DASHING BATSMAN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 842, 10 December 1929, Page 14

DASHING BATSMAN

BRADMAN MAKES 124 AND 205 SYDNEY TEST TRIAL United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copynoto SYDNEY, Monday. The test trial cricket match wss continued today in hot weather There were 7,000 spectators. Ryder’s team had made 6611 in the first innings, and Woodfull’s t'»am had made 185 for four wickets on Saturday. , , Woodfull’s team today took the total to 309. Bradman made 124, Rigg 7t Burrows 7, Ellis 4, Blackie 0, Hornbrook 2, Wall 0 not out. There wer--17 extras. Grimmett took three wickets for * Oxenham five for 42, Whitfield one for 46, Alexander one for 71. Woodfull’s team followed on anc had made 341 for two wickets whr stumps were drawn. Bradman mac 205 not out, Kippax 58 not out. Wood full 43, and Fairfax 26. There we:; nine extras. It was Bradman’s day, in the cpin::: of the crowd. In the first innings hcarried his Saturday score to It* when, realising that the first innir.? would shortly end, he took undue risk hitting every ball hard. He was finally caught in the simplest manne; He and Rigg distinguished thea selves. Ryder sent "Woodfull’s men in ag?..; The opening pair was Bradman au: Woodfull again. Bradman was setin the merriest mood. He persistent' drove hard and gracefully, turning tk ball to the leg boundary. He neve: one© looked like getting out. He w*-* nothing short of brilliant, and receive: a flattering ovation from the spectators. Oxenham bowled singularly w. He really was the only man w troubled Bradman. Whitfield bow.with a nice length, and was impr«sive. Grimmett was always dangtous, but Alexander as a bowler wk not troublesome.