictory by eight wickets anH two runs. The mfoin hsson of the match was that Larwood and Tate have hot such terrors as was previously thought. The attendance, wi:is 6900 and the receipts £568. The aggregate attendance for the match) was 169,537' and the receipts £17,128. The scores are:— ; . AUSTRALIA. First Innings .■••■ i >•••• 2 ' d3 Second Innings. Richardson, c Hendren, b Tate 0 Woodfull, run out ~. sl} Hendry, l.b.w, b Hate ll* Kippavj l.b.w, b Tate 10 Ryder, c Chapman, b Larwood 7l> Nothling, run. out 44 Oldfield, "Lb.w., b Tate 0. Grimmett, c Chapman, 'b Geary 18 Plackie, not out ll Ironmonger, b Geary ° Extiias v ••• 12 Total ......... 397 Bowling analysis—Larwoodi took one wicket for 165; Tate, four for 99; White,; none for 83- Geary, two for 55; Hammond, none for 43. ENGLAND. First Innings G 36 Second Innings. Gearys 1j Hendry 8 ' Tate, a sub.,, b. Hendry 4 Duckworth, not out * * not out 2 TotaTffor two wickets) 16 Hendry took two wickets for 4 runs. The following Englishmen go to Newcastle by lan early train to-mor-row to Play Newcastle and the. Hunter R:vor district: Chapman, White, I Ames, Duckworth, Tate, Geary, Leyland Freeman, Mead, Larwood, ry'desley Hendren. The twelfth mnn has ' not vet been selected.

serious. People were blown out of their beds in the neighbourhood. There were no fatalities, though there were many miraculous escapes. OVERCOME BY GAS. The gas covered a wide area which the police 'Cleared. Several people on the outskirts were overcome by the fumes and had to be taken to hospital,. The underground railway was hot affected. The police had difficulty in clearing the streets of people who believed the underground was blown up. The accident apparently originated through workmen with blowing machines laying cables.—Australian Press Assn., United Service.

HUGE CRATERS IN THE ROAD. SOLID BLOCKS OF CONCRETE HURLED ASIDE. ': (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, December 20. • Deep Assures ran the whole way along the line. Huge craters were' blown in the roadway, ton blocks of solid concrete were hurled aside, and shops were damaged. Parts of the roadway dropped several feet. At one point the gas is still afire. A waitermain burst, flooding many basements. It appears that a linesman descended a manhole to connect a bl'ower with a switch, and a few minutes later a sheet! of flame rushed up. The man managed to scramble out, with hi s trousers afire, but he was terribly burnt. —Australian Press Association.